The SIGnboard

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has approved more than 30 Shared Interest Groups; a complete list appears at http://post.harvard.edu/harvard/clubs/html/SIGdir.shtml. Harvard Magazine invites SIGs to share news of their activities in this space. (Send items to [email protected], using SIG in the “class year” line.)

 

Harvard Alumni in Wine and Food

On January 13, HAWF and the Office of Career Services co-host a day-long visit to New York with several food-and-wine stops along the way, including the 115th Street Greenmarket for an early-morning tour with Chef Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern; the offices of food52.com; lunch at the Cafe of Love food truck at Tavern on the Green; and Terroir wine bar, for a behind-the-scenes meeting with their general manager. The trip wraps up at the HAA’s Global Networking Night at the Harvard Club of New York. For details, contact Cathy Huyghe at [email protected] or 702-528-3717.

 

Harvardwood

Join Harvardwood for Los Angeles’s first Harvard ROCKS concert on January 27--featuring great musical talent from the Harvard community. Visit www.harvardwood.org for ticket information.

And on the opposite coast, start the New Year in New York on a cheerful note at Harvardwood Presents: Laughter Times Three, featuring three of the city’s smartest, funniest stand-up comics, on January 26. Visit harvardwood.org for more details.

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