Events and Activities

January 13, 2010 @ 6PM ~ ALUMNI NETWORKING EVENT in White Plains ~ The second event in the "Job Searching in a Challenging Job Market" Series of joint Alumni Office ~ Career Development Center off-campus events. The Career Development Center staff will be on-hand to speak with alumni and offer job resource materials. Location: Pizzeria UNO Chicago Bar & Grill: 4 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10606, Tel: 914-684-7040. Please RSVP by calling the Alumni Office at: 914-251-6054 or e-mailing: alumni@purchase.edu

January 29 & 30 @ 8PM ~ BFA Dance Concert ~ Repertory performances and original choreography in both ballet and modern dance produced by Preston Bradley, Rory Freedman, Marissa Horton, Chalvar Monteiro, and Laura Mummert for their Senior Dance Concert. Dance Theater Lab, Dance building. Tickets: $5. For more info, call 914-251-6800.

February 2, 3, 4, 5 @ 8PM; February 6 @ 2PM & 8PM; February 7 @ 2PM ~ Purchase Repertory Theatre presents: "Bronx Kiss: A Celebration of John Patrick Shanley" - An evening of short plays and scenes by the Pulitzer-prize winning author of "Doubt" and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Moonstruck" - Locations times & dates TBA.

February 10 @ 5PM ~ ALUMNI MENTORING NETWORKING RECEPTION ~ Buffer, Admissions Building ~ Alumni mentors return to campus to meet with the students. Alumni who are interested in becoming mentors are cordially invited.  A Career Development Center and Alumni Office joint event. Don't miss this opportunity to touch the life of a Purchase student! Become a part of our Mentor Network.  Please RSVP by calling the Career Development Center at: 914-251-6370.

February 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 & 27 @ 8PM ~ BFA Dance Concerts ~ Repertory and original choreography in both ballet and modern dance.

March 2, 3, 4, 5 @ 8PM; March 6 @ 2PM & 8PM; March 7 @ 2PM ~ Purchase Repertory Theatre presents: "Mad Forest" by Caryl Churchill ~ Taking place in Romania of 1989, as revolution frees the country from communism, a family tries to escape to America. Based on true stories. The Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall. For tickets, call: 914-251-6200 or visit www.artscenter.org

Monday, March 15, 2010 ~ Purchase College SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Gala

Millennium Broadway Hotel/The Hudson Theatre: 145 West 44th Street
New York City

Special 50% discounted tickets for Alumni: $250

Hosted by Susie Essman '77, comedian, film and television actress, and star of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Evening's events:

6:30 p.m. - Cocktail reception
8:00 p.m. - Awards and tribute performances

Paquito D'Rivera: Grammy-award winning clarinetist and composer Paquito D'Rivera has crossed musical boundaries by creating work in Jazz, Bebop, Latin and Classical styles.

Lynn Nottage: Playwright.  Pulitzer Prize winning author of Ruined, Intimate Apparel, and Crumbs from the Table of Joy.

Kiki Smith: Eminent artist known for evocative sculptures, drawings, and prints.  In Whitney Biennial and major museum collections.

Paul Taylor: An American icon.  One of the most versatile and inventive American choreographers.

Please RSVP to 914-251-6054 or alumni@purchase.edu

For more information, please visit: www.purchase.edu/soagala

APRIL 29 & MAY 1 ~ The inaugural "Purchase Plus 20" Alumni Reunion ~ celebrating all 1980s alumni.

REUNION EVENTS:

~~~ APRIL 29 @ 7PM to Midnight in NYC at The Globe - 158 East 23rd Street (between 3rd and Lexington) ~ Visit the Facebook event page.

~~~ MAY 1 @ 4PM at Purchase (BBQ behind the former Administration building). Live music by the PC Blues Band (Purchase faculty Jim McElwaine, David Gluck, Jim Koeppel, Bob Thompson); followed by drinks at the Hilltop. ~ Visit the Facebook Event page.

RSVP by April 20: alumni@purchase.edu or call the Alumni Office at 914-251-6054. The "Purchase Plus 20" Group is now active on Facebook, growing by the minute; share photos, thoughts, memories and find out reunion details, click here to join.