Synopsis:

After each of their seasonal ad-hoc fundraising drives, the staff and patients of a group home for the disabled meet at Dunkin’ Donuts to celebrate, detox, squabble and flirt. Out of their savage camaraderie, something like a family begins to emerge…or not.

Critical Acclaim for Clubbed Thumb: 

 “[One] of the most inventive - and inventively named - downtown troupes.”

~ The New York Times, Jesse McKinley

“Clubbed Thumb has more nerve, more guts, more class per square inch than any not-for-profit small theatre in New York.” ~ Paula Vogel

“Clubbed Thumb invariably matches provocative scripts with smart directors and savvy actors, and the results are rewarding for all.” ~ Paper Magazine, Tom Murrin and Ricky Spears

“If New York has been a fruitful and exciting place to be a playwright in the last decade, Clubbed Thumb can claim a real share of the credit.” ~ Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater

About Clubbed Thumb:

Clubbed Thumb commissions, develops and produces funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living American writers. Since its founding in 1996, the company has earned 4 OBIES and presented plays in every form of development, including over 70 full productions. Clubbed Thumb is an incubator for artists and their work, staging plays to critical acclaim while supporting an ever-growing creative community. 

Clubbed Thumb is dedicated to supporting the work of emerging writers and does so by commissioning new work, offering a range of development programs and mounting full productions. Their plays vary in style and content, but are always intermissionless, 90 minutes or under, and previously unproduced in New York City. They feature substantial and challenging roles for both men and women, are questioning, formally inventive, decidedly theatrical and somewhere in the text they contain a sense of humor.

In 2005, they initiated The Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission, which awards a playwright $15,000 to write a play for Clubbed Thumb. In May 2001, Clubbed Thumb was awarded an OBIE grant, Off-Broadway’s highest honor, in recognition of their body of work. At the 2006 OBIES, Clubbed Thumb’s production of What Then was honored twice: Meg MacCary received an OBIE for her performance and Rinne Groff received an OBIE grant as an emerging playwright. In 2007, Playscripts published Funny, Strange, Provocative, an anthology of plays produced by Clubbed Thumb. In 2008, Rebecca Wisocky won an OBIE for her performance in their production of Amazons and their Men by Jordan Harrison.

Music provided by

• tenor Garrett Taylor
• soprano Hallie Silverston
• pianist Rick Hip-Flores
• DJ Scott Neagle (aka The Mangoose).

Hear selections from Ardea Arts' opera repertory of newly commissioned work. Enjoy some corn on the cob and burgers in The Suffolk's newly improved beach yard. Dance into the evening with Scott Neagle's unique talents.

All for only $20 dollars, fully tax-deductible.

Support new classical music, and have a ball. 7:30-11:00. $20 includes dinner burger, dogs, corn on the cob), entertainment, and fun. RSVP and Buy your Tax Deductible ticket at this link.

There is a special ticket price for BCNY club members:

http://www.paperlesspost.com/events/10970-ae00326f/guests/234603-2820e324/card

(admissions at the door will be dependent on remaining availabilities)

Catch up with Brown alumni and friends as we take this guided two-hour walking tour across the length of the bridge, where we will learn the dramatic story behind its creation and early history. Discover the secrets behind the Roebling family’s participation in the design of the structure as we soak in the soothing colors of the twilight along the skyline. Then we will stroll through Victorian Brooklyn Heights, one of New York’s earliest landmark districts. Once a home to wealthy 19th century merchants and later 20th century writers, the neighborhood’s sites include Plymouth Church, where Lincoln and Walt Whitman worshipped; the Brooklyn Promenade and its magnificent view of Manhattan; the homes of author Arthur Miller and Dodger great Duke Snider; and where Truman Capote penned Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Meets at the statue of Ben Franklin at the corner of Spruce Street and Park Row in Lower Manhattan. Statue is in front of Pace University and to the right of the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. Closest Subway: 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall.

Click for map of the meeting location, Spruce and Park Row.

Members: $20
Non-Members: $25

Menu: Assorted hors d'oeuvres, lobster, steamed clams and mussels, corn-on-the-cob, salad and dessert. A thick grilled steak can be substituted for lobster if reserved in advance. Beverages include beer, wine, soft drinks and water. All for $45.00 per person for Club Members, $55.00 per person for Non-Members. A children’s menu will also be served (hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, macaroni and watermelon) for $10 per child ages 3-12 (under age 3 are free).

Directions: From Merritt Parkway north or south: Take Exit 42. If you are traveling north on the Merritt from Greenwich/Stamford, turn right (north) at light at bottom of ramp. Go approximately one mile on Weston Road/Route 57 through the second light at Lyons Plains. If you are traveling south on the Merritt from Stratford/Trumbull, turn left (north) at light at bottom of ramp. Go approximately one mile on Weston Road/Route 57 through the first light at Lyons Plains. The Bush's house is the second driveway on the right after the Lyons Plains Road intersection.

Parking is limited in the driveway but additional parking will be available at a water company lot south of their driveway, marked by a Brown sign and balloons.

RSVP by Monday, June 8th. Please mail check payable to The Brown Club of Fairfield County to Jennifer Beihl '93, The Brown Club of Fairfield County, 3 Olive Lane, Norwalk, CT 06854.

BROWN CLUB EXCLUSIVE:

Join the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center at a presentation of "Musical Theater 101"

SCHEDULE

7:00-7:30 pm, Wine reception
7:00-8:30 pm, Presentation/Performance
8:30-9:00, Post-performance reception and mingling Kaplan Penthouse
Member tickets: $30 (SPECIAL BROWN CLUB RATE)
Guest/Non-Member tickets: $40

From The Phantom of the Opera to Wicked, a great musical combines compelling acting, singing, dancing and story telling with a spectacular physical production.  Join Broadway stars Aaron Lazar and Julia Murney along with Broadway musical director and Sirius Radio host Seth Rudetsky as they demystify the art of musical theater with experiences and performances from some of Broadway's greatest hits.

Questions?  Want to sign up?  Email:  Amanda White at awhite@lincolncenter.org or call:  212.875.5764.  Mention the code:  "BROWN CLUB" for discounted entry! 

Come give a big New York City welcome to the new Dean of Brown Medical School, Ed Wing!  Dr. Wing is the former chair of Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital, and is a specialist in infectious diseases, having authored more than 90 peer-reviewed articles.  During his time at Brown one of his greatest contributions has been overseeing programs in the Dominican Republic, Kenya, India, Cambodia, Vietnam and Russia.  Come hear him speak about this more.  Reception, lecture and discussion from 7 pm to 9 pm.  Dr. Wing will be introduced by the Brown Club's very own Cultural Events Chair, Beverly Johnson '01 MD '06, also known as an Internal Medicine PGY-3 at Cornell-NYPH.

RSVP for this exciting event by June 1st to AlpertMedical_Events@brown.edu or 401.863.6030.

Click for map.

Charles Darwin, reluctant revolutionary, profoundly altered our view of the natural world and our place in it. This special Brown club program featuring Kenneth R. Miller will enhance our understanding of Darwin and the significance of his effect on modern science.

Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D is a cell biologist and the author of the most widely used high school biology textbooks in America. He is the author of the acclaimed book; Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, a lively and cutting-edge analysis of the key issues that seem to divide science and religion. Professor Miller is also the author of Only A Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul. Dr. Miller did his undergraduate work at Brown, and earned a Ph.D in 1974 at the University of Colorado. He spent six years as Assistant Professor at Harvard University before returning to Brown University in 1980. His research work on cell membrane structure and function has produced more than 50 scientific papers and reviews in leading journals, including CELL, Nature, and Scientific American. Miller is coauthor, with Joseph S. Levine, of three different high school and college biology textbooks which are used by millions of students nationwide. He has received 5 major teaching awards. In 2005, he received the Presidential Citation of the American Institute for Biological Sciences for Distinguished service to the field of Biology and in 2006 he received the Public Service Award from the American Society for Cell Biology based on his work defending the integrity of science and science education. Recently, the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) voted to give Professor Miller their 2008 award for Advancing the Public Understanding of Science.

6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Reception with Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres

7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
Lecture and Discussion with
Professor Kenneth R. Miller '70, P’02

Cost $35 per person

RSVP
By May 15, 2009 online (see below), or mail a check payable to the Brown University Club in New York to be received by 5/15/09 to Brown Club Event, c/o Mikhail Glezin, 1812 Second Ave. #5FS, New York, NY 10128.

Directions

The Society for Ethical Culture is located at the corner of Central Park West and 64th Street. It is close to the 66th Street Lincoln Center stop on the 1 subway line, the 66th Street Crosstown bus line, and the 59th Street A/B/C/D line stop. The Society is handicapped accessible.

Questions?  Email us at vicky@vickyoliver.com

JOIN US FOR OUR MEET THE ENTREPRENEUR SERIES.

Ever wanted to open a restaurant or start your own business or manage your own brand?  How do two young entrepreneurs grow a multi-million dollar business in just a few short years?  What steps do you need to follow your dreams in a downturn? 

Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dine and dish with
one of Forbes Magazine’s “40 Under 40”! Kenny Lao '98, founder of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar, has garnered national attention for the unique dumpling bars (and dumpling trucks) that have sprouted up all around New York City.
 
Kenny will be joined by his co-partner and fellow NYU Stern School of Business alum David Weber (Yale ’99).  Together, Kenny and David will share their experiences in business, marketing practices, tough times and how they turned their personal passions into a business and culinary success!  Learn how Rickshaw Dumplings became the first destination of choice for Martha Stewart after serving her time!  How did they attract the attention of a Michelin-starred consulting chef, Anita Lo to grow and develop their brand?

Find out how two young guys has combined a love of Chinese-style
dumplings and incredible business acumen into one of New York’s
most successful multi-million dollar restaurant mini-empires!

In addition, we are pleased to announce that the following
organizations have graciously agreed to co-sponsor the event:

·        Brown University’s Entrepreneurship Program

·        Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York

·        NYU – Stern School of Business

This event is open to alumni, current students, family, and friends.

GREAT VALUE!  Learn what it takes to launch a new business and succeed in one of the toughest restaurant markets!  Join us for an evening of complimentary beer, dumplings and other dishes, and network with other like-minded enterpreneurs !

Cost: $35 per person. Reserve early!  SPACE IS VERY LIMITED! 

To register, visit www.brownnyc.org.

For additional information, please contact jacqui.hogans@alumni.brown.edu

Unlike previous career/ networking events that were far too general and broad, “Taking the Leap” is a focused, interactive workshop conducted by a team of experts who specialize in helping make successful career transitions. On this evening, attendees will have the opportunity to work closely with these experts who will address topics including:

Developing Your Personal Brand
Creating Opportunities/ Opening Doors/ Kicking Down Doors
Addressing the Fear of Starting Over
Creating a Real Action Plan
The Importance of Networking, Networking, and Networking
Maintaining a Career in the Creative Arts
Discovering the Entrepreneur Within
And more…

Again, we stress the fact that this event has been designed to be highly interactive, allowing attendees to get real answers to their questions. For this reason, the event has been limited to 50 attendees max. Likewise we require that attendees prepare a list of questions and submit them prior to the event. This will help to ensure that all questions are addressed effectively and thoroughly.

The experts assembled for this panel not only have considerable experience in the area of career transitions but also share an entrepreneurial spirit that has allowed them to find opportunities in the toughest of times. As such, they will not only share their professional expertise but also their personal experiences.

Experts include:
Peter D. Bopp

Peter Bopp ’78 is a founding partner of Leadership Strategy Group, a career coaching and leadership performance consultancy. In his career transition practice, Peter works with clients to explore their values, interests and personal brand assets to align their career goals with their passions. He specializes in working with individuals considering a career change, guiding them through assessments and exercises to assist their discernment process and guide them towards powerful positioning and communications of their career direction. Peter brings over 20 years of corporate experience to his coaching, as a marketing leader at American Express and Kraft Foods.

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe

Dr. Lowe is the founding principal and CEO of BHA Education Consultants, a college admissions and career advisory firm. His experience and expertise is in knowledge-intelligence management and implementation. Dr. Lowe practices helping clients place themselves in accommodating and advantageous positions. With regard to career transition in the current economy, BHA's emphasis is on entrepreneurship. Dr. Lowe is also president of P.R. Lowe, LLC , a personal and business advisory company, is a private adviser, consummate entrepreneur and owns and strategically advises several businesses. He received a B.A. in Biology from Brown University, a M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine, and a Certificate in Advanced Management Studies from Yale School of Management.

Patricia “Patch” Simon Schwadron

Patricia Simon Schwadron, Brown class of’72, has been Career Counselor Supervisor of the Actors Fund Work Program for over 10 years. In addition, since moving to New York from Los Angeles in 1998, she has also worked as an adjunct career counselor and workshop facilitator at New York University’s Center for Career, Education, and Life Planning in the School for Continuing and Professional Studies as well as a career advisor at St. John's University in Queens. Prior careers have included professional ballet dancer, freelance journalist and public relations professional. She has degrees from Brown University, Columbia University, and Cal State Northridge. Her husband, Terry Schwadron, Brown ’71, is an editor at the New York Times.

Dani Ticktin Koplik

Dani Ticktin Koplik had an extensive career in Advertising and Marketing. Having off-ramped to raise children, she spent her soccer mom years as an entrepreneur and free-lancing in the market research field. Dani conducts proprietary programs for companies trying to maximize their materiel and human resources and for individual groups of managers, executives and entrepreneurs. She is a graduate of Brown University (BA Political Science); is certified both by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and New York University as an executive and organizational coach; has benefited from Dale Carnegie sales training; is a member of the New York City Chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the NYU Executive Forum and 85 Broads. Dani serves on the boards of the NYU Executive Forum (affiliated with the NYU Stern School of Business) and gabrielle lansner & co, a dance/theater company in New York City. She is also the founder of the Net&Nosh networking organization for highly successful professional women and is a member of the Brown University Women’s Launch Pad, through which she coaches, inspires and mentors graduating senior women.

Cost: $35 (includes food and beverage)

SPACE LIMITED!!!

Come out and celebrate the good weather!  Come visit with old friends and make some new at VIG 27.  Join us for complimentary appetizers and $6 drink specials.  Be sure not to miss our featured cocktail: the Beartini!  Early registration through May 1st $5 and $10 thereafter.

Join us to explore art galleries along 57th Street in Manhattan.  The tour will feature visits to the Pace Wildenstein and Howard Greenberg Galleries, and more.  Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibitions as well as insight into the inner working of art galleries.  Weather and time permitting, there will be a stop on the Park Avenue median to see examples of sculpture by James Surls, installed there as part of the New York City Parks Public Art Program.  Your guide will be Suzanne Julig, a fine art professional with twenty-five years in the field.  She was a director at three prominent art New York galleries before founding her art advisory business, where she specializes in 19th and 20th century American and European paintings, works on paper and sculpture, as well as contermporary art.  There will be one tour at 12.30 pm, strictly limited to 15 people.  $40 for members and $45 for non-members.

It takes more than a stock market crash to crush our spirit! Come lift a glass with your fellow 80’s-ers.

Exploring new career options?

No need to worry.

Just show up here and network with your super-connected fellow alumni from the 80’s!

We bank on our experience, and never come up short.

Financial breakdown?

We do pushups.

Banks gone bankrupt? 

We got Zen.

Come lift a glass and toast your fellow classmates.

Hear their stories.

Share yours.

Share the communal wealth of our decade, and show up in full numbers.

We’ll even sweeten the deal. A 1983 price tag plus free prizes!

Attend this event and you may win any of the following, all great for trendy

‘staycations:’

•A prized vintage 1999 bottle of Champagne Laurent Perrier Brut 

•Leather accessories by Lauren Merkin, ‘96

•A 1.5 Litre prize bottle of wine from Castello delle Regine

•Dinner for two at Acqua Peck Slip

•Tickets to the NYC Opera at Lincoln Center

•Chic Home Accessories by Jonathan Adler, '88

•Brown logo apparel courtesy of Ivy Sport

• Gifts from Misnomer Dance, courtesy of Chris Elam '98

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When:  Weds April 29

Where: Slate Plus, 54 West 21 St NY NY

Time:  6:30 pm to 10:00 pm

RSVP:  Please let us know you’re coming. It pays to RSVP in advance!

Cost:  Due to popular demand, we'll keep the price at $15

if you sign up now.  But at the door, it will be $20. 

Been thinking about B-school or an executive MBA?  Get key advice, learn from an expert, bring questions for your next step!

As business school applications surge to levels not seen since the dot-com bust, the competition for admission at the world's top schools is bound to become even more keen. An Ivy League degree, a perfect GMAT score, and a host of great recommendations will no longer guarantee admission to the nation's top B-schools.
 
The Brown Club in New York is excited to host an evening with Chad Troutwine, founder and CEO of Veritas Prep--one of the world's leading MBA admissions consultants.
 
During the seminar, Mr. Troutwine, a graduate of Stanford Business School, will discuss such hot topics as the impact of the collapse of the financial sector on business school admissions, how those who were downsized as a result of the recession can address their experiences in applications, the increasing selectivity of the top MBA programs, as well as the popularity of part-time and executive MBA programs.
 
Come prepared with questions --- this is a fully interactive seminar designed to answer any concerns you have about the business school admissions process! Everything from recommendations, work experience, and the importance of the GMAT will be discussed.
 
Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get the insider advantage on B-school admission from one of the industry's top consultants!
 
This seminar is open to alumni, current students, family, and friends.

GREAT VALUE!  $40, include seminar, networking opportunity and service of mouth-watering hors d'oeurves and beverages.

Join fellow alums for NY Cares’ Hands on NY Day. Get some fresh air and meet new community service-minded Brown grads as we help beautify Queens' Forest Park. The Brown Club of NY and 11 other groups at the park that day will be performing numerous tasks to clear areas of the park so that they can be used by locals.

Over 5,000 volunteers participate in Hands on NY Day at 75 different sites throughout the city.

We will be meeting at the NY Cares’ headquarters at 8:45 am on Saturday, April 25th to take a bus to Forest Park.  The headquarters is located at 214 W. 29th St. between 7th and 8th Avenues.  The event will run until 3:00 pm and transportation will be provided both ways.

Forest Park is the third largest park in Queens and is one of NYC's Flagship Parks. 

While there are a few restaurants nearby, it's recommended that you bring a bag lunch.  Conditions at the park may be muddy so please dress appropriately.

To register please visit the Brown Club's team website.  There is a $20 fee for participating, which is tax-deductible.

https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=301314&lis=1&kntae301314=46090FFC2F3F4DE7980AD55979DCB7FD&supId=11255214&team=3322629

We have a limited number of spots and registration closes on April 17th so please register soon!  The site also allows you to fundraise on behalf of NY Cares.

For questions, please email volunteer@brownnyc.org.

The Brown Club has done Hands on NY Day in the past and it's always productive and well-organized as well as a fun way to spend a Saturday.

Entrepreneurship & Life Passions with Andy Dunn

A Chicago native, Andy Dunn is the co founder and chief executive of Bonobos.  He has been featured in several publications including The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Vanity Fair, and The New York Times.

Andy founded Bonobos with fellow Stanford GSB classmate Brian Spaly because they could not find pants that fit well.  To correct the problem, they sought to create pants that fit and look better and to challenge the traditional retail space through fantastic customer service with paid shipping on returns and no questions asked (think Zappos for pants).

In addition, we are pleased to announce that the event is co-sponsored by The Columbia Club of New York, the CAL Alumni Club of New York, the Columbia Engineering Young Alumni, the Stanford New York Alumni Board, the Alumni and Friends of the London School of Economics New York Chapter, the Brown Club of Westchester County, the Brown Club of Long Island, the Stanford GSB New York Chapter, and the Cardinal Young Alumni of New York City.

Please note that this event will feature Bonobos products and trunk show.

Cost: $38 per person (SPACE LIMITED!!!)
          $45 for walk-ins
Time:
Reception -       6:30 - 7PM
Talk and Q&A - 7 - 8:30PM

Hors d’oeuvres and beverages are included in ticket price.

For more details, please contact Michael at mtang@alumni.brown.edu

Dr. Stein will present work from his recent book:

The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year

Hear the true story of one young woman addicted to Vicodin, following her from the start of treatment, through relapse, and into long-term recovery.  He will take us into the heart of the fastest-growing drug disorder in the United States-the addiction to prescription painkillers- and create for us a “searing portrait” of the personal bond between doctor and addicted patient. Please join us for this thought-provoking and inspiring speaking program!

RSVP: By 04/15/09 please.
Reply to this message by e-mailing to: msreid@optonline.net.

Then mail a check payable to the Brown Club of Westchester to: The Brown Club of Westchester, P.O. Box 566, Rye, NY 10580. Payment will also be accepted at the door.

Questions? Contact Malcolm Reid ’84 at msreid@optonline.net

Directions to 11 Plainview Avenue, Ardsley NY

Take the Saw Mill Parkway either north or south and get off at exit 17 (Ashford Avenue).  If you are on the Saw Mill going south, make an immediate left at the first traffic light onto Ashford Ave. heading east into Ardsley.  Go between 1/2 and 3/4 miles on Ashford, and turn left onto Eastern Drive.  Go one block on Eastern, and turn left onto Plainview Ave.  #11 is the second house on the right.  If you are on the Saw Mill going north, make a right onto Ashford Avenue at the top of the exit ramp, and follow the directions as noted above.

Park on Plainview Avenue (either side of Eastern Drive), or on Eastern Drive between Ashford Ave and Plainview.

  

For many NYC-based young  alumni -- true, not all --  gone are days of the pre-game; however, a Reunion  pre-party is a  completely different game: join your hosts from the Brown Club of  New York  and the Class of 2004 5^th Reunion Gift Committee for a  social  gathering open to all young alumni (classes of '00 through '08) in the   greater New York City area. We expect this will be a fun way to catch up  -- even  if you can't make it back for the real thing in May.  

Where:  Connelly's Pub & Restaurant on   47th, just West of Madison (upstairs)  - http://www.connollyspubandrestaurant.com/ 

Questions?  Email Ben at membership@brownnyc.org.   

Tickets to the performance and reception can be purchased online with a credit card by clicking on the link below.
 
Please Note: You will need your Brown Alumni Association online username and password to purchase tickets (or you can lookup your information and/or create an account through the same link). Multiple tickets can be purchased by clicking on the "Add Guest" button; when completing a guest registration, you can simply enter your own email address when prompted.   Tickets can only be purchased online with a credit card and are not refundable. Seating is limited.

This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown Clubs of Fairfield County and the Yale Club of Greenwich.

Prepare for uncertain times and gain insight into the New Depression from a Nobel-prize winning economist and New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman. 

$45 per person includes reception, lecture, and a signed copy of Depression Economics. 

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Kerry Strassel:  K.Strassel@cornellclubnyc.com,

212.692.1381

Unfortunately this event is SOLD-OUT! 

$85 Admission price includes:
~ Gaming Tables and Chips ~
~ Open Bar ~
~ Hors D’oeuvres ~
~ Auction ~

Proceeds from admission and the auction will benefit The Cornell Club's Scholarship Fund.

Bring a friend, or bring a date! 

* Black tie optional

RSVP to: k.strassel@cornellclubnyc.com  Questions?  Call Kerry at 212.692.1381.

At this event, you will be able to mix and mingle with Cornell Club members as well as alumni from Brown, Colgate, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tulane, and Members of New York's Ivy League clubs.

Please join the Brown Club in New York for an illuminating evening with several prominent women leaders who have all achieved the highest levels of success in their respective fields.  Be prepared to be stimulated, enlightened, and awed by the candid tales of these truly extraordinary women.  On this evening, attendees will not only hear stories of success and failure but the defining moments that forever changed their lives and transformed them into leaders.   Attendees will have the chance to pose questions and interact directly with the panel.

In addition, we are pleased to announce that the event is co-sponsored by BHA Education Consultants, Brown Clubs of New Jersey and Westchester, Brown University (Women's Leadership Council), Columbia Business School (Women In Business), The Columbia Club of New York, Cornell Club, DTK Resources, Financial Women's Association (FWA), Ladies Who Launch, London Business School, New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), Penn Club, PennNYC and Trinity School.

Speakers:

Meredith Whitney**, Former Oppenheimer & Co, Banking Analyst and Founder, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LL

 Kayce Freed Jennings**, Co-Founder, The Documentary Group, (Widow of Peter Jennings)

 Anne Bowen, Founder, Luxury In America, Fashion Designer and Entrepreneur

 Dr. Donnica Moore, President, Sapphire Women's Health Group LLC, Women's Health Expert and Media Commentator

Dany Levy**, Founder, DailyCandy.com

 Moderator:  Dani Ticktin Koplik**, Founder, DTK Resources

**(These panelist are all Brown alumni)

***(note that panel may be subject to change due to participant’s busy schedule)***

Cost:  $40/$45 at the door 

To register visit: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=179697

For information, contact:  kwame@alumni.brown.edu

The pairings will square off wines from Rias Baixas, Rioja/Ribera del Duero, Navarra, Catalonia, and Priorat against those of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

At the end of the tasting, we’ll tally the votes and see who wins – New World or Old?

About Brian:

Gnarly Vines Wine & Spirits, an exciting and eclectic wine shop in Fort Greene, Brooklyn is the culmination of Brian’s life-long passion for wine that began when he was a fifteen year old exchange student in a suburb of Paris. After many years of studying, collecting and most importantly drinking wine, he turned his passion into his profession on Bastille Day 1997 
when he became the Director of the Wine Auction Department at Phillips Auctioneers.
He has also served as the lead wine specialist for Christies and as the East Coast Director for Winebid.com.

Cost: $11

Please sign up at:

http://www.bulacwinetasting.eventbrite.com/

See New York’s Most Acclaimed New Comedy, BECKY SHAW, at Second Stage Theatre
Tuesday, March 10^th, 2009 @ 7:00PM

BROWN CLUB EXCLUSIVE:  See the show and stay for a special talk-back with playwright Gina Gionfriddo MFA'97! 

$42 Ticket Special – USE CODE ‘BRWN’

“This may be the funniest show of the season!” – Adam Feldman, Time Out New York

“Gina Gionfriddo’s comedy of bad manners, a tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their 30’s, is as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last. The plot turns on the ghastly ramifications of one colossally bad setup. How bad? Well, the first date involves a visit to a police station. For lovers of theater this deftly plotted, scabrous and sharp-witted new play proves a bracing antidote to dispiriting news.” – Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

"GINA GIONFRIDDO IS SOME KIND OF GENIUS! Sends little shockwaves of delight through the house."
- Marilyn Stasio, Variety

"'BECKY SHAW' HAS A LASCERATING SENSE OF HUMOR AND RAZOR-SHARP PERFORMANCES."
- Roma Torre, NY1

BECKY SHAW
By Gina Gionfriddo MFA '97 / Directed by Peter DuBois
with David Wilson Barnes, Emily Bergl, Kelly Bishop, Dashiell Eaves, Annie Parisse.
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes (including one 15-minute intermission)

HOW TO ORDER YOUR $42.00 TICKETS: (Reg. $70)
1) ORDER ONLINE! www.2ST.com and enter code BRWN
2) CALL (212) 246-4422 and mention code BRWN

Questions?  Email our Marketing Chair:  davidhsia2001@yahoo.com. 

Looking for a great outing on a Sunday afternoon?  Inspired by dada and action painting?  What was the larger-than-life transvestite Leigh Bowery doing in the art world with Sigmund Freud's grandson?

Have a question about your favorite modern art piece, or want to know how to make out that soccer player in Boccioni's famous Dynamism of a Soccer Player?  How did MOMA's Rodin sculpture of Balzac inspire his mistress Camille Claudel?  How many times a day did colorist/impressionist Bonnard's wife bathe?  (How did Edvard Munch, the screamer that he is, influence one of Jasper Johns's most famous motifs?)  Join your fellow Brown alums and a well-versed museum docent for a guided tour of the world's most complete and wide-ranging modern art collection, organized exclusively for The Brown University Club in New York.

We will tour the most significant artworks in the MoMA collection with the focus on the 4th and 5th floor Painting and Sculpture galleries - from Cezanne to Picasso to Pollock to Warhol (just to name a few).  This tour is geared towards beginners who like to finger-paint, (soon-to-be-famous) art historians, art world critics and gallerists, and everyone else in-between. 

Think your dog looks like a Brancusi, or simply want to know what's the difference between an Impressionist and a Fauvist (without making any lightbulb jokes)?  There will be an opportunity for Q&A with the guide during the tour. Bring your questions and join us for a fun, playful "boogie-woogie" Sunday afternoon in one of the world's most beloved museums!

Ticket Price: $30 per person.  Limited availability so please register soon.

Meeting place: MoMA's main lobby, near Information Desk.  

Questions?  Email:  Culture@brownnyc.org

Are you spending too much of your valuable job search time trolling websites and social networking sites?  Or filling out applications that a human may never read? Are you really making any progress? 
 
It's a long-standing truth about the job market that 80% of job opportunities are unadvertised.  Successful job seekers uncover them through the practice of networking.  In today's ultra-competitive economy, networking skills are more critical than ever.
 
So what is networking?  It is a process of building contacts, expanding knowledge through informational interviews, and marketing yourself successfully in your target field. 
 
Come learn successful networking tips and techniques from experts in the field of career transitions.  Our interactive workshop, led by Peter Bopp '78 and Brad Agry, will give you up-to-date information, tools and practice in the art of networking.

** IMPORTANT NOTE:  This event has been organized with a focus on our more recent alumni who have more limited professional development experience. 

ACCORDINGLY, WE ARE ONLY INVITING ALUMNI FROM THE CLASSES OF 2001 THROUGH 2008.5 TO ATTEND THIS EVENT.  We will be planning other career & networking events for a broader base and other groups of alumni.  We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at our career & networking events! ** 

As part of our strategic partnership with the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center, the Brown University Club in New York is pleased to offer you the opportunity to join the following event:

Learn from our experts about wine and food pairings, and enjoy wines from all over the world. It’s a fantastic way to explore some of Lincoln Center ’s unique culinary offerings and to meet some of your fellow alums as well as the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center!

COST: Special price of $30 for Brown alumni (normal non-member price of $40), mention "The Brown University Club in New York" to obtain your special price.

RSVP:To reserve tickets, please contact Amanda at yplc@lincolncenter.org with your credit card information.

Join other Brown alumni and volunteer at the St. Francis Xavier Soup kitchen, a well-run kitchen in the Union Square area that provides at least 800 meals to those in need every weekend.  After the sign up for the Brown Club’s December session at the soup kitchen filled up in a matter of minutes, we scheduled another one for February. 

The Brown Club will work the afternoon session on Sunday, February 22nd which runs from 12:00-3:30 pm.

St. Francis Xavier is located at 55 W. 15th St. between 5th and 6th avenues. 

St. Francis Xavier hosts several organizations each week so, in addition to bonding with fellow Brown alumni, you'll have the opportunity to meet new service-minded people.

Again, space for this event is very limited (15 people!) so sign up soon! 

Join your fellow Brown alums on a wine Tour de France with the award winning sommelier Jean-Luc Le Dû  at his own Le Dû Wines store in the West Village. There will be a sit-down tasting of 6 French wines listed below, each served with the cheese pairings from the famous Murray's Cheese. The tasting will be accompanied by a lecture by Jean-Luc Le Dû followed by a Q&A session. Attendance is limited to 25 people so please get your tickets soon! We look forward to seeing you there.

Line-up:
Loire Valley , Quincy "Tres Vieilles Vignes", Domaine Mardon 2007
White Burgundy, Montagny, Domaine Joseph Drouhin 2006
Beaujolais, Julienas "Clos de Haute-Combe", Domaine Audras 2006
Rhone Valley, Cotes du Rhone, Kermit Lynch 2006
Provence, Bandol, Le Galantin 2005
Bordeaux, Chateau Mazeris, Canon Fronsac 2003

About Jean-Luc Le Dû and Le Dû Wines:
Le Dû Wines is an elegant and spacious temperature-controlled wine store in the West Village. Thanks to Jean-Luc Le Dû's passion for artisanal, boutique brands, the store has quickly established a reputation as a go-to place for independent, hand-crafted wines.

A former musician and rock journalist, Jen-Luc Le Dû  was a Head Sommelier at Daniel for ten years prior to opening his own wine store. During his tenure as Daniel Head Sommelier, Jean-Luc expanded the wine list to almost 2000 selections from around the world and established one of the best wine programs in the United States, while also creating wine lists for the all the new restaurants opened under the Daniel Boulud banner (DB, Café Boulud - New York and Palm Beach).

While at Daniel, Jean-Luc won the title of Best Sommelier Northeast America in the 1997 Sopexa Competition. In August 2002 Jean-Luc’s wine list was awarded the Wine Spectator magazine’s "Grand Award" as one of the best in the world. Shortly afterwards, he was awarded the James Beard Foundation 2003 Award for "Outstanding Wine Service".

Jean-Luc also consults for Wine & Spirits Magazine and Elle Décor and has written food and wine pairing notes in Daniel Boulud’s “Daniel’s Dish” and “Cooking in New York City”. He has been featured in New York Magazine, House & Garden and Vogue, among others, as well as in Jay McInnerney’s book “Bacchus & Me” and Karen Page and Andrew Donnenburg's “Dining Out”.

Price: good value at $30 (dues-paying) BCNY members/$35 non-members.  SOLD-OUT. 

Looking to get back in touch with your inner Renaissance man or woman?  We know that at heart every Brunonian is a Renaissance person.  Get a head start on Valentine’s Day with this sensational exhibit!  Come enjoy a guided tour of Art and Love in Renaissance Italy exhibit at the MET.  Bring a friend or make one there.  Love is in the air!  Cost: $26 for members, $33 for non-members.

WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT!

Starting at 7 p.m., Herrick, Feinstein partner, Larry Kaye, will present a lecture on the law and ethics of art and antiquities collecting.  Mr. Kaye will discuss some of the landmark cases handled by Herrick, Feinstein’s Art Law Group.  Topics include his representation of the Republic of Turkey in its landmark suit against the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which resulted in the repatriation to Turkey of the “Lydian Hoard”, a collection of more than 400 artifacts housed for 25 years at the Met, as well as his team’s efforts on behalf of Marei von Saher to recover hundreds of artworks looted from her father-in-law, the renowned Dutch art dealer, Jacques Goudstikker, by the Nazis during World War II.  Drawing on his experiences representing museums, galleries, Holocaust victims, artists and collectors, Mr. Kaye will shed light on how the lessons of these legal battles can be applied to today’s collecting strategies.  Herrick’s cases have been the subject of numerous articles and books, and have provided traction for the current museum initiatives to re-examine the provenance of their collections. 

After the lecture, network with fellow alumni and collectors. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Space Limited!!!

Open to alumni, family, and friends.

Cost: $20 for (dues-paying) Brown Club of New York Members; $30 for alumni, friends, guests and other non-members  THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT.  Keep your eyes posted on our website for new and upcoming events and sign-up for our mailing list!

For further information, please contact Matthew Kittay at Matthew.Kittay@alumni.brown.edu.

Obsessed with Frosty the Snowman?  Spent too much time with Rudolf and jingle bells or lighting tapers and spinning draedals?  Feeling the post-Festivus / post-winter solstice blues?

We won’t be offering egg nog, nor roasting chestnuts nor pitching snowballs and counting icicles, but we can promise you a FUN, FUN evening mingling and mixing with your favorite Brown alums, as well as our guests --- alums from Columbia, Cornell, Yale and MIT, for what should be a pitch-perfect “Winter Wonderland” Mixer!

Come early and enjoy complimentary appetizers!

Drink Specials:  $4 beers and $6 cocktails.

Live DJ spinning songs and beats to make your hearts melt. 

Early registration (through January 23rd):  $5

Late registration (from January 24th thru January 26th):  $10

Don't be a Snowflake:  buy your tickets now, we will be enforcing a strict door policy --- no walk-ins!

Cocktails: 6:15 p.m.

Dinner: 7:15 p.m.

Cost: for all alums who graduated before 2002, $500/ticket

         For all alums who graduated after 2003, $275/ticket

For more information: ivyfootballassociation.org or call Dana Berlotti at 212-810-4506.

Celebrate Ivy League football at the Fifth Ivy Football Association Dinner in the grand ballroom of Manhattan’s glittering Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

Each of this year’s honorees played as an undergraduate on an Ivy League football team then became preeminent in his chosen field. Each honoree was chosen by his university football alumni association in consultation with its Athletic Director.

This year’s dinner will emphasize the unique aspects of Ivy League football and honor the glorious history, tradition, and heritage of the League.  Hosted by the Ivy Football Association. William G. Primps, Yale ’71 and Gary R. Vura, U. of Penn ’83 will chair the dinner.

ABOUT THE IVY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

  The Ivy Football Association was founded in 2000 to honor and celebrate Ivy League football and its rich tradition of producing many, many graduates who have become leaders in their chosen fields or professions, including government, law, medicine, business, the arts, education, and religion. We applaud how football fits into the overall educational process and college experience, as well as how the game is played in the Ivy League. Ivy League football, we believe, can be lifted up as the model for how intercollegiate football should be conducted.

  HONORING

  Steven R. Jordan

  Senior Project Manager, Ryan Companies Inc., Former Pro-Bowl Tight End, Minnesota Vikings BROWN '82

  Robert K. Kraft

  Founder, Chairman, CEO, The Kraft Group Owner, New England Patriots COLUMBIA '63

  Ed Marinaro

  Television and Film Actor, Former NFL Player CORNELL '72

  Jake Crouthamel

  Former Director of Athletics, Syracuse University Former Head Coach, Dartmouth College DARTMOUTH '60

  John Chester Culver

  Former U.S. Congressman and Senator from the State of Iowa HARVARD '54

  Robert A. Fox

  Chairman and CEO, R.A.F. Industries Inc. PENNSYLVANIA '52

  Donald H. Rumsfeld

  Former U.S. Secretary of Defense PRINCETON '54

  Stone Phillips

  Award-Winning Television Journalist YALE '77

Given the current economic crisis and shrinking job market, people everywhere are finding themselves laid off after years of devoted service, contemplating how to start their own businesses, questioning how to successfully transfer their skills to a new industry, or simply struggling to find and keep a job.  The big question is how does one make such a life changing career transition.
 
Accordingly, the Brown Club in New York is proud to present a panel that will help to answers many of the questions and concerns surrounding the all-important topic of career transitions.  The panel consists of experts in career development, executive coaching, leadership, and entrepreneurship.  Our panel of experts will help attendees to develop strategies to navigate these uncertain times.  Attendees will have the opportunity to have their individual questions and anxities addressed by noted experts (many of whom have personally experienced major career transitions).
 
Panelists include:

Vicky Oliver, Author, Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots
Dr. Paul Lowe,  Founder of BHA Education Consultants and serial entrepreneur
Dani Ticktin Koplik, Founder of  DTK Resources
Peter Bopp, Founder of the Leadership Strategy Group

(panel subject to change) 
Space Limited!!!
 
Open to alumni, family, and friends.
 
Cost: $25
 For information, please contact K. Campbell at kwame@alumni.brown.edu. *Please note that is event was a created as part of the Career/ Networking Committee's on-going effort to better address the needs of our constituency in during this current economic crisis. 

Did you know that the hit musical RENT is based on the opera La Bohème by Puccini? That Moulin Rouge, the blockbuster starring Nicole Kidman, was based on the opera, La Traviata by Verdi? Which opera made Pretty Woman cry? And… is opera only for cultured, rich, hoity toity people?

Join the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center as we demystify opera and answer these questions and more! Will Berger, author, radio host and music commentator for the Metropolitan Opera, will discuss the exciting contemporary world of opera and advise us how to appreciate this much loved and misunderstood musical genre. He will be accompanied by young Metropolitan Opera singers who will dazzle us with their performances. Champagne and hors d’oeuvres reception is generously sponsored by Henri Giraud and Pranna restaurant. 

Please visit the Lincoln Center website for more details: http://www.lincolncenter.org/asc_load_screen.asp?screen=support_membership_yplc_events

January 15th, 2009
7:30pm Champagne Reception
8pm Presentation
9pm Post-Performance Reception

Performances by:
John Moore, Baritone
Joyce El-Khoury, soprano
Vlad Lftinka, piano

Tickets: 
$30 YPLC Members
$40 Guests/Non-Members

Please mention you are Brown Alumni to receive the preferential Member price.

RSVP: Please contact Amanda White for tickets at awhite@lincolncenter.org or 212.875.5446 with your credit card information.

Come  make new friends and reconnect with the old at our first Brown only happy hour of the year in the heart of midtown at Keats Bar.  Join us for good times and get away for a while with $4 beers, $5 wines.  Remember when winter break used to last for a month?  Our special guests the Jabberwocks do!  Come remember happier time of long winter breaks, arch sings and all that Brunonia has to offer.... $10 per person.

Join other Brown alumni and volunteer at St. Francis Xavier soup kitchen, a well-run kitchen in the Union Square area that provides 800 meals to those in need every weekend.  The Brown Club will work the afternoon session on Sunday, December 21st which runs from 12:00-3:30 pm.
St. Francis Xavier is located at 55 W. 15th St. between 5th and 6th avenues. 
St. Francis Xavier hosts several organizations each week so, in addition to bonding with fellow Brown alumni, you'll have the opportunity to meet new service-minded people.
Space is limited and sign-up will take place closer to the event date.

Join sugar plum fairies and alumni and families of all ages at a year-end Brown Club tradition! Tickets only $38. Limited availability and tickets usually go quickly, so register now!

The event begins with student debaters from Harvard, Yale and Brown squaring off in a traditional college debate format. A few Westchester high school students in the audience will then be selected to participate in the second debate, with each high school student teamed with a partner from Brown, Harvard or Yale. After a brief intermission for refreshments and preparation, the college-high school debates will occur.   This will be the first time Brown participates in this type of event in Westchester with Harvard and Yale. Last year, more than 325 people attended a similar exhibition match. Both alums and students are welcome and – thanks to our three sponsors -- there is no admission charge.

Contact Mark Schindler on mark.schindler@dkib.com

Lions, Bulldogs and Bears, oh my!    Start the holiday cheer a little early. Cozy up at a bar in midtown with old and new friends before heading home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Come forget about the market for a while after work. Drink specials include $4 beers and $5 wines from 7-9 pm. Drown your sorrows, network with fellow ivy alums at a private happy hour from 7-9 pm.    Cost: $5 until November 14th, $10 late registration, for an exciting alumni event in the heart of midtown, with holiday cheer, drink specials and networking aplenty!  Come celebrate Thanksgiving a little early with us!

A special 40% discount is available for Brown alumni, so tickets are just  $20 including the party! 

For Tickets:
Call 212-678-6970
Please mention your affiliation with the Brown Club in New York to receive our discount.

For more information visit Festival Chamber Music.

Join fellow alums to revitalize one of NYC’s schools. New York Cares Day is a fun way to meet service-minded Brown alums and help brighten one of the city’s schools. 

Over 8,500 volunteers participate in New York Cares Day at 100 different schools throughout all five boroughs.

We will contact all alums who register with details on the project and transportation info once it becomes available.  Lunch is bring your own.

To register, please visit the Brown Club's team website, which is listed below. We have a limited number of spots so please register quickly!

http://www.newyorkcaresday.org/brownclub

The site also allows you to fundraise on behalf of NY Cares.

For any questions, please email volunteer@brownnyc.org.  As a club, we’ve participated in many NY Cares events in the past and they are always very fun and rewarding.

Let the cool Autumn breezes bring you back on walk down memory lane to the Main Green, the Rock and unit dinners freshman year at the Ratty....  Come escape from recent stresses and reconnect with old friends and make some new ones.  Join us and cozy up with some warm food, a glass of wine and mingle in a beautiful ballroom at the 3 West Club by Rockefeller Center.  Enjoy warm food, drinks and dancing...come and stay for a while! Our ballroom pro, Juan Carlos, will be be giving lessons in cha cha, merenge and salsa! 

Win fabulous door prizes from donors, Veuve Clicquot champagne,Kate's Paperie, Sidney Frank, Napa Valley Vintners, Pascal Rioult Dance, Collegiate Cashmere, The Joyce Theater, Diane Katzman Designs, Acqua Peck Slip Restaurant, and Mary Anthony Dance Theater.  

To encourage more young alums to join us, the next 100 tickets sold to alums who are 0-10 years out will be $45.  Register now as early bird tickets are $60, late registration is $75 and it will be $100 at the door!!
 

Come join us for the After-Party!

Questions?  Email us at events@brownnyc.org

See you on October 15th!

Please note that this is not a college information session but rather an interactive seminar designed specifically to address many of the recent changes in the college admissions process.    

During the seminar, Dean Miller will address gender balance, recent shifts in geographic representation, the elimination of early admissions at select institutions, the role of alumni volunteers, radical changes in the financial aid policy (affecting both recipients and non-recipients) and a range of other topics.

Keep in mind that Dean Miller brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the areas of colleges admissions and financial aid at distinguished academic institutions such as Bowdoin and Harvard.  This a unique opportunity to get real answers to your questions from someone on the inside track of college admissions.

This event is open to alumni, family, and friends.  Parents are encouraged to bring their children and attend as a family.

Cost: $60 per family.

Space limited!!!

For additional information, please contact Kwame Campbell at kwame@alumni.brown.edu.

Come be among the first to see the newly opened Giorgio Morandi exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a guided tour. Per the MET,  "Giorgio Morandi, one of the greatest 20th-century masters of still-life and landscape painting in the tradition of Chardin and Cézanne. The exhibition will present approximately 110 paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings from his early “metaphysical” works to his late evanescent still lifes."  There will be 2 tours, one leaving at 6 pm and one at 6.30 pm, followed by rooftop cocktails (weather permitting, price of drinks not included). $26 for members/$33 for non-members.

Tickets: $20.00 (150 tickets are available and ticket sales end Wednesday, September 3rd at noon.)  ALMOST SOLD OUT!

Please join the Brown University Club in NY at an event organized and sponsored by the Oxford Alumni Association NY for a museum tour of Victor Prevost - Early Photographs of New York, followed by an Italian dinner and drinks at the New York Historical Society’s reception hall in the lower level.  Mr. Prevost operated a photography studio during the 1850's and his photographs were some of the earliest of New York City.  In lieu of the tour, guests have the option of viewing other exhibits in the museum and join us for the reception and buffet-style dinner at 7:00 PM in the lower level.  This event is open to friends and family of the OAANY.  For those guests who are not joining the tour or otherwise arriving late, please also meet in the lower level. 

The proceeds from this event will go to a registered NGO-charity in Tanzania, AANG Serian.   Aang Serian is dedicated to preserving indigenous traditions and knowledge, developing culturally appropriate programs of education and trainign, and promoting inter-cultural dialogue across the world.   www.aangserian.org.uk

Menu:  Mozzarella Sticks, Caesar Salad, Fried Calamari, Cold Antipasto,

Share a sunset toast with us!  Learn a bit about viticulture and help out a local charity!

We will be hosting a wine-tasting featuring Wine & Spirits Education Trust-certified educator/oenophile, Jeanye Kwack, from our sponsor BOTTLE ROCKET, one of New York's most innovative and fun wine shops, to benefit OPENING ACT (www.openingactnewyork), a New York charity that runs after-school theater programs for NYC public high schools that don't have drama classes or clubs.

FIVE REASONS TO ATTEND:

(1)  Three hours of free-flowing wine (until we run out!) from BOTTLE ROCKET and a wine-tasting of Summer Secrets,  delightful, summery wines you've never heard of.

(2)  Mingle with Brown alums and friends of Opening Act at an exclusive private leafy skyline retreat in one of New York's most luxurious private aeries, the sundeck at The Sierra, a perfect place to spend a summer evening with a glass of vino. 

(3)  Live music.  THE TEARES OF THE MUSES, a rip-roaring baroque chamber group (endorsed by Edmund Spenser, 1591, no less), straight from the fabled NYU Collegium Viol Consort, will be hand to add a bacchanalia-frenzy /harmonious snarl to a sweet summer evening. 

(4)  50% of the net proceeds will be donated to Opening Act, a great nonprofit! 

(5)  Did we mention the wine? (IN VINO SPERAMUS)

We will be holding a raffle, offered chilled wines, and starting our wine-tasting at 8pm.  We look forward to seeing you for a fun and perfect summer evening!

For those of you interested in learning more about Opening Act (or starting your own nonprofit!), board members of the nonprofit, including OA's founder, Julia Kamin, will be on hand to enjoy the tasting and discuss your mutual interests. 

Special discounted early registration tickets of only $23 if you register prior to Thursday 8/14 (midnight)!

(Late Registration:  $30, subject to ticket availability)

Questions?  Email us at marketing@brownnyc.org.

Tickets are limited.  Rain or shine.  We will not sell any more tickets once we've reached capacity. 

UPDATE:  SOLD-OUT!  PLEASE CHECK AGAIN FOR OTHER GREAT EVENTS. 

Join us for a BROWN CLUB EXCLUSIVE greenmarket tour with noted chef, cookbook author, professional food writer, Instititute for Culinary Education lecturer and award-winning instructor and food consultant, Richard Ruben, the "Greenmarket Guru."

You will go on a tour of New York's most famous farmer's market, where you will get an opportunity to learn to answer all the questions you always wanted to know (bring sharp questions and a curious mind).  Wanted to know the health benefits or holistic qualities of beets?  Have a yearning for pheasant eggs, but not sure how to prepare them? 

Join other Slow Foodie or culinary-minded and curious alums on a wonderful Saturday morning to talk about food, nutrition, health and culinary follies and inspirations! 

The tour will wind its way through the Union Square Green Market over to the local Whole Foods on Union Square for a tour of the grocery aisles with Richard ready at hand to answer any questions you may have!

A graduate of the California Culinary Academy, Ruben spent half a decade traveling and working in Asia and Australia before moving back to his hometown of New York.  Ruben is an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals which honored him with their 2003 Award of Excellence Cooking School Teacher of the Year.  Richard’s Green Market class has been featured on FoxNews.com, NY1; New York City's television news station, SELF magazine and TIME OUT NYC.   He is generally regarded as a food expert by the media and has appeared on the Food Network and Fine Living Network; the nationally syndicated, American Journal; NBC’s Later Today, The Jane Pauley Show, Your Total Health and the Home Shopping Network as well as WOR Radio’s, Food Talk.

Cost:  $50.  Space is strictly limited to 12 alums and/or their guests.

Questions?  email marketing@brownnyc.org

No more omnivore's dillemas!  Click here to register!

Had a long day in the office?  Ready to put on that summer dress?  Looking for that perfect moment to escape from the work day and enjoy a summery cocktail or a cold beer? 

Join us at the Thai-themed PT212 lounge for an informal social gathering to celebrate Midsummer.  Bring your dreams, best smile and a pocketful of lucky straws. 

Bring a friend and meet other Brown alums, as well as alums from MIT and Columbia to share in a Midsummer Night's Dream... 

A DJ will be spinning fabulous music at tastefully lower-decibels.  Drinks will be served in fluted glasses or upon request for exotic cocktail offerings, a coconut shell.  Check-out the unisex gold-leaf bathrooms with hanging chandeliers! 

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Drink specials are $4 beers and $5 cocktails. 

An area of the venue will be reserved exclusively for our group.  All guests are welcome.

No cover charge, but please rsvp to have your name placed on the list.

Due to popular demand we have been given a second tour guide to accomodate 2 small tour groups 15 minutes apart. Tickets are limited so register now!

 Guided tour of the Turner exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with fellow Brown alums, followed by summery cocktails on the fabulous rooftop of the museum accompanied by Jeff Koon sculptures and stunning sunset views of Central Park.

Cost: $25 for members, $29 for non-members and guests.

Cost of drinks not included; the rooftop will not be available for drinks upon inclement weather. 

All people who previously bought waitlist tickets are now going to be on the tour with the second tour guide.

Join us for a Brown Club exclusive event:

"The best film of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival" --- /film.com

We're hosting you and your fellow alums for a special exclusive screening of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary, "American Teen" at the Paramount Studio's private screening room. 

Directed by Nanette Burstein ("The Kid Stays in the Picture" and "On the Ropes"), the film tracks the trials, tribulations, cliques and relationships of four high school seniors graduating from Warsaw, Indiana.  This film won the best director/documentary award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

• The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's producers, moderated by our own Michelle Walson '99 (NYU film school).
• Linger to chat afterwards for a cupcakes & champagne reception and mingle with other Brown alums.

$10 (Brown Club in NYC dues-paying members); $15 (Brown Alums and guests).

Tickets are limited! To purchase tickets, click on the link below.

SOLD OUT!  CHECK BACK WITH US FOR OTHER GREAT EVENTS AND REGISTER EARLY. 

This whimsical cautionary tale follows Alby, a 35-year-old husband and father who longs to return to his halcyon boyhood. Desperate to escape the confines of adulthood, Alby tracks down his childhood friend Elias (Judah Friedlander) and persuades him to take a road trip to Diggityland, their favorite childhood theme park. Calamity and mayhem ensue as Alby and Elias' sentimental trip down memory lane becomes an unsolicited lesson in the perils of living in the past.

Please join The Brown Club in New York and the Inman Page Black Alumni Council for a special cooking demonstration with culinary artist and entrepreneur Warren Brown '93!

**Champagne Reception Just Added! **

On this evening, attendees will not only have the opportunity to learn the finer points of baking but also hear about Warren's very personal journey that led him to leave a promising career in law and pursue his passion for baking. (Sounds crazy, but what a story!)

Warren Brown is the founder of CakeLove, a thriving retail business based in Washington DC, and the host of the Food Network's widely popular Sugar Rush. Mr. Brown has garnered national attention with his appearances on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show. In addition, he has been the subject of numerous articles in publications including the Washington Post, People, and Inc. Inc.com named Mr. Brown one of "The 26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs" along with the likes of Richard Branson and Martha Stewart. In addition, Mr. Brown will also be celebrating the recent release of his latest cookbook, CAKE LOVE: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch which highlights his passion for baking cakes that please family, friends, and customers alike.

Learn what it takes to follow your dreams and enjoy the "sweet" smell of success.

Cost: $55 (limited seating).

For online payment, click on the link below.

**Please note that the class is a demonstration with some audience participation. For additional information, contact kwame@alumni.brown.edu.

Brown - MIT - Columbia - Princeton - Yale

Put on your spring dresses, frills and boater's hats. Gentlemen, prepare for a spring blast with seersucker and spectator shoes (or just come dressed for a festive evening!). We are co-sponsoring of an evening of drinks & alumni fun. Bring your friends and meet fellow Brunonians of good cheer as well as the alums of four other schools!

Join us at the unique exclusive setting of the Taj Lounge for some excellent drinks, socializing and some delicious fusion of Indian, French, and American flavors.  Taj is reserved solely for one evening just for us!

Lions, Tigers and Bears and More (Bulldogs & Engineers)!

There are 2 registration periods. 
1) Early Registration: $5 for members and non-members
    Deadline: April 30th

2) Late Registration: $10 for members and non-members
    Deadline: Saturday, May 10th at midnight

3) At the Door: $20 cash-only (register early!)

Frothy imported beers and chilled wines from around the world will be available for a specially-priced $5 and $6 respectively. 

Important: Per Taj's rules, no jeans or sneakers.  Thank you.

For questions, please contact Michael at culture@brownnyc.org.

A screening of the Emmy-nominated documentary, Buddy, about the former mayor of Providence, RI. The film maker, Cherry Arnold, will present her documentary and Buddy Cianci himself will speak after the screening. Everyone is welcome to attend. For directions to The Pelham Picture House, please go to www.thepicturehouse.org.

Price: $20 per person for film & lecture $5 donation for refreshments

RSVP: Please pay at the door but RSVP to (718) 604-5280 or Mark.Schindler@dkib.com if you plan to attend.

Time: Reception starts at 7PM, Film starts at 7:30PM

*The Brown University Club in New York does not endorse or sponsor Buddy Cianci, his tomato sauce or the contents of this film, and is making its members and NY-area alums aware of this event which is being presented by the Brown University Club of Westchester County *

In celebration of the arrival of spring, it's time to dust off the picnic basket and pack it with some great wine and cheese.

This event will introduce you to some of Spain’s great red wines and artisanal cheeses. You’ll savor 4 different cheeses paired nicely with 4 Spanish wines while having fun learning about the variety of grapes, aging methods and even decipher the label. At the end of the tasting, you’ll know what to pick up for your next outdoor gathering.

We will have exclusive use of the Bubble Lounge's downstairs "wine cellar" for this special tasting!

Whether you are an oenophile, interested in affinage or fromage, or simply a lover of all things Miro and membrillo-like, this should be a great occassion to sip, savor, take a break, and relax with your fellow alums! Conjure a sultry evening with Picasso and Almodovar, practice your Spanish, debate Cervantes, talk about bullfighting. Sip a glass, and dream of flamenco and wafting Seville oranges.

April Cullom of Casa Abril, Tastings and Tours Through Spain, will be hosting us for a gracious, palate-stimulating and fun evening!

Join us by clicking on the link below! Space is limited. SOLD-OUT! LATE AND STILL WANT TO COME? Email events@brownnyc.org to check on availability
$26/Members and $30/Alumni, Guests and Friends.

That the days of the Teflon President were over
That power lunches had given way to purna yoga
That Cher would age gracefully
And trickle-down economics had really trickled...

The Brown Club invites you to an 80s night
We're talking Big Stuff, including Big Hair and humongous shoulder pads

Resuscitate those baggy pant suits and join us
for an evening where electric blue knitwear rules,
Leveraged buyouts still raise eyebrows,
And absolutely no foam padding is left behind.

Meet fellow 1980s classmates
(as well as those who just can't get enough of your old Armani look).

Be sure to wear your power suit, cause we'll buy free drinks for whoever scores the biggest, boxiest, most artificially induced shoulder span.

Plus, you may win one of our fabulous prizes including two tickets to the Wine Enthusiast Talk of the Town wine tasting on May 19, tickets to a performance by Pascal Rioult Dance, a bottle of everyone's favorite liqueur, B&B, and lots of cute Brown stuff.

We've got some great drink specials, at almost-1980s prices.

We have $3 select drafts $5 well drinks as well as $6 specialty drinks and wine!

And loads of great appetizers courtesy of the Brown Club.

Wednesday, April 30th
Bar Nine
807 Ninth Ave
Between 53rd and 54th Streets
1.212.BAR.NINE
www.barnine.com
6:30 to 9:30 pm

Cost: A mere $15 per person. To RSVP, click here.
Questions? Just email sponsors@brownnyc.org.

Had a long week? Looking forward to attending an exclusive docent-led tour of "Gustave Courbet" in one of the greatest museums in the world? How about drinks on the rooftop to enjoy a spring sunset? Bring a friend or a friendly smile.

A Perfect Way to Top-off the Week. Enjoy a cool pre-summer breeze and one of the best views of Central Park. The tour will run from 6:30 to 7:30 with drinks on the Met's rooftop to immediately follow.

For those of you who are keen on making the most of your evening, you may break away from rooftop cocktails and enjoy two blockbuster exhibitions (the museum's Gustave Courbet retrospective and the critically-acclaimed "Jasper Johns: Gray" show which is closing May 4th!). Mummies, impressionist paintings, and more!

Space is limited. RSVP BY NOON, FRIDAY APRIL 18 TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW!

$25 for Brown Club New York (dues-paying) members / $29 for Alums & Guests (Price doesn't include cost of cocktails)

Questions? Email: events@brownnyc.org.

Special Note to Met Museum members: The Met Museum charges BCNY on a per person basis, exclusive of Met Museum personal or corporate membership. Unfortunately, even if you are a member of the Met Museum, such membership does not cover the cost of this event.

Special Note to on Tickets purchased after 3pm on April 15, 2008: PRE-REGISTRATION HAS SOLD-OUT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE EXPANDED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 2 DOCENTS TO LEAD 2 SEPARATE TOURS OF JASPER JOHNS AND MASTERPIECES OF THE MET TOURS"WAITLIST". THESE TICKETS HAVE ALSO SOLD-OUT!

SOLD-OUT!

Please join us for a rare appearance of the fiery Martha Argerich for an evening live at Lincoln Center with Charles Dutoit conducting the New York Philharmonic. This is a concert that you are unlikely to forget.

(A) Critical Acclaim:

"The way the piano suddenly thunders under the pressure of Argerich's small frame is a physical fact that resists explanation. It can only be described as a possession, a visitation, such as seems to happen when great singers take the stage." --- Alex Ross, The New Yorker

"Argerich never fails to surprise." --- Town & Country

"Going into this performance I would have said that it was easier for a pianist to make an impression in the Chopin, which invites rhapsodic freedom, than in the Schumann, which needs some degree of classical rigor and restraint. Ms. Argerich's account changed that assumption." --- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times (on reviewing a Schumann performance)

(B) Program includes:

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Ravel: La Valse

(C) 20% Discount (and avoid handling fees!) and Excellent Seats.

$55 (Members) , $65 (Guests and Non-Members)

ORCHESTRA seats

This event has sold out!

Please join the Pembroke Center Associates in three cities for this exciting program exploring the role of women in the political process! Professor Lawless will talk about her research into political ambition and the manner in which gender affects the decision to run for office. She is co-author (with Richard Fox) of the recent book, It Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005), based on the data from the Citizen Political Ambition Survey, a national survey she conducted of almost 3,800 potential candidates. Her research found that women, even in the highest tiers of professional accomplishment, are substantially less likely than men to seek elected office, be recruited to run for office, or express a willingness to run for office in the future. Lawless also will speak from her own experience as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rhode Island's second congressional district in 2006.

Food including kosher food will be available for those feeling peckish.

About Jennifer Lawless

Jennifer L. Lawless received her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is an assistant professor of political science at Brown University, with a courtesy appointment at the Taubman Center for Public Policy. Her teaching and research focus on gender politics, electoral politics, and public opinion. She is the co-author of It Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge University Press, 2005); and has also published numerous articles in academic journals, such as The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Women and Politics. Dr. Lawless has become a nationally recognized expert and speaker on the subject of women candidates. In 2006, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Rhode Island's second congressional district.

Are you good with names? Horrible with names? Like games? Like trivia? Want to show-off your smarty-pants with the new spring season? Are you married to a UChicago alum? It's time to take off the gloves!!

We are looking to put together a team to face up to the challenge by the University of Chicago to play them in a game of "Mies van der Rohe" (otherwise known as "Celebrity"), a game involving wits, a knowledge of trivia, and guessing which celebrity or famous person that someone on your team is describing. The match is set for Sunday, April 13, 2008.

Wide knowledge of trivia and a gift for names is useful. A Brown education is essential (or being significantly involved with someone holding such a fine degree!).

If you have an interest in playing, we are organizing a pre-game for "Team Brown" at 1:30 pm at Park and 38th Street to warm-up before the face-off with the "super-nerds of Hyde Park" at 3:15 sharp* at a bar in midtown please email David Hsia '94 at events@brownnyc.org for details of the pre-game warm-up.

Rules will be explained, and we will play a demo round during the pre-game warm-up at 1:30 pm. Bring your quick wit, legible handwriting, and breadth of knowledge.

*UChicago is hosting this event. Alumni from MIT, Yale and a few other schools may also be joining us. Cost is free, with a suggested two-drink minimum to help defray the bar's expenses for hosting us. Participants are requested to arrive on time, and latecomers will buy drinks for on-timers. Adult participants only, please.

Join fellow alums to plant trees for NY Cares’ Hands on NY Day. Get some fresh air and meet new community service-minded Brown grads as we help beautify Brooklyn’s Canarsie Park. The Brown Club of NY and other groups at the park that day will be planting 5,000 trees.

Over 5,500 volunteers participate in Hands on NY Day at 100 different sites throughout the city.

We will be meeting at the NY Cares’ office at 8:45 am on Saturday, April 12th to take a bus to Canarsie Park. The office is located at 214 W. 29th St. between 7th and 8th Avenues. The event will run until 3:00. Transportation will be provided both ways.

This website has information on Canarsie Park:

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/park_info_pages/park_info.php?propID=B018

While there are a few eating places nearby, it is recommended that you bring a bag lunch. Conditions at the park may be muddy so please dress appropriately. You will receive a free T-shirt for participating.

To register, please click below. We have a limited number of spots so please register quickly!

Please note that the Brown Club is covering the $5 suggested donation for its members who choose to volunteer.

At 4:00, NY Cares will be hosting a party for all volunteers (details to follow). For any questions, please email volunteer@brownnyc.org. It should be a very fun day.

Be prepared to be entertained, enlightened, and educated by five alumni authors who have achieved success following their passion for the written word. You’ll hear candid stories of how Brown alumni, with different backgrounds and interests, brought together their life experiences and passion for the written word and made successful careers!

Amy Sohn ’95, dating columnist for New York Magazine

Scott Haltzman ’82, “The Secrets of Happily Married Men”

Louise Sloan ’89, “Knock Yourself Up: A Tell-All Guide to being a Single Mom”

Andrew Woelflein ’87, Herbert Knotel's German Armies in Color: As Illustrated in His Watercolors & Sketches

Moderated by Brown alum, Vicky Oliver, author of "301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions"

Delectable light snacks will be available.

Buy your tickets now for $12 (advance) or pay $15 (cash only at the door).

Ethan Nichtern' 00 is a second generation Buddhist meditation practitioner and teacher. He grew up in New York City and founded the Interdependence Project, a non-profit organization that allows people to explore their minds in meditation and apply their experience to the world of arts, ecology, and community service. A poet and a writer, Ethan has been featured in Tricycle Magazine. He also teaches meditation and Buddhist studies classes around New York City and at NYU, Brown, Wesleyan, and New School.

Fees:

Brown Club Members: $12

Non-Club Members: $15

Time:

1 hour and 30 minutes

Please wear comfortable clothing.

Feel free to bring your friends, family members, and yourself.

Space is limited so reserve now!

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For questions, please email Michael Tang at culture@brownnyc.org

Admission price includes:
~ Gaming Tables ~
~ Open Bar ~
~ Hors D’oeuvres ~
~ Auction ~

Proceeds from admission and the auction will benefit The Cornell Club's Scholarship Fund

* Black tie optional

RSVP
k.strassel@cornellclubnyc.com

At this event, you will be able to mix and mingle with other Club Members as well as alumni from Brown, Colgate, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tulane, and Members of New York's Ivy League clubs.

Admission price includes:
~ Gaming Tables ~
~ Open Bar ~
~ Hors D’oeuvres ~
~ Auction ~

Proceeds from admission and the auction will benefit The Cornell Club's Scholarship Fund

* Black tie optional

RSVP to:  k.strassel@cornellclubnyc.com

At this event, you will be able to mix and mingle with other Club Members as well as alumni from Brown, Colgate, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tulane, and Members of New York's Ivy League clubs.

Want to holler with James Joyce or brag about your Yeats? Suffering from ophidiaphobia (apologies to the Pentecoastals)? Never got over the limerick about your grandmother and the druid day-camp?

Pretend you're Finn McCool or Mary Robinson. Dress like Beckett. Have a beer and chew on a peppermint paddy. Meet other BROWN alums, friends and lost classmates. Look for a four-leaf clover...

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Our live DJ "St. Paddy Daddy" will be spinning an eclectic mix of groove, funk, soul, hip-hop and special requests.

We'll bring a pot of Irish gold chocolate coins (20 lbs.!) and a stash of York peppermint paddies to sweeten the evening. Enjoy tall foaming Irish stout, red wine and a bonnie brogue-besotted crowd.

Drink Specials: $4 drink specials for tap/bottled beer, spirits and house wine from 6 to 8pm!! Come early or stay late and be ready to sing "Aud lyne sang".

Mini-Trivia Contest: "Who was Maewyn Succat?" Are you up for the Brown Club's St. Patrick's Day trivia challenge? We will be awarding up to three dozen stuffed bears for alums who can win the "Over the Rainbow" Trivia challenge!

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Free Drink Tickets

First twenty (20) people wearing green or dressed like Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Lion or a Munchkin (no witches or Yellow Brick Roads) will receive free drink tickets!

"Lucky" Irish Hats. Come EARLY dressed in green and receive a 100% authentic "Glitter" Leprechaun Hat to look your sartorial best on this most important day-of-days (Pre-St. Patrick's Day, March 13th)!

Private Back Room. Join us in the private back room with our own bartender for a quiet evening of conversation, music and fun!

Bring a blarney stone; we'll keep Sinead O'Connor at the door.

No Cover Charge, but pls. RSVP below to be put on the guest list for our private backroom:

Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President - Lincoln Chafee

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM: Reception with Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres

7:45 PM - 9:00 PM: Introductory Remarks, Lecture, and Discussion

Cost

$15 for Young Alumni ('03-'07)

$20 for Brown Club Members

$25 for Non-Members

$40 To Become a Member and Attend Event

Questions?

Please contact Misha at mikhail.x.glezin@aexp.com or at (212) 327-1322

Meeting of the Minds is a series sponsored by the Brown Alumni Association and brings the Brown intellectual experience to the larger Brown community of alumni, parents, and friends. This event is co-sponsored by the Brown Club of New York.

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All alumni are welcome to join the Cornell Club. Those who join before March 31st can receive a $100 house credit, which can be used for food and more but not towards membership price.

Are you spending too much of your valuable job search time trolling websites and social networking sites?  Or filling out applications that a human may never read? Are you really making any progress? 
 
It's a long-standing truth about the job market that 80% of job opportunities are unadvertised.  Successful job seekers uncover them through the practice of networking.  In today's ultra-competitive economy, networking skills are more critical than ever.
 
So what is networking?  It is a process of building contacts, expanding knowledge through informational interviews, and marketing yourself successfully in your target field. 
 
Come learn successful networking tips and techniques from experts in the field of career transitions.  Our interactive workshop, led by Peter Bopp '78 and Brad Agry, will give you up-to-date information, tools and practice in the art of networking

Join other Brown alumni and volunteer at St. Francis Xavier soup kitchen, a well-run kitchen in the Union Square area that provides 800 meals to those in need every weekend.

The Brown Club will work the afternoon session on Sunday, February 24th which runs from 12:00-3:30 pm. St. Francis Xavier is located at 55 W. 15th St. between 5th and 6th avenues. St. Francis Xavier hosts several organizations each week so, in addition to bonding with fellow Brown alumni, you'll have the opportunity to meet new service-minded people.

Space is limited so sign-up now.

To RSVP, please click on the link below.

Join your fellow Brown alums on a wine Tour de France with the award winning sommelier Jean-Luc Le Dû  at his own Le Dû Wines store in the West Village. There will be a sit-down tasting of 6 French wines listed below, each served with the cheese pairings from the famous Murray's Cheese. The tasting will be accompanied by a lecture by Jean-Luc Le Dû followed by a Q&A session.

Attendance is limited to 25 people so please get you tickets soon! We look forward to seeing you there.

Line-up:
Loire Valley , Quincy "Tres Vieilles Vignes", Domaine Mardon 2007
White Burgundy, Montagny, Domaine Joseph Drouhin 2006
Beaujolais, Julienas "Clos de Haute-Combe", Domaine Audras 2006
Rhone Valley, Cotes du Rhone, Kermit Lynch 2006
Provence, Bandol, Le Galantin 2005
Bordeaux, Chateau Mazeris, Canon Fronsac 2003

About Jean-Luc Le Dû and Le Dû Wines:
Le Dû Wines is an elegant and spacious temperature-controlled wine store in the West Village. Thanks to Jean-Luc Le Dû's passion for artisanal, boutique brands, the store has quickly established a reputation as a go-to place for independent, hand-crafted wines.

A former musician and rock journalist, Jen-Luc Le Dû  was a Head Sommelier at Daniel for ten years prior to opening his own wine store. During his tenure as Daniel Head Sommelier, Jean-Luc expanded the wine list to almost 2000 selections from around the world and established one of the best wine programs in the United States, while also creating wine lists for the all the new restaurants opened under the Daniel Boulud banner (DB, Café Boulud - New York and Palm Beach).

While at Daniel, Jean-Luc won the title of Best Sommelier Northeast America in the 1997 Sopexa Competition. In August 2002 Jean-Luc’s wine list was awarded the Wine Spectator magazine’s "Grand Award" as one of the best in the world. Shortly afterwards, he was awarded the James Beard Foundation 2003 Award for "Outstanding Wine Service".

Jean-Luc also consults for Wine & Spirits Magazine and Elle Décor and has written food and wine pairing notes in Daniel Boulud’s “Daniel’s Dish” and “Cooking in New York City”. He has been featured in New York Magazine, House & Garden and Vogue, among others, as well as in Jay McInnerney’s book “Bacchus & Me” and Karen Page and Andrew Donnenburg's “Dining Out”.

Register now: good value at $30 for (dues-paying) Brown Club in New York Members and $35 for alumni, guests, non-members and others!

1. Dine with friends from Brown over candlelight (not over lava lamp.)

2. See if he looks better without sideburns.

3. Feel like a winner – special drawing for Donna Summer CD, 2 NYC Opera tickets,Brown baseball caps, hoodies, totes, and t-shirts.

4. Excellent chance to boast – about kids’ accomplishments.

5. Excellent chance to bemoan the fact that maybe you never became a rock star.

6. Reminisce about life at Brown before computers, cell phones, I-pods.

7. You don’t have to “do the Hustle” – unless you’re talking about hustling a fantastic meal in gracious surroundings.

8. What else are you doing on February 20th that’s so darn special?

9. Network your way into a better job.

10. It’s a mini-reunion without the reunion jitters.

11.-70. Meet new Brown friends; reconnect with long lost friends, roommates, chums, and ex-lovers over sumptuous Italian meal.

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Enjoy a supberb unforgettable meal at Acqua on Peck Slip, described on zagat.com as an "oasis of calm" with food that is "absolutely fresh and gorgeous!"

ACQUA MENU

$75 for non-Brown Club in New York Members / $65 for Members.*

Registration Fee includes tip and wine with dinner.

*Each guest pays cash for drinks at bar during appetizers and cocktail hour.

For questions, email: vickyoliver917@hotmail.com or sponsors@brownnyc.org.

To register, please click on the link below.

February 7 starts the first day of the Year of the Rat.

Those born during this time are known to be charming, charismatic, and passionate. Bring your friends and celebrate this ancient tradition with the Brown Club and A4!

The first 25 to show up get free drink tickets.

Party starts at 7PM

$5 drinks

Free Hors d'oeuvres

No cover-charge but please rsvp below:

Join us for an evening of fun in celebration of the theme of LOVE. In Amoris Speramus

DRINK SPECIALS

From 6-9 pm there will be drink specials: $6 Cosmos, $6 Wines, $5 Domestic Beers, $6 Imported Beers.

After 9 pm drinks will be full priced.

BROWN (CHOCOLATE) BEARS & HEARTS

The first 50 people to show up will receive Necco heart candies to pass onto the Valentines of their choice.

We will have door prizes of chocolates and Brown bears, as well as a match-making game for those of you willing to be the target of Cupid's arrow.

Bring your own poetry, love potions and charms for a fun-filled evening of cocktails and meet the man/woman/transgendered individuals of your dreams. Stick around for fun, to renew old and new acquaintances, and to discuss Byron, Shelley, the alignment of Venus, the Romantic pianists, Shakesperean tragedies, and themes of Eros.

Sing a paen to St. Valentine's or just hum along to some Barry Manilow or Vampire Weekend (microphones and appreciative groans not included).

"Come share the love... lots of bear hugs"

Bring yourself, bring friends (single or not, so long as they are Robert Indiana fans or dying of rheumatic fever / romantic fervor ... ).

No cover charge, but please RSVP at the link below.

Spent too much time studying in the Rock? Ever wonder what John D. Rockefeller did with his "other charitable donations" in Hyde Park, Illinois?

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GAME NIGHTS

Are you game? Ply your knowledge and match wits with alumni from the University of Chicago and peer institutions at U Chicago's Game Night. Every two months or so, we meet at a bar to play a pre-announced board or parlor game.

For the first 15 minutes, we meet and mingle, and then let the friendly competition begin. Cost is free, with a suggested two-drink minimum. Participants are requested to arrive on time. Latecomers will buy drinks for on-timers.

Two weeks before each event, an Evite with the location will be sent to the Game Night e-mail list.

To join, please e-mail your name, school, graduating year, and degree to J. Kwon, AB'93, at uc.gamenights@gmail.com. You are cordially invited to bring it on.

Tickets are $5

To purchase tickets, please click on the following link:

http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=nyc&query=detail&event=719803&interface=mjhnyc

Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galiciain Present-Day Ukraine

(Princeton University Press, 2007)

With Omer Bartov, Distinguished Professor of European History, Brown University

Leading scholar Omer Bartov embarks upon some twenty Ukrainian towns—including his mother’s hometown of Buchach—to uncover the remains of this missing Jewish history. Ultimately, he finds that Ukraine, with its ethnically cleansed population, has reinvented its past by suppressing the collective memory of its victims.

This program is part of the Museum’s book club, Looking Back, Facing Forward, co-sponsored by the Forward and moderated by its associate editor, Gabriel Sanders.

REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS MIXER / COCKTAIL HOUR

Join us for a night of complimentary cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and teeming informal discussion ("Bring your own discussion") about the rise and fall of NYC's building boom.

Architect? Real estate mogul-to-be? Construction engineer? Work for a REIT? Broker? Urban planner? Interior designer? Thinking about buying? Looking to start an argument about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs? Is Nouvel too Old for New York? Visited SANAA's New Museum and want to chat about it?

With a recession looming, Dollar doldrums keeping us down, new luxury high-rises going up, 40 Bond St. almost sold-out, Miami condos going for fire sale prices, and starchitects and the Irish investment community descending upon our shores: it seems like a perfect evening for cocktails and conversations about New York real estate, the latest news in the New York Observer, and childhood obsessions with Lego, set backs and historic preservation.

Interested in rubbing elbows with other alums in real estate/ construction/ architecture? Looking for a great job lead or information on the industry?

Well, come on down to the Center for Architecture for theArchitecture/ real estate/ construction Happy Hour! Talk with alumni who design, develop, and construct buildings! Imbibe and chat! Make some connections!

ENJOY AN EVENING OF DRINKS/LIGHT BITES AND CASUAL CHAT TO UNWIND AFTER WORK. BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND OFFICEMATES. NON-ALUMS AND ALUMS WELCOME.

SPONSORED BY THE BROWN UNIVERSITY CLUB IN NEW YORK.

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DIRECTIONS:

Take the A, B, C, D, E, F, or V trains to West 4th Street station. Walk east along West 3rd Street and turn right on LaGuardia Place. The Center for Architecture is located midway along the block, on the right side of the street.

or

Take the 6, B, D, F, or V to Broadway/Lafayette station or the N or R to Prince Street station. Walk north on Broadway and turn left on Bleecker Street. Walk along Bleecker and turn right on LaGuardia Place. The Center for Architecture is located midway along the block, on the left side of the street.

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This is a FREE event. Please bring your friends.

Wednesday, January 30th, 7:00pm

Ivy League Stand-Up Comedy Night!

For one night, the Penn Club transforms into a showcase of New York's top

stand-up comedy talent. Come to the club to see some of the city's funniest

and smartest comedians, who just happen to be Ivy alums. It's all good clean

fun, so don't be scared to bring your officemates (even your boss!) After

the show the comedians will stick around for a meet-and-greet.

Featuring a fresh lineup of young Ivy comics.

Ross Hyzer (Brown)

Ross Hyzer (Aspen Comedy Festival, Top 5 College Comedians) graduated from

Brown with a degree in comedy theory, effectively ensuring he would be

unable to pursue any profession other than comedy. A congenial writer and

performer with a sly, sharp bite, Ross is an Iowa native transplanted to

Brooklyn.

including many other knee slapping and snort inducting comics...

$38 plus tax and gratuity per member and $48 plus tax and gratuity per guest

by June 4th at noon, $48 plus tax and gratuity for member walk-ins and $58

plus tax or gratuity for guest walk-ins. Cover includes two drinks, bar

snacks, and show. For reservations, e-mail events@pennclubny.org or fax

212-403-6621.

By reservation only.

Register by 12/21/07 for discount offer: $135.00 per person

Register after 12/21/07 for regular rate: $150.00 per person

Bring your receipt to event as proof of purchase. All sales final.

Click on this link to register:

http://www.columbiaclub.org/new_years-eve_party.html

Come join us for our annual trip to see George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker"!

Sugar Plum Fairies. Snowflakes. The Mouse King. The Nutcracker Prince.

Join us for our annual trip to see our very own New York City Ballet production "The Nutcracker", as performed by the New York City Ballet! This tradition is the perfect holiday season kick-off for friends and family of all ages.

The Brown Club of NY has reserved a limited number of tickets for $30 (members and kids under 12) / $35 (guests and non-members).

Questions? email us at events@brownnyc.org.

JUST TWO TICKETS LEFT!! To register, please click below:

Attention all Brown architects, interior designers, and interested alumni!

Be prepared for a night of cocktails and conversation about Brown’s building boom! Several of New York’s top architecture firms will be on hand to discuss some of their projects at Brown! Attendees will not only hear about the changes on campus—brought by the nation’s premier firms—but will have a chance to rub elbows with these architects—as well as your fellow Brown architects and designers!

The Brown University Club in New York is proud to bring all this great talent together for one special night!

Pre-register now and save! $25 ($30 at the door)

Come out dressed to impress and spend an evening with cocktails and dancing or socializing in a fun and relaxing way to mingle with friends and other alums from Ivy schools. Try a Sugar Cube soaked in Bitter, Alphonso Cocktail, Cacha or Mirabella Plum Puree.

Sponsored by the Columbia Club of New York in association with Brown, Penn, Princeton and Yale clubs of New York.

Join us at Retreat (www.retreat-nyc.com), a club-house inspired 2,500 sq. ft. sanctuary from the clubbing world with a treehouse-inspired interior with antler lamps, hand-carved wooden walls, and unique cocktails, as well as superlative music with a laid-back vibe.

** Drink Specials from 9pm to 11pm **

Including $5 domestic beers and $6 cocktails.

No cover charge.

Questions? Contact jack.yuen@citi.com at the Columbia Club with questions.

Are you interested in giving back? Come learn about fun community service activities and other volunteer opportunities in New York that fit your schedule, allow you to meet new people, and do good. Speakers will present from organizations including Volunteer Consulting Group, New York Cares, and the United Way about the ways you can volunteer in the city. Learn about regular and one-time communty service events and about how to join a non-profit board. Find out about our upcoming Brown Alumni service days while enjoying great company and wine and cheese.

For questions, please email volunteer@brownnyc.org.

Sling a Cosmo. Take a break from work and relax with a beer or sip a martini (dirty). Bring a friend or meet new friends for a casual, fun evening in a low-key and charming setting. Break the ice and talk turkey with some spirited pre-Thanksgiving conversation.

Join us for a Brown-MIT-Wellesley Alumni Mixer!

Drink Specials will include:

$5 Cosmos

$4 Bud/Bud Light

$6 Wines by the glass

Website: www.stirnyc.com. "Downtown on the upper east side with a silky vibe, club/lounge perfect for an informal gathering."

Contact for questions: Beverly_Johnson@alumni.brown.edu

Register below to be placed on the guest-list.

Play chess with 29 other lucky alums in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Enjoy a fantastic lunch and a free cocktail, while savoring this moment in a fabulous setting in the heart of Manhattan's upper east side. Mix and mingle with other chess afficionados and alums on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. All for an incredibly low price!

Watch, eat and socialize for $15. For an additional $15, play the top-US ranked Grand Master.

Lunch options include:

1) Pink Salmon Medallion with Seafood Crust

2) Pencil Asparagus and Wild Mushroom Risotto Francaise

3) Prime Hanger Steak a la Julien

Generally, a meal and drink at Brasserie Julien would cost over $35 so this is a great deal for spectators and participants!

All tickets include a delicious Gallic-style lunch and a complimentary drink!

For $15, Spectator Registration:

https://alumni.brown.edu/alumni/de/events/register_user.aspx?id=285

For $30, Chess Participant Registration:

https://alumni.brown.edu/alumni/de/events/register_user.aspx?id=300

Grand Master Hikaru Nakamura:

At the age of 16, GM Hikaru Nakamura became the 2005 US Champion. He broke the record of becoming the youngest Master in American history at the age of 10, and even beat Bobby Fischer's record in becoming the youngest Grandmaster at age 15. In addition to his record breaking title, Hikaru is also easily the best blitz player in the US. Furthermore, GM Nakamura is the highest rated player on the Internet Chess Club, with hundreds of other Grandmasters at his heels.

We've been invited by the Duke University Club of New York to attend a spectaculr Night at the Museum for Alumni and Families!

Bring your kids and enjoy an incredible evening that will not be easily forgotten by your kids!

Sleep well the night before, because on Saturday, November 10, you will be too excited to sleep during the Duke Club of New York’s Night at the Museum adventure at the American Museum of Natural History!

Duke and Brown alumni and families, along with alumni and families from other schools, will meet in the lobby of the museum at 5:30 p.m. in time for a 5:45 p.m. event orientation. Following the session, our group will be free to explore the museum. Guides will be on hand to answer questions, run the hands-on activity carts and serve light snacks. At 11:00 p.m. there will be a screening of the adventure film Dolphins in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. When we are too exhausted to experience another thing, we’ll sleep under the great blue whale on cots provided by the museum in the sleeping bags we’ve each brought.

Breakfast is early (6:30 a.m.) when you are an explorer and we’ll be on our way home by 8:00 a.m. to rest up for our next adventure. Explorers must be at least 8 years old and must be accompanied by at least one Experienced Explorer (adult) for every two Junior Explorers. Each adventure pass is $99 for children and $109 for adults.

To reserve your space for this excellent adventure, follow the directions at www.dukealumni.com/dcnycoupon to pay by check or register online by clicking on the ‘Register’ link at such website.

Questions? Contact Julie Ehlers Duke’85 at (917) 734-5487 (c), julie.ehlers@alumni.duke.edu, or Brown's own Vicky Oliver, vickyoliver917@hotmail.com.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Neither Brown University, nor the Brown University Club in New York, takes any responsibility for the safety of your children or yourself with respect to this event. We have not organized this event, nor are we endorsing this event, nor have we checked on the staff or employees of the museum or the Duke University Club of New York. Instead, we are informing you about the opportunity to sign-up for this event. You will be at your own risk and we are warning you that it is your responsibility to decide whether or not this is an event that is appropriate for you and your children, and you will need to supervise your children in an appropriate manner. If you decide to go, we hope you have fun!

If you graduated from Brown between 1980 and 1989, then this is the night to meet up with your former classmates. You can expect a few extras who just can't get enough of Brown 80s grads as well. We will enjoy a cash bar, featuring specials like $3 on draft beer (Stella Artois and Killians Irish Red), $5 on house wine (Red or White). In addition to drink specials include Espresso Martini, Mango Martini, Sour Apple Martini, & Varied Mojito Combos

The hors d'oeuvres are on the Brown Club, and to top it all off, there will be a drawing to win fabulous prizes, like Brown stuff and tickets to the NYC Opera! Cost is just $15 per person, so sign up now. We look forward to seeing you. We will be meeting in the back of the restaurant, in the covered garden, which is ours for the evening.

For questions, please email sponsors@brownnyc.org.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GAME NIGHTS

Are you game? The University of Chicago Club of New York invites you to ply your knowledge and match wits with alumni from the University of Chicago and peer institutions at Game Night. Every two months or so, we meet at a bar to play a pre-announced board or parlor game. For the first 15 minutes, we meet and mingle, and then let the friendly competition begin. Cost is free, with a suggested two-drink minimum. Participants are requested to arrive on time. Latecomers will buy drinks for on-timers.

Two weeks before each event, an Evite will be sent to the Game Night e-mail list. For more information or to join the list, please e-mail J. Kwon, UChicago, AB'93 at uc.gamenights@gmail.com (please include your name, school, graduating year and degree to sign up for the list). You are cordially invited to bring it on.

DETAILS

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** Sunday, November 4, 2007 **

3:15 p.m.

Game Night 3.5: Last Word

"Vegetables that begin with C." When the category is announced, beat the random timer and score points for your team by getting in the last word on the last Game Night of 2007.

The Brown and UC Berkeley clubs of NY are inviting Columbia, UCLA and Yale alums to join us for a Halloween party to remember!

Come join us for some fun, socializing and a great relaxing way to meet fellow Brown alums and UC Berkeley alums, in a fabulous and ghostly setting with a delicious complimentary appetizers.

Dress up in costume and join the Brown Bears and Cal Golden Bears for an evening of spooky fun at what promises to be the best pre-Halloween bash in town.

Sample DIP's signature "haunted" dark chocolate fondue and ghoulish (but tasty) appetizers courtesy of the Brown and Cal clubs -- we are chipping in for a fantastic spread.

You can dig your fangs into:

Enjoy beer and mixed drink specials:

There will be games and prizes, so come with costumes, ghost stories and your best Brown bear impressions.

Costumes are optional, but highly encouraged. The First 10 people who show up in costume and the First 10 people who show up in bear costumes will each get a free drink!! (no double-counting!) We'll have games and prizes for the best costume.

No Cover!

Space is limited to the first 100 who sign up! Please RSVP by following the link below, which will grant you access to the upstairs VIP lounge.

Step back in time to eerily recreated scenes of 19th-century death. See recreations of the 1865 deathbed and funeral of Seabury Tredwell and learn about death and mourning customs of the 19th century. The tour will last approximately 50 minutes.

$25 per person

Space is limited!

Please arrive 10 min. early.

The Merchant's House Museum is NYC’s only preserved 19th-century family row house. Its fine late-Federal exterior, tucked in amid the lofts, tenements and popular shops of its neighborhood, is a striking reminder of what whole city blocks once looked like. The house's restored but unaltered Greek Revival interior is outfitted with the authentic furnishings and possessions of the Seabury Tredwell family, who lived there for almost 100 years, from 1835 to 1933.

Produced by Brown alums Skip Kelly '77 and Tommy Hart '77, this interesting and important film is an extensive tribute to The Godfather of Soul . The amazing life of James Brown is highlighted as told in his own words and shown in his classic live performances.

Also included are exclusive interviews and events from Brown's life, including classic rare footage from his concert in Boston during the week that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Parts of his 2007 public memorial service at The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York are also shown.

After the screening, filmmakers Skip Kelly '77 and Tommy Hart '77 will be in attendance to answer questions related to the making of the film.

Admission is free.

RSVP at event_rsvp@inmanpagenyc.org

For more information on the Inman Page Black Alumni Council and The Ethel Tremaine Robinson Foundation, please visit the website http://www.inmanpagenyc.org

Silent Auction Adds Glamour a Touch of Glamour to this year's Independent Award Dinner.

This year, the award will be presented to the legendary modern dancer, choreographer and director Mark Morris and our very own entrepreneurial superstars Tom First ’89 and Tom Scott ’89, the founders of Nantucket Nectars.

On this magical evening, guests will also have the opportunity to bid on an array of exciting prizes, including: Fine jewelry and luxury accessories from Hermes, Versace, Project Runway, Tiffany & Co, Coach, Movado… Exclusive tickets to Saturday Night Live, Joyce Theater, The Actor’s Studio, New York Giants, Mark Morris Dance… Unique travel experiences including 4 days and 3 nights at a spectacular private villa in Cabo San Lucas includes airfare

DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR CHECKBOOK!

Cost: $275 per person. All proceeds benefit a deserving student from New York City. $157 of the ticket price is tax deductible.

Space is limited!!!

To purchase online, visit: https://alumni.brown.edu/alumni/de/events/register_user.aspx?id=254

To purchase by mail, please make checks payable to the Brown Club in New York and mail to: Brown Club in New York, PO Box 4451, New York , NY 10163-4451

For additional information, please contact kwame@alumni.brown.edu

Each year, nearly 200,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the American Cancer Society is fighting for a cure. Join the Brown Club in New York team to help raise funds and enjoy a lovely fall morning. Put on your Brown sweatshirts and meet us at the 72nd Street bandshell--just look for the brown and red balloons! After the walk, we'll meet up for mimosas.

For more information, and to join the BCNY team, please e-mail volunteer@brownnyc.org.

Join author and Redbook "Hot Mama" Louise Sloan '88 for the wine-and-cheese launch party of her book Knock Yourself Up: No Man? No Problem! A Tell All-Guide to Becoming a Single Mom. Louise's inspiring story of how she became a mother has been featured on Nightline, Time Out New York, and several other news outlets.

Sloan will read from her book, which is part memoir, part hot-topic journalism, and part girlfriends' guide to single motherhood by choice.

Enjoy wine, cheese, and good conversation hosted by Sloan and Babeland co-owner Claire Cavenah '88.

Questions? email: volunteer@brownnyc.org

Reviews:

"Knock Yourself Up is a must read! Louise Sloan is brutally honest and wickedly funny!"--Camryn Manheim, Emmy Award-winning actress, The Practice

"Knock Yourself Up is the perfect book for any woman considering single motherhood."--Liz Tuccillo, writer, "Sex and the City," and author of "He's Just Not That Into You."

Sip a special signature Brown cocktail created for just this night. Enjoy an fabulous and fun evening soiree under the stars an exclusive aerie overlooking the Gotham skyline.

Bring a date and your friends, or come by yourself, to meet new and old friends / alums for our most lavish and spirited event of the year.

Featuring live jazz music with virtuosos Alex Levin '99 and Maeve Richmond '95 and others. Be amazed with mysterious tricks by the Big Apple Magician, Matthew Haicken '02. Finish the evening with a decadent chocolate fondue dessert contributed by Honey.

Martini glasses, open bar with incredible selection of premium drinks, and butlered hors d’oeuvres served all night! Win fabulous door prizes ---an ipod shuffle, a special gift from Estee Lauder, Veuve Cliquot champagne, a romantic dance class for two, a box of hand-made Belgian chocolates from Pierre Marcolini, and Brown shirts and hats.

We anticipate over 250+ alums will be attending. This is one event you won’t want to miss!

We are pre-selling tickets now for a discounted ticket price of $35 for Brown Club Members and $50 (including a 40% discounted one-year membership to the Brown Club) for non-member alumni.

Pre-paid tickets will have the opportunity to use the dedicated "express" check-in table.

Pre-registration closed at midnight on Wednesday, October 3rd.

Cash or personal checks ONLY at the door. Tickets will be $50 at the door for everybody.

AFTER-PARTY AT HONEY starting at 10:30 pm! (243 W. 14th near 8th Ave). Pre-registered guests will be on the guest list. For those paying at the door, please keep your wristbands as you will either need to be on the guest list or have a wrist-band.

Admission to Honey remains subject to their strict dress code and the capacity of the venue. Please bear in mind that drinks and snacks at the After-Party are supplemental to the price of admission of to the Kick-Off.

Looking forward to seeing everybody at the Kick-Off!

The Ivy League Comedy Showcase returns to NYC's Gotham Comedy Club as part of the NY Underground Comedy Festival Monday October 1st at 7 PM.

A showcase of clever, smart and talented comics starring professional comedian alumni of the Ivies and other top schools— the country's funniest, brightest and most educated comedians performing clean, clever material. The show stars Luke Cunningham '01, Ivy favorite Karen Bergreen, top college comic Steve Hofstetter, founder Shaun Eli and some special guests. For more information, please visit www.IvyLeagueComedy.com.

Contact: (212) 367-9000 for reservations. $20 cover and two beverage minimum.

Please join the Brown Book Club of New York as it reconvenes for the fall to read A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon. Please visit the Brown Book Club website for more information. Please RSVP to brownbookclubnyc@gmail.com .

Haddon's acclaimed debut novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," brilliantly imagined the inner world of an autistic teen-ager. Here the hero is similarly uncommunicative and detached, this time because of a stiff upper lip. George, recently retired, thinks talking is "overrated" and greets the death of a friend with relief "that they would not be playing squash again." Obsessed with his own mortality, he barely registers the dramas around him: his wife is having an affair, his daughter is marrying a man she's not sure she loves, and his son is afraid to bring his boyfriend to the wedding.

Reviews

"A Spot of Bother is tidily executed...This book is kind in spirit and emphathetic to its characters' assorted plights."

-The New York Times

"A pleasant comic caper... the writing is extremely skilled and clever."

-Chicago Tribune

"A Spot of Bother crackles and pops with humor and pathos... sparklingly written."

-Los Angeles Times

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GAME NIGHTS

Are you game? The University of Chicago Club of New York invites the distinguished alumni of Brown University to ply your knowledge and match wits with alumni from the University of Chicago and peer institutions at Game Night. Every two months or so, we meet at a bar to play a pre-announced board or parlor game. For the first 15 minutes, we meet and mingle, and then let the friendly competition begin. Cost is free, with a suggested two-drink minimum. Participants are requested to arrive on time. Latecomers will buy drinks for on-timers.

Two weeks before each event, an Evite will be sent to the Game Night e-mail list. For more information or to join the list, please e-mail J. Kwon, UChicago, AB'93 at uc.gamenights@gmail.com (please include your name, school, graduating year and degree to sign up for the list). You are cordially invited to bring it on.

DETAILS

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** Sunday, September 23. 2007 **

3:15 p.m.

Game Night 3.4: $25,000 Pyramid Game

Win fake money in the home version of the classic tv game show. Rules will be modified for multi-player, multi-team play.

New Faces of Drama: Professor Paula Vogel and Three Other Brown Playwrights!!

* * Talk to be followed by a Brown Club Exclusive Wine & Cheese Reception * *

Come see MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer-finalist Sarah Ruhl '97!

Meet playwrights Jordan Harrison MFA'03 (Weston prize winner!) and Adam Bock MFA'89 (2007 Obie award winner!), each of whom have two plays being staged this season at Playwrights Horizons!

Other panelists include: Kate Fodor, Michael Friedman, John Dempsey, Rinne Groff, and Sarah Treem.

These playwrights and more will speak about theatrical trends and transitions in a special discussion organized by Playwrights Horizons and the 92nd Street Y.

Last but not least, see Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist/ Brown Professor Paula Vogel moderate the discussion at the 92nd Street Y.

Brown Club Exclusive #1: Professor Vogel, Ms. Ruhl, Mr. Harrison and Mr. Bock have all kindly agreed to stay after the talk to mingle and discuss questions and answers with Brown alums for a small intimate wine & cheese reception.

Brown Club Exclusive #2: Although seating is first-come, first-served, Brown Club attendees will have privileged access to priority seating at the front of the theatre.

Tickets for this event are only $10.

Questions? Please e-mail: culture@brownnyc.org

To attend:

IMPT: you must buy a ticket through the 92nd Street Y and you must RSVP through the red hyperlink below ("click here to register") to attend both the talk and the wine & cheese reception.

NOTE: This is a 2-step registration process (registering for the reception will not get you into the panel discussion). If you want to attend the reception, you must sign up for it even if you have tickets to the panel.

#1 Purchase tickets online at http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=MM5TH01

#2 Reserve your space at the wine & cheese reception below:

Don’t miss out on the excitement this year! Join your fellow alumni and friends to the U.S. Open. Be there in person to watch the best players in the world compete for tennis glory!

This year’s US Open is expected to attract a record crowd of over 650,000 fans as more than 250 of the world’s top tennis players from over 60 countries compete in this two-week event.

Take a break after work and the summer heat and sweat it off as you cheer for your favorite tennis star!

We have reserved a limited bloc of tickets, so book your tickets now!!!!

WHEN: 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 28

WHERE: USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows

PRICE: $25 for members and $29 for non-members.

(In the "Additional Comments" section of the online payment process, please type in your mailing address so we can ship the tickets to you)

Don't forget to bring a friend or family member!

For more information about the US Tennis Open, please go here: http://www.usopen.org/home/default.sps

THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT! IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN ORGANIZING MORE OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, SEND US AN EMAIL AT CULTURE@BROWNNYC.ORG.

Join us TONIGHT: Wednesday, August 22nd. An evening of fun, drinks and friends by the water.

Brown - Penn - Wellesley - U Chicago - Yale - UC Berkeley

We are the proud co-sponsor of an evening of drinks, fun and meeting old friends, fellow alums and the alums of five other NYC-area alumni groups!

Remember that dashing gentleman from UC Berkeley (the one who thought BROWN bears were gold?). The Julia Roberts-look-alike (and future Democratic candidate) from Wellesley? Want to meet a Nobel-laureate-to-be from U Chicago? Want to make fun of New Haven? What about those Philadelphia ladies carrying Quaker oats?

Join us at the unique setting of the 79th St. Boat Basin Cafe for some excellent drinks, socializing and some of the best flame-grilled burgers on the Upper West Side.

It is time to put on your Brown summer gear and bring your friends!

Admission will be free, ice cold beers and wine will be available for a reasonable $5.50. We will have our own exclusive bartenders and "VIP" area at the Boat Basin for this summer bash.

This Wednesday!! The forecast is looking good for a spectacular (if cloudy) evening under the stars. Join us RAIN or SHINE! Questions? Email Janet Shargel at jshargel@gmail.com or events@brownnyc.org.

RSVP now to receive updates on this event! (You can come at the last minute and bring friends, but we would like to have a headcount and be able to send you emails with any updates).

Dear Fellow Alumni, Parents and Friends of Brown:

As we promised, we are very excited to kick off the Inaugural Brown University Long Island Golf Invitational on August 22, 2007. We are extremely pleased to announce that it will be held at The Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence, New York, one of the oldest Country Clubs in the United States. Redesigned by A. Tillinghast, it is a traditional Scottish Links design with 5 natural water holes. Located on the south shore of Long Island, it is a challenging and picturesque venue for sure.

For those of you who are not golfers, we encourage you to join us for cocktails and dinner or simply to enjoy the beautiful views from the Southside on the porch. There will be plenty of food, prizes and laughs.

Above all, we hope to make this an annual event for all to enjoy and support Brown. The proceeds from this event will go directly to support the Brown Sports Foundation and the Brown Club of Long Island. Please join us for a day of camaraderie and support Brown University.

Ever true,

Rob MacAneney (Class of '83)

Click for registration form!

Enjoy a perfect Saturday afternoon with fresh ale and meet some new friends! Learn about hops and enjoy a local treat.

Come join us at the legendary Brooklyn Brewery for an exclusive tour, to be followed by socializing "happy hour" in the tap room to sample some Brooklyn's finest hand-crafted ales in the heart of Williamsburg.

The Cal Alumni Club of New York (UC Berkeley) has organized this special tour and invited USC, Stanford, UCLA ... and Brown alums to come and join the fun! (Thirsty barley-loving members of the Brown Club board will be leading a contingent: we hope you can make it).

Pls. arrive a bit early as the tour will begin promptly at 2pm.

The first stop outside of Manhattan, only five minutes away on the "L" train from Union Square.

Getting there by subway: Take the L train to the first stop in Brooklyn, Bedford Avenue (stay at rear of train), walk from North 7th St to North 11th St, turn left (towards the water) and walk a block and a half to the brewery. Click here for a map (after clicking on the link, click on "map and directions" at the bottom right hand corner of the screen).

RSVPs will be required. Click here to register for this event!

Meeting of the Minds is a series sponsored by the Brown Alumni Association and brings the Brown intellectual experience to the larger Brown community of alumni, parents, and friends. This event is co-sponsored by the Brown Club of New York.

Meeting of the Minds is a series sponsored by the Brown Alumni Association and brings the Brown intellectual experience to the larger Brown community of alumni, parents, and friends. This event is co-sponsored by the Brown Club of New York.

More updates to come!

Meeting of the Minds is a series sponsored by the Brown Alumni Association and brings the Brown intellectual experience to the larger Brown community of alumni, parents, and friends. This event is co-sponsored by the Brown Club of New York.

More details to come. Please check for updates.

Meeting of the Minds is a series sponsored by the Brown Alumni Association and brings the Brown intellectual experience to the larger Brown community of alumni, parents, and friends. This event is co-sponsored by the Brown Club of New York.

Click here to register!

Click here to register.

• Receive 10% off your purchase of a Halloween Costume at Ricky's NYC with your RSVP confirmation (see coupon in confirmation letter for details)
• Be entered to win door prizes including Ricky's unique fashion accessories, cosmetics, and beauty supply products
• Gain VIP Lounge access with bottle service and table reservation (contact info@halloweenbenefit.com for details)

For further information contact Ayana Evans at ayana_e@yahoo.com or log on to www.inmanpagenyc.net

• The Process: Offer, Acceptance, Commitment, Closing
• Property Types: Real Property vs. Cooperatives vs Multi-Families
• The Players: Realtor, Mortgage Consultant, Attorney
• Qualifying: How your financial profile is reviewed
• Credit Review: Excellent vs. Good vs. Poor vs. No Credit
• Closing Costs: Costs associated with a purchase transaction

• A former laureate poet's house that blew up when it harbored a terrorist bomb factory
• A former speakeasy with a secret entrance
• Two secret cemeteries
• The homes and haunts of Mark Twain, Thomas Paine, EE cummings,
• Locations used in Sex and the City, When Harry Met Sally..., Spider-Man 2

• Lewis Cullman, former chairman of Cullman Ventures, Inc., who supports the New York Public Library, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Botanical Garden, the Metropolitan Museum, Chess-in-the-Schools and many others
• Evelyn Lauder, senior corporate vice president at the Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., and founder and chairman of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She successfully initiated a fund drive that raised in excess of $18 million to equip the first-ever breast and diagnostic center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. She is also on the board of the Central Park Conservancy.
• Peter May, chairman of the Boards of Trustees of Mount Sinai Medical Center, and a trustee of the University of Chicago, and of Carnegie Hall. He was a past chairman of the UJA-Federation's "Operation Exodus" campaign. An honorary member of the board of trustees of the 92nd Street Y, he and his family made a generous gift to name the Y's May Center for Health, Fitness and Sport.

$22.50 in advance $30 at the door. Space will be limited, so please purchase your tickets as soon as possible.

• Charlie 2.0- a hilarious comedy about a down-on- his luck guy who decides to get even with the world
• Tina Modotti- a look at the life of Tina Modotti, artist, revolutionary,and model for Diego Rivera
• Act of Faith- an examination of the intersection of faith and sexuality
• Get Faamous- a dark comedy about the working world
• To The Hills- an upbeat, farcical look at the world through the eyes of Fritz Donnelly

• Subject: "God, Darwin and Design: The Battle for America's Classrooms".
• Viewing of the Museum's Darwin exhibit in which Professor Miller's figures prominently.