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The University Club of Toronto

January 2015—updated!

Jan. 9 Friday Night Films - “That’s Entertainment Part 1”

Jan. 16 Friday Night Family Film - ”101 Dalmatians”

Jan.16 & 17 Downton Abbey inspired English Country House Weekend

Jan. 20 Round Table Luncheon

Jan. 22 Wine Event - “Deals from the Cellar and Comfort Foods”

Jan. 22 SYPE Event “The Art of Networking” a Fireside Chat with John Campion.

Jan. 23 Friday Night Films - “The Commitments”

Jan. 23 Robbie Burns Night

Jan. 26 Art Classes with John Lennard begin

Feb. 12 Wine Event—Champagne vs. Sparkling

Feb. 26 Prospective Members Reception

Feb. 6 Friday Night Films - “All That Jazz” Family Film - “Jungle Book”

Jan. 30 Friday Night Films - “On the Town” Family Film - “The Aristocats”

Feb. 13 Friday Night Films - “Cabaret” Family Film - “The Muppet Movie”

Feb. 20 Friday Night Films - “Moulin Rouge”

Upcoming Events

Winter Wine Events Pencil them in!

From the President Dear Fellow Members,

We're very excited about how the club is flourishing. Many of our members have remarked on the quality and variety of our programming over the past couple of years. We've had vibrant musical evenings with elite classical and jazz musicians, followed by dinners where the conversation is lively and the food sublime. Our Friday movie nights, which have been organized into themed series, have attracted film aficionados and fans of Chef Patrick's weekly bistro menus. Our stellar wine cellar is shown to advantage in dinners with wine pairings; and wine-makers and négociants lead wine-tastings which delight and inform. Our Book Club tackles challenging works which lead to enlightening discussions, and our recent author night had the audience asking for more such evenings. Sports pro-gramming, led by highly trained instructors, caters to a wide range of abilities and inter-ests; while day trips for skiing and golfing at top notch clubs round out our offerings

We are constantly exploring new ways to enjoy our beautiful building, as our Jazz Era Season Opening Gala demonstrated so styl-ishly in September. In this newsletter we have highlighted a number of Club event that are planned for the next two months. Please have a look and consider which ones might appeal to your family, friends and col-leagues. We are working very hard to build programs and events that will enrich your life, and which you will be proud to share with your guests. If your guests express an interest in our Club, please let them know that we are always happy to welcome new members. I would be thrilled to talk to them about what is involved, as would our General Manager Nico Barrett.

I look forward to seeing many of you around the Club in the coming weeks. Best wishes to you and your family for a happy and healthy New Year. Bryan Graham

Deals from the Cellar Thursday, January 22nd

with a Menu of Winter Comfort Foods

Sparkling vs Champagnes: A Blind Tasting

Thursday, February 12th

Coming up in March A Wine Tasting and Dinner with Harold Thiel

of Hidden Bench Wines, Niagara Date to be announced

Round Table Luncheon

January 20th, 2015

The University Club of Toronto 380 University Ave-nue, Toronto, ON M5G 1R6

About John Lennard John’s art career has been influenced by many varied travel and study experiences. He has lived and painted around the world including in Barcelona, Paris and the most significant was studying with an abstract master at the International School of Art in Italy. Career highlights include shows in New York and Berlin, the International Art Fair in Toronto with solo shows at the Roberts Gallery on Yonge Street and at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie.

ART LESSONS with John Lennard at UCT January 26th 2015 is the start of the five weeks of ART LESSONS

7pm to 8:30 pm every MONDAY* *note Family Day class held on TUESDAY February 17th

John Lennard is back by popular demand, to teach art lessons at the Club. Classes will focus composition, the figure & landscape. Both Drawing & Painting are covered. All levels are welcome!!!

$195 (plus HST) FIVE MONDAY evening lessons, which include materials & model fee. Class limited to 10 participants.

To reserve, contact Jill at [email protected]


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Please join fellow UCT members and SYPE for a fireside chat with John A. Campion. “The Art of Networking” is intended to give you tools for how to be strategic in mak-ing the right connections. As young professionals, you can learn how to become an insider and link yourself professionally within political circles.

John has been counsel to Prime Ministers, Premiers and national campaigns. He is a confidante to many politicians and has experience advising at all levels of government. Professionally, he has been called to the bar for over 40 years. In addition to having a very successful legal practice, he is also an author, speaker and professor. John has a long history of community involvement, including a past board member of the CBC and Empire Club of Canada.

Calling all UCT

Young Professionals...

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, Jan. 22nd Time: 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Location: Main Lounge Cost: $25 (incl)

(includes 1 cocktail and hors d’oeuvres. A chit/cash bar will

also be available)

Space is limited. In order to ensure you get a spot, please

purchase your ticket by noon Tuesday, January 22nd.

RSVP to Jill at

[email protected] or call 416-597-1336 x228

Fortified Wine Lunch

December 19th Ports, Sherries and other fortified wines oh my! It was a chilly winter day but many a member came to enjoy this lavish multi course lunch in the Library. The fun continued fire-side in the Lounge well into the afternoon as it tends to do each year!


Jazz & Tapas Night

December 11th The Library was overflowing as the first Jazz and Tapas evening was big success. The band played while members and guests enjoyed a tapas buffet and special scotches and bourbons at the bar. Stayed tuned for future dates as the success of this event promises an encore per-formance in the near future.

Yuletide Buffet December 12th Chef Patrick outdid himself once again! A yearly club favourite, this luncheon saw about 140 members come out to enjoy the festive food and fellowship.

Smile! A few photos from some recent memorable Club Events.

Monday Night Squash Starting in January, Novice or Seasoned - this

is a chance to meet other players, view a match or two or play a round.

Tune-up your game for the winter season! Guest fees are waived on Monday evenings Starting from 5:30 pm

For more info contact [email protected]

Invite a friend to fitness! For a limited time you can gift a non-UCT member friend to a 2 week introductory pass to the Club’s fitness centre. The new year is an ideal time to give the gift of fitness to friends, family and associates. The UCT offers exclusive and customized sports and fitness programmes to our members. Featuring · More than 10 weekly small group exercise classes

· Cardio and strength equipment

· Pilates body reformer

· Spinning classes

· HIIT ( High Intensity Interval Training)

· Pilates, Yoga and Mindful Meditation

· Functional Fitness

· Ski Conditioning

· Golf Training Room

· Squash Court

· Highest level of personalized service

Your guests will receive 2 weeks access to the sports and fitness studio. This is a limited time opportunity. To order your gift vouchers (A nominal fee of $20 will be charged to your account) Contact Nico Barrett, General Manager at [email protected] For information about the sports and fitness programmes contact Karen Csida, UCT Sports Director at [email protected] All guests receiving this pass will be required to meet with Karen before starting their fitness centre visits.


Beginners welcome! A great opportunity to meet new friends.

Contact Ian Bates for more information at 416.617.5800 or [email protected]

UCT has joined up with the Love to Ski Club again this year!

FABULOUS MUSICALS continue as UCT’s cinematic theme. Join us for a tremendous toe-tapping line-up of classic and modern musicals rang-ing from the 1930’s to the present! See below for details.


January 9 “That’s Entertainment Part 1”

January 16 Family Film “101 Dalmatians”

January 23 “The Commitments” (Fitz)

January 30 “On the Town” & Family Film “The Aristocats”

February 6 “All That Jazz” & Family Film “Jungle Book” It's showtime!" In this part film à clef, part musical phantasmagoria, director/choreographer Bob Fosse takes a Felliniesque look at the life of a driven entertainer. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is the ultimate work (and pleasure)-aholic, as he knocks back a daily dose of amphetamines to juggle a new Broadway pro-duction while editing his new movie, not to mention ex-wife Audrey, steady girlfriend Kate, a young daugh-ter, and various conquests. Joe cannot, however, avoid intimations of mortality from white-clad vision An-gelique (Jessica Lange) that lead him to look back at his life as he heads for a near-inevitable coronary and his departure from this mortal coil with the appropriate razzle-dazzle. Fosse shows the stiff price that entertaining exacts on entertainers as he moves from realistic dance numbers to extravagant flights of cinematic fancy, and as Joe meditates on his life, his women, and his death. Scheider was lauded for giv-ing the best performance of his career. For all its excesses, Fosse's fiercely personal approach turned All That Jazz into another striking work from one of the few directors able to make, and experiment with, movie musicals after the 1960s.

February 13 “Cabaret” & Family Film “The Muppet Movie”

February 20 “Moulin Rouge” The third film from pop-music-obsessed director Baz Luhrmann tweaks the conventions of the musi-cal genre by mixing a period romance with anachronistic dialogue and songs. Ewan McGregor stars as Christian, who leaves behind his bourgeois father during the French belle époque of the late 1890s to seek his fortunes in the bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. Christian meets the absinthe- and alcohol-addicted artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo), who introduces him to a world of sex, drugs, music, theater, and the scandalous dance known as the cancan, all at the Moulin Rouge, a decadent dance hall, brothel, and theater that's the brainchild of Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent). Christian also meets and falls into a tragically doomed romance with the courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman), who becomes the star of the play he's writing, which parallels the couple's romance and utilizes rock music from a century later, including songs by Nirvana, Madonna, the Beatles, and Queen, among others. Loosely based on the opera Orpheus in the Underworld.

All Musicals start at 8 pm and Family Films at 6 pm.

Bistro Menu & Kids Menu available in the Bar every Friday so join us before-hand and make it dinner and a movie!

Hosting a private party with friends or a corporate event?

Think of the Club!

Meetings, Breakfasts, Luncheons,

Dinners, Conferences, Receptions, Fundraisers, Anniversaries, Weddings

or any other occasion

Private Events at The University Club of Toronto


Know someone planning a wedding

in 2015?

The Club is the perfect venue!

Contact Jill Hutchison, Events Coordinator at

[email protected]

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