Monthly Programs

2024-2025 Program Year

Welcome Back Social

Monday, September 9, 2024 | 6:45 pm - please note earlier start time!

Hosted by Kalmia Officers and Trustees.

Welcome back! What a wonderful time to reconnect with old friends and meet new members as we kick off the 2024-2025 program year! If you haven’t signed up for a committee yet, be sure to check out the committee sign up forms at the meeting. Please bring a sweet or savory to share if you like, or a bottle of wine!

Artificial Intelligence: What You Want to Know

Monday, October 14, 2024 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Julie Meyers

Eileen Mullin is a Web designer and developer, helping individuals, nonprofits and businesses alike solve issues with their websites. She will share examples of how artificial intelligence (AI) has quietly changed how she and her clients maintain their online presence and discuss how AI’s evolving role can be both a help and a hindrance with its broader implications for our daily lives.

Quaker Meeting Houses

Monday, November 11, 2024 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Deb Kilmer

Carol Ann Gray will talk about the Quaker predecessors of the Kalmia Club, and particularly about how a slow succession of reforms regarding the roles of women led to creating an ever-widening path for all American women. In addition, she will present a short history of the founding of the Quaker Meeting in Lambertville.

Holiday Social

Monday, December 9, 2024 | 7:15 pm

Hosted by Kalmia Officers and Trustees.

Our annual holiday party is here, a time for everyone to share in the merriment and good spirits of the season. Enjoy holiday music provided by our special guest musicians as they help us usher in the holiday season. Please bring a sweet or savory to share.

Kalmia Book Night

Monday, January 12, 2025 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Laura Powers

Attention readers! Join other members as we continue the long-standing post-holiday tradition of members sharing their favorite books. A list of all the books will be available on the website soon after. Please limit your selection to two books.

View the Book Lists from the annual Kalmia Book Night

In Honor of Black History Month, New Jersey’s Only African American History Museum

Monday, February 1, 2025 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Sue Fox

The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) was founded in 2016, born from decades’ worth of research conducted by its co-founders Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck. SSAAM is located at Mt. Zion AME Church and True Farmstead, two historically African American-owned properties in Skillman, New Jersey. Join us to learn about Central New Jersey’s only African American history museum and discover the rich tapestry of stories that have shaped our community.

Ayurveda: Not a One Size Fits All Experience. What is Ayurveda Anyway?

Monday, March 10, 2025 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Fran Bardusco

Experience the philosophy of Ayurveda via the elemental qualities of the Breath, followed by a talk about how Ayurveda developed into a science and why it is gaining acclaim worldwide. Practitioner Abi Boehm will lead the discussion about the benefits, looking at health and lifestyle through an Ayurvedic lens and what working with an Ayurvedic practitioner entails.

Rick Epstein: Newsman, Author, Historian

Monday, April 14, 2025 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Renee Kiriluk-Hill

Journalist and author Rick Epstein’s obsession with his town, his appetite for good stories and his sense of fun resulted in his latest book, “Frenchtown.” It is a fascinating look at the muddy, bloody, peeling-paint years before the town put on a clean shirt. Hear stories Rick unearthed, including some leading back to Lambertville.

Meet the Author of a Book About John & Peter’s Place

Monday, May 12, 2025 | 7:15 pm

Program Coordinator: Cheryl Cvetan

Amy Yates Wuelfing is the author of “Still Drinkin’ & Smokin’, Rockin’ & Rollin’,” an oral history of New Hope’s John & Peter’s. She will speak about the culture and times experienced at the infamous New Hope bar. Many exploits and characters abound!

End-of-Year Social, Installation of Officers, and Meet Our Scholarship Winners

Monday, June 9, 2025 | 7:15 pm

Hosted by Kalmia Officers and Trustees.

Enjoy our year-end farewell meeting as we say good-bye for the summer! Meet our scholarship winners and their families, and welcome new Board members and Trustees. Please bring a sweet or savory to share.