Events

San Jose Woman's Club Besse Book Discussion Group meets via ZOOM on the first Tuesday of each month, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. You do not need to read the book to attend. RSVP to Chair Lucille Boone at besse@sjwomansclub.org for the Zoom link.

Meetings are free and open to all. 

Book discussion calendar 2024:

Jan 2 Demon Copperhead/Barbara Kingsolver  (F)
Feb 6 All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate. (Silicon Valley Reads Selection) (NF)

Mar 5 Lady Tan’s Circle of Women/Lisa See (F)

Apr 2 Maureen/ Rachel Joyce (F)

May 7 The Niger Wife/Vanessa Walters  (F)

Jun 4 The Wind Knows My Name/Isabelle Allende  (F)

Jul 2  How not to drown in a Glass of Water/ Angie Cruz  (F)

Aug 6 Ducks: Two years in the oil sands/Kate Beaton (graphic memoir) (NF)

Sep 3 Covenant of Water/Abraham Verghese  (F)

Oct 1  Homecoming/Kate Morton  (F)

Nov 5 The Perfumist  of Paris/Alka Joshi  (F)

Dec  in person holiday get together

F=Fiction, NF= Nonfiction

The Besse Group was formed in 1997 for those who are interested in discussing books, attending cultural events and enjoying stimulating conversations. It was named in honor of Clubmember and major SJWC donor Besse Slonaker, who passed away that year.

For more information, contact Chair Lucille Boone at besse@sjwomansclub.org.

Join members and friends in learning a new dance from a different decade every month in celebration of our 130th Anniversary.  After the dance lesson, stay enjoy social dancing for the second hour. DNA Dance Ballroom is providing the dance instructors. 

This month features the 1930s. We'll learn the Jive, one of the popular swing dances that helped distract people from the woes of the depression and the coming world war.  Each month, learn the dances from a new decade, all the way to the latest TikTok  craze. 

Tickets are free for SJWC members and just $10 for the general public. Get yours now at https://sjwc_dance.eventbrite.com

The Mahjong Group meets on the first and third Mondays of the month at the Clubhouse from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Club's Fireside Room.

This month we are meeting on the second and fourth Monday. 

If you have never tried this game of skill, strategy, and luck, or you are an experienced player, you are welcome to join in the fun!

Meetings are free and open to all, but a RSVP is required to reserve your spot: mahjong@sjwomansclub.org Want to find out more? Email Mahjong Group Chairs   Liz Edlund and Robyn Ginsburg Braverman., mahjong@sjwomansclub.org.

Join us at our newest group.  Avid gardeners all, we clear our minds and find inspiration working in the garden; we work on keeping our bodies fit and strong, and in the soil we find the immense satisfaction that gardening can bring. We promote sustainability, planting native species, protecting pollinators, and safe and healthy practices. We produce beauty, peace, conviviality, good things to eat and bouquets galore! We share garden know-how, learning from each other and from garden masters. We visit other people’s gardens and gardens of note near and far. We share cuttings and seeds and, most importantly, we share, nourish and grow friendship. We welcome you to come grow with us!

Group meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at a member's garden or a public garden,  usually from 4-5:30 pm. 

Contact: Mary Lou Mason, garden@sjwomansclub.org