last updated July 23, 2000

PCNC Newsletter, August 2000

Event	Date	Time	Location	RSVP
PCNC Book Club	8/13	5-7p.m.	San Francisco	Allison and Brock Fuller '49
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize, Disgrace is set in post-apartheid Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape. This story is deft, lean, quiet, and brutal. A heartbreaking novel about a man and his daughter, Disgrace is a portrait of the new South Africa that is ultimately about grace and love. At fifty-two Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless and friendless. Except for his daughter, Lucy, who works her smallholding with her neighbor, Petrus, an African farmer now on the way to a modest prosperity. David's attempts to relate to Lucy, and to a society with new racial complexities, are disrupted by an afternoon of violence that changes him and his daughter in ways he could never have foreseen. In this wry, visceral, yet strangely tender novel, Coetzee once again tells truths that cut to the bone. Date: Sunday 8/13 Time: 5-7p.m. Location: Loft of Brock Fuller '49 *50 *52, San Francisco Address: 601 4th Street #227 @ Brannan St. RSVP: Please RSVP by August 11 to the contact listed below. Member Price: Free Non-Member Price: Free Contact: Allison and Brock Fuller '49 (415) 495-0570
Event	Date	Time	Location	RSVP
Marine Mammal Center Visit	8/19	11-2:30	Marin	Melissa Doff '84
Let PCNC introduce you to the work of the Marine Mammal Center, a non-profit rescue and rehabilitation hospital for distressed marine mammals. Many of these "patients" are endangered, threatened, or depleted species. Located in the Marin Headlands, the sole purpose of The Center is to save marine mammals and their environment. PCNC has been invited to participate in The Center's marine environmental program designed to make each of us an informed caretaker of our oceans and marine life. Limited to 35 participants, our day begins with an in-depth tour of the hospital facilities. This will be a "hands-on" experience as we work with the mammals, learn more about each species, and understand the scientific research being conducted at The Center. After a lunch break, we will be lead through a specimen exploration in a classroom environment. We will study a variety of specimens in-depth, to include lab specimens, mammal skulls, and animal pelts. This is a great event for all ages! Date: Saturday 8/19 Time: 11-2:30 Location: Marine Mammal Center, Marin Address: Marin Headlands RSVP: Not Required Member Price: $20 donation (suggested minimum ... for a very worthwhile cause!) Non-Member Price: Contact: Melissa Doff '84 172 Parker Ave, Apt #301 San Francisco, CA 94118 415-221-4456
Event	Date	Time	Location	RSVP
Shakespeare Festival	8/20	7-10p.m	San Rafael	Rachel Dupre '93
Marin Shakespeare Under the Stars The Princeton Club has reserved a section of seats at the Marin Shakespeare Company's performance, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). An international smash hit, this is a hilarious three-man romp through all 37 Shakespeare plays in under two hours. The Complete Works combines the sophistication of the Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks, and Monty Python with the crass commercialism of Shakespeare to provide an evening of knee-slapping fun and irreverent laughter. Courtesy of Lesley S. Currier '84, Managing Director of the Shakespeare Company, PCNC tickets are 20% off, and she will give us a special welcome before the show. The theater opens one hour early and there is plenty of room for picnicking. Gourmet picnics ($12) and snacks are available or you can bring your own. There is bench seating (with backs) and free seat cushions. Jackets and blankets are advised for cooler evenings. Directions: From Golden Gate Bridge or Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, take 101 North to the Central San Rafael exit. Follow signs to Dominican College. Go straight four blocks to Mission. Turn right onto Mission, go one block, and turn left onto Grand Ave. Follow signs to Forest Meadows Amphitheater. From 101 South, take the Central San Rafael exit, turn left onto Mission, go two blocks and turn left onto Grand Ave. Follow signs to Forest Meadows Amphitheater. You can also take the bus to the main San Rafael terminal. Walk past Third St to Fourth St. Turn right on Fourth, walk about three blocks to Grand Ave., and follow signs to Forest Meadows Amphitheater. Date: Sunday 8/20 Time: 7-10p.m. Location: Forest Meadows Amphitheater, San Rafael Address: Dominican College RSVP: Please RSVP by August 19 to the contact listed below. Member Price: $16 Non-Member Price: $16 Please send your payment in by August 19 to the contact listed below. Contact: Rachel Dupre '93 415-674-8477