Events

Next Ivy League Club Event:  October 2nd –   Jeff Rodgers the Provost and Chief Operating Officer of the South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium, will present a science program that will set the stage for a possible future planetarium/museum/aquarium visit for our members.  On July 17th Brynne Anne Besio, the CEO of the museum, discussed the expansion of the museum and described the museum’s facilities.  Jeff Rodgers will explain some of the science that the museum provides for people of all ages.  Before joining the South Florida Museum in 2004 as its Director of Education and the Bishop Planetarium as its Director in 2005, he served as the Director of the Moveable Museum Program of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and Executive Director of the Children’s Science Center in Cape Coral.  This past April he regaled members of the Yale Club visiting the museum with fascinating information on astronomy, paleontology and archaeology.




FALL NIGHT AT THE OPERA—Barber of Seville, Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:30PM
This fall’s Night at the Opera will be Thursday, November 8th at 7:30pm.  We will be seeing Gioachino Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” or ”The Useless Precaution”, one of the great opera buffa classics. It is presented in 2 acts.  Prior to the performance is our optional opera dinner at the Bijou Café across the street from the Opera House. The dinner will be in the Bird Room to the right of the main dining room. We meet at 5pm and the kitchen requests that orders be given by 5:20pm, so folks aren’t rushed for dinner. We will have the standard full menu available. Tickets are $88.00 each, and you can order online at www.theivyleagueclub.com Please remember to let us know online how many in your party plan to attend the dinner. We have room for 30. For more information, contact Jack Wright at jackwright22@verizon.net.


THE MUSIC MAN AT THE ASOLO THEATER—Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2PM
Join us for a lively performance of The Music Man at the Asolo Theater on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2PM. The Music Man was the sensation of Broadway when it opened in 1957 and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Still an American institution, its score features both one-of-a-kind rousing marches like “Seventy-Six Trombones” and soaring ballads including “Till There Was You.” Excellent center front orchestra seats reserved for our Club members/ guests are $72.00 per ticket. Deadline to purchase tickets is Nov. 14. All ticket sales are final. Tickets can be purchased on the Club’s website: www.theivyleagueclub.com or to pay by check, make check payable to “The Ivy League Club” and mail to: The Ivy League Club, Attn: Theater Tickets, P. O. Box 2845, Sarasota, FL 34230-2845. Tickets will be held at Will Call on day of performance. For more information, contact Sharon Avison at sharon.avison@gmail.com.

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA AT THE VAN WEZEL– Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 2:30PM
Join us for the Masterworks: To Sarasota With Love Concert at the Van Wezel on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 2:30PM. This is one of the final concerts with Conductor Anu Tali, celebrating her six year tenure as Music Director with the Sarasota Orchestra. The program will feature principal players with the Sarasota Orchestra. This musical love letter to our community will include Ravel’s Bolero, an epic love story, a magical story of adventure, and a duet based on the fairytale Beauty and the Beast. Excellent front center orchestra seats have been reserved for our members/guests. Tickets are $80.00 each and deadline to purchase tickets is Nov. 14. All tickets sales are final. Purchase tickets on the Club’s website: www.theivyleagueclub.com or to pay by check, make check payable to “The Ivy League Club,” and send to:  The Ivy League Club, Attn: Orchestra Tickets, P. O. Box 2845, Sarasota, FL 34230-2845.  Tickets will be held at Will Call on day of performance. For more information, contact Sharon Avison at sharon.avison@gmail.com.

Individual School Events

The following listings include only those club events that are open to all Ivy League Club members.

 
BROWN:                     Check with your Club for activities.
COLUMBIA:               Check with your Club for activities.
CORNELL:                 Check with your Club for activities.

DARTMOUTH:          On October 19, 2018,  Kate Alexander, associate director, Florida Studio Theatre, will discuss the Sarasota theatre scene.   Lunch will take place at Marina Jack.  Mingle at 11:30, lunch at noon, and finish by 1:30PM.  Price is $25 per person and includes meal, tax and tip.  No reservations required.  Pay at the door with a check to Dartmouth Club of Sarasota or cash (exact change appreciated).  All Ivy Leaguers and friends welcome.  Further information available from John Bash D’67 at ejbash@gmail.com or (941)924-8123. 

HARVARD:                 Check with your Club for activities.         
PENN:                        Check with your Club for activities.
PRINCETON:            Check with your Club for activities.
YALE:                       Check with your Club for activities.


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