May AUTHORS ON STAGE When: Tuesday, May 7, 2013; coffee at 9:45am, program at 10:30am Location: Wellesley College Club Cost: $25 per person RSVP: Please use RSVP form in WCAB’s newsletter (available online at http://www.wellesleyboston.org/) Questions: AOS@wellesleyboston.org or Jenny Zannetos (781-237-0030) Description: Fill your morning with engaging presentations by three authors, and learn how they came to write their recently published books: Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice, by Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy. Come hear the story behind this grisly and unflinching book. Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, by Megan Marshall, a new biography of Thoreau’s first editor, Emerson’s close friend, the first female war correspondent and a passionate advocate of personal liberation. Jacob’s Folly: A Novel, by Rebecca Miller, an ingenious story full of sparkling and unexpected characters that veers between 18th century Paris and present-day New York. Writer and filmmaker Miller is the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and Inge Morath and the wife of Daniel Day-Lewis. The authors will autograph copies of their books—available for purchase at a discount. Make your reservations for lunch after Authors on Stage at the College Club for only $14.50 (including tax and gratuity) by calling the Club directly: 781-283-2700. GRADUATING SENIORS RECEPTION When: Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 2:00 pm to 4 pm Location: TZE House, Wellesley College campus Cost: Free Questions: RSVP@wellesleyboston.org Description: Come join Wellesley College Alumnae of Boston as we welcome the class of 2013 to the Boston area! WCAB is hosting a social hour with seniors that plan to remain in Boston following graduation. Share your experiences and stories with the upcoming graduates and make new connections! The social hour is free to local alumnae. Alums are encouraged to bring business cards and their stories about the real world. Please note: Central Street in Wellesley Center may be closed due to Wellesley Town Day. Attendees are encouraged to use the Route 16 entrance where possible. DOWNTOWN LUNCH GROUP When: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 from 12-1pm Location: Parker’s Restaurant, Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 School Street, Boston Cost: Attendees responsible for the cost of their own meal RSVP and Questions: Ellen Simmons, ebsimmonsesq@comcast.net Description: Join alumnae who work and live in downtown Boston area, who gather monthly for lunch at Parker’s Restaurant at the Omni Parker House, two blocks from the Park Street or Government Center T stops. SPRING MEETING: CAN WOMEN HAVE IT ALL BY “LEANING IN”? When: Thursday, May 23, 2013 from 6:30-8:30 pm Location: Sullivan & Worcester LLP, One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109 Cost: Free for members, $10 for nonmembers RSVP: https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/WLS/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=141004 Description: WCAB presents an alumnae panel to address some of the hotly debated topics raised in Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and in Anne-Marie Slaughter July/August 2012 article in The Atlantic titled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” These women will discuss how they made (or are making) decisions about their career, their personal life, their family life, and how they find balance. The panel will be moderated by Wellesley College women’s studies professor Nancy Marshall. There will be a Q&A session following the discussion, and refreshments will be served. YOUNG ALUMS MONTHLY BRUNCH When: Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 11:30 am Location: Scollay Square 21 Beacon St Boston MA 02108 (Near Park St T Station) Cost: Each guest is responsible for her own bill (plus tax and tip). For brunch menu, see http://www.scollaysquare.com/pdfs/ScollaySqBrunch_07_2011.pdf RSVP and Questions: Facebook event page or youngalums@wellesleyboston.org by May 23 Description: Join other Wellesley Young Alums in the Boston area for brunch! June WCAB AND WELLESLEY WOMEN IN MEDICINE RECEPTION When: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 from 6 - 8pm Location: Ruby Room at Emerald Lounge, The Revere Hotel, Boston Cost: $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers RSVP: https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/WLS/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=151518 Questions: programming@wellesleyboston.org Description: Join WCAB and Wellesley Women in Medicine (WWiM) for light hors d’oeuvres and cocktails in the Ruby Room at the Emerald Lounge. Meet and network with alumnae who work as health care professionals, nurses, doctors, dentists, etc. at WWiM’s first Boston event. WWiM is one of the first shared interest group and is coordinating regional programs across the country. More information about the group can be found here . If you are interested in helping to plan future events, please email wgroups@alum.wellesley.edu. WCAB BOOK CLUB - BOSTON CHAPTER: THE SANDCASTLE GIRLS by Chris Bohjalian When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 6:30 pm Location: Home of Cecilia Zhou in East Cambridge (near Lechmere Station) Cost: Free RSVP: Bridget O'Connor Garsh at bridgeoconnor@gmail.com Description: We hope you can join us for light snacks and refreshments to discuss Chris Bohjalian's The Sandcastle Girls. It was described by Diane Scharper from The Weekly Standard as "Compelling...Deftly mixing fact and fiction....Bohjalian weaves the story like threads in a rug, each thread adding color and shadow to a scene...So filled is it with suspense of live and death that it is difficult to categorize. The story is fiction, but is true. It's history, but it's also art." For more information, visit http://www.chrisbohjalian.com/the_sandcastle_girls. DOWNTOWN LUNCH GROUP When: Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 12-1pm Location: Parker’s Restaurant, Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 School Street, Boston Cost: Attendees responsible for the cost of their own meal RSVP and Questions: Ellen Simmons, ebsimmonsesq@comcast.net Description: Join alumnae who work and live in downtown Boston area, who gather monthly for lunch at Parker’s Restaurant at the Omni Parker House, two blocks from the Park Street or Government Center T stops. YOUNG ALUMS MONTHLY BRUNCH When: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 11:30 am Location: Scollay Square 21 Beacon St Boston MA 02108 (Near Park St T Station) Cost: Each guest is responsible for her own bill (plus tax and tip). For brunch menu, see http://www.scollaysquare.com/pdfs/ScollaySqBrunch_07_2011.pdf RSVP and Questions: Facebook event page or youngalums@wellesleyboston.org by June 27 Description: Join other Wellesley Young Alums in the Boston area for brunch! July DOWNTOWN LUNCH GROUP When: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 from 12-1pm Location: Parker’s Restaurant, Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 School Street, Boston Cost: Attendees responsible for the cost of their own meal RSVP and Questions: Ellen Simmons, ebsimmonsesq@comcast.net Description: Join alumnae who work and live in downtown Boston area, who gather monthly for lunch at Parker’s Restaurant at the Omni Parker House, two blocks from the Park Street or Government Center T stops. August DOWNTOWN LUNCH GROUP When: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 from 12-1pm Location: Parker’s Restaurant, Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 School Street, Boston Cost: Attendees responsible for the cost of their own meal RSVP and Questions: Ellen Simmons, ebsimmonsesq@comcast.net Description: Join alumnae who work and live in downtown Boston area, who gather monthly for lunch at Parker’s Restaurant at the Omni Parker House, two blocks from the Park Street or Government Center T stops.
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