Renowned Twilight Zone scholar and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, Visions from The Twilight Zone and The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) spoke at the Kiwanis Club of Weston meeting last Saturday, October 26.
Arlen’s background is in graphic design (RISD), art direction and copywriting in New York City advertising agencies. His book The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, won the Independent Book Publishers Award for Best Popular Culture Book, ABC’s 20/20 named him “one of the country’s preeminent authorities on comics and culture,” the BBC said his works on The Twilight Zone were “a cut above the rest, full of passion and erudition”. Comic Book Artist magazine called him “one of the more articulate and enthusiastic advocates of comic book art in America.”
Arlen also signed hardcover copies of his brand-new book of essays on The Twilight Zone’s greatest episodes, The Five Themes of The Twilight Zone.
Kiwanis photograph by Bob Uzenoff.
Last Updated: October 30, 2024 by Robert Uzenoff
Twilight Zone Scholar at Kiwanis
Renowned Twilight Zone scholar and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, Visions from The Twilight Zone and The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) spoke at the Kiwanis Club of Weston meeting last Saturday, October 26.
Arlen’s background is in graphic design (RISD), art direction and copywriting in New York City advertising agencies. His book The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, won the Independent Book Publishers Award for Best Popular Culture Book, ABC’s 20/20 named him “one of the country’s preeminent authorities on comics and culture,” the BBC said his works on The Twilight Zone were “a cut above the rest, full of passion and erudition”. Comic Book Artist magazine called him “one of the more articulate and enthusiastic advocates of comic book art in America.”
Arlen also signed hardcover copies of his brand-new book of essays on The Twilight Zone’s greatest episodes, The Five Themes of The Twilight Zone.
Kiwanis photograph by Bob Uzenoff.
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Upcoming events
Breakfast meeting. Program: From Woodstock to Wisdom: A Boomer's Journey to 80, Vicki Thomas
Weston Kiwanis meets most Saturdays from September through June at Norfield Congregational Church parish hall. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and conversation, with the breakfast meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 10 a.m. After breakfast, we have a speaker or community service activity.
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Super Bowl Feast for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Food Drop Off
Kiwanis 2026 Super Bowl Lunch Feast
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Kiwanis Lunch Feasts for
Homes for the Brave (34 men)
Madaras Home for Women Veterans (12 women)
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Valentine's breakfast meeting.
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Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Breakfast meeting. Program: Faces of Freedom, Walter Schuppe
Before launching this project, Schuppe had a 30-year career in banking and finance, most recently serving as a Senior Vice President/Managing Director at Pacific Western Bank until his retirement in early 2024. In addition to his work with Faces of Freedom, he serves as the treasurer for SEALKIDS, a charity that supports the children of U.S. Navy SEALs.
Weston Kiwanis meets most Saturdays from September through June at Norfield Congregational Church parish hall. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and conversation, with the breakfast meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 10 a.m. After breakfast, we have a speaker or community service activity.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Breakfast meeting with speaker Toni Boucher, entrepreneur, philanthropist, politician
In the private sector, Boucher has been a trailblazing business leader, managing billion-dollar budgets for major corporations and recently retiring as director of a $30 billion asset management company. A serial entrepreneur, she has founded multiple start-ups and held Series 7, 63, and 31 investment licenses.
As a philanthropist and education advocate, Boucher is transforming entrepreneurship programs at the University of Connecticut School of Business and serves on numerous nonprofit boards funding groundbreaking research and initiatives. She is the author of The Husky Effect: How UConn Is Creating the Entrepreneurs of the Future and has been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who.
Boucher holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut and has called Wilton home for forty years, where she raised three children and now enjoys six grandchildren. Her life’s work continues to focus on creating opportunities for others to achieve their own American Dream.
Weston Kiwanis meets most Saturdays from September through June at Norfield Congregational Church parish hall. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and conversation, with the breakfast meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 10 a.m. After breakfast, we have a speaker or a community service activity.
Stone Doll
An Immigrant’s Memoir from War-Torn Italy to the American Dream
From a dirt floor in Italy to the halls of American power, this is one woman’s incredible journey.
In 1955, five-year-old Toni Boucher and her family left their primitive stone farmhouse in war-torn Italy and boarded a ship for America with nothing in their pockets and no understanding of the English language. But they had hope.
Stone Doll is the stirring memoir of an immigrant girl who turned away hardships, determined not to let challenges place limits on what she could achieve. She arrived in a country that promised everything but guaranteed nothing, and Toni grew up seeing her illiterate parents battle to create a new life when tragedies seemed destined to rip the family apart. Instead, through heartbreak and obstacles, she found her indomitable spirit—first nurtured by her father and brother, and later elevated through her loving partnership with her husband.
From those meager beginnings, Toni found herself to be a leader who exceled in all she took on: entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist. Boucher has run seventeen political campaigns and won fifteen. She reached the highest levels of Connecticut state government. With her husband, she rode the entrepreneur’s roller coaster—complete with devastating failures and formidable achievements, never losing faith in the power of an idea worth fighting for.
Today, Toni is a benefactor of the University of Connecticut and voice for society’s most vulnerable, She shows that the American Dream isn’t just about where you end up—it’s about lifting others as you climb.
This is her American story.
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St. Patricks's breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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Passover breakfast meeting.
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Green Up Day breakfast meeting. Program: Millie Best Environmental Award
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Community Service - Green Up Day
Annual Club Meeting for Elections Breakfast Meeting
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Mother's Day breakfast meeting.
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Memorial Day Weekend Fair
Memorial Day Weekend Fair
Memorial Day Weekend Fair
Memorial Day Weekend Fair
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Youth Service and Leadership Award and breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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High School Awards and Father's Day breakfast meeting.
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NO MEETING
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Weston Celebrates America 250 Field Day
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NO MEETING
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Installation breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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