Oberlin Club of NYC

December 2010

2010-12-01T00:00:00.001-05:00

December 2010 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Deadline for the January newsletter is December 20. Please send your news and events to oberlinnycnews@gmail.com.

The Oberlin Club of NY would like to thank Katherine Kornblau for her many years of service as the NY Regional Alumni Coordinator. Without her spirit and dedication, the NY alumni steering committee would not be what it is today. As Katherine turns to pursuing other service interests, we only hope that we can try to match her energy and enthusiasm in our ongoing efforts to serve the NY Oberlin alumni community. Many thanks to Katherine!!

The NY Oberlin Alumni Steering Committee wishes a happy holiday season to all of our local alum and their friends and families - and we hope to see you all at an event soon!

CONTENTS:

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Dec. 6: Obie Night at the KJK Jewelry Sample Sale

FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
Watch for more details on 2011 events

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Dec. 2: Myla Goldberg ’93 discusses new novel, writing
Dec. 2: Alia Kate ’07 and Anna Beeke ’07 open new exhibit, “Untangling Threads”
Dec. 7: Repertorio Espanol hosts reading and talkback for play by Elana Gartner ’98
Dec. 9: Deanna Lee ’92 invites you to opening reception for "Day Job" at The Drawing Center
Dec. 11-12 and 17: Georgiana Pickett ’90 and Anna Glass ’96, 651 ARTS producers, present two shows
Dec. 12: Gwen Krosnick ’08 plays at Greenwich House Music School

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Monday, Dec. 6
Fourth Annual Obie Night at the KJK Jewelry Sample Sale!

Join owner and Obie alumni Katherine J. Kornblau for an evening of Obie socializing, eating, drinking and shopping!

Fourth Annual Obie Night at the KJK Jewelry Sample Sale
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6th
5 - 7:30 PM
185 Madison Ave - Suite 1100
(On the corner of 34th St.)

Monday is the first day of the sale so come to get first dibs and special prices on all collections!

The sale continues WEEKDAYS 11AM - 6PM until DEC. 23rd - so if you miss the opening, I hope you can make it another day!

KJK Jewelry designs for over 200 museum stores including The Smithsonian Institution, The National Gallery, and The American Museum of Natural History. To see a full client list, please visit KJK Jewelry.com.

Please RSVP TO Katherine at KJK11B@aol.com if you are able.

Best wishes for a joy filled holiday season!
Katherine J. Kornblau

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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
Watch for more details about these 2011 club events:
April: Oberlin Cares Day of Service
June: Alumni Picnic with incoming Oberlin students (Central Park)
September: Alumni Picnic (Prospect Park)

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Thursday, Dec. 2 and Sunday, Dec. 12
Myla Goldberg ’93 discusses and reads from new novel, The False Friend

On Thursday, December 2, at 7pm, I'll be giving a Craftwork lecture at the Center for Fiction, at 17 E 47th Street, in midtown Manhattan. Ticket info: http://www.centerforfiction.org/events/#myla.

On Sunday, December 12th, at 6pm, at Union Hall, on 702 Union Street, in Park Slope, fellow Brooklyn author Darin Strauss and I will be talking about our new books in a benefit for P.S. 146, The Brooklyn New School, with a $12-25 donation at the door with all proceeds going to the school. For more info on that, folks can visit the Union Hall website: http://www.unionhallny.com/calendar.php.

Thursday, Dec. 2 (exhibit through Jan. 8)
Alia Kate ’07 and Anna Beeke ’07 open new exhibit, “Untangling Threads”

In Morocco, where men are responsible for almost all of their country’s artisanal production, women have maintained the age-old craft of indigenous weaving. Untangling Threads: Female Artisans in Morocco's Rug Weaving Industry documents the environment and culture of Morocco's female weavers specifically focusing on artisans from three rural weaving communities in the Middle and High Atlas Mountains.

This exhibit combines documentary photographs by Anna Beeke ('07) and hand-woven Moroccan rugs imported by Alia Kate ('07) in an innovative display that positions the two art forms side by side. In the photographs you see confident Amazigh Moroccan women who defy the stereotypes painted by the Western media. In the rugs you discover the dexterity of the weavers’ fingers, the boundaries of their imagination, and the antiquity of their craft. Through this combination of mediums, Untangling Threads repositions the artisans as artists and their rugs as art by revealing the faces and the hands behind the handicraft of weaving in Morocco.

Untangling Threads Exhibit
December 1st- January 8th
Location: Synchronicity Fine Arts, 106 West 13th Street, New York (between 6th and 7th ave)

Untangling Threads Gallery Reception
When: Thursday, December 2nd
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Synchronicity Fine Arts, 106 West 13th Street, New York (between 6th and 7th ave)

Tuesday, Dec. 7
Repertorio Espanol hosts reading and talkback for play by Elana Gartner ’98

Elana Gartner's ('98) full-length play "Pilar's Brother" is a finalist for Repertorio Español's 2010 Met Life Nuestras Voces Playwriting Competition. As a finalist, the script will receive a directed seated reading:
December 7, 2010 at 6:30pm
Repertorio Español
138 East 27th Street (btwn. Lexington and 3rd Avenues)

Free of admission

RSVP at rsvp@repertorio.org or 212-225-9925
I will be doing a talkback immediately following the reading. Winners will be announced in January.

Here is a synopsis for the script:
Julian’s mother has returned to Chile to care for his dying grandmother, leaving Julian to juggle his temporary responsibility for his mentally-ill sister, his studies, his job and his American lifestyle: the one that his family knows about and the closeted gay and aspiring actor lifestyle that they don’t. Set in 1968 and in a strong Chilean immigrant and Catholic family, this story explores the choices that Julian has to make when a big opportunity arises and the sister that complicates them. Inspired by a true story.
More information at http://www.elanagartner.com/news

Thursday, Dec. 9
Deanna Lee ’92 invites you to opening reception for "Day Job" at The Drawing Center

"Day Job" will feature works commissioned through an open call to artists currently in The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Rather than subscribing to the idea that non-artistic work is by definition disruptive to an artist’s practice, "Day Job" looks at the ways in which the information, skills, ideas, working conditions, or materials encountered in the work world can become a source of influence. The exhibition also addresses the ways in which contemporary artists support themselves in an economic climate that often demands particularly diverse and flexible solutions to staying afloat. Part of the Selections series, this exhibition is curated by Viewing Program Curator Nina Katchadourian.

As one of 23 artists in this exhibition, Deanna Lee (1992) will create a site-specific drawing installation inspired by an imperfection of The Drawing Center's main gallery.

Opening reception: 6-8 pm Thursday, Dec. 9
On view December 10, 2010 – February 3, 2011

THE DRAWING CENTER
35 WOOSTER STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10013
212-219-2166

Dec. 11-12 and 17
Georgiana Pickett ‘90 and Anna Glass ’96, 651 ARTS producers, present two shows

From the Producers at 651 ARTS – Georgiana Pickett (’90) and Anna Glass (’96)

A 651 ARTS Project:

FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance – The National Tour

Featuring solo performances by five legendary dance icons:

Germaine Acogny

Carmen De Lavallade

Dianne McIntyre

Bebe Miller

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

651 ARTS, Brooklyn’s premier arts organization dedicated to performance of the African Diaspora, announces the national tour of FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance. This program is an evening-length dance performance that includes the choreography and solo performances by five legendary contemporary dancer/choreographers: Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and Germaine Acogny of Senegal.

The last performances of the tour will take place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on December 11 & 12, 2010. Don’t miss this historic and highly celebrated event!

• NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Newark, NJ), Dec. 11, 12, 2010
Info: 888-406-5722, www.njpac.org

651 ARTS PRESENTS

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE: 25 Years

With special guests: Mohammed Camera,

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company & Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Friday, December 17, 2010 at 7:30pm

BAM Harvey Theater

Tickets: $100*/$55/$45/$35.

Student, Senior, and group discounts available.

Purchase tickets: www.651ARTS.org or call 718-636-4100

*$100 ticket includes champagne reception with the artists

651 ARTS celebrates 25 years of outstanding contributions to choreography and dance by Ronald K. Brown. This one night only presentation features seminal works by Brown that have rarely been seen in their entirety. Brown’s company EVIDENCE and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will be accompanied on stage by West African percussionist Mohammed Camara — plus New Orleans icons the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Sunday, Dec. 12
Gwen Krosnick ’08 plays at Greenwich House Music School

Who: Gwen Krosnick ('08), cello, and Emely Phelps, piano
What: Cello and Piano Works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Chopin
When: Sunday, December 12th, 3pm
Where: Greenwich House Music School - 46 Barrow Street, NYC
Free admission!
For more info, please visit www.triocleonice.com

October newsletter

2010-10-13T11:06:00.002-04:00

Oberlin Club of New York City
October 2010 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter
NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Deadline for the November newsletter is October 20. Please send your news and events tooberlinnycnews@gmail.com.
CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Oct. 6: NY Oberlin Alumni Steering Committee Meeting
Oct. 27: Oberlin Authors Book Club
Oct. 28: Oberlin Happy Hour
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Lower East Side Gallery Tour
Skin Deep Performance and Talk Back
Framing Innocence Book Readings with Lynn Powell
You Were Wrong Book Events with Matt Sharpe
GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oberlin Winter Term Students
Oberlin Shansi Fellowship Applications
Come see Leslie Korein ’02 perform your child's story
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Wednesday, October 6
NY Oberlin Alumni Steering Committee Meeting
6:30 pm
Join the NY Oberlin Alumni Steering Committee for a meeting to discuss and plan club events for the year to come. Current Steering Committee members are encouraged to attend, as are any alum with a desire to help conceive and carry out area alumni events or to assist with current annual club events and activities. This is a working meeting – only those with serious commitment to planning and carrying out an event or events in the coming year should attend. This is also a labor of love – the current Steering Committee is a group of wonderful, friendly dedicated & motivated alumni, and we’re looking for more of the same! Interested alum should contact New York Regional coordinators Katherine Kornblau (KJK11b@aol.com) or Erin Herlihy (eherlihy@gmail.com) for additional information or for meeting location information.

Wednesday, Oct. 27
Oberlin Authors Book Club
6:30 p.m. at Starbucks, 200 Madison Avenue (at 36th St)
Please join us as we welcome Oberlin Author Lynn Powell to the NYC area. Her new book, Framing Innocence, is the story of how innocent photographs taken by a mother of her child became the heart of a wrenching legal battle and galvanized the Oberlin community in 1999-2000. The mother, Cynthia Stewart, was the Oberlin College freshman on the cover of Life magazine in November 1970. After college, she settled in Oberlin and in 1999 was working as a school bus driver and raising her daughter there. The story is populated with real characters who had a high stake in the outcome of this case: the embattled family, the determined prosecutors, the lawyers for whom the case was a crucible, the fundamentalist Christian anti-porn crusader who was appointed the child's guardian, and the many people—Republican and Democrat, professors and townsfolk—who put their reputations on the line by writing letters, holding rallies, arranging backchannel meetings, and leveraging national media attention to persuade the prosecutor to enter negotiations. Robert Coles has called Framing Innocence “an enthralling book.” Oberlin President Marvin Krislov says Framing Innocence is a “deeply compelling book, part legal thriller and part study of community values in conflict. I couldn't put it down.” The book is available for purchase online from both Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
**See also: Dates for Lynn Powell’s area readings.

Thursday, Oct. 28
Oberlin Happy Hour
Details TBD. Watch for an e-blast later this month!

FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
The New York Steering Committee is currently at work planning alumni events for the next calendar year. Please watch this space for exciting things to come!

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Sunday, October 24
Lower East Side Gallery Tour
2 p.m.; starts at Untitled gallery, 30 Orchard St.
Attend an enriching, stimulating and fun art gallery tour of the Lower East Side and Chinatown galleries in New York City with art advisor Jennifer Weissbach. The galleries in this vibrant neighborhood are in unique spaces that are eclectic and intimate. The tour will feature art by many emerging artists, and Jennifer will provide in-depth information about the work and introduce you to gallerists. She is passionate about demystifying the art world and creates an open and warm environment during gallery visits so that people can talk freely and ask questions about the art.

Jennifer Weissbach, an art advisor based in New York City, founded her art advisory business (www.jenniferweissbach.com) with the desire to make the art world accessible. She is dedicated to helping people learn and enrich their lives through art and spends her time educating private collectors and groups about the latest trends in contemporary art. Jennifer studied art and history at Oberlin College (1987-89)and New York University.

When: Sunday, October 24
Time: 2 pm – 5 pm
Location: UNTITLED, this gallery is located at 30 Orchard Street, between Hester and Canal Streets
Cost: $35, limited to the first 20 respondents
RSVPs required. To reserve a ticket please contact Jennifer at jennifer@jenniferweissbach.com or call +1 917 716 2865

Friday, October 22nd
Skin Deep and Talk Back
8 p.m. at Foolish Theater Company @ Theatre 54, 244 W. 54th St., 12th floor
Join Oberlin playwright Rich Orloff for Oberlin Night at Skin Deep, followed by talk-back panel “Nudist Resorts: Are the Rumors True?,” moderated by Rich. Oberlin alums and friends using the code OBIE can get advanced sale tickets for $15 (normally $18). In addition, for each ticket sold, a donation of $3 will be given to Oberlin. Tickets are available by phone at (212) 868-4444 or via SmartTix:
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=SKI0&GUID=59794e8e-9223-44f1-affe-90a720addb44

The Foolish Theatre Company presents SKIN DEEP a comedy without tan lines by Rich Orloff,directed by Jeffrey C. Wolf
When a couple from Ohio inherit a clothing-optional resort in Key West, they discover parts of themselves never before exposed!
WARNING: This play contains rampant off-stage nudity!
Performances Oct 16 – Nov 6
Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun & Mon 7 pm, Sat matinees 4 pm

Various dates
Leslie Korein ’02 performs improv every Saturday at the Magnet Theater
Join Oberlin Alumni Leslie Korein (OC '02) every Saturday night at the Magnet Theater, 254 W. 29th Street, at 10:30 PM for her weekly long-form improv show with her trio, Trike. Tickets are only $5 and beer is $2!

TRIKE (A Time Out New York Critics’ Pick) is one of The Magnet Theater’s signature shows and can be seen every Saturday night at 10:30 in the heart of New York’s comedy district. Trike is a three-person improvisational joy ride built upon bold characters and seamless transitions. Trike never stops to consider its direction but rather gracefully plummets down the staircase of discovery, landing momentarily in a quiet relationship here, a fiery exchange there or a boisterous abstraction somewhere in between. With Trike you never know where you’re going, but you’re guaranteed to enjoy the ride. Trike is Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis and Leslie Korein (OC '02).

Various dates
Framing Innocence Book Readings with Lynn Powell
Join Oberlin author Lynn Powell for book talk & signing events at the following local locations. Stay afterward and catch up with the author and with fellow alum. Find more info on Facebook; search for Framing Innocence by Lynn Powell.

(See book description above, under Official Club Events)

Thursday, October 21 - 7 pm
Watchung Books, 54 Fairfield Street, Watchung Plaza, Montclair, NJ 07042
Saturday, October 23 - 3 pm
Labyrinth Books (Princeton), 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
Monday, October 25 - 7 pm
Book Culture, 536 West 112th Street, New York, NY 10025
Tuesday, October 26 - 6 pm
Labyrinth Books (New Haven), 290 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Various dates
You Were Wrong Book Events with Matt Sharpe
Join Oberlin author Matt Sharpe for book conversations and/or readings at the following local locations.
Thursday, October 7 – 7 pm
Conversation with Linh Dinh
Center for Fiction, 17 E. 47th St., NYC
Thursday, December 2 – 6 pm
Reading at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Interested in working with an Oberlin student during Winter Term?
Please be sure to post your opportunity or get in touch with Career Services by October 5!
Last Winter Term (January), Oberlin alumni offered internships for Oberlin students at over 120 organizations nationwide. We're still looking for more great internships for this January. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to work with an Oberlin student during Winter Term, as our deadline for postings is October 5. Instructions for posting are available athttp://www.oberlin.edu/career/alumni/alum_wt_intern_about.html, and Jonas Wisser or Liz Lierman will be happy to help if you have questions or need assistance. You can reach us atinternships@oberlin.edu, or 440.775.8060.

Oberlin Shansi Fellowship Applications Available Now!
Oberlin Shansi Fellowships are available to graduating seniors and alumni who have graduated from Oberlin within the last three years of their application.

Oberlin Shansi’s mission is to encourage understanding and communication between Asians and Americans through educational and community initiatives. Selected Fellows spend two years teaching or working with one of Oberlin’s partner institutions in China, India, Indonesia and Japan. Along with stipends, paid airfare, insurance and several other benefits, Fellows are also given time and money to travel during their breaks.

Oberlin Shansi Fellowship Applications are available now. For consideration, completed applications must be submitted by Monday, November 1. Interested alum should contact Oberlin Shansi Campus Coordinator Merybelle Guo (mguo@oberlin.edu) for more information or for application materials. Interested alum may also contact Oberlin Shansi Associate Director Deborah Cocco (deborah.cocco@oberlin.edu) or Returned Fellow Anne Lowe, who has just finished two years in China, (anne.lowe@oberlin.edu) for further information.
Come see Leslie Korein ’02 perform your child's story

The Story Pirates is a nationally respected arts and creative writing organization founded in 2003 to celebrate the words and ideas of young people, to promote literacy as a vital part of early childhood education, and to preserve the spark of youthful creativity often lost in the transition to adulthood. The cornerstone of the company is the Play/Write Program, a series of creative writing and drama workshops that lead to a musical sketch comedy show acted by adults and comprised entirely of stories written by kids. The award winning show has been described as “Monty Python meets Schoolhouse Rock.” Based in New York, Story Pirates has grown to reach hundreds of thousands of children in over 100 schools across the country.

Join Oberlin Alumni Leslie Korein ('02) every Saturday during the school year at their weekly show in Times Square. If you would like us to perform your child's story, please see details on the website,www.storypirates.org. If you are an educator or school administrator, you get in free! (The Story Pirates also actively seeks Oberlin Interns year-round--we had ten last year and they were brilliant.)

Story Pirates special discount tickets for Oberlin Alumni; check www.storypirates.org for showtimes and email friendtix@storypirates.org for $10 tickets (regular, $20)

The Story Pirates are also creating a fantastic Haunted House for kids of all ages in Tribecca that runs October 15th-31st . Please see the website at http://www.hallowhoa.com.

April 2010 newsletter

2010-04-04T21:44:00.000-04:00

April 2010 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:

Deadline for the May newsletter is April 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

CLUB NEWS

A note from new Regional Co-coordinator, Erin Herlihy '97

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

April 17: Oberlin Cares Day

April 28: Happy Hour

FUTURE CLUB EVENTS

May 16: AIDS Walk New York: Team Oberlin

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

April 22: Claire Chase performs at Carnegie Hall

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lisa Tracy '67 releases new book, Objects of Our Affection

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CLUB NEWS

A note from new Regional Co-coordinator , Erin Herlihy '97:

Hello there, New York City area alum! I'd like to take up a bit of this month's e-newsletter to introduce myself, to rave about the local steering committee, and to ask for your help! I'm Erin Herlihy, class of '97 and your newest NYC Alumni regional coordinator. When I returned to New York after grad school in Chicago, I was asked by Katherine Kornblau, our long-standing Regional Coordinator, to help out with the planning of alumni activities here in the city. It is a position I'm delighted to take as I'd always enjoyed being involved with the NYC steering committee before leaving town. When Katherine told me what a dedicated and energetic steering committee has developed in NY, I was delighted. I'm even more delighted to report that it's entirely true - there's a wonderful team of organized, friendly, outgoing alum here in NY who are working hard to create a variety of events for NY area alumni and their families every month.

But that doesn't mean we can't use your help! We're always looking for more dedicated volunteers who are willing and able to plan or host area events. We're especially interested in increasing the diversity of events, and are keen to involve members of ALL class years and alumni with family-oriented events in mind. If you have event ideas, we want to hear from you. If you're already involved in an a special event which other alum can attend or participate in, we want to help you get the word out. We'd LOVE to hear from you. Please feel free to contact me at Eherlihy@gmail.com. Or better yet, come out to an event and meet some of your fabulous local steering committee members in person! Hope to see you at an event soon!

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Saturday, April 17

Oberlin Cares Day of Service

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Join John Hunka '85 and fellow Oberlin alum for the first annual Oberlin Cares - Alumni Day of Service. We will be cleaning up trash and debris at the Jamaica bay Wildlife Refuge. Participants should bring bottled water; large, strong trash bags; and work gloves. Dress for the weather. Sturdy boots, a windbreaker, and sunscreen are recommended. Please arrive at the visitor center shortly before 9 a.m. to meet with the site coordinator John Hunka ‘85.

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Cross Bay Boulevard
Queens, New York
www.nyharborparks.org/visit/jaba.htm

Detailed driving and public transportation directions, as well as an event RSVP (to help us with planning purposes) are available on-line at https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/OBL/events/OBL2248087.html

Hope many of you can join us for this inaugural event in what we hope will be a long tradition of annual Alumni Service days to come.

Wednesday, April 28

Oberlin Happy Hour

6 p.m. at High Dive in Brooklyn

Join us on Wednesday, April 28th, after 6 pm for happy hour at High Dive featuring $1 off everything until 8 pm (including a selection of nearly 40 beers.) If the weather is nice we'll be outside in the back on the patio eating free popcorn from the old-fashioned popper. If it's still chilly we'll be inside, in the back, picking songs from their eclectic jukebox (and definitely still eating popcorn.)

Don't let the name fool you: High Dive is less dive, more cozy, cool hang-out spot without the pretense. Hope to see you there!

243 5th Ave
(between President St & Carroll St)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Closest trains are M/R to Union St., F/G to 9th St. or whatever comes to Atlantic Ave.

(718) 788-0401

http://www.yelp.com/map/high-dive-brooklyn

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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS

Sunday, May 16

AIDS Walk New York: Team Oberlin

10 a.m., Manhattan

Join the Oberlin Club of NYC in the fight against HIV/AIDS! This year marks the 25th anniversary of AIDS Walk New York. Join Obies on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 10:00am, rain or shine, in this fun walk around Manhattan.

To register, visit http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork/takeaction/register.html

Select “join a team” and search for “Oberlin Alumni of NYC – 4587”

(or, here is a direct link to join the team:https://www.kintera.org/faf/reg_new/register.asp?ievent=331281&lis=1&kntae331281=DBFAE998D7004790B6A592402D9EDE96&jt=3663795&teamsName=Oberlin+Alumni+of+NYC+-+4587)

Details about meeting location will be provided to registered participants closer to the date.

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Thursday, April 22

Claire Chase performs at Carnegie Hall

7:30 PM, Weill Recital Hall

Oberlin Alum, flutist, and first prize winner of the 2008 Cag Competition Claire Chase will be performing at the Weill Recital Hall on April 22nd. Claire will be playing what he describes as "a wild program of Donatoni, Xenakis, Boulez, Takemitsu, Saariaho, and Bach transcribed by Sciarrino." She will be performing with Jacob Greenber on piano, Svet Stoyanov on percussion, and Bridget Kibbey on harp. Discount tickets are available to alum via the following link: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=-Nuc11XndmWUv2CX8bHCDlh46rWyhHC--3n-YwtVMgzK-hvVm2lDc692Pmq&dispatch=50a222a57771920b6a3d7b606239e4d529b525e0b7e69bf0224adecfb0124e9b5efedb82468478c62d1faf461a6d044e50f69629fd05e903

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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lisa Tracy '67 releases new book, Objects of Our Affection

Lisa Tracy ('67) says her new book, OBJECTS OF OUR AFFECTION (Random House, March 23, 2010) is "part family memoir and in part a reflection on why we Americans are so attached to our possessions." Tracy comes from a family that spent generations on the move as military officers, and she believes that our transiency as a nation (average American moves 11 times over a lifetime) underlies that attachment: "We make our home in our things." The book also looks at the roots of our current culture, including two wars being waged abroad, in the Gilded Age, a time when her grandparents were "the foot soldiers of the American empire. Hardcover, 256 pages. $25.00. ISBN: 978-0-553-80726-4

January 2010 Newsletter

2010-01-03T23:28:00.002-05:00

January 2010 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:

Deadline for the February newsletter is Jan. 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

CLUB NEWS

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Jan. 14 - Oberlin Alumni January Happy Hour

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Jan. 6 - Peter Flint '92 and The Avian Orchestra perform new music

Jan. 13 - Rafiq Bhatia '10 performs with his band, The Rafiq Bhatia Collective

Jan. 16 and 14 - Joe Hickerson '57 performs two NYC shows

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Host an Obertone during spring break

Obie Andrew Innes '92 launches game company

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CLUB NEWS

Stay in touch with fellow New York-area Obies all month long through our new Facebook group and Twitter feed!

*Visit Facebook.com, search for the group "The Oberlin Alumni of NYC," and click to join.

*Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oberlin_nyc. Have an Oberlin-related message you'd like us to repost? Tweet to @Oberlin_NYC.

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Thursday, Jan. 14

Oberlin Alumni January Happy Hour

6 to 8 p.m. at Common Ground Bar and Restaurant

Thursday, January 14 from 6:00 - 8:00pm
Common Ground Bar and Restaurant
206 Avenue A between 12th and 13th Streets
http://www.commongroundnyc.com

Join us for the first Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour of the decade at
Common Ground in the East Village! Eric Estes, Associate Dean of
Academic Diversity in the College of Arts and Sciences; Director of
the Multicultural Resource Center; faculty member in Comparative
American Studies, History, and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies,
will be in attendance. This is a great chance to find out what's
happening at Oberlin and meet up with fellow alumni.

Common Ground happy hour specials: **Buy One Get One Free Appetizers
and Panini * $5 Cosmos and Apple Martinis * $2 Pints of Yuengling and
Miller Lite**

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Jan. 6
Peter Flint '92 and The Avian Orchestra perform new music

"FANTASTIC MUSIC FOR A FABULOUS TIME!" - Chamber rock for the 21st Century
January 6, 2010
8 p.m.
@The Cell
338 W. 23rd Street (bet. 8th and 9th Avenues), NYC

General admission tickets $20/$10 with student ID
Seating is LIMITED!!! ADVANCE PURCHASE STRONGLY ADVISED!!!
Tickets available online at http://avianmusic.tix.com
(and with cash at the door, depending on availability.)

Peter Flint ('92) and the Avian Orchestra start 2010 with a concert of hard-hitting chamber music inspired by the world of rock-and-roll. The evening celebrates the release of our newest recording from which the Avian Orchestra will play selections including music by Flint and former Oberlin professor, Conrad Cummings. Come enjoy an evening of thrilling new music and hang out with the composers and performers at a post-concert reception!

The program includes:
• Cable Ready - Michael Gandolfi’s virtuosic trio quoting Bach, Brahms, bebop, and the blues.
• I Wish They All Could Be... - Conrad Cummings’ Beach Boys solo piano fantasy.
• Fantastic Music for a Fabulous Time - Peter Flint’s full band homage to musical excess.
• Smoke n’ Wid - Richard Belcastro’s slamming quartet for electric guitar and chamber power trio.
• The Vinyl Six - Jonathan Newman’s tribute to the theme and variations 1970’s style power ballad.
• Swells - David Laganella’s deconstruction of California surf guitar music.

Hear samples of this music at http://www.avianmusic.com/Upcoming.html

Performers include Oberlin Conservatory grads Blair McMillen '93, piano, and Cyrus Beroukhim '99,violin, in a septet of musicians playing strings, woodwinds, percussion, and electric guitar.

For more information, visit www.avianmusic.com or e-mail info@avianmusic.com.

Jan. 13
Rafiq Bhatia '10 performs with his band, The Rafiq Bhatia Collective

This is Rafiq Bhatia (OC'10), guitarist/composer, wrote to let us know about an event this month:

The performance, which features multiple Oberlin students/alumni, will be a part of our tour, funded by the Oberlin Creativity & Leadership Project's Conservatory Initiative Grants Supporting Imagination and Excellence (CIGSIE). We will be visiting several cities to research a social entrepreneurship model that combines performing within the existing infrastructure for creative music with outreach efforts to youth in schools and community centers.

Who:
The Rafiq Bhatia Collective

Rafiq Bhatia (OC'10): guitar/compositions
Jeremy Viner: saxophones
Corey King: trombone
Jackson Hill (OC'10): bass
Alex Ritz (OC'08): drums

This performance will be a part of our winter tour, funded by the Oberlin Creativity & Leadership Project's Conservatory Initiative Grants Supporting Imagination and Excellence (CIGSIE). We will be visiting several cities to research a social entrepreneurship model that combines performing within the existing infrastructure for creative music with outreach efforts to youth in schools and community centers.

Where:
Barbes
9th St and 6th Ave
Park Slope, Brooklyn.
www.barbesbrooklyn.com

When: January 13th, 2010 at 7 p.m.

How Much? $10

Biography:

"A contemporary mind with the true potential of the future, Rafiq Bhatia is definitely an artist to look forward to hearing."

—Billy Hart, legendary jazz drummer

Rafiq Bhatia is an East-African Indian American guitarist/composer seeking to synthesize a genre-bending musical lexicon informed by the traditions of his transmigratory heritage.

A first-generation American, Bhatia is currently completing an interdisciplinary honors degree in economics and cognitive science at Oberlin College. He is also associated with the world-renowned Oberlin Conservatory, where his concept quickly caught the attention of prolific drummer Billy Hart, who decided to include Bhatia in his new project, The Billy Hart Laboratory. Besides apprenticing under Hart, renowned percussionist Jamey Haddad, and Cleveland-based drummer Paul Samuels, Bhatia is the artist-in-residence at The Feve, an Oberlin mainstay, where his group has attracted a loyal fan-base and critical acclaim for their regular performances. He also frequently returns to New York to perform, and studies with Downbeat magazine's "Rising Star Jazz Pianist/Composer" Vijay Iyer.

Bhatia currently leads The Rafiq Bhatia Collective, co-leads the New York-based ensemble Chrysalis with trombonist/composer Corey King, and is a member of the Nina Moffitt Quintet.

Jan. 14 and 16
Joe Hickerson '57 performs two NYC-area shows

Greetings! I am delighted to inform you of two programs I am doing in New York City in January sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York (www.folkmusicny.org).

House Concert
Hosts: John Ziv & Deborah Rubin
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
243 W. 98th St., Apt. 6A (Near Broadway)
New York City, NY
Reservations required: 718/672-6399

Workshop/Lecture/Concert:
“Treasures of the Library of Congress Folk Archive”
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St. (between. Hamilton & Woodhull)
Brooklyn, NY
Reservations required: 718/965-4074

'Twould be great to see a bunch of Obies there! I might even play excerpts from a Pete Seeger concert at Hall Auditorium in 4/55 and a folksing I led after Pete's concert at Oberlin on my 21st birthday 10/20/56!

Joe Hickerson, Oberlin class of 1957
www.joehickerson.com

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Host an Obertone!

Oberlin's one and only Obertones will be in town for Oberlin's Spring Break (March 26 - April 4th), and are looking for alumni hosts willing to donate sofa or floor space to a Tone for a night or two during their visit. Alum interested in hosting a Tone can contact the Obertones at obertone@oberlin.edu. For more information about the Obertones, please visit their website at http://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/obertone/index.htm.

While here, the Obertones will "spread the word about Oberlin" by performing at local highschools, as well as doing some street busking and performing at some area colleges. The Obertones have expressed interest in doing an alumni performance as well, but are in need of a venue. Any alum with access to space that might accommodate such an event is encouraged to contact NY Regional coordinator Erin Herlihy (eherlihy@gmail.com) or Katherine Kornblau (kjk11b@aol.com) to discuss.

Obie Andrew Innes '92 launches game company
I launched my game company, Anomia Press, in the spring of 2009 to manufacture and distribute "Anomia," a card game I invented and have been refining over the last 5 years. I raised all the money I needed to pay for my start up costs and my 1st printing via an email/web/Facebook/Twitter campaign this summer. My first shipment of games arrived this November, and at the time of this writing I have sold about 900 copies! More info can be found here: http://www.anomiapress.com.

January 2010 Newsletter

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January 2010 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:

Deadline for the February newsletter is Jan. 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

CLUB NEWS

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Jan. 14 - Oberlin Alumni January Happy Hour

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Jan. 6 - Peter Flint '92 and The Avian Orchestra perform new music

Jan. 13 - Rafiq Bhatia '10 performs with his band, The Rafiq Bhatia Collective

Jan. 16 and 14 - Joe Hickerson '57 performs two NYC shows

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Host an Obertone during spring break

Obie Andrew Innes '92 launches game company

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CLUB NEWS

Stay in touch with fellow New York-area Obies all month long through our new Facebook group and Twitter feed!

*Visit Facebook.com, search for the group "The Oberlin Alumni of NYC," and click to join.

*Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oberlin_nyc. Have an Oberlin-related message you'd like us to repost? Tweet to @Oberlin_NYC.

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Thursday, Jan. 14

Oberlin Alumni January Happy Hour

6 to 8 p.m. at Common Ground Bar and Restaurant

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Host an Obertone!

January 2010 Newsletter

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January 2010 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:

Deadline for the February newsletter is Jan. 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

CLUB NEWS

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Jan. 14 - Oberlin Alumni January Happy Hour

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Jan. 6 - Peter Flint '92 and The Avian Orchestra perform new music

Jan. 13 - Rafiq Bhatia '10 performs with his band, The Rafiq Bhatia Collective

Jan. 16 and 14 - Joe Hickerson '57 performs two NYC shows

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Host an Obertone during spring break

Obie Andrew Innes '92 launches game company

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CLUB NEWS

Stay in touch with fellow New York-area Obies all month long through our new Facebook group and Twitter feed!

*Visit Facebook.com, search for the group "The Oberlin Alumni of NYC," and click to join.

*Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oberlin_nyc. Have an Oberlin-related message you'd like us to repost? Tweet to @Oberlin_NYC.

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Thursday, Jan. 14

Oberlin Alumni January Happy Hour

6 to 8 p.m. at Common Ground Bar and Restaurant

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Host an Obertone!

December 2009 Newsletter

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December 2009 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:

Deadline for the January newsletter is Dec. 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

CLUB NEWS

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Dec. 14 - Obie Night at KJK Jewelry
Dec. 15 - December Happy Hour

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Dec. 5 - Frances Roberts '69 in ceramics studio holiday sale

Dec. 8 - Jason Myles Goss '03 performs at Living Room

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CLUB NEWS

Stay in touch with fellow New York-area Obies all month long through our new Facebook group and Twitter feed!

*Visit Facebook.com, search for the group "The Oberlin Alumni of NYC," and click to join.

*Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oberlin_nyc. Have an Oberlin-related message you'd like us to repost? Tweet to @Oberlin_NYC.

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Monday, Dec. 14
Obie Night at KJK Jewelry
5 to 7 p.m. at KJK Jewelry, 185 Madison Ave. at 34th St.

Katherine J. Kornblau, class of '90, invites you to join her for a special OBIE night at her annual SAMPLE AND STOCK SALE. If you cannot make it to the sale that night, below is the info for all the other days that it is open.

KJK Jewelry, Inc.
Private Sample and Stock Sale
Dec. 1st - Dec. 23rd
Open Monday - Friday 11 AM - 6 PM

KJK JEWELRY
185 MADISON AVE (@ East 34th St.)
SUITE 1100
New York, NY 10016
(212) 244 4433

Thousands of museum store quality designs to choose from including: lustrous cultured pearls, colorful bohemian glass, museum inspired pieces, unique semi-precious stones, andMTA Subway watches.

Beautiful pieces, hand-crafted in the USA, to fit every taste, size and budget. New pieces will be added daily!

These are the only weeks of the year that our exclusive midtown showroom is open to the public to view and purchase merchandise!

Great holiday gifts! Discounts of 30% to 70% off retail.
Most pieces $10 - $100!

For more information about KJK Jewelry and a list of “where to buy” retail, please visit our website at
www.kjkjewelry.com.

Tuesday, Dec. 15
Obie December Happy Hour
5:30 to 8 p.m. at Village Pourhouse

Oberlin Alumni December Happy Hour
Tuesday, December 15th, 5:30-8pm
Village Pourhouse Uptown
982 Amsterdam Ave, between 108th and 109th Streets
By subway: 1 train to 110th St (closest) or B/C trains to 110th St (a
bit of a walk)

**Look for Mathilda McGee-Tubb--she’ll have nametags for Obies**

Come before 7 p.m. and take advantage of happy hour specials:
$2 Bud and Bud Light Drafts
2 for 1 Sauza Margaritas, Absolut Cocktails, Pyrat Rum and Cokes, and Cruzan Mojitos
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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Dec. 5

Frances Roberts '69 participates in Penn South Ceramics Studio Holiday sale

Frances Roberts '69 is participating in the Penn South Ceramics Studio Holiday sale on December 5, 2009 from 12 noon-5pm. The studio is located at 276 9th Ave. at the northeast corner of 26th street and 9th ave. There will be terrific pots and refreshments. The C or E trains to 23rd street and 8th Avenue will get you there. Also check out her pottery website for all your holiday needs: http://www.levineroberts.com/pottery

Dec. 8

Jason Myles Goss '03 plays at Living Room

Singer-songwriter Jason Myles Goss '03 plays the early set (6:45 to 8 p.m.), featuring Austin Nevins (co-produced A Plea For Dreamland) on electric guitar! Pass-the bucket, $5 suggested. 21+. Great drinks, music all night!

Living Room, 154 Ludlow St.

www.livingroomny.com

www.jasonmylesgoss.com

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NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Deadline for the December newsletter is Nov. 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

CLUB NEWS
Join our Twitter feed and Facebook group!

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
Nov. 10 - Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical
Nov. 11 - Brooklyn Alumni Gathering (RSVP by Nov. 6)
Nov. 18 - November Obie Happy Hour

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
Nov. 3 - Huang Ruo '00 celebrates album release with show at Le Poisson Rouge
Nov. 3 to 28 - Frances Roberts '69 shows work in Soho Photo Gallery's Fifth Annual Alternative Processes Competition Show
Nov. 9 - Flutist Carol Wincenc '71 celebrates her 40th anniversary on the concert stage
Nov 10 & 12 - Joanna Smith Rakoff, OC '94, reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads
Nov. 19 - World premiere of "A Gershwin Mosaic" by Henry Martin '72

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nancy Garniez ('58) hosts informal a cappella group
Current Oberlin senior interested in art and/or fashion marketing
Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for venues for events
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CLUB NEWS

Stay in touch with fellow New York-area Obies all month long through our new Facebook group and Twitter feed!
*Visit Facebook.com, search for the group "The Oberlin Alumni of NYC," and click to join.
*Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oberlin_nyc. Have an Oberlin-related message you'd like us to repost? Tweet to @Oberlin_NYC.
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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Tuesday, November 10
Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical
6 p.m. at Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Join President Marvin Krislov and fellow NYC Obies for a riveting performance of HAIR and a behind the scenes discussion with Jenny Gersten ’91, associate producer of The Public Theater. As part of that position, Jenny serves as the associate producer for the revival of HAIR, first in Central Park and now on Broadway. Prior to the show, she will speak with Oberlin alumni about producing a musical on Broadway, and discuss why HAIR is back in the zeitgeist.

Discussion with Jenny Gersten '91 at 6 p.m.
Performance of HAIR at 7 p.m.

**NOTE: The tickets set aside for Obies for this performance are sold out. You are encouraged to buy tickets to this performance by calling the theater directly. Call the alumni office (440-775-8692) to let them know you will be joining the pre-show discussion!

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 West 45th Street
New York, New York
212-239-6200

Wednesday, Nov. 11
Brooklyn Alumni Gathering
7 p.m., at the home of Carolyn Kubitschek '70

Please join Ben Jones ’96, Vice President of Communications, and Danielle Young, Executive Director of the Alumni Association, for a Brooklyn alumni gathering! Ben will provide a brief update on communication initiatives and the Oberlin Stories Project, and Danielle will highlight some alumni projects that are underway. Come and have a great evening with fellow alumni!

Middle Eastern fare will be served; please bring a beverage for yourself and to share with others.

When:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Time:
7:00 p.m.

Location:
Home of Carolyn Kubitschek ’70
411 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Travel directions: Take the F train to the Seventh Avenue stop. Exit at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Ninth Street (rear of train if you are coming from Manhattan). Walk 100 yards downhill to 411 Ninth Street. Or take the R train to the Ninth Street stop. You'll exit at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street. Walk two and a half blocks uphill to 411 Ninth Street. You can also take the B67 or B75 bus to the corner of Ninth Street and Seventh Avenue. If you drive, parking is theoretically available on the street -- good luck.

RSVP:
Please register online at www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration by November 6, 2009.

Wednesday, Nov. 18
November Obie Happy Hour
5 to 9 p.m. at Soda Bar in Prospect Heights

Join fellow Oberlin alumni for Happy Hour at Soda Bar on Vanderbilt Ave in Prospect Heights Brooklyn on Wednesday November 18! Happy Hour is going to be extended just for Obies until 9 PM, so that we can keep drinking great drafts at $3 and wells at $5.

Soda Bar is located at 629 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY. It is very close to Grand Army Plaza (2/3 trains) and the 7th ave stop (B/Q trains).
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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Nov. 3
Huang Ruo '00 celebrates album release with show at Le Poisson Rouge

On Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.), the ensemble Future in REverse (FIRE) and Pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen perform music from Huang Ruo's new CD “To The Four Corners” on Naxos Records (http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559653).

Program to include:
String Quartet No. 1: The Three Tenses
Drama Theater III: Written on the Wind
Four Fragments
Drama Theater II: Shifting Shades

“The last release by Naxos of Huang Ruo’s Chamber Concertos Nos. 1–4 was hailed as ‘a bold debut’ (Gramophone) which ‘shows a major compositional voice emerging’ (The Juilliard Journal Online). This disc, To The Four Corners, presents three of his Drama Theaters for various combinations of Eastern and Western instruments—including 18 beer bottles—the elusive subtitle of each strikingly suggesting a musical/cultural/philosophical idea. Similarly, The Three Tenses explores a paradoxically integrated notion of time, where past, present and future create ‘a seamless entity called timelessness’. Huang Ruo won the 2008 International Composition Prize of the Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music and has been cited by the New Yorker as ‘one of the most intriguing of the new crop of Asian-American composers.”

Le Poisson Rouge is located at 158 Bleecker St. For more information, visit: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/604

*Later in the month, on Nov. 30, Ruo receives a New York premiere of his work "Leaving Sao" with the American Composers Orchestra:

Orchestra Underground: Traditions and Transmigrations
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at 7:30pm.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (57th St. &7th Ave., NYC)
For more information, visit: http://www.americancomposers.org/rel2009_10.html

Nov. 3 to 28
Frances Roberts '69 shows work in Soho Photo Gallery's Fifth Annual Alternative Processes Competition Show

My photo "Doll's Head" was accepted for the Soho Photo Gallery's Fifth Annual Alternative Processes Competition Show November 3-28. (The picture was shot with a pinhole camera and transferred onto a porcelain tile that I made.)

The opening is Tuesday evening, November 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Hours for the gallery are: Wednesday through Sunday 1-6 p.m.
The gallery is located at 15 White street in Tribeca. The gallery phone number is 212 226 8571. It's website is www.sohophoto.com

The gallery is located three blocks south of Canal Street between West Broadway and Sixth Avenue. Subways: #1 to Franklin
Street or the A, C, E, W, N, R or #6 to Canal Street will get you there.

Nov. 9
Flutist Carol Wincenc '71 celebrates her 40th anniversary on the concert stage with a four-concert series in New York in the 2009-2010 season

Flutist Carol Wincenc '71 celebrates her 40th anniversary on the concert stage with a concert series featuring six world premieres; new works written for Carol Wincenc and the anniversary celebration by composers Jonathan Berger, Shih-Hui Chen, Andrea Clearfield, Jake Heggie, Thea Musgrave, and Joan Tower – many of whom will attend the premieres. The programs will also feature additional works written for Ms. Wincenc over her career, including those by David Del Tredici, Lukas Foss, Jake Heggie, and Paul Schoenfield; the seminal 20th-century flute piece Voice of the Whale by George Crumb, in honor of the composer’s 80th birthday year; and touchstone works by Bach, Debussy, and Vivaldi. The Shi-Hui Chen, Jake Heggie, Thea Musgrave, and Joan Tower works were commissioned by Backshore Artists Projects, Inc. and funded by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson.

"When Joan Tower approached me ten years ago to write a work for her 60th birthday celebration, I was moved to consider doing something similar upon reflection of this magnificent career that I have been enjoying since 1969,” says Wincenc. “Now that I have reached 40th anniversary milestone, there is nothing I want more than to bring new works into the world, while reveling in the magnificence of the classics written for the flute, and celebrate with revered and dear colleagues, friends, and students. The planning of this series, through the staggering generosity of Stuart and Linda Nelson, fills me with endless joy, gratitude and inspiration – and sets me off into my next decade!"

Monday, November 9, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Merkin Concert Hall
Carol Wincenc Ruby Anniversary, Concert 1: “Deepest Desires”

The world premiere of a commissioned work by Jake Heggie, Fury of Light for flute and piano, as well as Heggie’s song cycle The Deepest Desire, settings of texts by Sister Helen Prejean (a protagonist in Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking) for voice, flute, and piano, highlight this program. Fury of Light is inspired by the poem “Sunrise” by Mary Oliver. The program also features Lukas Foss’s Three American Pieces arranged for flute and piano, Paul Schoenfield’s Six Chassidic Songs (written for Ms. Wincenc), and George Crumb’s famous 1971 work Voice of the Whale for electric flute, electric piano, and electric cello, in commemoration of Crumb’s 80th birthday year. Jake Heggie and Stephen Gosling are the program’s pianists; soprano Elise Quagliata sings The Deepest Desire, and cellist Rafael Figueroa is featured in Voice of the Whale.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/buy-tickets.

Carol Wincenc is one of the most respected and acclaimed flutists performing today. She appears with orchestras worldwide and has premiered works written for her by numerous prominent composers. Ms. Wincenc's musicianship is matched by a deep commitment to expanding the flute repertoire. With the Detroit Symphony, she gave the world premiere of a flute concerto written for her by Pulitzer-Prize winner Christopher Rouse. Ms. Wincenc also gave the world premiere of Henryk Gorecki's Concerto-Cantata at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and the U.S. premiere with the Chicago Symphony. She is in demand for her interpretation Lukas Foss's Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra-a work written for her, and has premiered concerti by Peter Schickele, Joan Tower, Paul Schoenfield and Tobias Picker, who composed The Rain In the Trees, a double concerto for her and soprano Barbara Hendricks inspired by the rainforest poems of W.S. Merwin. In a Naumburg Foundation Valentine's Day recital in New York's Merkin Concert Hall in 1998, she premiered ten short "valentines" written for her by Gorecki, Sierra, and Michael Torke, among others.

Other concerts in the series:

Monday, February 22, 2010, at 7:30 PM
The Morgan Library & Museum, www.themorgan.org
Concert 2: “Les Amies”
Carol Wincenc, Flute
Nancy Allen, Harp
Cynthia Phelps, Viola

Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at 8:00 PM
Peter J. Sharp Auditorium, The Juilliard School
www.juilliard.edu
Concert 3: “Carol Wincenc Celebration”
Carol Wincenc, Flute
Juilliard String Quartet
Stephen Gosling, Piano
Students of The Juilliard School
Additional artists to be announced

Nov. 10 & 12
Joanna Smith Rakoff '94 reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads

Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, was released this spring on Scribner. The novel follows six Oberlin grads as they move to New York during the tech boom of the late 1990s and try to make their way in typically Oberlin-ish fields--theater, music, publishing, academia--and eventually find themselves living rather more bourgeois lives than they expected. The New York Times called it a "piquant view of her evolving generation" that "deserves a room of its own." The Los Angeles Times described it as "compulsively readable." The Daily News called it "“[A] richly drawn narrative…Smith Rakoff's social commentary remains both engaging and satisfying in its breadth and depth…A FORTUNATE AGE provides an expansive and elegantly executed time capsule of the dot.com generation finding its feet during a critical moment in history.”

November 10
Pen Parentis Reading Series
The Libertine
Gild Hall Hotel
15 Gold Street
New York NY 10038
212.785.5950
With Stewart Lewis (Rockstarlet)
6:00pm

November 12
Brooklyn Industries -- Park Slope
206 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 789-2764
Cocktails and snacks
6:30-8:30

Nov. 19
World premiere of "A Gershwin Mosaic" by Henry Martin '72

The world premiere of "A Gershwin Mosaic" for flute and string quartet, by composer Henry Martin '72, will be performed Thursday, Nov. 19, 12:30 pm at the Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University, Newark, where Martin is professor of music. The concert will also feature music by Varese, Hindemith, and Gershwin. Admission is free to the concert and a postconcert reception.
Foe more information, visit: http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/events/index.php?sId=eventDetail&eventId=2673
Maps and directions at www.newark.rutgers.edu/maps
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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Nancy Garniez '58 hosts informal a cappella group
For good readers with eclectic taste and a certain fearlessness: one or two on a part informal a cappella singing the third Saturday of every month, 7:30 PM, Upper West Side. Telephone 212-749-4035 or email nancygarniez@tonalrefraction.com for more information and to test the waters. Byrd, Brahms and Beyond. Mostly a young-ish group hosted by Nancy Garniez '58.

Graduating Oberlin senior interested in art and/or fashion marketing
Current student Amanda Turner wrote: "Hello I am a current senior at Oberlin and will be graduating in May. I am very interested in entering the fashion marketing and or arts management fields. I would like to talk to anyone regarding this and would appreciate any advice that can be given. My email is amanda.turner@oberlin.edu Thank you very much."

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.

October 2009 - Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter

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October 2009 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:

Deadline for the November newsletter is Oct. 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Oct. 15 - The Oberlin Authors Book Club

Oct. 17 - Volunteer with other Obies for New York Cares Day (RSVP by Oct. 9)

Oct. 19 - An Evening with Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon (RSVP by Oct. 9)

FUTURE CLUB EVENTS

Nov. 10 - Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Oct. 1 to 17 - Carl Riehl, OC '90, contributes music to new musical theater piece, Laika Dog In Space

Through Oct. 11 - Obie-founded Epic Theatre Ensemble invites you to Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven

Oct. 5 and beyond - Peter Sciscioli, OC '96, performs in a collection of dance/music/theater events

Oct. 12 - Jeffrey Fracé, OC '90, performs at Joe's Pub

Oct. 12 and beyond - Trombonist Jason Jackson, OC '93, plays shows in NYC

Oct. 18 - Joanna Smith Rakoff reads from her novel about Oberlin grads

Oct. 27 - Alia Kate, OC '08, launches fair-trade business, Kantara Crafts

Nov. 9 -Flutist Carol Wincenc '71 celebrates her 40th anniversary on the concert stage

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for venues for events

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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Thursday, October 15

The Oberlin Authors Book Club meets again!

6 p.m. at Guy and Gallard Cafe, 180 Madison Ave. (entrance on 34th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues)

Please join us as we welcome Les Leopold (Oberlin ’69), as our guest author. We will be reading his novel, The Looting of America.

In a book that pulls no punches, Les shows clearly shows that the crash was a result of our obscene distribution of income combined with financial deregulation, and not the result of consumers buying houses they couldn’t afford. This is one book that breaks it all down into everyday language, or as Les writes, “If I can understand this crap, so can you.”

The book and Les also point us toward concrete reforms that are necessary in order to prevent the next crash and to move us to a fairer, more stable economy. For example, he advocates a series of policies to reduce the outrageous gaps between the top and bottom of the income ladder, and to put a lid on sky-high Wall Street salaries.

Les is passionate about his work and ideas, and he promises that you won’t go to sleep or even get drowsy. The Oberlin of the 1960s runs right through him and he can’t wait to share it with you.

Here’s what some reviewers say:

“Les Leopold tells the story of our economic collapse so clearly, so broadly, so stylishly I didn’t get lost; in fact, to my great surprise, I kept going and going like Hansel and Gretel through the thick forest of mortgage finance, credit swaps, bubbles and bailouts. The Looting of America is a guided tour for people who wonder if the ups and downs of a free market are inevitable, or if we can’t make a few changes for a smoother ride.”--Robert Krulwich, NPR Science Correspondent and co-host of Radio Lab

“Les Leopold’s account of the economic crisis is the clearest and most accessible that I have seen. It gives a reader with little economics or financial background a riveting description of how Wall Street tore down our economy and what we can do about it. It’s a page turner we all should read.”--Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers

If you want to understand more about what caused the economic crisis and what’s happening right now, you may want to visit with Les Leopold, the author of The Looting of America: How Wall Street’s Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed our Jobs, Pensions and Prosperity and What we can do about it. (http://www.amazon.com/Looting-America-Destroyed-Pensions-Prosperity/dp/1603582053%3FSubscriptionId%3D1QZMGW0RRJC2PX87HDR2%26tag%3Dsalranexp-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603582053)

I hope to see many of you at this meeting. What great material for lively discussion! Please read the book before the meeting if you are able.

RSVPs welcome, but not necessary. KJK11b@aol.com.

Best wishes,

Katherine J. Kornblau

Oberlin Alumni Regional Coordinator for NYC

Saturday, October 17

Volunteer with other Oberlin alumni for New York Cares Day

9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., location TBA

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 17, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Please register by Friday, October 9, 2009!

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.

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 9, 2009!

COST: There is a $10 registration fee to participate. If you should be prompted for a code, use "NYCD008". 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

Even if you cannot come out and join us, please consider making a fiscal contribution to the team!

Monday, October 19

Celebrating the Oberlin College Tradition of Mentorship: An Evening with Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon
7:30 p.m. at New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West

Featuring Ishmael Beah ’04, best-selling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, and Dan Chaon, Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature. Welcome by Sean Decatur, Dean of Arts and Sciences, followed by a candid conversation between Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon.

RSVP by October 9 by visiting www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or at public.programs@oberlin.edu or 440-775-6785.

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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS

Tuesday, November 10

Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical

6 p.m. at Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Join President Marvin Krislov and fellow NYC Obies for a riveting performance of HAIR and a behind the scenes discussion with Jenny Gersten ’91, associate producer of The Public Theater. As part of that position, Jenny serves as the associate producer for the revival of HAIR, first in Central Park and now on Broadway. Prior to the show, she will speak with Oberlin alumni about producing a musical on Broadway, and discuss why HAIR is back in the zeitgeist.

Discussion with Jenny Gersten '91 at 6 p.m.
Performance of HAIR at 7 p.m.

**NOTE: The tickets set aside for Obies for this performance are sold out. You are encouraged to buy tickets to this performance by calling the theater directly. Call the alumni office (440-775-8692) to let them know you will be joining the pre-show discussion!

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 West 45th Street
New York, New York
212-239-6200

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Oct. 1 to 17
Carl Riehl, OC '90, contributes music to new musical theater piece, Laika Dog In Space

The New York Neo-Futurists present Laika Dog In Space, a new musical theater piece produced in association with the Ontological-Hysteric Incubator with music by Carl Riehl OC '90.

Laika Dog In Space is a Neo-Futurist play with music that asks: what if Laika, a little dog launched into space by a bunch of Russian scientists with big ambitions, hadn’t died but instead had somehow continued to live in space? What would she be like? Who would she meet? What would she do with all of her free time? And what does she have to do with us? The play uses music, fairy tales, television and, of course, the personal stories of the Neo-Futurists, to explore death, isolation, and adventure in a surprisingly upbeat and comic way.

Performances are Oct. 1-4, 6, 8-11, 13, and 15-17 at 8:00 p.m. at the Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church, 131 East 10th Street at Second Avenue. Tickets are $17 General/$12 Student at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/683325

The New York Neo-Futurists are an ensemble of dynamic writer/performer/directors who present the critically acclaimed, energetic show of original short plays, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind -- a non-illusory collage of the comic and tragic, the political and personal, the visceral and experimental, while embracing chance, change, and chaos. Developing out of the format that has been a success in Chicago since 1988, the New York Neo-Futurists have roots in New York City from the mid 90’s. Since opening Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind in New York five years ago, they have created over 1,500 plays and continue to present award-winning, new and vital work every weekend in the East Village. For more info on The New York Neo-Futurists: www.nynf.org

Laika Dog In Space is:
Directed by David Dalton
Created and performed by Eevin Hartsough, Jill Beckman and Rob Neill
Composed and Music Directed by Carl Riehl OC '90
Assistant Directed and Dramaturged by Christopher Diercksen
Technical Directed by Lauren Parrish
Music performed by Cake Monkey: Gene Caprioglio (guitar); Devlin Goldberg (drums/percussion); Carl Riehl OC '90 (accordion/keyboards); Scott Selig (bass).

Through Oct. 11

Obie-founded Epic Theatre Ensemble invites you to world premiere of Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven

EPIC THEATRE ENSEMBLE

(Zak Berkman OC '93, Melissa Friedman OC '93, Ron Russell OC '92, founding executive producers)

invites our fellow OBERLIN COLLEGE ALUMNI & STUDENTS to see the world premiere of:

MAHIDA’S EXTRA KEY TO HEAVEN by Russell Davis, Directed by Will Pomerantz

Written by 2008 Winner of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Russell Davis' Mahida's Extra Key To Heaven is a poetic, funny, and haunting story about crossing borders of all kinds. Thomas is visiting his mother's island home when he encounters Mahida, an Iranian college student stranded after an argument with her brother. The two strangers begin a beautifully awkward search for a common country, but discover that sometimes the smaller the world the bigger the invasions.

SEPTEMBER 16 – OCTOBER 11, 2009

@ Signature Theatre’s PETER NORTON SPACE, 555 West 42nd Street

ALL PERFORMANCES will be followed by a POST-SHOW DISCUSSION

For more information: www.epictheatreensemble.org

Oct. 5, 10, 11, 21-25

Peter Sciscioli, OC '96, performs in a collection of dance/music/theater events

Peter Sciscioli, OC '96, performs in a collection of dance/music/theater events this month. Details below. For more info, visit www.petersciscioli.com.

Monday, October 5, 8pm

Peter Sciscioli Performance Projects: new work-in-progress (15-20 min.)

With Deborah Black, Gideon Crevoshay (OC ‘04) and Mare Hieronimus

Movement Research at the Judson Church, 55 Washington Square South

More info: http://www.movementresearch.org/performancesevents/judsonchurch/schedule.php

Saturday, October 10, 6pm

Peter Sciscioli Performance Projects: new work-in-progress (10 min.)

With Deborah Black, Gideon Crevoshay (OC ‘04) and Mare Hieronimus

75th Anniversary of the Harkness Dance Center at the 92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue (at 92nd Street)

More info & tickets: http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-DP5ST10

Sunday, October 11, 3pm

Singing excerpt from Stockhausen’s “Stimmung” with choreography/performance by Daria Fain

75th Anniversary of the Harkness Dance Center at the 92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue (at 92nd Street)

More info & tickets: http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-DP5ST10

Wednesday, October 21 – Saturday, October 24, 7:30pm

Sunday, October 25, 3pm

Singing in chorus for Meredith Monk’s “Songs of Ascension”

BAM Harvey Theater

Corner of Fulton & Ashland, Brooklyn

More info & tickets: http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1261

Oct. 12

Jeffrey Fracé, OC '90, performs at Joe's Pub

Jeffrey Fracé (class of 1990) is performing with a company that over the past three years has become one of the hottest tickets in the downtown theatre scene in New York. Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant combines food, drink, song, dance and spectacle and does it all with a twist that defies any comparison to "dinner theater." After several sold-out performances in Brooklyn and at the Ohio Theatre in SoHo, the Conni's troupe has been invited to perform at Joe's Pub. Please join us for this uniquely entertaining event. A link to reserve tickets is below. Please note you would like to sit at the OBERLIN table!

Description from Joe's Pub: "Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant (a Village Voice Choice and Time Out New York favorite), is not a locale but a group of bold (if fictional) theatrical performers, devoted to the ongoing celebration of the work of Conni Convergence, the beloved (and still fictional) icon of stage and screen. Hailed as “devilish dinner theatre” by The New York Daily News, these unique theatrical-culinary events mix the ingredients of fine food and drink, brash Vegas-style song and dance spectacle, and a loving sendup of avant-garde pomposity."

The ensemble at Conni's teams up with the kitchen at Joe's Pub to bring you this cabaret- style retrospective of the life and work of the legendary Miss Conni Convergence. If only Joe were here to reminisce. One Night Only!

Monday, October 12@ Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan Doors open at 5:30; Curtain promptly at 6:00pm

$50 ticket price includes a three-course meal (and gratuity) graciously provided by Joe's Pub.

Miss Conni has selected the following accompaniments to the work: Arugula and Shaved Parmesan SaladBaby Arugula Dressed with Olive Oil and Fresh Lemon Ravioli Fresh Pasta Tossed in a Creamy Basil Pesto Sauce Topped with Plum Tomatoes Chocolate Divine Topped with Ganache

Tickets available here: http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4764

Oct. 12 and beyond

Trombonist Jason Jackson, OC '93, plays shows in NYC

Jason E. Jackson, trombonist, received his BA from Oberlin in 1993 and his MA from Manhattan School of Music in 1995. For more information on these and other shows, visit www.jasonjacksonmusic.com.

Oct. 12 & 19

VJO Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

178 7th Ave S

www.villagevanguard.com

Oct. 15-18

Charles Tolliver Big Band

Iridium Jazz Club

1650 Broadway (51st.)

www.iridiumjazzclub.com

Oct 18

Appearing with Rosena Hill

Unity Church of NY, Symphony Space NY @ 11AM

2537 Broadway @95th

mail@unityofnewyork.org

Oct 26-27

Roy Hargrove Big Band

The Jazz Gallery

290 Hudson St.

www.jazzgallery.org

Oct. 18

Joanna Smith Rakoff, OC '94, reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads

Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, was released this spring on Scribner. The novel follows six Oberlin grads as they move to New York during the tech boom of the late 1990s and try to make their way in typically Oberlin-ish fields--theater, music, publishing, academia--and eventually find themselves living rather more bourgeois lives than they expected. The New York Times called it a "piquant view of her evolving generation" that "deserves a room of its own." The Los Angeles Times described it as "compulsively readable." The Daily News called it "“[A] richly drawn narrative…Smith Rakoff's social commentary remains both engaging and satisfying in its breadth and depth…A FORTUNATE AGE provides an expansive and elegantly executed time capsule of the dot.com generation finding its feet during a critical moment in history.”

4 p.m. October 18

Sunday Salon

Jimmy’s 43, 43 East Seventh Street, New York NY 10003

212.982.3006

With Darin Strauss (More Than It Hurts You; Chang and Eng), Alix Strauss (Death Becomes Them), and Laura van den Berg (What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us)

Oct. 27

Alia Kate, OC '08, launches fair-trade business, Kantara Crafts

Kantara Crafts founder, Alia Kate ('08) is celebrating the launch of her fair-trade business that specializes in handwoven Moroccan carpets. The launch event will be held at New York's Zerza restaurant on October 27th from 5pm until 7pm. Alia, a recipient of Oberlin's Creativity and Leadership Fellowship just moved her business to New York and is exciting to meet fellow Obie alumni and share her stories from the artisans themselves. For more information, visit the website (www.kantaracrafts.com), or feel free to contact Alia directly, (akate@kantaracrafts.com).

Nov. 9

Flutist Carol Wincenc '71 celebrates her 40th anniversary on the concert stage with a four-concert series in New York in the 2009-2010 season

Flutist Carol Wincenc '71 celebrates her 40th anniversary on the concert stage with a concert series featuring six world premieres; new works written for Carol Wincenc and the anniversary celebration by composers Jonathan Berger, Shih-Hui Chen, Andrea Clearfield, Jake Heggie, Thea Musgrave, and Joan Tower – many of whom will attend the premieres. The programs will also feature additional works written for Ms. Wincenc over her career, including those by David Del Tredici, Lukas Foss, Jake Heggie, and Paul Schoenfield; the seminal 20th-century flute piece Voice of the Whale by George Crumb, in honor of the composer’s 80th birthday year; and touchstone works by Bach, Debussy, and Vivaldi. The Shi-Hui Chen, Jake Heggie, Thea Musgrave, and Joan Tower works were commissioned by Backshore Artists Projects, Inc. and funded by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson.

"When Joan Tower approached me ten years ago to write a work for her 60th birthday celebration, I was moved to consider doing something similar upon reflection of this magnificent career that I have been enjoying since 1969,” says Wincenc. “Now that I have reached 40th anniversary milestone, there is nothing I want more than to bring new works into the world, while reveling in the magnificence of the classics written for the flute, and celebrate with revered and dear colleagues, friends, and students. The planning of this series, through the staggering generosity of Stuart and Linda Nelson, fills me with endless joy, gratitude and inspiration – and sets me off into my next decade!"

Monday, November 9, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Merkin Concert Hall

Carol Wincenc Ruby Anniversary, Concert 1: “Deepest Desires”

The world premiere of a commissioned work by Jake Heggie, Fury of Light for flute and piano, as well as Heggie’s song cycle The Deepest Desire, settings of texts by Sister Helen Prejean (a protagonist in Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking) for voice, flute, and piano, highlight this program. Fury of Light is inspired by the poem “Sunrise” by Mary Oliver. The program also features Lukas Foss’s Three American Pieces arranged for flute and piano, Paul Schoenfield’s Six Chassidic Songs (written for Ms. Wincenc), and George Crumb’s famous 1971 work Voice of the Whale for electric flute, electric piano, and electric cello, in commemoration of Crumb’s 80th birthday year. Jake Heggie and Stephen Gosling are the program’s pianists; soprano Elise Quagliata sings The Deepest Desire, and cellist Rafael Figueroa is featured in Voice of the Whale.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/buy-tickets.

Carol Wincenc is one of the most respected and acclaimed flutists performing today. She appears with orchestras worldwide and has premiered works written for her by numerous prominent composers. Ms. Wincenc's musicianship is matched by a deep commitment to expanding the flute repertoire. With the Detroit Symphony, she gave the world premiere of a flute concerto written for her by Pulitzer-Prize winner Christopher Rouse. Ms. Wincenc also gave the world premiere of Henryk Gorecki's Concerto-Cantata at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and the U.S. premiere with the Chicago Symphony. She is in demand for her interpretation Lukas Foss's Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra-a work written for her, and has premiered concerti by Peter Schickele, Joan Tower, Paul Schoenfield and Tobias Picker, who composed The Rain In the Trees, a double concerto for her and soprano Barbara Hendricks inspired by the rainforest poems of W.S. Merwin. In a Naumburg Foundation Valentine's Day recital in New York's Merkin Concert Hall in 1998, she premiered ten short "valentines" written for her by Gorecki, Sierra, and Michael Torke, among others.

Other concerts in the series:

Monday, February 22, 2010, at 7:30 PM

The Morgan Library & Museum, www.themorgan.org

Concert 2: “Les Amies”

Carol Wincenc, Flute

Nancy Allen, Harp

Cynthia Phelps, Viola

Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at 8:00 PM

Peter J. Sharp Auditorium, The Juilliard School

www.juilliard.edu

Concert 3: “Carol Wincenc Celebration”

Carol Wincenc, Flute

Juilliard String Quartet

Stephen Gosling, Piano

Students of The Juilliard School

Additional artists to be announced

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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for venues for events

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September 2009 - Oberlin Alumni of NYC Newsletter

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September 2009 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Deadline for the October newsletter is September 25. Please send your news and events to editor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:

FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
October 15 - The Oberlin Authors Book Club

October 19 - An Evening with Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon
November 10 - Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Sept. 16-Oct. 11: Obie-founded Epic Theatre Ensemble invites you to "Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven"

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship or Temporary Housing

Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (Apply by Sept. 16)

Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for venues for events
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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS

October 15

The Oberlin Authors Book Club meets again!

6 p.m. in Midtown Manhattan (location TBA)

Please join us as we welcome Les Leopold (Oberlin ’69), as our guest author. We will be reading his novel, The Looting of America.

The book and Les also point us towards concrete reforms that are necessary in order to prevent the next crash and to move us to a fairer, more stable economy. For example, he advocates a series of policies to reduce the outrageous gaps between the top and bottom of the income ladder, and to put a lid on sky-high Wall Street salaries.

Les is passionate about his work and ideas, and he promises that you won’t go to sleep or even get drowsy. The Oberlin of the 1960s runs right through him and he can’t wait to share it with you.

Here’s what some reviewers say:

"I loved this book. A worms'-eye dissection of the Wall Street crisis from a very sharp and very knowledgeable labor economist. Here's hoping that before the Washington consensus gets set in stone, policymakers will read it and reflect on the havoc the masters of the universe have wreaked on ordinary people."--Charles Morris, author of The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash and Money, Greed, and Risk: Why Financial Crises and Crashes Happen

“Les Leopold tells the story of our economic collapse so clearly, so broadly, so stylishly I didn’t get lost; in fact, to my great surprise, I kept going and going like Hansel and Gretel through the thick forest of mortgage finance, credit swaps, bubbles and bailouts. The Looting of America is a guided tour for people who wonder if the ups and downs of a free market are inevitable, or if we can’t make a few changes for a smoother ride.”--Robert Krulwich, NPR Science Correspondent and co-host of Radio Lab

“Les Leopold’s account of the economic crisis is the clearest and most accessible that I have seen. It gives a reader with little economics or financial background a riveting description of how Wall Street tore down our economy and what we can do about it. It’s a page turner we all should read.”--Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers

If you want to understand more about what caused the economic crisis and what’s happening right now, you may want to visit with Les Leopold, the author of The Looting of America: How Wall Street’s Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed our Jobs, Pensions and Prosperity and What we can do about it. (http://www.amazon.com/Looting-America-Destroyed-Pensions-Prosperity/dp/1603582053%3FSubscriptionId%3D1QZMGW0RRJC2PX87HDR2%26tag%3Dsalranexp-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603582053)

I hope to see many of you at this meeting. What great material for lively discussion!

Please read the book before the meeting if you are able.

RSVPs welcome, but not necessary. KJK11b@aol.com.

Best wishes,

Katherine J. Kornblau

Oberlin Alumni Regional Coordinator for NYC

October 19
Celebrating the Oberlin College Tradition of Mentorship: An Evening with Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon
7:30 p.m. at New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West

Featuring Ishmael Beah ’04, best-selling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, and Dan Chaon, Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature. Welcome by Sean Decatur, Dean of Arts and Sciences, followed by a candid conversation between Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon.

RSVP by October 9 by visiting www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or atpublic.programs@oberlin.edu or 440-775-6785.

November 10
Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical
7 p.m. at Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Save the date for Obie Night on Broadway, including a talk and tour with Jenny Gersten ’91, Associate Producer at The Public Theater, prior to the musical. More information to follow!

HAIR on Broadway with Jenny Gersten '91!

Join President Marvin Krislov and fellow NYC Obies for a riveting performance of HAIR and a behind the scenes discussion with Jenny Gersten ’91, associate producer of The Public Theater. As part of that position, Jenny serves as the associate producer for the revival of HAIR, first in Central Park and now on Broadway. Prior to the show, she will speak with Oberlin alumni about producing a musical on Broadway, and discuss why HAIR is back in the zeitgeist.

Tuesday, November 10th
Discussion with Jenny Gersten '91 at 6PM
Performance of HAIR at 7PM

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 West 45th Street
New York, New York
212-239-6200

The theatre is located between 8th and 9th Ave.
Take the A, C, E trains to 42nd Street.

The Public Theater’s inspiring new production of HAIR is the hottest ticket in town! ON BROADWAY for the first time in over 30 years, HAIR begins performances at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The story of a group of young Americans searching for love and peace during the Vietnam era, HAIR is a timeless portrait of a movement that changed the world. HAIR features some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage.
www.hairbroadway.com

Tickets are limited! RSVP today!

Orchestra Tickets $92 (regularly $122)

RSVP through the Alumni Office. Tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis, and seating is limited. To allow time for mailing your tickets, all payments must be received by Monday, October 5, 2009. Tickets will be mailed to you prior to the event.

Audience: HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical may not be appropriate for young theater goers under the age of 12. The production contains scenes that briefly depict profanity, nudity and simulated drug use. Children under 4 years of age will not be admitted into the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Sept. 16-Oct. 11

Obie-founded Epic Theatre Ensemble invites you to world premiere of "Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven"

EPIC THEATRE ENSEMBLE

(Zak Berkman OC '93, Melissa Friedman OC '93, Ron Russell OC '92, founding executive producers)

invites our fellow OBERLIN COLLEGE ALUMNI & STUDENTS to see the world premiere of

MAHIDA’S EXTRA KEY TO HEAVEN

by Russell Davis

Directed by Will Pomerantz

Featuring

Roxanna Hope (Frost/Nixon)

Arian Moayed (Masked)

Tony Award Winner Michele Pawk,

and Epic co-Founder James Wallert

Written by 2008 Winner of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Russell Davis' Mahida's Extra Key To Heaven is a poetic, funny, and haunting story about crossing borders of all kinds. Thomas is visiting his mother's island home when he encounters Mahida, an Iranian college student stranded after an argument with her brother. The two strangers begin a beautifully awkward search for a common country, but discover that sometimes the smaller the world the bigger the invasions.

SEPTEMBER 16 – OCTOBER 11, 2009

@ Signature Theatre’s PETER NORTON SPACE, 555 West 42nd Street

ALL PERFORMANCES will be followed by a POST-SHOW DISCUSSION

Regular Tickets $38.50

Because we want OBERLINERS IN OUR AUDIENCES: EXCLUSIVE $15 TICKETS for all performances in September when you purchase using the code OBIEKEY. By Web: www.epictheatreensemble.org; By Phone: 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111

Epic Theater Ensemble, winner of OBIE, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, and OTTO Awards, was co-founded in 2001 by three Oberlin College Alums, Zak Berkman (’93), Melissa Friedman (’93) and Ron Russell (’92). We are artists and activists dedicated to placing theatrical events at the center of public dialogue and building a diverse and multi-generational audience for socially-minded theatre. For more information: www.epictheatreensemble.org

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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Offer an Oberlin Student a Winter Term Internship or Temporary Housing

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 mentoring, and offer exposure to an career field of interest. In return you will have a motivated assistant to help out with substantive projects for a month!

New York is one of Oberlin's more popular destination for Winter Term interns and the students' experiences reflect their diverse professional and personal interests. Last year students excelled in fields such as art, education, social service, law, public policy, management, and conservation. We hope you will consider offering an internship of your own.

Since many students complete Winter Term internships away from home, there is also a great need for temporary housing for students during the month of January. Housing opportunities with alumni have made it possible for many students to have access to internships that would not otherwise have been financially feasible. If you are interested in providing housing for an Oberlin student during Winter Term, please indicate this in your OBIEweb profile.

Liz Lierman, Assistant Director in the Office of Career Services, will support you through the internship or housing 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. She can be reached at:liz.lierman@oberlin.edu or (440) 775-8140.

For more information about Oberlin's Winter Term internship program visit:

http://www.oberlin.edu/career/Alumni/wt_internships/wt_about.html.

For more information about temporary housing for students visit:
http://www.oberlin.edu/career/alumni/housing.html

To update your OBIEweb profile:
http://www.oberlin.edu/alumni/Default.html

Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (Apply by Sept. 16)

The Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (FELPS) provides people in their first or second post-college job at a nonprofit organization, foundation or government agency with structured opportunities to develop leadership skills and competencies, connect with a network of other dynamic and committed leaders, and explore the many facets of a modern public service career.

Career development and speaker sessions held twice a month from November 2009 through May 2010 will focus broadly on four questions:

-Why public service? FELPS encourages fellows to deepen their commitment to public service and explore the many exciting and challenging options that a modern-day public service career offers. -What's in my leadership toolbox? FELPS assists fellows with clearly assessing their assets, knowledge base and skill sets. With this evaluation of their personal "tools," fellows have a greater ability to identify opportunities to expand key competencies at work and in their lives.

-Who's in my network? Beginning with their peer cohort, Fellows develop a wider network of relationships and a greater ability to tap those relationships to advance their work and careers.

-What's my career map? Fellows benefit from structured sessions with and guidance from Career Guides, who are established executives in various public service professions, and gain a more robust understanding of the complex terrain of public service.

FELPS is sponsored by the Research Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA) at the NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. RCLA is committed to developing a deep and diverse pool of committed public service leaders at all levels.

Applications are available at wagner.nyu.edu/felps. The deadline to apply is 5:00 pm EST on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, and applications are accepted online only.

I have attached a flyer with more information here. For any questions regarding FELPS or the application process, please contact me or the program manager at wagner.felps@nyu.edu. We are excited about the potential FELPS has to serve the broader New York City public service community by providing an important new avenue for nurturing talent and would appreciate your sharing information with your alumni network.

Sincerely,

Colleen Coffey

Program Director

Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service

Research Center for Leadership in Action

NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Phone: 212/998-7548

Fax: 212/995-4875

Web: www.wagner.nyu.edu/leadership

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.

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HOW TO HAVE YOUR LISTING INCLUDED IN THE E-NEWSLETTER
If you are an Oberlin alumna/alumnus and you'd like to have your event or announcement included in this newsletter, e-mail Kari Wethington at editor@oberlinclubnyc.org no later than the 25th of every month to be included in the next month's e-newsletter blast. The e-newsletter will be sent sometime during the first week of each month. Please be sure to leave plenty of time for publicity!

TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE E-NEWSLETTER
If you received this newsletter because someone forwarded it to you, how about getting on the official email list? All you need to do is email alumni@oberlin.edu with your full name, class year, address, including zip code, and your preferred email address.

August 2009 - Oberlin Alumni of NYC newsletter

2009-08-12T12:28:00.001-04:00

August 2009 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

NEWSLETTER NEWS:
Deadline for the September newsletter is August 25. Please send your news and events toeditor@oberlinclubnyc.org.

CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
August 15 - Summer Picnic in Central Park
August 25 - Happy Hour
August 27 - Staten Island Yankees vs. Tri-City Valley Cats (RSVP by Aug. 11!)

FUTURE CLUB EVENTS
October 19 - An Evening with Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon
November 10 - Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
August 2 - Primordial Jazz Funktet, lead by Dan Furman '87, performs
August 14-25 - Afterlight by Monica Flory '98 at NYC Fringe Festival
August 15-24 - Libby Skala ’89 performs A Time to Dance at NYC Fringe Festival
August 18 - Oberlin students perform at Cornelia Street Guitar Festival

GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Marina Alexander (Conservatory '75) invites Obies to join choral ensembles
Sign up for NYC Parks Department's new GreenTeam
Oberlin Club of NYC is looking for venues for event
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OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS

Saturday, August 15
Oberlin Club of NYC Summer Picnic
1 to 4 p.m. at Central Park

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

Tuesday, August 25
Oberlin Club of NYC August Happy Hour
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at reBar, 147 Front St., Brooklyn

You're invited to join fellow NY Obies for the August Happy Hour at reBar! Enjoy $1 off all draft beers and wine, $5 double strength well drinks and a special Oberlin-themed cocktail! All are welcome! reBar is located one train stop into Brooklyn in Dumbo (take the F train to York Street or C to High Street) in a beautiful converted loft space that has the feel of a spacious living room. With reBar's great location, awesome staff and wide selection of drinks and food, this is a happy hour not to be missed! More info atwww.rebarnyc.com.

RSVPs welcome but not necessary: ochappyhournyc@gmail.com.

Thursday, August 27
Staten Island Yankees vs. Tri-City Valley Cats
7 p.m. at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Staten Island

Join fellow Oberlin alums in cheering on the Staten Island Yankees as they take on the Tri-City Valley Cats. Enjoy all-you-can-eat hot dogs, hamburgers/cheeseburgers and chicken sandwiches and all-you-can-drink soda and water. Admission includes a free Staten Island Yankees cap and a free game program. There will be fireworks after the game!

The Richmond County Bank Ballpark is located on the most northern tip of Staten Island, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry terminal.

Cost is $16 per person. Please RSVP to the Alumni Office (see link below) no later than August 11. Tickets will be available starting at 6 p.m. in front of the will-call area (the Hamilton Avenue Entrance). Look for the Oberlin Alumni T-shirt. If you arrive after 7 p.m., your ticket(s) will be available at will call under your name.

To RSVP, visit https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/OBL/events/OBL2231864.html

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Lauren Haynes ’04 at lohaynes@gmail.com.

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FUTURE CLUB EVENTS

October 19
Celebrating the Oberlin College Tradition of Mentorship: An Evening with Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon
7:30 p.m. at New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West

Featuring Ishmael Beah ’04, best-selling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, and Dan Chaon, Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature. Welcome by Sean Decatur, Dean of Arts and Sciences, followed by a candid conversation between Ishmael Beah and Dan Chaon.

RSVP by October 9 by visiting www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or atpublic.programs@oberlin.edu or 440-775-6785.

November 10
Oberlin Alumni Night on Broadway: Hair the Musical
7 p.m. at Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Save the date for Obie Night on Broadway, including a talk and tour with Jenny Gersten ’91, Associate Producer at The Public Theater, prior to the musical. More information to follow!

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OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS

Sunday, August 2
Primordial Jazz Funktet (lead by Dan Furman '87) performs
Dan Furman '87 leads and composes for the Primordial Jazz Funktet, which performs at DROM Sunday, August 2. The band will play two sets beginning at 8 p.m. Cover charge: $10. DROM is located at 85 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th St.) Reservations recommended: 212-777-1157.

More information on Primordial Jazz Funktet at danfurman.com/pfj.

August 14-25
Afterlight by Monica Flory '98 at NYC Fringe Festival
Afterlight by Monica Flory '98 will be produced by Threads Theater Company at the NYC Fringe Festival this summer.

Twilight. A flutter, quick and light. A wolf howls. An accident. Ordinary lives collide with the supernatural. Inspired by surrealist photography, Afterlight is the story of a small community clinging to hope amidst unsettling events. Directed by Misti B. Wills.

Performances will be at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce St., in the Village. Performance dates and times are:
Fri 8/14 @ 7:15 p.m.
Wed 8/19 @ 3 p.m.
Thurs 8/20 @ 7:15 p.m.
Sat 8/22 @ Noon
Tue 8/25 @ 5:45 p.m.

Tickets and more information available at www.fringenyc.org.

August 15-24
Libby Skala ’89 performs her solo play, A Time to Dance, at NYC Fringe Festival
Artistic New Directions presents A Time to Dance, written and performed by Libby Skala ’89. A production of the Present Company. Performance dates and times are:

Sat August 15th @ 2:15p
Tue August 18th @ 8:00p
Thu August 20th @ 9:45p
Fri August 21st @ 3:00p
Mon August 24th @ 9:45p

The story of a pioneering Austrian who transcends poverty, artistic repression and the rise of Hitler through the magic of dance. Libby Skala performs the story of her great-aunt Elizabeth Polk, a pioneer of dance therapy. Under the threat of the Nazi regime, Lisl finds a way to waltz out from the shadow of her renowned sister, Lilia, and into an award-winning life of her own. A celebration of love, faith and the joyous persistence of the human spirit. Winner Best Solo Performer Award - London Fringe Theatre Festival

Tickets $15. The Lafayette Street Theatre - Venue #5, 45 Bleecker Street
For more information or for advance, www.fringenyc.org.

Tuesday, August 18
Oberlin students perform at Cornelia Street Guitar Festival
Chrysalis, a group including Rafiq Bhatia (OC '10; guitar/compositions) and Jackson Hill (OC '10; bass), has been selected to perform as part of the Cornelia Street Cafe Guitar Festival on Tuesday, August 18. More information:

Rafiq Bhatia (OC '10): guitar/compositions
Corey King: trombone/compositions
Logan Richardson: alto saxophone
Kyle Wilson: tenor saxophone
Jackson Hill (OC '10): bass
Tommy Crane: drums

The brainchild of emergent composer-performers Corey King (trombone) and Rafiq Bhatia (guitar), Chrysalis is an exposition of the common thread permeating creative traditions in jazz, hip-hop, electronica, drone music, South Asian music, experimental music, and popular songwriting.

We are honored to have been selected to perform as a part of the Cornelia Street Cafe Guitar Festival, which will showcase some of the most highly acclaimed guitarists in modern jazz: Ben Monder, Brad Shepik, Ila Cantor, and Mike Baggetta.

For more information, please visit: http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/list.asp?sdate=8/18/2009&from_cal=0.

When: Tuesday August 18th, 2009. Sets at 8:30 & 10 p.m.

Where: Downstairs @ Cornelia Street Cafe: New York, NY. A, B, C, D, E, F, V to W. 4th St. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited: 212.989.9319

Cover: $10/$5 for Students

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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sing with an Obie
Marina Alexander (Conservatory '75) conducts 3 choral ensembles in the metro NY-NJ area, and invites Obies to come and sing.
In NJ, she leads The Arcadian Chorale, a group she founded, now staring its 17th season (www.arcadianchorale.org).
In NYC, she leads two ensembles: the Richmond Choral Society on Staten Island (www.richmondchoral.com), and the Metropolitan Greek Chorale in Manhattan (www.metrogreekchorale.org).
Marina's ensembles have sung at Carnegie Hall, NJPAC, and various other metro venues. Please visit each web site for more info on each chorus, plus a bio update of Marina's activities. Or contact her directly via email at marinaalex@aol.com.

Sign up for NYC Parks Department's new GreenTeam
Ezra Pincus-Roth '08 invites fellow Obies to get involved with the NYC Parks Department's new volunteer corps, known as the Green Team. He says: "I work for the NYC Parks Department, and we're creating a new volunteer corps of New Yorkers dedicated to reduce the ecological footprint of public events in parks. All who are interested in receiving updates and getting involved with this group, known as the GreenTeam, please go to this site and sign up for the GreenTeam e-mail newsletter: http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_newsroom/newsletters/."

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.

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HOW TO HAVE YOUR LISTING INCLUDED IN THE E-NEWSLETTER
If you are an Oberlin alumna/alumnus and you'd like to have your event or announcement included in this newsletter, e-mail Kari Wethington at editor@oberlinclubnyc.org no later than the 25th of every month to be included in the next month's e-newsletter blast. The e-newsletter will be sent sometime during the first week of each month. Please be sure to leave plenty of time for publicity!

TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE E-NEWSLETTER
If you received this newsletter because someone forwarded it to you, how about getting on the official email list? All you need to do is email alumni@oberlin.edu with your full name, class year, address, including zip code, and your preferred email address.

July 2009 - Oberlin Club of NYC Alumni Newsletter

2009-07-22T11:41:00.002-04:00

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

If you are an Oberlin alumna/alumnus and you'd like to have your event or announcement included in this newsletter, email Kari Wethington at editor@oberlinclubnyc.org no later than the 25th of every month to be included in the next month's e-newsletter blast. The e-newsletter will be sent sometime during the first week of each month. Please be sure to leave plenty of time for publicity!

TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE E-NEWSLETTER

If you received this newsletter because someone forwarded it to you, how about getting on the official email list? All you need to do is email alumni@oberlin.edu with your full name, class year, address, including zip code, and your preferred email address.

JUNE 2009 - OBERLIN CLUB of NYC ALUMNI NEWSLETTER

2009-06-09T11:05:00.013-04:00

NEWSLETTER NEWS:
We’re very excited to announce that starting in July, Kari Wethington, OC ‘03, will be taking over as newsletter coordinator. Let’s give her a warm Oberlin welcome to this position! Submissions should still go to the same address above. I will still be around in a consulting role, but after ten years of publishing this newsletter, it seems like it is time to pass the torch and move on to some other projects. Many thanks to all who have contributed in the past! Keep sending us your event notices and announcements!
-Peter Flint, ‘92

CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
June 20 - Oberlin Club Summer Picnic in Central Park
June 30 - Alumni Happy Hour in Midtown

UPCOMING
July 28 - Oberlin Authors Book Club Returns in July!
July 13 - Oberlin Club of Western New England Tanglewood Picnic and Concert with Oberlin President Krislov!
July - Oberlin Alum Sports Teams forming!!!

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
June 6 - Jacob Wise curates music performance at DRWR Gallery
June 8 - Joanna Smith Rakoff reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads
May 21-July 13 - Julia Vogl, ‘07 has public art project in Fort Greene Park

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oberlin Club looking for venues for events

ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:

June 20
Oberlin Club Summer Picnic  
The Oberlin Club of New York invites you and your family to a byo Summer Picnic on Saturday, June 20th!  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.
All around the country, incoming freshman and their families can meet and mingle with the students of today and yesterday without having to travel further than their hometown!

Join fellow New York area Obies, parents and friends on
Saturday, June 20th from 1 - 4 p.m. Ross Pinetum (C84-86) Central Park New York, NY
 www.centralpark2000.com/database/ross_pinetum.html

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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June 30
Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour in Midtown!

Date: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Time: 6:30-8:30ish
Place: Hibernia Bar
401 West 50th St.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 969-9703

Come kick off summer with your fellow Obies at Hibernia Bar, where we have reserved a private outdoor patio for the occasion! $4 Blue Moon, Coors Light, Yeungling on tap; $5 well drinks; $5-$6 all other draft beers; and a surprise special Oberlin drink! So drop by, grab a drink (or maybe even a board game—they have many), and mingle!

To check out the extensive beer offerings, bar menu, and for more information visit: http://www.hiberniabar.com/home.

See you all there!

UPCOMING

July 28
OBERLIN AUTHORS BOOK CLUB RETURNS!

After a year hiatus, we are back in action!
TUESDAY, JULY 28th
7 PM SHARP
Place - To be announced. (I am looking for an Obie owned or run cafe or restaurant in Mid-town! - will gladly take suggestions!)

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.
I have already started reading the book and am thoroughly enjoying it. Here is a brief description by the author:

Lester Hobbs, nineteen 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. Lester’s 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 brother’s new ability. Lester and Greg’s sister, Sherrie ― bright, pretty, responsible, and aloof ― tries to learn the medical explanation for Lester’s condition. That leads her to an affair with George Greer, a brilliant, married, womanizing neurologist. Meanwhile, Lester’s 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 Lester’s 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.

Please RSVP to Katherine at KJK11b@aol.com

Best wishes,
Katherine J. Kornblau
Oberlin Alumni Coordinator, NYC

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July 12
Oberlin Club of Western New England
Tanglewood Picnic and Concert with Oberlin President Krislov!  
The Oberlin Club of Western New England invites you and your family to join President Marvin Krislov at our annual afternoon at Tanglewood!  Boston Symphony Orchestra - Tanglewood Sunday, July 12th  2:30 p.m. Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox, MA 
www.tanglewood.org

 Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
 BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8  It’s our 7th Annual Tanglewood picnic and concert! Bring a picnic lunch and join President Krislov and fellow Obies from all around the New England area! We always have a wonderful turnout and this is a great chance to call your friends and plan a mini Oberlin reunion.
 Order reserved Section 18 & 20 shed tickets ($28/each) from the Oberlin Alumni Office well ahead, as this event usually sells out quickly.

REGISTER at:
http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/OBL/eventcal/eventcal.cgi   You may also buy lawn tickets from the box office when you arrive. Even if you are buying lawn tickets, please let us know that you are coming, so that we may plan for the reception. Call us at 440-775-8692 or e-mail alumni@oberlin.edu.
 Wine & Cheese Reception! We’ll precede the 2:30 p.m. concert with a 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception, so you can meet President Krislov and fellow Obies.
 Look for the Oberlin College banner/table under the large tree to the left, just inside the main entrance.
 Event Volunteers Needed! We’re also looking for volunteers to help with this event! If you’re interested in volunteering please contact Regional Coordinators Marybeth Bridegam ’57 at bmarybeth@comcast.net or Harry Lavo ’61 at hlavo@verizon.net.
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Oberlin Alum Sports Teams forming!!!

Wanna play some sports with other Oberlin grads?
We are forming some Oberlin teams through Zog sports.
This is a FUN, SOCIAL league - you do not have to be a pro to play!!!

Here is the link to their organization: http://www.zogsports.org

If you choose to sign up you MUST note that you want to be on the OBERLIN TEAM - or they will not know where to put you!
Zog will put all the Obies that register for the same sport on the same team. If they do not have enough Obies registered to form a team they will add some people so we can still play. Therefore, if you have non - Obie friends that would like to be on your team, you can invite them too. Tell them to register for the Oberlin team as well.

I hope we can get some good teams together. I think I am going to join the Bowling team!
Best wishes,
Katherine Kornbalu
Oberlin Alumni Coordinator for NYC

OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:

June 6
Jacob Wise curates music performance at DRWR Gallery

Saturday, June 6, 6pm (that's right, 6/6 at 6 - be VERY TEMPTED to come)
DRWR Gallery
1254 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn (J Train to Myrtle)

DRWR Gallery has asked me to curate a night of music on my birthday! There will be cake with my family's very special icing recipe (no, not that kind of special, silly) and drinks, and everybody should come! This coincides with the opening of C.J. Reilly's "Drawing Stories from South America" and is part of the Bushwick Open Studios weekend.

Performances include:
- Ross Feller playing a set on curved soprano (it has come to my attention that I should clarify that he'll be playing a saxophone, not a voluptuous singer).
- Johnny Butler playing a solo saxophone and laptop set
- The Tatyana Tenenbaum - Dave Burgreen - Jake Wise song trio playing very beautiful songs with Zoe Barton, Hannah Verrill, and Ethan Cowan dancing!

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June 8
Joanna Smith Rakoff reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads

Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, is out this month from Scribner. The novel follows six Oberlin grads as they move to New York during the tech boom of the late 1990s and try to make their way in typically Oberlin-ish fields--theater, music, publishing, academia--and eventually find themselves living rather more bourgeois lives than they expected. The New York Times called it a "piquant view of her evolving generation" that "deserves a room of its own." The Los Angeles Times described it as "compulsively readable." The Daily News called it "“[A] richly drawn narrative…Smith Rakoff's social commentary remains both engaging and satisfying in its breadth and depth…A FORTUNATE AGE provides an expansive and elegantly executed time capsule of the dot.com generation finding its feet during a critical moment in history.”

Joanna has one remaining appearance in New York this spring:

June 8, 7:00pm, The 92nd Street Y. In conversation with Judith Warner (Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety), Patricia Bosworth (Diane Arbus), Sheila Weller (Girls Like Us), and Emily Gould (Gawker), about young women coming of age in New York.

Many, many thanks,
Joanna

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May 21-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
Plexi glas, wood, cement, grass and stain glass spray paint.
Fort Greene Park May 21st– July 13th 2009 (COME PICNIC and PLAY)

The enlarged blades of grass, which mimic the diversity of the park’s 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.

UPCOMING

Stay tuned!

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.

May 2009 Newsletter

2009-05-07T13:58:00.001-04:00

CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
May 17 - Oberlin Alums join the AIDS Walk
May 19 - Alumni Happy Hour in the West Village

OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
May 5 - Angela Davis ‘94 in panel on “Well-Woman Care During Pregnancy”
May 6 - Workshop/book signing with Oberlin alumna Nina Planck on "Real Food for Mother and Baby”
May 19 and June 8 - Joanna Smith Rakoff reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads
May 28-30 - Lionel Popkin presents his newest evening length dance at Danspace
May 21-July 13 - Julia Vogl, ‘07 has public art project in Fort Greene Park

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Volunteers needed for the NYC Alumni Club Steering committee!
Oberlin Club looking for venues for events
Kristin Carnahan ’95 has affordable, professional office space available in an Integrative Wellness Center, Chelsea
Megan Whitman '05 is looking for a roommate to join her in a beautiful apartment beginning in June.
Joanna Smith Rakoff has new novel published about Oberlin grads in NYC in the 1990’s

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ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:

May 17 - Oberlin Alums join the AIDS Walk

The Oberlin Club of NYC is joining the fight against AIDS! Join fellow alums, parents, and friends of Oberlin at the AIDS Walk New York, the world’s largest AIDS fundraising event, on Sunday, May 17th. The AIDS Walk benefits Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) and over 30 other tri-state area AIDS service organizations. The walk is 6.2 miles in and around Central Park and begins at 10:00am.

To register to walk with the Oberlin team, visit http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork and click “Register to Walk” and “Join a Team,” then select our team name, Oberlin Alumni of NYC (4587), from the drop-down menu. Registration is free, but all participants are encouraged to fundraise to support this important cause. Even if you are unable to attend the event, we hope you will consider making a donation in support of our team's $3,000 fundraising goal. You can make a donation by following this link: http://aidswalknewyork2009.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=295208&u=295208-250101674.

To Register:
To learn more about our team’s involvement, to register directly, or to stay updated on pre-AIDS Walk fundraising events, please contact Mathilda McGee-Tubb at mathildasage@gmail.com. Please feel free to invite family members, friends and co-workers to join our team. Thank you for supporting AIDS Walk New York and upholding the Oberlin community's commitment to this cause!

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May 19
Alumni Happy Hour in the West Village

Date: Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 or something like that
Place: Lederhosen (West Village)

Address:
39 Grove St
New York, NY 10014
(212) 206-7691

Wonderful beers, sausages, bratwurst, cabbage, pretzels, schnitzel, and so much more.
Like a little slice of Germany right in the heart of the West Village.

"I can't attest to the authenticity, since I have no basis for comparison, but I've been to Lederhosen a bunch of times and each was an awesome experience."
-Random Lederhosen Enthusiast found wandering the West Village

If you think you’ll make it, RSVP to joshua.treuhaft@gmail.com so we have an idea of the head-count.
The earlier you come, the more fun you have!

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OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:

Tuesday, May 5
From Angela Davis, ‘94

Brooklyn Library presents...

Well-Woman Care During Pregnancy, Labor & Delivery and Postpartum
Central Library, 2nd floor meeting room
Grand Army Plaza,
6:30-8:00 pm

#2 or 3 train to Eastern Pkwy

Homeopathy, acupuncture, natural herbs and nutrition are gentle, non-invasive and effective ways to relieve situations that range from physical ailments such as heartburn, nausea, and constipation-all the way to emotional anxiety, easing the birth process, and postpartum trauma and depression.

Please join us for a special FREE evening event of alternative education. Short presentations and Q&A session by panelists:

   * Angela Davis, OC ‘94, Holistic Health Counselor and Weston A. Price Foundation Brooklyn Chapter Leader

    * Erika Simonian, DSH, Homeopath New York Homeopathy

    * Laurel Axen Carroll, L.Ac Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

    * Tioma Allison RN- Certified Midwife specializing in Home Birth, and Herbswoman

For more information, you can contact angela@nourishingworks.com.

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Wednesday, May 6
Workshop and book signing with Nina Planck
6:30-8:30 pm

"Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two and Baby's First Foods"

Evening Workshop and book signing with Oberlin alumna Nina Planck
Community Church of New York
40 East 35th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues), Manhattan

Nina Planck, Oberlin alumna and author, will share insights from
her new book "Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods." Never one to accept conventions blindly, Nina finds that the usual advice about pregnancy and baby's first foods are riddled with myths and misunderstandings.

Using scientific research-based findings, Nina will sort through modern ideas about pregnancy and infant nutrition and explain why traditional nutrient-dense foods are best for fertility, pregnancy and baby's first foods. Join Nina as she talks about how mother, father, and baby can eat well, and eat easily.

Nina Planck, author of "Real Food: What to Eat and Why" and "The Farmer's Market Cookbook," is an expert on local and traditional food. In London, England she created the first farmers' market and in New York City, she ran the legendary Greenmarkets. She lives in New York City with Rob Kaufelt and their son Julian.

Cost: $20 - General Admission

Seating is limited. Pre-registration is recommended.
Online Registration (recommended) is available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/60997

Copies of "Real Food for Mother and Baby" will be available for purchase.

For more information: contact brooklyn@wprice-nyc.org or claudia@wprice-nyc.org

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May 19 and June 8
Joanna Smith Rakoff reads from her new novel about Oberlin grads

Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, is out this month from Scribner. The novel follows six Oberlin grads as they move to New York during the tech boom of the late 1990s and try to make their way in typically Oberlin-ish fields--theater, music, publishing, academia--and eventually find themselves living rather more bourgeois lives than they expected. The New York Times called it a "piquant view of her evolving generation" that "deserves a room of its own." The Los Angeles Times described it as "compulsively readable." The Daily News called it "“[A] richly drawn narrative…Smith Rakoff's social commentary remains both engaging and satisfying in its breadth and depth…A FORTUNATE AGE provides an expansive and elegantly executed time capsule of the dot.com generation finding its feet during a critical moment in history.”

Joanna has two remaining appearances in New York this spring:

May 19, 7:30pm, Word bookstore, 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn. A reading, followed by an interview with novelist Jami Attenberg.

June 8, 7:00pm, The 92nd Street Y. In conversation with Judith Warner (Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety), Patricia Bosworth (Diane Arbus), Sheila Weller (Girls Like Us), and Emily Gould (Gawker), about young women coming of age in New York.

Many, many thanks,
Joanna

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May 28-30
Lionel Popkin presents his newest evening length dance

I wanted to send you a "heads up" that my newest work There is an Elephant in this Dance  will have a three night engagement from Thursday, May 28th to Saturday, May 30th at 8:30 pm at Danspace Project in New York City.

Set around an enormous elephant costume,  There Is An Elephant In This Dance  invites a closer look at how seemingly trivial, self-imposed, and uncomfortable constraints reveal the shifting states between discipline and freedom. The work is an evening-length dance in which choreographer/performer Lionel Popkin (that's me) is joined by “Bessie” Award winning dancer Carolyn Hall  and the inimitable Ishmael Houston-Jones, all to be slyly commented on by 33 Fainting Spells alum Peggy Piacenza. The piece features costumes by Jean Landry, video by Kyle Ruddick and Cari Ann Shim Sham*,   lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, and original music performed live by “Obie” and Bessie” winning composer/cellist/vocalist Robert Een.

Tickets are $18 ($12 for Danspace Project members) and are available at (866) 811-411 or at http://www.danspaceproject.org/performance/events6.html

Hope to see you there!!!!!

Best,
Lionel Popkin
http://www.lionelpopkin.org

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May 21-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
Plexi glas, wood, cement, grass and stain glass spray paint.
Fort Greene Park May 21st– July 13th 2009 (COME PICNIC and PLAY)

The enlarged blades of grass, which mimic the diversity of the park’s 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.

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GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Oberlin Alumni
New Volunteers needed for the NYC Alumni Club Steering committee!

The Oberlin Alumni Club of NYC is looking for new volunteers to join our steering committee. We are looking for creative, motivated, organized, and energetic people to step up and help out with planning club activities. Specifically, we are also looking for one or more people interested in getting involved with the monthly newsletter as well.

Contact Katherine at KJK11B@aol.com to find out about joining the steering committee.
Contact Peter at editor@oberlinclubnyc.org to find out about the e-newsletter editor position.

These positions do not involve a huge time commitment - usually two meetings per year. It is important, however, to be reliable and to see projects through to completion. We're looking for people who will revitalize the group and help take our local alumni club into the next decade of the 21st century. Age is not a factor. We welcome both recent grads and those who are well, not so recent grads. A good blend is actually a great benefit to the committee!

We will be scheduling the next steering committee meeting on April 17 for current and new volunteers.
Send us your contact info if you are interested and we'll let you know when we have the details firmed up.

Thank you!

Peter Flint, NYC Alumni Newsletter editor
Katherine J. Kornblau NYC Oberlin Alumni RC

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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.

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From Kristin Carnahan, ’95.

Affordable, professional office space available in an Integrative Wellness Center - Chelsea.

Hi All, My husband and I have office space available at our Wellness Center in the Chelsea area. Perfect for Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Physical/Massage Therapists, Naturopaths, or other Holistic Healers. Scheduling options vary from a few hours to multi-day so time/pricing options are available for practitioners just starting out or those with established practices.  
It’s a beautiful space with incredible natural light – on a high, quiet floor w/south-skyline views.  Extensive soundproofing, hardwood floors, central a/c, lockers, in-space restroom, complimentary Wi-Fi, and a tastefully decorated reception/waiting room. Lecture/Classroom/Yoga space is also available.

E-mail me at kcar2001@yahoo.com for more information.

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Megan Whitman '05 is looking for a roommate to join her in a beautiful gut-renovated apartment beginning in June.

The master bedroom will be available in my newly gut-renovated 2-bedroom apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan (Ft. Washington Ave. at 173rd). The apartment is very close to 1, A and C trains. Rent includes heat and hot water. It's an elevator building with laundry in the basement. Lots of light and views of the George Washington Bridge from the bedroom. Marble floors and walls in the bathroom and kitchen has all new built in appliances like a microwave and dishwasher. Please contact megan.whitman@gmail.com for more details and questions.

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Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, is out this month from Scribner.

The novel follows six Oberlin grads as they move to New York during the tech boom of the late 1990s and try to make their way in typically Oberlin-ish fields--theater, music, publishing, academia--and eventually find themselves living rather more bourgeois lives than they expected. The New York Times called it a "piquant view of her evolving generation" that "deserves a room of its own." The Los Angeles Times described it as "compulsively readable." The Daily News called it "“[A] richly drawn narrative…Smith Rakoff's social commentary remains both engaging and satisfying in its breadth and depth…A FORTUNATE AGE provides an expansive and elegantly executed time capsule of the dot.com generation finding its feet during a critical moment in history.”

DEC 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter

2008-12-04T16:05:00.003-05:00

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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Oberlin Alumni Happy Hour - Nov 18

2008-11-12T12:04:00.000-05:00

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!!

NOV 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter

2008-11-04T11:52:00.009-05:00

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/.
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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.

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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.

September 2008, Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter

2008-09-11T13:51:00.005-04:00

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

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ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
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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

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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
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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.

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UPCOMING

none right now

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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.

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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 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter

2008-08-12T17:41:00.008-04:00

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

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ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
None this month
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UPCOMING
TBA

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 2008 Oberlin Club of NYC Newsletter

2008-07-15T13:27:00.009-04:00

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.

• 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
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UPCOMING
TBA

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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

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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
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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

2008-06-28T13:47:00.003-04:00

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

UPCOMING
?. 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

?. 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