Dear Club Members
Welcome to another exciting year of activities with the Mount Holyoke College Peninsula Club. At our annual meeting in June a new Board was elected. I am pleased to welcome Barbara Monks and Joanne Hirutsuka Peterson as co-Vice-Presidents and Program Chairs. They’ve planned many exciting things for us in the coming months. Jill Breckenridge returns as Treasurer and Marilyn Bauriedel is our Secretary. We would like to expand the board and are seeking members interested in filling some critical roles for us such as Young Alum Chairperson and we are looking for assistance with both our website and newsletters. Many thanks to Anne Raphael for continuing her membership efforts. Please be sure to pay your dues for this year, our new calendar year started June 30th. Please send your checks for $20 to Jill Breckenridge at 2505 Coronet Blvd, Belmont CA 94002. (Members of the classes before 1955 or after 2000 pay only $10). We look forward to seeing all of you at one or more of our events. Our best wishes to Janet Chang, outgoing Co-President, we look forward to welcoming Janet’s new baby at an upcoming meeting.
Jerri Barrett
Film Discussion: Monday, September 19, 7:30 - 9:30 P.M.
Please plan on attending the September event of the Mount Holyoke Club of the Peninsula on Monday evening, September 19th from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. at Marilyn Bauriedel's home at 3673 South Court, Palo Alto. Marilyn's "little sister" at Mount Holyoke Kiseko Minaguchi , who was then a grad student for one year and who is from Japan, will be here to present her research findings and lead a discussion of how mothers have been presented on the screen in post-WWII Japanese films. She is a professor of English and American literature and also a mother and grandmother. She has studied American and Japanese films for years and last year was awarded a Ph.D. in Japan for her film studies work. She has produced a book on the influence of American films on the maternal image presented in Japanese films. In an e-mail to Marilyn Kiseko threw out this little teaser about the influence of American literature, as well: "The unlikely crossing over of Japanese weepies and the American poet, Sylvia Plath, would possibly astound you all." Feel free to bring guests who are not MHC club members but who are interested in discussing films. Please R.S.V.P. to Marilyn at 650 493-1364 or by e-mail at mbauriedel@ursu.com.
Los Gatos Book Group: Sunday, September 25th, 3 P.M.
The group will meet at Meg Harlor's, 221 Ocean View Avenue in Santa Cruz. To take advantage of daytime hours to go "over the hill" we'll meet on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 3:00. We'll be reading Good Grief by Lolly Winston. RSVP to Meg at 831-427-0821 or megharlor@yahoo.com. In October we'll read The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama and in November, The Last Girls by Lee Smith. Locations to be determined.
Peninsula Club Book Group: Saturday October 1, 2 - 4 P.M.
The selection is My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki. This is the common reading for incoming students at Mount Holyoke this fall. Join us at Linda Horiuchi’s home, 151 Buckingham Drive, Unit 243, Santa Clara CA. 408-244-6456. Please all or email Linda at lhoriuch@cisco.com to RSVP. Please bring an appetizer or dessert t share.
Mountain View/Palo Alto Book Group October Meeting:
We're reading The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson. (It's about the Chicago World's Fair.) If anyone wants to attend in October, please contact Nancie Fimbel (fimbel_n@cob.sjsu.edu).
October Club Event - Palo Alto Theater - TBA
Peninsula Club Book Group: Saturday, October 29, 2 - 4 P.M.
The book selection is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. How appropriate for Halloween! Jerri Barrett’s new house which will be appropriately decorated –4073 Payne Avenue, San Jose CA 95117, phone 408-249-7001. Call for directions. Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share.
Peninsula Club Book Group: Sunday, November 20, 2 - 4 P.M.
The book selection for November is Collapse by Jared Diamond. Location –Barbara Monks House-1518 Montalban Avenue, San Jose, CA. Please RSVP to Barbara –bcmonks@aol.com.
Visit with the President of the Alumnae Association: Sunday, November 20, 4 - 6 P.M.
Susie Betzer, the President of the Alumnae Association, will be visiting the Peninsula Club Book Group and would like to visit with our club members. Please bring an appetizer or dessert – we’ll provide a light supper and beverages. Location – Barbara Monks’ House – 1518 Montalban Avenue, San Jose, CA. Please RSVP to Jerri Barrett – 408-249-7001 or Barbara Monks – bcmonks@aol.com.
Holiday Luncheon, Saturday, December 3, Noon till 2 p.m. Lugano Swiss Bistro, Carmel CA.
Everyone is invited to join us for lunch and shopping in Carmel for our annual holiday lunch. We have reserved a room at Lugano Swiss Bistro. We plan to organize several car pools from the Peninsula and San Jose so that members from those areas can attend the luncheon and do some holiday shopping, as well. If you are available to drive in the car pool, pick up members or would like to ride with other alums please let Barbara Monks(bcmonks@aol.com) or Joanne Peterson joanne.hiratsuka@gmail.com or Jerri Barrett (408-249-7001) . More details in our next newsletter and mailing.
Peninsula Club-Wide Book Group : Saturday, December 11, 2 - 4 P.M.
Everyone should bring a gift-wrapped book to swap with another attendee.
January Club Event: Ano Nuevo, date TBA
Reservations to see the elephant seals are not taken until mid-November so more details will follow. Those interested should let Barbara Monks know so she can provide an estimate for our reservation – bcmonks@aol.com.
Founder's Day Tea, Saturday, February 25, 2 - 5 P.M.
This year, we have moved the locale of the Mary Lyon's Birthday Tea to the King George Hotel, 334 Mason Street (at Geary), in San Francisco. It remains a joint event with the Northern California Club. More details to follow. Cost will be $30 per person.
March Club Event - TBA
We're planning a guided tour of the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield. Carpools will be arranged!
April Club Event - Wendy Wasserstein Play - Matinee Saturday, April 22nd
Wendy Wasserstein's play, Pamela's First Musical, will be performed at Theater Works in Mountain View and we're reserving a block of tickets for a weekend matinee performance.