Serving Smith College Alumnae and Friends in the Greater Philadelphia Region
In the holiday spirit, we’ll be holding our monthly “On the 18th” happy hour as a festive tea. Join Smithies of all generations at one of Philly’s tastiest and loveliest bruncheries:
Sunday, December 18
2-4pm
444 N. 4th St. (Between Callowhill and Spring Garden Sts., Northern Liberties), Philadelphia (map)
Are new career steps part of your New Year’s Resolutions this year? Do you have career goals for which you want some outside input and advice on achieving them? The Smith College Club of Philadelphia is here to help!
From January 8-9, the Smith Alumnae Association’s Associate Director for Alumnae Engagement Colleen O’Mara will be offering career development workshops and consultation appointments in Philadelphia. Here are the details:
Networking: Practical Ideas to Increase Your Connections (Workshop)
Sunday, January 8, 2012, 3 to 5 p.m.
Bryn Mawr College Wyndham Alumnae House, 235 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA. Map
Networking is at the root of strong business relationships, your connection to the hidden job market, and the foundation of a strong career future, but few people know the secrets to successful networking. Join Smith and Bryn Mawr alumnae to learn the best ways to network online and in person.
Discover Your Marketable Qualities (Workshop)
Monday, January 9, 2012, 7 to 9 p.m.
Presbyterian Historical Society, 5th & Lombard Street, Philadelphia. *Free onsite parking! Map
What are your top three unique skills? Don’t know? Come and find out in this interactive workshop. Learn how to channel your skills, interests, and values into a new career that is right for you.
To register for any of the above events or to schedule an individual career consultation appointment, please contact Colleen O’Mara at comara@smith.edu or 413-585-2588.
October’s “On the 18th” Happy Hour will be held this Tuesday, October 18, at Nodding Head, 1516 Sansom Street in Philadelphia (second floor). Happy hour specials include $4 appetizers, beers, red/white wines, and well cocktails. See you there at 5:30pm!
This month, the 18th is on a Sunday, so instead of our usual happy hour, we’ll be gathering for brunch at the Gold Standard Cafe in West Philly.
Please join us! Sunday, September 18th from 12-2pm.
The Gold Standard Cafe is located at 4800 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia.
Street parking is easily available. The Gold Standard Cafe is also accessible by multiple bus and trolley lines.
See you there!
The Smith College Club of Philadelphia is proud to announce its fall kickoff event!
Smith’s Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics Andy Zimbalist will be visiting Philadelphia and delivering an exclusive talk “Millionaires vs. Billionaires: Sports Leagues and Collective Bargaining” to Smith alumnae, friends, and the public.
Professor Zimbalist will be signing his new book Circling the Bases: Essays on the Challenges and prospects of the Sports Industry (published by Temple University Press) after the talk. Copies of the book will be on sale at the event, with proceeds benefitting the Smith College Club of Philadelphia.
Come to appreciate Smith’s excellent faculty, connect with other Smithies, and enjoy a good beer!
Join us at 7:00pm on Thursday, October 6, at the beautiful Perch Pub overlooking the Avenue of the Arts
Broad & Locust Streets, Philadelphia(close to Suburban Station, the Broad Street and Market-Frankford subway lines, and several bus routes)
$35.00 includes an open bar of beer and wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres
Checks can be made out to Smith College Club of Philadelphia and mailed to 915 #304, Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147
Or, pay by Paypal:
In “Notes to Seller,” please provide your name and the word “Zimbalist.”
This event will be opened to the public, so reserve soon!
Questions? Email phillysmithclub@gmail.com
The Center Philadelphia City Book Club has announced its book selections for this fall (SCCoP has two operating book clubs: click for details). The first meeting will be on September 21, so get reading! Here’s this fall’s roster:
September 21: Daughters of the Revolution, by Carolyn Cooke.
Description from Amazon.com:It’s 1968. The prestigious but cash-strapped Goode School in the town of Cape Wilde is run by its aging, philandering headmaster, Goddard Byrd, known to both his friends and his enemies as God. With Cape Wilde engulfed by the social and political storms of integration, coeducation and the sexual revolution, God has confidently promised coeducation “over my dead body.” And then, through a clerical error, the Goode School admits its first female student: Carole Faust, a brilliant, intractable fifteen-year-old black girl.
What does it mean to be the First Girl?
October 25: Random Family: Love, Drugs, Family, and Coming of Age in the Bronx, by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc ’86.
Description from Amazon.com: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the intricacies of the ghetto, revealing the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour, gold-drenched drug dealers, and street-corner society. Focusing on two romances — Jessica’s dizzying infatuation with a hugely successful young heroin dealer, Boy George, and Coco’s first love with Jessica’s little brother, Cesar — Random Family is the story of young people trying to outrun their destinies.
November 30: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, by Alexandra Fuller.
Description from Amazon.com: Alexandra Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley-era Africa of her mother’s childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father’s English childhood; and the darker, civil war- torn Africa of her own childhood. At its heart, this is the story of Fuller’s mother, Nicola. Born on the Scottish Isle of Skye and raised in Kenya, Nicola holds dear the kinds of values most likely to get you hurt or killed in Africa: loyalty to blood, passion for land, and a holy belief in the restorative power of all animals.
And if you’re feeling adventurous in November, also read Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight , also by Alexandra Fuller.
We hope you’ll join! E-mail Lisa Platt Carmalt at Lcarmalt@comcast.net for information about meeting locations. Happy reading!
Our monthly “On the 18th” Happy Hour is back! Please join us for food, drink, friends, and conversation. This month, meet us at the London Grill in Fairmount at 5:30pm.
The London Grill is located at 2301 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia. SEPTA bus lines # 48 and 7 will drop you off at 22nd and Fairmount, only one block away.
E-mail phillysmithclub@gmail.com with any questions!
Smith alumna and author of the best selling, Smith-set novel Commencement J. Courtney Sullivan will be promoting her newest book, Maine, on September 14th in Philadelphia. A group from SCCoP will be attending. Meet us there at 7pm!
J. Courtney Sullivan presents Maine
Barnes and Noble, 1805 Walnut Street (Rittenhouse Square)
September 14th, 2011
7:00 pm
No R.S.V.P. necessary–see you there!
J. Courtney Sullivan’s Official Website
Courtney talks with CBS News Author Talk about Maine:
Thanks to all who came out for such a great day of Dragon Boating on Sunday (July 17)! It was a blast!
Monthly Happy Hours, held on the 18th at various locales around the city, are officially underway. On July 18th, we’ll be at Alfa American Tavern in Rittenhouse Square (1709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia). Meet us at 5:30pm! See you there.
The Smith College Club of Philadelphia 