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The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City

July 2007 E-Letter

Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

Celebrate Brooklyn’s Family Concert featuring Dan Zane & Friends (July 22)

Bryn Mawr Connections

Rebecca Kelly Ballet Upstate Tour (July 27, August 2)
Bryn Mawr Book Club (July 10)

Call for Volunteers

Calling all IT/ web-design savvy alumnae for exciting Club projects!

Personals

Alumna seeking 1-bedroom apartment
Alumna offering vacation rental in the Berkshires

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Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Events

Celebrate Brooklyn!

Family Concert: Dan Zanes & Friends

Join the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City at Celebrate Brooklyn's Family Concert in Prospect Park on Sunday, July 22. Bring your own picnic and look for the cluster of yellow and white balloons to meet up with the Bryn Mawr group. Bring family and friends or just come yourself.

From the Celebrate Brooklyn site:

Brooklyn's resident rock star to the young and young at heart DAN ZANES throws an all-ages party in the Borough's back yard! Zanes and his band, along with some special surprise guests, find that unique place in American music where sea shanties, Broadway standards, North American and West Indian folk music, fiddle tunes, the spirit of rock-and-roll, and soulful originals collide. 'The happiest concert vibe since Woodstock. With a lot less drugs and mud.' ( New York Magazine) So pack up the wee ones, partake of our handy stroller parking, and enjoy a perfect afternoon at the Bandshell for the whole family.

WHAT:	Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert: Dan Zanes & Friends
WHEN:	Sunday, July 22 5:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Prospect Park Bandshell Prospect Park West and 9^th Street Brooklyn, NY For directions, go to: http://www.briconline.org/celebrate/map.asp
SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION:	Suggested donation of $3 at the door
RSVP:	Jackie Deane, ’82, abogadas@verizon.net or Michelle Misner, ’86, michellemisner@yahoo.com

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Bryn Mawr Connections

Rebecca Kelly Ballet Upstate Tour

Join the Rebecca Kelly Ballet, with founder/choreographer Rebecca Kelly, ’73, for performances of Tear of the Clouds, Long Time Passing, and Adirondack Elemental on Friday July 27 at the Tanner Pond Community Center in North Creek, New York, or Thursday August 2 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts in Lake Placid, New York.

Tear of the Clouds considers the topic of acid rain and the death of a forest. Danced to Mozart, the howling of wolves, and Native American flute, Tear of the Clouds is viewed through a screen of projected images of an animist world in which dancers are the ailing spirits of trees. Long Time Passing, performed to a string quartet by Australian composer Charles Vine, is inspired by letters to family and friends from Soldier Nolan, stationed in Baghdad. The title is taken from a 1960s protest song by Peter Seeger. Adirondack Elemental is a trilogy of three ballets—Waters, Earth, and Air—with original scores by three mountain women.

WHAT:	Rebecca Kelly Ballet Upstate Tour
WHEN:	Friday, July 27 7:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Tannery Pond Community Center 228 Main Street North Creek, New York 12853
COST:	Call the Box Office at 518 251 3751 for more information
WHEN:	Thursday, August 2 8:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Lake Placid Center for the Arts 17 Algonquin Drive Lake Placid, New York 12946
COST:	Tickets are $12, $17, and $20
RESERVATIONS:	Call the LPCA Box Office at 518 523 2512 for reservations.

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Bryn Mawr Book Club

On Tuesday, July 10, the Book Club will discuss Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler.

Edited excerpt from csn.com May 2, 2006 review by Mike Revzin:

It's been 75 years since Pearl Buck's novel The Good Earth helped Westerners to see China through the eyes of peasants. Now, Peter Hessler shows us that country through the eyes of a different group of Chinese: those leaving the good earth to seek their fortunes in China's boomtowns. Hessler's witty, insightful nonfiction work Oracle Bones focuses on the lives of a disparate group of ordinary Chinese young migrants, aging intellectuals whose lives were shattered by Mao, and a Uighur (an ethnic Muslim minority) the kind who would be invisible to most foreigners. The book's title refers to bones inscribed with the earliest writing in East Asia that were used to predict the future. The ordinary Chinese in Oracle Bones have no guide to the future as they struggle to build new lives without the good earth beneath their feet.

WHAT:	Discussion of Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler
WHEN:	Tuesday, July 10 7:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Home of Jim Kafadar and Elizabeth Holloway 350 Bleecker Street, Apt 6E (between Charles and 10th Street) (ring buzzer no.35 if doorman is on break) 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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Call for Volunteers

We need you! The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City is looking for a few good women to help with the continuing development of the Club’s communications program. We are especially in need of IT-savvy alumnae with graphic and web design skills to help overhaul the Club website. We are also looking for individuals who know how to write in HTML code to assist with producing the monthly e-letter. (Having FTP access during the workday would be a big plus.) We are also seeking a writer to produce a few short articles for the Club’s hard-copy newsletter.

Not only will this be fun, it will also look good on your résumé. If you are interested in joining our merry band, please contact Bonnie Walker ’91 at bhwalker3@gmail.com.

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Personals

From Ann Bradley, '67:
Alumna editor/writer and Union Seminary grad, needs an (ideally permanent) apartment to rent when her current lease expires on July 31. Seeking quiet 1-bedroom for under $2000/month; hoping for a garden or at least more green than concrete, but primarily looking for a real home. Outside Manhattan possible if no car required. Please e-mail annkathleenb@hotmail.com or call 212 348 4230 late evenings or weekends. Any help or suggestions most appreciated!

From Mary Farrell, '67:
Vacation rental in the Berkshires. Charming furnished ranch in Lenox with two bedrooms, two baths, study, dining room, fully-equipped kitchen, small deck w/ grill, indoor garage and yard. Downstairs family room with two futons and separate entrance. Sleeps up to six people. Located 4.5 miles from Tanglewood, close to Jacob's Pillow, summer theatre, lakes, state parks, fine restaurants, shops. Call 413 446 4915.

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THE BMC OF NYC E-LETTER
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