Tour the Calder Exhibit with the BSLUGS

On Sunday, November 9 at 3 p.m. we've arranged to have a docent-led tour of the exhibit, “Calder and Abstraction: From AvantGarde to Iconic” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.

Alexander Calder's abstract works revolutionized modern sculpture and made him one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. In collaboration with the Calder Foundation, this exhibition brings together 40 of the artist's mobiles (kinetic metal works) and stabiles (dynamic monumental sculptures) to explore how Alexander Calder introduced the visual vocabulary of the French Surrealists into the American vernacular -PEM website.

We'll meet in the museum lobby at 2:45 p.m. Tickets are $18 each. (Unfortunately you can't use any passes or memberships to get in for less.)  After the tour, join us as we head on over to O’Neill’s Irish Pub & Restaurant (120 Washington Street, Salem, MA 01970-3545) to enjoy live Irish music.

To reserve your space for the Calder Exhibit tour, please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 3 on the B-SLUGS Facebook page or email beatapana AT gmail DOT com.


*Boston Santa Cruz Local University Graduates

Two Fun 2014 Summer Events Coming Up – Mark Your Calendars and Join Us!

We hope you've had a good spring!  With summer around the corner we’re looking forward to getting together with UCSC folk, old friends and new.  We’ve planned two great events and hope you can join us.

ON SUNDAY, JUNE 22, we’ll be visiting SoWa market, in Boston’s South End.  It’s New England’s largest open-air arts market.  

We’ll meet at 11:30am at Cafe Green Light.   Click here for directions.

We will browse locally grown/produced food, handmade craft items, and art, and then eat lunch from a wide selection of food trucks.

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, at 11 a.m. we’ve arranged to have a docent –led tour of the exhibit, “Turner and the Sea” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.  “In the first full-scale examination of Joseph Mallord William Turner's lifelong preoccupation with the sea, this exhibition features iconic works spanning the artist's career from his transformative Academy paintings of the late 1790s and early 1800s, to the unfinished, experimental seascapes produced towards the end of his life.”—PEM website.

We’ll meet in the museum lobby at 10:30 a.m.  Tickets are $18 each.  (Unfortunately you can’t use any passes or memberships to get in for less.)

We can have lunch together at the Gulu Gulu Café.

The Turner Exhibit tour requires an rsvp by Friday, August 1.

If you are planning to come to either or both of these events, please rsvp on the B-SLUGS Facebook page or email beatapanagmailcom

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

The B-SLUG Board

BSLUGS Annual Meeting

It's time for the annual BSLUG planning meeting and elections.

Please come if you can - it's your chance to become involved with the Board and make a difference in what we do as a local alumni chapter. It's actually a lot of fun, so think about it and come check it out.

WHEN: Monday, May 12, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Flatbread Company at 45 Day Street, Somerville, MA (Davis Square)

This is when we begin planning our events for the year ahead. Do you have any ideas or suggestions about what you'd like us to do? Come to the Board meeting or send Beata an email (beata-dot-Panagopoulos-at-Verizonnet)!

It is also when we elect our board members - we always welcome new folks to the Board. Maybe you'd like to start as a Member-at-Large? Come to the Board meeting or email Beata.

Please RSVP by Sunday, May 11 if you plan on coming.

The BSLUG alumni group is a grassroots organization whose purpose is to provide opportunities for UCSC alums in the New England region to get together, have fun, network and support the educational and social ideals of our alma mater.

We hope to see you at the meeting!