The NorthWodes

February brings “The Girl on the Boat”

krisfowler — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:04:02 +0000

Angie says, “Our next reading selection is: Girl on the Boat / also called Three Men and a Maid (1921). The next meeting is 4th Tuesday of February — Feb. 28, 7pm.” Location will be made clear closer to the date via the Northwodes email list, or by request.

To which Maria follows up, “For those who like to carry entire libraries in their pockets (as I do in my iPhone), do check out the Project Gutenberg files: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20717 You may download it in a number of formats; or read it online; or find it collected in The Best Known Works of PG Wodehouse (rather a misleading title– unless one were to add “which are in the Public Domain”) via Kindle.”

Kris adds to the plethora of choices: there’s a free audiobook version at http://librivox.org/the-girl-on-the-boat-by-p-g-wodehouse/ . Of course there are multiple print and audiobook versions for purchase as well.

Couldn’t be easier to do the pleasant prep for this congenial gathering!

Bring on the cheese curls!

krisfowler — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:07:16 +0000

The Northwodes’ Combined Holiday Party and Book Discussion will start at 6 pm, Saturday, December 17, in Bloomington (MN). Contact the Northwodes’ extensive staff to RSVP or get more details.

Angie announced that December’s book is “Bring On the Girls!” This will be our first foray into the autobiographical writings (“semi-autobiographical,” according to wikipedia, and not just because Guy Bolton is a co-author). It’s included in “Wodehouse on Wodehouse,” if you have/get a copy of that.

Wodehouse in song! and on CD!

krisfowler — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:49:10 +0000

Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard gave a knock-out performance of songs for which Wodehouse wrote the lyrics at the TWS convention in Detroit on Oct. 15–a very fitting way to celebrate the 130th anniversary of PGW’s birth! Also an auspicious day for the release of the CD, which is now available for order (at least in the U.S.; the rest of the world to be accommodated shortly):

“Our Little Paradise: Songs of PG Wodehouse” by Maria Jette (soprano) and Dan Chouinard (piano)
One CD $15 USD; Two $25; Three $30
More info, plus the crucial PayPal order link, at
http://www.mariajette.net/mj/Wodehouse_in_song!.html

Check out a sample number: “Will You Forget?” (from “The Riviera Girl”) at
http://youtu.be/nfZd1mMUEpQ (as recorded by a lucky convention-goer).

Burgling Banks in October

krisfowler — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:57:11 +0000

Passing along the low-down from Angie:

Hello fellow Wodehouse readers,

The Northwodes bookgroup met last Tuesday [Aug. 23] and had a splendid time.

Our next read will be: Do Butler’s Burgle Banks? (1968)

We will again meet at the WA Frost (in St. Paul) on Oct. 25 at 7pm.

Songs in Paradise

krisfowler — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:54:49 +0000

Remember the great performance of songs with Wodehouse lyrics at the 2009 TWS convention? Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard are back with even more, destined for a CD. They previewed several numbers, by turns rollicking and lovely, at an August 7 “concertlette” sponsored by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Friends of the Libraries.

Northwodes Book Club – “Uncle Fred in the Springtime”

krisfowler — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:36:19 +0000

Hello Northwodes,
The next book up for discussion in August will be:
Uncle Fred in the Springtime
The next meeting will be August 23 at 7pm.
The next meeting location will be at:
WA Frost
374 Selby Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102

http://www.wafrost.com/photogallery.asp

Happy Summer Reading,
Angie

Northwodes Book Club, June edition – “Mr Mulliner Speaking”

krisfowler — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:07:56 +0000

“Mr. Mulliner Speaking” is on deck for the Northwodes’ June 28 2011 book group. Please join us at 7 pm (at Wilde Roast – 65 Main St SE • Minneapolis, MN 55414 [map]).

If you have a copy of “The World of Mr. Mulliner,” the 9 stories under discussion are The Reverent Wooing of Archibald, The Man Who Gave Up Smoking, The Story of Cedric, The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner, Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court, Those in Peril on the Tee, Something Squishy, The Awful Gladness of the Mater, and The Passing of Ambrose.

Northwodes Derby Day

krisfowler — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:53:04 +0000

I hope you are planning to join us at the Lexington (1096 Grand Ave, St. Paul) next Saturday (May 7) at 3:30, so we’ll have time to chat and nosh and place our bets before watching the Kentucky Derby.

Appropriate supplies to bring include a few dollar bills and at least one hat (that is, it would be helpful if at least one of you brought a hat; but anyone who wants to draw a horse out of it should be prepared to fork over a buck). Also, of course, your favorite Wodehouse racing quotation and/or your pick for which horse has the best Wodehouse connection.

Boat Race Night 2011

krisfowler — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:18:46 +0000

The annual aquatic contest between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge took place on Saturday, 26 March 2011, and the Northwodes celebrated Oxford’s win appropriately that evening. Gathering at the Happy Gnome, browsing and sluicing was enjoyed by all, and only one policeman’s helmet was subject to purloining. (See “Carry On, Jeeves”, ch 7, for relevant text.)

Northwodes Book Club – “Hot Water”

Ranelagh — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:00:26 +0000

Join us on April 26 2011 for the next installment in our riveting series of book club gatherings. There will be the usual bit of browsing and sluicing as we discuss PG Wodehouse’s novel “Hot Water” . Delightful novel but a bit, well, French, don’t you know.

The revels commence at 7:00 pm at Wilde Roast Cafe in Minneapolis [map].