Alumni activities
Lunch, dinner events highlight calendar for University alumni
8:44 a.m., Nov. 7, 2014--University of Delaware alumni are invited to attend several events that feature lunch and dinner, including a mystery dinner and a tour and lunch at a distillery.
Two events are scheduled in Pittsburgh, where Blue Hens have an opportunity to enjoy brunch on the Grand Concourse on Nov. 9 and to tour the Wigle Whiskey Distillery on Dec. 7, with lunch to follow.
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Also, a mystery dinner will be served up at Bube’s Brewery in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 6.
Information on these and other activities follows:
Sunday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m.: Pittsburgh brunch. Alumni in the Pittsburgh area are invited to brunch at the Grand Concourse.
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m.: Los Angeles happy hour. The Los Angeles Alumni Club will hold a happy hour at the Brickyard Pub in Hollywood.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m.-noon: Philabundance “Battle of the Blue.” Blue Hens will take on Villanova University alumni in a “Battle of the Blue” food sorting contest at Philabundance on Galloway Street in Philadelphia.
Saturday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m.: Civil and environmental engineering beer and wine tasting. A beer and wine tasting for civil and environmental engineering alumni and friends will be held at State Line Liquors on Elkton Road.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m.: Art history lecture series. The Art History Graduate Student Lecture Series will continue with a presentation by Alan C. Braddock of the College of William and Mary on “From Nature to Ecology: The Emergency of Ecocritical Art History.”
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 6:45 p.m.: Batsheva Dance Co. at Kennedy Center. Alumni are invited to an evening of dance and performance art as the Batsheva Dance Co. performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Saturday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m.: Boston Cradles to Crayons. Boston area Blue Hens will be participating in a service activity at Cradles to Crayons.
Saturday, Nov. 22, noon: Virginia “Forbidden City” exhibition. At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, alumni can enjoy expert presentations before touring the exhibition “The Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing.”
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7-10 p.m.: “Our Lady of Kibeho” at New York’s Signature Theatre. The New York City Alumni Club will host a trip to the Signature Theatre to see Our Lady of Kibeho by award-winning playwright Katori Hall. There will be drinks beforehand and a discussion following.
Saturday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m.: Lancaster mystery dinner. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, area alumni are invited to The Murder in Toyland murder mystery dinner at Bube’s Brewery in Mt. Joy.
Saturday, Dec. 6, 6:45 p.m.: Baltimore Symphony of Lights. Alumni will meet at the Greene Turtle on McGaw Road in Columbia, Maryland, then tour the “Symphony of Lights,” a display of 70 animated and stationary light creations sponsored by Macy’s to raise funds for the Howard County General Hospital.
Sunday, Dec. 7, noon: Kent and Sussex dinner and a movie. Dinner and a movie, the Polar Express, will be held at the Salted Rim in Ocean View, Delaware. The restaurant is in a train car decorated for the holiday season.
Sunday, Dec. 7, noon: Pittsburgh distillery tour. Pittsburgh alumni will get together for a tour of the Wigle Whiskey Distillery in the city’s Strip District. The tour will include information on the process of making whiskey and a brief history of Prohibition, and will be followed by lunch.