Meeting Schedule for The Sons of the Desert NYC
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
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. If you arrive early to the meeting, please wait in the courtyard. We can bring refreshments and snacks, but no alcoholic beverages are permitted on the premises. (Also, please consider supporting the church's food pantry.) Remember, it is our responsibility to clean up after our meeting and leave the room as we found it.
You can bring your friends as prospective members for the donation of $5 each, and they will be given membership forms to join us. The $5 will be applied to their membership.
Our October Film Lineup
First of all, I would like to thank our members for your understanding the Sons’ situation, and above all, thank you for your support in sending in your dues.
We would like to invite you to our FIRST IN A LONG TIME SONS OF THE DESERT HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY! Yes, you read me right… an old-fashioned COSTUME party! Come as your favorite movie star, or anyone from the Hal Roach Studio. Come as Jimmy Finlayson, Mae Busch, Tiny Sandford, even Charley Chase or Charlie Chaplin! HEY — come as an inmate from “Pardon Us!” The best costume will win a prize! And…while you're in a festive Halloween mood… please bring some Halloween snacks to share with your friends. Of course, YOU can bring a friend who is interested in joining our group. It's only $5 for a one-time guest fee and we will take the fiver off their dues when they join!
We will be running a TRUE Halloween feature film courtesy of our good friend John Giriat: “The Boogie Man Will Get You” starring Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Larry Parks and Maxie Rosenbloom. Should be loads of fun! And our boys Stan and Ollie in their silent classic “Do Detectives Think?” And, an Our Gang one-reel featuring the gang AND lovely Rosina Lawrence, and the not so lovely Dudley Dickerson. How can you NOT have fun with a program like this one! So, dig out your make-up kit and your imagination and dress up! Heck, how many times can we still act like kids and have Halloween fun!
So, you have a few weeks to get your costume together… and remember, please bring some Halloween snacks for you and your friends. Looking forward to seeing you then and there!
Yes, I AM gonna dress up!
Your obedient servant,
Jack Roth, Grand Sheik, Oasis #1
P.S. We have some fun things lined up for future meetings. Any ideas you got??? TELL ME.
