The Bainbridge Island Women’s Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 7968 Finch Road NE.

The featured speaker for the October meeting will be Professor Eldon N. Van Liere. He has published many articles on 19th century art and artists. His most recent publication is the introductory essay, “Modernism: The Perpetual Revolution.” The title of his talk will be “The Piano in the Parlor and Abstract Art.”

Admission is free for members and non-members. All women of the area are invited to attend.

For more information, visit www.biwomensclub.org.