The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa (formed in 1894), is a social meeting place for all those with an interest in the arts and sciences.
The monthly meetings include an evening of fellowship, fine dining, stimulating conversation, talks by acclaimed speakers and musical entertainment.
Four founder members sat in the twilight, in the garden of the Lowinger's house in Cape Town, discussing what the Club should be called.
The Owl Club maintains a tradition of monthly dinner meetings for members and their guests, with formal being the acceptable dress code.
Each meeting comprises a talk by a guest speaker, a musical interlude, a shorter talk by a member which (because of its purposeful inconsequence) is nicknamed ‘The Wastepaper Basket’, followed by a second musical item and the close of the meeting.