Exercise in the Solarium!
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:15 a.m.
Norman Yanovitz leads this long-standing group workout in the Solarium.
WASHINGTON SQUARE CITIZENS LEAGUE
All Hopkinson House residents are welcome to join! See details below on this and much more.
Washington Square Citizens League is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to motivating Hopkinson House residents to become engaged in the political and social processes of the day.
Founded in 1996, WSCL offers an array of activities, including informative programs and regular meetings organized around interest groups. The membership year is from July 1 – June 30. Annual dues for 2025-2026 are $10 per person, $20 per couple. WSCL Membership Form 2025-2026
Questions? Contact susan.tomita@gmail.com.
Evening Discussion Forums and Speaker Series
Topical evening Discussion Forums and a Speaker Series take place on selected weekdays from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m. in the Solarium unless otherwise noted. Knowledgeable Hopkinson House residents lead the Discussion Forums. Information packets generally are emailed to WSCL members about a week in advance and also posted here for access. The Speaker Series features local outside experts.
These events will restart in Fall 2025. Topics and speakers featured in the past year included
- Trump/Harris Domestic Policy – The Coming Age of AI – Election Postmortem – Iran’s Role in the Middle East – Affordable Housing – Higher Education in Tumult – End of Life and Thereafter
- Mary Isaacson: Our State Representative – Penn Future: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – Juntos: Undocumented Immigrants in Philadelphia and the US – Rebecca Yamin: Digging in the City of Brotherly Love – NOAA: Climate Science and Policy Update
WSCL Book & Crime Novels Groups
BOOK GROUP (General), Sunday, 4:30 pm, Upper Solarium
Meetings take place on the first Monday of the month.
- July 6, THE UPCYCLED SELF: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are by Tariq Trotter and Jasmine Martin – One Book One Philadelphia 2025
CRIME NOVELS, Wednesday, 1:30 pm, Library
Meetings take place on the third Wednesday of the month. Note date changes!
- June 18, A MAN LAY DEAD by Ngaio Marsh
CURTAIN UP! WSCL Theatre Discussion Group
Theatre-lovers meet monthly on Tuesday from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) to discuss plays
attended, do live readings, interact with guest speakers, and more. The group meets in the upper Solarium unless otherwise noted. Meetings will restart in September 2025.
REEL Group for Movie Discussions
This revived group meets on the second Sunday of the month from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Upper Solarium. Group participants vote on the film to discuss based on a selection of movies playing at Landmark Ritz 5 or Philadelphia Film Society Bourse theater. Meetings will resume in Fall 2025. Movies discussed recently were The Brutalist, Anora, Black Bag, and Margaret