Celebrate the first of February with fellow tigers at the Nuthouse, home of free peanuts (guarded by a gorilla), pool, greasy-spoon Mexican food, beer, and a great atmosphere. There's a reason why the Nuthouse pub nights get the best attendance. :-) Friends and family are welcome.

Date:	Friday 2/1
Time:	7-9
Location:	Antonio's Nuthouse, Palo Alto
Address:	321 S. California Ave.
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Catherine Baker '97 650-283-5936

The Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P) invite all Bay Area alumni to celebrate the Lunar New Year in San Francisco on Saturday, February 2, 2008, at 11 a.m. for dim sum. Children are welcome.

Location TBD. Please rsvp to Chi Soo Kim '99 by Friday, January 18th at chisookim629@yahoo.com.

Date:	Saturday 2/2
Time:	11-1:30
Location:	TBD, San Francisco
Address:
RSVP:	Please RSVP by January 18 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$15-20
Non-Member Price:	$15-20
Contact:	Chi Soo Kim '99 415-355-8202

San Francisco's Mission Dolores is one of the oldest buildings in California. The very popular Noe Valley neighborhood is a short walk away, over a hill to the south. The vibrant Castro District is a few blocks to the west. These residential areas escaped damage from the post-earthquake fire in 1906, so they offer an interesting and varied display of San Francisco architecture. After a tour of Mission Dolores and its historic cemetery ($5 admission), we will walk through quiet residential streets over the hill to the heart of the Noe Valley neighborhood, and then wind through the Castro District before ending with snacks and conversation at the home of Glenn Stover '71. Princeton friends and children are welcome. Light rain may shorten the route; heavy rain cancels the outing.

Parking is difficult in the Mission Dolores neighborhood, but the Mission is readily accessible by BART (go 3 blocks west from the 16th/Mission station) or by several lines of the SF Muni. Glenn Stover's house (where we will finish) is a few minutes' walk away from the Castro/Market intersection, where BART riders can take a Muni Metro underground trolley to a BART station in downtown San Francisco. It takes about 15 minutes to walk from Glenn's house back to the starting point at Mission Dolores.

RSVP is requested, but not required.

Date:	Sunday 2/3
Time:	1:30-4:30
Location:	Entrance to Mission Dolores, San Francisco
Address:	Dolores Street at 16th Street
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Chrissy Holland '03 415-370-7850

Event: Larkin Street Youth Services
Date: February, 9, 2008. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: San Francisco (Sutter and Larkin, Tenderloin)
RSVP: Joanna Walsh '03, joanna7181@gmail.com

Volunteer at the Larkin Street Youth Services Drop-In Center

Join Princeton alumni in helping Larkin Street Youth Services in their mission to respond to the unique needs of homeless and runaway youth on the streets of San Francisco. Larkin Street has worked over the years to meet both the immediate and long-term needs of the young people they serve.

Our primary responsibility at Larkin Street will be to prepare a hot lunch at the Drop-In Center. The youth at the center will be encouraged to help out with the cooking, as it is an important life skill for them learn and would provide for some meaningful interaction. We will also help with property refurbishment (most likely painting).

Please note that all volunteers at Larkin Street must be atleast 21 years of age. For more about Larkin Street Youth Services, see: http://www.larkinstreetyouth.org/index.htm>

Date:	Saturday 2/9
Time:	9-12
Location:	1138 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Address:	@ Larkin Street
RSVP:	Please RSVP by February 1 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Joanna Walsh '03 (925) 984-4203

On the second Wednesday of each month, the PWN Book Club gathers in a member's home or an area restaurant to eat, chat, and (usually) discuss that month's literary selection. The location changes from month to month so we can be welcoming to alumnae from all over the Bay Area, and books are chosen by consensus with those who show up! Recent selections have included both fiction and non-fiction, modern and classic, from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to "The Botany of Desire", "The Virgin Suicides", and "Ender's Game". New participants are welcome all the time.

Date:	Wednesday 2/13
Time:	7-10
Location:	TBA, TBA
Address:
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Amanda Whitehead '00 510-649-0425

Join Dan Sullivan '63 and Faith Hillis '02 for a Tchaikovsky evening at the San Francisco Symphony, with Herbert Blomstedt conducting. The program includes two of Tchaikovsky's most popular works, the Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Nikolai Lugansky as the soloist), and his last symphony, the emotionally searing "Pathetique." The performance is part of the San Francisco Symphony's "Friday 6.5 Series," which features introductory comments by the conductor about each piece on the program. The early start time allows for an informal post-performance supper at a nearby restaurant. We have only 16 tickets for our PCNC group, so send your reservation by e-mail as soon as possible, and mail your check (payable to PCNC) by February 1. PCNC members may bring one guest at the member price.

Date:	Friday 2/15
Time:	6:30-9
Location:	Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Address:	Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue
RSVP:	Please RSVP by February 1 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$32
Non-Member Price:	$40
Please send your payment in by February 1 to the contact listed below.
Contact:	Dan Sullivan '63 359 Church St San Francisco CA 94114 415-626-8153

Cleantech encompasses "clean" technologies that work towards the sustainable use of resources and a reduction of waste, with solar power and energy efficiency as two familiar examples. Today’s sustainable technologies benefit from the advances in computational power and information technology achieved over the past generation, which have enabled a finer degree of control over the design of materials and systems. Kristin will discuss the current landscape of nanomaterials, solar power, and alternative power and energy storage, as well as factors that influence the acceptance of new technologies.

Kristin Abkemeier is an analyst at Lux Research covering a broad range of emerging technologies including nanotechnology, semiconductor memory, and alternative power systems. Lux Research provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. She is a Princeton 1990 graduate, earned an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and later a PhD in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Chicago in 1997, and went on to work as a software developer and science communications consultant before coming to Lux Research.

Date:	Tuesday 2/19
Time:	12-1:30
Location:	Gordon & Rees LLP, Embarcadero West, San Francisco
Address:	275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 @ Sacramento
RSVP:	Please RSVP by February 15 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$10
Non-Member Price:	$15
Contact:	David Marshak '66 925-932-6436

Sharper and more satirical than Waiting for Godot, this absurdist masterpiece takes place as civilization is about to end. Based on the last moves of a chess game, the play follows the attacks and parries of the world's four remaining inhabitants, two of whom live in garbage cans. (This is the play that inspired Oscar the Grouch!)

Cutting Ball founders Rob Melrose '92 and Paige Rogers '89 will hold a discussion after the show about Endgame, about Beckett, about the founding of Cutting Ball Theater and whatever else you may want to talk about!

TO PURCHASE $10 TICKETS
Go to www.cuttingball.com and begin process of buying tickets
Once at Brown Paper Tickets website, type in "Endgame"
Choose Saturday, Feb. 23 @ 8pm
Discout Code: Mud
Then click on "Show Additional Prices"
Choose number of $10 tickets you wish to purchase
Proceed to checkout

Date:	Saturday 2/23
Time:	8-9:30
Location:	Traveling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco
Address:	470 Florida St. @ between 17th and Mariposa
RSVP:	Please RSVP by February 21 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$10
Non-Member Price:	$15-30
Contact:	Paige Rogers '89 415-595-9992

We had a nice turnout at the Princeton-MIT-Harvard joint happy hour in November, so we're doing another edition on Leap Day. And this time the Stanford Club is joining in as well. Come chat about weird science, good books, current events, and anything else that floats your boat.

RSVPs (via email) by Feb. 21 are strongly encouraged, as a reasonably accurate prediction of attendance will make the staff at the Blue Chalk happier. :)

Date:	Friday 2/29
Time:	6-8
Location:	Blue Chalk Cafe, Palo Alto
Address:	630 Ramona St.
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	$5
Contact:	Catherine Baker '97 650-283-5936