(Archived here for your reference, for your fond memories, and for your proof that, yes, the list is this long.)<\/em><\/p>\n See the list of our future events,<\/strong><\/a> also visible on our front page<\/a>, and in our Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 6 p.m. EST, Reunion Committee Meeting<\/strong> Saturday, January 9, 2021, 5 p.m. EST, Class Social<\/strong> Saturday, January 16, 2021, 3:30 p.m. EST, Book Club<\/strong> Sunday, January 17, 2021, 3:30 p.m. EST, Harvard: Hearts Heads Hands.<\/strong> with tools and skills development along the way. Contact: Guy@HR1981.com<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday, February 2, 6\u20137:30 p.m. EST, Reunion Committee Meeting Saturday, February 20, 5\u20136 p.m. EST, House Socials Don’t worry about figuring out Zoom’s breakouts, we’ll have HAA staff support ready to pop you into the room of your choice. If you are willing to be an informal host for one of your House break-out rooms, please email Mark Spitz: MarkSpitz@HR1981.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, February 28, 3\u20135 p.m. EST, The Civility Game<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Tuesday, March 2, 6-7:30 p.m., EST, Reunion Committee Meeting<\/strong> Thursday, March 4, 2-3 p.m, EST, <\/strong>A Conversation with President Bacow<\/a><\/strong><\/em> Thursday, March 4, 3-4 p.m., EST, HR1981 After-Party<\/em><\/strong> Thursday, March 11, 7-8:30 p.m., EST, HR1981 and the Military<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Sunday, March 14, 2-3:30 p.m., EDT, Health Care:<\/em> This IS Who We Are<\/em><\/a><\/strong> Thursday, March 18, 8-10 p.m., EDT, and monthly, The Speakeasy<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Saturday, March 20, 3:30-5 :30 p.m., EDT, Book Club: <\/em>Evicted (NEW DATE)<\/span> Sunday, March 21, 4-5:30 p.m., EDT, Freshman Mixer<\/em> Wednesday, March 24, 7:30-9 p.m., EDT, Climate Change Solutions<\/a><\/em> Thursday, April 1, 8-9 p.m., EDT, So Laugh, Already\u2026<\/em><\/strong> Tuesday, April 6, 6-7:30 p.m., EDT, Reunion Committee Meeting<\/em><\/strong> Wednesday, April 7 6:30-7:30 p.m., EDT, Cocktails & Conversation<\/em><\/strong> Friday, April 9, 8-9 p.m., EDT, Single, Uncoupled, or Other?<\/em><\/strong> Sunday, April 11, 2-3:30 p.m., EDT, A Tale of Two Viruses<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Thursday, April 15, 8-10 p.m., EDT, The Speakeasy<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Saturday, April 17, 5-6:30 p.m., EDT, Mayor Forum<\/em><\/strong> Sunday, April 18, 3-5 p.m., EDT, The Civility Game<\/a> (Trial #2)<\/em><\/strong> Throughout April , Regional Socials<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (NEW EVENTS)<\/strong><\/span> If your region isn\u2019t listed, reach out to <\/em><\/strong>Barbara@HR1981.org<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to host. Holding a party was never easier!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Saturday, April 24, 3:30-5 p.m., EDT, Body Shop: Midlife Body Mechanics<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Thursday, April 29, 8-9:30 p.m., EDT, Video Story Club<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em> (NEW EVENT)<\/strong> Saturday, May 1, 5-6 p.m., EDT, Virtual Book Fair<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Sunday, May 2, 4-5:30 p.m., EDT, <\/strong>Art & Resistance in Covid Nation<\/em><\/strong>: January 2021:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Join us\u2014whether you have attended yet or not! Email Adam Kane (our Harvard liaison) to attend if you are new: 40thReunion_HAA@Harvard.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Hear a very brief overview of our virtual reunion plans and then hang out with classmates in small groups. Contact: Susan@HR1981.com<\/a><\/p>\n
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice and the Law<\/em>. We will be joined by the author, Jody David Armour \u201982, 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<\/a><\/p>\n
Introducing and launching a coordinated set of activities to engage HR1981 in social justice from:<\/p>\n\n
February 2021:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/strong>Join us\u2014whether you have attended yet or not! Email Adam Kane (our Harvard liaison) to attend if you are new: 40thReunion_HAA@Harvard.edu<\/a>.b<\/p>\n\n\n
Register now.<\/a><\/strong> Catch up with your usual gang at your house, connect with housemates you’d never had enough time with, and meet housemates who hadn’t crossed your path. We’ll have Zoom breakout rooms for each house, including a default gathering place (“Dining Hall”), plus additional ones as crowd size demands. You will be placed in the breakout for your house, but you are free to move between rooms, or even houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now.<\/a><\/strong> Help solve one of our nation’s biggest underlying problems\u2014participate in The Civility Game<\/em> trial. Led by Saul Perlmutter, Bonnie Bottoms, Steven Clark, Wilson Carroll, and Ruth Milkman, Ruth@HR1981.org<\/a>. (Learn more about The Civility Game<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nMarch 2021:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Join us, whether you have attended before or not! Email Adam Kane (our Harvard liaison) to attend if you are new: 40thReunion_HAA@Harvard.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/strong>.<\/a> An HAA all-class Virtual Reunion Event<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now.<\/a> <\/strong>\u201cAfter\u201d as in “after A Conversation with President Bacow<\/a><\/em>“. BYO refreshments! Hosted by Alice Hill and David Lawrence. Contact Alice@HR1981.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now.<\/a><\/strong> A panel discussion with classmates who chose to serve in the U.S. military. They will share stories of what they\u2019ve learned as they fulfilled their roles in an organization that is so distinctively different than Harvard. Speakers: General John Hyten, Cecile Scoon, Frank Haluska, Andy Burris, and Jim Cremins (moderator), CremJ59@gmail.com<\/a>. (Details<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a>.<\/strong> Health care is still a privilege, not a right. Classmates discuss inequities in the U.S. and in the world beyond. Speakers: Guy Fish, Steven Clark, Laura Riley, Dayna Bowen Matthew, Lisa Hirschhorn, Marilyn Butler, Paula Tavrow, Debbie Jacobs, Houston \u201cHootie\u201d Warren, and Andy Pugh. (Details<\/a>.) Contact: MWButler@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a><\/strong>. (Third Thursday of every month.) Conversations hosted by Russ Gershon, whose career as a touring musician required decades of attendance at speakeasies and the like. Topics will begin but not end with classmates\u2019 work in and around the arts. The floor will be open for Q&A and casual chat. (Details<\/a>.) Contact: Russ@AccurateRecords.com<\/a>.
March guests <\/strong>include Nick Newlin<\/a> (musician, juggler, man of the theater), Heather Corbally Bryant<\/a> (poet), and Susan Stevenson Borowitz<\/a> (photography). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Register now<\/strong><\/a>. We will discuss Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City<\/em><\/a>, by Matthew Desmond. Classmates Stacy Scott and Steven Clark will moderate the discussion. Reading the book is highly encouraged, but not required; you can learn more about Desmond\u2019s extensive work on eviction at EvictionLab.org<\/a>. We hope to deepen our conversation on race and justice in America, and think together about the work ahead. Contact Ruth Milkman, Ruth@HR1981.org<\/a>
ADDED: <\/em>Notes from the <\/em>Evicted Book Club (a Google doc)<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong><\/a>Register now<\/strong><\/a>. Remember freshman year, meeting and living with people from all over the place? The bonding and rivalries? Thayer sucks! No? That’s ok, we have you covered too. In this social we will organize by freshman dorm, with the option to zoom over to where you really hung out. And if you hated your dorm, or weren’t on campus freshman year, we’ll have options like the Freshman Union and Bartley\u2019s Burgers. Contact Guy@HR1981.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a><\/strong>. Pecha Kucha<\/a> and discussion. Climate change is a global \u2013 and local \u2013 challenge. Classmates on the front lines will briefly discuss the climate solutions on which they\u2019re working, followed by discussion. Morry Cater, Dan Esty, Susan Israel, Ted Janulis, Dave Miller (moderator), Nancy Pfeffer, Roger Platt, Cara Seiderman, and Rob Stowe. Contact Robert_Stowe@hks.harvard.edu<\/a> (Details<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nApril 2021:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a><\/strong>. As we all know, the last 18 months have been a breeze. As compensation for having survived, join your classmates Dave Rothman, Mike Reiss, and Andrew Sellon for an evening of poetry that is intended to make you laugh, followed by some kind of socializing where we will contemplate the destruction of the environment, pandemics present and past, social injustice, insurrection, riot, and the death of the republic. Just kidding. Join us. Who knows? Maybe you’ll feel better. Moderated by Dave Rothman, RothmanDavidJ@msn.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join us, whether you have attended before or not! Email Adam Kane (our Harvard liaison) to attend if you are new: 40thReunion_HAA@Harvard.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a>. Limited capacity.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> An HAA all-class Virtual Reunion Event<\/a>. <\/em>An evening of cocktail making and conversation. A mixologist from Harvard Bartending will lead the group through the preparation (and drinking) of several festive cocktails.
(No cost. You’ll get a shopping list before the event.) More information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a>. <\/strong> Let\u2019s get together over cocktails, wine, beer, etc. Maybe bring your favorite cocktail recipes to share. Of course, ANYTHING GOES! Contact: Caroline O’Brien, OBrien2day@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now.<\/a><\/strong> Classmates reflect on the impact of AIDS and COVID-19: a Glimpses session (personal narratives). Speakers: Jeff Burack, Ann Stapleton, Neil Schluger, Russ Gershon, Janet Moos, Andrew Sellon, Mark Harrington, Ben Schatz, Peter Beilenson, Daphne de Marneffe, Jeff Galvin, Baird Smith Mallory, Jeffrey Saver, and Michael Stein. Moderator: Marilyn Butler, MWButler@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a><\/strong>. (Third Thursday of every month.) Host Russ Gershon will welcome:
\u2022 Siri Smedvig, professional violinist and prolific painter;
\u2022 Brenda Prescott, whose first novel, Home Front Lines<\/a><\/em>, focuses on the intersection of world politics and family matters around a trio of Cuban sisters and a US Air Force spouse during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; and
\u2022 Doug Fitch, opera director, visual artist, and leader.
Russ will share a video feature about a giant pile of\u2026well, salt, and expects to allow time for Q&A after each interview. (Details<\/a>.) Contact: Russ@AccurateRecords.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register here<\/a><\/strong>. Panelists will share stories and perspectives of the personal challenges and rewards of serving as mayors of large and small municipalities. Panelists: Dave Miller (Toronto, ON); Bret Schundler (Jersey City, NJ); Dave Bindelglass (Easton, CT); Arthur Babitz (Hood River, OR). Moderated by Esme Murphy, Minneapolis broadcast journalist. Contact: FredGeyer@HR1981.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/a>.<\/strong> Participate in the second Civility Game Trial and help solve one of our nation’s biggest underlying problems. (You need not have participated in the February 28 trial). Led by Saul Perlmutter, Bonnie Bottoms, Steven Clark, Wilson Carroll, and Ruth Milkman, Ruth@HR1981.org<\/a>. (Details<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For each scheduled social: see all the details<\/a> and registration info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Register now<\/a><\/strong>. How\u2019s your body holding up? Hear what topnotch orthopedic surgeons and other specialists know about how to get through the day (and the long haul) with our bones and joints intact\u2014and when it\u2019s time to call the doctor!
Panelists: Don Pompan, Ben Rosenberg, and Chris Vogelmann. Moderator: Lois Nesbitt<\/a>,
Panel discussion followed by Q&A and socializing. (Details<\/a>.) Contact: LoisNesbitt1@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Register here<\/strong><\/a>. Make new friends and deepen relationships with old friends through storytelling! We will share stories about ourselves, our families, and remarkable people who influenced our lives.
Story topics: <\/strong>Coming To America, Life Before Harvard, You Deserve Good Things, and Managing Pandemic Stress.<\/em>
Breakout storytelling sessions will be preceded by videos of original music from singer-songwriters and hip hop artists, from the Concerts For Our Children’s Future @ Bashner’s Brooklyn Jam & Salon,<\/em> by Richard Bashner, with Chris Owens as bandleader. There will be Audience Q&A with the Artists<\/em>, and an After-Party in Paris <\/em>(at 9:30pm).
Details<\/a><\/strong>. Contact: Richard Bashner at BrooklynLiveJams@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMay Day Arts Weekend, 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Register now<\/strong><\/a>. See more details<\/a><\/strong>. See the books, at the HR1981 Virtual Book Fair<\/a><\/strong>.
More than sixty of our classmates have published books in the past five years including novels, memoirs, children\u2019s books, poetry collections, history textbooks, philosophical monographs, and even a cookbook. Topics run the gamut from ancient ethics to modern medicine to future economies; self-help to social studies to science fiction; Oedipus to Henry V to Homer Simpson.
Join more than two dozen of these authors as they speed-pitch their works on Zoom, followed by an e-meet-and-greet on Sophya. Most importantly, there will be plenty of links to buy books and support our talented literary cohort. Host: Janice Edwards. Contact: Patric@HR1981.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listening To Classmates and Our Children For a Plan of Action<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Register now<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong> Twin pandemics of Coronavirus and social injustice are redrawing museum’s lines of admission, exhibition and the boundaries of creative expression at large. Who decides what constitutes art<\/em>? What is the impact of the Black Lives Matter protests on what we consider beautiful, treasured, and worthy of public display? How do we define our reality or determine our future, from education to artifacts, funding to staffing, live to virtual, historical context to deadly current events?