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Gung hay fat choy! tiger

Please join the Chicago alumni chapter in celebrating the Chinese New Year at its 9th-annual dim-sum brunch. Annually our best-attended event, the brunch this year celebrates the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, year 4707 in the Chinese calendar. We hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you. (Children are welcome at this event, and it is wheelchair accessible.)

Sunday, February 21 at 10 a.m.

The Phoenix Restaurant
2131 S. Archer Ave., Ste 2
Chicago, IL
312/328-0848

El: Red Line to Cermak-Chinatown
Parking: On Wentworth just north of Cermak; there is also street parking on Archer.

Cost: Approximately $15-$20 per person

RSVP: Greg Clarke '88 at glc0012@yahoo.com

Ongoing

Keep an eye on your inbox for other events in 2010!

July/August: Summer picnic & free concert in Grant Park
September: First-Friday art gallery walk
Ongoing: Thirsty Third Thursday

Thirsty Third Thursday

Share conversation and comestibles with fellow Reedies on Thirsty Third Thursday. Look for the pink table-top sign and the stuffed griffin at a pub/bar/restaurant near you.

RSVP to Alison Birkmeyer-Aske '93, alisonbirkmeyer@yahoo.com

Want to contact other Reedies about carpooling to this event (or others)? Try our opt-in listserv at https://www.lists.reed.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chicago-network

If you want to see where other Thirsty Third Thursday events are happening, check here.

Listserves

The Chicago chapter has recently set up an email listserve to arrange get-togethers with fellow Reedies on short notice. If you want to invite Reedies to join you for a concert, movie, drink, dinner or a hike, please send an email to the list. This is an opt-in list, which means the only people who will see the announcements will be people who have subscribed to the web page. There is an option to get the messages combined in one message daily or weekly; please subscribe at https://www.lists.reed.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chicago-network

Steering Committee

To contact the chapter, send email to alumni-chicago-steering@lists.reed.edu or you can look up individual members using the alumni directory in IRIS.

Alison Birkmeyer-Aske ’93

Julia Chamberlain ’03, co-chair

Greg Clarke ’88, co-chair

David Colt '09

Ray Coyne ’71

David Perry ’73

Owen Shapiro '84

Chantal Sudbrack ’97