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Message from the President :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: E V E N T Dear Williams Club Members, H I G H L I G H T S I hope that the New Year is treating you well. Around the clubhouse, we are continuing to make our presence felt more strongly. Besides integration of efforts on the programming 2/4 - 2/5 side, you may notice that The Princeton Club is taking on a little more Williams Alumni Fund 2010-2011 of a Williams Club feel. Within the last month, we have mounted our Telethon painting of Griffin Hall and the chapel on the campus on the first floor, just left of the entrance to the library.

We have an exciting slate of upcoming events that will help get you through the winter.

The Annual Inter-Club Snow Ball was hosted here at The Princeton Club on Saturday, January 29. Over 260 members from The Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, and Yale Clubs all joined in our annual winter celebration, making for a great time had by all.

The 2010-2011 Williams Alumni Fund New York City Telethon will kick-off our February Club happenings on Friday, February 4 and Saturday, February 5. All alumni are encouraged to join fellow volunteers and class agents in hopes of achieving another record-breaking year!

We’ll also be hosting an off-site vodka tasting on Thursday, February 24 at Bottlerocket in the Flatiron District. Since vodka is supposed to be a colorless, tasteless, and odorless spirit, 2/24 we’re going to put away with the brand-driven nature of vodka in this blind vodka tasting. Join Class That Feels Like a us for a new kind of learning experience, or “class that feels like a party.” Party: Blind Vodka Tasting at Bottlerocket Stay tuned for another one of our legendary opera nights on March 18. Williams College Music Professor Tony Sheppard will host a discussion and overview of the night’s opera, “The Queen of Spades” while you dine at The Princeton Club. Tickets are selling very quickly, as usual, so reserve your spot now.

See you at the clubhouse,

Jeff Urdang ‘89 President, Board of Governors

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RESERVATIONS 2/24 3/18 Natalie Diaz ‘09 Class That Feels Like a Party: Blind Vodka “The Queen of Spades” Tasting at Bottlerocket at The Metropolitan Opera T 212.697.5300 Thursday, February 24 Friday, March 18 [email protected] 6:00-7:30pm 5:30 - 11:00pm $15, $20 at the door $198 per person Includes a 3-course dinner, lecture, ticket, & transportation to the Metropolitan Opera House 2/4 - 2/5 Williams Alumni Fund 2010-2011 New York City Telethon Friday, February 4, 2011 4:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:00am - 5:00pm Includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres and Casual. Cheap. Fast. Fun. Join fellow alumni beverages and members of The Williams Club as we host a new Join Williams Professor of Music Tony Sheppard kind of learning experience at Bottlerocket Wine & P’96 for the Met presentation of Tchaikovsky’s Spirit, along with owner Tom Geniesse ’86. “The Queen of Spades.” While you dine, Professor Sheppard will play excerpts from the night’s Your favorite vodka is… Admit it, you’re not sure. You opera and give you an overview of the plot and think you know. But have you ever tasted them side musical highlights, locating the work in its artistic by side? Have you ever had the chance to put away and historical context to enhance your experience the brand-driven nature of vodka- Grey Goose vs. of the performance. After dessert, you will be Absolut, Stolichnaya vs. Smirnoff and choose one on whisked away to Lincoln Center where your seats its merits? You’re not alone. in the Dress Circle await you.

Join us for a fun, interactive blind tasting of vodkas. Based on Alexander’s Pushkin’s novella, “The We will treat you to super-premium as well as Queen of Spades” is about a man who lost his reasonably priced brands. ALL BLIND. We’ll even fortune and his sanity playing cards. Remarkably, Come join your fellow volunteers or agents at the throw in some cocktails, too. Come prepared to be Tchaikovsky adapted the story for the opera stage telethon as the Alumni Fund gears up to achieve surprised. in a short 44 days. Instead of merely translating another record-breaking year! The Williams staff will the work into a musical interpretation, Tchaikovsky be on hand to assist you with any information you Class starts promptly at 6:30pm and ends at 7:30pm. built upon Pushkin’s ironic social observations may need to make those all important calls to your Reservations can be made by contacting Natalie Diaz with a sentimental and psychological edge. In classmates to support the College. The Princeton at [email protected] or by calling (212) Tchaikovsky’s version, the poor become wealthy, Club will do a superb job keeping you fed and 596-1305. You may also RSVP by visiting www. the dry and calculating become romantic and comfortable. The Alumni Fund staff all look forward williamsclub.org. This event was coordinated by heroic. And most notably, passion is injected to seeing familiar friends and lots of new faces! Program Committee Chair Rich von Bargen. into the overall message of the story while the realistic boundaries Pushkin had built melt away. For more information, please contact the Williams Bottlerocket is located in the Flatiron District at 5 West “The Queen of Spades” is widely recognized as Alumni Fund office at 1-888-374-8110 or email 19th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. an operatic masterpiece, one of Tchaikovsky’s [email protected]. greatest works, and one you won’t want to miss.

Reservations are required and can be made by emailing Nicole Diamant at nicoled@princetonclub. com or by calling (212) 596-1261.

ReservAtions Policy

Early reservations are requested and are required for all events. Out-of-Club ticketed events (including, but not limited to, theatre events) are final sale and non-refundable. Cancellations must be received by 4:30 pm two business days prior to the event or program in order to avoid incurring a charge. All cancellations received after this deadline and no-shows will be charged the full price of the event or program. A $10 no show fee will be incurred with free events if reservations are not cancelled by noon on the day of the event. Any exceptions to this policy will be noted in event descriptions. | February 2011 | Dining Corner ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Monday, February 14 ReservationsValentine’s available from 5:30 pm – 8:45 pm Day Dinner Settle by the fireplace for a delicious and romantic Valentine’s Day Dinner that will be prepared by Chef Amuse Bouche.

Roasted Tomato Risotto GoatAppetizers Cheese & Crispy Shallots OR Heart Shaped Lobster Ravioli Blood Orange-Tarragon Cream served with Micro Green Salad OR Salad of Baby Mesclun Long Island Duck Confit, Clementines, Dried Cherries & Pistachios Bittersweet Chocolate Vinaigrette

Five Spice Sea Scallops with Foie Gras Butter Parsnip PureeEntrée & Port Wine-Fig Sauce OR Grilled Petit Filet Mignon & Sauteed Shrimp Truffled Potato Puree & Sweet Carrot Confit, served with a Pinot Noir Sauce

Chocolate Ganache Tart & Chocolate Gelato DessertOR Exotic Wild Berry Soup with Strawberry Gelato Complimentary Sparkling Wine & Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Cost: $120++ per couple Reservations are requested by Wednesday, February 9 and become final sale on that date. Tables in the Woodrow Wilson Room are first come, first served. February 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 A History of Corporate An Evening with Amar Williams Alumni Fund 2010-2011 Art Collections in the US Bhidé New York City Telethon

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Manage Your Career Art, Architecture, Champagne Tasting A Night of Table Tennis & Succeed in Today’s Scandal, and Class in at The Cornell Club Economy America’s Gilded Age

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Valentine’s Day Dinner Gulag Boss and the Vanu Gopala Menon, Ice Skating at Terrors of Soviet Gulag Permanent Rep. of Rockefeller Center Singapore to the UN

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Get Heart Healthy with Class That Feels Black Tie Under the Big Dr. Arthur Agatston Like a Party: Blind Top: Young Members’ Vodka Tasting Party at The Yale Club

27 28 1 2 3 4 5 Sundance 2011: Screening & Discussion

This event is sponsored by The Princeton Club of New York. This event is sponsored by The Columbia Club of New York. Please visit www.princetonclub.com, email [email protected] or call (212) 596 -1261 to RSVP. 15 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 www.williamsclub.org

Event Reservation Form February Wed 2 From Atchison Topeka to Altoids: A History of Corporate Art Collections in the U.S. Thurs 3 An Evening with Amar Bhidé Fri 4, Sat 5 Williams Alumni Fund 2010-2011 New York City Telethon Mon 7 Manage Your Career & Succeed in Today’s Economy Wed 9 Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America’s Gilded Age Thurs 10 Champagne Tasting Fri 11 A Night of Table Tennis at The Cornell Club Mon 14 Valentine’s Day Dinner Tues 15 Gulag Boss and the Terrors of the Soviet Gulag with Deborah Kaple Thurs 17 Vanu Gopala Menon, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN Fri 18 Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center Wed 23 Get Heart Healthy with Dr. Arthur Agatston Thurs 24 Class That Feels Like a Party: Blind Vodka Tasting at Bottlerocket Fri 25 Black Tie Under the Big Top: Young Members’ Party at The Yale Club Mon 28 Sundance 2011: Screening & Discussion March Wed 2 This Book is Overdue! with Marilyn Johnson Sat 5 Ice Skating at Wollman Rink, Central Park Wed 9 A Night with Robert Forbes Thurs 10 Sex & Gender in Schools Mon 14 An Insider’s View of Current-Day College Admissions Tues 15 Fata Libelli: Rare Books in the Age of Google Fri 18 “The Queen of Spades” at The Metropolitan Opera Sun 20 St. Patrick’s Day Traditional Irish Brunch Mon 21 An Evening with Gene Epstein, Barron’s Economics Editor For reservations, contact: Tues 22 Lunch & Tour: L’Ecole at the French Culinary Institute Natalie Diaz ‘09 Wed 23 An Evening with National Hunger Expert & Author Joel Berg Director Thurs 24 Theatre Night: Dinner, Discussion, & Marie and Bruce T 212.697.5300 Sat 26 New York Gallery Series: 57th Street Galleries F 212.596.1396 [email protected] Tues 29 An Evening with General Wesley K. Clark Thurs 31 Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know