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Book Club Meeting- Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 7:00 PM at Cosi Café in West Hartford Center
About the book: The College has announced that Elizabeth Kolbert’s Field Notes from a Catastrophe was chosen for the fall 2007 Common Read. Kolbert, whose book expands on a series of New Yorker articles she wrote about climate change, will speak at MHC on September 19, 2007. Please RSVP to Kristin Allukian by Friday, September 7th.
Mary Lyon Dinner and Annual Meeting
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 6:30 PM at the Pond House Café, West Hartford
Cost: $37
Join MHC alumnae and friends at the Pond House in West Hartford for our annual dinner. In honor of the 35th anniversary of Title IX, Laurie Priest, Director of Athletics and Chair of Physical Education will speak on the topic, "Gender Equity for Women in Sport: Are Our Sons and Daughters Being Treated Equally?" This is a great first event for Greater Hartford alumnae interested more about the Club and for meeting other alums. We will also conduct a brief meeting to discuss club business. Only dues paying members and honorary members may vote, so get those dues in! All classes are welcome and encouraged to attend. Cost of the event includes hors d'oeuvres, salad, pasta, entree, dessert, wine, soda, coffee and tea.
Please register online
Knitting Group
Monday, October 22, 2007, 7:00–8:00 PM at AC Moore, Manchester
Interested in learning to knit? Been knitting for years and looking for a knitting group? Karen Rose ’92 will be hosting a knitting group for knitters of all levels. No matter your level or interest, we invite you to join us for an evening of knitting, meeting area alums and learning more about MHC Hartford Club events. Knitting needles and yarn will be provided.
Please RSVP to Karen Rose by Wednesday, October 17th.
First Thursday at the Wadsworth Athenaeum
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 5:30-7:00 PM at 600 Main Street, Hartford
Cost: $5 admission charge
Every first Thursday of the month, the Wadsworth Athenaeum is open after hours... for only $5. Join other MHC alums and enjoy live music, delectable and cocktails, gallery talks, and films. Free for museum members. Please RSVP to Carlin Carr for directions by Monday, October 29th.
Book Club Meeting- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 7:00 PM at Cosi Café in West Hartford Center
About the book : An inspired blend of memoir and literary criticism, Reading Lolita in Tehran is a moving testament to the power of art and its ability to change and improve people’s lives. In 1995, after resigning from her job as a professor at a university in Tehran due to repressive policies, Azar Nafisi invited seven of her best female students to attend a weekly study of great Western literature in her home. Since the books they read were officially banned by the government, the women were forced to meet in secret, often sharing photocopied pages of the illegal novels. Though most of the women were shy and intimidated at first, they soon became emboldened by the forum and used the meetings as a springboard for debating the social, cultural, and political realities of living under strict Islamic rule. The books were always the primary focus, however, and they became “essential to our lives: they were not a luxury but a necessity,” she writes. Please RSVP to Kristin Allukian by Friday, January 18th.
Archive of Past Events
A photo from the Potlock hosted by Meg Bartstow '46 for the Classes of 1960 and earlier on 4 May 2006
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