The Alumni Board will meet in Yellow Springs during the third weekend in October to adopt a slate for elections to fill board seats in 2011. We are eager to know of anyone you might suggest who would be interested in running for the board, as well as any background and supporting information you can provide.

Positions on the ballot are filled in confidential meetings of the board, which considers past involvement with Antioch College and the Alumni Association, history of donations to the college, skills and achievements, geographic diversity, class year, ethnicity and other factors. The election will be conducted next spring.

Nominations may be emailed to me at tdklass or to Fred Kraus, who provides administrative support to the board’s Nominating Committee.  To give the committee sufficient time to review all the names, nominations should be made by September 17.

If you have suggested someone in the past, we likely still have that individual in our database but feel free to submit that name again.  Feel free to circulate this notice on any local chapter email lists or other sources of information for Antioch alumnae/alumni.  The more names we receive, the better our choices can be.

Tim Klass
Nominating Committee chair

Antioch College will present a vibrant, all-male production of the Greek classic OEDIPUS REX, performed “exactly as Sophocles intended it,” at 6:00 p.m. August 20 to 22 in the Antioch Amphitheater, 795 Corey Street in Yellow Springs. Tickets for the show will be a $15 suggested donation.

The cast of 14, which includes local actors along with members of the Faux-Real Theatre ensemble of New York City, will utilize the performance techniques of the ancient Greeks to perform a traditional rendition of Sophocles’ dramatic masterpiece, Faux-Real Director Mark Greenfield said.

More than 2,000 years ago, the Greeks performed in brightly colored wigs, fantastical costumes, and masks that acted as megaphones. The production will incorporate the colorful aesthetic of these ancient performances, and the actors will utilize a broad physical style that is powered by live music, song and dance.

Greenfield, 1986 graduate of Antioch College, is the founding artistic director of the Faux-Real Theatre Company, with whom he has created such shows as FUNBOX Times Square, William Shakespeare’s Haunted House and Htebcam (A Backwards Re-working of Macbeth). In addition to his work with Faux-Real, Greenfield was a writer for the Drew Barrymore film Whip It, and the lead actor in the Amir Naderi film VEGAS: Based on a True Story. He toured the country for two years with IMAGO the Theatre Mask Ensemble, and he played Arlecchino for five-years with the Southern Italian Commedia dell’Arte company I Giullari Di Piazza.

The OEDIPUS REX production team includes a host of NYC-based Antioch College alumni, including assistant director Alessandra DeMeo ‘87; set designer Michael Casselli ’87 (relocated to YSO); mask designer Lynda White ’88; and musician Jeff Wood ‘88.

The weeklong workshop series, MAKE THEATRE ANYWHERE, runs from Friday, August 13, to Thursday, August 19. Participants will meet nightly to explore the skills necessary to create a show and to perform it anywhere. The workshop culminates in the creation of a 15-minute production that will be performed in the Amphitheater as a companion piece to OEDIPUS REX. The workshops will be from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The cost is $35 for the entire week. The workshops will be conducted on campus at Antioch College.

To join the production of OEDIPUS REX or to inquire about MAKE THEATRE ANYWHERE, write to fauxrealtheatre or call 917-687-4998.

An audio recording of the meeting should be available soon.  Please check back later for information.

We missed some people for the sign-in process and didn’t get complete information from everyone who did sign-in to the meeting, but for those who expressed an interest in knowing, here’s what we have for attendees by decade:
1940s – 2
1950s – 17
1960s – 15
1970s – 15
1980s – 6
1990s – 7
2000s – 11

It’s vitally important now at this early ramp-up stage that alumni and friends contribute at least a small amount to the College because we need to dramatically increase our alumni participation numbers.  The percentage of participating alumni has an enormous effect on large scale fundraising/support efforts and really can mean the difference between success and failure of this venture to re-open Antioch College as a vibrant liberal arts institution.  Please give what you can and ask all those you know to do the same.  Reconnect with old friends and inspire them to reconnect with Antioch College.

SUPPORT ANTIOCH COLLEGE – Antioch College Alumni Association – CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Matthew Derr (Chief Transition Officer) and Morgan Fellows Beverly Rodgers and Jean Gregorek will be in NYC to make some presentations, answer some questions, celebrate and socialize with us.

Our meeting will be in the Assembly Hall in the basement of Judson Memorial Church near Washington Square Park. We have had meetings there before so you may remember it.

239 Thompson Street
(between West 3rd and Washington Square South. The door is in the middle of the block)

SUBWAY
A,B,C,D,E,F,V to W4
R,W to 8th St/NYU
6 to Astor Place
PATH train to 9th Street

** STARTING PROMPTLY AT 7pm **
We can begin arriving at 6:30, but to maximize our time, please plan accordingly and arrive on time.

We will have light snacks and refreshments, but feel free to bring a little non-messy snack or beverage if you like.

Fully ADA accessible with elevator, but unfortunately no internet connectivity.

EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK:

www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=176465533054

REUNION — October 2 – 4

WORK PROJECT WEEK — September 25 – October 2
The week before the official Reunion opening on October 2nd, alumni from many eras will come to campus and engage in work projects to help restore the campus and prepare for Reunion. The Work Project this year will focus on the Olive Kettering Library, which is in need of some good old fashioned TLC! Work at “the Big Olive” will include cleaning, organizing, repairing and painting.

Other projects include work in the garden and various groundskeeping needs. Past years’ Work Project participation rate has varied, with 18 being the smallest number of volunteers and 45 being the largest. Let’s make this year the biggest one yet! Join us and share a common present and a common past.

As always we will provide Housing  (in the units dormitory or a homestay).  Elin Shallcross ’67 and Trudi have volunteered for breakfast and lunch duty as well.  Work project volunteers are also welcome to stay in their dorm rooms for the reunion weekend as well.

Let us know you are coming for work project and your housing needs by calling or emailing Duffy at sduffy" target="_blank">sduffy or (866)767-2341

Please check back often as it will be changing rapidly as we move further along the path towards the renewed, revitalized Antioch.

Matthew Derr (Chief Transition Officer for the ACCC) answers questions about JOB POSTINGS:
http://listen.antiochians.org/2009/08/05/ns-080509-matt-d-answers-job-posting-questions

AUDIO RECORDING OF THE 7/27 NYC CHAPTER MEETING:
http://listen.antiochians.org/2009/07/28/ny-alumni-chapter-meeting-072709

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MONDAY July 27
7:15 – 10pm
273 Bowery
University Settlement at the Houston Street Center
2nd Floor, Classroom #1

*** PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL ***
~ we can arrive no earlier than 7pm and must cleaned up and gone by 10pm ~

http://tinyurl.com/7-27-nyc – view the invitation on Facebook

The boards of Antioch University and the Antioch College Continuation Corporation (ACCC) have unanimously voted in favor of a set of definitive agreements for the creation of an independent Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, including the transfer of the campus and endowment.

Lee Morgan ’66, Chair of the ACCC Transition Task Force, Matthew Derr ’89, Chief Transition Officer for the ACCC and Aimee Maruyama ’96, Director of Alumni Relations, will be in NYC to celebrate with us, give us details and field questions.

Please pass along to all NYC area alums you know.

We’ll pass the hat to help offset the cost of renting the meeting space.

It would be helpful to all if everyone read these articles before coming to the meeting:
YS NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT TRANSITION
http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2009/07/070909_antioch.html
GLCA PRESS RELEASE
http://www.glca.org/?news=169

Getting to the meeting by subway:
F,V – 2 Av/Lower East Side
B,D,F,V – Broadway/Lafayette
6 – Bleecker Stree
R,W – Prince Street
J,M,Z – Bowery

More details on www.antiochians.org:
Celebrate! http://tinyurl.com/r8smre
Press release: http://tinyurl.com/qfqkep

REUNION 2009!
Work Project Sept 28 – Oct 1
Reunion Oct 1 – 4
http://tinyurl.com/pw4q6y

From Peter Townsend, former Environmental Science professor at Antioch College:

http://tinyurl.com/b26296