Join us as we learn about - and sample! - exciting new wines from the Iberian Peninsula, the fastest growing export region in all of Europe and the best value for the dollar.

Paul Doble, the East Coast Sales Manager for GrapeMoments, has been leading wine tastings for more than thirty years and will take us on this journey.
grapemoments.com

Hosted by club president Wendy Morris Berliner '95 and Marc Berliner '95
at their home in Westwood
RSVP for address and directions. They will be sent in a confirmation e-mail a few days prior to the event.

Admission is $15 per person.
Pre-payment is required.

To download a printable registration form (pdf), click here.

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations before Thursday, September 25, by calling 781-736-4041 or complete this form

Naghmeh Sohrabi
Assistant Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies
Naghmeh Sohrabi was a postdoctoral fellow at the Crown Center from 2005-2007. She received her PhD in history and Middle East studies from Harvard University in 2005. Her dissertation received an honorable mention from the Foundation for Iranian Studies. Sohrabi is currently completing her book manuscript on 19th century Persian travelers to Europe. She has taught courses at Harvard University, Skidmore College, and most recently at Brandeis.

Event Chair(s): Ken Davis '66, P'11 and Etta Lappen Davis '73

Napoli Room
Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, Brandeis University

Admission is complimentary.

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations before Thursday, October 16, by calling 781-736-4041 or complete this form

Book by Julius J. Epstein
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Based on the play "Front Porch in Flatbush"
By Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein

Directed by Eric Hill
Lighting Design by Michael Jarett, MFA '07
Musical director Matthew Stern '08
Choreography by Hannah King '07

Twenty-three year old Stephen Sondheim penned his first musical based on the play 'Front Porch in Flatbush' by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein (Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein’s grandfather and great-uncle!) in 1954. But this lost musical was never publicly performed until 1997 and received its New York premiere in 2000. In this light-hearted musical comedy, occurring over three successive Saturday nights in 1929 in Brooklyn, an ambitious group of young men find themselves restless, and worse, date-less. Gene, a Wall Street runner in the market frenzy before the crash, has dreams that reach far beyond Brooklyn and drive him into deceiving Helen, who has secrets of her own, into thinking he is someone he will never be and luring his friends into the financial foolishness of the time, coming close to paying the consequences of his deceit. Youthful innocence and a simpler time make Sondheim’s first musical a delight for all and a must-see for the Sondheim aficionado.

Made possible through generous support from the Robin, Barbara and Malcolm L. Sherman Endowment for the Performing Arts.

Event Chair(s): Melissa Bank Stepno '99

Laurie Theater
Spingold Theater Center
Brandeis University

Tickets are $15 each, $12 for Supporting Members of the Alumni Association. To become a Supporting Member, click here.

To purchase tickets, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 781-736-4041. Pre-payment is required before October 15.

Presented by the Hiatt Career Center.

More information coming soon.

Meridith Apfelbaum
Assistant Director for Alumni Career Services

Alumni Lounge
Brandeis University
Above Levin Ballroom.

Admission is complimentary.

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations before Wednesday, October 22, by calling 781-736-4041 or complete this form

by Alison Brager Bass '75

Shapiro Campus Center, Multipurpose Room (2nd Floor)
Brandeis University

Meet the Author events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served.
Bring a friend; buy a book; have it signed.

For a complete listing of all Meet the Author events, please visit www.brandeis.edu/communications/meettheauthor.

by Miles Unger '81

Shapiro Campus Center, Multipurpose Room (2nd Floor)
Brandeis University

Meet the Author events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served.
Bring a friend; buy a book; have it signed.

For a complete listing of all Meet the Author events, please visit www.brandeis.edu/communications/meettheauthor.

Meet other Brandeis professionals in a range of fields and make new connections that will add value to your clients and business.
The event will include structured introduction and networking time.

Event Chair(s): Ken Davis '66, P'11

Hosted by Jay Gordon '87 and Alyson Tarr Popper '90
Morgan Stanley
45 William Street, Suite 130
Wellesley, MA

Admission is complimentary.

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations at 781-736-4041 or rsvp@alumni.brandeis.edu before Thursday, November 6.
Please include your business contact information (company name, title, address, phone number, and e-mail address).

More information coming soon.

TD Banknorth Garden
100 Legends Way
Boston

Why do you love the way some foods taste but don't like others? How do you remember what you like and don't like?

At the Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis faculty study how we learn. What they have discovered about learning extends from how parts of single brain cells change with experience to how your whole brain can make you love a bitter taste or hate a sweet one. Our brains also change throughout our lifetime; thus we can learn new tricks at every age.

Professor Katz will share his research and explain what actually happens in your brain that makes you react the way you do to the world around you.

Don Katz
Associate Professor of Psychology
Professor Don Katz received his BA in Cognitive Science from Brown University and a dual PhD in Clinical Psychology and Neural Science from Indiana University. His areas of interest include the senses, specifically taste, and how the brain processes and responds to different tastes. He is the 2006 recipient of Brandeis University's Michael L. Walzer '56 Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship.

Event Chair(s): Doug Rosner '88 and Barbara Cantor Sherman '54, P'83

Hosted by Jeffrey Jonas '85
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
One Financial Center, 18th Floor
Boston

Our hosts will provide beverages.
You may pre-purchase a bag lunch for $12, which includes your choice of sandwich and assorted snacks and dessert.
You may choose your sandwich and make payment by calling the number below when making your reservation.

Admission is complimentary. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Please note that building security requires photo ID.

For directions, click here.

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations before Wednesday, November 12, by calling 781-736-4041 or complete this form

Private group tour.

More information coming soon.

Currier Museum of Art
Manchester, NH

Celebrate the season with fellow alumni at our annual reception at The Rose Art Museum. Enjoy refreshments, a performance by a student a cappella group, and a gallery talk with museum staff.

Event Chair(s): Ellen Beth Lande '73, P'05 and Detlev Suderow '70, P'05

The Rose Art Museum
Brandeis University

For information about the current exhibits at The Rose, please click here.

Admission is complimentary but we ask that you update your Alumni Association membership if you have not yet made your membership gift this year. You may make your gift online through this link.

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations before Monday, December 1, by calling 781-736-4041 or complete this form