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Events November 2002 to January 2003

For abbreviations see the bottom of the page. Mail grahamtritt@hotmail.com with news about coming events.
We will concentrate on Berne events unless something is so great even the Bernese would travel to it.
 

Fri Apr 25 tour through 4.6 billion years, Berne botanic gardens, 1800 (below)
Fri Apr 25 1800-2300 open house wine tasting, Muri/ BE 031 921 9388 (reply)
Sat Apr 26 from 1400, Soapbox derby racing, Berne Klösterlistutz
Sat Apr 26 2100 Dancing to Golden Oldies, Villa Stucki (reply to this mail)
Apr 25-May 4 BEA Expo 0900-1800 and wine tastings to 1930
http://www.beapferd.ch/besucher_bea/index_de.htm
Sun Apr 27 from 1100, Soapbox derby racing, Berne Klösterlistutz
Sun Apr 27, 1000-1700 Telemagic and Illusoria, Berne and Ittigen, 15.- (below)
Mon Apr 28 1845 Bern Rest. Galaxy, Toastmasters Meeting, guests free

Wed Apr 30 1900 Western Square Dancing, Bümpliz Kleehaus
Thu May 1 Labor Day March ???
Fri May 2 Berne ICB TGIF at Venezia, 1830
Fri May 2 Oz/NZ evening at the English club
Sat May 3 Bazaar at St Ursula's Berne, 1000
Sun May 4 Sports Day, 1500 on - join in tennis, squash, badminton, minigolf
Reply to register. We arrange partners at any level. Heimberg/Thun
Mon May 5 Wissenschaftscafe - kiffen - bestrafen, verhindern oder erlauben?
Thu May 8 Walk - Ostermundigen to Berne - International club (see below)
Sat May 10 Ballenberg - who is intersted in a walk? (see below)
Mon May 12 Toastmasters Berne 1845 http://www.besu.ch/bernetoasters
Mon May 12 Join ICB to attend "Chicago" movie at club Cinema, mail mark.us@freesurf.ch

May 14,15,16,17*,20,21,22,23 at 19:30 hrs, * 17:00 UPSTAGE Theater
The Company of Wayward Saints www.upstage.ch
May 15,16,17*,20,21,22,23 at 19:30 hrs, * 18:00 Zurich theater
The Clearing (Irish history) www.zcc.ch
Thu May 15, Fri 16 English Speaking Club from 2030
May May 16-18 World Barbecue Championship, Interlaken www.barbecue.ch
Sun May 18 May Aare Gorge and Reichenbach Falls, BBQ
Sun May 18 Walk - Aareschlucht - International clubs
Wed 21 May Learn about Hunnan in China from an expert, ICB,
hall of the Bruderklaus church, 19:00 mark.us@freesurf.ch
Fri May 23 UPSTAGE theater Berne with ICB, meet at Manora at 18:00
Fri May 23 Lennie and George, Youth Theater Festival
Fri May 23 ESCB curry night
Sat May 24 visit behind the curtain, Berne Stadttheater, 10.-
Sat May 24 Scottish Spring Dance http://www.scottap.com/scd/sd2003.html
Mon May 26 Toastmasters Berne 1845
Thu May 29 Fathers Day outing - get away from the family and ... !
Sat May 31 dancing Villa Stucki, 15.-, 2100 on

Sun Jun 1 1600 - get-together at rest. Dählhölzli (by the Berne Zoo)
Fri Jun 6 1830 ICB TGIF Rest. Marzilibrücke
Fri Jun 6 2030 ESCB Oz and NZ evening
Sat Jun 14 fun and fellowship for families, St Ursula's church
Sat Jun 14 International School of Berne fair
Sat Jun 14 ICB Indonesian meal
Sun Jun 15 ICB Potluck Brunch in Düdingen
Mon Jun 16 Toastmasters Berne 1845
Tue Jun 17 see Hamlet in the Castle of Lenzburg, reserve 062 892 0700
Wed Jun 18 ICB learn impressionist painting from Toni Weitz
Sat Jun 21 Oberhofen, Art Appreciation workshop, Anita Geiser, 45.-, 031 991 9526
Sun Jun 22 visit Gruyères, train trip, restaurant, museum, contact Verne 033 438 3545
Tue Jun 24 tour with theme Albert Anker, Berne Kunstmuseum, contact Anita Geiser
Fri Jun 27 ESCB Treasure Hunt in old Berne
Sun Jun 29 cycling trip finishing with barbecue at Eicholz,  contact Gerd Ulbers 031 809 2646
Mon Jun 30 Toastmasters Berne 1845, call Graham 031 829 3479

Thu Jul 3 - ESCB in July open only Thursday evenings
Fri Jul 4 Independence day - open party in Zurich
Fri Jul 4 ICB TGIF, Rest Altenberg, anyone welcome, 1830
Thu July 10 ICB walk and talk, Tiefenau to Felsenau, meet at 0910 at Loeb
Sun July 13 all welcome at picnic / BBQ at island near Thun strandbad
Sun July 20 ICB outing to Isenfluh / Sulwald, contact Verne 033 438 3545
Sun July 27 ICB walk / BBQ on the Gurten, contact Gerd Ulbers 031 809 2646
Thursday 1 August, Farmer's Brunch, Wohlen/BE, contact Graham 031 829 3479
Sun 3 August - from 1600 get-together at rest. Dählhölzli (by the Berne Zoo)
Fri 8 August - TGIF Bellevue Terrace
Sun 10 August - ICB fishing for your dinner, contact Maren 031 992 0262
Mon 11 August - Berne Toastmasters, Rest. Galaxy, 1845
Sun 17 August - BBQ and waterskiing for everyone, Estaveyer-Le-Lac
Thu 21 August - Walk and Talk, Belp Airport to Elfenau
Fri 22 August - Book readers and cafe philosophique
Mon 25 August - Berne Toastmasters
Sun 31 August - ICB outing to Adelboden

See more details on English-speaking organisations in Switzerland.


ANZCC  The Australian - New Zealand Contact Club, besu.ch/anzcc, graham_tritt@hotmail.com
AAZ Aussies Abroad Zurich alinden@oci.unizh.ch
Artw Art workshops for Kids and Teens, English, Kunstmuseum, 5.- 
Tel reservations, 031 388 0911.  Instructor: Anita Geiser
ASC Anglo Swiss Clubs http://www.angloswissclubs.ch/
English club addresses can be found on http://www.englishclubs.ch/fasc-data/clubs.htm
AECB
American Women's Club of Berne
BBQ  Barbecue or barbeque, public grilling and consumption of dead animal parts 
Bergli  Bergli Books, Basel, info@bergli.ch, http://www.bergli.ch/, Talk Parties at Bider and Tanner, Basel
ELS  European Laughing Society, Roland Schutzbach, els@globalinitiative.org, www.hahahahaha.ch 
ESCB  English-Speaking Club of Berne, Laupenstr. 17, City-West, 2UG, http://www.englishclub.ch/
ETAS  English Teachers Association of Switzerland, http://www.e-tas.ch/
FOI  Friends of Ireland, Noel.MacFadden@swisscom.com 031 381 6053, John.Riordan@swisscom.com
Irish solo dance, each Friday evening christine.karo@freesurf.ch 031 398 6100
IA Instinctive Acts (the English Department Theatre Group of the University of Bern) http://www.instinctive-acts.org/
ICBS  International Club of Basel http://www.centrepoint.ch/icb/index.htm
ICH Irish music and dance in Switzerland http://www.geocities.com/irishch/newsgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IrishCH
NZclub  New Zealand Association Switzerland, http://www.nzclub.ch/
Oz  Ozzieland, Australia 
SDCB Scottish Country Dancing Club Berne www.scottap.com/scd
SNL Swiss National Library, Hallwylstr. Berne (from Helvetiaplatz along Helvetiastrasse)
StU  St Ursula's Anglican Church, Jubiläumstr, Berne
TAK  Theater am Käfigturm http://www.theater-am-kaefigturm.ch/, Spitalgasse 4, Berne 031 311 6100 
TGIF  Thank God It's Friday 
TM  Toastmasters - non-profit-making orgsnisation for public speaking, http://www.toastmasters.org/
TM Area  The Swiss TM clubs http://besu.ch/swisstoasters
TM Basel  http://www.geocities.com/baseltoasters Centrepoint  im Lohnhof 8, Basel
TM Berne  http://besu.ch/bernetoasters  Rest. Galaxy
TM Geneva  http://www.swisscities.com/toast/geneva
TM Zurich  http://www.toastmasters.ch/
TM Zug  http://www.swisscities.com/toast/zug/  Hotel Guggital, Zugerbergstrasse 46, Zug
ZCC http://www.zcc.ch/ The Zurich Comedy Club amateur theatre group.