The Northern California Branch of the Oxford University Society invites you to attend THE MAGIC FLUTE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Tuesday, June 19 at 7pm.

We are pleased to offer Oxford alumni a special 30% off regular ticket prices.

Meet us at 7pm in the main theater in the Orchestra section to attend the Pre-Opera Talk by a charismatic music scholar, Alexandra Amati-Camperi, who will present a 25-minute overview of the opera, with insights on the music, composer and historical background.

When: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 7pm (Opera Pre-Talk), 8pm (The Magic Flute).

Purchase tickets of your choice at: www.sfopera.com/offers

Enter offer code: OXALUM12

Please note that the number of spaces is limited.

Hope to see you there!

~ the OUSNC Management Team.

THE MAGIC FLUTE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart’s profound and whimsical final opera, a lighthearted tale of romantic love, spiritual transcendence and the beguiling art of bird-catching, returns in a vivid new production.

Endlessly inventive, charmingly fantastical and utterly unique, Mozart’s final and most beloved masterpiece is a playful but profound look at man’s search for love and his struggle to attain wisdom and virtue.

The internationally acclaimed ensemble cast is led by Rory Macdonald, and exciting young conductor with “a superb natural physical talent” (MusicalCriticism.com), and includes lyric tenor Alek Shrader, a “stylish, vivid” Mozartian (The New York Times); Heidi Strober, a soprano with “rare vivacity of voice and personality” (Houston Chronicle); Nathan Gunn, “a singer with unmistakable star power” (Opera News); Kristinn Sigmundsson, lauded for his performance in San Francisco Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier (2007); and, in the opera’s most virtuoso role, Russian soprano Albina Shagimuratova, who is “a phenomenon that must be heard to be believed” singing with “a rich and vibrant sound no matter how high the pitch” (Opera News).

In an imaginative new production by visual artist Jun Kaneko and sung in English, The Magic Flute is perfect for the whole family.

Note: This is a no-host event.

Special invitation to Oxford & Cambridge alumni Champagne Picnic at Cal Shakes—The Tempest

We have a few tickets left for the Champagne Picnic and Cal Shakes performance of The Tempest on Sunday, June 17.

The event begins at 2.15pm and for those who wish to participate, selective readings of key speeches of the play, a champagne brunch in the upper grove, a presentation by Cal Shakes dramaturg Dr. Philippa Kelly and then on to the performance with reserved seats. Tickets are $65 which includes brunch, pre theater talk and reserved seat.

If you wish to participate we are issuing tickets on a first come first served basis. The event is sponsored by the San Francisco Literary Society with this exclusive invitation to Oxford and Cambridge alumni. We hope you will join us for this engaging afternoon.

For details and information call Peter Robinson at 415 381 6671 or email sanfranlit@aol.com or mail checks (single tickets $65) directly to San Francisco Literary Society 8 Harbor Point Drive Ste 203 Mill Valley CA 94941

The Northern California Branch of the Oxford University Society invites you to attend The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 exhibition at the Legion of Honor on Saturday, June 9 at 9.30am.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Federle Orr, curator in charge of European Art for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will give a private tour to our members and their guests.

Meet us promptly at 9.30am by the main entrance. We will purchase our tickets and begin the tour with Dr. Orr.

Hope to see you there!

~ the OUSNC Management Team.

The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900

February 18, 2012 – June 17, 2012

The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900 is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity of the British Aesthetic Movement, tracing the evolution of this movement from a small circle of progressive artists and poets, through the achievements of innovative painters and architects, to its broad impact on fashion and the middle-class home. The superb artworks on view encompass the manifold forms of Victorian material culture: the traditional high art of painting, fashionable trends in architecture and interior decoration, handmade and manufactured furnishings for the “artistic” home, art photography, and the new modes of dress.

The Cult of Beauty showcases the entirety of the Aesthetic Movement’s output, celebrating the startling beauty and variety of creations by masters as diverse as artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill Whistler, and Edward Burne-Jones and designers E.W. Godwin, William Morris, and Christopher Dresser. The Legion of Honor is the only U.S. venue on the world tour, which includes the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

OUS Norcal is pleased to announce our first Happy Hour in the South Bay! We’ve been invited to a Cambridge mixer event at a venue owned by one of their alumni.

Yucca De Lac is a new Asian Fusion restaurant at the Stanford Shopping Center, with a full bar and a heated patio space

I know there have been many requests for events in the South Bay, so I’m looking forward to connecting with alumni  - of both Oxford and Cambridge – in the area!

http://www.yuccarestaurant.com

Our former entertainment officer Jeremy invites us to join him for a celebration of Golden Gate Bridge 75th.  There will also be a talk by a local historian on the history of GGB.

Some details -

Light refreshments served

Dress: a touch of International Orange!

7:30pm -“From Vision to Icon: Building the Golden Gate Bridge”

Program by local historian Peter Moylan.

8:45pm Happy Birthday toast to the Golden Gate Bridge & group photograph in front of “The Golden Gate Bridge” painting

9pm Drawing for special items

Please try to arrive before 7:30PM so you can enjoy the historical presentation. You’ll find plenty of free street parking in the vicinity at that time. If you wish to eat before-hand you could have tapas downstairs in the Coffee Bar, or, within two blocks, American cuisine at the Slow Club or sushi at Mikado.

The Program by Peter Moylan

Learn about the epic saga of the greatest theoreticians and designers of bridge building, fearless engineers and construction workers, and dedicated political and civic leaders, all led by a visionary with a desire for a monumental achievement of a lifetime, to build the Golden Gate Bridge.

Bridge historian Peter Moylan tells this story in a unique combination of documentary narrative and storytelling that captures the dramatic events and personal sacrifices of those whose faith in the future and the value of progress overcame vast challenges of finances, politics, and engineering to create one of the world’s greatest icons.

Further details here.

Note: this event is hosted by Manuel Fuertes of Isis.

Oxford alumni Manuel Fuertes and Special Projects Manager for Isis Innovation, the Technology Transfer company of the University of Oxford, will be in town week commencing 21st meeting with Technology investors for Oxford innovations.

If anyone is interested to find out more about the latest research results and spin-outs, he will be at happy hour drink at Americano on May 24, Thursday evening from 5.45pm to 7pm.

Please come and meet him or you can email him directly at manuel.fuertes@isis-innovation.com for more details.

Justin is sick and so this event is cancelled.

Prof. Justin Barrett is the Thrive Professor of Developmental Science and Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development of the Fuller Theological Seminary.  He is also a former Oxford researcher.  He will be in Bay Area for a book talk.

His new book is about the science of children’s religious belief.

http://fuller.edu/About-Fuller/News-and-Events/News/2012/Fuller-Professor%E2%80%99s-New-Book-Explores-Science-of-Children%E2%80%99s-Religious-Belief.aspx

The book talk will start at 7pm and we will have an informal dinner with him from 6 to 7 in Bangkok Patio.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/bangkok-patio-san-mateo

Please contact me for dinner reservation.

His new book will be available for purchase there through Books, Inc.

See you then.

Aaron

We have another alumni in town and we are able to attend James Fallows’ talk with 40% discount.  This is a no host event and here are the details.

http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-05-16/james-fallows-china-airborne

The discount code is OXFORD16 (case sensitive).

James Fallows: China Airborne Wed, May 16 2012 – 7:00pm

James Fallows: China Airborne

National Correspondent, The Atlantic; Author, China Airborne: The Dream of Aviation in Emerging China

Jonathan Weber - West Coast Bureau Chief, Reuters- Moderator

In 2011, China announced its five-year plan to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jumpstart the next phase of its aerospace industry. The country currently has many airports under construction, a growing workforce of engineers and assembly workers, and recently acquired two American companies specializing in small propeller planes. As the country continues to lead the charge to become the new leader in aviation power, Fallows discusses the scale of China’s ambitious plans and what that would mean, not only for the United States, but the rest of the world.

Location: Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA

Time: 6:30 p.m. check-in, 7 p.m. program, 8 p.m. book signing

Cost: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID)

Location Cubberley Community Center

The Northern California Branch of the Oxford University Society invites you to attend the Don Quixote Three-Act Story Ballet.

Approximate program length: 2 hours, 30 minutes.

Composer: Léon Minkus;

Production and Staging: Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov.

If you are interested in attending, you can sign up via the OUS Group page on the SF Ballet website. The page can be found at http://www.sfballet.org/oxfordalumni

Please note that the number of spaces is limited. Seats cost $38/person for group seating on the 2nd Balcony.

Make sure to RSVP to this Meetup as well so we all know who will be attending!

Maria Zalewska and the OUS NorCal Management Team.

The London Business School Alumni Association of San Francisco / Bay Area has cordially invited us to join them (together with alumni from other business schools) at a structured networking event.

Please note that space is limited, and you must register in order to attend. RSVPing to this Meetup is not sufficient to book a place!

Use the following link to register:

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=229786

Password: 0512FT_LBS

See flyer below.

FIRST TUESDAY

A Structured Networking Event for Alumni of Multiple Business Schools, including:

London Business School, Berkeley/Haas, Chicago/Booth, Columbia, Cornell/Johnson, Duke, Harvard, INSEAD, IMD, Kellogg, Michigan/Ross, MIT/Sloan, NYU/Stern, Oxford, Stanford, Tuck, Wharton, and Yale. 

For More Productive Networking in Times of Transition:

Whether you are ACTIVELY in search of a new opportunity, or

Have been THINKING about starting to look for a new challenge, or RECENTLY made a TRANSITION and Want to Encourage, Help, and Support fellow alumni, or You are and/or Your Company is HIRING!

or

You just want to keep building your network

Come Join Us

on Tuesday, May 1, 2012

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in

Downtown, San Francisco

(Location will be emailed to Registrants.)

***

Space is Limited and Registration is Required

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=229786

(Required password: 0512FT_LBS)