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Business Breakfast
We are proud to announce the launch of Columbia Business Breakfasts Third Tuesday of the month, 7 A.M. at Café Express, 1422 W. Gray
Columbia Business School alums invite you to Our first Business Breakfast at Café Express · Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7 to 9 A.M. · 1422 West Gray, just east of Shepherd in the River Oaks area · Come early or late, enjoy networking, discussing business topics · Buy your own breakfast, plenty of free parking · No RSVP required, but we’d like to know if you plan to come · Friends welcome. RSVP to KellieJenks@hotmail.com InterClub Thurs Nov 12 at Sonoma Wine BarNovember 2009 Houston *InterClub Happy Hour No Host Bar
Sonoma Wine Bar 2720 Richmond Ave 1 block west of Kirby 713-526-9463 Click here for a map
The November *InterClub Happy Hour is hosted by MIT and will be held at Sonoma Wine Bar. Sonoma Wine Bar & Cafe is a premier, upscaled, winery themed lounge in Upper Kirby. They feature over 150 wines and 20 beers from all different regions to cater to any palate as well as a full dinner menu. There is plenty of parking extending to the adjacent lots so don't miss out on a great opportunity to unwind with your fellow alums and friends. Our recent happy hours were very well attended and we saw many new faces - click here to see pictures from past happy hours.
The Houston *InterClub now has a FaceBook page !
*The Houston InterClub is an informal "nexus" of Houston Ivy+ Alumni groups: Babson, Barnard, UC Berkeley, Brandeis, Brown, U of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Mt. Holyoke, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, Richmond, Smith, Stanford, Vassar, Washington U, Wellesley, and Yale. "Interview and Get the Job" Nov 18 webinar from Alumni Career DevelopmentPlease note that the tele-seminar series has changed to a webinar series!
***Interview and Get the Job*** Wednesday, November 18, 8:00PM (ET) Nancy Ancowitz, Business Communication Coach, www.nancyancowitz.com Whether you're actively looking for a job or mulling over your career advancement options, it's always a good time to freshen your interviewing skills. Learn to articulate your fine points and showcase your experience, even in high-pressure situations. From plugging into the industry buzz to fielding unexpected questions, this discussion will arm you with tools and tactics to significantly improve your skills at selling yourself. You'll build on your natural abilities, strengths, and style to package and present yourself with increased confidence and polish. InterClub Tonight at Firkin & PhoenixThe October 2009 *InterClub Happy Hour is hosted by Columbia and will be held at the Firkin and Phoenix Pub (wow, what a funky name – we dare you to say that 5 times quickly!).
The pub will be offering us happy hour pricing on select domestic beers.
The last time the InterClub was at this pub was March 2008 and there were quite a few of us who stayed for the Karaoke - in fact, two InterClub-er’s won the “be the first to sing and win a shot” challenge. Since Halloween is just around the corner from this year’s event, we can call it “Scare-a-oke.”
Thurs Oct 29
5:30pm - 9:00pm Firkin & Phoenix Pub 1915 Westheimer at McDuffie, east of S. Shepherd Dr. The Firkin & Phoenix is an English-style neighborhood pub with a relaxed and jovial atmosphere. www.firkinandphoenix.com/ Massimino (Eng 84) on PBS, 7 pm Oct. 13Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 pm on KUHT-TV, Channel 8:
Hubble's Amazing Rescue on NOVA, featuring Columbia Engineering alumni Mike Massimino.
HDTV additional airdates: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/airdates.html
Tony Kushner speaks Oct 14 in Rice U. President's Lecture SeriesAt Alice Pratt Brown Hall (Music School), in the Stude Concert Hall
Admission to all lectures is free of charge. Seating opens at 7 p.m., and the lectures begin at 8 p.m. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner (CC 78) takes an intractable glee in tackling the most difficult subjects in contemporary history — among them AIDS, the conservative counterrevolution, Afghanistan, German fascism, and racism and the civil rights movement in the South. But his plays, which often experiment with conventional storytelling by using shorter episodes, are rarely polemical. Map, parking: www.Rice.edu/maps Alumni Mat Johnson reads at Musiqa Oct. 10, "Critical Moments"
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Tickets range from $16 to $32
Inprint and Musiqa join forces for a unique blend of literature, film and music. The program features author Mat Johnson, music by Harvey, Perle, Schwantner and Berio and film makerJean Detheux's "L'œil écoute" with live score by Musiqa's Pierre Jalbert. Performers include Karol Bennett, soprano; Aralee Dorough, flute; Tom LeGrand, clarinet; Tali Morgulis, piano; Sean Wang, violin; Rod Waters, piano; and Blake Wilkins, percussion. Houston Symphony Assistant Conductor Brett Mitchell conducts.
Alumni Brian Swain reads his poetry at Goldesberry Gallery Oct. 13Tuesday, October 13, evening
Brian Kenneth Swain is author of the novels World Hunger and Directed Energy. He also writes short stories and poetry, and has been a featured poet at the Poetry Society of Texas, Houston Poetry Fest (three-time juried poet), Austin International Poetry Festival (juried poet), InPrint, Barnes & Noble, and Borders, as well as on Pacifica and NPR radio. He is author of the poetry collection Secret Places, and his work has appeared in Di-Verse-ity, Ampersand, Bayou Review, Edgar Literary Magazine, Free Press Houston, Mutabilis Press, Pebble Lake Review, Spikey Palm, and The Texas Poetry Calendar. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Brian is an engineer and businessperson whose professional career spans twenty-three years, including having worked for Bell Laboratories and McKinsey & Company. He holds an MSEE from Columbia University and an MBA from The Wharton School. He grew up in Brunswick, Maine and now lives in Houston, Texas.
Prof. Peter Awn "Obama's Middle East" at Omni on Oct 26Monday, October 26
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