Alumnae Association

Theater Night at the Goodman (Chicago)
2013-02-13 19:15 (America/New_York) | 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.

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.

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.

Book Club Meeting (Chicago)
2013-02-09 11:00 | Unnamed Venue, Chicago, IL, United States
Not only will we be discussing The Imperfectionists, but we will also be selecting books and picking dates for the next few months. So, come even if you haven’t read the book, sip some hot chocolate, and help pick books for the spring and summer! Please RSVP to alexis.trocki@gmail.com, but feel free to come even if you haven’t RSVP’d!

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!

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!

Annual Meeting (Chicago)
2013-01-27 13:00 | 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.

175th Anniversary Celebration (Sarasota, FL)
2013-01-19 11:30 | Marina Jack Restaurant, 2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
Join us as we celebrate at Marina Jack. Be prepared to eat some birthday cake. Show your college spirit by wearing something blue. And bring some memorabilia, perhaps photos of you and your classmates, a yearbook, trophies or awards – anything that reminds you of four of the best years of your life!
We are very pleased that Dr. Donal O’Shea will be our speaker at this event. O’Shea was the Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs at MHC until this past July when he assumed his position as president of New College.
Dr. O’Shea’s topic will be “Following Mary Lyon’s Lessons from Buckland to Sarasota”.

Virtuosi from South Hadley (Hartford, CT)
2013-01-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Cathedral of St Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06105, United States
The Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra of Mount Holyoke College presents Virtuosi From South Hadley. The Orchestra will perform first at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford on Friday January 18, 2013 at 8:00pm as part of their Sacred Sounds Concert Series. The program will feature Flute Concerto in D Major K.314 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concerto by Antonín Dvořák, and excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn. The Flute Concerto will feature Mount Holyoke College student and winner of the 2012 Concerto Competition on flute, Ariel Hayat as flute soloist, and the Violin Concerto will feature local multiple prize-winning violinist, Sarah Hadley Yakir, as guest soloist on the violin.
A local from South Hadley, MA, Miss Yakir has been winning accolades internationally for her music making. She will be playing Dvorak’s rollicking Violin Concerto. Opening the concert for our guest, would be the Inaugural Mount Holyoke College Concerto Competition Prize Winner, Ariel Hayat, playing Mozart’s Flute Concerto No.2 in D.
For more information, visit the event website at http://www.cathedralofsaintjoseph.com/music-sacredsounds.html

MHC Reception (Tokyo)
2013-01-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Hotel New Otani Tokyo, 4-1 Kioi-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 102-8578,, Japan
Mount Holyoke College alumnae and friends are invited for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with special guest Joshua Hotaka Roth, associate professor of anthropology.
For more information, please contact Kim Roy at 800-642-4483.

Third Wednesday Dinner (Rochester, NY)
2013-01-16 18:30 | Pomodoro’s, 3400 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
The January 16, 2013, Third Wednesday dinner will be held at the ever-popular Pomodoro’s. Pomodoro’s cuisine is Mediterranean; the ingredients often local.
Please RSVP to gvmhc@yahoo.com or alreber@rochester.rr.com by Tuesday, January 15, 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.

College for a Day (Denver, CO)
2013-01-14 | Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, Denver, CO, 80220, United States
An annual event coordinated by a consortium of nine women’s colleges, including Mount Holyoke, that brings professors from each college (three per year) to present a talk on their area of study. Lunch is provided. Register and learn more online.

MHC Reception (Hong Kong)
2013-01-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Chinese Recreation Club, 6/F Function Rooms, 123 Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai bHang, Hong Kong, China
Mount Holyoke College alumnae and friends are invited for tea with special guest Jonathan Lipman, Felicia Gressitt Bock Professor of Asian Studies.
For more information, please contact Kim Roy at 800-642-4483.

MHC Reception (Dubai)
2013-01-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Al Manzil Hotel, Emaar Boulevard, The Old Town, Dubai , United Arab Emirates
You are cordially invited for tea with Eva Paus Carol Hoffmann Collins, director of the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives and professor of economics, and Janice A. Hudgings, professor of physics and associate dean of faculty.
RSVP by January 4 to Kimberly Roy at kroy@mtholyoke.edu or 1-800-642-4483.

High Tea with President Pasquerella and Mary Graham Davis (Naples, FL)
2013-01-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Estuary I, The Ritz-Carlton, 280 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL, United States
Please join the Naples Club in welcoming President Lynn Pasquerella, ’80, and Chair of Mount Holyoke’s Board of Trustees, Mary Graham Davis, ’65! We will celebrate Mount Holyoke’s 175th anniversary with the President and Mary Davis while enjoying High Tea at the Ritz Carlton and watching the 175th celebration video, a tribute to Mount Holyoke’s founding, mission, and future. We will also hear from the President.
Please register by January 3, 2013. You may register at alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/tea

MHC Reception (Beijing)
2013-01-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Home of Sean and Margaret Chai Maloney ’92, Beijing, China
Mount Holyoke College alumnae and friends are invited for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with special guest Diane Anci, Dean of Admission and Vice President for Enrollment.
For more information, please contact Kim Roy at 800-642-4483.

Reception at the Saint Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, MO)
2013-01-06 14:00 | Saint Louis Art Museum, One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park , St. Louis, MO, United States
You and a guest are cordially invited to view Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master, currently on exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Special guests Judith Mann, ’72 Curator of Early European Art to 1800 at the Saint Louis Art Museum, and John Stomberg, Florence Finch Abbott Director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum , will be in attendance. (Gather in the lobby of the museum)
Reception to follow in the Friends Room of the museum.
RSVP to Roger Gove by December 28 at rgove@mtholyoke.edu or 413-538-2259.

Family Event at Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago)
2012-12-29 | Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, 60614, United States
Meet Mary Lion and See the Zoo Lights!
Join the Mount Holyoke Club for a family-friendly visit to the Lincoln Park Zoo. We’ll meet Mary Lion, the lion that the Club has adopted, and wander around the zoo. Stay for Zoo Lights, the zoo’s annual wintertime adventure full of lights, activities, and music. Admission to the zoo is FREE! More details to come.
Facebook info here: www.facebook.com/events/237335706394165/

Annual Holiday Luncheon (Columbus, OH)
2012-12-27 12:15 | The Chocolate Cafe, 1855 Northwest Blvd, Columbus, OH, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of Central Ohio cordially invites alumnae, students and parents to the Annual Holiday Luncheon. Enjoy delicious menu choices of soups, salads, wraps and sandwiches, and of course, desserts! The café will give us separate checks, and depending on your appetite, a meal will probably run $10-$15. Students and parents will be our guests.
RSVP to mmdmd@sbcglobal.net.

Orchestral Concert (Singapore)
2012-12-23 20:15 - 21:30 | The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore
The Orchestra and Voices of the East Indies present The Magnificent Season a program of festive music from the Baroque and a premiere by one of Singapore’s leading young composers, in the Chamber in the Arts House at Old Parliament House. Under the direction of Ng Tian Hui, Orchestra Director at Mount Holyoke College, the performance will contrast Johann Sebastian Bach’s scintillating Magnificat with the rarely performed Magnificat by the Bohemian Jan Dismas Zelenka with a delightful new premiere by multiple award winning composer Emily Koh. The ensemble will be joined by a stellar cast of voices including Wendy Woon, described by the American Guild of Organists as a singer of “elegance and poise”, Melvin Tan, recently featured in Mark Chan’s opera the Flight of the Jade Bird, the ever compelling Yap Shing Min with new talent Ong Shu Chen.
Purchase tickets.

Annual Holiday Dinner (Genesee Valley, NY)
2012-12-19 18:30 | Richardson’s Canal House, 1474 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY, 14534, United States
The annual holiday dinner will be held at Richardson’s Canal House. The menu is classic Euro-American.
If you can come, please RSVP to gvmhc@yahoo.com or alreber@rochester.rr.com by Tuesday, December 18, 2012. 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. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Young Alum Brunch (Chicago)
2012-12-15 11:00 | Heaven on Seven, 111 N Wabash Ave, 7th Floor, Chicago, 60602, United States
Enjoy Cajun cuisine and the company of other young alums. Please RSVP to westp20t@mtholyoke.edu by December 10th. See you there!
Heaven on Seven
www.heavenonseven.com/wabash.html
Find the Facebook event here: www.facebook.com/events/380425538699371/

Cookies & Conversation (Worcester, MA)
2012-12-13 18:30 | Unnamed Venue, MA, United States
Tis the season for cookies and conversation! We can’t believe it, but the holidays are here already and we need to get on your calendar. Please respond to gokidfears@yahoo.com so we know how many are coming, and so we can send you the directions on how to participate.

Care Package Assembly (Durham, NC)
2012-12-09 14:00 | CA
Join us for our fabulous Packing Party! This year the Piedmont Club will send packages to twenty-nine students during Reading Days in December.
For more details please email lisa.giragosian@gmail.com.

Annual Holiday Gathering (San Diego, CA)
2012-12-08 14:00 - 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
Please join us for a lovely afternoon graciously hosted by Elizabeth Barrett-Connor ’56 and Jim Connor.
Light snacks will be provided, as well as coffee, tea, wine and punch.
Contact kbnilsson@yahoo.com questions.

Book Club Discussion of Little Bee (Chicago)
2012-12-08 11:00 | Area alumna’s home, Winnekta, 60093
Please join us for a discussion of Little Bee by Chris Cleary at the home of an area alum.
Walking distance from the Metra Union Pacific North line, Winnetka stop. Facebook info here: www.facebook.com/events/469312933100066/

The 78th New York City Vespers Concert (New York, NY)
2012-12-07 20:00 | St. Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue & 51st Street, New York, NY, United States
The Mount Holyoke Club of New York City invites you to Vespers 2012! The 78th New York City Vespers Concert will take place with traditional candlelight processional, familiar carols, and more on Friday, December 7, at 8:00 p.m.
Purchase tickets online or by phone at 413-538-2201.
For more information about the event, visit www.mountholyokeclubofnewyork.com/vespers.

Frances Perkins Mini-Reunion (NYC)
2012-12-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Starbucks, 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Come join in some holiday cheer, visit with FP’s in the NYC area, and consider making this your meet-up to head over to the 78th NYC Vespers Concert!
RSVP, questions and comments:
jacquelinefquinn@gmail.com
eahamlin@gmail.com

175 Celebrations (Washington, DC)
2012-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Clyde’s at Gallery Place, 7th Street Parlour Room, 707 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Join the Mount Holyoke Club of Greater Washington, DC for an intimate cocktail reception with MHC President Lynn Pasquerella and Alumnae Association Director Jane Zachary.
Space is limited. Buy your tickets today: mhcdc175years.eventbrite.com

Piedmont MHC Club Fall Meeting at NC Zoo
2012-10-13 09:00 - 16:00 | North Carolina Zoo, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC, 27205, United States
Join us for our family-friendly Fall Meeting at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro! We will escape to 500 acres of exhibits focused upon the natural habitats found on the continents of Africa and North America.
For questions and meeting locations please email lisa.giragosian@gmail.com.
