The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City

September 2006 E-Letter

Club Events

• Young Alumnae Happy Hour (September 27)

Club Events on the Horizon

• Tour of American Stock Exchange (October 25)

NOTICES FOR BOARD POSITIONS

• Assistant Treasurer
• Career Network Representative Co-Chair

BMC Connections

• Bryn Mawr Book Club (September 20)
• Mary Pat Kane, MSS ’70, performing in Monarch Butterflies (September 22)

Bryn Mawr Club of Connections on the Horizon

• Service Day with Undergraduates at God’s Love We Deliver (October 15)
• Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk (October 15)
• The Race to Deliver (November 19)

Personals

• Roommate needed

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Club Events

Young Alumnae Happy Hour

BMC of NYC Young Alum Happy Hour is back!

It's a new season of events everyone; let's kick it off with a great happy hour.  Classes from 2001 to 2006, please meet up under the Young Alumnae banner at The Boat Basin Café from 6:30 p.m. onward.

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Club Events on the Horizon

Tour of American Stock Exchange (October 25 - RSVP now!)

Marija Willen, ’84, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of The American Stock Exchange has arranged for Club members to have an opportunity to see the trading floor of the Exchange in action.  See the trading in full human cry before all the markets become automated.  A total of 18 alumnae will be split into groups of 9, who will have a guided tour of the trading floor during market hours.  The tour will last approximately 45 minutes.  Space is strictly limited to the 18, so respond now.

WHAT:	Tour of American Stock Exchange Trading Floor
WHEN:	Wednesday, October 25 11:30 a.m.
WHERE:	American Stock Exchange 86 Trinity Place New York, NY 10006
RSVPs:	Marija Willen Marija.Willen@gmail.com

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NOTICES FOR BOARD POSITIONS

The Club had an outstanding response to our recent call for volunteers. Here are new opportunities.

Assistant Treasurer
The BMC Club of NYC Board of Directors needs a conscientious alum to help manage the Club's financial activities. No prior experience is necessary!
If you are interested in this position, please contact Lisa Tomeny at lisatomeny@gmail.com for further information.

Career Network Representative Co-Chair
The BMC Club of NYC Board of Directiors is seeding a motivated alum to help foster career development efforts among alumae and students! You will
work closely with the current Co-Chair, Maria Agostinelli '86, as well as the BMC's Career Development office to cultivate events and programs
throughout the year. If you are interested in this position, please contact Maria at maria.agostinelli@gmail.com.

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BMC Connections

Bryn Mawr Book Club

On Wednesday, September 20, Bryn Mawr Book Club will discuss The Known World by Edward P. Jones.

From Stephen M. Deusner’s review on popmatters.com:

“In what is likely the best and most important novel about slavery since Toni Morrison's Beloved, Edward P. Jones confronts a phenomenon that some might find unthinkable: in the years before the Civil War, many free blacks owned slaves. Beginning with this strange idea, The Known World—nominated for the National Book Award and named a New York Times Editor's Choice pick—reveals a new side of slavery that subverts our historical and literary preconceptions and conventions. The archetypal images of the cruel, complacent white master and the noble slave yearning for freedom no longer apply: Jones has located new complications in the issue and in doing so had come closer to truth.”

The October book will be The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, date TBA.   Elizabeth Holloway, robinsonholloway@gmail.com.

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Mary Pat Kane, MSS ’70, performs in Monarch Butterflies

Mary Pat Kane, MSS ’70, will perform in Monarch Butterflies, a humorous look at everyday life, as part of Uptown, Downtown: an intracity encounter with nine other artists of various disciplines. Sponsored by the Field, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Harlem Arts Alliance, a variety of dancers and storytellers will be performing as part of the event for 12 minutes each.

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Bryn Mawr Club of Connections on the Horizon

Service Day with Undergraduates at God’s Love We Deliver (October 15)

Please come and work in the kitchen to help prepare meals for AIDS patients from 9 to 2 PM at 166 Avenue of the Americas. The first 5 alumnae to respond to Meera Ratnesar '01 at mratnesar@hotmail.com will part of the team to work with current undergraduates.

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The Race to Deliver (November 19)

After the amazing success of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for Breast Cancer (18 New York Bryn Mawr runners!), it is time to race again in November. This time it is a race to deliver hot meals and comfort to AIDS patients in a benefit for God’s Love We Deliver. Go to www.racetodeliver.org to register.

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Personals

From Phoenix Soleil, ’95 (College nickname Loudi)
New roommate needed for great Park Slope apartment— excellent location on 7th Avenue, four blocks from the F, near the park. You get two adjoining rooms to yourself connected by a bay window with afternoon sunlight, plus a shared living room, kitchen, bathroom. $1200 for a couple, negotiable lower rent for one person. Looking for someone to move in ASAP or October 1. Has roof access. Dogs are cool, but no cats.  Send a brief description of yourself.  Contact Phoenix at phoenix@dancingtrees.com.

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