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Annual Summer Picnic!

The picnic will take place at local alum Peter McDonald's ('63) farm in Wilsonville. Thanks to the McDonald's generosity, we will get to soak up the sun on their beautiful property, a 360 acre working hazelnut and timber farm right along the Willamette River.

There will be live music, a swimming pool, ultimate frisbee, tennis (please bring white shoes and your own equipment if you want to play tennis!), quick portrait drawings, and lots of BBQ and snacks. Don't forget a towel, frisbees, or other games!

Families and kids are encouraged, but please no pets.

What: Family-friendly BBQ
When: Sunday, July 15th, 2007
Time: 1pm to 6pm
Where: Peter and Jill McDonald's Farm: 15700 SW Wilsonville Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070 (map)
Directions: Take I-5 to exit 283, take a right at the end of the offramp onto Wilsonville Rd. About 4.5 miles; mailbox comes up on the left (the left turn is about 1/4 mile past Edminston Rd, which is on the right).
Carpool: Carpooling is encouraged! Contact marlowe if you can bring someone, or if you would like a ride. (Please provide your starting location).
Cost: $15 Adults, $10 Children (under 16) and Recent grads (class of '06 and '07)
Pre-register online by July 14th and save $5 per person! (credit card required)
We will also accept cash at the gate -- exact change will be appreciated.

Pre-Registration: Visit our online event at: Brown Alumni Association
Login using your Brown Alumni Online username and password,
or select the link at the top that says "If you don't have an account, you can still register for this event here."

Board Meeting

Everyone is invited to the Brown Club of Oregon quarterly Board Meeting. This meeting will be primarily focused on planning the summer picnic, scheduled for July 15.

While we discuss will also enjoy a wine tasting called "The Rosé Parade Float", a collection of rosé wines from around the world.

When: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Time: 7 - 8 pm
Where: Urban Wine Works, 407 NW 16th Avenue, Portland (map)
RSVP: Please RSVP to Sage Cohen '90

Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul

Professor Miller not only teaches the most popular class at Brown (Bio 20), he also has been one of the leading proponents for the theory of evolution, particularly in response to recent creationist arguments for intelligent design. A practicing Roman Catholic, he has been an expert witness in several landmark legal cases challenging the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, and was recently interviewed on The Colbert Report (Watch video).

View Prof Miller's Wikipedia article: Kenneth R Miller
View Miller's website: Evolution Resources

What: An evening with Brown Professor Ken Miller
When: Friday, April 27, 2007
Time: Lightly catered reception at 4:30 PM, program begins at 5:00 PM
Where: Oregon Executive MBA office, in the heart of downtown Portland
200 SW Market St., Suite L101, Portland, OR 97201 (map)
Cost: Free

Regulating Ethics: The Importance of Regulating Ethics in Public Life

Should there be an independent ethics commission for Congress? Or do ethics commissions have a tendency to make things worse? Professor Ross Cheit, who has long taught Ethics and Public Policy to undergraduates at Brown, is starting his third year on the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. His talk will address the importance of trying to regulate ethics in public life and the frustrations involved in actually doing so. He has some Rhode Island stories, of course, but he has also been following the story of the beer distributors, the Oregon lawmakers and a trip to Hawaii."

Ethics regulation in Rhode Island alone would be a fascinating topic, let alone the nation as a whole! Join us for an exciting evening with Professor Cheit, an Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the Taubman Center's Law and Public Policy program. Professor Cheit is known for being an eloquent speaker, and is a favorite of many students past and present.

For those of you looking for more information on Professor Cheit's background, please refer to his biography here.

What: An evening with Brown Professor Ross Cheit
When: Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Time: Lightly catered reception at 5:00 PM, program begins at 5:30 PM
Where: Vey Conference Center, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health Sciences University
Get driving Directions
Cost: Free

2006 Annual Brown Holiday Party

Annual Brown Holiday Party. The annual Brown Club of Oregon holiday party (this year it's an EXTRAVAGANZA!) is right around the corner. At this event we treat the current crop of kids at Brown to some time with us (ancient alumni) as well as welcome the class of 2011 (students who were admitted early decision: there are 3 of them from our region this year). Harris Matarazzo has generously offered to host (okay, we applied extreme pressure) for the second consecutive year. Delicious food, drink, and conversation will abound!

There will be a special presentation by newly elected Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen '84 and local poet and communications expert Sage Cohen '91.

The food will be great, the company will be better, the new admittees will be younger (and smarter) than ever. I hope to see many of you there. Thanks and happy holidays from the Brown Club of Oregon!

What: Brown Club of Oregon 2006 Holiday Party
When: Saturday, January 6th, 2007
Time: 5 - 7 PM
Where: Email Sam to RSVP and get directions.

2006

Professor Wendy Schiller comes to town!

We've got some exciting political races this year. The Washington senatorial race is heating up. Ditto for the Connecticut LaMont-Lieberman showdown. And is there any chance that the Democrats will start to take momentum from the Republicans, after a couple sessions being the minority party in both branches of government?

To help us sort it all out, one of the nation's foremost political experts is coming to Portland. This is Professor Wendy Schiller from Brown's Political Science department. She has won a Fulbright Award, and prior to teaching was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institute and a legislative aide to New York Senator Daniel P. Moynihan and New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

For Professor Schiller's full cv, please take a look here

It's an honor to have Professor Schiller visit us. So without further ado, here are the details:

What: "Congressional Elections as Vehicles for Change in American Politics - What will 2006 bring?" An Evening with Brown Professor Wendy Schiller
When: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Time: lightly catered reception at 6:30 PM, program begins at 7:00 PM
Where: Vey Conference Center, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health Sciences University
Directions: www.ohsu.edu/about/directions.shtml
Cost: Free for students and graduates after 2001, $5 for alums and folks they bring, $10 for non-alums
RSVP: Yes, please go here to sign up.
If you have an account on Brown's alumni website, please use it to register for the event.
If you do not have an account (or are not an alum), please click on the 'here' at the top of the page at the end of the sentence that says "If you don't have an account, you can still register for this event here." That's it!

Sunday, July 16th, NOON: Summer family extravaganza at Peter McDonald's ('63) farm

The Brown Club summer picnic is coming into sharp focus -- it's going to be a great time! It's our first attempt at an event for entire families to enjoy. Don't worry, it's going to be darn fun for non-families, too.

The picnic will take place at local alum Peter McDonald's ('63) farm in Wilsonville. Thanks to the McDonald's generosity, we will get to soak up the sun on approximately 360 acres of working hazelnut and timber farm. There will be a swimming pool, tennis courts (please bring white shoes and your own equipment if you want to play tennis!), volleyball, frisbee, croquet, and all sorts of barbequed goodies. Families and kids are welcome, nay, _encouraged_ -- the only restriction on attendance is no pets. The farm is right on the west bank of the Willamette River and should be gorgeous.

We could also use some help at this one. Any alums out there interested in volunteering in any of the following ways, please email Sam.

Organizing the music? Live music would be terrific. There are certain alums I know of that would be AWESOME at this so if there are no volunteers I'll have to start applying pressure (Jessica & Mike, Mahesh, you know who you are :)
Helping with the setup, cleanup, and/or cooking? We have one barbeque volunteer so far!
Organizing games for the kids? Or young at heart? I can give an Ultimate frisbee lesson.

Please note that Brown has created a full-on registration system for these events now. Please RSVP via the link provided below. I'm sure there will some kinks in the system as people try to register so please drop me a line if you have any problems.

here

Driving Directions:
Take I5 south to Wilsonville
Get off at exit 283
At the exit stop sign, turn RIGHT onto Wilsonville Road
Drive 4.5 miles
Road marker shortly before destination is Edminston Road to the right)
Turn LEFT into driveway at 15700 Wilsonville Road

Friday, April 21, 2006: Wordstock Dinner with Andrew Scott Greer '92

Debi Coleman '74 is hosting guest author Andrew Sean Greer '92, who studied literature while at Brown and was chosen as Commencement Speaker at his graduation. He then went on to earn his MFA at the University of Montana. Since then Greer moved first to Seattle and then to San Francisco and began to have his work published in magazines such as ESQUIRE; THE PARIS REVIEW; and STORY before releasing a collection of stories: HOW IT WAS FOR ME (Picador 2000). His first novel, THE PATH OF MINOR PLANETS was also published by Picador in Oct 2001 to much acclaim. His second novel, published in Feb 2004 by FSG, THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI, was compared by John Updike to the works of Proust and Nabokov in his NEW YORKER review. It has already been translated into 12+ languages. This novel became a TODAY SHOW Book Club selection. Mr. Greer has won The New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award as well as the California Book Award.

Debi is underwriting the dinner which will be catered and feature fine Oregon wines. Guests will be expected to make a $25 donation/person to the non-profit Community of Writers, the beneficiary of Wordstock. NOTE: This event is limited to 30 people; Brown alums may bring one guest. Please RSVP to Debi Coleman right away if you would like to attend.

Sunday, April 23, 2006: AN EVENING WITH IRA GLASS '81: RADIO STORIES AND OTHER STORIES

Ira is one of the best-known Brown alums in the country, as he both produces and hosts THIS AMERICAN LIFE on NPR. The show has garnered a galaxy of awards, including The Peabody, and Dupont-Columbia Awards. In 2001, TIME MAGAZINE named Glass "Best Radio Host in America."

The event will be held at the First Congregational Church on 1126 SW Park Ave, in downtown Portland and it starts at 7 pm. Tickets are already being sold through Ticketmaster for $25, student/senior $20 each, but Debi has arranged for a group discount price of $18.75. Please email Debi Coleman to reserve your spot.

January 5, 2006, 7 PM: Annual Brown Holiday Party

The annual Brown Club of Oregon holiday party (this year it's an EXTRAVAGANZA!) is right around the corner. At this event we treat the current crop of kids at Brown to some time with us (ancient alumni) as well as welcome the class of 2010 (students who were admitted early decision: there are 3 of them from our region this year). Harris Matarazzo has generously offered to host (okay, we applied extreme pressure) for the second consecutive year. Delicious food, drink, and conversation will abound!

To spice up this year's event (if that's possible after the _crazy_ 2004 event), we are also going to regale you with exciting stories from Teddy "Cave Dog" Keiser '94 and Emily "Last Name" Lindsey '02. Cave Dog is going to take us through gorgeous hikes across America, places he traversed in his record-breaking "50 KM in 50 States" mountaineering. Emily will take us to Antarctica, where it is cold. I think. Should be a lot of fun, regardless.

2005

November 14th, 2005: Confessions of a Brown Professor: Lessons Learned from Infants and Children

The Brown Club of Oregon is thrilled to welcome Professor (Emeritus) Lewis Lipsitt of Brown's Psychology Department for a talk entitled "Confessions of a Brown Professor: Lessons Learned from Infants and Children" followed by Q&A. Check out Professor Lipsitt's description of the talk:

"I will talk about my work with babies, and those babies growing up, and what I have learned from this Brown University project. I intend to be provocative because I believe that only when we the people understand what is going on in human development, the enormous increase in population in the world, and the increasing anger of the people will we be able to take steps to ameliorate the conditions that will surely destroy the globe......."

Sounds pretty dang good! Here are the details:

Confessions of a Brown Professor: Lessons Learned from Infants and Children

June 7th, 2005: Professor Tannenbaum presents "Powerful Communications"

The Brown Club of Oregon presents one of Brown's most talented and sought-after professors, Barbara Tannenbaum. Professor Tannenbaum teaches the popular senior seminar Theatre Arts 22, Persuasive Communication. Students put themselves on the waitlist for this class as first years and the lucky ones get into it as seniors! If you haven't seen her in action, Professor Tannenbaum is a sight to behold, a unique combination of wit and teaching. She consults for politicans, business executives, and anyone who wants to improve their public speaking: her client roster includes Congressman James R. Langevin, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Conexant, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and other high-powered institutions. This should be one terrific event.

The title of Professor Tannenbaum's program will be "Powerful Communications." A brief synopsys is included below.

Powerful Communications

"Barbara Tannenbaum will share practical and theoretical elements of persuasion to help you use communications to achieve more in your personal life and professional life. Come get a condensed version of a course with a three year waiting list at Brown."

"Barbara received her ninth Barrett Hazeltine Citation from the senior class in 2004. She also received the Brown University Undergraduate Council of Students Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004, and in 2003 she received the John Rowe Workman Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Humanities. Previously she has been honored by the Friends of Community Change in Boston with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work against racism and as Woman of the Year by the Providence Business and Professional Women."

May 12th, 2005: Social Dinner

The Brown Club of Oregon presents a new kind of event for local alums: a dinner out in Portland. This is a purely social occasion, whose intent is to engender connectedness in our Oregon Brown community. If you enjoyed meeting your local Brunonians at the Ruth Simmons event, this event is for you!

For our first dinner, we have reservations for family supper at Ripe (aka Family Supper) on May 12th, 2005. Ripe has gotten rave reviews and been featured in magazines and journals in Portland and nationwide. There is a link below to the Citysearch review if you want to learn more about Family Supper at Ripe. Once you RSVP that you are coming, we will send you more details.

Please note: Dinner at Ripe usually consists of a salad course, an occasional mid course, and an entrée course. The cost for dinner is $25 - one dessert is available per night for an additional $5. They have a wine and beer list (corkage is $10) - and gratuity is not included in the cost of dinner.

Ripe is located off of Interstate avenue, near the Widmer brew pub. The address is:
2240 N. Interstate Ave
Portland, OR 97227
tel: 503-235-2294

Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible. Significant others are welcome but unfortunately children are not. Maybe we can take over the entire restaurant (their capacity is 45) if we get enough responses!

One final note: If you must cancel at the last minute, please call the restaurant and let them know you will not be attending. The Brown Club will not be responsible for last minute cancellations.

RSVP to cstimac90@comcast.net

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Here is a link to Citysearch’s review of family supper at Ripe

February 11, 2005, 8:30 AM: Super Athletes: A Public Dialogue about Genetic Enhancement and Sports

Our very own Greg Fowler's Geneforum is sponsoring an exciting dialog on Genetic Enhancement and Sports. This will be a fascinating discussion with several leading authorities on genetic enhancement. The science is moving much faster than public debate on the topic, and we need an informed citizenry to deal with these changes. I'm taking a half day off work to participate, and if it is within the realm of possibility please considering attending!

The official invite: http://www.netspace.org/~blackman/Random/genetics.pdf
Another invite: http://www.netspace.org/~blackman/Random/breakfast.doc
Geneforum's website: http://www.geneforum.org/

January 20th, 2005, 7 PM: Debi Coleman is hosting Terrence McNally in her beautiful home high up in the KOIN Tower

This is a fundraiser for Profile Theatre, and is $75 per person (no discounts available on this one!). A great opportunity to support the arts and get some face time with the playwright, if you are interested in attending please email Maggie at Profile Theatre (maggie@profiletheatre.org). A .pdf of the invite is available here.

January 19th, 2005, 7:30 PM: Terrence McNally will be speaking in the Portland Arts and Lectures series

Debi Coleman, aka SuperGrad, has negotiated us a terrific group discount: $15 reserved-seat tickets! These tickets allow entrance into the lecture, and are also good for a catered reception with Terrence afterwards at the Gus Solomon Courthouse.

We *ONLY HAVE* 40 tickets and this show is likely to be sold out, so when they are gone, they are gone. Brown alums can RSVP to Krist Loebbecke at 503-227-2583 (please ask for Kristen). Mention "SFV/Brown Club". VISA/MC is OK and the tickets will be mailed out or held at 'will call'.

February 5, 2005: Photos from the President Simmons visit are available online now ...

January 12, 2005, 6 PM: Brown President Ruth J. Simmons is here!

This night should be a blast. It's a reception with:

Ruth J. Simmons
18th President
Join the Brown Club of Oregon
Wednesday Evening, January 12, 2005
in the
Schnitzer Novak Gallery at the
Portland Art Museum
6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
7:00 p.m. Remarks
$20 per person

All payments will be collected at the door and club membership will be available.
Cash or checks payable to Brown University only.
RSVP before January 9 at 401.863.6010
or via e-mail to Maureen_Lapre@brown.edu

2004

December 30, 2004, 7 PM: Annual Brown Holiday Party

After much scrambling we have secured a location and date for the annual holiday party. This low-key affair is a great chance to meet with current Brown students home for the holidays and those lucky high school seniors who have recently been admitted early decision. One thing for sure is these kids will *not* make you feel old. There will be food and drink and serious discussion about the state of the world and recent ski trips!

We hope y'all can come, please RSVP when you get a chance ... and happy holidays to all from the Brown Club of Oregon board!

October 19, 2004, 6 PM: Measure This: Initiative Event 2004!

The Brown Club of Oregon improves our democracy with an event for folks to learn about the many initiatives on this year's Oregon ballot. This should be a truly one-of-a-kind event to create informed votes on these critical measures.

Please see the PDF flyer here for complete details.

We really need RSVPs for this one so email me with numbers (i.e. you and however many friends) if you can make it. It should be an entertaining night. The key stats:

October 15, 2004, 8 PM: The Stendhal Syndrome Premiere!

This is Terrence McNally's latest play, making its West Coast debut. For the discounted price of only $10 (thanks to Debi Coleman!) you can get a ticket to the premiere on October 15th. After the play, there will be a catered reception with the director, cast, and crew. This should be a terrific evening so mark your calendar and send me your reservation now. As we only have a limited number of discounted seats, we are limiting tickets to two per alumni. Send your ticket reservation request to sam@orbrown.org as soon as possible.

-- More information about the play --

Straight from its successful New York premiere is McNally's latest: two one-act plays that look at the limitations of mortality and the immortality of art. In "Full Frontal Nudity," a tour guide and her group blissfully surrender to the charms of Michelangelo's David. "Prelude and Liebestod" takes us inside the quicksilver psyche of a master conductor as he leads his orchestra through Wagner's orgasmic Prelude toTristand und Isolde.

Logistics:

Food and wine reception to follow performance catered by Salvador Molly's

About Profile Theatre:

In just eight years, Profile Theatre Project has grown to be one of the most important theatre companies in Portland, with a reputation for bringing intelligence, excellence and passion to the stage. All productions are mounted in an ultimate 95-seat theatre where you are never more than a few feet from the action.

Profile Theatre Project is unlike any other professional theatre in town. Each year we showcase a single playwright, giving our audiences the opportunity to enter a writer's world for a full season - to experience each play as part of a flowing dialogue, seeing the important connections that help us to grow, learn and understand.

About the Playwright:

Terrence McNally was most recently represented on Broadway with the revival of his play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune and the book for the musical The Full Monty, and off-Broadway with The Stendhal Syndrome. He is a four-time Tony award winner for: Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime; his play, Master Class; Best book of a musical for Kiss of the Spiderwoman; and his play Love!Valor!Compassion!

May 20, 2004: Professor Beiser visit summary by Gail Mathabane

The Brown Club brought Brown Professor Emeritus Edward Beiser to Portland in late April. Turnout at Dr. Beiser’s presentation in Vey Auditorium at OHSU on the evening of April 20th was excellent. He showed a documentary film he had produced about a fellow Brown professor who had a scrape with death when he was struck by a bus in London. Dr. Beiser led a lively discussion about the ethical, financial, medical and emotional complexities of keeping comatose patients alive. Using his Socratic style of teaching, he tossed out questions that led to an intellectual debate on living wills, advance directives, and how one decides when life is no longer worth living. Several members of the audience were Brown graduates in the medical field who offered fascinating, real-life examples of helping patients and families through end-of-life crises.

Though Dr. Beiser suffers from Parkinson’s Disease, he made light of this fact with self-deprecating jokes, and his vibrant personality, which has made him a big hit with Brown students for decades, still sparkled. Whenever people walked up to Dr. Beiser and introduced themselves as former students, he usually cried out in recognition and exchanged some friendly, nostalgic banter with them.

Debi Coleman (’74) held a well-attended dinner reception in Dr. Beiser’s honor on April 19th in her beautiful home atop the KOIN Tower, and a group of Brown graduates gathered in the lobby of the Benson Hotel to chat with Dr. Beiser after his presentation. Dr. Beiser went away with a positive impression of Portland and our alumni club.

April 20, 2004: Brown Bioethics Professor Ed Beiser

Mark your calendars right now for a visit from esteemed Brown Bioethics Professor Ed Beiser. He will be landing in our fair city (no, not Vancouver) for a presentation on Tuesday, April 20th. The interactive topic for the evening will be "Life-and-Death Decisions: the Ethical, Practical, and Emotional Challenges We Face as Medical Advances Allow Individuals to Live Longer." Professor Beiser will be showing a thought-provoking video he's created about fellow Brown Professor Peter Wegner, whom survived a coma after being struck by a bus in London. It should be quite an event! Professor Beiser's charisma and charm has proven popular with many generations of students. An Adobe Reader document describing the film he will be showing is located here.

2003

December 28, 2003: The Brown Club of Oregon invites you to a Winter Party!

When: December 28, 2003
Time: 3-5 PM
Place: At the home of Debi Coleman ‘74, KOIN Tower/Fountain Plaza, 1414 SW Third Ave., Suite 2701, Portland. Parking is directly across Third Ave. between Clay and Columbia.
RSVP: (you’ll want to have FOOD, right???)
libigler@easystreet.com or 503-636-8660

Looking for things to do? Check out our website at http://www.orbrown.org. We list our current activities as well as provide links to the Ivy Club of Oregon. The Ivy Club is a consortium of the alumni groups from Brown, the 7 other Ivies, MIT and Stanford.

Remember! RSVP to libigler@easystreet.com to say if you are or are not coming to the December 28th party!!! Hope to see you there!!!

October 17th - November 8th, 2003. "This whole situation calls to mind a Mister Murdery..."

From the same Brown alum who brought you VERONICA'S ROOM and ANONYMOUS THEATRE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST... and from the same group who is totally excited about cake...

THE CARDBOARD BOX THEATRE COMPANY
~presents~

MISTER MURDERY
by Stephen Karam

A play in one-act.
One complex, comic, lesbian-filled, heathen-ridden act.
Four heathen. Three corpses. Two nurses. One murderer. One radio. One glass of water.

"Nurse Cherry looks good in white and is a non-lesbian. But is she safe? This is not only her first night in a new town, but it also might be her last night alive. We find Nurse Cherry and Nurse Silver alone at Citytown General Hospital in the city/town of Citytown. But they are not totally alone - a Mister Murdery is on the loose and murdering the entire lesbian population of Citytown, including the Mayoress and one-half of the two-person police force. With only a disturbingly self-willed radio for company, these two women - one of them a man - attempt to survive this dark, stormy, and heathen-ridden night. But can they? And who is Mister Murdery? And what does 'martini' mean in Spanish? And is anyone who they claim to be... or aren't they... or are they... or what?"

"Are you certain you have locked up?... Every door?... Every window?"

June 21, 2003: "Evening with A.R.T."

The Brown Club of Oregon cordially invites you to an "Evening with A.R.T.". The featured event is a performance of "Copenhagen" by the Portland Artists Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.). The show begins at 8:00 p.m. Set in the shadow of a war, "Copenhagen" revolves around "...a single conversation that changed the course of history." The moral lesson alone will be worth the price of admission--which for the first 15 Brown alumni to reserve tickets will be only $15/person (Regular price: $26). A.R.T.'s Liz Abernathy at 503-241-9807 is waiting for your call.

There is information about the play here.

Alumni who already hold tickets to the play on another date are encouraged to exchange their tickets for the June 21 performance. The A.R.T. administration has assured me that will present no problem. About 40-50 seats are still available for that performance.

March 21 - April 12, 2003: The Cardboard Box Theatre Company Presents Veronica's Room by Ira Levin

Dear Brown Alumni, A new theatre company has hit the Portland arts scene! Straight from Brown University, the Cardboard Box Theatre Company is about to do its first show out here on the left coast, and we would like to invite you to see what we are all about.

As a young company new Portland artists, we would love to have the support of local Brown alumni. We hope that you will attend our first Portland production and, if you like what you see, help to spread the word about our company. Also, we hope that you will stick around after the performance to say hello!

Thanks, Kerry Silva, '02

COMPANY: The Cardboard Box Theatre Company
cardboardbox.org
(503) 232.7667

COMPANY MEMBERS: Sam Kusnetz, Darius Pierce, Kerry Silva (Brown University, Class of 2002)
PERFORMANCE INFO: Fridays and Saturdays, March 21 - April 12. Doors open at 10PM.
TICKETS: Tickets cost $10 and can be reserved by telephone or via the website.
LOCATION: The Electric Company, 2512 SE Gladstone
CAST: Kerry Silva as Young Woman, Justin Sanders as Young Man, Nancy Aldrich as Woman, Darius Pierce as Man.

January 31, 2003: Brown/Ivy+ Alumni group visit to Defunkt theatre to see the play CART

The date for the Brown/Ivy+ Alumni group visit to Defunkt Theatre to see the play CART with talk-back with cast and crew has been set for January 31. For more information about the show itself, please see Defunkt's homepage. The show starts at 8pm at the Back Door Theatre, located at 4319 43 Hawthorne, behind Common Grounds coffee house.

We have a 40 seat black box theatre. You're welcome to reserve up to 30 seats. (we have 10 held for an OPB promotion) I'd love to see the place packed! Tickets are $10-15 sliding scale, among the lowest prices in town.

Just drop Damali Ayo '94 an email when you're confirmed, and she'll add you to the reservation list. I'll try and keep a running list of whose coming and email you the group names...

Then all you'll have to do is come and enjoy the show! Steffen Silvis of the Willamette Week called cart an "intriguing and thoughtful new work." i hope you'll feel the same.

Looking forward to your attendance!

January 11 - February 26, 2003: Damali Ayo '94 exhibit at Contemporary Art (CoCA)

Our very own damali ayo '94 has a shown up in Seattle, WA. View flesh-tone series #1 at Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA),1420 11th Ave. January 11-February 26 2003. Opening reception: January 11, 6-10 pm. Closing/damali's birthday party, February 26, TBA. For more info, check out damali’s website at www.damaliayo.com.

January 6, 2003: Special screening of “Better Babies” + Post-screening discussion

Join us at OPB on Macadam Ave on January 6 from 7 - 9 PM for a special screening of “Better Babies”, part 2 of a 3 part series on genetic uses, abuses, and privacy being aired on OPB in January.

Greg Fowler ‘67 PHD , President of the Brown Club and Geneforum will be leading our post-screening discussion.

For more information about these issues and what’s being done about them in Oregon, visit Geneforum’s website at www.geneforum.org. Here is a link to details about this three part series on PBS: Our Genes, Our Choices.

Yes, there will be food and drink provided, woo hoo!

Oregon Public Broadcasting headquarters are located at 7140 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR 97219.

2002

December 29, 2002: "Get Acquainted Party" for early-decision accepted students, current students, and recent alums

A "Christmas Break" get-acquainted party at Lynda's home for early decision accepted students, 1990-2002 Oregon alumni, and Oregon students currently at Brown. The event will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, December 29. If you would like to attend please RSVP to Lynda Bigler '74.

November 2, 2002, Hike to the McNeil Point with the Sierra Club

Hi Sam...Sat Nov 2, McNeil Point (wild side of Mt. Hood to Glisan Glacier)...strenuous and incredibly gorgeous hike...can you pass the info on?

Most likely we'd leave at 9am from the Gateway park 'n ride...we'd carpool up hw 26 and turn left on Lolo Pass Road, then take forest service roads until we get to the trailhead. It's a steep hike and gets up to some elevation so we'd want to be prepared for snow (boots, gaters, gortex)...it's one of the most beautiful hikes in the area going through woods, along an alpine stream for a while, and then above alpine and up to a glacier. This is actually one my friend, Karen is leading for the Sierra club, so we'd be a larger group than just Brunonians...but it's a wilderness area, so we will be limited to 12...Karen and I always have a great time on hikes we do together, so this should be a good one!

I found a couple sites with nice images from similar hikes:

September 25, 2002, 7:30 PM: Ira Glass special benefit for Portland Literary Arts

Brown Alum Ira Glass - host and producer of the wildly popular public radio program, "This American Life" is featured in A Special Benefit for Portland Literary Arts. The event is scheduled for Wednesday September 25, 7:30pm at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

Two levels of tickets are available:
* lecture seating only $20 each
* better seats with a patron reception following the event $35 each

If you are interested, please contact Debi Coleman '74 by Friday September 6.

Sam's note: If you haven't listened to This American Life on NPR, there's a website with all the past shows in RealAudio at www.thislife.org. My personal favorite is the August 31, 2001 show called "Meet the Pros". If you like basketball, Act One is fascinating, funny, inspiring -- simply radio at its best!

August 27, 2002, 7:30 PM, Old Library Auditorium at OHSU: Lisa Raiola '84
"A Memo from Oregon to the U.S. Healthcare System: Lessons Learned in the Ethics of Rationing"

Brief background on Ms. Lisa Raiola '84:
Brown Professor, Clinical Teaching Associate, Brown University School of Medicine, Department of Community Health, and Brown's V.P. for Alumni Relations.

View complete biography here

The presentation will take place in the Old Library Auditorium at OHSU, Tuesday, August 27 beginning at 7:30 p.m. A reception and conversation will follow in the foyer.

Here is the PowerPoint presentation that Lisa used.

Thoughts from Marcia Weinstein '65:

Lisa Raiola pointed out that healthcare has no value to Americans. I have thought of it rather as a case of healthcare moving from a not-for-profit mission and a service paradigm to some kind of for-profit commodification/industrialization.
The AMA (American Medical Association) in some ways has only itself to blame (for the current state of the American healthcare system). By holding out against "socialized" medicine, doctors have become the servant/slaves of for-profit insurance bureaucrats.
People have barely gotten it through their heads that just because you can do something doesn't mean you/they should do it (e.g., the use of various imaging and surgical procedures and treatments). Only those people who are responsible for paying the "real" price have any incentive to worry about cost/benefit.
For sure a lot of us went to a lot of meetings in the 1980s, but I doubt the people who are on the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) went to many of those meetings. The system publicly seems to work until some individual on the OHP (particularly a young person) needs an expensive and not-too-likely-to-succeed procedure (e.g., the young woman who needed a heart-lung transplant for her cystic fibrosis) at which point the "triage by checkbook" becomes obvious and serves to inflame public desire for everything (whether it works, or not) for everyone.
I will be curious to see how the single payer initiative does in the November election.