Meeting Schedule for The Sons of the Desert NYC
Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
Time: 7:30pm to 10:30pm
The New York Founding Tent meets monthly at The Church of the Transfiguration, founded in 1848 and home of The Episcopal Actors' Guild since 1923. "The Little Church Around the Corner," as it is commonly known, has welcomed theatrical legends including Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Basil Rathbone, Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Fontaine, Rex Harrison, and Charlton Heston, so we are in great company!
Meeting Location
The Church of the Transfiguration
One East 29th Street
(Between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Meeting Guidelines
There is no formal dress code as there was at our former location of The Players, but please dress respectably. We can bring refreshments and snacks, but no alcoholic beverages are permitted on the premises. Also, it is our responsibility to clean up after our meeting and leave the room as we found it.
Our January Meeting
The NY Sons of the Desert Tent, Oasis #1, is gearing up for another year of great films, rarities, and fun camaraderie! To kick things off for the new year, we are celebrating Babe Hardy's birthday and W.C. Fields' birthday in January. We will be running one of Fields’ rare films, "Million Dollar Legs." Normally, we would also run a Laurel & Hardy two-reeler to go along with it for Babe's birthday but we are scheduled to have a special guest... Bernie Hogya, webmaster of the site www.lettersfromstan.com and co-author of the NEW book Collecting Laurel & Hardy with our friend Danny Bacher. As you all know, Danny was a member of our tent and has recently passed away at the young age of 48. Bernie will talk about the book and about his pal Danny, whom we all miss very much.
We will celebrate Babe’s birthday in February by screening the recently discovered "Battle of the Century," and we'll celebrate Babe & Stan on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, with a full L&H shorts program.
NOTE: Since we are in the midst of cold weather and the possibilities of snow, if there is snow on the date of our meeting and we have to cancel our gathering, we will let you know by 3 p.m. that day by posting on our website, and Carrin will email everyone.
