Golden Girlfriends'
Meeting
The next meeting of the Golden Girlfriends will be held on Wednesday, March 20th. Members who attend these luncheons will receive notification in the mail during late February. This meeting will feature a short presentation by Robert Cole, Director of Cal Performances. Mr. Cole will join us for lunch, and will present his talk at 12:45. Any Club members in the building at that time are welcome to join the group to listen to what he has to say about running this distinguished addition to campus cultural life. Plan to be there. No reservation needed for the talk.
Art Show
of the Month - February
Our artist for February is Stanley Brandeis, Professor of Anthropology. A serious nature photographer, Professor Brandeis has studied with several distinguished teachers. His photographs of the West focus on carving order out of the visual randomness that prevails in the natural world, and range in scale from sweeping vistas to intimate miniatures. The photos are for sale. For purchase information or other concerns, you can reach the artist at 642- 6945, or by e-mail: brandes@sscl.berkeley.edu.
The Centennial
Palindrome Contest!
Moosetradamus has been informed that his rules for the palindrome contest
are too restrictive. The Grand, Once-in-a-lifetime, Centennial Palindrome
Contest has therefore been slightly modified. In this palindromic year of
2002, win a prize for the best Club palindrome, period. Not necessarily one
containing the letter that make up the word "ides," as formerly announced.
Entries have started to trickle in, but the field is still wide open. Winners
will hear their entries read by Moosetradamus during the Centennial Party.
Send entries to Jack Coons at the Club, or e-mail them to your editor at
pbrooks@vdn.com. The decisions of the judges will be equivocal.Winemaker's
Dinner
On March 8* join us for a dinner with Iron Horse winery. The reception will start at 6p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. Total cost for the evening is $55 per person, plus tax and tip. The most elegant meals presented at the Club are those that Felix and our chef put together for these periodic winemaker's dinners. At these events, wineries send representatives to plan a presentation of some of the finest wines they produce and offer members the opportunity to order at highly advantageous prices. Sometimes the wines presented are hard to find on the open market. If you've never experienced one of these dinners, plan to come and be amazed.
Jazz Evening
Repeat of a grand event! Come to the Club for the second annual Cajun style dinner and evening of jazz on February 22nd. Enjoy our chefs interpretation of Cajun dishes after a selection of hors d'oeuvres. Then settle down to an evening of hot, foot-stomping classic jazz from the twenties by the fine international jazz band, the San Francisco Feetwarmers. Dancing will be irresistible! The group has a fine website. Check it out at www.sffeetwarmers.com. Now hear them live at the Club. The cost is only $30 per person, all inclusive. Reservations in by February 15th.
Centennial
Colloquium Set
Although our publicity about observing the Club's Centennial has focused on the Grand Centennial Party, this is also a time for us to think about the special role that the Club has always filled in promoting the ideal that a great University is more than a collection of discrete scholarly modules - it should function as a community, a grouping of scholars in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts.This concept has come under challenge in recent years, and some have maintained that there is no common bond between a nuclear physicist, a musician, and a teacher of ancient Chinese. To discuss this idea, the Club has organized a colloquium, "The Idea of a Community of Scholars," that will feature presentations from Richard Muller (Physics), Anne Kilmer (Near Eastern Studies), Walter Alvarez (Geology), and Martin Trow (Center for Higher Education). The colloquium is open to all, even if you are not planning to attend the party (which will start at 6 p.m.). Bring your colleagues and friends.
Centennial
Party!
By now you should have received your invitation to this great event. If you have not received one, call the Club and we'll get one to you right away. Planning is now in high gear. The epicurean part of the evening begins: at 6p.m. with drinks and hors d'03uvres. Then, from 7 to 8:30, a Felix Feast! (During this time: Discreet Discrete Entertainments are planned.) After that? Dance with Kelly Park, sing with Joanne Neaville, revel with Dick Goodman and Andrew Imbrie and Christmas shows of yesteryear, reminisce with Tom Bopp, recoil with Alan Dundes, turn Blue Grass with Carl Pager and Jake Quesenbeny, moan with Milton's Monks (and the Mooseketeers), rejuvenate with U.C. student performers, pale at the palindromes (your responsibility), and perform (discreetly) your own thing. Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the great benefactor of the Club in its early days, will join us in the celebration. We remind you that all reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be honored only by return of the form provided or other written request, with a $25 deposit for each reserved place (which can be charged to your account) refundable until March 1st - no telephone, fax, or e-mail reservations.
Raleigh
Memorial
We were saddened to hear of the death just before Christmas of Jack Raleigh, professor of English and long-time Club member. He was 81. Friends of Jack are invited to a no-host gathering in the Bar at 5 p.m. on February 8* to toast his memory and reminisce. This event is being organized by Al Bowker, Enrol Mauchlan, Mike Heyman, Mac Laetsch, and Bob Middlekauff. Please join us.
New Centennial
Lights!
As you walk through the Great Hall, look up! At last the beautiful new chandeliers are in place. They were designed especially for the Club on the basis of the original lantern designed by Maybeck that appears in the masthead of the Newsletter. At the same time we have replaced the lights in the O'Neill Room with fixtures that match the style of the room, let us see the mural, and can be dimmed. Onward!
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