NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Deadline for the January newsletter is December 20. Please send your news and events to oberlinnycnews@gmail.com.
The Oberlin Club of NY would like to thank Katherine Kornblau for her many years of service as the NY Regional Alumni Coordinator. Without her spirit and dedication, the NY alumni steering committee would not be what it is today. As Katherine turns to pursuing other service interests, we only hope that we can try to match her energy and enthusiasm in our ongoing efforts to serve the NY Oberlin alumni community. Many thanks to Katherine!!
The NY Oberlin Alumni Steering Committee wishes a happy holiday season to all of our local alum and their friends and families - and we hope to see you all at an event soon!
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Dec. 6: Obie Night at the KJK Jewelry Sample Sale
FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
Watch for more details on 2011 events
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Dec. 2: Myla Goldberg ’93 discusses new novel, writing
Dec. 2: Alia Kate ’07 and Anna Beeke ’07 open new exhibit, “Untangling Threads”
Dec. 7: Repertorio Espanol hosts reading and talkback for play by Elana Gartner ’98
Dec. 9: Deanna Lee ’92 invites you to opening reception for "Day Job" at The Drawing Center
Dec. 11-12 and 17: Georgiana Pickett ’90 and Anna Glass ’96, 651 ARTS producers, present two shows
Dec. 12: Gwen Krosnick ’08 plays at Greenwich House Music School
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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Monday, Dec. 6
Fourth Annual Obie Night at the KJK Jewelry Sample Sale!
Join owner and Obie alumni Katherine J. Kornblau for an evening of Obie socializing, eating, drinking and shopping!
Fourth Annual Obie Night at the KJK Jewelry Sample Sale
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6th
5 - 7:30 PM
185 Madison Ave - Suite 1100
(On the corner of 34th St.)
Monday is the first day of the sale so come to get first dibs and special prices on all collections!
The sale continues WEEKDAYS 11AM - 6PM until DEC. 23rd - so if you miss the opening, I hope you can make it another day!
KJK Jewelry designs for over 200 museum stores including The Smithsonian Institution, The National Gallery, and The American Museum of Natural History. To see a full client list, please visit KJK Jewelry.com.
Please RSVP TO Katherine at KJK11B@aol.com if you are able.
Best wishes for a joy filled holiday season!
Katherine J. Kornblau
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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
Watch for more details about these 2011 club events:
April: Oberlin Cares Day of Service
June: Alumni Picnic with incoming Oberlin students (Central Park)
September: Alumni Picnic (Prospect Park)
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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 12
Myla Goldberg ’93 discusses and reads from new novel, The False Friend
On Thursday, December 2, at 7pm, I'll be giving a Craftwork lecture at the Center for Fiction, at 17 E 47th Street, in midtown Manhattan. Ticket info: http://www.centerforfiction.org/events/#myla.
On Sunday, December 12th, at 6pm, at Union Hall, on 702 Union Street, in Park Slope, fellow Brooklyn author Darin Strauss and I will be talking about our new books in a benefit for P.S. 146, The Brooklyn New School, with a $12-25 donation at the door with all proceeds going to the school. For more info on that, folks can visit the Union Hall website: http://www.unionhallny.com/calendar.php.
Thursday, Dec. 2 (exhibit through Jan. 8)
Alia Kate ’07 and Anna Beeke ’07 open new exhibit, “Untangling Threads”
In Morocco, where men are responsible for almost all of their country’s artisanal production, women have maintained the age-old craft of indigenous weaving. Untangling Threads: Female Artisans in Morocco's Rug Weaving Industry documents the environment and culture of Morocco's female weavers specifically focusing on artisans from three rural weaving communities in the Middle and High Atlas Mountains.
This exhibit combines documentary photographs by Anna Beeke ('07) and hand-woven Moroccan rugs imported by Alia Kate ('07) in an innovative display that positions the two art forms side by side. In the photographs you see confident Amazigh Moroccan women who defy the stereotypes painted by the Western media. In the rugs you discover the dexterity of the weavers’ fingers, the boundaries of their imagination, and the antiquity of their craft. Through this combination of mediums, Untangling Threads repositions the artisans as artists and their rugs as art by revealing the faces and the hands behind the handicraft of weaving in Morocco.
Untangling Threads Exhibit
December 1st- January 8th
Location: Synchronicity Fine Arts, 106 West 13th Street, New York (between 6th and 7th ave)
Untangling Threads Gallery Reception
When: Thursday, December 2nd
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Synchronicity Fine Arts, 106 West 13th Street, New York (between 6th and 7th ave)
Tuesday, Dec. 7
Repertorio Espanol hosts reading and talkback for play by Elana Gartner ’98
Elana Gartner's ('98) full-length play "Pilar's Brother" is a finalist for Repertorio Español's 2010 Met Life Nuestras Voces Playwriting Competition. As a finalist, the script will receive a directed seated reading:
December 7, 2010 at 6:30pm
Repertorio Español
138 East 27th Street (btwn. Lexington and 3rd Avenues)
Free of admission
RSVP at rsvp@repertorio.org or 212-225-9925
I will be doing a talkback immediately following the reading. Winners will be announced in January.
Here is a synopsis for the script:
Julian’s mother has returned to Chile to care for his dying grandmother, leaving Julian to juggle his temporary responsibility for his mentally-ill sister, his studies, his job and his American lifestyle: the one that his family knows about and the closeted gay and aspiring actor lifestyle that they don’t. Set in 1968 and in a strong Chilean immigrant and Catholic family, this story explores the choices that Julian has to make when a big opportunity arises and the sister that complicates them. Inspired by a true story.
More information at http://www.elanagartner.com/news
Thursday, Dec. 9
Deanna Lee ’92 invites you to opening reception for "Day Job" at The Drawing Center
"Day Job" will feature works commissioned through an open call to artists currently in The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Rather than subscribing to the idea that non-artistic work is by definition disruptive to an artist’s practice, "Day Job" looks at the ways in which the information, skills, ideas, working conditions, or materials encountered in the work world can become a source of influence. The exhibition also addresses the ways in which contemporary artists support themselves in an economic climate that often demands particularly diverse and flexible solutions to staying afloat. Part of the Selections series, this exhibition is curated by Viewing Program Curator Nina Katchadourian.
As one of 23 artists in this exhibition, Deanna Lee (1992) will create a site-specific drawing installation inspired by an imperfection of The Drawing Center's main gallery.
Opening reception: 6-8 pm Thursday, Dec. 9
On view December 10, 2010 – February 3, 2011
THE DRAWING CENTER
35 WOOSTER STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10013
212-219-2166
Dec. 11-12 and 17
Georgiana Pickett ‘90 and Anna Glass ’96, 651 ARTS producers, present two shows
From the Producers at 651 ARTS – Georgiana Pickett (’90) and Anna Glass (’96)
A 651 ARTS Project:
FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance – The National Tour
Featuring solo performances by five legendary dance icons:
Germaine Acogny
Carmen De Lavallade
Dianne McIntyre
Bebe Miller
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
651 ARTS, Brooklyn’s premier arts organization dedicated to performance of the African Diaspora, announces the national tour of FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance. This program is an evening-length dance performance that includes the choreography and solo performances by five legendary contemporary dancer/choreographers: Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and Germaine Acogny of Senegal.
The last performances of the tour will take place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on December 11 & 12, 2010. Don’t miss this historic and highly celebrated event!
• NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Newark, NJ), Dec. 11, 12, 2010
Info: 888-406-5722, www.njpac.org
651 ARTS PRESENTS
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE: 25 Years
With special guests: Mohammed Camera,
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company & Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Friday, December 17, 2010 at 7:30pm
BAM Harvey Theater
Tickets: $100*/$55/$45/$35.
Student, Senior, and group discounts available.
Purchase tickets: www.651ARTS.org or call 718-636-4100
*$100 ticket includes champagne reception with the artists
651 ARTS celebrates 25 years of outstanding contributions to choreography and dance by Ronald K. Brown. This one night only presentation features seminal works by Brown that have rarely been seen in their entirety. Brown’s company EVIDENCE and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will be accompanied on stage by West African percussionist Mohammed Camara — plus New Orleans icons the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Sunday, Dec. 12
Gwen Krosnick ’08 plays at Greenwich House Music School
Who: Gwen Krosnick ('08), cello, and Emely Phelps, piano
What: Cello and Piano Works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Chopin
When: Sunday, December 12th, 3pm
Where: Greenwich House Music School - 46 Barrow Street, NYC
Free admission!
For more info, please visit www.triocleonice.com
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