The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City

March 2006 E-Letter

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

•  Women and Politics, 2006: Not the Usual Election (March 27)

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events on the Horizon

•  Young Alumnae Rock Climbing at Harmony Atrium (April 22)

BMC Connections

• Musicians from Marlboro concert (March 3)
• The Metropolitones (March 4 and 13)
• Bryn Mawr Book Club (March 6)
• Rebecca Kelly Ballet (March 9-11)
• Rosi Straijer Amador, ’81, with Sol y Canto (March 18)

• Friends and Alumnae of Bryn Mawr College Team for Revlon Walk/Run (May 6)

Career Network Connections

• Financial Women's Association Executive Coaching Summit (March 22)

Personals

• Housesitter/petsitter/subletter available in March/April
• Upper West Side Summer Apartment Sublet

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

Women and Politics
2006: Not the Usual Election (March 27)
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend introduced by Harriet Tamen, '69

The elections of fall 2006 will affirm the current action or change the direction this country will take. Who will be defining the key issues?  Who will make policy; who will carry it out?  Who will make the decisions?   While more than 50% of the population is female, disgracefully only 25% of elected officials are women.   It is crucial to vote, yes, but what are the other ways to participate?
 
Harriet Tamen, '69, knows how things are, can, and should be done in politics, from the caucuses of Iowa to the boardrooms of New York City.  An attorney and political activist, she was Co-Chair of Lawyers for Hillary Clinton in 2000 and is also the current Co-Chair for the 2006 campaign.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend knows U.S. politics as few do.  She was the first woman elected Maryland's Lieutenant Governor, was appointed U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, founded the Maryland Student Service Alliance, and was campaign manager for Senator Edward M. Kennedy's re-election bid in 1982.  She is currently Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Chairman of the Board of Advisors, Institute for Human Virology at the University of Maryland, on the board of several institutions, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Chairman of the Board of the RFK Memorial organization.  She and her husband, a professor at St. John's College in Annapolis, have four daughters.

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events On the Horizon

Young Alumnae Rock Climbing

There will be no Young Alumnae events in March, so, rest up for April, May and June! First off, come rock climbing with us in April.

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BMC Connections

Musicians from Marlboro (Seven Sisters connection)

Special discount tickets for 40th Anniversary season concert!
The second Marlboro concert at the Metropolitan Museum this 40th Anniversary season features a wonderful mix of piano, woodwinds and song—and another exciting group of exceptional young musicians and master artists! Your ticket includes pre-concert admission to the Museum, and we invite you to an informal gathering at the Cafe in the America Wing at 6:30 p.m., where you can meet other Next Generation concertgoers. Hope to see you there!

Save the Date: The final Marlboro concert at the Metropolitan Museum this season will take place on Friday, May 12.

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The Metropolitones are Mouthing Off! (Seven Sisters connection)

The New York City Seven Sisters a cappella group, The Metropolitones, founded by Lisa Tomeny, BMC ’91 (also President of the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City), with the additional Bryn Mawr voice of Kirstin Gray, ’01, is pleased to announce the release of their first CD, Mouthing Off. To purchase go to www.metropolitones.com or join us at one of our upcoming concerts to purchase it in person!

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Bryn Mawr Book Club

The next book club meeting is Monday, March 6, to discuss The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (all seven books).

From "anonymous" on www.sffworld.com:

"Written at the same time as The Lord of the Rings, and just as essential (and good!), though different. We begin with four siblings who find the fairy-tale-ish land of Narnia through a wardrobe. Throughout the series, main characters drop off and are replaced, and ages pass (Narnia time). Book five breaks up the chronology of the series, taking place during Book one. The last two books take us to the very beginning of Narnia, and then to the very end. Each book is as creative as the next, extremely well-written (they are classics!), and coming full circle, it is perfect."

The April selection is Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara, date TBA, and the selection for May is I Claudius by Robert Graves, date TBA

Elizabeth Holloway, erobinsonh@aol.com.

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Rebecca Kelly Ballet

From Rebecca Kelly, '73, and Craig Brashear, H'ford '73:
The Rebecca Kelly Ballet celebrates its Silver Anniversary, bringing to the stage stylish clear designs, in broad ranging works including narratives, a distillation of the classics, as well as abstract, topical and environmental themes. For the 25th Season, Kelly adds to her top notch cast, stand out guest performers, Duncan Cooper (Dance Theater of Harlem) and Jared Matthews (American Ballet Theater). The program features the premieres of Silver Circles and Air, along with the "sexy, slick dance noir" (BackStage) of The Travelers and Kelly's unique Carmen story, Jose's Dream.

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Rosi Straijer Amador, ’81, with Sol y Canto

Rosi Straijer Amador, '81, will be performing with her Latin band, Sol y Canto, at the Makor/Steinhardt Center on March 18 at 8:00 p.m. Sol y Canto (sun and song) has brought audiences to their feet from the Kennedy Center and White House to the California World Music Festival and Puerto Rico’s Conservatorio de Música and Museo de Arte with its blend of dynamic Afro-Latin songs and rhythms.

Sol y Canto features Rosi's crystalline voice and her husband Brian Amador's lush Spanish guitar accompanied by outstanding Latin musicians from Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina. See www.solycanto.com, and check http://www.sonicbids.com/solycanto for a two minute movie in the VIDEO link.

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Connections on the Horizon

Friends and Alumnae of Bryn Mawr College Team
Revlon Run/Walk for Women

Jessica Bass Kirk, ‘91, has formed a team for Friends and Alumnae of Bryn Mawr College for the 9th annual Revlon Run/Walk for Women on May 6, 2006. Register to walk or run with us by going to https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/ny/ and signing up for team #2580.

If you are not able to make it that day, please consider making a donation. Donations can be made online at https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/ny/secure/MyWebPage.cfm?pID=281445, or, if you prefer to make a gift by check, please make it out to the Revlon Run/Walk for Women and mail it to:

Jessica Kirk
222 East 34th Street, Apt. 1716
New York, NY 10016.

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Career Network Connections

Sixth Annual Financial Women's Association Executive Coaching Summit

From Nancy Sellar, ’63, Executive Director of the Financial Women’s Association:
Join us for the Professional Development Committee’s Sixth Annual Executive Coaching Summit—an FWA exclusive event that features five simultaneous coaching workshops to help you realize your potential for success. Take the opportunity to hear a top executive coach, explore a topic, join an interactive workshop and gain professional expertise from the pros.

Please note that you must sign up in advance for only one of the workshop sessions, which will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Details and registration materials are available at www.fwa.org.

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From Nancy Goldberg, ’57:
Summer Sublet
Fabulous one or two bedroom apartment for the summer at 101 West 79th Street in high rise with views of Central Park, air conditioned, modern kitchen with laundry, great doorman, quality furnishings. The apartment is available from May 10 through August or maybe a bit longer. The rental rate will vary depending on whether the subletter is a single person here or is using both bedroom (the apartment is currently set up as a one bedroom with an office). Please write Nancy on BelvoirT@aol.com.

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