Alumni
Local Chapters–D.C.
News & Events
Steering committee
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
