Windy City Woodturners posts February 2026 newsletter with program calendar, demos

Windy City Woodturners, the Chicago-area AAW-affiliated chapter, posted its February 2026 newsletter as a downloadable PDF that lays out the month’s program calendar, upcoming demonstrations and hands-on nights, and notes about the AAW 40th Anniversary Sy (the supplied text is truncated at “Sy”). The newsletter package names demonstrators, lists a full slate of 2026 meeting dates and repeats resource prompts for members preparing projects.

One program highlight in the newsletter names Paul Pyrcik as a February demonstrator. The club copy states, “Paul is one of the original members of Windy City Woodturners. He is a talented turner and communicator which makes him a great teacher! Paul will be demonstrating how he turns and applies embellishing to his miniature trees featuring detail rotary tool texturing, wire burning, pyrography, and coloring. This demo will inspire all sorts of creative embellishing on your next turning!”

The Weebly excerpts included with the newsletter also contain an entry for Jason Clark under the heading “February Demonstrator: Jason Clark - Meeting Cancelled.” That entry describes Jason as “an internationally known woodturning demonstrator, instructor and artist” and notes he is “a past president of Windy City Woodturners.” The copy says, “Jason will be demonstrating turning a salt cellar for your kitchen. This is an excellent and entertaining skill building demonstration that you will not want to miss.” The presence of both Paul Pyrcik and Jason Clark as February demonstrators, and the explicit “Meeting Cancelled” phrasing attached to Jason’s heading, are presented in the supplied material but are not reconciled within it.

The newsletter and site excerpts also promote other demonstrators and club activity. A pen-blank demonstration is described for a presenter identified only as Rich; the copy reads, “last Spring, he spotted some beautiful resin sports pen blanks made by Drop Anchor Creations and the rest as they say is history! Rich will be demonstrating how he turns these lovely blanks into sport team resin and wood pens from start to finish.” Marie Anderson appears as a January demonstrator and is described as “a mentor, teacher, demonstrator , past president and long time member” with a note to “visit our resources page for detailed how to instruction document and bring one to the January meeting!”

March listings in the newsletter material name Al Miotke and include a dated entry: “In March we welcome back Al Miotke as our demonstrator. The current President of the Segmented Woodturners, Co-Chair of Turn On! Chicago, Teacher at the Chicago School of Woodworking and [...] | March 18, 2026.” A separate fragment also lists “March Demonstrator - Frank Pagura This month WCWT is happy to have long time club member Frank Pagura once again,” creating an unresolved overlap for March programming.

The club calendar reproduced in the material lists meeting dates across 2026 and 2025, including March 18, 2026; April 15, 2026; May 20, 2026; June 17, 2026; July 15, 2026; August 19, 2026; September 16, 2026 with the note “NO ZOOM TONIGHT!”; October 21, 2026; November 18, 2026; December 16, 2026 with “NO ZOOM TONIGHT!” and additional entries for January 21, 2026 and February 18, 2026. The calendar also preserves 2025 dates from January 15 through December 17, 2025 with September 17 and December 17 flagged “NO ZOOM TONIGHT.”

The supplied materials leave a few key items unresolved: the February demonstrator lineup (Paul Pyrcik versus Jason Clark and the meaning of “Meeting Cancelled”), whether Frank Pagura or Al Miotke is set for March 18, 2026, and the full text of the newsletter’s AAW 40th Anniversary note truncated at “Sy.” The club’s posted PDF is the primary source to settle those contradictions and confirm meeting cancellations, demonstration dates and any membership notes printed in the February 2026 newsletter.