NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Hello! I am Kari Wethington '03, the new coordinator for the Oberlin Club of NYC monthly newsletter. I am taking over for Peter Flint '92, who has done an amazing job keeping NYC alumni informed for the past many years. Please continue to send your news items to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org. The deadline for submission is the 25th of each month for the following month's newsletter (August news is due July 25). Also be sure to bookmark Oberlinclubnyc.org, where you can read current and past newsletters!
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
July 28 - Oberlin Authors Book Club
FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
August 15 - Oberlin Club Summer Picnic in Central Park
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Julia Vogl '07 has public art project in Fort Greene Park
Patricia Comstock '98 acts in a modern remix of "Much Ado About Nothing"
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oberlin Club looking for venues for events
Megan Whitman '05 is looking for a roommate to join her in a beautiful apartment
Marie-Elizabeth Mali '89 has new poems appearing online
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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Tuesday, July 28
Oberlin Authors Book Club
6 p.m.
Guy and Gallard Cafe, 180 Madison Ave. (entrance on 34th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues)
This is not your average book club; this one is very special. We invite the authors and Oberlin alumni to be part of our discussion.
Please join us whether it be for one discussion, or for all of them. My intention is to have this group meet quarterly as long as book submissions keep coming!
Our first novel, SIGNIFYING NOTHING, was written by Clifford Thompson, class of '85. Here is a brief description by the author:
Lester Hobbs, 19 years old, is mentally retarded and mute until the day he suddenly begins to rap at the top of his lungs about life with his parents and older siblings. The members of his family struggle to figure out what it means, for Lester and themselves. Lesters wise-cracking brother, Greg, protective of Lester yet jealous of the attention he gets, tries with a spectacular lack of success to profit from his brothers new ability. Lester and Gregs sister, Sherrie bright, pretty, responsible, and aloof tries to learn the medical explanation for Lesters condition. That leads her to an affair with George Greer, a brilliant, married, womanizing neurologist. Meanwhile, Lesters mother, Maddie, tries to adjust emotionally to the change in her son, and Pat, the father, works to figure out the right course of action once the cause of Lesters rapping is revealed.
The book can be purchased at Amazon.com. It is short and quick reading so I hope you will all have a chance to enjoy it before you come to discussion.
RSVPs welcomed, but not necessary: KJK11b@aol.com
Best wishes,
Katherine J. Kornblau
Oberlin Club of New York
Regional Coordinator
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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
August 15
New Date for the Oberlin Club of NYC Summer Picnic in Central Park
1 to 4 p.m.
Because of the rain on June 20, the Oberlin Club of New York re-scheduled the annual Summer Picnic for Saturday, August 15!
Sponsored by the Oberlin Alumni Association and the Parents Executive Committee, the Summer Picnics offer a great opportunity to meet local Oberlin alumni, parents, current students and incoming freshman for a fun filled casual picnic before the start of the school year.
Central Park - Sheep's Meadow (Look for the red and gold Oberlin colored balloons)
For more information please contact Mathilda McGee-Tubb '07 at
mathildasage@gmail.com.
Bring your own picnic or something to share as well as family members, kids, significant others, Oberlin memorabilia, pictures and summer games.
RSVP to the Alumni Office at:
www2.oberlin.edu/alumni/oberlinClubs/picnics.html
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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Through July 13
Julia Vogl '07 has public art project in Fort Greene Park
Dear Oberlin Alums,
I am very excited to say that I will have a public art project up in Fort Greene Park this summer. Funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council and Hosted by the Parks Department, I hope all can come and picnic by the work at some point in late May, June, and early July.
A little description is below. It would be great if you could spread the word.
Thanks!
Leaves of Fort Greene, 2009
Julia Vogl
Plexiglas, wood, cement, grass and stain glass spray paint.
Fort Greene Park May 21 - July 13
The enlarged blades of grass, which mimic the diversity of the parks foliage, symbolically represent the diverse population of the Fort Greene community. The juxtaposition of the work in the park is an effort to spur dialogue in the community, prompting reflection and contemplation for the individual as well as the group.
This temporary site specific art installation relies on the movement of the sun. The project will be ever changing, inviting all to return to the work on more than one occasion. Leaves of Fort Greene is about light, space, color, change of perspective and experience. By abstracting the environment, and creating a participatory element, the work invites the community to experience the park in a new way.
Julia Vogl is a Brooklyn based artist and Fort Greene resident. She is a graduate of Oberlin College (2007) where she completed her first large scale public work, The Library Project. Julia currently works for Public Art for Public Schools a program part of the New York City School Construction Authority, as an arts project manager. In her work, she aspires to make the un-monumental, monumental, explaining I am to crystallize the daily brief beautiful moments, and let them linger, like holding on to your own shadow.
Leaves of Fort Greene is sponsored in part by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council Inc. Hosted by the New York City Parks and Recreation Michael R Bloomberg, Mayor and Adrian Benepe, Commissioner.
July 13 - August 1
Patricia Comstock '98 acts in a modern remix of "Much Ado About Nothing"
The Midtown International Theatre Festival presents "I Hate Love."
Kira and Cruz are getting married ...or so they think.
Love is in the air, and hot shot pilots from Cruz's Navy squadron are coming, but not everyone is happy about the impending nuptials. And what exactly is going on between the best man and Kira's cousin Tom?
Scornful exes, anonymous texting, secrets galore, and even an officer coming out in this modern-day, gender-bending interpolation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." Don't ask, don't tell? Hmm...Patricia plays a conniving conspirator falling for the captain's brother (the Don John character).
July 13 @ 8:30 PM (Monday)
July 17 @ 5:30 PM (Friday)
July 19 @ 7:30 PM (Sunday)
July 25 @ 11:00 AM (Saturday)
July 28 @ 8:30 PM (Tuesday)
August 1 @ 5:00 PM (Saturday)
Tickets $18 at http://Shakespeare-Remixed.com/
Dorothy Strelsin Theatre: 312 W 36th St
By Kyle Baxter and Jon Crefeld
Directed by Mark Duncan
For ages 17 and up (adult themes and situations)
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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for venues for events:
The Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for Obies in the NYC area that own restaurants, bars, coffee shops, theatres, etc. that would be willing to host special alumni events. If you're one of these Obies and you're looking to promote your business and Oberlin College by bringing in fellow Obies and their friends and colleagues please contact Katherine Kornblau '90 at kjk11b@aol.com.
Megan Whitman '05 has beautiful spacious gut-renovated apartment for rent:
The master bedroom is available in my newly gut-renovated 2-bedroom apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan (Ft. Washington Ave. at 173rd St.). Unfortunately no pets are allowed in the apartment. The apartment is very close to 1, A and C trains. $875/ month rent includes heat and hot water. Electricity, gas, cable and internet are extra expenses that we will share. It's an elevator building with laundry in the basement. The bedroom is very large (11' X 16') and gets a lot of light (with views of the GW bridge!). Marble floors and walls in the bathroom and the kitchen has all new built in appliances like a microwave and dishwasher. The apartment is already wired for cable and internet. This is a really desirable building with many young professionals and people actually say hello to each other and occasionally hang out together for brunch. Please email megan.whitman@gmail.com with detailed information about yourself, your interests and your lifestyle. Pictures available upon request.
Marie-Elizabeth Mali, '89, has new poems appearing online:
"Liver" and "Lungs" appear in Pebble Lake Review, Heath & Illness Issue, 2009:
http://www.pebblelakereview.com/contents.htm
"Ode to the Leech" appears in Holly Rose Review, June 2009:
www.hollyrosereview.com/junemali.html
Marie-Elizabeth Mali's website: www.floweringlotus.com
HOW TO HAVE YOUR LISTING INCLUDED IN THE E-NEWSLETTER
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