Things that go bump in the night

 HALLOWEEN IS THE NIGHT OF

31ST OCTOBER 1ST NOVEMBER

A VERY SPOOKY NIGHT INDEED

 Make sure you are with your friends having fun.

Then the spooks won´t come near you.

A change is as good as a rest

This week we can have a look at our films and select one to see, at intervals, maybe on the last Wednesday of each month. We can try it with English subtitles, Spanish subtitles and no subtitles to see how it goes. The important thing is to enjoy the film and immerse yourself in the language.

You will be surprised at the good selection of films that we have already in the association. 

19h.

Primera planta

Universidad Popular 25-10-17

A Good Story

In our room on Wednesday 18th we will read a good story from the Roald Dahl books that we bought with our grant one year. This one is called The Great Automatic Grammatizator.

This will most likely lead on to a good conversation.

There is no need to come prepared as we will pause to check your understanding and help correct the pronunciation.

Punto de Encuentro

Primera Planta 

Universidad Popular
18th OCT 2017 19h
asedow@gmail.com

AN OUTING

There is an exhibition on in Madrid about a pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Mr William Morris. (England 1834 - 1896)
We will go on an outing to see it and learn more about this remarkably talented man. We learnt a a lot already from Luis who is a great enthusiast and told us about the exhibition. It seems that Mr Morris  was a true Renaissance man....poet, writer, politician, conservationist, businessman and fabric designer., e.g. the Liberty prints

We look forward to this and will set a date asap.

                 

Universidad Popular 19h 11th Oct 2017

We will be taking a breather on Wednesday so no topic is being sent out.

However, you can come along as we will be doing other things.

A Peter Mc Kee picture

October 4th

Audrey writes:

Here's a reminder that last week, we talked about the numerous associations that have sprung up in our area and what motivates them: gatherings of like-minded people who would like to make a difference to the community they live in and bring people together. Asedow is the first of two English speaking associations along with Gallego, Chinese, Arabic as the other languages represented up to now in San Sebastían de los Reyes.

We also spoke about a type of association called the Women's Institute which has been thriving in English speaking countries for over 100 years. It originated in Canada then in Britain, during First World War when women used to make jams in their homes for the Women's Institute  to increase food supplies during the food rationing that was in place during those years and was repeated during the Second World War and has carried on ever since and has grown in its influence.     

Here is a link to read more about that or simply scroll down to see a couple of old photos.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11612597/Womens-Institute-100-years-of-ballsy-women-who-quietly-changed-UK.html

This week's topic has a short but intriguing link. Please watch it before you come!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0358zj7

We look forward to catching up with those members who have been
away up until to now :) 

Write to us at asedow@gmail.com
Come to our talks Wednesday 4th October 19h 
Universidad Popular San Sebastián De Los Reyes

From 14th September to 8th October

You still have the chance to see a wonderful play in El Teatro Fernán Gómez in Plaza de Colón, Madrid. From Tuesdays to Saturdays at 20.30h and at 19.30h on Sundays. The play is in Spanish.

An exhilarating, fast paced, modern play that lasts just over two hours without a break, the talented cast and clever staging of the three trials of Oscar Wilde is a worthy portrayal of the writer´s fall from fame to infamy.

Wilde was brave enough to try and look for protection from defamation in the society that seemed to worship him at the height of his success. Determined to prove his innocence of having committed any crime, he found himself involved in the complexity of family affairs and a downward spiral from then on.

The sad, sad ending to this real life drama was relived and much more was revealed. The indignity of hearing his works quoted to state a case against him did not work because Mr Wilde on the stage is charming too, both eloquent and harmless. There is nothing, nothing at all offensive in Wilde´s wonderful works. You can only improve your mind by reading them.


 A thumping rendering of Somewhere Over the Rainbow a capella by maybe ten young men on the stage demands attention from the audience to the words of this sugary sweet Broadway song which is transformed into a thundering demand to be free from the hypocrisy of a society that condemns them to live behind closed doors.

Definitely a play to see. It played to a full house on Friday.