CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Dec 6 - Alumni Tour of the Rubin Art Museum
Dec 14 - Sylvan Suskin Memorial Concert at Merkin Hall
UPCOMING
Jan - Oberlin Entrepreneurship Scholars Program needs volunteers this January
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Dec 4-7 - Frances Roberts, class of 1973 will be participating in The Greenwich House Pottery Holiday Sale
Dec 4, 7, 19 - Jeffrey Young performs in NYC
Dec 1-23 - Katherine Kornblau hosts Jewelry Sample Sale and FOOD BANK Dropoff site.
DEC 8 is Obie Night!!!
Dec 13 - Amy X Neuburg '85 Performs At Roulette
Dec 13 - Countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum performs Handel's Messiah with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra
Dec 20 - Brazilian Dance Party Benefit At New York Capoeira Center
UPCOMING
Jan 2-31 - Philip Koch ‘70 art exhibit at George Billis Gallery
Jan 8th- Artist’s reception with Philip Koch ‘70
Jan 16 - Harlem in the Himalayas, featuring Lafayette Harris '85
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Stay tuned...
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ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
DEC 6
Tour of the Rubin Museum of Art - Saturday, December 6 at 11am
The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, opened its doors in October 2004, and in its short four years has employed more than eight Obies! Come see why Oberlin alumni are attracted to this wonderful institution.
The tour will journey throughout five gallery floors, looking at both highlights of the collection and exhibitions of visiting works, exploring the beauty, interest, religion, culture, and mystery of the Himalayan region. After the tour, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. tables have been reserved at the Café@RMA.
Space is limited for the tour, so please RSVP by Monday, November 24th online at www.oberlin.edu/alumniRSVP.
All attendees pay $15 which includes general admission and the tour guide.
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DEC 14
Sylvan Suskin Memorial Concert at Merkin Hall
The memorial concert for Sylvan Suskin, beloved emeritus professor of music history at Oberlin, will be held at Merkin Hall in NYC on December 14th at 3 PM. All former students, colleagues, friends and alumni are encouraged to attend. Merkin is located at 129 West 67th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues (just north of Lincoln Center).
Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP to Sylvan's son Marc at marcsuskin@mac.com.
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UPCOMING
The Entrepreneurship Scholars are coming to NYC and we need your help!
We are in need of advisers and shadow day hosts (on Jan. 7th) for students participating in the Entrepreneurship Scholars Program. The goal of the program is to help students develop their entrepreneurial ideas and hone their core skills to improve their ability to launch a venture.
Please contact Lauren Abendschein '07 at labendsc@oberlin.edu or 440-775-5383 if you are interested in advising in general or hosting a student for the day of Jan. 7th. Specific student ideas and interests for this January's session include:
Idea: Start a tennis apparel company | Interest: graphic design; marketing; manufacturing; sales
Idea: Foster increased volunteerism in the Caribbean | Interest: fundraising; communications
Idea: Construct a community supported water filtration system in rural Malaysia | Interest: sustainable design; fundraising
Idea: Improve the financial structure and community outreach for bike co-op | Interest: financial and organizational models
Idea: Foster sustained youth engagement and entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe | Interest: fundraising; social entrepreneurship
Idea: Open a graffiti art gallery and studio | Interest: fundraising; sales
Idea: Improve a model for teaching English in China | Interest: communications; fundraising
Idea: Offer green affordable housing | Interest: architects; developers
More information on the Entrepreneurship Scholars and other programs offered by the Creativity & Leadership Project is available at oberlin.edu/creativity
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OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
DEC 4-7
Frances Roberts, class of 1973 will be participating in The Greenwich House Pottery Holiday Sale. This is a great place to get holiday gifts for all budgets. Frances is part of a terrific group of potters and they will be selling everything from mugs, bowls, and plates to sculpture. Checks and credit cards will be accepted
There is an opening reception with wine and cheese Thursday, December 4th, 6-9 pm.
The sale will continue:
Friday, December 5th 12 – 8pm,
Saturday, December 6th 12 – 6pm ,
Sunday, December 7th 12 – 4pm
Greenwich House Pottery is located at 16 Jones Street between West 4th Street and Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. It is a block from the A, E, C , D, F, B, V, subways at West Fourth Street and the IRT #1 train at Sheridan Square.
Hope to see you there and if you are a fellow Obie make sure to say hello.
For more info contact me at fmroberts200@yahoo.com
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DEC 4, 7, 19
Jeffrey Young performs in NYC
Hi Friends,
I'll get to my shows this week in just a second, but first, thingNY, the dynamic group of composers and performers I play in, is selling tickets now for our big fat show on December 19! Please visit our website, www.thingNY.com, where you'll find a link to buy tickets and read about the rest of the great shows we have planned this season. December 19 will be awesome, featuring large ensemble works with a whole bunch of singers and dancers, as well as improvisation using paint. Oberlin people on my list should come catch former Obie Jonah Bloch-Johnson's sextet, accompanied on this concert by dancers.
Now for this week:
*Thursday, December 4 with Duane Pitre's Ensemble Drones: 8:30 PM @ Roulette, 20 Greene St, Manhattan
Brooklyn-based composer, performer, and improviser Duane Pitre's work explores chaos and discipline—and the relationship that exists between the two. Tonight Pitre presents Ensemble Drones - a rule-based, long-tone composition for 20+ performers (strings, winds, and brass along with bowed electric guitar played by the composer and harmonium) arranged in a formation that will partially encompass the audience. Ensemble Drones is an exercise in discipline and freedom, in the refinement of music, and in communal focus. Check out Duane's music at www.myspace.com/duanepitre.
*Sunday, December 7 with Manson Family Picnic: 8 PM @ Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Ave A, Manhattan
Back for our second show at the Sidewalk Cafe. Our first went very well! Apparently, we're opening this time for an entire night of ukelele players. Come for our craziness, stay for Hawaii's. Meanwhile, find MFP online, if somehow you haven't yet, at www.myspace.com/mansonfamilypicnic.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Jeff
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DEC 1-23
Katherine Kornblau Hosts Jewelry Sample Sale and FOOD BANK Dropoff site.
DEC 8 is Obie Night!!!
Monday, December 8th is late night for Obies at KJK Jewelry, Inc.
Katherine will keep her showroom doors open until 8PM.
Come Monday and receive special "Friends and Family" discounts.
You and your friends are cordially invited to...
KJK JEWELRY, INC. (Katherine J. Kornblau Jewelry)
PRIVATE JEWELRY SAMPLE AND STOCK SALE
DEC. 1st THROUGH DEC. 23rd
WEEKDAYS: 11 AM – 6 PM
WEEKENDS by appointment only
UP TO 70% OFF RETAIL
CASH ONLY. ALL SALES FINAL.
These are THE ONLY weeks of the year that our wholesale showroom is
open to the public!
Thousands of jewelry styles to choose from – our collections include
luscious cultured pearl chokers, colorful bohemian glass, and unique
semi-precious stones in all shapes and colors….New pieces added to the
sale daily!
Great Holiday Gifts! Most pieces between $10 - $100!
During this holiday season, KJK Jewelry, Inc. is a collection center for The Food Bank for NYC.
Please bring non-perishable food items to donate when you come to shop!
Wishing you and your family a joyous holiday season.
Best wishes,
Katherine J. Kornblau
KJK Jewelry
185 Madison Avenue (corner of 34th St)
Suite 1100
212-244-4433
KJKJewelry.com
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DEC 13
AMY X NEUBURG '85 PERFORMS AT ROULETTE
It's been 3 years since I have played in NYC and I do hope you can stop by! It would be great to see you.
From San Francisco: Amy X Neuburg, voice and live electronics
"Old songs, new songs, and new approaches to old technologies"
Saturday December 13, 8:30 PM
ROULETTE
20 Greene St. (between Canal & Grand)
Reservations/tickets: (212) 219-8242
Admission $15 / Students & seniors $10
Venue info at http://www.roulette.org
Amy is at http://www.amyxneuburg.com
Advance reservations recommended.
The show will consist of my solo 'avant-cabaret' songs for voice, live looping, electronic drums and processing. I'll also be introducing my latest work-in-development "The Dude Trilogy" for voice and Blippoo Box -- a very cute analog synth created for me by Dutch instrument designer Rob Hordijk and operated using hand motions and a Theremin-like antenna.
Also your own local anti-folk hero and discarded-technology geek Steve Espinola (Oberlin '89) will join me for an experiment in live looping using archaic recording gadgets.
Roulette is one of my favorite places to play -- great acoustics and always a nice crowd. Please come by and say hello.
Love and xx -- a
"Neuburg is a new kind of multi-threat composer... a wonder of sampling, overdubbing, and electronic manipulation of live sound, a fabulous singer... exhilarating originality. Nobody else sounds like Amy X. Some of the most compelling music being made today." -- Tom Strini, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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DEC 13
Countertenor
Jeffrey Mandelbaum
performs
Handel's Messiah
with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 13th
8pm
www.norwalksymphony.org
(203) 847-8844
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DEC 20
BRAZILIAN DANCE PARTY BENEFIT AT NEW YORK CAPOEIRA CENTER
Saturday, December 20, 8:00PM - midnight
$10
107 Suffolk St. # 307, NYC 10002
(212) 677 - 2203
www.afrobrazilarts.org
hosted by Michael Goldstein '81
Dance Party and Social to Benefit the NY Capoeira Center
Enjoy buffet and Brazilian drinks
Live music and performances
Meet Oberlin Alumni, Capoeiristas, Dancers, Yogis, and Friends in a beautiful, warm studio located in the Lower East Side.
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UPCOMING
JAN 2-31
From Philip Koch, ‘70
Philip Koch ('70) will show his contemporary landscape paintings in a solo exhibition at George Billis Gallery from Jan. 2 - 31, 2009.
Come and chat with Philip and other Obies at the artist's reception Thursday, Jan. 8, 6-8 p.m. (it's free & open to the public).
Billis Gallery is at 511 W. 25th St. in Chelsea on the ground floor.
Hours 10am-6pm
212 645-2621
www.georgebillis.com
Koch entered Oberlin intending to major in sociology but was so impressed by his first Art History course that he immediately switched his major to Studio Art. He is a Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Philip Koch
http://www.philipkoch.com
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JAN 16
Harlem in the Himalayas, featuring Lafayette Harris '85
The Rubin Museum of Art presents a series of acoustic jazz concerts in conjunction with The National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
January 16, 7pm - Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo: In addition to an original composition inspired by Himalayan art, trombonist Roswell Rudd and pianist Lafayette Harris will play the music of the great jazz pianists including Fats Waller, Herbie Nichols, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, and James P. Johnson and original music by Roswell Rudd dedicated to these icons.
All tickets $18 in advance / $20 day of; $7 student standby
Box Office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344
Complete information for each concert available by going to www.rmanyc.org/calendar
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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Stay tuned...
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December 4, 2008
November 12, 2008
Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour - Nov 18
New York City Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour
Tuesday, November 18 from 6:30 - 8:30
Common Ground Bar and Restaurant
206 Avenue A between 12th and 13th Streets
http://www.commongroundnyc.com/
Let's keep the celebration going!! Join us in the East Village for the
second Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour of the season! This is a great chance
to catch up with old friends, make new friends and network with fellow
alumni. Common Ground mixes "the creature comforts of a lounge with
the friendly atmosphere of a neighborhood pub." It's a fun spot filled
with books, board games, a super friendly staff and great Happy Hour
specials (**Buy One Get One Free Appetizers and Panini * $5 Cosmos and
Apple Martinis * $2 Pints of Yuengling and Miller Lite**).
Please bring your friends and co-workers! All are welcome! We look
forward to seeing you next week!!
Tuesday, November 18 from 6:30 - 8:30
Common Ground Bar and Restaurant
206 Avenue A between 12th and 13th Streets
http://www.commongroundnyc.com/
Let's keep the celebration going!! Join us in the East Village for the
second Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour of the season! This is a great chance
to catch up with old friends, make new friends and network with fellow
alumni. Common Ground mixes "the creature comforts of a lounge with
the friendly atmosphere of a neighborhood pub." It's a fun spot filled
with books, board games, a super friendly staff and great Happy Hour
specials (**Buy One Get One Free Appetizers and Panini * $5 Cosmos and
Apple Martinis * $2 Pints of Yuengling and Miller Lite**).
Please bring your friends and co-workers! All are welcome! We look
forward to seeing you next week!!
November 4, 2008
NOV 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Nov 8 - Alumni Family Event at Striking Viking Story Pirates
UPCOMING
Dec 6 - Alumni Tour of the Rubin Art Museum
Jan - Oberlin Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is coming to NYC this January
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Nov 1-23 - Rich Orloff, ‘73, presents new play: SPECIAL OBERLIN DISCOUNT thru Nov 14!!!
Nov 5 - Jeffrey Young performs with Manson Family Picnin
Nov 7, 8 - Garrett Fisher, ‘92, presents a new opera at Judson Memorial Church
UPCOMING
Jan 2-31 - Philip Koch ‘70 art exhibit at George Billis Gallery
Jan 3 - Artist’s reception with Philip Koch ‘70
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Retired professor Sylvan Suskin passed away on Oct 16
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ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
NOVEMBER 8
STRIKING VIKING STORY PIRATES OBERLIN FAMILY DAY
Announcing a very special Story Pirates show for Oberlin Alumnae and their families!
Kids loan us their written works - everything from comics to novellas to a few barely legible sentences - and we turn those stories into a raucous sketch comedy show with music, puppets, and professional actors. Now it's time for Oberlin to experience the magic of the Story Pirates! Get your tickets today for a special event just for families and friends of Oberlin Alumnae!
November 8, 2pm
at The Drama Book Club
250 W. 40th Street (bet. 7th and 8th Aves.)
Purchase your tickets today online at www.oberlin.edu/alumni/storypirates
For more info on Striking Viking Story Pirates, visit http://www.storypirates.com
BUT WAIT! Is there a kid in YOUR life whose story you'd like to see performed at this show? Send it in!
Stories can be any length and about any topic. They can be handwritten or typed...even illustrated! Young children can dictate their stories to a parent. Some of our best stories have been under 25 words in length. Others are many pages long. Most IMPORTANTLY, we strive to celebrate the imaginations of the kids themselves. We want STORIES IN KIDS OWN WORDS; STORIES NEED NOT (AND SHOULD NOT) BE CORRECTED, EDITED, OR REWRITTEN BY GROWNUPS. They should be submitted in the kids own syntax, exactly as written or dictated. Read all the submission details at http://oberlin.edu/alumni/nyc/.
_____________________________________
UPCOMING
Tour of the Rubin Museum of Art
Saturday, December 6 at 11am
The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, opened its doors in October 2004, and in its short four years has employed more than eight Obies! Come see why Oberlin alumni are attracted to this wonderful institution.
The tour will journey throughout five gallery floors, looking at both highlights of the collection and exhibitions of visiting works, exploring the beauty, interest, religion, culture, and mystery of the Himalayan region.
After the tour, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. tables have been reserved at the Café@RMA.
Space is limited for the tour, so please RSVP by Monday, November 24th online at www.oberlin.edu/alumniRSVP.
All attendees pay $15 which includes general admission and the tour guide.
=============================
The Oberlin Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is coming to NYC this January ...and we are looking for volunteers!
The Entrepreneurship Scholars is an intensive winter term program designed to provide creative and motivated Oberlin students with the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship and begin building a foundation of the practical skills essential to planning and launching a venture. From January 5-9th the program will feature lectures on a variety of topics relating to entrepreneurship, skills-building workshops, and an individual shadow day with a professional relevant to each student.
We are looking for alumni, parents, and friends to contribute in a variety of ways, including:
• Advising: providing feedback and guidance for student ventures;
• Shadow hosting: having a student spend the day with you at your workplace;
• Providing Housing: offering a student lodging in your house or apartment during winter term;
• Spreading the word: we are always looking for recommendations for speakers and workshop leaders.
Please contact Lauren Abendschein '07 at creativity@oberlin.edu to discuss these opportunities. More information on the Entrepreneurship Scholars and other programs offered by the Creativity & Leadership Project is available at oberlin.edu/creativity
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OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
Nov 1-23
From Rich Orloff, '73
The Foolish Theatre Company presents
FUNNY AS A CRUTCH
nine irreverent comedies about disability
by Rich Orloff '73
Special discount for Oberlin alums: Use ticket code OBIE for performances through November 14, and tickets are only $12!
FUNNY AS A CRUTCH consists of nine short comedies exploring the concept of disability, how it is perceived and what we project onto it. The play is performed by an ensemble of five versatile comedic actors with disabilities. Although I didn't realize it when I started writing the play, such a project (both the script and the cast) is unprecedented. No playwright has ever written a collection of comedies on the subject. As significantly, New York has never seen a comedy whose cast is comprised 100% of actors with disabilities.
It's being presented through November 23 only, by the Foolish Theatre Company, whose motto is "Laughter guaranteed!"
Thu, Fri, Sat at 8 pm; Sunday at 3 pm
bonus performance Mon Nov 10 at 7 pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theater
(in the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex)
312 W. 36th St., 1st floor
(just west of 8th Avenue)
Tickets $18
(OBIE discount good through Nov 14 only)
Purchase tickets at SmartTix:
www.smarttix.com or (212) 868-4444
For more info, visit www.foolishtheatre.org
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Nov 5
From Jeffrey Young
Wednesday, November 5 with Manson Family Picnic, 8:20 PM @ Jezebel Music Showcase upstairs at Pianos, 158 Ludlow St, Manhattan, free
Manson Family Picnic is playing at Resonance, the Jezebel Music showcase event, for our second time. The first time was great and got us a nice little review. Come out and support! In related news, congrats to Manson Family Picnic songwriter Aaron Feinstein for being chosen to play in Jezebel Music's Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competition. He'll be performing in the WLSC at the Lucky Cat, 245 Grand St in Williamsburg, on Sunday, November 16 (time tba) - go cheer him on! And as always, check out more about Manson Family Picnic online at www.myspace.com/mansonfamilypicnic.
Happy voting!
Jeff
P.S. In addition to Aaron, there's a whole bunch of other great songwriters performing in the WLSC this year, several of whom I've played with (Angela Ortiz, Carl Creighton, Eric Margan, Indra Raj, Jason von Kraut, Josh Fox, Julia Ilowiecki, and Michael Wagner). Check out more about the competition, including the full schedule of performers, at www.wlsc2008.com.
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Nov 7-8
from Garrett Fisher, ‘92
MOON IN THE BUCKET
a new opera by Garrett Fisher
A wandering priest employs the moon’s reflection to release a pair of ghosts from their haunted past. Inspired by Zeami’s fourteenth-century Noh play Matsukaze (“wind in the pines”), Moon in the Bucket is an oratorio-style “mood poem” that combines a mix of Japanese modes with Western-style harmonies to create an exquisite sound unique to Fisher’s compositions.
November 7-8, 2008 (Fri-Sat) 8 PM ($18/$12)
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
For tickets contact:
212-868-4444
https://www.smarttix.com/Show.aspx?ShowCode=MOO9
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
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UPCOMING
Jan 2-31
From Philip Koch, ‘70
Philip Koch ('70) will show his contemporary landscape paintings in a solo exhibition at George Billis Gallery from Jan. 2 - 31, '09.
There will be an artist's reception Saturday Jan. 3, 6-8 p.m. that is free open to the public.
Billis Gallery is at 511 W. 25th St. in Chelsea on the ground floor.
212 6452621
www.georgebillis.com
Koch entered Oberlin intending to major in sociology but was so impressed by his first Art History course that he immediately switched his major to Studio Art. He is a Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art.
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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
To the Oberlin Community:
I write to inform you that Sylvan Suskin, professor of music history at Oberlin College from 1968-2001, passed away last Thursday, October 16th, in New York City, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. On behalf of his family, would you please inform the Oberlin College community in New York about my father's passing.
In keeping with his wishes, my family is attempting to organize a memorial concert celebrating my dad's life and his passion for music--a passion he tried so enthusiastically, and at times acrobatically, to impart on his students. Our goal is to have the concert in early-to-mid December 2008. We would so love it if a group of his former students, friends and colleagues could perform some of the pieces that he so cherished.
We would be most grateful if you could email the news of my father's passing to the Oberlin community in NYC (at last count he had over 11,000 students), asking if any of his former students would be interested in attending, and most especially performing, at the event. My father would have been so thrilled to know that his dear students performed at his memorial. We are also looking into various venues in Manhattan to hold the event, but could certainly use any advice the Oberlin community might give us.
Please let any interested students contact me directly at marcsuskin@mac.com or 917.547.3155.
Sincerely,
Marc Suskin and the Suskin family
Condolences should be sent to:
Malou Suskin
142 West End Avenue
Apartment 26V
New York, NY 10023
Thanks.
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Nov 8 - Alumni Family Event at Striking Viking Story Pirates
UPCOMING
Dec 6 - Alumni Tour of the Rubin Art Museum
Jan - Oberlin Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is coming to NYC this January
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Nov 1-23 - Rich Orloff, ‘73, presents new play: SPECIAL OBERLIN DISCOUNT thru Nov 14!!!
Nov 5 - Jeffrey Young performs with Manson Family Picnin
Nov 7, 8 - Garrett Fisher, ‘92, presents a new opera at Judson Memorial Church
UPCOMING
Jan 2-31 - Philip Koch ‘70 art exhibit at George Billis Gallery
Jan 3 - Artist’s reception with Philip Koch ‘70
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Retired professor Sylvan Suskin passed away on Oct 16
______________________________________
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
NOVEMBER 8
STRIKING VIKING STORY PIRATES OBERLIN FAMILY DAY
Announcing a very special Story Pirates show for Oberlin Alumnae and their families!
Kids loan us their written works - everything from comics to novellas to a few barely legible sentences - and we turn those stories into a raucous sketch comedy show with music, puppets, and professional actors. Now it's time for Oberlin to experience the magic of the Story Pirates! Get your tickets today for a special event just for families and friends of Oberlin Alumnae!
November 8, 2pm
at The Drama Book Club
250 W. 40th Street (bet. 7th and 8th Aves.)
Purchase your tickets today online at www.oberlin.edu/alumni/storypirates
For more info on Striking Viking Story Pirates, visit http://www.storypirates.com
BUT WAIT! Is there a kid in YOUR life whose story you'd like to see performed at this show? Send it in!
Stories can be any length and about any topic. They can be handwritten or typed...even illustrated! Young children can dictate their stories to a parent. Some of our best stories have been under 25 words in length. Others are many pages long. Most IMPORTANTLY, we strive to celebrate the imaginations of the kids themselves. We want STORIES IN KIDS OWN WORDS; STORIES NEED NOT (AND SHOULD NOT) BE CORRECTED, EDITED, OR REWRITTEN BY GROWNUPS. They should be submitted in the kids own syntax, exactly as written or dictated. Read all the submission details at http://oberlin.edu/alumni/nyc/.
_____________________________________
UPCOMING
Tour of the Rubin Museum of Art
Saturday, December 6 at 11am
The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, opened its doors in October 2004, and in its short four years has employed more than eight Obies! Come see why Oberlin alumni are attracted to this wonderful institution.
The tour will journey throughout five gallery floors, looking at both highlights of the collection and exhibitions of visiting works, exploring the beauty, interest, religion, culture, and mystery of the Himalayan region.
After the tour, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. tables have been reserved at the Café@RMA.
Space is limited for the tour, so please RSVP by Monday, November 24th online at www.oberlin.edu/alumniRSVP.
All attendees pay $15 which includes general admission and the tour guide.
=============================
The Oberlin Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is coming to NYC this January ...and we are looking for volunteers!
The Entrepreneurship Scholars is an intensive winter term program designed to provide creative and motivated Oberlin students with the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship and begin building a foundation of the practical skills essential to planning and launching a venture. From January 5-9th the program will feature lectures on a variety of topics relating to entrepreneurship, skills-building workshops, and an individual shadow day with a professional relevant to each student.
We are looking for alumni, parents, and friends to contribute in a variety of ways, including:
• Advising: providing feedback and guidance for student ventures;
• Shadow hosting: having a student spend the day with you at your workplace;
• Providing Housing: offering a student lodging in your house or apartment during winter term;
• Spreading the word: we are always looking for recommendations for speakers and workshop leaders.
Please contact Lauren Abendschein '07 at creativity@oberlin.edu to discuss these opportunities. More information on the Entrepreneurship Scholars and other programs offered by the Creativity & Leadership Project is available at oberlin.edu/creativity
_____________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
Nov 1-23
From Rich Orloff, '73
The Foolish Theatre Company presents
FUNNY AS A CRUTCH
nine irreverent comedies about disability
by Rich Orloff '73
Special discount for Oberlin alums: Use ticket code OBIE for performances through November 14, and tickets are only $12!
FUNNY AS A CRUTCH consists of nine short comedies exploring the concept of disability, how it is perceived and what we project onto it. The play is performed by an ensemble of five versatile comedic actors with disabilities. Although I didn't realize it when I started writing the play, such a project (both the script and the cast) is unprecedented. No playwright has ever written a collection of comedies on the subject. As significantly, New York has never seen a comedy whose cast is comprised 100% of actors with disabilities.
It's being presented through November 23 only, by the Foolish Theatre Company, whose motto is "Laughter guaranteed!"
Thu, Fri, Sat at 8 pm; Sunday at 3 pm
bonus performance Mon Nov 10 at 7 pm
The Dorothy Strelsin Theater
(in the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex)
312 W. 36th St., 1st floor
(just west of 8th Avenue)
Tickets $18
(OBIE discount good through Nov 14 only)
Purchase tickets at SmartTix:
www.smarttix.com or (212) 868-4444
For more info, visit www.foolishtheatre.org
============
Nov 5
From Jeffrey Young
Wednesday, November 5 with Manson Family Picnic, 8:20 PM @ Jezebel Music Showcase upstairs at Pianos, 158 Ludlow St, Manhattan, free
Manson Family Picnic is playing at Resonance, the Jezebel Music showcase event, for our second time. The first time was great and got us a nice little review. Come out and support! In related news, congrats to Manson Family Picnic songwriter Aaron Feinstein for being chosen to play in Jezebel Music's Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competition. He'll be performing in the WLSC at the Lucky Cat, 245 Grand St in Williamsburg, on Sunday, November 16 (time tba) - go cheer him on! And as always, check out more about Manson Family Picnic online at www.myspace.com/mansonfamilypicnic.
Happy voting!
Jeff
P.S. In addition to Aaron, there's a whole bunch of other great songwriters performing in the WLSC this year, several of whom I've played with (Angela Ortiz, Carl Creighton, Eric Margan, Indra Raj, Jason von Kraut, Josh Fox, Julia Ilowiecki, and Michael Wagner). Check out more about the competition, including the full schedule of performers, at www.wlsc2008.com.
====================
Nov 7-8
from Garrett Fisher, ‘92
MOON IN THE BUCKET
a new opera by Garrett Fisher
A wandering priest employs the moon’s reflection to release a pair of ghosts from their haunted past. Inspired by Zeami’s fourteenth-century Noh play Matsukaze (“wind in the pines”), Moon in the Bucket is an oratorio-style “mood poem” that combines a mix of Japanese modes with Western-style harmonies to create an exquisite sound unique to Fisher’s compositions.
November 7-8, 2008 (Fri-Sat) 8 PM ($18/$12)
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
For tickets contact:
212-868-4444
https://www.smarttix.com/Show.aspx?ShowCode=MOO9
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
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UPCOMING
Jan 2-31
From Philip Koch, ‘70
Philip Koch ('70) will show his contemporary landscape paintings in a solo exhibition at George Billis Gallery from Jan. 2 - 31, '09.
There will be an artist's reception Saturday Jan. 3, 6-8 p.m. that is free open to the public.
Billis Gallery is at 511 W. 25th St. in Chelsea on the ground floor.
212 6452621
www.georgebillis.com
Koch entered Oberlin intending to major in sociology but was so impressed by his first Art History course that he immediately switched his major to Studio Art. He is a Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art.
_________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
To the Oberlin Community:
I write to inform you that Sylvan Suskin, professor of music history at Oberlin College from 1968-2001, passed away last Thursday, October 16th, in New York City, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. On behalf of his family, would you please inform the Oberlin College community in New York about my father's passing.
In keeping with his wishes, my family is attempting to organize a memorial concert celebrating my dad's life and his passion for music--a passion he tried so enthusiastically, and at times acrobatically, to impart on his students. Our goal is to have the concert in early-to-mid December 2008. We would so love it if a group of his former students, friends and colleagues could perform some of the pieces that he so cherished.
We would be most grateful if you could email the news of my father's passing to the Oberlin community in NYC (at last count he had over 11,000 students), asking if any of his former students would be interested in attending, and most especially performing, at the event. My father would have been so thrilled to know that his dear students performed at his memorial. We are also looking into various venues in Manhattan to hold the event, but could certainly use any advice the Oberlin community might give us.
Please let any interested students contact me directly at marcsuskin@mac.com or 917.547.3155.
Sincerely,
Marc Suskin and the Suskin family
Condolences should be sent to:
Malou Suskin
142 West End Avenue
Apartment 26V
New York, NY 10023
Thanks.
September 11, 2008
September 2008, Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
None this month
UPCOMING
Oct 18-Volunteer with other Oberlin Alumni for New York Cares Day
TBA - Oberlin Authors Book Club resumes with The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross ‘89
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
• Sept 11, 14 - Jeffrey Young announces performances
• Sept 20 - John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
UPCOMING
none now
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
•Roommate Wanted by Megan Whitman ‘05
• Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship
______________________________________
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
_____________________________________
UPCOMING
OBERLIN AUTHORS BOOK CLUB
Please join us once again for the Oberlin Authors Book Club!
This October we are featuring a book by Gwendolen Gross, class of '89 called The Other Mother.
We are lucky to have Gwendolen joining us. Her book, The Other Mother, has had much acclaim.
Here's a website link: www.the-other-mother.com
“an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood.”— Booklist
“The book was amazing. ... As the story continues we truly get to know both Moms. OMG – I loved them both. I hated them both. I wanted to hug them both. I wanted to shake them both. I wanted to crawl into the pages and bang THEIR heads together. There was so much of ME in both of them.”
— My Life As It Is book review of The Other Mother
Featured in the USA Today, the New York Daily News, the Toronto Star, Redbook, OK! Magazine, and on National Public Radio, the selection of four national book clubs including the Book of the Month club, with a 5-star review from Amazon.com. Read more mom blog book reviews here.
The Other Mother is a best Jersey book of 2007 by Jersey Writers, a best book of the year by the RoleMommy blog, a book of the week on Amazon, and is on the Amazon bestsellers list (Women’s Friendship).
The time and place for the book club meeting will be announced shortly.
Gwendolen says Amazon is the easiest and the least expensive place to buy the book.
If you have any questions about the book club, or would like to be put on our separate book club mailing list, please contact me directly at KJK11B@aol.com
Many thanks,
Katherine J. Kornblau
Oberlin Alumni Regional Coordinator
===========================
Volunteer with other Oberlin Alumni for New York Cares Day on
Saturday, October 18, 2008!
WHAT: Oberlin College NYC Alumni are forming a team for New York
Cares Day and we want you to participate! Be one of 8,000 New Yorkers
to paint a brighter future for New York City students. In just one
day, Team Oberlin will help perform vital tasks to create great
learning environments for students. This event is planned and
managed by New York Cares, New York City's leading volunteer
organization.
WHEN: Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Please
register by Friday, October 10, 2008!
We will be helping to complete hundreds of tasks including:
*paint colorful murals;
*add bright new line games to playgrounds;
*organize school libraries;
*plant flowers;
*perform other tasks that will directly impact over 88,000 NYC
public school students.
The day will be fun and productive, and when all the hard work is
done, we'll celebrate our accomplishments with some pizza at a pizza
place yet to be determined.
WHERE: The location will be assigned to us by New York Cares closer
to the day of the event.
HOW to join Team Oberlin:
1. Go to http://www.newyorkcaresday.org.
2. Click "Join an existing team"
3. Select our team name "Team OBERLIN" from the pull-down menu.
Please register by Friday, October 10, 2008!
COST: There is no cost to participate. If you would like to donate to
New York Cares you will be given that opportunity during the sign-up
process. You can also solicit others to donate, as the event is also
a fund-raising event for NY Cares.
If you have any questions, please contact Mei Song at meiysong@gmail.com
_____________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
September 20
John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
I’m leading a volunteer effort to clean up the shoreline at East River State Park in Brooklyn on September 20, 2008. Every Oberlin graduate who cares about the environment is cordially invited to join me.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. East River State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
WHERE:
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211
WHEN:
September 20, 2008
10:30 am
(Rain date is September 21)
REGISTER: Please email John Hunka at jkhunka@ix.netcom.com
DIRECTIONS:
By car: Brooklyn Queens Expressway to Metropolitan Avenue exit; west on
N. 8th Street to park entrance on Kent Avenue.
By subway: L line to Bedford Avenue exit; walk 3 blocks west to Kent
Avenue, one block north to N. 8th Street entrance
Walking: Head to Kent Avenue at the East River waterfront. The park
entrance is at N. 8th Street.
______________________________________
UPCOMING
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
None this month
UPCOMING
Oct 18-Volunteer with other Oberlin Alumni for New York Cares Day
TBA - Oberlin Authors Book Club resumes with The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross ‘89
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
• Sept 11, 14 - Jeffrey Young announces performances
• Sept 20 - John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
UPCOMING
none now
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
•Roommate Wanted by Megan Whitman ‘05
• Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship
______________________________________
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
_____________________________________
UPCOMING
OBERLIN AUTHORS BOOK CLUB
Please join us once again for the Oberlin Authors Book Club!
This October we are featuring a book by Gwendolen Gross, class of '89 called The Other Mother.
We are lucky to have Gwendolen joining us. Her book, The Other Mother, has had much acclaim.
Here's a website link: www.the-other-mother.com
“an electrifyingly complex and explosively gripping portrait of contemporary, have-it-all motherhood.”— Booklist
“The book was amazing. ... As the story continues we truly get to know both Moms. OMG – I loved them both. I hated them both. I wanted to hug them both. I wanted to shake them both. I wanted to crawl into the pages and bang THEIR heads together. There was so much of ME in both of them.”
— My Life As It Is book review of The Other Mother
Featured in the USA Today, the New York Daily News, the Toronto Star, Redbook, OK! Magazine, and on National Public Radio, the selection of four national book clubs including the Book of the Month club, with a 5-star review from Amazon.com. Read more mom blog book reviews here.
The Other Mother is a best Jersey book of 2007 by Jersey Writers, a best book of the year by the RoleMommy blog, a book of the week on Amazon, and is on the Amazon bestsellers list (Women’s Friendship).
The time and place for the book club meeting will be announced shortly.
Gwendolen says Amazon is the easiest and the least expensive place to buy the book.
If you have any questions about the book club, or would like to be put on our separate book club mailing list, please contact me directly at KJK11B@aol.com
Many thanks,
Katherine J. Kornblau
Oberlin Alumni Regional Coordinator
===========================
Volunteer with other Oberlin Alumni for New York Cares Day on
Saturday, October 18, 2008!
WHAT: Oberlin College NYC Alumni are forming a team for New York
Cares Day and we want you to participate! Be one of 8,000 New Yorkers
to paint a brighter future for New York City students. In just one
day, Team Oberlin will help perform vital tasks to create great
learning environments for students. This event is planned and
managed by New York Cares, New York City's leading volunteer
organization.
WHEN: Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Please
register by Friday, October 10, 2008!
We will be helping to complete hundreds of tasks including:
*paint colorful murals;
*add bright new line games to playgrounds;
*organize school libraries;
*plant flowers;
*perform other tasks that will directly impact over 88,000 NYC
public school students.
The day will be fun and productive, and when all the hard work is
done, we'll celebrate our accomplishments with some pizza at a pizza
place yet to be determined.
WHERE: The location will be assigned to us by New York Cares closer
to the day of the event.
HOW to join Team Oberlin:
1. Go to http://www.newyorkcaresday.org.
2. Click "Join an existing team"
3. Select our team name "Team OBERLIN" from the pull-down menu.
Please register by Friday, October 10, 2008!
COST: There is no cost to participate. If you would like to donate to
New York Cares you will be given that opportunity during the sign-up
process. You can also solicit others to donate, as the event is also
a fund-raising event for NY Cares.
If you have any questions, please contact Mei Song at meiysong@gmail.com
_____________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
September 20
John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
I’m leading a volunteer effort to clean up the shoreline at East River State Park in Brooklyn on September 20, 2008. Every Oberlin graduate who cares about the environment is cordially invited to join me.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. East River State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
WHERE:
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211
WHEN:
September 20, 2008
10:30 am
(Rain date is September 21)
REGISTER: Please email John Hunka at jkhunka@ix.netcom.com
DIRECTIONS:
By car: Brooklyn Queens Expressway to Metropolitan Avenue exit; west on
N. 8th Street to park entrance on Kent Avenue.
By subway: L line to Bedford Avenue exit; walk 3 blocks west to Kent
Avenue, one block north to N. 8th Street entrance
Walking: Head to Kent Avenue at the East River waterfront. The park
entrance is at N. 8th Street.
______________________________________
UPCOMING
none right now
_________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
ROOMMATE WANTED
From Megan Whitman
Megan Whitman '05 is looking for a roommate to join her in a newly gut-renovated 2-bedroom apartment in the lovely Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan starting September 1st. Rent is very affordable and less than 20 minutes subway ride to midtown! Please email megan.whitman@gmail.com for details.
=====================
OFFER AN OBERLIN STUDENT A WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Please consider offering a Winter Term internship to a current Oberlin student. A Winter Term internship (the month of January) presents an opportunity for you to share information about your profession, provide career mentoring, and offer exposure to an occupational field of interest. In return you get an eager assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!
New York City is Oberlin’s most popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students’ experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year over 50 students excelled in fields such as art, music, theater, law, finance, education, social service, public policy, and publishing. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own!
Nathan Elton, Associate Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the entire internship process and is available to answer any questions that you may have about drafting an internship description, developing intern roles and responsibilities, and selecting an intern. He can be reached at: Nathan.elton@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8847. Please contact him at your earliest convenience, or, if you are ready to submit a Winter Term internship visit:http://www.oberlin.edu/career/WT/wtinternshipform.html
One final note, the Office of Career Services is always interested in sharing your summer internship and post-graduation opportunities with students. If you have a position that you would like to post please visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Employers/post_position.html
Thank you!
- Nathan Elton & the Office of Career Services, Oberlin College
_________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
ROOMMATE WANTED
From Megan Whitman
Megan Whitman '05 is looking for a roommate to join her in a newly gut-renovated 2-bedroom apartment in the lovely Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan starting September 1st. Rent is very affordable and less than 20 minutes subway ride to midtown! Please email megan.whitman@gmail.com for details.
=====================
OFFER AN OBERLIN STUDENT A WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Please consider offering a Winter Term internship to a current Oberlin student. A Winter Term internship (the month of January) presents an opportunity for you to share information about your profession, provide career mentoring, and offer exposure to an occupational field of interest. In return you get an eager assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!
New York City is Oberlin’s most popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students’ experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year over 50 students excelled in fields such as art, music, theater, law, finance, education, social service, public policy, and publishing. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own!
Nathan Elton, Associate Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the entire internship process and is available to answer any questions that you may have about drafting an internship description, developing intern roles and responsibilities, and selecting an intern. He can be reached at: Nathan.elton@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8847. Please contact him at your earliest convenience, or, if you are ready to submit a Winter Term internship visit:http://www.oberlin.edu/career/WT/wtinternshipform.html
One final note, the Office of Career Services is always interested in sharing your summer internship and post-graduation opportunities with students. If you have a position that you would like to post please visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Employers/post_position.html
Thank you!
- Nathan Elton & the Office of Career Services, Oberlin College
August 12, 2008
August 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
None this month
UPCOMING
TBA
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
• Aug 13, 14, 17, 22, 23 - Jeffrey Lependorf’s chamber opera at the Fringe Festival
• Aug 15, 29 - Theo Croker performs jazz at The Rubin Museum
• Aug 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 - Countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum in Monteverdi’s “Poppea”
UPCOMING
• September 20 - John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship
______________________________________
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
_____________________________________
UPCOMING
TBA
_____________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
Aug 13, 14, 17, 22, 23
From Jeffrey Lependorf '84
It's Dressmaking, But Not NICE Dressmaking
At last, "Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera)," Jeffrey Lependorf's (Obie '84) fashion forward operatic love letter to "Project Runway's" Tim Gunn, is coming to the New York International Fringe Festival!
Starring the hysterically funny and velvet-voiced John Schenkel (Obie '83), with artful direction from Linda Lehr, you'll want to buy tickets RIGHT AWAY as it will surely sell out. Why, it's already been featured in advance notice pieces on Theatre.com, Playbill.com, Broadway.com, and New York Daily News and tickets are on sale NOW. So don't delay!
Order tickets (only $15) here: http://www.fringenyc.org/
Just look up "Tim Gunn's Podcast" there and purchase away.
Here's the schedule:
Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera)
At the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival
Performances at THE JAZZ GALLERY
290 Hudson Street (#1 to Houston, or C / E to Spring St.)
Wednesday 8/13 at 8:15 pm
Thursday 8/14 at 6:00 pm
Sunday 8/17 at 4:30 pm
Friday 8/22 at 5:15 pm
Saturday 8/23 at 10:00 pm
From the press release (in case you still need convincing):
Reality television meets chamber opera: In Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera) a singing "Tim Gunn" reveals the behind-the-scenes, nail-biting story of how Kayne, Jeffrey, Vincent and Angela battle it out designing a gown for Miss USA — with piano accompaniment! Based on Tim Gunn's actual Project Runway podcast of the infamous "Miss USA Pageant" episode of season three, the production is hysterically funny and truly gripping. The show features baritone John Schenkel singing the role of Tim Gunn, with composer Jeffrey Lependorf at the piano, directed by Linda Lehr. Schenkel's velvety baritone has been enjoyed in opera houses from Berlin to Brooklyn, and Lependorf's music has been performed around the globe (literally! — a recording of one of his works traveled for a year aboard the Mir space station); Alex Ross of The New York Times has described his work as "mesmerizing." Linda Lehr is the Principal Director of Regina Opera and well known to audiences of opera-theater. Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera) was created for the 30th anniversary of the Cornelia Street Café, where it premiered with a single performance last August, and has only been performed once since, at a private Fashion Week party at a tony penthouse apartment in NYC.
===================================
Aug 15, 29
Theo Croker performs at The Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum of Art, dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, is holding a series of jazz concerts this summer featuring a number of Oberlin alumni during their free Friday night K2 lounge hours. Concerts are held in their world class theater and tickets give you access to the gallery floors, holding a stunning collection of Himalayan art.
The museum is located at 150 West 17th street between 6th and 7th.
All concerts start at 7:00pm, tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door.
Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper
Drummer Winard Harper continues to innovate musically while remaining reverential to his predecessors. He is known for his prowess with a drum set as well as the balafon, the West African equivalent of the marimba.
For more than sixty years, Benny Powell has been the consummate sideman, playing with Lionel Hampton, the Basie Band, and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. The versatile trombonist plays across styles and genres. He teaches at The New School for Jazz and the Performing Arts.
Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave
Master jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave collaborated extensively with Ray Charles. He is known not only for his work as an artist but also as a mentor to a new generation of jazz musicians. Belgrave emphasizes technique as well as improvisation to his students at Oberlin College.
==================================
Aug 21, 22, 25, 26, 27
Countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum in Opera Omnia's production of
Claudio Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea
See yesterday's feature article on the cover of the Arts section in
the New York Times
Fully staged, in English, at:
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker St., New York City
[site of the old Village Gate]
August 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM
Preview/open dress on August 20
Doors and bar open at 6:30, show starts at 7:30
Duration approximately 180 minutes including 2 intermissions
Tickets:
$25 general admission (theater-style seating, no tables)
$10 bar/mezzanine box (2-drink minimum for bar/mezzanine seats only)
$200 private table (seats up to 5)
Preview/Open dress on August 20, $5 cover, 2-drink minimum, available only at the door
To purchase, click below or call Le Poisson Rouge at 212-796-0741.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/8035
Please note that all times listed are times for door opening. Performances will begin at 7:30 PM.
http://www.operaomnia.com for more details.
______________________________________
UPCOMING
September 20
John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
I’m leading a volunteer effort to clean up the shoreline at East River State Park in Brooklyn on September 20, 2008. Every Oberlin graduate who cares about the environment is cordially invited to join me.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from
oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. East River State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
WHERE:
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211
WHEN:
September 20, 2008
10:30 am
(Rain date is September 21)
REGISTER: Please email John Hunka at jkhunka@ix.netcom.com
DIRECTIONS:
By car: Brooklyn Queens Expressway to Metropolitan Avenue exit; west on
N. 8th Street to park entrance on Kent Avenue.
By subway: L line to Bedford Avenue exit; walk 3 blocks west to Kent
Avenue, one block north to N. 8th Street entrance
Walking: Head to Kent Avenue at the East River waterfront. The park
entrance is at N. 8th Street.
_________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
OFFER AN OBERLIN STUDENT A WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Please consider offering a Winter Term internship to a current Oberlin student. A Winter Term internship (the month of January) presents an opportunity for you to share information about your profession, provide career mentoring, and offer exposure to an occupational field of interest. In return you get an eager assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!
New York City is Oberlin’s most popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students’ experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year over 50 students excelled in fields such as art, music, theater, law, finance, education, social service, public policy, and publishing. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own!
Nathan Elton, Associate Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the entire internship process and is available to answer any questions that you may have about drafting an internship description, developing intern roles and responsibilities, and selecting an intern. He can be reached at: Nathan.elton@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8847. Please contact him at your earliest convenience, or, if you are ready to submit a Winter Term internship visit:http://www.oberlin.edu/career/WT/wtinternshipform.html
One final note, the Office of Career Services is always interested in sharing your summer internship and post-graduation opportunities with students. If you have a position that you would like to post please visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Employers/post_position.html
Thank you!
- Nathan Elton & the Office of Career Services, Oberlin College
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
None this month
UPCOMING
TBA
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
• Aug 13, 14, 17, 22, 23 - Jeffrey Lependorf’s chamber opera at the Fringe Festival
• Aug 15, 29 - Theo Croker performs jazz at The Rubin Museum
• Aug 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 - Countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum in Monteverdi’s “Poppea”
UPCOMING
• September 20 - John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship
______________________________________
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
_____________________________________
UPCOMING
TBA
_____________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
Aug 13, 14, 17, 22, 23
From Jeffrey Lependorf '84
It's Dressmaking, But Not NICE Dressmaking
At last, "Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera)," Jeffrey Lependorf's (Obie '84) fashion forward operatic love letter to "Project Runway's" Tim Gunn, is coming to the New York International Fringe Festival!
Starring the hysterically funny and velvet-voiced John Schenkel (Obie '83), with artful direction from Linda Lehr, you'll want to buy tickets RIGHT AWAY as it will surely sell out. Why, it's already been featured in advance notice pieces on Theatre.com, Playbill.com, Broadway.com, and New York Daily News and tickets are on sale NOW. So don't delay!
Order tickets (only $15) here: http://www.fringenyc.org/
Just look up "Tim Gunn's Podcast" there and purchase away.
Here's the schedule:
Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera)
At the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival
Performances at THE JAZZ GALLERY
290 Hudson Street (#1 to Houston, or C / E to Spring St.)
Wednesday 8/13 at 8:15 pm
Thursday 8/14 at 6:00 pm
Sunday 8/17 at 4:30 pm
Friday 8/22 at 5:15 pm
Saturday 8/23 at 10:00 pm
From the press release (in case you still need convincing):
Reality television meets chamber opera: In Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera) a singing "Tim Gunn" reveals the behind-the-scenes, nail-biting story of how Kayne, Jeffrey, Vincent and Angela battle it out designing a gown for Miss USA — with piano accompaniment! Based on Tim Gunn's actual Project Runway podcast of the infamous "Miss USA Pageant" episode of season three, the production is hysterically funny and truly gripping. The show features baritone John Schenkel singing the role of Tim Gunn, with composer Jeffrey Lependorf at the piano, directed by Linda Lehr. Schenkel's velvety baritone has been enjoyed in opera houses from Berlin to Brooklyn, and Lependorf's music has been performed around the globe (literally! — a recording of one of his works traveled for a year aboard the Mir space station); Alex Ross of The New York Times has described his work as "mesmerizing." Linda Lehr is the Principal Director of Regina Opera and well known to audiences of opera-theater. Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera) was created for the 30th anniversary of the Cornelia Street Café, where it premiered with a single performance last August, and has only been performed once since, at a private Fashion Week party at a tony penthouse apartment in NYC.
===================================
Aug 15, 29
Theo Croker performs at The Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum of Art, dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, is holding a series of jazz concerts this summer featuring a number of Oberlin alumni during their free Friday night K2 lounge hours. Concerts are held in their world class theater and tickets give you access to the gallery floors, holding a stunning collection of Himalayan art.
The museum is located at 150 West 17th street between 6th and 7th.
All concerts start at 7:00pm, tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door.
Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper
Drummer Winard Harper continues to innovate musically while remaining reverential to his predecessors. He is known for his prowess with a drum set as well as the balafon, the West African equivalent of the marimba.
For more than sixty years, Benny Powell has been the consummate sideman, playing with Lionel Hampton, the Basie Band, and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. The versatile trombonist plays across styles and genres. He teaches at The New School for Jazz and the Performing Arts.
Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave
Master jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave collaborated extensively with Ray Charles. He is known not only for his work as an artist but also as a mentor to a new generation of jazz musicians. Belgrave emphasizes technique as well as improvisation to his students at Oberlin College.
==================================
Aug 21, 22, 25, 26, 27
Countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum in Opera Omnia's production of
Claudio Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea
See yesterday's feature article on the cover of the Arts section in
the New York Times
Fully staged, in English, at:
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker St., New York City
[site of the old Village Gate]
August 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM
Preview/open dress on August 20
Doors and bar open at 6:30, show starts at 7:30
Duration approximately 180 minutes including 2 intermissions
Tickets:
$25 general admission (theater-style seating, no tables)
$10 bar/mezzanine box (2-drink minimum for bar/mezzanine seats only)
$200 private table (seats up to 5)
Preview/Open dress on August 20, $5 cover, 2-drink minimum, available only at the door
To purchase, click below or call Le Poisson Rouge at 212-796-0741.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/8035
Please note that all times listed are times for door opening. Performances will begin at 7:30 PM.
http://www.operaomnia.com for more details.
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UPCOMING
September 20
John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
I’m leading a volunteer effort to clean up the shoreline at East River State Park in Brooklyn on September 20, 2008. Every Oberlin graduate who cares about the environment is cordially invited to join me.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from
oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. East River State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
WHERE:
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211
WHEN:
September 20, 2008
10:30 am
(Rain date is September 21)
REGISTER: Please email John Hunka at jkhunka@ix.netcom.com
DIRECTIONS:
By car: Brooklyn Queens Expressway to Metropolitan Avenue exit; west on
N. 8th Street to park entrance on Kent Avenue.
By subway: L line to Bedford Avenue exit; walk 3 blocks west to Kent
Avenue, one block north to N. 8th Street entrance
Walking: Head to Kent Avenue at the East River waterfront. The park
entrance is at N. 8th Street.
_________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
OFFER AN OBERLIN STUDENT A WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Please consider offering a Winter Term internship to a current Oberlin student. A Winter Term internship (the month of January) presents an opportunity for you to share information about your profession, provide career mentoring, and offer exposure to an occupational field of interest. In return you get an eager assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!
New York City is Oberlin’s most popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students’ experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year over 50 students excelled in fields such as art, music, theater, law, finance, education, social service, public policy, and publishing. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own!
Nathan Elton, Associate Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the entire internship process and is available to answer any questions that you may have about drafting an internship description, developing intern roles and responsibilities, and selecting an intern. He can be reached at: Nathan.elton@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8847. Please contact him at your earliest convenience, or, if you are ready to submit a Winter Term internship visit:http://www.oberlin.edu/career/WT/wtinternshipform.html
One final note, the Office of Career Services is always interested in sharing your summer internship and post-graduation opportunities with students. If you have a position that you would like to post please visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Employers/post_position.html
Thank you!
- Nathan Elton & the Office of Career Services, Oberlin College
July 15, 2008
July 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
None this month
UPCOMING
TBA
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
• July 17 - Jen Abrams performs new dance at Dixon Place
• July 16-Aug 2 - Patricia Comstack '98 performs in Shakespearean fairy tale for adults
• July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 - Theo Croker performs jazz at The Rubin Museum
UPCOMING
• September 20 - John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship
• Kelly Smith ('01) is a Licensed Acupuncturist!
• Asya Ollis (Con '96) invites all Obies to enjoy local sustainable food and wine at The Green Table in Chelsea Market, where she is the new General Manager.
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
None this month
UPCOMING
TBA
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
• July 17 - Jen Abrams performs new dance at Dixon Place
• July 16-Aug 2 - Patricia Comstack '98 performs in Shakespearean fairy tale for adults
• July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 - Theo Croker performs jazz at The Rubin Museum
UPCOMING
• September 20 - John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship
• Kelly Smith ('01) is a Licensed Acupuncturist!
• Asya Ollis (Con '96) invites all Obies to enjoy local sustainable food and wine at The Green Table in Chelsea Market, where she is the new General Manager.
• Evan Hause's opera is now available for viewing on YouTube.com
• Baby Sitter Needed by Andrea Frisch, '83
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ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
_________________________________________________
UPCOMING
TBA
_________________________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
July 17
Jen Abrams
With Jessica Dellecave and Jessica Ames
Studies #5 & 6 for
Most of This Is True
Dixon Place
Thursday, July 17th, 8pm
258 Bowery, 2nd floor
Between Houston and Prince
F to 2nd Ave
A woman struggles physically with an absence at her kitchen table, while haunted by a past that may or may not have happened.
Two women move through the well-worn space of a long-term relationship.
Shared bill with Barbara Mahler and Laryssa Husiak
---------------------------------------------
July 16-Aug 2
• Baby Sitter Needed by Andrea Frisch, '83
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_________________________________________________
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
_________________________________________________
UPCOMING
TBA
_________________________________________________
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
July 17
Jen Abrams
With Jessica Dellecave and Jessica Ames
Studies #5 & 6 for
Most of This Is True
Dixon Place
Thursday, July 17th, 8pm
258 Bowery, 2nd floor
Between Houston and Prince
F to 2nd Ave
A woman struggles physically with an absence at her kitchen table, while haunted by a past that may or may not have happened.
Two women move through the well-worn space of a long-term relationship.
Shared bill with Barbara Mahler and Laryssa Husiak
---------------------------------------------
July 16-Aug 2
From Patricia Comstack '98
PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
a Big, Epic, Naked, Ridiculous Shakespearean Fairy Tale for Adults
When King Kartoffelpuffen gives the kingdom to his son Tater and marries off his other kids for peace, Prince Trevor trades places with his servant Grumbelino to escape his fate with Queen Bluebella and her harem of eunuchs. Seeking his true love, Toby the stable boy, Trevor meets warriors, muses, and the elusive Elephants of Style.
Award-winning play by Duncan Pflaster **
FEATURING: Eric C. Bailey*, Ben Beckley, Patricia Comstock (OC '98), Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Kevaughn Harvey, Kelly Nichols, Jonathan Weirich, Jess Cassidy White
WARNING: Contains crude profanity, full-frontal nudity, and iambic pentameter, and is therefore unsuitable for children.
Wed July 16 @ 9:00 <== FREE BEER on opening night! Sat July 19 @ 6:15 Tue July 22 @ 6:30 Fri July 25 @ 9:30 Mon July 28 @ 8:30 Sat August 2 @ 9:30 Midtown International Theater Festival June Havoc Theater: 312 W 36th St, 1st Flr $18 | 90 minutes | TicketCentral.com
Duncan is a long-time member of the playwriting workshop led by Elana Gartner Golden (OC '98, ElanaGartner.com). He's one of my favorite playwrights! I was Titania in his "Thyme of the Season" ("Midsummer" sequel) and I'm SUPER-CHARGED to get to play with another of his hilarious, clever, and insightful scripts! (OC alumnus Rich Orloff is good like that, too. Get your giggle on at RichOrloff.com!)
-- Tricia (OC '98)
PatriciaComstock.com
PS - I play a Grace and "Dymphna -- a slut"!! OMG!
Equity-Approved Showcase * Member, Actors Equity ** Won "Best New Play" Spotlight On Award, and was nominated for "Best Reading" and "Best Supporting Actor - Jess Cassidy White."
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July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29
Theo Croker performs at The Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum of Art, dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, is holding a series of jazz concerts this summer featuring a number of Oberlin alumni during their free Friday night K2 lounge hours. Concerts are held in their world class theater and tickets give you access to the gallery floors, holding a stunning collection of Himalayan art.
PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
a Big, Epic, Naked, Ridiculous Shakespearean Fairy Tale for Adults
When King Kartoffelpuffen gives the kingdom to his son Tater and marries off his other kids for peace, Prince Trevor trades places with his servant Grumbelino to escape his fate with Queen Bluebella and her harem of eunuchs. Seeking his true love, Toby the stable boy, Trevor meets warriors, muses, and the elusive Elephants of Style.
Award-winning play by Duncan Pflaster **
FEATURING: Eric C. Bailey*, Ben Beckley, Patricia Comstock (OC '98), Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Kevaughn Harvey, Kelly Nichols, Jonathan Weirich, Jess Cassidy White
WARNING: Contains crude profanity, full-frontal nudity, and iambic pentameter, and is therefore unsuitable for children.
Wed July 16 @ 9:00 <== FREE BEER on opening night! Sat July 19 @ 6:15 Tue July 22 @ 6:30 Fri July 25 @ 9:30 Mon July 28 @ 8:30 Sat August 2 @ 9:30 Midtown International Theater Festival June Havoc Theater: 312 W 36th St, 1st Flr $18 | 90 minutes | TicketCentral.com
Duncan is a long-time member of the playwriting workshop led by Elana Gartner Golden (OC '98, ElanaGartner.com). He's one of my favorite playwrights! I was Titania in his "Thyme of the Season" ("Midsummer" sequel) and I'm SUPER-CHARGED to get to play with another of his hilarious, clever, and insightful scripts! (OC alumnus Rich Orloff is good like that, too. Get your giggle on at RichOrloff.com!)
-- Tricia (OC '98)
PatriciaComstock.com
PS - I play a Grace and "Dymphna -- a slut"!! OMG!
Equity-Approved Showcase * Member, Actors Equity ** Won "Best New Play" Spotlight On Award, and was nominated for "Best Reading" and "Best Supporting Actor - Jess Cassidy White."
------------------------------------------
July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29
Theo Croker performs at The Rubin Museum
The Rubin Museum of Art, dedicated to the arts of the Himalayas, is holding a series of jazz concerts this summer featuring a number of Oberlin alumni during their free Friday night K2 lounge hours. Concerts are held in their world class theater and tickets give you access to the gallery floors, holding a stunning collection of Himalayan art.
The museum is located at 150 West 17th street between 6th and 7th.
All concerts start at 7:00pm, tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door.
July 11 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Wycliffe Gordon
Virtuoso trumpeter and grandson of the late Doc Cheatham, Theo Croker ‘07 studied with Donald Byrd, Marcus Belgrave, and Billy Hart at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Of his pupil, Donald Byrd once said, "I would place Theo in a class of musicians who will redirect the flow, change and alter the current of today’s New Jazz." Croker’s first album, The Fundamentals, was recorded with a grant from the Presser Music Foundation.
Wycliffe Gordon is a musician, conductor, and composer who performs hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. He twice received the Jazz Journalist Association’s Award for Trombonist of the Year.
July 18 - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet Featuring Theo Croker
The Jimmy Cobb Quartet is led by celebrated jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb. The last surviving player of Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue session, Jimmy Cobb has worked extensively with a wide-range of artists. His timing, unique style, and unsurpassed experience have earned Cobb the reputation as a legendary statesman of jazz.
Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper
Drummer Winard Harper continues to innovate musically while remaining reverential to his predecessors. He is known for his prowess with a drum set as well as the balafon, the West African equivalent of the marimba.
For more than sixty years, Benny Powell has been the consummate sideman, playing with Lionel Hampton, the Basie Band, and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. The versatile trombonist plays across styles and genres. He teaches at The New School for Jazz and the Performing Arts.
Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave
Master jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave collaborated extensively with Ray Charles. He is known not only for his work as an artist but also as a mentor to a new generation of jazz musicians. Belgrave emphasizes technique as well as improvisation to his students at Oberlin College.
_________________________________________________
UPCOMING
September 20
John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
I’m leading a volunteer effort to clean up the shoreline at East River State Park in Brooklyn on September 20, 2008. Every Oberlin graduate who cares about the environment is cordially invited to join me.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from
oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. East River State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
WHERE:
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211
WHEN:
September 20, 2008
10:30 am
(Rain date is September 21)
REGISTER: Please email John Hunka at jkhunka@ix.netcom.com
DIRECTIONS:
By car: Brooklyn Queens Expressway to Metropolitan Avenue exit; west on
N. 8th Street to park entrance on Kent Avenue.
By subway: L line to Bedford Avenue exit; walk 3 blocks west to Kent
Avenue, one block north to N. 8th Street entrance
Walking: Head to Kent Avenue at the East River waterfront. The park
entrance is at N. 8th Street.
_________________________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
OFFER AN OBERLIN STUDENT A WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Please consider offering a Winter Term internship to a current Oberlin student. A Winter Term internship (the month of January) presents an opportunity for you to share information about your profession, provide career mentoring, and offer exposure to an occupational field of interest. In return you get an eager assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!
New York City is Oberlin’s most popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students’ experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year over 50 students excelled in fields such as art, music, theater, law, finance, education, social service, public policy, and publishing. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own!
Nathan Elton, Associate Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the entire internship process and is available to answer any questions that you may have about drafting an internship description, developing intern roles and responsibilities, and selecting an intern. He can be reached at: Nathan.elton@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8847. Please contact him at your earliest convenience, or, if you are ready to submit a Winter Term internship visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/WT/wtinternshipform.html
One final note, the Office of Career Services is always interested in sharing your summer internship and post-graduation opportunities with students. If you have a position that you would like to post please visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Employers/post_position.html
Thank you!
- Nathan Elton & the Office of Career Services, Oberlin College
--------------------------------
Kelly Smith ('01) is a Licensed Acupuncturist!
Kelly has received her master's of acupuncture,and is ready to treat you. She is making house calls in some parts of the city, and can also see you at her office in the Union Square/Gramercy area. Her training includes three styles--Kiiko Matsumoto style of Japanese acupuncture, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and APM (Acupuncture Physical Medicine--trigger point therapy). Please call her for more info, and remember---acupuncture can treat pretty much ANYthing.
kellyesmith@gmail.com
718.288.3162
-----------------------------------
Asya Ollis ( '96) invites all Obies to enjoy local sustainable food and wine at The Green Table in Chelsea Market, where she is the new General Manager.
Devoted to organic ingredients, local farms and artisanal producers, the chef creates new specials daily such as:
Squash Blossom Tempura,
Grilled Lamb with Blueberry Demi-Glace,
Grilled Cheese with Raw Milk Cheddar and Strawberry Compote
Vegan Farm Plate (changes weekly)
Also enjoy out-of-this world homemade ice creams like wildflower honey, buttermilk and strawberry moscato!
Drinks, also from organic and sustainable sources, include 22 wines by the glass, organic vodka, gin and beer.
The Green Table, located in Chelsea Market directly across from the waterfall, serves lunch and dinner Mon - Sat from noon - 10pm, and an a la carte brunch on Sundays from 11-5pm. The small intimate setting includes tables for two as well as communal farm tables. Bring friends and family...or come enjoy by yourself!
For more info, visit www.cleaverco.com or email gtmanager@cleaverco.com.
For reservations call 212-741-6623.
-----------------------------------
From Evan Hause
The entire First Act of my opera "Man: Biology of a Fall" is available for viewing at YouTube:
www.youtube.com/gpthoss
If you click on "more info" in the box in the upper right, you can also follow the libretto.
Have a continuing nice summer,
Evan
www.hausemusic.com
www.myspace.com/evanhause
-----------------------------------
Baby Sitter Needed from Andrea Frisch, '83
Babysitter needed for a 17 month old. Upper East Side, Manhattan. Spanish-speaking ideal but not required. Please email belmont83@aol.com or call (212) 879-8317. Andrea, OC '83
July 11 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Wycliffe Gordon
Virtuoso trumpeter and grandson of the late Doc Cheatham, Theo Croker ‘07 studied with Donald Byrd, Marcus Belgrave, and Billy Hart at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Of his pupil, Donald Byrd once said, "I would place Theo in a class of musicians who will redirect the flow, change and alter the current of today’s New Jazz." Croker’s first album, The Fundamentals, was recorded with a grant from the Presser Music Foundation.
Wycliffe Gordon is a musician, conductor, and composer who performs hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. He twice received the Jazz Journalist Association’s Award for Trombonist of the Year.
July 18 - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet Featuring Theo Croker
The Jimmy Cobb Quartet is led by celebrated jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb. The last surviving player of Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue session, Jimmy Cobb has worked extensively with a wide-range of artists. His timing, unique style, and unsurpassed experience have earned Cobb the reputation as a legendary statesman of jazz.
Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper
Drummer Winard Harper continues to innovate musically while remaining reverential to his predecessors. He is known for his prowess with a drum set as well as the balafon, the West African equivalent of the marimba.
For more than sixty years, Benny Powell has been the consummate sideman, playing with Lionel Hampton, the Basie Band, and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. The versatile trombonist plays across styles and genres. He teaches at The New School for Jazz and the Performing Arts.
Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker ‘07 Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave
Master jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave collaborated extensively with Ray Charles. He is known not only for his work as an artist but also as a mentor to a new generation of jazz musicians. Belgrave emphasizes technique as well as improvisation to his students at Oberlin College.
_________________________________________________
UPCOMING
September 20
John Hunka ‘85 invites you to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup
I’m leading a volunteer effort to clean up the shoreline at East River State Park in Brooklyn on September 20, 2008. Every Oberlin graduate who cares about the environment is cordially invited to join me.
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from
oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. East River State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
WHERE:
East River State Park
90 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211
WHEN:
September 20, 2008
10:30 am
(Rain date is September 21)
REGISTER: Please email John Hunka at jkhunka@ix.netcom.com
DIRECTIONS:
By car: Brooklyn Queens Expressway to Metropolitan Avenue exit; west on
N. 8th Street to park entrance on Kent Avenue.
By subway: L line to Bedford Avenue exit; walk 3 blocks west to Kent
Avenue, one block north to N. 8th Street entrance
Walking: Head to Kent Avenue at the East River waterfront. The park
entrance is at N. 8th Street.
_________________________________________________
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
OFFER AN OBERLIN STUDENT A WINTER TERM INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Please consider offering a Winter Term internship to a current Oberlin student. A Winter Term internship (the month of January) presents an opportunity for you to share information about your profession, provide career mentoring, and offer exposure to an occupational field of interest. In return you get an eager assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!
New York City is Oberlin’s most popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students’ experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year over 50 students excelled in fields such as art, music, theater, law, finance, education, social service, public policy, and publishing. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own!
Nathan Elton, Associate Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the entire internship process and is available to answer any questions that you may have about drafting an internship description, developing intern roles and responsibilities, and selecting an intern. He can be reached at: Nathan.elton@oberlin.edu or 440-775-8847. Please contact him at your earliest convenience, or, if you are ready to submit a Winter Term internship visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/WT/wtinternshipform.html
One final note, the Office of Career Services is always interested in sharing your summer internship and post-graduation opportunities with students. If you have a position that you would like to post please visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Employers/post_position.html
Thank you!
- Nathan Elton & the Office of Career Services, Oberlin College
--------------------------------
Kelly Smith ('01) is a Licensed Acupuncturist!
Kelly has received her master's of acupuncture,and is ready to treat you. She is making house calls in some parts of the city, and can also see you at her office in the Union Square/Gramercy area. Her training includes three styles--Kiiko Matsumoto style of Japanese acupuncture, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and APM (Acupuncture Physical Medicine--trigger point therapy). Please call her for more info, and remember---acupuncture can treat pretty much ANYthing.
kellyesmith@gmail.com
718.288.3162
-----------------------------------
Asya Ollis ( '96) invites all Obies to enjoy local sustainable food and wine at The Green Table in Chelsea Market, where she is the new General Manager.
Devoted to organic ingredients, local farms and artisanal producers, the chef creates new specials daily such as:
Squash Blossom Tempura,
Grilled Lamb with Blueberry Demi-Glace,
Grilled Cheese with Raw Milk Cheddar and Strawberry Compote
Vegan Farm Plate (changes weekly)
Also enjoy out-of-this world homemade ice creams like wildflower honey, buttermilk and strawberry moscato!
Drinks, also from organic and sustainable sources, include 22 wines by the glass, organic vodka, gin and beer.
The Green Table, located in Chelsea Market directly across from the waterfall, serves lunch and dinner Mon - Sat from noon - 10pm, and an a la carte brunch on Sundays from 11-5pm. The small intimate setting includes tables for two as well as communal farm tables. Bring friends and family...or come enjoy by yourself!
For more info, visit www.cleaverco.com or email gtmanager@cleaverco.com.
For reservations call 212-741-6623.
-----------------------------------
From Evan Hause
The entire First Act of my opera "Man: Biology of a Fall" is available for viewing at YouTube:
www.youtube.com/gpthoss
If you click on "more info" in the box in the upper right, you can also follow the libretto.
Have a continuing nice summer,
Evan
www.hausemusic.com
www.myspace.com/evanhause
-----------------------------------
Baby Sitter Needed from Andrea Frisch, '83
Babysitter needed for a 17 month old. Upper East Side, Manhattan. Spanish-speaking ideal but not required. Please email belmont83@aol.com or call (212) 879-8317. Andrea, OC '83
June 28, 2008
JUNE 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
• June 21 - Oberlin Alumni Picnic in Central Park
• June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
• May 4 - Sept 21 - AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
• June 21 - Oberlin Alumni Picnic in Central Park
• June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
• May 4 - Sept 21 - AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
UPCOMING
?. July 13 - 6th Annual Oberlin Afternoon at Tanglewoodwith the Boston Symphony Orchestra
?. July 13 - 6th Annual Oberlin Afternoon at Tanglewoodwith the Boston Symphony Orchestra
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
?. June 6 - Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
?. June 7 - Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
?. June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 - Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
?. June 25 - Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
UPCOMING
?. June 6 - Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
?. June 7 - Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
?. June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 - Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
?. June 25 - Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
UPCOMING
?. July 16-Aug 2 - Patricia Comstack '98 performs in Shakespearean fairy tale for adults
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
?. Babysitter needed on the Upper East Side
?. Current Student needs summer housing
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
June 21 Oberlin Alumni Summer Picnic in Central Park
Join us for the Oberlin Club of New York City Summer Picnic Central Park - The Great Hill Oval Saturday, June 21, 2008 from Noon - 3:00 p.m. Join your fellow Obies for our annual "BYO" (Bring Your Own) Summer Picnic as we return to Central Park! This is a great chance to see old friends, meet current students and introduce yourself to incoming first year students and their parents! It will be a great time.
ALL are welcome - bring your spouse/partner, friends and children!
The 2008 Annual NYC Summer Picnic is coordinated by Mathila McGee-Tubb '07.
Look for people in Oberlin gear! Please RSVP to the Alumni Office no later than Thursday, June 19th at http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or calling 800-693-3167. Be sure to include your email address so that you can be contacted in case of cancellation due to inclement weather. Bring: Frisbees, non-amplified musical instruments and your own picnic! DIRECTIONS: Closest subways: 1 train to 103rd and Broadway, B or C train to 103rd and Central Park West . Closest buses: M4 or M7 to 110th and Frederick Douglass/Central Park West, M10 to 104th and Central Park West, M96 to 96th and Central Park West. The Great Hill is a hilltop meadow surrounded by American Elm and English Elms. With picnic tables on its northern rim it is circled by a three quarter mile oval enjoyed by runners who reside in the area. The Great Hill was originally designed as a high elevation, the third highest in the Park, where visitors could enjoy an unobstructed view of the Hudson River and the Palisades. It was also a carriage concourse where the affluent could mingle with others of their class. Time of course changed all of this, even the view. With tall buildings and increased foliage baring the once magnificent site of the river in the distance the Great Hill needs no excuse for its being. T hough unfamiliar to most Park visitors due to its location in an obscure part of the northwestern quadrant of the Park the residents of the area and occasional visitors from beyond its community perimeter find it a wonderful place to enjoy a picnic, have a quiet jog or even sunbathe or read on the untrammeled grass of the hilltop meadow. Find a park map at: http://www.centralpark.com
June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
Dusk Lounge ( 147 W. 24th St. bet 6th & 7th ) is expecting us on Wednesday, June 25th. I've spoken with the manager, and it doesn't get too crowded on weeknights. Just in case, though, they are going to reserve a little area for us. I've also checked the place out in person, and it has a low key feel.
They'll have $5 Cosmos, $4 well drinks and $4 bottles of Budweiser until 9.
Come join your fellow alums for a mid-week summer chance to blow off steam!
May 4 - Sept 21 AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum's Barnett Newman painting, "Onement IV," is included in the exhibition "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, DeKooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" at The Jewish Museum in New York City.
The exhibition is on view from May 4 - September 21, 2008.
Newman's 1949 vertical-zip painting was acquired by the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), Oberlin College in 1969. For a full discussion of the painting, visit the AMAM's website at: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Index_Nosadel la.htm For a link to the exhibition at The Jewish Museum, visit: http://www.jewishmuseum.org
UPCOMING
JULY 13 - Save the Date! THE OBERLIN CLUB OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND INVITES YOU TO OUR 6th ANNUAL AFTERNOON AT TANGLEWOOD
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception 2:30 p.m. - Concert,
Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox, MA http://www.tanglewood.org
James Levine, conductor Peter Serkin, piano HAYDN - Symphony No. 104, London J.S. BACH - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor SCHUBERT - Symphony No. 4, Tragic MOZART - Concert Rondo in D, K.382 It's our 6th Annual Tanglewood soiree! Bring a picnic lunch and join Obies from all around New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania! We always have a wonderful turnout and this is a great chance to call your friends and plan a mini Oberlin reunion! As always, we hope to feature a "special guest" or two from Oberlin to update us on campus life!
Order reserved Section 14 ($45/each) or Section 18 shed tickets ($17/each) from the Oberlin Alumni Office well ahead, as this event usually sells out quickly: http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration
You may also buy lawn tickets from the box office when you arrive. Even if you are buying lawn tickets or have season tickets, please let Oberlin know that you are coming, so that we may plan accurately for the reception. Call us at 800-693-3167 or email alumni@oberlin.edu .
We'll again precede the 2:30 p.m. concert with a 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception for all attending Obies, so you can meet and talk with classmates from 'way back and wherever.
As usual, look for the Oberlin College banner/table under the large tree to the left, just inside the main entrance. If you get there early, please help us by "staking out" our Oberlin spot for us!
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
June 6 Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
Able Danger, will be opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival on May 30th at 8pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
Able Danger was shot in Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn. It is a 9/11 conspiracy theory femme fatale driven noir thriller, where a Brooklyn 9/11 truther and owner of falls into a noir pastiche. The film was written and directed by Dave Herman OC '90. Who is using a feature film director 'nom de plume' of Paul Krik.
It's the opening act at the festival. Check it out;
http://brooklynfilmfestival.org/showtimes/friday.asp
You are cordially invited to attend. Please, 1. buy a ticket online (cause knockwood it will sell out fast like it did at Rotterdam and will be hard to get tix) 2. come to the opening ceremony at 7:30 and stay for the movie at 8pm and the after-movie party at 10pm. The price of admission ($25) is steep for a movie because it includes all the Stella you can drink and food at the party. 3. Feel free to forward to everyone in your address book, especially if Harvey Weinstein is in there.
It will play again at the festival on June 6th
ABLE DANGER in Brooklyn showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday May 30 | Brooklyn Lyceum showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday June 6 | Brooklyn Lyceum
Hope to see you there.
-- Paul Krik
http://www.abledangerthemovie.com/
June 7 Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
On Sat. June 7th, I'm part of a panel discussion in Manhattan about the legacy of Susan Sontag. (Sontag's writings are at the center of my Oberlin course "Concept of the Avant-Garde" which I've taught here for 30 years; and hundreds of N.Y. area alumni have taken that course.)
Here are the details about the event: http://www.philoctetes.org/Calendar/susan_sontag_public_intellectual_polymath_provocatrice/
Yours,
Roger Copeland Professor of Theater and Dance
June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
Dear Fellow Obies, I am overjoyed to inform you of some upcoming events at the Rubin Museum of Art in which members of the Oberlin community will be highlighted. I feel strongly that this is another wonderful opportunity to reach out to the larger Oberlin community in New York City and neighboring regions, and inform them of these exciting offerings with the hope that RMA can be a community space for us Obies to share our love of music, art and drink specials! Throughout the summer members of the Oberlin Conservatory will be the spotlight of our Harlem in the Himalayas series, including the following events: - June 20 - The Billy Hart Academy Featuring Theo Croker (This performance is part of the JVC Jazz Festival) - July 11 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Wycliffe Gordon - July 18 - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet Featuring Theo Croker - Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper - Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave We are incredibly excited about this wonderful showcase and with proper outreach I am sure that the Oberlin community in New York and neighboring regions will come out for it. In addition, another exciting collaboration is happening on June 11th as David Orr, Oberlin’s Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies will be participating in CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS with Bokara Legendre at 6:30pm. Bokara Legendre has participated in numerous talks at the RMA in the past and David and her personality will surely make for a lively and interesting program. I think the Oberlin community will be enthused about these events and I would love to speak with you in greater detail about how to get the word out. If we wanted to reserve some tables in the museum’s café for the Oberlin community on one or more of these evenings, we could do this free of cost and might be a nice way for individuals to get together and have a space to convene. As you know, on Friday nights the café turns into the K2 lounge and we have drink specials and food offerings that are really quite good. In addition, members of the museum receive a 10% discount on all food and shop items, and if members purchase 6 or more tickets at the same time to any combination of events they receive a 25% discount. This seams like a viable option for the Oberlin community being that there are so many event offerings upcoming. Do let me know your thoughts on this and I look forward to discussing how we can combine forces to get out the word to our alumni and student population in New York and the vicinity. Warm regards, Asha Kaufman Manager, Guide Program Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212)620-5000 ext. 354 Akaufman@rmanyc.org www.rmanyc.org
June 25 Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
The Simon Graduate School of Business In conjunction with our Direct Admission Partner schools* Cordially invite you to attend a networking reception and panel discussion “Current Issues in an Uncertain Market” Hosted by Vincent Pacilio, class of 1987 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation One Wall Street, 49th Floor - (Entrance is on 80 Broadway) For more information visit: www.simon.rochseter.edu/nyc-reception.aspx Space is limited - Reservations required Please R.S.V.P. (intentions to attend only) by Wednesday, June 18th to julie.sadwick@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 275-3533 *Allegheny, Alma, Bard, Barnard, Bates, Bucknell, Colby, College of Wooster, Dickinson, Elmira, Hamilton, Hartwick, Hobart & William Smith, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis & Clark, Oberlin, Queens/CUNY, Reed, Ripon, Spelman, St. Lawrence, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Geneseo, Univ. Evansville, Univ. of Rochester, and Ursinus
UPCOMING
July 16-Aug 2 From Patricia Comstack '98
PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
a Big, Epic, Naked, Ridiculous Shakespearean Fairy Tale for Adults
When King Kartoffelpuffen gives the kingdom to his son Tater and marries off his other kids for peace, Prince Trevor trades places with his servant Grumbelino to escape his fate with Queen Bluebella and her harem of eunuchs. Seeking his true love, Toby the stable boy, Trevor meets warriors, muses, and the elusive Elephants of Style.
Award-winning play by Duncan Pflaster **
FEATURING: Eric C. Bailey*, Ben Beckley, Patricia Comstock (OC '98), Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Kevaughn Harvey, Kelly Nichols, Jonathan Weirich, Jess Cassidy White
WARNING: Contains crude profanity, full-frontal nudity, and iambic pentameter, and is therefore unsuitable for children.
Wed July 16 @ 9:00 <== FREE BEER on opening night! Sat July 19 @ 6:15 Tue July 22 @ 6:30 Fri July 25 @ 9:30 Mon July 28 @ 8:30 Sat August 2 @ 9:30 Midtown International Theater Festival June Havoc Theater: 312 W 36th St, 1st Flr $18 | 90 minutes | TicketCentral.com Duncan is a long-time member of the playwriting workshop led by Elana Gartner Golden (OC '98, ElanaGartner.com). He's one of my favorite playwrights! I was Titania in his "Thyme of the Season" ("Midsummer" sequel) and I'm SUPER-CHARGED to get to play with another of his hilarious, clever, and insightful scripts! (OC alumnus Rich Orloff is good like that, too. Get your giggle on at RichOrloff.com!) -- Tricia (OC '98) PatriciaComstock.com PS - I play a Grace and "Dymphna -- a slut"!! OMG! Equity-Approved Showcase * Member, Actors Equity ** Won "Best New Play" Spotlight On Award, and was nominated for "Best Reading" and "Best Supporting Actor - Jess Cassidy White." GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS Baby Sitter Needed from Andrea Frisch, '83 Babysitter needed for a 17 month old. Upper East Side, Manhattan. Spanish-speaking ideal but not required. Please email belmont83@aol.com or call (212) 879-8317. Andrea, OC '83 Current Student Needs Summer Housing My name is jamie shorey and I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year here at Oberlin. I have an internship in NYC lined up for the summer with Warp Records, except recently my housing has fallen through. Due to the poor timing of the housing situation, as I'm currently in the midst of finals, I haven't had the most time to properly search for alternatives in New York asides from Craigslist or friends. I can pay rent if needed. So if you happen to know of anything, or if you happen to have any advice I'd love to hear back. Also, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions or talk in general. Thank you. sincerely, jamie James.Shorey@oberlin.edu
?. Babysitter needed on the Upper East Side
?. Current Student needs summer housing
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
June 21 Oberlin Alumni Summer Picnic in Central Park
Join us for the Oberlin Club of New York City Summer Picnic Central Park - The Great Hill Oval Saturday, June 21, 2008 from Noon - 3:00 p.m. Join your fellow Obies for our annual "BYO" (Bring Your Own) Summer Picnic as we return to Central Park! This is a great chance to see old friends, meet current students and introduce yourself to incoming first year students and their parents! It will be a great time.
ALL are welcome - bring your spouse/partner, friends and children!
The 2008 Annual NYC Summer Picnic is coordinated by Mathila McGee-Tubb '07.
Look for people in Oberlin gear! Please RSVP to the Alumni Office no later than Thursday, June 19th at http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or calling 800-693-3167. Be sure to include your email address so that you can be contacted in case of cancellation due to inclement weather. Bring: Frisbees, non-amplified musical instruments and your own picnic! DIRECTIONS: Closest subways: 1 train to 103rd and Broadway, B or C train to 103rd and Central Park West . Closest buses: M4 or M7 to 110th and Frederick Douglass/Central Park West, M10 to 104th and Central Park West, M96 to 96th and Central Park West. The Great Hill is a hilltop meadow surrounded by American Elm and English Elms. With picnic tables on its northern rim it is circled by a three quarter mile oval enjoyed by runners who reside in the area. The Great Hill was originally designed as a high elevation, the third highest in the Park, where visitors could enjoy an unobstructed view of the Hudson River and the Palisades. It was also a carriage concourse where the affluent could mingle with others of their class. Time of course changed all of this, even the view. With tall buildings and increased foliage baring the once magnificent site of the river in the distance the Great Hill needs no excuse for its being. T hough unfamiliar to most Park visitors due to its location in an obscure part of the northwestern quadrant of the Park the residents of the area and occasional visitors from beyond its community perimeter find it a wonderful place to enjoy a picnic, have a quiet jog or even sunbathe or read on the untrammeled grass of the hilltop meadow. Find a park map at: http://www.centralpark.com
June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
Dusk Lounge ( 147 W. 24th St. bet 6th & 7th ) is expecting us on Wednesday, June 25th. I've spoken with the manager, and it doesn't get too crowded on weeknights. Just in case, though, they are going to reserve a little area for us. I've also checked the place out in person, and it has a low key feel.
They'll have $5 Cosmos, $4 well drinks and $4 bottles of Budweiser until 9.
Come join your fellow alums for a mid-week summer chance to blow off steam!
May 4 - Sept 21 AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum's Barnett Newman painting, "Onement IV," is included in the exhibition "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, DeKooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" at The Jewish Museum in New York City.
The exhibition is on view from May 4 - September 21, 2008.
Newman's 1949 vertical-zip painting was acquired by the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), Oberlin College in 1969. For a full discussion of the painting, visit the AMAM's website at: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Index_Nosadel la.htm For a link to the exhibition at The Jewish Museum, visit: http://www.jewishmuseum.org
UPCOMING
JULY 13 - Save the Date! THE OBERLIN CLUB OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND INVITES YOU TO OUR 6th ANNUAL AFTERNOON AT TANGLEWOOD
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception 2:30 p.m. - Concert,
Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox, MA http://www.tanglewood.org
James Levine, conductor Peter Serkin, piano HAYDN - Symphony No. 104, London J.S. BACH - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor SCHUBERT - Symphony No. 4, Tragic MOZART - Concert Rondo in D, K.382 It's our 6th Annual Tanglewood soiree! Bring a picnic lunch and join Obies from all around New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania! We always have a wonderful turnout and this is a great chance to call your friends and plan a mini Oberlin reunion! As always, we hope to feature a "special guest" or two from Oberlin to update us on campus life!
Order reserved Section 14 ($45/each) or Section 18 shed tickets ($17/each) from the Oberlin Alumni Office well ahead, as this event usually sells out quickly: http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration
You may also buy lawn tickets from the box office when you arrive. Even if you are buying lawn tickets or have season tickets, please let Oberlin know that you are coming, so that we may plan accurately for the reception. Call us at 800-693-3167 or email alumni@oberlin.edu .
We'll again precede the 2:30 p.m. concert with a 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception for all attending Obies, so you can meet and talk with classmates from 'way back and wherever.
As usual, look for the Oberlin College banner/table under the large tree to the left, just inside the main entrance. If you get there early, please help us by "staking out" our Oberlin spot for us!
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
June 6 Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
Able Danger, will be opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival on May 30th at 8pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
Able Danger was shot in Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn. It is a 9/11 conspiracy theory femme fatale driven noir thriller, where a Brooklyn 9/11 truther and owner of falls into a noir pastiche. The film was written and directed by Dave Herman OC '90. Who is using a feature film director 'nom de plume' of Paul Krik.
It's the opening act at the festival. Check it out;
http://brooklynfilmfestival.org/showtimes/friday.asp
You are cordially invited to attend. Please, 1. buy a ticket online (cause knockwood it will sell out fast like it did at Rotterdam and will be hard to get tix) 2. come to the opening ceremony at 7:30 and stay for the movie at 8pm and the after-movie party at 10pm. The price of admission ($25) is steep for a movie because it includes all the Stella you can drink and food at the party. 3. Feel free to forward to everyone in your address book, especially if Harvey Weinstein is in there.
It will play again at the festival on June 6th
ABLE DANGER in Brooklyn showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday May 30 | Brooklyn Lyceum showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday June 6 | Brooklyn Lyceum
Hope to see you there.
-- Paul Krik
June 7 Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
On Sat. June 7th, I'm part of a panel discussion in Manhattan about the legacy of Susan Sontag. (Sontag's writings are at the center of my Oberlin course "Concept of the Avant-Garde" which I've taught here for 30 years; and hundreds of N.Y. area alumni have taken that course.)
Here are the details about the event: http://www.philoctetes.org/Calendar/susan_sontag_public_intellectual_polymath_provocatrice/
Yours,
Roger Copeland Professor of Theater and Dance
June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
Dear Fellow Obies, I am overjoyed to inform you of some upcoming events at the Rubin Museum of Art in which members of the Oberlin community will be highlighted. I feel strongly that this is another wonderful opportunity to reach out to the larger Oberlin community in New York City and neighboring regions, and inform them of these exciting offerings with the hope that RMA can be a community space for us Obies to share our love of music, art and drink specials! Throughout the summer members of the Oberlin Conservatory will be the spotlight of our Harlem in the Himalayas series, including the following events: - June 20 - The Billy Hart Academy Featuring Theo Croker (This performance is part of the JVC Jazz Festival) - July 11 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Wycliffe Gordon - July 18 - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet Featuring Theo Croker - Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper - Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave We are incredibly excited about this wonderful showcase and with proper outreach I am sure that the Oberlin community in New York and neighboring regions will come out for it. In addition, another exciting collaboration is happening on June 11th as David Orr, Oberlin’s Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies will be participating in CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS with Bokara Legendre at 6:30pm. Bokara Legendre has participated in numerous talks at the RMA in the past and David and her personality will surely make for a lively and interesting program. I think the Oberlin community will be enthused about these events and I would love to speak with you in greater detail about how to get the word out. If we wanted to reserve some tables in the museum’s café for the Oberlin community on one or more of these evenings, we could do this free of cost and might be a nice way for individuals to get together and have a space to convene. As you know, on Friday nights the café turns into the K2 lounge and we have drink specials and food offerings that are really quite good. In addition, members of the museum receive a 10% discount on all food and shop items, and if members purchase 6 or more tickets at the same time to any combination of events they receive a 25% discount. This seams like a viable option for the Oberlin community being that there are so many event offerings upcoming. Do let me know your thoughts on this and I look forward to discussing how we can combine forces to get out the word to our alumni and student population in New York and the vicinity. Warm regards, Asha Kaufman Manager, Guide Program Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212)620-5000 ext. 354 Akaufman@rmanyc.org www.rmanyc.org
June 25 Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
The Simon Graduate School of Business In conjunction with our Direct Admission Partner schools* Cordially invite you to attend a networking reception and panel discussion “Current Issues in an Uncertain Market” Hosted by Vincent Pacilio, class of 1987 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation One Wall Street, 49th Floor - (Entrance is on 80 Broadway) For more information visit: www.simon.rochseter.edu/nyc-reception.aspx Space is limited - Reservations required Please R.S.V.P. (intentions to attend only) by Wednesday, June 18th to julie.sadwick@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 275-3533 *Allegheny, Alma, Bard, Barnard, Bates, Bucknell, Colby, College of Wooster, Dickinson, Elmira, Hamilton, Hartwick, Hobart & William Smith, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis & Clark, Oberlin, Queens/CUNY, Reed, Ripon, Spelman, St. Lawrence, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Geneseo, Univ. Evansville, Univ. of Rochester, and Ursinus
UPCOMING
July 16-Aug 2 From Patricia Comstack '98
PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
a Big, Epic, Naked, Ridiculous Shakespearean Fairy Tale for Adults
When King Kartoffelpuffen gives the kingdom to his son Tater and marries off his other kids for peace, Prince Trevor trades places with his servant Grumbelino to escape his fate with Queen Bluebella and her harem of eunuchs. Seeking his true love, Toby the stable boy, Trevor meets warriors, muses, and the elusive Elephants of Style.
Award-winning play by Duncan Pflaster **
FEATURING: Eric C. Bailey*, Ben Beckley, Patricia Comstock (OC '98), Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Kevaughn Harvey, Kelly Nichols, Jonathan Weirich, Jess Cassidy White
WARNING: Contains crude profanity, full-frontal nudity, and iambic pentameter, and is therefore unsuitable for children.
Wed July 16 @ 9:00 <== FREE BEER on opening night! Sat July 19 @ 6:15 Tue July 22 @ 6:30 Fri July 25 @ 9:30 Mon July 28 @ 8:30 Sat August 2 @ 9:30 Midtown International Theater Festival June Havoc Theater: 312 W 36th St, 1st Flr $18 | 90 minutes | TicketCentral.com Duncan is a long-time member of the playwriting workshop led by Elana Gartner Golden (OC '98, ElanaGartner.com). He's one of my favorite playwrights! I was Titania in his "Thyme of the Season" ("Midsummer" sequel) and I'm SUPER-CHARGED to get to play with another of his hilarious, clever, and insightful scripts! (OC alumnus Rich Orloff is good like that, too. Get your giggle on at RichOrloff.com!) -- Tricia (OC '98) PatriciaComstock.com PS - I play a Grace and "Dymphna -- a slut"!! OMG! Equity-Approved Showcase * Member, Actors Equity ** Won "Best New Play" Spotlight On Award, and was nominated for "Best Reading" and "Best Supporting Actor - Jess Cassidy White." GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS Baby Sitter Needed from Andrea Frisch, '83 Babysitter needed for a 17 month old. Upper East Side, Manhattan. Spanish-speaking ideal but not required. Please email belmont83@aol.com or call (212) 879-8317. Andrea, OC '83 Current Student Needs Summer Housing My name is jamie shorey and I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year here at Oberlin. I have an internship in NYC lined up for the summer with Warp Records, except recently my housing has fallen through. Due to the poor timing of the housing situation, as I'm currently in the midst of finals, I haven't had the most time to properly search for alternatives in New York asides from Craigslist or friends. I can pay rent if needed. So if you happen to know of anything, or if you happen to have any advice I'd love to hear back. Also, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions or talk in general. Thank you. sincerely, jamie James.Shorey@oberlin.edu
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