Reception with Jennifer Rochlis Zumbado '94
2014-02-28 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Houston Marriott West Loop by The Galleria, 1750 W Loop S Fwy, Houston, TX, 77027, United States
The MHC club of Houston cordially invites you to a reception with special guest Jennifer Rochlis Zumbado ’94, PhD, manager of the Space Human Factors and Habitability Element with the NASA Human Research Program. Please RSVP by Monday, February 10 by completing a very brief response form, which you can access by clicking here.
Questions: Email Nicole Shanklin ’98 at nicole.shanklin@chamberlainlaw.com or call her at 713-446-3926.

Mary Lyon's Birthday Celebration (Hartford)
2014-02-28 19:00 | Unnamed Venue, Farmington, CT, United States
February 28 is the 217th anniversary of Mary Lyon’s birth. In honor of this special occasion, join the Mount Holyoke club of Hartford for birthday cake and other sweet refreshments!
You are welcome to bring a dessert to share—please let Carole know upon registering if you are interested in contributing something.
Questions? Please email cshmurak@comcast.net or emogrady@email.wm.edu.

A Conversation with Congresswoman Nita Lowey (Scarsdale)
2014-03-01 13:00 | Scarsdale Public Library, 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY, 10583, United States
The MHC club of Westchester invites you to attend “A Conversation with Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Mayor Mary Marvin on Women in Public Service.” Hear both speak on the importance of a woman’s voice in public service and what Congress and local government can do to help women and their families thrive in the economy. The event is being sponsored by the Mount Holyoke Club of Westchester. To RSVP, please email Jacqueline Prue at jprue@clarkdodgeco.com
Refreshments will be served.

Winter Meeting (Ann Arbor)
2014-03-03 18:00 | Student Center, Grand Ballroom A, Eastern Michigan University, MI, United States
This is the kickoff event for the Women’s History Month Kickoff at Eastern Michigan University. Mary-Elizabeth Murphy ’04 is chairing Women’s History Month at Eastern. She reports that the EMU planners are delighted that this event will be our winter meeting.
In preparation for the evening, you are encouraged to read the inspiring book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. This book was the common read for all entering Mount Holyoke students a few years ago.
Both the film and the book feature uplifting stories of courageous women who have fought against gender inequality in their countries.
Please RSVP if you can attend, to: Elizabeth Stone ’75, President, MHC Club of Ann Arbor
Email: elizabethmstone@hotmail.com
Phone: 734-663-7545

Book Club (Houston)
2014-03-05 19:00 | Unnamed Venue, Houston, TX, 77063, United States
Join the MHC club of Houston for March book club. The book discussed will be The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. For more information, please email nicole.shanklin@chamberlainlaw.com.

Mary Lyon Birthday Tea (San Francisco)
2014-03-08 11:00 - 13:00 | VA
Join the MHC club of northern California in celebrating Mary Lyon’s birthday with tea on Saturday, March 8. The menu will feature an assortment of tea sandwiches, organic field green salad, house-baked pastries, and a selection of teas. Space is limited so please reserve your seat today. If you have any questions, please email Susy Heldman at shheldman@aol.com.

Discussion with Dr. Miriam Levin (Sarasota, FL)
2014-03-08 11:30 | The Field Club, 1400 Field Road, Sarasota, FL, 34231, United States
Join us for an interesting discussion on the subjects of gender and science with Dr. Miriam Levin, author of “Defining Women’s Scientific Enterprise: Mount Holyoke Faculty and the Rise of American Science.”

Brunch Reception (San Diego)
2014-03-09 11:00 - 13:30 | Rancho Bernardo Swim and Tennis Club, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive, San Diego, CA, 92128, United States
Join the MHC club of San Diego for a brunch reception, featuring special guests Mary Graham Davis ’65, chair, Mount Holyoke College Board of Trustees, and Sonya Stephens, dean of faculty and professor of French, Mount Holyoke College.
RSVP preferred by Wednesday, March 5, by completing a very brief response form, which you can access by clicking here.
Questions: Email Amy Weeks ’94 at acw0103@hotmail.com or call her at 858-216-5064.
*Please note this event is being held in an area of the club for adults, twenty-one and over, only.

Personal Financial Planning Seminar (NYC)
2014-03-11 18:30 | Unnamed Venue, New York, NY, United States
In March, Alliance Bernstein is hosting a personal financial planning seminar. This event will be on March 11 at 6:30 p.m. Watch for more information in the coming weeks.

Suzan-Lori Parks Lecture (Buffalo, NY)
2014-03-11 20:00 | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 will be participating in the Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL series of literary author lectures. Her Pulitzer prize-winning play “Topdog/Underdog” will be featured. Individual general admission tickets can be purchased for $35 on a credit card by calling 716-832-5400 or via PayPal by clicking here. (For $100, you can get a reserved seat and an invitation to the pre-lecture reception for the author).

The Global Fork, Responsible and Delicious Eating (MHC)
2014-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | MHC, Dwight Hall, Room 101, South Hadley
The MHC club of the Pioneer Valley joins with the Miller Worley Center for the Environment for an evening with “The Organic Gourmet” chef Leslie Cerier. For more than twenty-five years, Leslie has been teaching culinary nutrition and vegetarian cooking, and writing cookbooks focused on eating local, seasonal, organic foods that are good for you and good for the planet. Cookbooks will be available for purchase. Join the club for dinner in South Hadley before the event. Pay-as-you-go. Location to be announced by invitation.

Cincy Ivy Young Alumni Happy Hour (Cincinnati)
2014-03-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Unnamed Venue, Cincinnati
Please save the date! The Cincy Ivy Young Alumni Club is holding its next Ivy League and Seven Sisters young alumni happy hour on Friday, March 14, 2014, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Downtown Cincinnati (location to be announced shortly). This is an excellent way to meet other Ivy young professionals in Cincinnati from a variety of companies, organizations, neighborhoods, etc.
Enjoy an evening of food and drink with fellow young alumni. There is no admission cost for the happy hour, and a variety of hors d’oeuvres will be provided by the Cincy Ivy Young Alumni Club. There is a cash bar with great drink specials!
As invitations and RSVPs are being handled online, if you are interested in joining the distribution list and receiving an invitation to this event and future young alumni events, please sign up here. Subscribers will soon receive an evite with full details about the happy hour. Please respond as soon as possible, as this greatly helps in planning for space and food.
If you have any questions, please email Sid D’Souza (sid@cincyivy.org), Cincy Ivy Young Alumni Club president, or visit their website.

Club Meeting (Central Ohio)
2014-03-15 14:30 - 16:30 | Unnamed Venue, Bexley, OH, United States
The theme for the March MHC club of Central Ohio get-together is “All Things Irish.” Does your family tree have roots in Ireland? Maybe you spent a semester in Limerick, or backpacked through the Irish countryside one summer? Is there a special piece of Belleek, Waterford, or other keepsake that has been passed down through your family? Please come and share your stories! Perhaps you have a fondness for Irish authors and can recommend some great reads. Or, you’re an economist who can explain the “Irish Miracle” of the early 2000s. Several local alums have been to Ireland in the past year, and have great travel tips and pictures to share with us, as we enjoy Irish-influenced nibbles. (Meg Teaford ’67 has promised homemade soda bread!)
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 2:30—4:30 p.m.
RSVP to Joan Stack ’74 (joanstack@gmail.com).

Pub Night (Boston)
2014-03-19 18:45 | Highball Lounge, 90 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, United States
If you aren’t still nursing your St. Patrick’s Day hangover, come join the MHC club of Boston for a pub night at the Highball Lounge, located at 90 Tremont Street in Boston!
They will start sipping on drinks with rubber duckies (really, there’s a drink with a mini rubber ducky in it) and playing board games at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19. As always, drinks and food are on you, they will bring the Mount Holyoke-Opoly!
If you have any questions about this young (at heart) alum event, email us at mhcbostonnews@gmail.com.

A-Z Happy Hour (Portland, OR)
2014-03-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Pix Patisserie, 2225 E Burnside St, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
The MHC club of Portland continues its A-Z tour of bars and restaurants with a happy hour at Pix Patisserie on March 20.

The Lindisfarne Gospels (Britain)
2014-03-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Artworker’s Guild, Queens Square, Bloomsbury, United Kingdom
Michelle Brown—one of the foremost authorities on illuminated manuscripts—will give an illustrated talk on one of the greatest treasures in the world, the Lindisfarne Gospels, on Thursday, March 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Artworkers’ Guild, located in Queen Square, Bloomsbury. (The nearest tube is Russell Square.)
Ms. Brown gave a wonderful lecture on illuminated manuscripts last June as part of the Vassar Classroom Revisited at the British Library, and has been invited back by the Vassar club of the UK by special request. She travelled with the Gospels when they went to a special exhibition at Durham Cathedral.
The evening will begin with wine and light snacks in the distinctive setting of the Artworkers’ Guild, located in Queen Square, Bloomsbury. The Guild was founded in 1884 by twenty-five painters, architects, sculptors, designers, and craftsmen who challenged the strict confines established by the Royal Academy. Like their fellow member, William Morris, who served as master in 1892, they also sought a role in society. The premises have examples of the Guild’s craftsmanship; it is also the venue for temporary exhibitions.
The illustrated talk will begin at 7:15 p.m., but drinks will start being served at 6:30 p.m.
Please RSVP to Sara Hebblethwaite (sara.hebblethwaite@virgin.net) by March, 13, 2014.

Sip & Sing (New Orleans)
2014-03-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Unnamed Venue, New Orleans, LA, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Louisiana cordially invites you to attend a Sip & Sing featuring the MHC Glee Club and Chamber Singers. Significant others are welcome. For information on location, please email Kathleen McNelis at kmcnelis@hotmail.com.
An additional performance by the Choral Ensemble will be held on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6249 Canal Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124.

Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't It Romantic (Chicago)
2014-03-22 20:00 | Mill Theater at Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst, IL, 60126, United States
Join the MHC club of Chicago as they attend Wendy Wasserstein’s Isn’t It Romantic at Elmhurst College. The club has reserved a block of tickets for $6 each. Please email Naomi Goldberg ’04 at goldberg.naomi@gmail.com to reserve a ticket. They will be coordinating a carpool via Facebook.

Neighborhood Dinner (Darien, CT)
2014-03-26 | Unnamed Venue, Darien, CT, United States
Join the MHC club of Fairfield Villages for a neighborhood dinner at the home of Adria Bates ’72. This will be a dinner potluck for alums only. This type of “neighborhood” gathering has been very enjoyable in the past, and Adria is spearheading a re-launch with this event for Darien area alums. Ideally, it’d be wonderful if there could be a couple other town dinners that week. If you’d like to host, please contact Adria (adriab77@aol.com).

College Fairs (Chicago)
2014-03-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Want to help spread the word about MHC to prospective students? The MHC club of Chicago needs volunteers to work at the following upcoming college fairs:

Thursday, March 27, 6:00–8:00 p.m. at Von Steuben (5039 N Kimball Ave, Chicago). For Von Steuben, Walter Payton, and Northside College Prep students.
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30–8:30 p.m. at Lyons Township HS (100 S Brainard Ave, La Grange). Anyone in the south/west suburbs? Dinner provided beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9, 6:30–8:30 p.m. at Niles West (5701 Oakton St, Skokie). For Niles West and Niles North students.

If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Tamar Westphal ’12 at westp20t@mtholyoke.edu.

Annual Meeting (Chapel Hill)
2014-03-29 12:00 | VA
The MHC club of the Piedmont’s Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 29. The brief business meeting will be followed by a panel discussion entitled, “MHC Through the Decades,” featuring experiences from six North Carolina MHC alums from the 1940s through the present day. Time for conversation, lunch, and dessert will be enjoyed. For more information, contact club president Lisa Giragosian at lisa.giragosian@gmail.com.

Annual Meeting (Chapel Hill)
2014-03-29 12:15 - 14:30 | VA
The MHC club of the Piedmont’s brief business meeting will be followed by a panel discussion titled “MHC Through the Decades.”
Come hear MHC experiences from six North Carolina MHC alums from the 1940s through present day. Time for conversation, lunch, and dessert will be enjoyed. You won’t want to miss it! More details will follow.

Book Club (Portland, OR)
2014-03-30 13:30 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Portland, OR, United States
Join the MHC club of Portland for their March book club meeting. The group will be discussing Isabel Fonseca’s Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey. The discussion will start at 2:00 p.m., but members are invited to arrive at 1:30 p.m. to catch up beforehand. Details about event location to follow in an Evite.

An Intimate Afternoon with Emily Dickinson (Chicago)
2014-03-30 14:00 | Glessner House Museum Coach House, 1800 S. Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
Join the MHC club of Chicago for a performance of “I Dwell in Possibility – An Intimate Afternoon with Emily Dickinson” at the Glessner House Museum coach house. The event is co-sponsored by the Greater Chicago Chapter of the Victorian Society of America. Tickets are $20. Please call 312-326-1480 to purchase tickets.
Note: This is not an official club event, but if you’re going, email Naomi Goldberg (goldberg.naomi@gmail.com) and she can connect you with other alumnae who plan to attend. More information here: http://www.glessnerhouse.org/Events.htm.

Book Club (Westchester)
2014-03-30 17:00 | Sam’s Restaurant, 50 Gedney Way, White Plains, NY, 10605, United States
The MHC club of Westchester book club’s next meeting will be held on Sunday, March 30, at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will again be held at the private dining room at Sam’s Restaurant (50 Gedney Way) in White Plains. The next reading is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. This is a story about a thirteen-year-old boy in New York City who miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. As he grows up, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the underworld of art.

There is no cost to join the group, but dinner and drinks are available for order. The group generally meets the last Sunday of every month. Please email Sunny Suh ’91 at sunny@e-suh.com if you are interested in joining us this time.

April Book Club (Houston)
2014-04-01 19:00 | Unnamed Venue, Houston, TX, United States
The next meeting of the MHC club of Houston’s book club will take place on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. They will be discussing the book Forever: A Novel by Pete Hamill. Please contact nicole.shanklin@chamberlainlaw.com for more information.

All Ivy Plus Cocktail (Britain)
2014-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | VA
The Cornell Club of London is hosting the twenty-second All Ivy Plus Cocktail Reception on Friday, April 4, from 7-9 p.m. at the East India Club, located at 16 St. James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4LH. The nearest underground station is Piccadilly Circus.
Initiated in 1993, the purpose of this event is to welcome new Ivy League and Seven Sisters and other US college alumni to London, to make new friendships, to foster networking, and to provide a relaxed atmosphere for enjoyment by all in the center of London.
The East India Club was formed in the middle of the nineteenth century and its original members were servants of the East India Company and Commissioned Officers of Her Majesty’s Army and Navy.
This event costs £33 per person and includes a selection of wines, soft drinks, and hors d’oeuvres. The wine at the East India Club is top quality and these events tend to draw a very interesting array of guests. The deadline for booking the event is March 29 and late bookings are not accepted. If you do need to cancel, a full refund will be given if cancelled by March 31. To book, please send a check payable to the Cornell Club of London to Cornell Club of London, 4 Betjeman Mews, London N5 2NB. If you wish to pay by electronic transfer, please email Natalie Teich (nmt4@cornell.edu).

Making Icons: An Alumna’s Passion (Springfield)
2014-04-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Unnamed Venue, Springfield, MA, United States
This special event, led by Sarah Gorsky, will take a look at the fascinating craft of icon painting. A Medievalist at MHC, Sarah will touch on the dogma, history, methods, and materials of the practice. Sarah explains, “Several years after receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from UMASS Amherst, I decided I wanted indulge my deep interest in the Medieval society and art. I found Mount Holyoke’s Frances Perkins Scholar program for post baccalaureate studies and began my pursuit of a second bachelor’s degree in Medieval Studies, obtained in 2010. As part of this interest, I pursued an independent study on the medium of egg tempera and icon painting. While not an artist myself, I am fascinated by the egg tempera medium, the method and meaning of icons, and I’m working on building my skill on secular subjects in this medium.” Address available upon RSVP to invitation. Questions: Sarah Gorsky,gorsk20s@mtholyoke.edu

Informal Social Hour (Columbus)
2014-04-08 17:30 | The Chocolate Cafe, 1855 Northwest Boulevard, Columbus, OH, United States
You are invited to an informal social hour discussion at the Chocolate Café on Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30 p.m. A current Mount Holyoke student wrote a blog post entitled, “Mount Holyoke College, A College for White Men?” and the MHC Club of Central Ohio would like to discuss it.
For more information, please contact Marie Ozanne ’12.

Spring Event at the Art Museum (Cincinnati)
2014-04-12 11:00 | VA
Join the MHC Club of Cincinnati on Saturday, April 12, at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Lucille Blocksom ’49 and Carolyn Clodfelter ’59 will guide a tour of the jewelry exhibition, “From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith.” They will meet in the lobby of the museum at 11:00 a.m. For anyone interested, they will meet for lunch in the cafe immediately thereafter. Please let Amber Kershaw know if you (and guests) are able to attend.
