http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu Covering the Boston area and western Mass Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:17:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The fall 2009 newsletter has been sent out to all Boston-area alumnae. If you did not receive one, please make sure your address is updated with the college. Download it as a PDF. In addition to the events listed on the club calendar on the first page, please note the following upcoming ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/fall-2009-newsletter-and-calendar/ Date: June 10, 2009 (postponed from May 13) Time: 7 p.m. Location: Home of Roo Dane ’61 All are welcome to the Book Group’s discussion of Diane Ackerman’s The Zookeeper’s Wife. “Ackerman (A Natural History of the Senses) tells the remarkable WWII story of Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/book-group-the-zookeepers-wife/ Date: June 6, 2009 Time: noon Location: Home of Luann Abrahams '87 Find out what the Club is up to and help us welcome BMC past president, Nancy Vickers, as an honorary lifetime member of the Bryn Mawr Club of Boston.  Watch your mail for details. http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/annual-meeting-2009/ Date: May 16, 2009 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Elm Bank Reservation in Wellesley On May 16th, 16 alumnae and 7 guests had a delightful tour of the Elm Bank Reservation in Wellesley. The Elm Bank Reservation, run by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, is a hidden gem in the middle of a busy suburb. ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/trip-to-elm-bank-reservation-in-wellesley/ Date: May 3, 2009 Time: 11 a.m. Location: Home of Luann Abrahams '87 On May 3, an intergenerational group of Bryn Mawr alumnae gathered to celebrate May Day and decorate and deliver May baskets and cards to our oldest Boston area alums. In addition to the alumnae, we had three Bryn Mawr daughters ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/may-day-2009/ Date: April 29, 2009 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Home of Roo Dane ’61 Join the Book Group’s discussion of Book of Clouds by Chloe Aridjis, “a haunting, masterfully wrought debut novel about a young woman adrift in Berlin, where a string of fateful encounters leads to romance, violence, and revelation….Unfolding with the ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/book-group-book-of-clouds/ Date: April 25, 2009 Time: 8 a.m. Location: Charles River Like eating breakfast? Like helping your community? You can do both on Saturday, April 25th at the 10th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup! Throw on your favorite Bryn Mawr t-shirt, sweatpants, tote bag and/or hat and join fellow Mawrtyrs in making Boston a ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/young-alums-charles-river-cleanup/ Date: April 5, 2009 Time: 3 p.m. Location: Home of Barbara Powell '62 Board meetings are open to all. http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/april-board-meeting-2/ The Bryn Mawr community of the Boston area is deeply saddened by the death of Mary Jobes Woll, ’54, on March 21, 2009. For many years she was a loyal and well-loved volunteer at the Cambridge Bookstore. As the long-time Membership Secretary of the Bryn Mawr Club of ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/in-memoriam-mary-woll-54/ Date: February 28, 2009 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Home of Barbara Powell ’62 On February 28, Leslie Rescorla, director of the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center at Bryn Mawr, and former chair of the department of psychology, unraveled the mysteries of the Hepburn Center to the Bryn Mawr Club of Boston. A robust ... http://bmcboston.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2009/leslie-rescorla-director-of-the-katharine-houghton-hepburn-center/