June 15, 2025

Upcoming Regional Club Events

All times listed are in the event's local time zone. 
See complete listing of all upcoming events online. 

Saturday, June 21, 2025 
DC Club - Playing with Language at Planet Word
Join the Bryn Mawr Club of DC for a group exploration of Planet Word, the only museum in the country dedicated to renewing and inspiring a love of words and language.
9:30 AM ET
Planet Word, Washington, DC

Sunday, June 22, 2025 
Northern California Club - Sunday Brunch
BMC Northern California Sunday Brunch in Santa Cruz!
11:00 AM PT 
Ivéta Westside, 2125 Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz, CA

Sunday, June 29, 2025 
New York City Club - Food Festival
Join the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City in Brooklyn this summer at Prospect Park to explore Smorgasburg, an annual food festival.
11:30 AM ET
Prospect Park, Breeze Hill Brooklyn, NY 11225

Sunday, July 6, 2025 
Princeton Club - Walk in the Woods  
First Sunday of the Month Walk with the Princeton Club
1:00 PM ET
Billie Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Princeton, NJ

Alumnae/i Regional Book Groups

Saturday, June 21, 2025 
Seattle Club Eastside Book Group
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
9:30 AM PT
Top Pot Doughnuts 10600 NE 9th Place Bellevue, WA 98004

Sunday, June 22, 2025 
Seattle Club - Mainland FTG Book Club
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
2:00 PM PT
West Seattle, WA

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 
Boston Club - Book Group
The Wren, the Wren: A Novel, by Anne Enright
7:00 PM ET
Via Zoom

Thursday, June 26, 2025 
Berkeley Book Group
Rocannon’s World (1966) OR The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) OR The Lathe of Heaven (also a PBS series) (1971) OR Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995) OR any other novel by Ursula K. LeGuin
3:00 PM PT
Cafenated Coffee Co., 2085 Vine St., Berkeley, CA.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 
DC Club - Monthly Book Discussion
How to Hide an Empire, by Daniel Immerwahr
7:30 PM ET
Via Zoom

Sunday, July 13, 2025 
Delaware Club - Virtual Book Chat
Orbital by Samantha Harvey 
4:30 PM ET
Via Zoom

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

September 11-14, 2025

The Bryn Mawr College Alumnae/i of the Northwest invite you and your friends and family to a richly rewarding play-going experience at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR.  

Join us for our 36th year in Ashland, Oregon for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Thursday – Sunday, September 11-14th, 2025. For performance details, visit the BMC Ashland website https://bmcashland.org/

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 15 S. Pioneer St., Ashland, OR 97520

Summer Send-Off Parties

Send-Off Parties welcome incoming families to the Bryn Mawr College community and connect them with current students, alumnae/i, parents, and staff.

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 
GSSWSR Happy Hour
Join the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and the Office of Alumnae/i Relations and Development for a Happy Hour celebrating the class of 2025. All GSSWSR graduates from the classes of 2022-2025 are invited to attend.
5:30 PM  ET
Craft Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Alumnae/i Travel Program

For a PDF brochure or additional information on the trips you see below or any of our upcoming trips, please contact Taylor Manferdini

January 15-22, 2026 
Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage
Faculty Host: Selby Hearth, Associate Professor of Geology 

Venturing into Antarctica is an expedition like no other- a chance to explore wonderlands of sculpted snow and ice where whales swim, penguins flock, and albatrosses soar. On this 8-day journey with National Geographic- Lindblad Expeditions, you'll fly between South America and Antarctica on a round-trip flight and enjoy five adventure-filled days to explore the otherworldly realm at the bottom of the globe.

January 22-30, 2026 
Finland Arctic Magnificence

Join us for an exhilarating, seven-night journey that captures the natural grandeur, vibrant culture and Nordic cool of Finland! Begin with three nights in lively Helsinki before flying to Lapland, where you'll stay four nights in a comfy, glass-domed cabin, perfect for watching the spectacular Northern Lights. Strap on snowshoes for a trek through a moonlit forest, see reindeer at a traditional reindeer farm, and drive across the glistening fjells on a dogsled or snowmobile! Reserve your spot on this popular trip today! 

Alumni Learning Consortium Webinars

Visit Bryn Mawr's Upcoming Webinars page to register and access recordings of past programs. Contact cpd@brynmawr.edu with any questions.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 
Unstoppable Entrepreneurs: Redefining Success Beyond Silicon Valley
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur who doesn't see yourself in the typical tech prodigy narrative?
12:00 PM ET
Via Webinar

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 
Mastering Your Job Move: Strategic Insights for Career Progress
Navigating a career change can often feel overwhelming, especially when trying to determine the most fulfilling and strategic next step.
12:00 PM ET
Via Webinar

Faculty and Staff In Memoriam

Alumnae/i Relations and Development will share in memoriam information for Bryn Mawr faculty and staff here when we are informed that there are opportunities for alumnae/i to participate in remembrances and celebrations of life on campus.

Visit the College website here to see a remembrance of Laura Grafe, Associate Professor of Psychology. 

Yoga at Home - Live Zoom with Bryn Mawr

Fridays on Zoom 
Yoga at Home – LIVE Chill Yoga 
Join your fellow Mawrter alumnae/i and current athletes for a live weekly yoga class on Zoom. Courtney Morris ’99, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach & Fitness Center Director at BMC, will lead the class.
12:00 PM ET
Via Zoom

Connections

Are you doing a book tour? Have you written a memoir? Performing at a local theater? Reading your poetry at a coffee shop?

Let us know! We want to share your non-Bryn Mawr related events with fellow Mawrters right here in Alumnae/i Connections.

Submit details at clubs@brynmawr.edu by the 10th and 25th of each month -- include date, time, location, and registration info.

Jessica B. Harris '68 Book Tour - Braided Heritage Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine 
Dr. Jessica B. Harris will be doing a series of events around the country for her latest cookbook Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine (out June 10). Tour details and more information here.

Saturday, June 21, 2025 
Book Signing of OXYGEN II by Beth Brown Preston '76 at Barnes & Noble of Exton, Pennsylvania
Everyone is welcome to purchase a signed copy of the poetry collection.
1:00 PM ET 
Barnes & Noble of Exton, Pennsylvania

Sunday, June 22, 2025 
Graduate School of Social Work Dolores Broberg, PhD '77 shares how her beautiful woven pendants are created.  
10:30 AM ET 
Dunwoody, Newtown Square, PA  Contact Myra Reichel  '95 (McBride) Myra@reikihealingcenter.org

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Contact Us

Alumnae/i Connections is a bi-weekly event calendar published by Bryn Mawr Alumnae/i Relations and Development on the 15th and 30th of each month. Submit details at clubs@brynmawr.edu by the 10th and 25th of each month -- include date, time, location, and registration info.

Interested in hosting an event or starting a club in your area? Contact clubs@brynmawr.edu