Alumnae Association

Annual Meeting (Chicago)
2013-01-27 13:00 (America/New_York) | Artopolis in Greektown, 306 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
The annual meeting will be held at 1pm on Sunday, January 27th at Artopolis in Greektown. We will be planning the year ahead and passing any needed policy. Dues paying members can vote on any policy initiatives.

Charity Spa Night (Boston)
2013-01-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Lush Cosmetics, 166 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Our first event of the year will be a spa night at Lush Cosmetics on Newbury Street, Sunday, January 27 at 6:30pm.
Here’s how it works: you make a $25.00 donation to the Lush Charity Pot program and in exchange, you get a “charity pot” of great products; a facial, hand treatment or foot treatment; snacks and drinks; and lots of fun!
The Lush Charity Pot program supports grassroots organizations that are making a difference for people, animals, and the environment. Lush will donate 100% of your $25 donation to a grassroots organization so that they can continue the incredible work that they do. You get a great Lush product, soft skin, and a warm heart.
RSVP now for this event through Paypal and reserve your spot!
Email with any questions!

Free Social Event: Drinks at Forum (Boston)
2013-02-07 18:00 | Forum, 755 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
In February, we are bringing back an old favorite event: drinks at Forum on Boylston Street!
Meet up with your MHC friends on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 6:00 for drinks, food, socializing, and conversation. There is no admission charge – just bring money for your own food and drinks.
You can RSVP to Freya, but walk-ins are welcome, too. Bring your friends, spouses, business partners, and family members. This event is purely social and a lot of fun!

Mary Lyon Birthday Celebration (Los Angeles)
2013-02-10 13:30 | The Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90049, United States
Please join us for a casual afternoon of cake and art appreciation at the Getty. We will have light refreshments and information on current exhibits so you can stay and enjoy. All family and friends are welcome. Please RSVP by February 5th, 2013 to jduvivierc@yahoo.com. Meet at the picnic area, lower level, before the tram entrance.

Winter Dinner (Cincinnati, OH)
2013-02-10 18:00 | Unnamed Venue, Cincinnati, OH, United States
Please join us for our 12th Annual Winter Dinner. This event is a wonderful opportunity to get together with alumnae, spouses and friends and is always enjoyed by all. RSVPs are necessary to ensure enough food and places for everyone. Please email bdbruggs@hotmail.com.

Theater Night at the Goodman (Chicago)
2013-02-13 19:15 | Goodman Theater, 170 N Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Please join us at the Goodman Theatre for Teddy Ferrara a “a gripping new drama that explores what happens when a tragedy sparks a movement—and the truth gets lost along the way.”
The club is excited to attend the world premiere of this new play, which includes the first openly transgender actor playing a transgender role at the Goodman! Details here: http://www.goodmantheatre.org/season/Teddy-Ferrara/
The Club has reserved 15 tickets at $10 each for the balcony. Please bring cash to the theater; the club is paying for the tickets in advance.
The show starts at 7:30, but arrive by 7:15 to pick up your ticket. RSVP to christineagallagher@gmail.com and indicate if you’re interested in meeting for dinner before the show.

Third Wednesday Dinner (Genesee Valley)
2013-02-20 18:30 | T-Bones Steakhouse, 1778 Penfield Road (Rt 441), Rochester, NY, 14526, United States
Third Wednesday dinner will be held at T-Bones Steakhouse. The restaurant opened in September 2012 at the site of the former Le Bon Vie on the corner of Liberty Street and Penfield Road. The parking lot is off Liberty Street.If you can come, please RSVP to gvmhc@yahoo.com or alreber@rochester.rr.com by Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Guests are welcome but please also indicate if you plan to bring one (or more). Dinners are usually scheduled at 6:30 p.m. and final details of the dinner will be confirmed after reservations are made.

Mary Lyon Tea (San Francisco)
2013-02-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Secret Garden Tea House, 721 Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California will hold its 2013 Mary Lyon Tea from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Secret Garden Tea House.
We will celebrate in style in our private Garden Room and enjoy an afternoon tea like the Duchess of Bedford. Our tea menu will include:

English tea scone, served with Devon cream and strawberry preserves
A sumptuous savory
An assortment of tea sandwiches
Tea pastry, mini sweet and seasonal fresh fruits
Plus hot tea, iced tea, cocoa, milk or lemonade

Cost is $28.50 per dues-paying member of the Mount Holyoke Club of Northern California and $35 for those who have not submitted dues. Please contact shheldman@aol.com for details on how to pay.

Mary Lyon Tea (Boston)
2013-02-24 | Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 776 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02199, United States
It’s that time of year again when we celebrate Mary Lyon with a formal tea in her honor, just like when we were students. Please join us again this year for a wonderful tea service and an afternoon with MHC alumnae.

Mary Lyon Brunch (Chicago)
2013-02-24 10:30 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Please come to the city Mary Lyon Brunch at Elizabeth Harding’s (’99) apartment at 10:30 AM on Feb 24th! Our menu will include an assortment of quiche and a make-your-own-pancake-bar, plus any other goodies you bring… toppings for pancakes are especially encouraged!
Channel your Breakfast Bar memories from MHC. We’ll have coffee and tea available, as well. Email elizabeth.harding@gmail.com for directions and information. Her apartment is accessible by Red Line, bus 147, 151, 92 & others. Parking is available, both residential and metered. She has room for 10-15 people.
If you are interested in hosting a brunch in the suburbs, please contact mhcchicagoclub@gmail.com

Mary Lyon Birthday Celebration (NYC)
2013-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Unnamed Venue, Rector & West Street, New York, NY, 10006 , United States
In honor of the 175th anniversary of Mount Holyoke College, come celebrate the birthday of the woman who started it all, Mary Lyon. We’ll serve tea, sandwiches, and sweets, including Emily Dickinson’s very own Coconut Cake recipe.
Email margmurray@gmail.com for more details.

Three College Luncheon (Hartford)
2013-03-13 12:00 | Pond House Cafe, West Hartford, CT, United States
Join Smith and Wellesley alums to hear our Mount Holyoke professor, Joe Ellis, speak on his book The Long Affair: Abigail and John Adams. Buffet luncheon and cash bar. $40 per person. RSVP to aperrin@metlife.com.

March Meeting (Sarasota, Florida)
2013-03-16 11:30 | Sara Bay Country Club, 7011 Willow St, Sarasota , FL, 34243, United States
This joint program with the Smith Club will feature Ginetta Candelario, professor at Smith and author of Not Just Pin Curls and Perms: The American Beauty Shop and Women’s Community.
Because we are guests of the Smith Club, we will not be able to accommodate anyone after the deadline. So please be sure to sign up by March 11. Contact skillbuilder@comcast.net

Alumnae Writing Workshop (South Hadley)
2013-03-23 10:00 | Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
This writing retreat/workshop is organized by Sara Hyry Barry (’94) and Rebecca Gold (’95).
The plan is to meet at MHC at 10am on Saturday, March 23rd, but we encourage you to come on Friday for a special dinner together. People are encouraged to bring a few writing prompts/exercises, write (and eat) throughout the day, stay over at Willits, and then write (and eat) a bit on Sunday morning.
All levels of skill and confidence are welcome. If you are interested in only coming for the day on Saturday, that’s welcome as well.
Contact rebecca.gold@alumnae.mtholyoke.edu for more information

Book Club Meeting (Chicago)
2013-04-06 11:00 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Join us at 11:00 am for a discussion of A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Martin Johnson Heade by Chris Benfey. We encourage members to read this book by MHC professor Chris Benfey in preparation for the April 25th MHC event at the Ritz Carlton Chicago with President Lynn Pasquerella and Gender Studies Professor Martha Ackmann. RSVP for location to Alexis Lewis Trocki ‘05 alexis.trocki@gmail.com

PBS Telethon! (Seattle)
2013-04-09 19:00 - 22:00 | NH
We’re working the PBS telethon!!! KCTS comedy tribute to Carol Burnett.
RSVP to mountholyokeclubofpugetsound@gmail.com ASAP, if you’d like to volunteer. Dinner will be provided. Limited spaces, please act quickly!

Lecture by Professor Donald Weber (Chicago)
2013-04-13 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Keep this date saved on your calendar. Professor Weber will join us for a lecture and conversation. We’ll also be hosting area students who have been admitted to Mount Holyoke. If you are interested in helping host Professor Weber, email goldberg.naomi@gmail.com. In particular, we’re looking for a place for Professor Weber and his wife to stay Friday night as well as a location for the event on Saturday.

Spring Meeting (Central Ohio)
2013-04-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Bexley, OH, United States
Mark your calendars for the spring meeting—you won’t want to miss this one! Marie Ozanne, a double major in chemistry and statistics (currently pursuing a doctorate in statistics at OSU) worked with MHC astronomy professor, Darby Dyar, and NASA this summer. Their work was featured in the recent Quarterly. Our host, Liza Lee, is head of school at Columbus School for Girls. She is opening her beautiful home on campus for this meeting. We can park in the CSG lot on S. Columbia. The house is on the east corner of Powell and S. Columbia.
RSVP: Joan Stack ’74 at joanstack@gmail.com or 614-294-3931

Book Club (Seattle)
2013-04-14 14:00 | NH
Book Club – Poetry Day. Bring your favorite poem(s) – as many as you like – to read aloud and share with everyone. Reading will be followed by a discussion of what makes our favorite poems our favorites; what is it in poetry that grabs us so strongly. Don’t worry if you don’t have a favorite. Come anyway! Contact Jules Dickinson ’77 at jules_dickinson@live.com.

Annual Meeting (Seattle)
2013-04-20 14:00 | NH
We’re electing a new Vice-President and Treasurer. Please contact mountholyokeclubofpugetsound@gmail.com if interested. Job descriptions will be included in the newsletter.

Writers Group (Seattle/Redmond)
2013-04-21 14:00 | NH
Writers Group, Redmond – At this first meeting, we will develop the purpose and goals of the group, as well as set a schedule and meeting places that will work for all interested participants. Please contact Emily Dietrich, emily@magentic.org, with any questions.

Mary Lyon Dinner (Washington D.C.)
2013-04-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Kenwood Country Club, 5601 River Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816, United States
We hope you will join your friends and other alumnae Wednesday, April 24th at the Kenwood Country Club as we celebrate THE most uncommon woman of all, Mary Lyon! Our speaker will be John Stomberg, Florence Finch Abbott Director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.

John Stomberg has nearly two decades of experience in the teaching museum field before being appointed Florence Finch Abbott Director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and Lecturer in Art in 2011. He teaches courses in the History of Photography, Modern and Contemporary Art, and American Art. His publications include monographic studies of photographers Margaret Bourke-White, Jules Aarons, Verner Reed, and Ulrich Mack; painters John Walker and Jon Imber; and thematic studies such as Looking East: Brice Marden, Michael Mazur, Pat Steir. His curatorial work has included installations by Zhan Wang and Fiona Tan; one person exhibitions for Liu Zheng, Edward Steichen, Hendrik Werkman and Dorothea Tanning; and group shows Beyond the Familiar: Photography and the Construction of Community and Photography at the Frontier of Physics and Art. In 2007 Stomberg was co-curator and contributing author for Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain. Stomberg earned both his MA and Ph.D in Art History from Boston University and a BA in Art History from Georgetown University. His current areas of research focus on artistic collaboration and the role that teaching museums can have in fostering innovation and leadership through the study of art.

Mary Lyon Dinner and Annual Meeting (Hartford)
2013-04-25 18:00 | Tastebuds Banquet Facility, 1450 Main Street, East Hartford , CT, 06108, United States
Speaker : Elizabeth Markovits, Associate Professor of Politics
Topic: ”Leaning In, Opting Out: Transforming the Gender Division of Labor”
Cost: $25 for dues paying/honorary members, $32 for non-dues paying members or guests. Price includes buffet dinner (Salad, Pasta, Chicken, Vegetarian, dessert). There will be a cash bar.
RSVP information: by Tuesday, April 18 to Alison Perrin, aperrin20@comcast.net, 203-209-9259;
Please endorse checks to The Mount Holyoke Club of Hartford and ask for information about paying when you RSVP

175 Anniversary Celebration (Chicago)
2013-04-25 18:30 | Chicago Ritz Carlton, 160 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Celebrate the College’s 175th Anniversary with College President Lynn Pasquerella and Professor Martha Ackmann! Join us at the Chicago Ritz Carlton for this special evening. Prof. Ackmann, Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies, will speak on “Lessons in Independence: Mary Lyon and Emily Dickinson at Mount Holyoke.”

Spring Event: Mary Lyon Luncheon (Cape Cod)
2013-05-05 12:00 - 12:30 | 400 East Restaurant & Bar, Harwich, MA, United States
Join us as we welcome MHC Professor of Astronomy Darby Dyar to our Mary Lyon Luncheon in May. Dr. Dyar was a participating scientist on the NASA Curiosity Mission to Mars in 2012, and together with a group of Mount Holyoke students, she helped analyze the composition of rocks and soil found on the surface during the mission, using instruments that she and her students spend years developing and building in her lab at MHC. Dyar chairs the Astronomy Department at Mount Holyoke, and she is widely regarded as one of the college’s most passionate and dedicated teachers and mentors.

RSVP by April 27. Suggested Donation: $20.

Email: Melissa Russell mlanders@mtholyoke.edu

OR

Register Online www.mhcccc-spring.eventbrite.com

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Mail Registration from Spring Newsletter

Put Your Best Foot Forward (Boston)
2013-05-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Salon Monet, 176 Newbury Street, Second Floor, Boston , MA, United States
Do you make the best first impression?

Like it or not, with just a glance, people have judged your social and economic status level, your level of education and your level of success. In today’s challenging world, making the best first impression is more important than ever.

Join your friends from the MHC of Boston and Shellee Mendes, Director of Salon Monet, Inc. on Sunday, May 5 from 2-4 pm. Let her help you design your best look for getting your point across. She’ll show you how to manage your hair and skin care to your best advantage. Meanwhile, we’ll have snacks and drinks and other goodies to enjoy!

RSVP: Email Freya (And don’t wait – space is limited to 30!)

Happy Hour (Washington, DC)
2013-05-08 17:30 - 20:30 | Public Bar, 1214 18th St NW, Washington, DC, United States
Join us for an informal happy hour at the Public Bar in Dupont Circle.
$3 domestics, $4 micro-brews
$5 rail drinks, $6 glasses of wine

Book Club (Chicago)
2013-05-11 11:00 | NH
Join us at 11:00 am for a discussion of alumna Wendy Wasserstein’s playUncommon Women. RSVP for location to Alexis Lewis Trocki ‘05 alexis.trocki@gmail.com

Potluck Dinner (Genesee Valley)
2013-05-15 18:30 | NH
Bring a dish to pass to Sara Hartman’s home in Fairport on Wednesday, May 15
at 6:30 p.m. Good food, good company and the chance to hear Jennifer Kyker
’02 speak about organizing her charity, Tariro, which, in partnership with
Fadzi Muzhandu ’07 from Zimbabwe, provides school supplies to adolescent
girls in Africa. Jennifer and her work are featured in the Spring 2012
issue of the Alumnae Quarterly. We will also take this opportunity to
offer congratulations to Co-contact Person, Judy MacKnight ’68, on the
Loyalty Award for service which she will receive from the College at her
Reunion later in May.

Please RSVP by Friday May 10 to gvmhc@yahoo.com or alreber@rochester.rr.com
or leave a message for me at (585) 342-1825. Guests are most welcome, but
please indicate if you will be inviting one (or more) and indicate too what
dish–main dish, salad, dessert, etc.–you plan to bring to help us
coordinate the menu. Please also let us know if you need transportation to
the dinner. Directions to Sara’s house will be sent to all who RSVP.
Looking forward to seeing you there.

Author Lecture (Chicago)
2013-05-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL, 60093, United States
Join the Club and the book club for The Art of Constructing a Thriller: Cocktail Party and Book Lecture with Author Gillian Flynn. In preparation of our June book club meeting in which we will be discussing Gone Girl, guests are invited to enjoy cocktails and appetizers, mingle with New York Times bestselling author Gillian Flynn and have the opportunity to win a private book club party with the author. Tickets also include reserved seating to the book lecture, which will start at 7:30 PM in Matz Hall of the Winnetka Community House. To purchase tickets go to http://www.onebooktwovillages.org/adult-calendar.html. After purchasing your tickets, RSVP to Carrie C. Ruzicka ’99 at cruzicka77@yahoo.com.
Following the discussion, books will be available for purchase courtesy of the Book Stall at Chestnut Court.
(If you wish to attend only the lecture and not the party, tickets are $10)
