Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Past and Future City, a presentation by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani ’98 and Nupur Chandhury ’05, with introduction by Professor Gary McDonogh (Thursday, June 10th at 6:30 PM)

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Attend an exciting evening full of rich discourse on the future of cities as the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City marks the 50th Anniversary of the inception of Bryn Mawr’s Growth and Structure of Cities Department founded by Professor Barbara Miller Lane.

Join transformative urbanists Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani ’98 and Nupur Chaudhury ’05 with a warm introduction by Professor Gary McDonogh for a riveting evening. They will discuss examples from their individual trajectories in housing and building healthy and equitable communities and what it means to create just cities for all.

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani ’98 is an urbanist, curator, author, artist, and the founder of Buscada, an organization which creates vital spaces for dialogue to foster more just cities by fusing art, design, and research. Gabrielle is author of Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (University of Iowa Press, 2019)—special honoree and finalist for the Municipal Art Society’s Brendan Gill Prize. Gabrielle teaches Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College & urban studies at the New School, and regularly consults with arts and culture organizations on community and art engagements and strategic visioning. Her creative practice has been shown at institutions including MIT, Tate Britain, Brooklyn Public Library, the Center for Architecture, Artists Alliance, and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, and featured on WNYC, WBAI, CNN’s Next List, Next City, and Gothamist. Her writing on cities and photography has been published in Visual Studies, Urban Omnibus, Space and Culture, Society & Space, and Buildings & Landscapes, as well as other international publications. She holds a PhD in Environmental Psychology from the Graduate Center, CUNY and a BA in Growth and Structure of Cities from Bryn Mawr College.

Nupur Chaudhury ’05 is a Public Health Urbanist, organizer, storyteller, and artist who looks at cities, communities and connections through a grassroots lens. For over two decades, she has developed and implemented strategies to support residents, communities, and neighborhoods to challenge power structures and build just, strong, and equitable cities.

Nupur was actively involved in shaping two organizations that have redefined what it means to center communities and health in their work. In 2013, she worked to conceptualize and build Made in Brownsville (now Youth Design Center) and was the Founding Board Chair of the organization for eight years. In 2017, she was the founding Director of Neighborhood Health at the Center for Health Equity, housed at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. There, she developed the concept of the Neighborhood Health Action Centers, secured mayoral funding, and oversaw the integration of new staff with the existing Health Department structure in key neighborhoods throughout New York City. After working in Philanthropy and funding both long term place-based investing and rapid grantmaking in the epicenter of the COVID epidemic, Nupur launched her own firm, NupurSpectives. As the Founder and Principal, she advises key organizations on how to infuse equitable practices in their work. She lectures, teaches and facilitates action focused on health equity and building healthy communities. She is also the host of A League of Extraordinary Urbanists video series, documenting the stories of city builders and network weavers across the world.

Her work has been featured in the American Journal of Public Health, CityLab, National Public Radio, and the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. She is a Urban Design Forum’s Forefront Fellow, a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, and a board member of the Center for the Living City. She holds degrees from Bryn Mawr College (BA in Growth and Structure of Cities), Columbia University (Masters in Public Health), and New York University (Masters in Urban Planning).

Professor Gary McDonogh is an urban anthropologist (Ph.D The Johns Hopkins University) who has chaired Cities off and on since 1992. Trained as an Iberianist, he has published monographs on Barcelona and Iberian worlds, the American South and Hong Kong; his current research focuses on Global Chinatowns. He teaches classes on urban culture and society, mass media, urban enclaves and public and private space.

Some Background on The Growth and Structure of Cities Program and Professor Barbara Miller Lane.  Professor Lane joined Bryn Mawr College as a history professor in 1962 and helped found the Growth and Structure of Cities Program.  She served as its director from 1971-1989 (and 1996-97), and introduced courses in the history of urban form and history of modern architecture. Her works include Architecture and Politics in Germany, 1918-1945 (Harvard University Press, 1968, revised edition 1985, Italian edition 1973, German edition 1986); a compilation on Nazi Ideology Before 1933 (ed., with Leila Rupp, University of Texas Press, 1978), National Romanticism and Modern Architecture in Germany and the Scandinavian Countries(Cambridge University Press, 2000), the anthology Housing and Dwelling: Perspectives on Modern Domestic Architecture(Routledge, 2006), and Houses for a New World: Builders and Buyers in American Suburbs 1945-1965 (Princeton University Press, 2015). She was listed as a noteworthy humanities educator by Marquis Who’s Who.

For More Information, visit:

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani’s Website:
www.buscada.com

For more on Contested City, and to get the book, use code BEN40 at:
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609386108/contested-city

Nupur Chaudhury’s Website:
https://www.nupurchaudhury.com

Nupur Chaudhury’s Blog/video series:
https://www.nupurspectives.org

WHAT: The Past and Future City, a presentation by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani ’98 and Nupur Chaudhury ’05, with introduction by Professor Gary McDonogh.

WHEN: Thursday, June 10th at 6:30 PM

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom Link will be provided upon registration AND on the day of the event.

HOW MUCH: $20.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Helen Thurston ’74 at hthurston77@earthlink.net

Get Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani at:

University of Iowa Press (use code BEN40 for discount):
https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609386108/contested-city

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Contested-City-History-Mediation-Humanities/dp/1609386108/

More on Contested City:
https://buscada.com/projects/contested-city/

Support the League of Extraordinary Urbanists Series at
https://www.patreon.com/NupurSpectives

Watch the League of Extraordinary Urbanists Series at:
https://www.nupurspectives.org

 

Book Talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative Washington Post journalist, Carol Leonnig ’87 (Wednesday, June 2nd at 7:00 PM)

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Please join us for a fascinating evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter, Carol Leonnig ’87, as she shares her insights and delves deeper into the discourse of the fall of the Secret Service in her new book, Zero Fail.

Zero Fail is the first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, including extensive new reporting, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming scandals, secrets, and mismanagement during the Obama and Trump years — by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of A Very Stable Genius.

Carol Leonnig has been covering the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the gaffes and scandals that plague the agency today — from a toxic work culture to outdated equipment and training to the deep resentment among the ranks with the agency’s leadership. But the Secret Service wasn’t always so troubled.

The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but its story begins in earnest in 1963, with the death of John F. Kennedy. Shocked into reform by their failure to protect the president on that fateful day, this once-sleepy agency was rapidly transformed into a proud, elite unit that would finally redeem themselves in 1981 by valiantly thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and efficiency would not last forever. By Barack Obama’s presidency, the Secret Service was becoming notorious for not averting break-ins at the White House, an armed gunman firing at the building while agents stood by, a massive prostitution scandal in Cartagena, and many other dangerous lapses.

To expose these shortcomings, Leonnig interviewed countless current and former agents and whistleblowers who risked their careers to speak to her about an agency that’s broken and in desperate need of a reform.

Carol Leonnig ’87 is a national investigative reporter at The Washington Post, where she has worked since 2000. A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller A Very Stable Genius, Leonnig is also an on-air contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. At Bryn Mawr College, she was an anthropology major and the editor in chief of the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Bi-college News, and her favorite dorm was Rhoads.

For More Information, visit:

Carol Leonnig ’87 Bio:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/carol-d-leonnig/

Twitter:
Her Account

Pre-order her book, Zero Fail, HERE:
ORDER HERE

WHAT: Book Talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative Washington Post journalist, Carol Leonnig ’87.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 2nd at 7:00 PM

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom Link will be provided upon registration AND on the day of the event.

HOW MUCH: $20.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Helen Thurston ’74 at hthurston77@earthlink.net

 

Artist Meet-Up, hosted by Leila Ghaznavi ’01 (Tuesday, June 1st at 7:00 PM)

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Artists from all disciplines are invited to this meetup to network, socialize, and mutually support and celebrate each other’s work. The Zoom meeting is hosted by alum Leila Ghaznavi ’01.

Leila Ghaznavi ’01 majored in music composition and now works in fundraising and development for Carnegie Hall. A member of the board of Bryn Mawr Club of NYC, Leila is also a puppeteer and founder of Pantea Productions, a multidisciplinary theatre production company that combines puppetry and physical theatre for unrestrained storytelling that defies gravity. In her free time, she collects more yarn than is possible to knit in one lifetime. She has also dabbled in needle point, crotchet, and mask making– transforming her sewing machine from her nemesis into an ally.

WHAT: Artist Meet-Up.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 1st at 7:00 PM (First Tuesday Night of each month).

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom Link will be provided at registration AND also on the day of the event.

HOW MUCH: Free.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leila Ghaznavi ’01 at Leilag@gmail.com

The Annual Meeting of The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City and a Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows with President Emeritus Mary Patterson McPherson Ph.D. ’69 Rachel Jean-Baptiste ’94, Associate Professor of History, UC Davis Jomaira Salas Pujols ’13, doctoral candidate, Rutgers University Danielle Carr Ramdath, Sr. Assoc. Dean, Academic Engagement, Williams College and former Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr (Tuesday, May 25th at 7:00 PM)

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This spring welcomes the 30th Cohort of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows at Bryn Mawr College.  To celebrate this three-decade milestone, President Emeritus Mary Patterson McPherson Ph. D. ’69, and Danielle Carr Ramdath, who were involved in working with the program at Bryn Mawr, will be joined by Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Rachel Jean-Baptiste ’94 and Jomaira Salas Pujols ’13. This program will be proceeded by brief Annual Meeting of the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City.

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program supports increased diversity in the faculty ranks of institutions of higher learning. This goal is achieved by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest distinction. Bryn Mawr is proud to have been a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship institution since the beginning.

“A vibrant and dynamic democracy requires an educated, engaged, and informed citizenry. …. intentional programs designed to promote diversity are needed to maximize the development of talent, encourage full participation, and secure the benefits of democracy. We remain committed to both diversity and democracy. — Earl Lewis, former president, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Mary Patterson McPherson ’69 is President Emeritus of Bryn Mawr College (President 1978 – 1997), former Vice President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1997 – 2007); and Executive Officer Emeritus of the American Philosophical Society (2007 – 2012). She received her AB and LLD from Smith College, an MA from the University of Delaware and a PhD from Bryn Mawr College. McPherson holds numerous honorary degrees. Before joining Bryn Mawr College as an assistant and fellow in the department of philosophy in 1961, she was an instructor in philosophy at the University of Delaware (1959-1961). At Bryn Mawr she served as assistant dean of the college (1964-1968), associate dean and lecturer in philosophy (1969-1970), dean of the undergraduate college, deputy to the president and associate professor of philosophy (1970-1978).

She currently serves on the board of directors of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, at Villanova University. She has also served previously on the boards of numerous other institutions, organizations, and companies, including Amherst College, Smith College Central European University; The Agnes Irwin School; Shipley School; The Brearley School; and Exeter Academy; the Spencer Foundation; the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation; JSTOR; The Brookings Institution; The National Humanities Center; The Carnegie Corporation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; The Teagle Foundation; The Philadelphia Contributionship; Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions; Goldman Sachs Asset Management; and the Dayton Hudson Corporation. She is a member of The American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the trustee emerita of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Rachel Jean-Baptiste ’94 is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Faculty Director of the Institute for Diversity, Equity, and Advancement at University of California Davis. Her research focuses on the history of race, citizenship, gender, sexuality, and colonialism in Francophone Africa. She is the author of Conjugal Rights: Marriage, Sexuality, and Urban Life in Colonial Libreville, Gabon and articles that have appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Women’s History, Journal of the History of Sexuality, and the Journal of African History. She has also worked with K-12 schools in the USA and France and non-profit organizations in achieving diversity, equity, and global literacy goals. Jean-Baptiste is a member of the Bryn Mawr College Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Cohort 4.

Jomaira Salas Pujols ’13 is a doctoral candidate in the department of Sociology at Rutgers University where she studies race, place, education, and Black girlhood. At the intersection of youth work and research, her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Pujols, a Posse scholar, majored in sociology and minored in education. She also served as a Young Alumna Trustee from 2016-2019 and co-chaired the board’s working group on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She will join the faculty at Bard College as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in fall 2022.  Pujols is a member of the Bryn Mawr College Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Cohort 22.

Danielle Carr Ramdath is a native of Washington, D.C. Ramdath earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Beloit College and her doctorate in mathematics from Duke University. As a National Science post-doctoral fellow, Danielle studied at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. She then began her teaching career as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College. From 1999 to 2007, Ramdath served as a Program Officer in Higher Education at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Her duties included program development in the Liberal Arts College program area as well as directing the Historically Black Colleges and Appalachian Colleges program areas. From 2007 to 2020, Ramdath served as the Associate Dean of the Faculty, Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Dean of the College at Smith College. On October 15, 2020, Danielle assumed the role of Senior Associate Dean for Academic Engagement at Williams College. Danielle has one daughter (a softball player) in high school and loves to walk her dog.

Mary Patterson McPherson ’69 is President Emeritus of Bryn Mawr College (President 1978 – 1997), former Vice President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1997 – 2007); and Executive Officer Emeritus of the American Philosophical Society (2007 – 2012). She received her AB and LLD from Smith College, an MA from the University of Delaware and a PhD from Bryn Mawr College. McPherson holds numerous honorary degrees. Before joining Bryn Mawr College as an assistant and fellow in the department of philosophy in 1961, she was an instructor in philosophy at the University of Delaware (1959-1961). At Bryn Mawr she served as assistant dean of the college (1964-1968), associate dean and lecturer in philosophy (1969-1970), dean of the undergraduate college, deputy to the president and associate professor of philosophy (1970-1978).

She currently serves on the board of directors of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, at Villanova University. She has also served previously on the boards of numerous other institutions, organizations, and companies, including Amherst College, Smith College Central European University; The Agnes Irwin School; Shipley School; The Brearley School; and Exeter Academy; the Spencer Foundation; the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation; JSTOR; The Brookings Institution; The National Humanities Center; The Carnegie Corporation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; The Teagle Foundation; The Philadelphia Contributionship; Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions; Goldman Sachs Asset Management; and the Dayton Hudson Corporation. She is a member of The American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the trustee emerita of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Rachel Jean-Baptiste ’94 is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Faculty Director of the Institute for Diversity, Equity, and Advancement at University of California Davis. Her research focuses on the history of race, citizenship, gender, sexuality, and colonialism in Francophone Africa. She is the author of Conjugal Rights: Marriage, Sexuality, and Urban Life in Colonial Libreville, Gabon and articles that have appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Women’s History, Journal of the History of Sexuality, and the Journal of African History. She has also worked with K-12 schools in the USA and France and non-profit organizations in achieving diversity, equity, and global literacy goals. Jean-Baptiste is a member of the Bryn Mawr College Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Cohort 4.

Jomaira Salas Pujols ’13 is a doctoral candidate in the department of Sociology at Rutgers University where she studies race, place, education, and Black girlhood. At the intersection of youth work and research, her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Pujols, a Posse scholar, majored in sociology and minored in education. She also served as a Young Alumna Trustee from 2016-2019 and co-chaired the board’s working group on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She will join the faculty at Bard College as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in fall 2022.  Pujols is a member of the Bryn Mawr College Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows Cohort 22.

Danielle Carr Ramdath is a native of Washington, D.C. Ramdath earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Beloit College and her doctorate in mathematics from Duke University. As a National Science post-doctoral fellow, Danielle studied at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. She then began her teaching career as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College. From 1999 to 2007, Ramdath served as a Program Officer in Higher Education at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Her duties included program development in the Liberal Arts College program area as well as directing the Historically Black Colleges and Appalachian Colleges program areas. From 2007 to 2020, Ramdath served as the Associate Dean of the Faculty, Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Dean of the College at Smith College. On October 15, 2020, Danielle assumed the role of Senior Associate Dean for Academic Engagement at Williams College. Danielle has one daughter (a softball player) in high school and loves to walk her dog.

Annual Meeting of the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City (Tuesday, May 25th at 7:00 PM)

Please join the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City for its 2021 Annual Meeting, on Tuesday, May 25th, at 7:00 PM, via Zoom teleconference. The few minutes of business to be conducted consists of a short report on the Club’s activities by the President of the Club, the Treasurer’s Report, recognition of service of Nancy Kirk ’59/’60 and Nicole Huynh ‘06, and the election of Club Officers and Board Members.

The Annual Meeting will be followed by a presentation on the 30th anniversary of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships, by President Emeritus Mary Patterson McPherson Ph.D. ’69; Rachel Jean-Baptiste ’94, Associate Professor of History, UC Davis; Jomaira Salas Pujols ’13, doctoral candidate Rutgers University; and Danielle Carr Ramdath, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Engagement, Williams College and former Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr.

Nominations for 2021 Annual Meeting

The officers and members in bold are nominated for the following positions:

President Helen Thurston ’74 (third term)
Vice President Helen Freeman ’02
Secretary Rebecca Hahn ’07
Treasurer Laura Gellert ’93 (second term)
Communications Chair Friya Bankwalla ’16
Young Alumnae Coordinator to be filled
50s and 60s Membership Rep to be filled
70s Membership Rep Anonymous Alum (first term)
80s Membership Rep Jane Engelhardt ’84
90s Membership Rep Trilby V John ’98 (first term)
00s Membership Rep Leila Ghaznavi ’01 (second term)
10s Members Rep Amani Chowdhury ’14
Career Development Rep Isidora Delizo Armentrout ’13
Webmistress Maya Amis ’79/’87 (fourth term)
Events Reps Lucille Blair ’76 (first term)

Mina Bansal ’17
Members-At-Large Pamela Feuer ’83
Ruchi Shah ’08
Jennifer Suh Whitfield ’98 (first term)

Support the Club with your Annual Membership DUES by clicking on the RSVP link. Dues help support lively programming to connect and celebrate Bryn Mawr alums. If you are not able to attend by Zoom but want the Annual Meeting proxy voting form, click HERE.

WHAT: Bryn Mawr Club of NYC 2021 Annual Meeting via Zoom.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 at 7:00 PM.

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom Link will be provided upon registration and closer to the date.

HOW MUCH: While the Annual Meeting is free, we encourage you to renew your membership at this time. Tickets for the program and for membership are greatly appreciated and support programing for alums.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: brynmawrclubnyc@gmail.com

Virtual 2021 May Day Celebration: Meet Mawrters and BMC Trivia, hosted by Friya Bankwalla ’16 and Trilby V John ’98 (Sunday, May 16th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

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Dust off your lanterns, recollect your Bryn Mawr trivia, and get ready to join the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City in a wonderful afternoon of Mawrter traditions, trivia, and spirit this May Day!

The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City will honor and celebrate our traditions in multiple virtual May Day activities, all while continuing to practice safe social distancing.

In this exciting afternoon of festivities, alums will have the chance to

Connect and celebrate with other alums,

Share favorite Bryn Mawr memories,

Test your BMC trivia,

And more!

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Friya Bankwalla ’16 graduated Bryn Mawr College with a Bachelors in English and Psychology, a rekindled interest in tennis and horseback riding, and the epiphany that she loved storytelling. Her strong work ethic, passionate enthusiasm, and imaginative creativity have helped her identify interesting book-to-movie adaptations to pursue for Jane Startz Productions, build unique digital campaigns for Penguin Random House’s New York Times Bestsellers, and discover new stories waiting to be found. When she’s not reading, this Bryn Mawr Club of NYC Board Member can be found eating new food, exploring new stories, and meeting new people.

Trilby V John ’98 is a First Year Seminar Adjunct Lecturer at Bronx Community College. After decades as a NYCDOE English teacher, she’s always excited to offer advice in all things major and minor to teachers at all levels.

WHAT: Virtual 2021 May Day Celebration: Meet Mawrters and BMC Trivia, hosted by Friya Bankwalla ’16 and Trilby V John ’98.

WHEN: Sunday, May 16th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT.

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration and also on the day of the event.

HOW MUCH: This event is Free; however, membership dues and club donations would be greatly appreciated, HERE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Friya Bankwalla ’16 at Fabanks92@gmail.com.

Mawrter Monthly Craft Night, hosted by Leila Ghaznavi ’01 (Monday, May 10th at 7:00 PM)

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Come one, come all to The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Mawrter Monthly Craft Night! Craft Night will be held the second Monday of each month.

Bring your knitting, crocheting, needle point, spinning or whatever craft you adore for a night of chatting and creative fun! This monthly zoom meeting is hosted by Leila Ghaznavi ’01.

Leila Ghaznavi ’01 majored in music composition and now works in fundraising and development for Carnegie Hall. A member of the board of the Bryn Mawr Club of NYC, Leila is also a puppeteer and founder of Pantea Productions, a multidisciplinary theatre production company that combines puppetry and physical theatre for unrestrained storytelling that defies gravity. In her free time, she collects more yarn than is possible to knit in one lifetime. She has also dabbled in needle point, crochet, and mask making — transforming her sewing machine from her nemesis into an ally.

WHAT: Mawrter Monthly Craft Night!

WHEN: Monday, May 10th at 7:00 PM.

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom Link will be provided upon registration AND on the day of the event.

HOW MUCH: Free.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leila Ghaznavi ’01 at Leilag@gmail.com.

Mawrter Monthly Craft Night, hosted by Leila Ghaznavi ’01 (Monday, April 5th at 7:00 PM)

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Come one, come all to The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City Mawrter Monthly Craft Night! Craft Night will be held the second Monday of each month.

Bring your knitting, crocheting, needle point, spinning or whatever craft you adore for a night of chatting and creative fun! This monthly zoom meeting is hosted by Leila Ghaznavi ’01.

Leila Ghaznavi ’01 majored in music composition and now works in fundraising and development for Carnegie Hall. A member of the board of the Bryn Mawr Club of NYC, Leila is also a puppeteer and founder of Pantea Productions, a multidisciplinary theatre production company that combines puppetry and physical theatre for unrestrained storytelling that defies gravity. In her free time, she collects more yarn than is possible to knit in one lifetime. She has also dabbled in needle point, crochet, and mask making — transforming her sewing machine from her nemesis into an ally.

WHAT: Mawrter Monthly Craft Night!

WHEN: Monday, April 5th at 7:00 PM.

WHERE: Please RSVP HERE. A Zoom Link will be provided upon registration AND on the day of the event.

HOW MUCH: Free.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Leila Ghaznavi ’01 at Leilag@gmail.com.