Rose McDermott is the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University. Her talk this evening to the Brown Club of San Francisco will focus on gender issues and leader's emotional manipulation of political identity, hot topics in this major election year, and will come one day after the Super Tuesday primary.
As of 2/19/2020 this event is SOLD OUT — Apologies for the inconvenience. THANK YOU!
Happy New Year! 2020 marks the Year of the Rat, associated with new beginnings and bounty. Enjoy after-hours at the Asian Art Museum with this private group tour of Awaken Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment brings together Buddhist artworks from the Asian Art Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, home to two of the country’s most significant collections of Himalayan art. Sculptures, paintings, textiles, and book arts made between 800 and 2016 chart a transformative journey from the ordinary world to awakening. Thanks to alum Yael Eytan , Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at the AAM.
Tour Starts @ 7pm but tickets include museum entry at 5pm
Cost: $20 ticket includes full museum entry
Hey Brainiacs, We need your help in besting our friends at various Ivy League schools. Show off your arcane knowledge in the East Bay! Mad Oak is a neighborhood bar offering 40 beers on draft as well as a full bar offering a wide range of spirits and cocktails. Mad Oak has a rotating pop-up kitchen offering delicious food for any mood. Team up with fellow graduates of your alma mater or befriend some new folks at a rival school for fun and games. Don't be afraid to wear some schools swag so we can find each other! Also welcoming alumni from Johns Hopkins and Georgetown to this one!
Kick off 2020 with an act of service for our community! You'll meet fellow Brunonian volunteers while making an impact on the fight against food insecurity. After our session at the food bank, join us a few blocks away for some scrumptious Latin-Inspired Food and Drink at School Night-- just four blocks away!
Hey Brainiacs, We need your help in besting our friends at various Ivy League schools. Show off your arcane knowledge at this hometown institution with 19 brews on tap and food courtesy of the Frank Grizzly Food truck. Team up with fellow graduates of your alma mater or befriend some new folks at a rival school for fun and games. Don't be afraid to wear some school swag so we can find each other!
Picnic with us at Off the Grid in the Presidio and enjoy amazing food, lawn games, and conversation with fellow and soon-to-be alumni. The Presidio Main Parade Ground boasts incredible views of the Golden Gate Bridge and OTG brings over 30 local food and produce vendors.
BYOBlanket and we'll supply non-alcoholic beverages and games. Families and friends are welcome as well!
We'll also be welcoming over 150 summer interns from BrownConnect, so join us in greeting Brown and the Bay Area's future!
Register here!
Sponsored by the Brown Club of San Francisco, the Brown Alumni Association, and BrownConnect.
Join BCSF for April's GCB West at the infamous Zeitgeist on the corner of Valencia and Duboce.
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'Tis the season to be a Brunonian! The Brown Club of San Francisco presents its 3rd Annual Holidazzle!
Last year over 200 Bay Area Brown Alumni toasted the holiday season with us, and Holidazzle 2016 will be even more dazzling than the last! We invite you to join us at the historic University Club of San Francisco in Nob Hill for an evening of fun and festivities.
Tickets include admission to the party, two free drinks, and desserts (Meeting Street Cookies included!).
BCSF is excited to share the items available at our first Silent Auction! Over a dozen incredible gifts generously donated by Brunonian alumni will be showcased at Holidazzle ‘16. The items up for bid are:
Click here for more detailed item descriptions, starting bids, and information about the Silent Auction. Proceeds from both Holidazzle and the auction will directly benefit the Brown Club of San Francisco and will be used to improve future events and make them more affordable for all.
Festive attire is encouraged; be ready to get your photo booth on!
*Ticket Details*
Early Brunonian $30 until 11/30
Regular Price $35 until 12/14
Door Price $40
All tickets subject to capacity limitations.
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You're invited to the Brown Club of San Francisco's 3rd Annual BBQ! Friends and family are welcome to join us at scenic Land's End for an afternoon of food and fun. Come enjoy burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, salad, beverages, and other BBQ fixin's with the Brown Alumni family during beautiful Indian Summer. We'll have lawn games, activities for the kids (including a Brown Bear piñata!), and those over 21 are encouraged to BYOB!
You can get tickets on Eventbrite here.
Fort Miley is known to San Franciscans today as the terminus of one of several routes of the No. 38 bus line which operates mostly on Geary Boulevard, as a Veterans' Hospital, and as park land which is under the National Park Service as part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Fort Miley Military Reservation on Point Lobos, one of the outer headlands on the southern side of the Golden Gate, was acquired by the U.S. Army in 1893 and used as part of the seacoast defense of San Francisco Harbor during the early phases of America's involvement in World War II. Overlooking Land's End, most of the original Army buildings were demolished in 1934 to allow construction of the Fort Miley Veterans Administration Hospital. The remains of several pre-World War I batteries edge the perimeter of the hospital. West Fort Miley offers visitors a grassy picnic area situated among three gun emplacements, including Battery Chester (1903-1943), which offers a spectacular view down Ocean Beach.
West Fort Miley Picnic Area
Lands End, San Francisco
2450 El Camino Del Mar, San Francisco, CA 94121
(map: https://goo.gl/maps/XbXUH)
BY CAR: Take California Street West to 30th Avenue; Turn Left on 30th then Right on Clement Street. Clement Street becomes Seal Rock Drive at 45th Avenue. Continue on Seal Rock Drive to El Camino Del Mar (approx 1/4 mile) and turn right into West Fort Miley parking lot. Park and walk up 1st path to the right (heading east, away from the ocean) after you entered the parking lot drive. Follow path up hill, past the ropes course on your right until you see a sunny clearing. That's the picnic area.
BY BUS: Take the 38 Geary Bus to the last stop (42nd Avenue); Walk west to 48th Avenue and turn right. Walk One block North to the corner of Seal Rock & El Camino Del Mar and continue about another block into the entrance to Fort Miley. Then walk up the first path to the right (heading east, away from the ocean) after you entered the parking lot drive. Follow path up hill, past the ropes course on your right until you see a sunny clearing. That's the picnic area.
BY CAR: Take 280 North Take exit 41 for State Route 35 toward Skyline Blvd/Pacifica Continue onto CA-35/Skyline Blvd. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto Great Hwy. Continue straight to stay on Great Hwy. Continue onto Point Lobos Ave. Turn Left on El Camino Del Mar and continue about another block into the entrance to Fort Miley. Then walk up the first path to the right (heading east, away from the ocean) after you entered the parking lot drive. Follow path up hill, past the ropes course on your right until you see a sunny clearing. That's the picnic area.
BY CAR: Follow US-101 S to Veterans Blvd in San Francisco. Take exit 438 from US-101 S. Continue onto Veterans Blvd. Continue onto Park Presidio Blvd and take a right on California Street. West to 30th Avenue; Turn Left on 30th then Right on Clement Street. Clement Street becomes Seal Rock Drive at 45th Avenue. Continue on Seal Rock Drive to El Camino Del Mar (approx 1/4 mile) and turn right into West Fort Miley parking lot. Park and walk up 1st path to the right (heading east, away from the ocean) after you entered the parking lot drive. Follow path up hill, past the ropes course on your right until you see a sunny clearing. That's the picnic area.
This Wednesday, June 22nd
7 - 9 PM
4049 18th Street // Castro, SF
Join us this Wednesday for a Pride month GCB West at Moby Dick in the gayborhood, San Francisco's iconic Castro. Moby Dick is a local favorite featuring cheap drinks and a fish tank. We have the back area (by the pinball machines) reserved for us.
Attend the Facebook Event and see you in the Castro!
Saturday, May 7th // 9 AM - 12 PM
Visitacion Valley Middle School, SF
Looking for something to do on Saturday morning? Join us for a few hours and come play soccer with Visitacion Valley’s youth! We’ll be participating in a skill drills session with Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.), the largest provider of academic and social support for at-risk youth in Visitacion Valley. R.O.C.K.’s active learning programs focus specifically on using the power of active play to influence the positive development of children in the program. No soccer experience is necessary; anyone can participate.
We only have space for 10 volunteers, so sign up now!
Thursday, April 28th
6 PM - 8 PM
673 Union Street
Join us for our April happy hour at Rogue Ales in North Beach, home to some of the finest Oregon craft beers (they're certainly not 'Gansetts, but they'll do). We have the back patio reserved just for us.
Sunday, April 17th
3 PM - 6 PM
Zazu // Sebastopol
This is the one BCSF event you won’t want to miss!
Discover six of the most prestigious wineries from Napa and Sonoma with Brunonian roots, while feasting on a panoply of delectable appetizers from nationally acclaimed chef Duskie Estes ’90. Curated by D. Marc Capobianco ’81 AM, a 35-year wine industry veteran and noted authority on West Coast viticulture, selected wineries will include:
File your taxes and head to Sebastopol for this special event. The tasting will take place at Zazu, Duskie’s own restaurant in The Barlow, the remodeled historic apple cannery where Sonoma County’s best chefs, vintners, and artisans have come to work side by side. Vendors here include five winery tasting rooms, a brewpub, a handcraft distillery, SubZero ice cream, and more. Specials for Brown alumni are being arranged at many of these venues, so why not make a day of it!
Early bird tickets are available until March 15th, with optional bus service provided from San Francisco.
We look forward to seeing you in Wine Country!
Check out our winemaker interviews here. Tickets are available here.
Join us for an informal discussion on networking and personal branding with Deb Mills-Scofield '82, co-hosted by the Brown University San Francisco Office.
Deb is a venture capitalist and business leader who has helped companies create and implement innovation-based strategies through her consultancy, Mills-Scofield LLC. She has also served as a mentor through various Brown programs, including Brown Entrepreneurship Program, Brown Women's Launch Pad, and Social Innovation Fellowship. You can read more about Deb in this Time article.
Deb will address specific questions from the audience on networking skills and building personal brands. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP and submit any questions for Deb here!
Join us for a very sweet tasting and tour of Dandelion Chocolate in the Mission! The event is returning for the second time after its great success last year.
Greg D'Alesandre '95 is the cocoa bean sourcer at this award-winning, small-batch chocolate factory and he will lead us on a personal tour of the bean-to-bar process. Learn about how Greg was inspired by a book on sale at the Brown Bookstore and how it eventually led him down this delicious career path. We'll get a chance to ask questions about chocolate and the production process, all while tasting our way through the factory!
Dandelion is graciously offering a special $20 price for Brown alumni. The factory is small and can only accommodate a group of 12, so sign up now!
Purchase tickets here: https://brown-dandelion-chocolate.eventbrite.com
Join us near the ballpark before the full-blown chaos of baseball season is underway! Grab a margarita with us at Pedro's Cantina and celebrate all things spring in San Francisco.
All of SF is gearing up for Super Bowl 50, so the theme of our next Carberry dinner is quite fitting! We'll meet at Osha Thai at 6pm and stroll around Super Bowl City in Justin Herman Plaza afterwards.
More info about Super Bowl City can be found here: http://www.sfbaysuperbowl.com/super-bowl-city
Please register here and email Brett Stevens '14 (brettmstevens7@gmail.com) with any questions.
Enjoy a special Sunday edition on the water in historic Sausalito. Take in the spectacular views of San Francisco and the bay. Located at 558 Bridgeway in the heart of Sausalito California, a scant .2 miles (5 minute walk) from the Ferry Landing, this month’s happy hour will be at The Trident, the former home of the San Francisco Yacht Club. Their 75-item wine list is filled with mostly familiar wines that appeal to a wide variety of people - names like Kenwood, Honig, Banfi, Seghesio, Rombauer, Kistler, Duckhorn and Silver Oak, along with copious beer choices, mixed drinks and food.
The Trident itself is stunning, with that period ceilings, dark wood-slatted walls, curved booths and a magical view of Oz, the San Francisco skyline. As you walk down the hall, off the board deck parking lot on Bridgeway, you enter a time capsule, where the musicians playing near the host stand seem to channel Joan Baez.
You can almost feel the presence of Janis Joplin, who loved the place so much that she had a table in the corner with a panoramic view of Bridgeway and San Francisco, next to a private room where she could escape.
We will have a Brown discount on both food and drink and our own little area reserved across from the bar; for those alums who live in Sausalito or want to take the Ferry with their bike, free bike parking is provided for customers. Valet car parking is free for the first hour and then $6 per hour after that.
The Ferry from San Francisco Departs SF from the Ferry Building at 4:40 PM (arr 5:10 PM) and from Fisherman’s Wharf at 4:00 PM or 5:35 PM(arr 4:25 PM or 6:00 PM); the LAST Ferry back departs Sausalito at 6:45 PM to the SF Ferry Bldg, but the Golden Gate Transit Bus runs late and its schedule is here: http://www.oursausalito.com/getting-to-sausalito/buses-in-sausalito.html
Driving from SF (and most parts of Marin) is very easy and street parking (meters enforced till 6:00 PM) is available in addition to the valet service. Nearby municipal parking lots are $2.00 to $3.00 per hour (payment required till 10:00 PM). For those of you ferrying in from San Francisco, and want to stay later, chances are excellent that rides will be available back to the city with your fellow alums. While this is likely, it cannot be guaranteed, so ask around while you’re there. Another option would be to ferry there with your bike and bike back across the GG Bridge.
Festive attire is encouraged; be ready to get your photobooth on! This year attendees will also be invited to the Holidazzle Afterparty - more details will be announced soon.
Early Brunonian $30 until 11/20
Regular Price $35 until 12/10
Door Price $40
All tickets subject to capacity limitations, and Eventbrite processing fees will apply.
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
You will need a 21+ ID to enter the event.
What are my transportation/parking options getting to the event?
Please see the University Club's website for information about parking.
Can I bring non-Brown affiliated guests?
Yes, you may purchase tickets for a non-Brown alumni guest.
Will refunds be issued?
Refunds can be given up to 72 hours prior to the event.
What is included with my ticket?
Your ticket price includes admission to the party, two free drinks, hors d'oeuvres and desserts.
Will there be an afterparty?
Yes! Official afterparty information will be released to attendees closer to the event.
Come have a PBR, Bloody Mary, or craft beer in Zeitgeist's graffiti-covered, picnic-table-filled, and Metallica-infused outdoor courtyard. Word on the street is Quentin Tarantino comes to Zeitgeist when he's in town.
2nd Annual Summer BBQ for the Brown Alumni Family
Take a vacation from your everyday life and join us at the Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar for August's Tiki-inspired happy hour! The Tonga Room has been San Francisco's most popular Tiki Bar for 70 years. Enjoy live music by the Island Groove Band while sipping the best island cocktails around, and watch out for a tropical rain storm over the lagoon! Happy hour prices end at 7 PM so feel free to arrive early if you can; a $5 cover for live music will be charged starting at 8:15 PM.
July GCB West: Jones
620 Jones between Post & Geary
Join us in enjoying this unusually warm July on Jones' beautiful back patio! A popular spot near Union Square, Jones offers classic bites and cocktails, along with a selection of beer and wine.
Please note that the bar is cash only.
We're celebrating championship sports in the Bay Area and the Brown Clubs of SF and Silicon Valley together invite you to raise a glass after work and watch the Giants host the A's on Friday, July 24th.
Your special event package includes a ticket to the Friday evening interleague game at AT&T Park, access to the annual pre-game Wine Fest in Seals Plaza from 5:00-7:00 PM, a complimentary tasting card, and a Wine Fest-themed Giants item!
Whether you're a wine connoisseur or casual wine taster, the Wine Fest will be a great way to gather with other Brown alums and fans before the game. Several wineries from the Lodi region will be on site providing tastings.
With 3 World Championships in the last 5 years and a consistently packed house, the atmosphere at AT&T Park is always electric! Buy your tickets here before the game sells out!
Help welcome current Brunonian interns to the Bay Area this summer!
Picnic with us at Off the Grid in the Presidio and enjoy great food, lawn games, and conversation with fellow and soon-to-be alumni!
Happy Pride Month!
We're celebrating with this month's GCB West in the Castro! Stop by and have a drink with us at this colorful Castro spot that's always happening!
Join Brown Club of San Francisco & Stanford Cardinal Young Alumni Bay Area for a mixer at Mad Dog in the Fog in the Lower Haight! Mingle with alumni from both schools who share at least one thing in common -- the beautiful Bay Area!
Skeeball? Darts? Shuffleboard? Taxidermy? February's GCB West has it all! Join us at this Inner Richmond spot for drinks and a fun Thursday out.
February is National Chocolate Lover's Month! Join us for a very sweet tasting and tour of Dandelion Chocolate in the Mission.
Greg D'Alesandre '95 is the cocoa bean sourcer at this award-winning, small-batch chocolate factory and he will lead us on a personal tour of the bean-to-bar process. Learn about how Greg was inspired by a book on sale at the Brown Bookstore and how it eventually led him down this delicious career path. We'll get a chance to ask questions about chocolate and the production process, all while tasting our way through the factory!
Dandelion is graciously offering a special $20 price for Brown alumni. The factory is small and can only accommodate a group of 12, so be sure to purchase tickets here soon!
Grab some pizza and come ready to talk all things San Francisco Giants! February's Carberry Dinner is for discussing the Giants' offseason needs and their 2015 outlook. Throw on your orange and black and email Robby Klaber '07 if you are interested in joining us!
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