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The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City

May 2007 E-Letter

Reminder for Memorial Service for Barbara Auchincloss Thacher, ‘40

Please remember that the memorial service for the much loved and admired Barbara Auchincloss Thacher, ’40, who passed away on February 2, will be held on Saturday, May 5, at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 Oenoke Ridge Road, New Canaan, Connecticut. The service will start at 4:30 p.m., changed from the 4:00 published previously. Directions to First Presbyterian can be found on its web site, http://www.spiritofnewcanaan.org.

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

New York City May Day Celebration (May 6)
Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Annual Meeting (May 23)

Proxy Vote Form
Dues Form

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events on the Horizon

The End of Government...As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work
An Evening with Elaine Kamarck, ’72 (June 12)

Bryn Mawr Connections

Musicians from Marlboro (May 11)
Benefit for Uncut Pages Theater Company (May 16)

Bryn Mawr Connections on the Horizon

Rebecca Kelly Ballet (June 4)
Bryn Mawr Book Club (June 5)
Bryn Mawr Women Running the World, New York Mini-10K in Central Park (June 9)

Personals

Soon-to-be Graduate seeks summer sublet in New York City
Summer Sublet in Berkshires
Summer Sublet on Cape Cod

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

May Day Celebration

May Pole

May Pole
New York May Day is Sunday!

Last year a happy group of more than 40 people came together for strawberries, champagne and good Bryn Mawr cheer, and we hope you will join us this year. Please RSVP as soon as possible.

WHAT:	May Day Celebration
WHEN:	Sunday, May 6 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
WHERE:	The Home of Nadine Zamichow, ‘47 205 East 69th Street New York, NY 10021
RSVP required:	Meera Ratnesar, '01, mratnesar@hotmail.com

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Annual Meeting

The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Annual Meeting will feature Joanna Underwood, ’62, Environmental Activist and President of ENERGY VISION, speaking on From Horses to Hydrogen: The Path to Sustainable Transportation.

Joanna Underwood has been a leader in the environmental movement, a respected researcher and effective advocate for enlightened public policy and improved business practices for more than three decades. Her organization, Energy Vision, promotes alternative fuels for a sustainable transportation future, innovative technologies, more efficient vehicles and greater security by ending dependence on foreign oil. Prior to founding Energy Vision in 2006, Joanna was the President of the national environmental research organization INFORM.

She is currently working with Bryn Mawr undergraduates to develop a "research and problem-solving" project for a new Environmental Studies class to be launched next fall as well as supervising two student projects: one student is studying the pollution from petroleum used by truck fleets in the Philadelphia area and the potential for reducing pollution by a shift to natural gas trucks. Another is looking at renewable bio-methane, a gas fuel from landfills, sewage treatment plants, agricultural and dairy operations, which has potential as a clean, renewable vehicle fuel.

Join the annual gathering of New York Bryn Mawr community for an interesting and enjoyable evening. We will be voting on the new Board for the Club that night. If you are a member and cannot attend the meeting, please complete the electronic proxy voting form from the link below. Just complete the form, save it to your computer, and send the file to brynmawrclub@gmail.com by May 23. Should you prefer to mail a proxy, you will be receiving the Club’s newsletter in the mail soon, which will include a printed proxy that you may send to the Club’s postal address (please send it in time for it to be counted on May 23!).

Proxy Voting Form

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DUES

The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City receives no financial support from the College or the Alumnae Association. We are entirely self-supporting and in fact exist to support the College. Please support the Club with your tax-deductable donation to support these communications and the many Club events keeping the Bryn Mawr community in New York City active, in touch and supporting Bryn Mawr College.

Please copy this section into a clean document, print it out, fill it in and return it to the address below:

Name: _________________________________________________Class:______

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Please mail your contribution with this coupon to:

The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City
P.O. Box 7153
FDR Station
New York, NY 10150-7153

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events on the Horizon

An Evening with Elaine Kamarck Discussing her New Book
The End of Government...As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work

Elaine Ciulla Kamarck, Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, has been focused on making government actually work longer than anyone else. In just one period of her extensive and accomplished career in public policy, she joined the Clinton/Gore Administration in March of 1993 and worked directly with Vice President Gore to create the National Performance Review, a White House policy council dedicated to reinvent government.

Join Elaine for a discussion of her new book, The End of Government...As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work, in which she outlines the "hodgepodge" that is the government today and outlines her solutions. Expect a challenging, inspiring evening with fellow alumnae, along with refreshments as fuel. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Nancy Kirk, ’59, as soon as possible.

WHAT:	Elaine Kamarck, ’72, discusses her book The End of Government...As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work
WHEN:	Tuesday, June 12 6:00-8:30 p.m.
WHERE:	300 East 40th Street, Penthouse Room New York, NY 10016
COST:	$20
RSVP:	Nancy Kirk, ‘59 212 490 0838 or NancyKirk9@aol.com

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Bryn Mawr Connections

Musicians from Marlboro

Musicians from Marlboro concludes its current season at the Metropolitan Museum in May with a wonderful mix of pieces –Mozart, Shostakovich and Dvorak. The combination of artists is equally inspired with Guarneri Quartet master violinist Arnold Steinhardt performing alongside four exceptional young musicians at the beginning of what promise to be notable careers. Join the artists afterwards for a wine and cheese reception after the concert at the Goethe Institute at 1014 Fifth Avenue (across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art).

WHAT:	Musicians From Marlboro
PROGRAM:	Mozart Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Major
WHEN:	Friday, May 11 8:00 p.m.
WHERE:	(Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium) Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street New York, NY 10028
HOW MUCH:	$25 with this special Next Generation offer (normally $40) Includes pre-concert admission to museum.
TICKETS:	Contact Julia Lin at Frank Salomon Associates (212 581 5197, x 12).

For more information, visit www.marlboromusic.org and click on "Marlboro on Tour."

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Uncut Pages Theater Company Benefit

Missing that hallowed May Day tradition this year? Craving your dose of Katherine Hepburn juggling Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and John Howard? Don’t you wish someone would show that movie in New York?

The Uncut Pages Theater Company
cordially invites you to a Benefit Screening of
The Philadelphia Story

The Uncut Pages Theater Company was founded in 2004 by nine Bryn Mawr undergraduates to promote artistic creation by women and the enjoyment of theater by everyone through thoughtful, original work and innovative yet accessible re-imaginings of the classics. The company has produced two original productions written by members at the Philadelphia and New York Fringe festivals in 2005. This benefit is to raise funds for fees and money to produce plays for the New York and Washington, DC Fringe festivals this year.

Fun! Drinks! Free Food!
Kate!

Space is limited! To reserve your spot please RSVP to charlotte@uncutpages.org

WHAT:	The Uncut Pages Theater Company Benefit Screening of The Philadelphia Story
WHEN:	Wednesday, May 16 Doors open at 6:30 p.m., movie starts at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Galapagos Bar 70 North 6th Street Brooklyn (Bedford stop on the L train)
COST:	$18 suggested donation
RSVP OR TO DONATE :	charlotte@uncutpages.org

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Bryn Mawr Connections on the Horizon

Rebecca Kelly Ballet

Join the Rebecca Kelly Ballet, with founder/choreographer Rebecca Kelly, ’73, for a preview of works from the summer touring schedule: Tears of the Clouds, Earth Wind Waters and Long Time Passing.

WHAT:	Rebecca Kelly Ballet Summer Preview Performance
WHEN:	Monday, June 4 6:30-8:00 p.m. 6:30 Reception 7:00 Performance
WHERE:	CITY CENTER STUDIOS 130 West 56th Street New York, NY 10019
COST:	Ticket Contribution $45
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED:	Call 212 431 8489 by June 3

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Bryn Mawr Women Running the World

Running the World Join Bryn Mawr alumnae for the New York Mini 10K on Saturday, June 9 in Central Park. Formerly known as the "Crazylegs Mini Marathon," this race was the world's first women-only road race!

Sign up on the New York Road Runners website (and while there, read about the interesting and somewhat odd history of this race):
http://www.nyrr.org/races/2007/mini/index.asp

We will meet before the race at a location TBA (when the course information becomes available). Please send us an email if you're planning to run, and we will pick up your number and T-shirt.

WHAT:	Bryn Mawr Women Running the World
WHEN:	Saturday, June 9, 8:00 a.m. Team Bryn Mawr meets at 7:30 a.m.
WHERE:	Meeting place: TBA
CONTACT:	Megan Mendillo,'01 mendilm@yahoo.com 973-699-4058 or Liz Brettschneider, '01 ebrettsc@hotmail.com 860-402-7252

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Bryn Mawr Book Club

One Tuesday, June 5, Book Club will discuss the Haroun and the Sea Stories by Salman Rushdie.

Edited excerpt of review by Thomas Kullmann on webdoc.sub.gwdg.de:

Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie's book, adored by children and adults alike, alludes to two outstanding Eastern collections of stories: the Indian Kathasaritsagara and the Arabian Nights who feature the famous caliph Haroun al Rashid. In this book, Haroun is the son of Rashid Khalifa, a famous story-teller, who loses his powers of story-telling when his wife leaves him for Mr Sengupta, a town clerk who hates fictional stories. Haroun accompanies his father to the beautiful Dull Lake which closely resembles the Dal Lake in Kashmir. Having taken residence on one of this lake's famous tourist house boats, called Arabian Nights Plus One, Haroun embarks on a quest to recover his father's lost powers of story-telling.

WHAT:	Discussion of Haroun and the Sea Stories by Salman Rushdie
WHEN:	Tuesday, June 5 7:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Home of Jim Kafadar and Elizabeth Holloway 350 Bleecker Street, Apt 6E (ring buzzer no.35 if doorman is on break) (between Charles and 10th Street) New York, NY 10014 212 645 2737

Even if you can't attend Bryn Mawr Book Club, reading suggestions are always welcome—just send me an email. Elizabeth Holloway, robinsonholloway@gmail.com

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Personals

From Caitlin Duffy, '07:
Summer sublet/share in Manhattan or Brooklyn needed for fresh graduate with summer fellowship and also classes at Columbia (UWS is huge plus) starting in June. Move-in date in May and move-out date are flexible, as I have family and friends I can stay with briefly and will be in New York City through the fall. Willing to pet-sit, do general household care and more during stay, can pay up to $1000/month. Please email cduffy@brynmawr.edu.

From Kim Hauser Trigoboff, '85:
Summer Rental in the Berkshires: Lovely 2-bedroom cottage on Richmond Pond, with shared lake access, available to rent from June through October. Take advantage of its proximity to Tanglewood (summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), Jacob's Pillow, the Berkshire Theater Festival, Williamstown, and a myriad of other cultural and natural attractions of the Berkshires and Columbia County, NY. The cottage can sleep up to seven, and linens/dishes are provided. Please e-mail kimtrigoboff@aol.com for more information.

From Jean Entwistle, ’55:
Discount for Bryn Mawr alumnae to rent a beautifully restored, genuine antique (1820) cottage on Cape Cod. The cottage and an adjacent guest house are available from around Memorial Day weekend through June and then August (including the Labor Day weekend), September and early October. The cottage sleeps three and the guest house an additional three, all on one acre of tranquil land across a country lane from Cotuit Bay. Photos available. This cottage is across the road from our private residence and is offered at a very reasonable rate for quiet occupancy. Air conditioned, washer/dryer, fully modernized. Use of kayaks included. No pets but children welcome; references required. Contact Jean on 212 249 1555.

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