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 strange, charged logic of a dream, Book of Clouds is a profound portrait of a city forever in flux, and of the myths we cling to in order to give shape to our lives.”
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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 little more pleasant. Grab a water bottle and a friend and join us at the Hatchshell at 8:30.
Last year, volunteers helped remove over 20 TONS of trash from the riverbanks. This cleanup really makes a difference and so can you! If you’re lucky, you might even get to pick up trash with some famous volunteers, like Senator John Kerry, who came to the 2007 Cleanup.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
Breakfast provided by Starbucks and Dunkin’ Doughnuts.
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Date: April 5, 2009
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Home of Barbara Powell ‘62
Board meetings are open to all.
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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 Boston, she had a remarkable ability to manually cull, update, and recall information about Club members. After years of hand addressing the Club’s newsletters and invitations, Mary could unerringly provide the zip code of every town the Club mailed to. She took great joy in visiting with many of our most senior alums each May Day when she helped deliver the Club’s traditional May Day baskets of flowers. Mary was patient and giving, and understood that organizations run smoothly when people pitch in to do work on all levels. Her gentle attention to detail and to the smooth running of the Club was universally appreciated. We will miss her.
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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 audience included:
Barbara Powell ‘62, Margaret Hoag ‘86, Cornelia Robart ‘61, Libby Atkins ‘46, Martha Levinson ‘74, Cassandra Phillips Sears ‘04, Sydney Owens ‘64, Irena Bronstein Bonte ’67, Sarah Tan ’04, Sally Zeckhauser ‘64, Louise Ambler ‘56, Hilary Hosmer ‘67, Rosi Amador ‘81, Artemis Hionides ‘82, Carol Cerf ’48, Sandra Lovell Blaine ’56, Madeleine Fletcher ‘60, Dorianne Low ‘66, Marie Banerjee Walsh ‘92, and 1 guest.
Prof. Rescorla, who has basically created the Hepburn Center out of whole cloth, explained that, “the Center honors four-time-Oscar-winning actress Katharine Hepburn and her mother, an early feminist activist, both Bryn Mawr College alumnae who defied conventions. The Center focuses on three areas that formed the life work of its namesakes—film and theater, civic engagement and women’s health. The Center inspires Bryn Mawr students and graduates to make a meaningful impact on the world.”
The Center includes three programming elements: the Hepburn Fellows Program which brings to Bryn Mawr’s campus individuals who bridge academics and practice in nontraditional ways in any of the three thematic areas; the Hepburn Summer Internships which enable students to get practical experience in one of the Center’s mission areas; and the Hepburn Medal which recognizes women whose lives, work and contributions embody the intelligence, drive and independence of the two formidable Hepburn women.
The evening was greatly enhanced with a huge plate of “Chase Away the February Blues” Sushi.
- Barbara Powell ‘62
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