Don’t Miss “Beyond the Gates” and “Eyes on Books” in August

In August, the Video Club’s TV shows introduce a local senior speed dating program and a new historical novel. “Beyond the Gates” visits the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in Mission Viejo where speed dating is among many senior activities. “Eyes on Books” welcomes best-selling novelist Christina Baker Kline via Zoom to discuss The Exiles, her tale of three British women committed to an Australian penal colony during the 1840s.

Senior Speed Dating and More…

(Above) Single senior men and women get acquainted through a senior speed dating program conducted by the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in Mission Viejo. (Photo courtesy of Norman P. Murray Center)

The Murray Center’s Melanie McGrane, Community Services Supervisor, explains how their senior speed dating program works – enabling “15 eligible bachelors and 15 bachelorettes” to exchange introductions “in a positive and safe space.” Interviewing McGrane is local personality Cherri Farah. Other senior programs discussed include catered luncheons; classes in fitness, gardening, and technology; a Tuesday-evening acoustic concert series – and flu-shot clinics, coming in September.

Next, with Farah hosting, “Beyond the Gates” examines the philanthropy of Orange County’s Roosters Foundation, which raises $300,000 annually for children’s charities. Finally, resident Bill Hemberger visits Piccolino Ristorante, a popular Italian eatery in Mission Viejo. BTG airs Wednesdays at 11 am and Sundays at 9 am over Village Television.

” fight for redemption and freedom”

(Photo at top) Residents Steve Savlov and Susan Wheeler interview best-selling novelist Christina Baker Kline (below) about her new novel, The Exiles, on “Eyes on Books” for August.

In August, “Eyes on Books” hosts, residents Susan Wheeler and Steve Savlov, share impressions of The Exiles, described by Goodreads as an “emotionally resonant novel about three women whose lives are bound together…as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society.” Later the author, Christina Baker Kline, who also wrote the best-sellers, The Orphan Train and A Piece of the World, joins them for discussion. EOB airs Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 am over Village Television.

See Both Shows on YouTube

Both shows are available on YouTube (search: “Village Television / Playlists / Video Club of Laguna Woods”). Resident Suzanne Savlov produces both shows with the club’s Video One Productions team; resident Jack Crawbuck directs photography.