Brown Club OC Enjoys History Lecture with a Gourmet Twist!

Brown Club OC enjoyed a lecture at the Laguna Niguel Public Library Sunday, March 1st on 400 years of culinary history by world famous chef and author Anne Willan. Following the lecture, we were treated to a private wine, cheese and "seedy cake" reception at the beautiful home of club treasurer, Carl Schulkin and his wife, Bonnie.

Thanks to Anne Willan and her staff, to Roadrunner Ridge Winery in Fallbrook and Vin Goat Artisanal Cheeses in Corona Del Mar, and to the event hosts - Carl Schulkin '64 and wife Bonnie - for a delicious, entertaining and informative excursion into 4 centuries of culinary history!

Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger

Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger

 On Wednesday March 4 at 7:30pm, the Hammer Museum is hosting a screening of the documentary Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger, followed by a conversation and Q&A with Brown alumna Kate Bornstein, a transgender advocate, activist, and role model for a generation of people that is learning how to redefine its gender and sexuality. 

The program is free and open to the public, and the AMMO café in the museum is available for attendees to meet up beforehand for a glass of wine or a cup of coffee.

For more information, see: kate-bornstein-is-a-queer-and-pleasant-danger

BCOC Celebrates the Year of the Goat!

BCOC enjoyed camaraderie, learned about the lunar calendar and national variations on the Year of the Goat (aka Year of the "Ram" or "Sheep") and feasted on plenty of good food at J. Zhou Oriental Cuisine in The District in Tustin.
We dined on Peking Duck, Eggdrop Soup, Szechuan style spicy white fish, Sweet & Sour Pork, Lemon Chicken, Shrimp, and Fried Rice washed down with hot tea and plenty of Tsing-Tao beer.
Yum! Thanks to member Sean Zhang for coordinating the event.

Brown Club OC enjoyed an informative and engaging lecture January 26th by Brown Dean of Engineering, Larry Larson. Dean Larson told us how the Brown Design Workshop and Center for Entrepreneurship is at the core of making Engineering at Brown a truly interdisciplinary field of study. Many thanks to Principal Gordon McNeill and Sage Hill School for hosting the event.

 

Larry Larson, Brown's Dean of Engineering, speaks in Irvine Jan. 26, 2015

Once, telephones looked like this - and we thought they were good then!

We have come a LONG way. One of the leaders in today's wireless revolution is Larry Larson, Brown's Dean of Engineering, who holds over 40 patents. 

A long-time San Diegan, Larry is escaping the Providence winter to visit us in Orange County at

Location: Sage Hill School, 20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast, CA 92657
map: https://goo.gl/maps/xGOuu
Date: Monday, January 26, 2015, 7 - 8:30 PM 

Admission is free, but please register here
https://alumni.brown.edu/Alumni/BRAVO/Events/Registration.aspx?Event=1429
so we know how many to expect. And bring friends! 

Larry is an engaging and interesting speaker who is not only an expert on today's fast-moving communications and wireless technologies, but also the leader of America's 3rd-oldest Engineering Program at Brown University. You'll learn what's coming beyond 4G-LTE and what it takes to be part of a top Engineering school in the Age of STEM - and you will have a good time doing it. We'll see you at Sage Hill School Monday night at 7!

Take a look at what Brown Club OC is up to this winter!

Monday, January 26. HOLD THE DATE. Larry Larson, Brown Dean of Engineering and expert in the field of wireless communications, will speak at Sage Hill School from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Topic and details to be announced.

Saturday, January 31. Brown Alumni Interview program hosts a day of interviewing at Sage Hill School beginning at 10 a.m. Your help is needed to accommodate all the excellent applicants from the OC.
Sign up now by contacting Brown Alumni Interview chair for Orange County, Sean Zhang ’13, at Click to email Sean Zhang

Sunday, February 8. SPECIAL PURCHASE (1/23 UPDATE: ONE TICKET LEFT!) Ira Glass at the Barclay Theater, UCI, 3:00-5:00 p.m. If interested in attending, contact Chiyo Rowe at browncluboc@gmail.com or Barclay Theater ticket information.

Saturday, February 14. Brown Alumni Interview program hosts a day of interviewing at the Tiger Woods Learning Center in Anaheim beginning at 10 a.m. Your help is needed to accommodate all the excellent applicants from the OC.
Sign up now by contacting Brown Alumni Interview chair for Orange County, Sean Zhang ’13, at Click to email Sean Zhang

Saturday, February 21. HOLD THE DATE. Lunar New Year’s Dinner at J. Zhou Restaurant in the District in Tustin. For more details:Click to email Sean Zhang

Sunday, March 1. HOLD THE DATE. Anne Willan, award-winning author of The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook and One Souffl at a Time: A Memoir of Food and France will be doing a special appearance for BCOC at the Laguna Niguel Library followed by a book signing and special reception. Details to be announced.