Marco Elser & John Hansen will host an HR1981 gathering in Rome.
The party is September 14 – 17.
Check out the details, and let us know if you’re interested.
Marco Elser & John Hansen will host an HR1981 gathering in Rome.
The party is September 14 – 17.
Check out the details, and let us know if you’re interested.
All our events are on the HR1981 class calendar.
Thursday, Apr. 14, 8-9:30 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop in socializing, in small or large groups, gently led by Barbara Frankel. Join us at any time. Contact: Barbara Frankel
Sunday, Apr. 24, 3:30-5 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop in socializing, in small or large groups, gently led by Jeanne Heifetz. Join us at any time. Contact: JeanneHeifetz@gmail.com
Sunday, May 1, 3:30-5pm ET, Deeper Connections
Register now. Intimate conversations to help get to know your classmates better. We’ll meet in breakouts, with suggested topics:
● “What Really Matters”,
● “Our families of origin. What was your family like? How did it influence you?”, and
● “Being mortal. (Thoughts on end of life or loss.)”.
Contact: Lee Rubin Collins
Tuesday, May 3, 8-9 pm ET, HR1981 Class Committee Meeting
Register now. Join us to plan class events, including ongoing Zoom get-togethers, and future in-person reunions. All are welcome! Contact: Kate@HR1981.org
Thursday, May 12, 8-9:30 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop in socializing, in small or large groups, gently led by Nancy Boghossian. Join us at any time. Contact: Nan@HR1981.org
Sunday, May 22, 3:30-5 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop in socializing, in small or large groups, gently led by Jeanne Heifetz. Join us at any time. Contact: JeanneHeifetz@gmail.com
Sunday June 5, 3:30-5 pm ET, Book Club: Summer of Soul (movie) & bell hooks essays
Register now. Please watch the Oscar-winning film, Questlove’s Summer of Soul (streaming widely), and read two essays by bell hooks (who died in December): “Loving Blackness as Political Resistance” and “The Oppositional Gaze”, both from her essay collection Black Looks: Race and Representation (1992). Contact: Daphne de Marneffe
Tuesday, June 7, 8-9 pm ET, HR1981 Class Committee Meeting
Register now. Join us to plan class events, including ongoing Zoom get-togethers, and future in-person reunions. All are welcome! Contact: Kate@HR1981.org
Thursday, June 16, 8-9:30 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop-in socializing, in small or large groups, gently led by Nancy Boghossian. Join us at any time. Contact: Nan@HR1981.org
Sunday, June 26, 3:30-5 pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now. Drop-in socializing, in small or large groups, gently led by Jeanne Heifetz. Join us at any time. Contact: JeanneHeifetz@gmail.com
See the list of our future events, also visible on our front page, and in our Calendar.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 6 p.m. EST, Reunion Committee Meeting
Join us—whether you have attended yet or not! Email Adam Kane (our Harvard liaison) to attend if you are new: 40thReunion_HAA@Harvard.edu.
Saturday, January 9, 2021, 5 p.m. EST, Class Social
Hear a very brief overview of our virtual reunion plans and then hang out with classmates in small groups. Contact: Susan@HR1981.com
Saturday, January 16, 2021, 3:30 p.m. EST, Book Club
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice and the Law. We will be joined by the author, Jody David Armour ’82, Professor at USC Gould School of Law (and husband of classmate Phreda Devereaux). While reading the Book Club selection is encouraged, it is not required. Contact: Ruth@HR1981.com
Remember hanging around the dining hall and just chatting? While our reunion this year is all virtual, we are bringing back that connection by taking advantage of the new format to meet up easily and frequently. Long boring Zoom webinars? NOPE! Drop in to hear what our classmates are experiencing on a wide range of topics and meet in small-group breakouts: our virtual dining hall. Rally your ’81 pod and join us!
Warm Regards,
HR1981 Reunion Committee, and Co-Chairs Susan Israel, Barbara Watson, Kate (Elliott) Scherlis, Dan Scherlis, Guy Fish, Patric Verrone
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The June 17 Speakeasy will feature:
The May 20 Speakeasy featured:
The April 15 Speakeasy featured:
March 18 guests were:
Register now for the next Speakeasy
The Speakeasy: A series of conversations with classmates hosted by Russ Gershon ‘81, whose career as a touring musician has demanded his presence in speakeasies and the occasional “class joint” around the world for decades. Topics will begin but not end with classmates’ work in and around the arts.
Hello Boston Area HR1981 Friends — Join us for a casual, low-key gathering!
[For the fully vaccinated]
Your hosts: Denise Reiss, Willa Silverman, and Mark Gluck are co-hosting an HR1981 40th Reunion Potluck Picnic in Central Park, New York City.
Who: Members of the Class of ’81 (and their spousal equivalents) who are fully vaccinated and incubated — at least two weeks since last dose.
When: We will be there from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Please join us for all or as much of it as you can.
What to Bring: Everyone is asked to bring three things:
(1) A pot-luck lunch entrée or side dish to share with others as part of our communal offerings (home cooked or purchased);
(2) A bottle of something to drink – Sparkling water, Flat water, or other beverage;
(3) A blanket to sit on.
Mark will bring paper plates, napkins, cups, and plastic cutlery, as well as garbage bags and an extra “food buffet” blanket to put in the middle for people’s pot-luck offerings.
Where: (Map & directions.) We will gather on the sloping lawn that runs north (downhill) from the Cherry Hill Victorian water fountain to The Lake. There are lovely views of boaters on the The Lake and Strawberry Fields to the east. The location is a few blocks walk from the 72nd Street and Central Park West stop on the A/B/C lines. See maps below. This is considered by many knowledgeable park enthusiasts to be the the most convivial spot in the whole park for picnics.
RSVPs: Please email me, at gluck@rutgers.edu, to indicate that you plan to come, so we can know about how many to expect. However, last minute additions of other classmates will always be welcome.
Weather related updates, however, will only be sent out that morning to those who RSVP. I will also reply with both Denise’s and my mobile numbers to help you geo-locate us if you are navigationally challenged.
Rain date?: If we are rained out, we will simply reschedule for the following month.
Precisely where: Directions to the North Slope of Cherry Hill, Central Park.