Eat, Drink, Converse

    • November 12, 2025
    • March 11, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Skillets in East University Village Ft Myers (Ben Hill and Estero Blvd)
    • 0
    Registration is closed


    Estero Area Breakfast


    Join your MCA friends for a monthly breakfast at Skillets in Estero.



    Click here to have a look at the menu.


    Questions? email


            Neil Chesson (Nov and Dec)

     Ken Marcus  (Jan - April)


    • November 13, 2025
    • March 12, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Thee City's Grill, 3883 Tamiami Trail, Naples
    • 10
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    East Naples Breakfast

    Registration Opens 9/13/25




    Join your MCA friends for a  monthly breakfast on the second Thursday of each month.

    We meet at Thee City's Grill in the Town Center Shopping Center, 3883 Tamiami Trail East.


    You need to re-register for this season in order to receive your monthly reminders



    Questions? Email Barry Denkensohn


    • December 17, 2025
    • April 20, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center
    • 4
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    Wine Club 

    Register once for the season and receive a reminder for each upcoming session announcing the wine selections for that month

    If you were registered for the Special Opening Event you will still need to register once for this regular season


    The MCA Wine Club is dedicated to wine education and wine enjoyment. We know and accept that members will bring varying levels of wine knowledge, experience and understanding to our meetings. ALL ARE WELCOME!

    Please come if you want to learn and enjoy wine with like-minded MCA members. For this season, all participants will contribute $25 at each tasting. This is to offset costs of wine and  refreshments, which will be brought by those who volunteer. Whoever brings wine or refreshments will be partly reimbursed to the extent available from the entry fees collected.

    December 17th- At this meeting we will be tasting wines made from different red grape varietals -- cabernet sauvignon, syrah, merlot, pinot noir and malbec. Can we taste the difference, and identify which is which?

    January 19th-California Cabernets

    February 19th-Rhone Wines

    March 16th-TBD

    April 20th-TBD

    Wines for upcoming meetings will be chosen at the preceding meeting.


    Please contact Jim Aronson with any questions.






    Anyone who wants to bring an interesting or favorite bottle of white wine should do so.  Please let Barry know what you're planing to bring.  As we're tasting whites, you won't need to open the bottles in advance, so if we have a lot of wines, we may not open them all.   You should also be prepared to speak about the winemaker, vineyard, year and the wine.
    • December 24, 2025
    • April 24, 2026
    • 5 sessions
    • Varied Locations During the Season - Starting Oct 15
    Register

     


    Cigar Group



    Join our group of like minded cigar aficionados who enjoy a good cigar.  Besides cigars, good conversation and drinks, the group plans to have 1 or 2 cigar dinners during the season, as well as other cigar related events. We'll move around a bit, generally meeting once or twice a month, depending on interest and availability.

    One signup gets you on the email list to receive meeting notices.

    For additional information contact Marc Fleischer.
    • February 05, 2026
    • April 30, 2026
    • 13 sessions
    • The Patio 10711 Tamiami Trail N, Naples

    Happiness is






    a good breakfast

    a bunch of friends

    Come join us Thursday February 19 

    at 745 or 900 am

    the MCA Weekly Breakfast where dairy, meat and eggs are served in hearty portions for a few shekels. reserve your time now  Glenn Perrin

    • February 18, 2026
    • 11:30 AM
    • House of Omelets, 1201 Piper Boulevard, just North of Immokalee at Airport Road, Naples
    Register


    Long Island Area Lunch

    Inaugural Edition


    Registration is Open


    Are your roots on Long Island?

    Join fellow Long Islanders for lunch and a get together at the House of Omelets on Piper Boulevard - just North of Immokalee at Airport Road in Naples. 

    Registration is required. This is a members only not coed event

    Questions? Contact your host, Gary Sanders



    • February 24, 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • 28340 Trails Edge Blvd, Bonita Springs

    Oy, stop your kvetching about rising prices!

    Tuesday, Feb 24 

    Mare Terra

    28340 Trails Edge Blvd Bonita Springs


    SPECIAL MENU $36.26 all evening

    includes soup or salad, one of 11 entreés, and dessert (veal and branzino dishes for + $5)

    or $25 special Pasta Night,  or à la carte avb

    SO CHOOSE   a time, inside or outside

     500ish         600ish        700ish     

    Email Glenn Perrin to secure a reservation and time

    dining at Bella Atalia  below

    • March 05, 2026
    • 11:30 AM
    • House of Omelets, 1201 Piper Boulevard, just North of Immokalee at Airport Road, Naples
    • 0
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    New Englanders Lunch

    Inaugural Edition


    Registration is Open


    Are your roots in New England? Do you root for the Patriots?

    Join fellow New Englanders for lunch and a get together at the House of Omelets on Piper Boulevard - just North of Immokalee at Airport Road in Naples. 

    Registration is required. This is a members only not coed event

    Questions? Contact your host, Arnie Pulver



    • March 07, 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
    • Vineyards Country Club, 400 Vineyards Blvd, Naples
    • 17
    Register

    Registration opens 1/7/26

    10th Annual
    Sweetheart Dinner Dance

    with the

    Dazzling DelRays



    Join us for the 10th annual Sweetheart Dinner Dance. Spend time with old and new friends. The evening includes a cocktail reception, a top notch dinner, and great music provided by the Dazzling DelRaysEveryone is sure to have a rockin' good time.

    The last nine Sweetheart Dances sold out,
    so make your reservation early!!

    • March 12, 2026
    • 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
    • Stonebridge Country Club
    • 34
    Register

    Monthly Luncheon

    Registration opens 1/8/26

    Electric Vehicles:

    The Road Ahead 

    Dr. Peter Michael

    FGCU Emergent Technologies Institute

    Hear from an expert about the current status and what the future holds for electric vehicles. Learn about EV technology and capabilities, research and development, government regulation, and the economics of electric vehicles. 

    Learn also about FGCU's Emergent Technologies Institute, a research and development complex opened in Fort Myers in 2016 to support interdisciplinary research, graduate education, and technology development.


    Peter Michael is an Instructor and Research Associate at FGCU's Emergent Technologies Institute, specializing in renewable energy development. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida.   He moved to Florida following a long career at Science Applications International Corporation (SIAC) and its successor company, Leidos, where he held positions as a Solutions Architect and Principal Engineer.

    Cancellation Policy: No refund if cancellation is within 7 days of the event.

    Questions? Email Michael Sobol.


    Note: This luncheon is at Stonebridge Country Club

    2100 Winding Oaks Way, Naples


    • March 16, 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • Lulu B's - 2374 Immokalee Rd Naples (Greentree Center)
    • 18
    Register

     



    "Boys from da Bronx"  Brunch 








    Join your fellow MCA members who have a home or grew up in the Bronx for a casual brunch.

    Although the Yankees didn't make it to the World Series this year its always great to get together with fellow Bronxites to celebrate the best borough in the City.  

    If you grew up in da Bronx, went to school there, worked or lived there, were a Bronx 3-sewer stickball hitter, or had some other close connection to the Borough we'd love to see yo


    Reservations are required.


    Questions? Contact your host, Gene Briskman

    • March 17, 2026
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    • The Patio - 10711 Tamiami Trail
    • 25
    Register


    Special

    NE Ohio

    Brunch 



    Enjoy a casual brunch with fellow MCA members who are from Northeastern Ohio (Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown & Warren), now living in the Naples area.

    Reservations are required.

    Questions? Contact your host, Mark Cohn



    • March 17, 2026
    • 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 9001 Sage Avenue Naples 34120 (Immokalee & Collier)
    • 0
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    Mini-Golf and Dinner

    Volcano Mountain Adventure Golf*


    A coed event

                                   

    You and a guest can register to join MCA friends for a late afternoon of mini-golf followed by dinner.

    After a 4:30 shotgun start for 40 players, we will all go to Taco's and Tequila across the street in Founder's Square for dinner and to brag about our rounds.

    * Located behind the Racetrack gas station on Immokalee, east of Collier.

    Questions? Contact Jeff Morgenstern.

    • March 25, 2026
    • 5:30 PM
    • Lowdermilk Beach
    Register


    Registration opens 1/25/26

    Beach Party!

    A coed event

    Bring your friends and family to Lowdermilk Beach to join your fellow MCA'ers for an afternoon (and evening) of food and fun. Bring your own favorite food, beverages, and games.

    Rain date will be the next day


    For more info, email Jeff Morgenstern

    • March 27, 2026
    • 12:00 PM
    • Angelo's Southern Grill 8795 Tamiani Trail N. Naples FL 34108
    • 14
    Register


    Baltimore Area Lunch

    March Edition


    Registration opens 1/27/26




    Still follow the Ravens and O's? Join your fellow Charm City-ers for lunch and a get together. (Howard, Carroll, Montgomery, PG, Anne Arundel, and Queen Anne's County folks invited too!)

    Registration is required. This is a members only not coed event

    Questions? Contact your host, Mark Goetz



    • April 16, 2026
    • 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
    • Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center
    • 119
    Register


    The Nobel Prize and its many Jewish Awardees 

    MCA Member Steve Yussen

    Swedish engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor, Alfred Nobel, set up an endowment to recognize outstanding contributions to mankind, with the first awards conferred after his death, in 1901, in five different fields, and more awards conferred in a 6th field (Economics) since the 1960s. 

    As of 2024, it is estimated that over 200 Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. This number represents approximately 20% of all Nobel laureates, despite Jews constituting less than 0.2% of the world's population.

    Steve considers those outcomes, the award itself, its history, controversies, and the impact of some of its prominent Jewish awardees in different fields.

    Steve Yussen earned his bachelors degree in psychology at Swarthmore College, his Ph.D. In developmental psychology at the University of Minnesota, and had a career spanning 48 years as a Professor,, teaching, conducting research in cognitive development, memory, and reading, and serving as an administrator at 3 universities, UW- Madison, U of Iowa, and the University of Minnesota, where he retired in 2020. 





    Cancellation Policy: No refund if cancellation is within 7 days of the event.

    Questions? Email Michael Sobol.

    • April 19, 2026
    • 5:30 PM
    • Broadway Palm Dinner Theater - 380 Colonial BLVD, Ft. Myers
    • 64
    Registration is closed


    All Shook Up

    at the

    Broadway Palm Dinner Theater


    It’s Footloose, Grease and Happy Days all rolled into one zany story. This hip-swiveling musical is inspired by the songs of Elvis Presley and features over 24 Elvis hits! The story takes place in 1955, in a square little town in the middle of a square little state. A young mechanic named Natalie dreams of escaping her quiet Midwestern life. When a tall, handsome motorcycling stranger with blue-suede shoes and a guitar strapped to his back rides into town in search of a mechanic, Natalie’s whole life changes.

    Buffet dinner and show $65 per person.

    Registration opens February 19

    COED

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