Join us for the 2026 edi­tion of our Winter Solstice/Human Light Potluck. After some requests we will be includ­ing some Human Light cer­e­mo­ny aspects into the event. Like last year, SHoWLE will pro­vide an entree and ask atten­dees to bring a side dish or desert to share. SHoWLE will also have cof­fee, water, and soda pop.

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This event is FREE and open to the pub­lic

Entertainment

We will have a friend of the group, Jerry Jaffee per­form his com­e­dy for us as enter­tain­ment.

Husband. Father. Teacher. Jerry has trav­eled the world, teach­ing at dif­fer­ent uni­ver­si­ties while direct­ing plays on three con­ti­nents. He brings his wry and iron­ic sense of humour to his world-weary expe­ri­ence on every­thing from par­ent­ing to physics. He com­bines obser­va­tion­al humour about mar­riage with nerd com­e­dy about Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons. With his PhD in com­e­dy, Jerry rais­es the IQ of audi­ences every­where he goes.

Dr. Jerry Jaffe has over 30 years of expe­ri­ence teach­ing col­lege class­es, spe­cial­iz­ing in act­ing and com­e­dy. He has direct­ed or per­formed in over 100 shows. Before mov­ing to the Cleveland area, Jerry lived and worked in Japan and New Zealand, teach­ing, act­ing, and direct­ing there. Many of his arti­cles on the the­atre have been pub­lished in var­i­ous aca­d­e­m­ic jour­nals, includ­ing “ ‘I need­ed to go to this taber­na­cle of igno­rance’: Marc Maron’s cri­tique of the Creation Museum” (Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Vol 42, No 3 (2013)); and he co-edited the 2008 book, Performing Japan: Contemporary Expressions of Cultural Identity. In 2025, his newest book came out, Religious Satire int he Era of New Atheism (2024). He also per­forms stand-up com­e­dy, in the area and around the coun­try.

He is author of the book “Religious Satire in the Era of New Atheism
Do You ‘Seriously Believe That’ After 9/11″ and was a speak­er at our January meet­ing.