| May-October | Washington Nat’ls Tickets |
| Sun 5/14 | Stanford Book Club Meeting |
| Fri 5/19 | Ivy Singles Social Event |
| Sat 5/20 | AOL Servathon |
| Sun 5/21 | Udvar-Hazy Center Tour |
| Wed 5/31 | Shakespeare Free For All – SOLD OUT |
| Fri 6/2 | Congressional Staff Panel |
| Sat 6/3 | Woodrow Wilson Bridge Tour – SOLD OUT |
| Mon 6/5 | WDCSA Board Meeting |
| Fri 6/23 | Sandra Day O’Connor |
| Sun 7/2 & 7/16 | Wolf Trap Musicals (Annie and Chicago) |
| Sat 7/29-Sun 8/6 | Legg Mason Tennis Classic |
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Washington Nationals Tickets
RFK Stadium
| May 3 – Wednesday 7:05PM Marlins $22 – 4 tickets | May 23 – Tuesday 7:05PM Astros $22 – 4 tickets |
| May 4 – Thursday 7:05PM Marlins $22 – 4 tickets | May 24- Wednesday 7:05PM Astros $22 – 4 tickets |
| May 7- Sunday 1:05PM Pirates $22 – 4 tickets | May 25 – Thursday 1:05PM Astros $17 – 4 tickets |
| May 20 – Saturday 7:05PM Orioles $27 – 2 tickets | May 26 – Friday 7:05PM Dodgers $22 – 4 tickets |
| May 22 – Monday 7:05PM Astros $22 – 4 tickets | May 28 – Sunday 1:05PM Dodgers $22 – 4 tickets |
Our 4 season tickets are in Section 314, Row 15, Seats 15-18, behind home
plate. Our prices range from $17-$27/ticket, depending on the game — a discount
of 3-8 dollars from box-office single-game ticket prices (and we have no service
charges). Current ticket availability for the entire season is shown at www.stanfordclubs.org/dc/baseball.asp
We have two new offerings: For any game, we will offer "rush" tickets
at $5 below the $17-$27 prices if we have any tickets remaining 24 hours before
game time — check the website above for availability. For the Tuesday, May
23rd 7:05PM game against the Houston Astros, we will have additional seats
in other sections available at prices TBD, but below $17. To request seats
for any game, please email Bill Pegram at wmpegram@comcast.net
(or call 703-486-0952) with your ticket request.
Stanford Book Club Meeting
Sunday, May 14 6:00pm-9:00pm
The Washington DC area Stanford Book Group is discussing Mark Twain’s "Letters
from the Earth" on Sunday, May 14. Our June book is Rushdie’s "Midnight’s
Children". Please contact Alison Westfall or more information at (202)
544-7314 or alisoncolew@hotmail.com,
or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wdcsabooks
and click "join this group."
Ivy Singles Social Event
Friday, May 19 6:30-8:30pm
Lounge 201, 201 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Capitol Hill, D.C.
Northwestern University and the Ivy Singles Social Club invite you to a happy
hour at Lounge 201, located minutes from Union Station. Open bar from 7-8,
as well as passed hors d’oeuvres throughout the night. Cash bar from
6:30-7 and from 8-8:30 will feature house red and white wines as well as high-end
cocktails. Please bring ID.
Send a $25 check payable to "NU Club of Washington, DC" to Joy
Gambino, 1050 N. Taylor St. #209, Arlington VA 22201, by Wednesday May 10th,
2006. Please note your school(s) on the check. $30 at the door. Email your
reservation to dc1476@yahoo.com or call
Joy at 202-494-3591.
AOL/Greater DC Cares Servathon
Saturday, May 20 8:30am-12:30pm
Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW
WDCSA will participate in Greater DC Cares’ largest annual fundraiser. Servathon
participants ask friends, family and co-workers to sponsor their day of service
through making donations. All proceeds will benefit Greater DC Cares, a nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization committed to change. Volunteers can do everything from
planting flowers outdoors to cleaning the facility’s interior.
Servathon will be followed by a Celebration Party at Buffalo Billiards with
free food and Sam Adams beer from 1pm to 4pm. Directions can be found at www.dclibrary.org/branches/pet/.
Sign up by 11 May by emailing begna@stanfordalumni.org
Udvar-Hazy Center Tour
Sunday, May 21 10:30AM – 12:00pm
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, Virginia
Cost: Free Tour, $12 per vehicle
Please join Mike Nelson ’59 for a tour of the highlights of this new addition
to the National Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport. Mike, a docent at
the Center, gave three tours to our alums last year and has generously offered
more!
Please meet promptly at 10:30 AM, 30 minutes after the museum opens. Enter
the museum and pass through the security checkpoint. Look for Mike underneath
the red and white aircraft hanging upside down above the floor. He will be
wearing a blue blazer and his docent’s nametag. Please RSVP to Mike Nelson
at Bompa123@aol.com or 703-830-7652.
If you’d like to carpool, contact Lydiabenson@stanfordalumni.org
or 202-686-6975.
Shakespeare Theatre Free For All – SOLD OUT
Wednesday, May 31 7:00PM
Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Rock Creek Park
Free of charge (limited tickets) RSVP: Kelly McKenzie ’03 (kellymck@gmail.com
or 202-244-4621). Please indicate how many tickets you will need (maximum
of four per person).
Enjoy a night of Shakespeare under the stars with Stanford alumni, family,
and friends! Each spring, the Shakespeare Theatre treats people to a week
of free, outdoor performances in Rock Creek Park during the annual Free for
All celebration. This year’s production, Pericles, is described by the Washington
Post as "an evening of bewitching ingenuity and bountiful surprise."
Though the show begins at 7:30, seating is on a first-come, first-served
basis, and you will need to claim your ticket(s) from our club reps between
6:30 and 7:00. The club reps will be holding Stanford balloons and standing
NEAR THE BOX OFFICE to distribute tickets. Tickets will be released to the
general public if not claimed by 7:00.
For more information, directions and transportation to Carter Barron Amphitheatre,
please see www.shakespearetheatre.org/about/ffa/
Congressional Staff Career Panel
Friday, June 2 12:00-1:30PM
Rayburn B-354
Reception: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM:
Panel and Q&A:12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Panel: Lee Arnold – Counsel, Congressman Tom Feeney; Andrew Blotky – Press
Secretary, Senator Ron Wyden; Tom Faletti – Legislative Director, Senator
Richard Durbin; Savannah Lengsfelder – Legislative Fellow, Congressman Adam
Schiff
Current congressional staffers and Stanford alums will share their experiences
of working in the House and Senate. This will be a great opportunity for young
alumni and current students to be informed of policy-making and get more information
about how to establish a career path on Capitol Hill.
Light refreshments may be served, but please bring your lunch and your questions
to Room B-354 of the Rayburn HOB.
The Rayburn House Office Building is at the corner of S. Capitol Street and
Independence Ave. For more information, contact Jane Lee, JaneLee@stanfordalumni.org.
Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project Tour – SOLD OUT
Saturday, June 3 10:30am – 12:30pm
2901 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314
Tour: Free, Barbecue (optional): $15; RSVP: Kelly McKenzie (’03) at kellymck@gmail.com
or 202-549-2366. Indicate whether you will be doing the tour AND barbeque
or just the tour.
The Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project is currently the largest active public
works project in the nation. It is so large that it was the subject of a recent
Discovery Channel "Extreme Engineering" documentary and a History
Channel special. This bridge will carry Interstate 95 and I-495 traffic across
the Potomac River just south of Washington DC. Jim Ruddell (BS ’77, CEE) is
the construction manager for this $2.4 billion project and has graciously
offered to give us a tour of the project. We will meet at his office for an
overview presentation first, then caravan down to Jones Point Park to see
the bridge and learn more about its construction. At noon, we will have lunch
at the park, catered by Rocklands Barbeque.
For more information about the bridge project, visit www.wilsonbridge.com
or
http://soe.stanford.edu/alumni/profile_ruddell.html.
WDCSA Board Meeting
Monday, June 5 7:00-8:00pm
Stanford in Washington, 2661 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC
All are welcome to join the Washington, D.C. Stanford Association Board of
Directors. Our next meeting will take place in June at the SIW house. Please
contact Lindsay Arnold, WCDSA President with questions at wdcsa.president@gmail.com
or (202) 256-1324.
A Stanford Salute to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor ’50,
LLB ‘52
Friday, June 23 5:30pm
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C
5:30 Hors d’oeuvres and cocktail reception
6:45 Program
Stanford President John Hennessy and Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer
cordially invite you to join us for a special evening with Stanford family
and friends in Washington, D.C., celebrating Justice O’Connor’s
professional leadership. The evening program will include remarks by President
Hennessy; remarks by friends and colleagues, including Ms. Victoria P. Sant
’61, President of the National Gallery of Art and Supreme Court Associate
Justice Anthony Kennedy ’58; and a conversation between Past University
President Gerhard Casper and Justice O’Connor. Capacity is limited, and reservations
will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Please RSVP at www.stanfordalumni.org/event.html?sandradayoconnor
by Wednesday, June 14. We regret no refunds after this date.
$45 general admission
$35 young alumni (undergrad ’96-’06; grad ’01-’06)
and one guest
You may also send a check for your reservation made payable to the Stanford
Alumni Association to The Stanford Alumni Association, c/o Michael Preston,
326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305-6105. Please contact at Michael with
reservation questions at mpreston@stanford.edu
or (650) 725-0682. For general event questions, please contact WDCSA Board
Member Risa Shimoda at risa@theshimodagroup.com
or (301) 502-6548.
This event is brought to you by the Washington, D.C. Stanford Association,
the Stanford Law Society of Washington, D.C., the Stanford Alumni Association,
and the Stanford Law School.
Wolf Trap Musicals
Annie, Sunday, July 2, 8PM – $48
Chicago, Sunday, July 16, 8PM – $48
We have 20 tickets for each performance at a $4 discount from Wolf Trap prices.
Seats are in the first two rows of the orchestra (A and B) on the side. Please
send check, payable to WDCSA, to Bill Pegram, 815 South 18th, #400, Arlington,
VA 22202. Questions? Contact Bill at wmpegram@comcast.net
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
July 29-August 6, 2006
The WDCSA has 6 box seats in Aisle 36, Section 3 to all sessions at 16th
& Kennedy, NW; our seats are in the same location as last year – at the
end of the court and close to the court. We will allocate our two onsite parking
passes per session by lottery.
| Sat 7/29 (qualifying)- 9am – $13 | Sun 7/30 (qualifying) – 11am – $13 |
| Mon 7/31 (qualifying/main draw) 4pm – $30 | Tue 8/1 – 4pm – $35 |
| Wed 8/2 4pm $39 | Thu 8/3 4pm – $43 |
| Fri 8/4 (quarterfinals) – 12pm – $45 (3 remain) | Fri 8/4 (quarterfinals) – 7pm – $47 (3 remain) |
| Sat 8/5 (semifinals) – 2pm & 7pm – $53 (3 remain) | Sun 8/6 (finals) – 12pm – $60 |
As with last year, there is also a women’s pro tournament in addition to
the men’s bracket. Please email wmpegram@comcast.net
indicating the number of tickets desired and the session.
Upon confirmation of seat availability, send in a check, payable to WDCSA,
to Bill Pegram, 815 South 18th St., #400, Arlington, VA 22202.