Alumni

Local Chapters–D.C.

News & Events

Career networking

Join us for the DC chapter's first career networking event on Thursday evening, March 18. Speak to alumni who will be representing their employers or looking to make new connections. If you'd like to attend, RSVP to Jonathan Make '98 at jmake@alumni.reed.edu and let him know what you do and if you want to represent your employer. Location to be determined.

Restaurant Club

Join us in tasting the cuisine of Russia and Kazakhstan at Cafe Assorti. Specialties include garlicky carrot salad, beet salad with walnuts, soft yeast-dough buns with filling called samsa and pirozhok, and Kazakh beef dumplings known as manti.

Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m.
Cafe Assorti
1800 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201

Metro: closest to Courthouse station

RSVP to Margaret Anderson '05.

If you need a ride or can offer one, please let Margaret know in your RSVP.

Thirsty Third in DC

Thirsty Third Thursday returns to The Saloon; it is within a block of the U Street/Cardozo Metro stop.

The Saloon
1205 U St. NW
Washington, DC
202/246-2640

RSVP to Nels Olson '89, nelsaolson@gmail.com (RSVP not required, but helpful in figuring out how big a table to grab.)

National Gallery of Art tour

Peter Parshall, formerly a professor of art history at Reed and now curator of old master prints at the National Gallery of Art, will lead a tour of his new exhibition on the Impressionists, "The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900," at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 24. There'll be lunch in the museum's Garden Cafe afterward, for those who wish to stay on. Reserve your spot by contacting to Leslie Overstreet '71 at 703/765-7059 or overstreet42@verizon.net. Space is limited!

Dim-sum gathering

Gather for dim sum at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 7 in downtown Baltimore at Zhongshan, 323 Park Ave. The restaurant is about a block from Baltimore's Central Library and about 10 blocks from the Amtrak/MARC's Penn Station. If you need a ride to the restaurant, please contact Jonathan Make ’98 at jmake@alumni.reed.edu. RSVP to jmake@alumni.reed.edu and Catherine Dalton ‘98 at cdalton@alumni.reed.edu.

Holiday potluck party

We will have a chapter holiday party on Thursday, December 17, in lieu of Thirsty Thursday and the restaurant club for that month. The location is still being finalized; check the chapter web page and Facebook page for details. Contact Margaret Anderson '05 to RSVP and say what you will bring (not ALL desserts, please!).

Facebook + Listserves

The chapter now has a Facebook page, check us out!

Also, we have 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-dc-network

If you have an idea for an event please contact the DC chapter. We'd love to hear your ideas.

Steering Committee

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

Margaret Anderson '05

Bennett Barsk '82

Catherine Dalton '98

David Gossett '91

Jonathan Make '98

Leslie Overstreet '71

Paul Levy '73, chapter chair