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hapPENNingsMarch 2012 THE PENN CLUB OF NEW YORK Maya 2012: Lords of Time | Thursday, March 29th, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. thropology in June of 2009. Dr. Traxler received her Will the world end on December 21, Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. 2012? Be privy to this insider informa- Simon Martin, Co-Curator, has been a part of the tion by attending an intimate, Mayan- American section of the University of Pennsylvania theme dinner and program with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology since head curators of the Penn Museum’s 2003 and was appointed Associate Curator in 2009. Maya 2012: Lords of Time exhibit. He is currently conducting eldwork at Calakmul, Maya 2012: Lords of Time confronts our fascination Mexico. Martin is a Ph.D. candidate and co-author of In is with apocalyptic predictions through a close look at the two books on the ancient Maya. history of the Maya civilization. Using more than 75 THE MEAL 2 General Manager’s Corner rare objects from the ancient site of Copan, located in ❖ Shrimp Mayan Ceviche with Citrus Salad present-day Honduras, the exhibit delves into the mas- 3 In-House Events ❖ Roasted Venison with Corn-Stuﬀ ed Tamales and sive cycles tracked in the Maya Long Count Calendar, Tomato Chili Salsa 4 Out-of-Club EntertainmentIssue bringing to light the origins of this current phenomenon. ❖ Honey Vanilla Fruit Compote with Shot of THE SPEAKERS Mayan Hot Chocolate 5 Reciprocal Clubs Loa P. Traxler, Ph.D., Co-Curator, is an anthropolo- $85 per person plus tax and service charge. The program gist with wide-ranging experience in both archaeologi- includes a half-hour open bar to network, a three-course 6 Intra Clubs cal and museum contexts, was appointed Andrew W. meal, and wine poured during dinner. Reservations due 7 Dining Specials Mellon Associate Deputy Director of the University by Thursday, March 22nd and become nal sale on that of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and An- date. Caroline Waxler, C’93, Program Committee Chair HapPENNings Calendar How to Navigate the Art e Al Qaeda Factor | Market | Tuesday, March 13th, 7:00 p.m. “Art is about life, the art market is about money” e horri c and devastating events ARTICLE See at a glance what each —D H of September 11, 2001 changed the world’s perception of Al Qaeda. ICONS article means for you! Tuesday, March 6th, 7:00 p.m. What had been considered a small e art market is complex, opaque band of revolutionary terrorists Drinks and unregulated, making it di cult Networking capable only of attacking Western for all but the most experienced to targets in the Middle East and navigate. Sound, unbiased advice is Learning Dining Africa suddenly demonstrated an ability to strike essential. As investors grow increasingly uncertain about globally with enormous impact. traditional investments and seek safe havens in which to Healthy Snacks store their wealth, the potential of art as an investment has We now know that the role of Al Qaeda in global become a hot topic receiving signi cant attention. Michael jihadist plots has varied signi cantly over time. New Entertainment Plummer (W’80) and Je Rabin (C’89) will discuss the York Police Department terrorism expert Mitchell current state of the art market and how to approach art D. Silber argues that to comprehend the threat posed collecting as an investment opportunity. Mr. Plummer and by the transnational jihad movement, we must have SAVE THE DATE! Mr. Rabin are the co-founders and principals of Artvest, a greater and more nuanced understanding of the an independent advisory rm that provides investment dynamics behind Al Qaeda plots. In e Al Qaeda advice for the art market. With three decades of experience Factor he examines sixteen Al Qaeda-associated plots Spin-a-Thon in art and nance, Artvest o ers impartial guidance and and attacks, from the 1993 World Trade Center Bene ts Penn's custom strategies for acquiring and selling, protecting art bombing to today. Abramson Cancer Center wealth and passing it on to future generations. Mitchell D. Silber, who received his Bachelor’s from $35 per member and $50 per guest plus tax and service Penn in 1992, is the Director of Intelligence Analysis Wednesday, April 18th charge by Tuesday, February 28th at noon. $45 per mem- at the New York City Police Department. ber and $60 per guest for late reservations. Includes dry $15 per member and $25 per guest by Tuesday, SEE PAGE 6 snacks, crudités and open bar of wine and beer. March 6th. $25 per member and $35 per guest for late Seth Weinberg, C’95, Program Committee reservations. Cindy Cirlin, W’79, Program Committee

All programs require written reservations. Please mail, fax (212.403.6621), e-mail ([email protected]), or register on the Web site (www.pennclub.org) to reserve. E-mail [email protected] only for questions about events. 1 On April 18, 2012, we will hold our second annual organizations like the LIVESTRONG Survivorship Spin-a-Thon for the purpose of raising money for Center come into play. Their well trained and caring the LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence staff work with folks like me to provide information, at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center. I will once again support and guidance as we live with, through and be riding a spin bike that day to raise money and beyond cancer. Their efforts are primarily funded awareness for this worthy cause. The LIVESTRONG through individual donations, and that’s why our Survivorship Center is affiliated with the Lance Spin-a-Thon is so important. The money we raise Armstrong Foundation, and is one of a handful of will ensure that their good work continues to such Centers nationwide. Last year’s Spin-a-Thon provide much needed support to individuals who raised $6,460.00. With your help, I know we can are battling cancer. That’s why I ride; and I invite you GENERAL exceed that number this year. to join me on April 18th as we peddle for dollars to provide hope and support for those of us who have Almost twelve years ago, I joined a community of been touched by this dreaded disease. MANAGER’S cancer survivors — everyday people living with, through and beyond cancer. During those twelve I’m looking forward to seeing you by my side as years, I have been diagnosed with and treated for we ride in support of the LIVESTRONG Survivorship two separate cancers. Due to early detection and Center of Excellence at Penn’s Abramson Cancer aggressive treatment, both of my cancers were Center. Please ride with me. Spin-a-Thon registration successfully treated. Today, I live cancer free. While and donation information can be found in this that’s a wonderful feeling, I am acutely aware month’s HapPENNings. that I am just one bad screening result away from —Peter M. Homberg, CCM once again being a cancer patient. That’s where Corner PENN SPECTRUM ON THE ROAD: NEW YORK PENN CLUB CONCERT SERIES One Nation: Immigration and Poison in Paradise | the U.S. Economy | Wednesday, March 28th. Dinner: 6:00 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m. A Eurocentric night of late Romantic and early Modern music with Amanda Rae Wednesday, March 21st, 6:00 p.m. How is Matson, soprano, and Julia M. Wilcox, piano. the state of the U.S. economy connected with immigration; and how will voters’ Amanda Matson, originally from Millis, Massachusetts, is varying perceptions of that relationship an active performer of opera, oratorio, and art song. She a ect the 2012 Presidential election? holds a Masters in Vocal Performance and Literature from Which perceptions are fair, and which are unjusti ed? Where the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music does all of this t into today’s socioeconomic discourse, which in Vocal Performance, Summa Cum Laude, from Florida pits “the 1%” against “the 99%”? Join us for a Penn faculty State University. She most recently performed in concert and alumni panel discussion that separates fact from ction. with NY Opera Exchange and the Brooklyn Symphony Discussion will focus on the economic impact of both legal Orchestra. Amanda studies with Rita Shane and resides in and illegal immigration at the state and national levels, and at New York City. the local level in a city like New York. Moderator: Betty Liu, Julia M. Wilcox is an Ohio-born, American pianist who C’95, anchor of Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop with is an active performer and teacher. Her performances, Betty Liu," a daily business morning news program that covers described as “breath taking and captivating”, have taken the opening of U.S. markets and nancial, economic and po- her to much of the United States. Most recently she litical news from around the world. Additional panelists TBA. has been performing with Vivre Musicale, a non-pro t In October 2010, Penn hosted its ﬁ rst weekend-long conference chamber music society. As a teacher, Wilcox maintains a focusing on programs of interest to alumni of color and LGBT private piano studio in Cincinnati, OH. She earned her alumni. e momentum continues as we take Penn Spectrum BM in Piano Performance, Summa Cum Laude, with on the Road. Leonard Mastrogiacomo at the Florida State University. $15 for Young Alumni (Class of 2002-2011). $20 for everyone $59.95 per person plus tax and service charge for Music and 4-Course Prix-Fixe else. Includes panel discussion and reception to follow. Register Dinner. $25 per member and $40 per guest plus tax and service charge for Music online at www.pennspectrum.com. Only. An Evening of Mozart and Beethoven includes one house beverage from the Kite & Key bar. Final Sale. Benjamin L. Schmitt, GR’14, Vocal Performance Series Chair

Welcome New January Members Ashley E. Dumo Eric L. Groberg Matthew M. Kretzman Shivraj Mundy Dolores S. Suarez Adam Michael Agatston Haroon Ishaq Chishti Geo rey L. Faux Ian M. Hartshorn Scott Richard Laing Sherman L. Ragland, II Ron Wainshal Asle Bjarte Bertheussen Kimberly Haze Co ey Sonali Fry Alex Benjamin Ingram Susan April Marshall Andrew Marshall Richard Jordan Windmueller Parker Brophy Michael William Co ey Marc Gabelli Todd James Jirovec Frances Metzman Michael I. Seong Mark Andrew Wise Andre Callot Cheryl C. Dickinson Henry Deeb Gabriel Andrew Craig Karter Mary C. Miltimore James V. Stagnitta Christina A. Wiskowski Tara Chimni Albert Milo Dowden Phyllis M. Gershon Kevin William Kelley Gregory Morillo John Thomas Stinson Steven Zika

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BOOK GROUP LUNCHEON e Business of Sports with In the Garden of Beasts | Professor Shropshire | by Erik Larson NEW Monday, April 16th, 7:00 p.m. e Penn Club Monday, March 19th, 12:00 p.m. In the Gar- ATTENDEES and Penn NYC are teaming up to bring you an den of Beasts is a vivid portrait of Berlin WELCOME! All Star in the elds of sports law and business. during the rst years of Hitler’s reign, Wharton Professor Kenneth Shropshire, who brought to life through the stories of two people: William has consulted on projects for the NCAA, NFL, MLB, and U.S. Olympic E. Dodd, who in 1933 became America’s rst ambassador to Committee, is the leader in the niche eld of sports law and entertain- Hitler’s regime, and his scandalously carefree daughter, Martha. Ambassa- ment. With so much scandal going on in the world of athletics, there will dor Dodd, an unassuming and scholarly man, is an odd t among the ex- be lots to discuss! travagance of the Nazi elite. His frugality annoys his fellow Americans in Kenneth L. Shropshire is the David W. Hauck the State Department and Dodd’s growing misgivings about Hitler’s am- Professor at the Wharton School of the Uni- bitions fall on deaf ears among his peers, who are content to “give Hitler versity of Pennsylvania and the Director of its everything he wants.” Martha, on the other hand, is mesmerized by the Wharton Sports Business Initiative. Shropshire glamorous parties and the high-minded conversation of Berlin’s salon soci- spent ve of his 25 years at Wharton as Chair- ety—and · ings herself headlong into numerous a airs with the city’s elite, man of the School’s Legal Studies and business most notably the head of the Gestapo and a Soviet spy. Both become play- ethics department. His research and teaching ers in the exhilarating (and terrifying) story of Hitler’s obsession for abso- have centered on sports law, sports business and the social impact of lute power. Erik Larson has crafted a gripping, deeply-intimate narrative sports, as well as negotiation, dispute resolution and diversity in the with a climax that reads like the best political thriller, where we are stunned law. Shropshire acts as an arbitrator in disputes regarding employment, with each turn of the page, even though we already know the outcome. agents, payments and eligibility to such clients as the National Football *Please note our reservations policy change for this program.* League Players Association and USA Track and Field. Shropshire has $49 per member and $59 per guest plus tax and service charge by provided commentary for a number of media outlets including Night- Monday, March 12th. Reservations are required one week in advance. If the line, CNN, the New York Times, USA Today, e Wall Street Journal, reservation minimum of 12 people is not met, the program will be subject National Public Radio and Sports Illustrated. Mr. Shropshire received his to cancellation. This program includes book discussion and full bu et law degree from Columbia University Law School. luncheon with co ee/tea and dessert. Claire Gordon, Book Group Chair $25 per member and $35 per guest plus tax and service charge by Monday, April 9th. $35 per member and $45 per guest plus tax and service charge Original American Spirit Tasting: for late reservations. Program includes one house beverage with dry snacks e Comeback and History of and crudités. Cindy Cirlin, W’79, Program Committee Rye Whiskey | Wednesday, April 11th, 7:30 p.m. Let’s go back to pre-Pro- hibition America. We’ll sip rye whiskey in abundance and SEEN distill alcohol in our very own backyards (like our fearless leader George Washington!). On April 11th, join fellow HEARD members and guests for an all-American whiskey tasting with WhistlePig Whiskey founder and CEO Raj Peter Members Mingling at Bhakta. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bhakta is an entrepreneur and American public gure. After earning a Market Mind Games | spot on e Apprentice, Bhakta won the 2006 Republican Monday, February 6th endorsement for a seat on the House of Representatives. He is also a frequent speaker on MSNBC and Fox News. WhistlePig is “100/100”, meaning 100 proof, 100 percent rye whiskey. It is aged for at least ten years in oak barrels to make the perfect combina- & tion of proof, purity and age. Located on one of the oldest farms in Vermont, WhistlePig has received the “highest ever” designation from the Wine Enthusiast and the “highest recommendation” from the Spirits Michael Aronson and Chelsea Bai Journal in the summer of 2010. At this event, you will learn about the return of the very iconic rye whiskey and the history of WhistlePig, as well as enjoy charcuterie and assorted snacks. $35 per member and $50 per guest plus tax and service charge by Wednesday, April 4th. $45++ per member and $60++ per guest for late reservations. Includes tasting, charcuterie and assorted snacks. Tom Galvin and Courtney Comstock

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e Mask & Wig Club of the Death of a Salesman | University of Pennsylvania | Wednesday, May 9th. Dinner: 6:00 p.m.; Show: 8:00 p.m. Willy Loman is an aging traveling salesman coming Saturday, March 3rd, 8:00 p.m. Just when you thought the to terms with the emptiness of his life. Willy had stocks couldn’t get any worse, Mask and Wig catapults you great dreams for his oldest son, Bi , a former high back to an era when money was tight and the thumbscrews school football star who has not lived up to his father’s were tighter in its 124th Annual Production, “A Reptile expectations. He nds himself struggling with his sons Dysfunction.” Enter a totalitarian kingdom where it’s the and long-su ering wife Linda, as dreams of the past last straw for a town of revolutionary peasants hungry for change — or collide with those that might have been. is Pulitzer at least more straw. So get o your high horse, climb down from your Prize-winning play by Arthur Miller explores the tragic, con· icted story ivory tower, and get your head into the gutter for a show with so many of the love between husband and wife, and father and sons. sworded puns you’ll want to draw your blade and yell, “En tendre.” Starring Phillip Seymour Ho man, Linda Emond, and Andrew Help us put the moat back in emotionally-charged musical comedy, Gar eld. and come see “A Reptile Dysfunction.” $179.95 per person plus tax and service charge includes dinner at the ** e Grill Room will be open for an early dinner before the Club and show. Final Sale. Member must be present to sign at dinner. performance. To make a reservation, call 212.403.6631.** Reservations due Friday, February 10th. Late RSVPs may incur a fee and are $40 for Penn Club members and guests with code PENNCLUBNY12. To subject to availability. reserve your spot, go to www.maskandwig.com/tour.html. Little Ireland and Little Italy History Nice Work If You Can Get It | Monday, June 11th. Dinner: 6:00 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m. and Tasting Tour | Here’s a sure re recipe for a sparkling, spirited and Saturday, March 17th, 1:30 p.m. Commemorate not one, totally intoxicating musical comedy cocktail: Take but two ethnic celebrations… and satisfy your appetite Tony winner Matthew Broderick, Tony nominee Kelli as well. Celebrate St. Patty’s Day and St. Joseph’s Day O’Hara, mix with a songbook of the great Gershwin with a stroll through the former Little Ireland, with musical standards, stir things up with a coast of its Irish heritage sites, and a history and tasting tour bootleggers, playbooks and chorus girls in a glorious of Little Italy, which only once a year prepares pastries in devotion to Long Island mansion during the Roaring Twenties St. Joseph. Stops include Five Points, made famous in Gangs of New — Who could ask for anything more as the fun begins? Hilarious York, the birthplace of Cardinal Hayes, Mulberry Street, Banca Stabile Broadway entertainment comes back in high style in Nice Work If You and the Church of the Most Precious Blood. e sampling of Little Can Get It, written by Tony winner Joe Di Pietro and directed and Italy’s ethnic specialties range from pizza and prosciutto bread to St. choreographed by three-time Tony Award winning Kathleen Marshall. Joseph’s cake. $153.95 per person plus tax and service charge. Includes dinner at the $27 per person (includes food). Reservations due by Thursday, March 15th Club and show. Final Sale. Member must be present to sign at dinner. at noon. Reservations due Friday, February 10th. Late RSVPs may incur a fee and are subject to availability. Titanic History Tour | e Best Man | Saturday, March 24th, 2:00 p.m. A new Greenwich Village tour associated with the fated White Star ship, Wednesday, June 20th. Dinner: 5:30 p.m. with stops at the Seaman’s Lodge, where survivors took Show: 7:30 p.m. What could be more fun in a shelter, the Titanic Memorial Arch, and sites associated Presidential election year than star-studded, with passengers John J. Astor, Isidor Straus, and others. political theatrical reworks? Multi award- $20 per person. Reservations due by Thursday, March 22nd at noon. winning stage and screen luminaries James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen and John Laroquette star in Gore Vidal’s classical e NY Philharmonic – Mozart’s Piano Best Man. A play about power, ambition, ruthlessness, secrets, scheming Concerto No. 9 and Tchaikovsky’s and backstabbing in the race for the Presidency, e Best Man is set at a national convention where two popular candidates are ghting it out Fifth Symphony | for the nomination. From one who knew — it’s a scathing inside look Friday, April 20th. Dinner: 6:00 p.m. Concert: 8:00 p.m. at the double-dealing, dirt-digging, triple-crossing politics of the whole election process. Could anything be more timely? Program: M¾¿ : Piano Concerto No. 9, Jeunehomme TÀÁ Â¾ÃÂÄ: Symphony No. 5 $195.95 per person plus tax and service charge. Includes dinner at the Artists: Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, Piano Club and show. Final Sale. Member must be present to sign at dinner. Reservations due Friday, February 10th. Late RSVPs may incur a fee and are $115.95 per person plus tax and service charge. Includes dinner at the subject to availability. Club and show. Final sale. Member must be present to sign at dinner. Reservations due by Friday, March 16th.

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INTERCLUB Save the Date Please note that walk-ins will be required to show Club ID at the door at all interclub events. All Inter-Ivy events require the same proper club attire expected at the Penn s m t w t f s Club (no jeans or sneakers). Thanks! 1 2 3 4 5 Yale Club Cornell Club 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (50 Vanderbilt Avenue) (6 East 44th Street) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 All-Club Women’s Lesbian (LGBT) and Guest Chef Dinner with Jonathan Waxman | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Friends’ Get-Together | Tuesday, April 3rd, 6:00 p.m. A father of New American cuisine and May 2012 27 28 29 30 31 Friday, March 30th, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Members mentor to chefs like Bobby Flay, Jonathan Waxman introduced and guests Eventsare invited to attend this year’s a new generation to the pleasures of casual food by shining a Get-Together in the Yale Club Tap Room. The spotlight on seasonal produce. Now, in Italian, My Way, he shares the evening will include an array of delicious hot and spontaneous and earthy dishes that made him a Top Chef Master and Friday, May 4th cold hors d’oeuvres, an open bar of beer, wine, culinary legend, and turned his restaurant Barbuto into a New York Young Alumni Cocktail Party and soda, and the chance to catch up with old destination. Working as a successful chef, restaurateur, and author, Theater Evening: Evita friends and make new ones. While this event is Jonathan Waxman has graced such prestigious kitchens as Chez Wednesday, May 9th primarily geared towards women of the LGBT Panisse in Berkeley and Michael’s in Los Angeles. Today, Waxman is Theater Evening: Death of a Salesman Alumni community, all members and alumni are the chef and owner of Barbuto in Manhattan’s West Village. Thursday, May 10th welcome to enjoy this annual springtime event. $125 per person (inclusive of tax and service charge). Includes CHOP Autism Event $35 per person by Wednesday, March 28th a cocktail reception, three-course dinner, and a signed copy Saturday, May 12th at noon. The Yale Club is located at 50 of Jonathan Waxman’s recent cook book Italian, My Way. Alumni Weekend at Penn Vanderbilt Avenue. For reservations, e-mail Reservations become © nal sale on Tuesday, March 27th. For [email protected] or reserve online. reservations, e-mail [email protected] or reserve online. Sunday, May 13th Mother's Day Brunch Member Bene t! Friday, May 18th Hertz Car Rentals Theater Evening: Ghost Penn Club Members Enjoy Up to 20% Discount on Hertz Car Rentals Monday, May 21st Book Group Luncheon Hertz o ers Penn Club members (must be at least age 25) special year-round discounts on your daily, weekly, weekend, and monthly rentals for business or pleasure; traveling in the U.S. or worldwide. Wednesday, May 23rd Your Hertz CDP# 1649495 is the key. Call 1.800.654.2200 or visit the Hertz website at www.hertz. Passport Dinner Series—Japan com when making your reservation. It is free to participate in this program. It’s that easy! Monday, May 28th For a listing of Hertz discounts, visit our members’ only website and click on “Discounts and Memorial Day Bene ts” in quick links.

Reciprocal Clubs Penn Club members have access to about 150 reciprocal clubs worldwide. Two such examples are the reciprocal clubs below. The Poinsett Club — Greenville, SC The Roppongi Hills Club — Tokyo, Japan e Poinsett Club is known Hailed as the ultimate experience in urban culture, as one of the nest private the Roppongi Hills Club o ers gourmet cuisine, clubs in America. Located breathtaking views and excellent conversation. It is in a former private home in undeniable that e Roppongi Hills Club features downtown Greenville, South superb conveniences and services. e facilities are Carolina, the Club is marked extensive, speci cally in the realm of dining. As a by its beautiful Colonial Reciprocal Club member, you have the opportunity architecture and interior, to choose from seven restaurants! Fifty-one is the Club’s staple dining room and bar, which have been carefully preserved throughout periodic renova- but there’s also: Amakava (Teppanyaki), Star Anise (Chinese), La Cucina (Italian), e tions and expansions. e Poinsett Club continues to embody the Sushi Bar (Sushi), the French Cellar (French), Hyakumi-an (Japanese), and the Star gracious hospitality of the early 20th Century leaders who founded Bar & Study (Bar). With so many options, one thing is certain: it is “a place with the it, while it expands to meet the needs of its modern member- ability to inspire lively conversations that transcend the limitations of one’s work or ship. e 40,000-square foot clubhouse features two ballrooms, generation”. e Club is located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 11 private dining rooms, several sitting rooms, a library, one ne famous for being an aÆ uent neighborhood and having an active night club scene. dining room and two cocktail lounges. Named a Platinum Club of Many foreign embassies are also located in Roppongi. American in 2003, the Poinsett Club is proud of its reputation for For reservations, call 03.6406.6001 or fax 03.6406.6002. ne food, excellent service and outstanding value. For reservations, e-mail or call 1.864.242.3062 or For a Letter of Introduction to any of our reciprocal clubs, please contact Barbara Nevels e-mail [email protected]. at 212.403.6620 or e-mail [email protected].

the implications and inter relationships access Personal HealtH care services anytime, anywHere Join an Intra Club! of macro economics, geopolitical issues Intra Clubs (special interest groups and megatrends on expected returns Penn PassPort is proud to support within the club) are a way for you to for stocks and bonds and the speci© c The Penn Club. get to know your fellow Penn Club selection of individual securities. Please Whether at home or abroad, Penn Passport facilitates: members. To view the list of Intra Clubs contact Intra Club Captain Tom Galvin 24/7 access to personal electronic medical records log on to the Members Only portion ([email protected]) to learn more. and images Cornerof our Web site at www.pennclub.org Access to high-end prevention and diagnostic services and click on “Bulletin Board”. For more Penn Women in Business Intra Club | Coordinated health services including aeromedical information about joining or starting an evacuation and travel medicine Intra Club, please e-mail membership@ Tuesday, March 13th, pennclubny.org. 6:30 p.m. Penn Women BeCome A memBer or leArn more, ContACt: in Business’ goal is to assist women in Amy Stimson, Penn medicine, Business Development Real Estate Investment Intra meeting their professional goals wheth- 215.662.7640 | [email protected] § Club | er it be through exploring business is- Tuesday, March 27th, 6:30 p.m. sues, using problem-solving techniques, The Real Estate Investment Intra Club’s or making introductions. Please contact Penn Club Dress Code Policy mission is to educate and support the Intra Club Captain Dorothy C. Nickelson, MAIN DINING ROOM — Business Casual Attire: collared professionals and leaders of real estate C’02, ([email protected]) investment © rms through training shirts, sweaters, turtlenecks, dress slacks, khakis, corduroy to learn more. trousers, skirts and dresses. A suit jacket (no tie) is re- and networking opportunities. Please Hedge Fund Investing quired for men and similar attire for ladies during dinner. contact Intra Club Captain Lauren Intra Club | GRILL ROOM, LOBBY, GUEST ROOMS AND BUSINESS CENTER Davidson, (LDavidson@newmarkkf. — Acceptable Relaxed Casual Attire: business casual attire as well as com) to learn more. For reservations, Monday, March 26th, 6:30 jeans in good repair, knee-length shorts, and athletic shoes or sneakers. e-mail [email protected], fax p.m. Come discuss issues and PALESTRA FITNESS CENTER — Appropriate Athletic Attire: sneakers, T- 212.403.6621, or RSVP online. provide information, education shirts, shorts or sweats are the only acceptable gym attire. and research on latest trends in hedge Bulls and Bears Intra Club | NOT ACCEPTABLE THROUGHOUT — Shorts (except culottes and knee- funds, including “fund of funds.” Hedge Tuesday, March 20th, length shorts), T-shirts, tank tops, sweatsuits or jogging suits, lycra or funds are unregistered private invest- spandex garments, ripped or frayed clothing and/or footwear or similar 6:30 p.m. The Bulls and ment partnerships or pools that may apparel. Bears Club convenes on invest and trade in many di erent mar- The Grill Room is an a Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. Jackets, ties and equally formal ladies’ dress are not required inside the ideal place for a small kets, strategies, and instruments. Please Clubhouse, with the exception of dinner in the Main Dining Room. Whether you work in the capital markets contact Intra Club Captain Dorothy C. gathering of friends or coworkers. Dinner parties or invest in stocks and bonds on a global Nickelson, C’02, (dorothynickelson@ e Dress Code applies to members and their guests. Members are of up to 10 and cocktail basis you are invited to join the Bulls comcast.net) to learn more. asked to inform their guests of the Club’s Dress Code. and Bears Club. Discussions will focus on parties of up to 25 can be accommodated. Call us ahead of time and we can set up a spot for all PENN CLUB SPIN-A-THON 2012 to enjoy! Contact: Bonnie Baker at The Grill Room, Wednesday, April 18th, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Make a meaningful di erence! For 2012, our goal is to raise 212.403.6631. You are invited, along with your friends, family and co-workers to come back at least $10,000. Please help us to the Penn Club Palestra Fitness Center for our 2nd Annual Spin-a- on. realize this worthwhile goal! is annual fundraising e ort organized by PENNdulums, the community To learn more, please visit service group of e Penn Club, assists PENN’s Abramson Cancer Center www.pennclub.org/spinathon. (ACC), a LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence. e ACC To participate, please contact of the University of Pennsylvania is a national leader in cancer research, the Palestra at 212.403.6623 or patient care, and education. Each gift provides Penn’s ACC, one of the email healthclub@pennclubny. premier cancer institutions in the country, with the necessary resources to org to reserve your time block (30-minute block minimum) if you wish to provide leading edge research and the very best in cancer care. spin. We are asking for participants to donate or raise a minimum of $30 Last year, our spin-a-thon had at least one rider on a spin bike going from for each 30 minute block. Bring along your friends and colleagues to the 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ere were quite a few riders who joined in and do- Club to participate. One does not need to be a Penn Club member to par- nated a total of $3,310; we had several spin bikes going simultaneously. e ticipate. In addition, sponsorship tickets are available for you to distribute silent auction of Lance Armstrong autographed jerseys raised an additional to those you know to have them sponsor your ride and help increase the $3,150, which helped to bring our total amount raised to $6,460 in 2011. amount you raise.

6 Networking Learning Healthy Entertainment Drinks Dining Snacks Check out our Main Dining Main Dining Room Events ➘ Room Specials! Nightly Main Dining Festivities To make your nights especially fun, we have daily specials for members to try every night of the week! M&M is for Martini Sweet Treat Tuesday We're Halfway There Thursdays are for Viva Vino Friday ROOM Monday Wednesday Taking It Easy Finish your Night with the Wind down the week with MainMonday-Friday: Dining Dry, dirty, shaken, or straight- Sweet Taste of well-selected Chef Smoor has created a Celebrate at the Club with a bottle of the well-selected up. Pick any Martini from Dessert Wines for only $7.* scrumptious Prix-Fixe menu friends! Savor a Chef’s Choice Wine of the Month for $36.* Lunch 12 noon–2:30 PM Dinner 6–9 PM our Classic Martini list for of Seasonal Specialties for Special Cut Steak – $60* *plus tax and service charge only $7.* only $34.95* for 2. Please call 212.403.6628 for all Main Dining Room reservations. Passport Dinner Series — $59.95 per person plus tax and service Note that jackets are required charge. Reserve your preferred seat- for gentlemen during dinner. France | ing time between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 14th, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. For more camaraderie, join the “club Let’s be French for a night! For every table” at 7:00 p.m. to mingle with dinner you attend, you will receive an other members. Please note there is a ROOM o cial club stamp. Attend a majority 48-hour cancellation policy in e ect for GrillMonday-Friday: of the dinner series, and you’ll have a this event. For reservations, call Tony Breakfast 7–10 AM chance to win a complimentary dinner Kontos at 212.403.6628 or e-mail Lunch 12–3 PM for two. [email protected] or RSVP Sandwich Corner 3–5:30 PM C online. Dinner 5:30–10 PM ❖ Paté de Campagne avec Cornichons Bar 12 noon–11 PM ❖ Bisque d’Homard Saturday: ❖ Cassoulet Save-the-Date Continental Breakfast 7–11 AM ❖ Profi teroles Farci au glace de Vanille, Sauce Lunch 12 noon–7 PM Chocolate de Valrhona April Wine Dinner Sunday: Editor’s Note: is meal is best accompanied by a Continental Breakfast 7–11 AM Wednesday, April 18th, 6:00 p.m. fi ne glass of wine. ROOM BenjaminMonday-Friday: Franklin SINK OR SWIM: All You Can Eat MARCH MADNESS Complimentary Co ee & Tea Cheesesteaks and Beer Tuesday, March 10–11 AM Thursday, March 15th, 13th – Monday, Kite & Key Bar 4–10:30 PM 6-11:00 p.m. April 2nd. Library open daily 24 hours ROOM Join fellow club members Come to the and guests for a night Grill Room for March Madness The Grill Room is an of gluttony. Stop by the and enjoy an array of refreshing ideal place for a small Grill Room for all-you- beers and mouth-watering Grillgathering of friends or can-eat-cheesesteaks! You’ll prob- chicken wings, all while coworkers. Dinner parties ably get thirsty, so we’re including Daily Grill Room Specials watching the game on our fl at of up to 10 and cocktail two Yuengling drafts to wash it all down. And to keep you going, take screen TVs! Monday and Friday: Wine/Beer parties of up to 25 can Pairing Menu — Indulge in our pairing advantage of Thirsty Thursdays’ $1 For the sweet to the adventur- be accommodated. Call menu inspired by Chef Smoor. No meal is Yuengling drafts ALL night long. us ahead of time and we ous, we’ll have 3 diff erent styles complete without a glass of wine or pint can set up a spot for all $16.95++ if you reserve by of wings available: Honey BBQ, of beer to complement it! Mild, or Spicy Buff alo to enjoy! Contact: Bonnie Wednesday, March 14th at noon. Tuesday: Slider Night — Three Beef Baker at The Grill Room, Or walk in for $18.95++. 6 wings for $7.50, 12 wings for Sliders served with a basket of French 212.403.6631. $14.00, or 18 wings for $21.00. fries and Chef John’s special sauce. Pair Go team chicken wing! your sliders with a pint of our seasonal ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPECIAL draft beer at a special price. Burgers and Friday and Saturday, March 16th Beer . . . need we say more?! “THIRSTY THURSDAY” and 17th. Wednesday: Designer Burger Night The luck of the Irish: this special is not HAPPY HOUR — Specialties like The Homberger, Red just one, but two days! This Friday and Don't miss this great and Bleu, and Mask & Wig Club served Saturday, snack on corned beef and weekly special! with French Fries and Coleslaw on a cabbage while enjoying happy hour Brioche Bun. $2 Yuengling Drafts in the Grill Room drink specials from 5:00 p.m. – close. EVERY Thursday 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Thursday: Sink or Swim Select Irish Whiskeys will go for just Yuengling drafts for just $2.00 and All- $5.00, and anyone wearing green gets Every THIRD Thursday, enjoy $1 You-Can-Eat Cheese Steaks All Night. 2 for 1 Guinness. Yuengling Drafts and $4 fl avored All menus and specials can be viewed We’ll be celebrating like an Irishman drinks! on our Members Only online website. in the Grill Room! Check it out for pricing and more details.

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FITNESS CENTER Did You Know? Monday–Friday 6:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.; Every Month HapPENNings features Passport Dinner Series – France Saturday–Sunday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Highlights PalestraHoliday Hours: 7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. a new Penn Club House Rule! March Madness To join, contact Tracey Wilson: 212.403.6626, [email protected], or come by the Palestra to start your ﬁ tness routine today. Rule 8 (continued): How to Navigate the Art Market Requests and Complaints MARCH MADNESS at the Palestra All requests and/or complaints regarding Poison in Paradise Concert the service, appearance or general opera- Fitness Center! tion of the Club should be submitted in Come join the Palestra Fitness Center writing to the House Committee. for our version of March Madness! Your comments are Teams of three will compete for the important to us! chance to win some great prizes! Each team will score points by For comments & suggestions regarding We are delighted to forward an e-mail to completing workouts chosen by furnishings, property, grounds, repairs & you from NY Cares… the Palestra’s sta . Between you and your teammates, maintenance, house rules, dress code, and rules New York Cares wants thank you for of conduct, contact the House Committee at: you must cross the threshold for the supporting their 23rd Annual Coat [email protected] Palestra Fitness Center at least 9 times Drive. rough this initiative, they a week, and log in. collected and distributed 74,404 For comments & suggestions regarding This intense battle of strength and coats, making the 2011 coat-raising membership growth, contact the Membership endurance will require strategy and campaign one of their most successful Committee at: membershipcommittee@ drives to date! anks to your pennclubny.org dedication. participation, many more high risk Get your team together and sign up in the gym today! New Yorkers will be prepared to take For comments & suggestions regarding We’re keeping score . . . ARE YOU READY? member events and activities, contact on freezing temperatures this season the Program Committee at: with warm winter wear. You have [email protected] Prizes for 1st Place and 2nd Place proven once again that New Yorkers Teams: Gift Certi cates to the NBA really do care. For comments & suggestions regarding activities Store ($50 and $25, respectively) for With deepest thanks, for young alumni (age 21–34), contact the Young each teammate. e New York Cares Team Alumni Committee at: [email protected]

To contact the Club with questions or room reservations, please call 212.764.3550. Penn Club President General Manager Editor Gerald Knorr Peter M. Homberg, CCM Madeleine Kronovet

April 2012

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Pre-Passover At the Cornell Club Oﬃ ces Easter Brooklyn Club: Chef Closed for Weekend Bridge and Dinner with Good Friday Greenwich the Lower Jonathan (and Happy Village East Side Waxman Passover!) Dessert Tour

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University Original Marquee American Event: Spirit Tasting: Comedy Panel The Comeback and History of Rye Whiskey 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Book Group Spin-a-Thon Penn Club Theater Art Tour Luncheon: The Quizzo Evening: NY Sense of an Ending April Wine Philharmonic by Julian Barnes Dinner The Business –Mozart’s Piano of Sports with Concerto No. 9 Kenneth Shropshire and Tchikovsky’s Penn Club Women Fifth Symphony in Business 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Theater Evening: End of the Rainbow

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Hedge Fund Investment Intra Club

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EVENT/PROGRAM RESERVATIONS All events and programs, regardless of cost, require advance reservations so that we can serve you and our guest speakers properly. Reservations should be made in writing via mail, fax (212.403.6621), e-mail ([email protected]), or on the web site (www.pennclub.org). Reserva- tions cancelled by 3:00 p.m. two (2) business days (unless otherwise noted) prior to the event will not be charged. Cancellation requests received after this time, as well as all no-shows, are charged the full cost of the event. Out-of-Club ticketed events (including, but not limited to, theatre events) are nal sale and non- refundable. Attending any event without a reservation may result in an additional charge. THE PENN CLUB OF NEW YORK • 30 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 • www.pennclub.org When entering the members only section, enter your username (membership number) and your password ( rst initial followed by last name, in lowercase). hapPENNings Events Calendar

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How to Navigate the Art Market

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Women in Passport Sink-or- Theater Little Ireland Business Intra Dinner Series Swim: All Evening: and Little Italy Club —France You Can Eat Other Desert History and The Al Qaeda Cheesesteaks Cities Tasting Tour Factor and Beer

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Book Group Penn Titanic History Luncheon: In Spectrum Tour the Garden of on the Road: Beasts by Erik Immigration Larson and the U.S. Economy

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Hedge Fund Penn Club Maya 2012: At the Yale Investment Concert Lords of Time Club: Gala Intra Club Series: Poison Mixer in Paradise

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