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Wednesday, October 7, 1998
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
(near 20th Street & Park Avenue), NYC
8pm program -- no rsvp necessary.
Questions?    Gary: (212) 604-4823 or gshapirony@aol.com

Wendy Lesser, the editor of The Threepenny Review, moderator

Dale Peck ||  Francine Prose  || Vijay Seshadri  ||  Susan Sontag

business attire required (jacket and tie for men); $5.00 voluntary contribution

Founded in 1980, The Threepenny Review has become one of America's leading literary and intellectual journals. A quarterly magazine that reviews literature, theater, film, television, dance, music, and the visual arts, as well as featuring poetry, fiction, memoirs, and socio-political articles, The Threepenny Review (as noted by the Times Literary Supplement) "achieves a distinct regional flavour without seeming provincial."
Contributors include A.S. Byatt, Margaret Drabble, P.N. Furbank, Thom Gunn, Elizabeth Hardwick, Diane Johnson, Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Maurice Sendak, and Wislawa Szymborska, along with the four authors who will be appearing with the editor on October 7th.

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November 3, 1998 (Election Day) author Janet Wallach will speak on her new book Chanel: Her Style and Her Life (Doubleday).

Location: National Arts Club 6:30 pm
Free slide lecture and booksigning. Business attire.
15 Gramercy Park South (near 20th Street and Park Ave).
Questions: please call (212) 604-4823 or email: gshapirony@aol.com

"From this century," Andre Malraux once remarked, "in France, three names will remain: De Gaulle, Picasso, and Chanel." Coco Chanel introduced the comfortable cardigan sweater, affordable faux pearls, shoulder bags, and many other fashion innovations. Chanel was, quite simply, the most influential designer of the 20th century. Come learn about the woman whom Salvador Dali once called "the best-dressed body and soul in the world."

The author Janet Wallach is the author of the biography Desert Queen: The Extraordinalry Life of Gertrude Bell. She has also written two books on fashion.

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November 13,1998  6:30pm
British author Michael Ignatieff will speak on his new book Isaiah Berlin: A Life (Holt)
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South (near 20th Street & Park Avenue);
Free lecture and booksigning. Business attire.
Questions: please call (212) 604-4823 or email gshapirony@aol.com

Greta Garbo, upon meeting Isaiah Berlin reportedly said "You have beautiful black eyes." Isaiah Berlin, the Oxford philosopher and champion of liberal democracy, led a fascinating life working British Information Service in New York City , as a diplomat in Washington, D.C. before becoming a legendary scholar and teacher at Oxford. His work "The Hedgehog and the Fox" (comparing Tolstoy's and Dostoevsky's views of history) brought him world-wide fame. Berlin was a Fellow of All Souls, President of Wolfson College (Oxford) and President of the British Academy.

Michael Ignatieff worked a decade with Berlin on this authorized biography. Ignatieff is the author of The Warrior's Honor (on ethnic war) and The Needs of Strangers (a study of altruism), and a novel Scar Tissue, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books , The New Yorker and The New Republic. He resides in London.

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December 16, 1998 (Wednesday)
Location: The National Arts Club   BENTLEY ON BRECHT
15 Gramercy Park South (near 20th Street and Park Avenue), NYC
Dress Code: business attire (jacket and tie for men)
Time: 8:00pm talk; reception will follow the program
Free event -- information: gshapirony@aol.com or (212) 604-4823

Bentley on Brecht

Rarely in the history of the theatre, or even of literature, perhaps, has one writer had the influence over the destiny and historical and critical perception of another.

Eric Bentley has been Bertolt Brecht's other, off-stage voice almost since the two met at UCLA in 1942. Bentley (BA 1938, Oxford, PhD 1941, Yale) has helped shape Brecht's literary fate both in the U.S. and abroad. Bentley has been the Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard, as well as drama critic at The New Republic, and holds an honorary doctorate from the New School for Social Research. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to his many books, such as The Pirandello Commentaries (1985), The Kleist Variations (1982), and The Brecht Memoir (1986), The Florida Theatre Festival is named in his honor.  
Book-signing of Bentley on Brecht (Applause Books, 1998) after the program.

23rd Annual Communications Dinner
and
"Hall of Fame" Awards Gala

Thursday  May 8, 1999  "Hall of Fame" Awards Gala

AT: The National Arts Club,
15 Gramercy Park So., NYC
TIME: 6 pm cocktails, 7 pm supper.

Bold-faced names at leading newspapers, business magazines, and recognized broadcasters have confirmed their attendance on May 5th.  
Look who's coming.

    CONFIRMED GUEST LIST:
Check alphabetically: [A-G] [H-Q] [R-Z]
 

        [A-G] Read the Program or bio-notes of all honorees.  
     

Nancy Ames;
Salvatore Arena, reporter, The Daily News, class of 1976;
Michael Arena, reporter, Newsday;
Sy Barasch, class of 1949B;
Whitman Bassow, class of 1941;
Julie Baumgold, novelist;
Sanford Beldon, class of 1954B;
Conrad G. Bradford, Bradford Creative;
Joel Blumberg, President, Aurora Pens of Italy;
Ralph Blumenthal, reporter, The New York Times;
Linda Burgharot, class of 1968;
Mark Clements, class of 1944B;
Paul Constantinescu, ABC-TV News, taping the "Hall of Fame" Awards Gala;
Marilyn Corradini, Public Relations, Polo Ralph Lauren;
Ray Corio, assistant sports editor, The New York Times;
Charles DeCicco, class of 1967;
Barbaralee Diamonstein Spielvogel, chair, Landmarks Preservation Committee;
Bob Diskin, class of 1965;
Joan Donnen-Klips, class of 1966;
Joel Dreyfuss, former editor, Inc., class of 1971;
Anthony Durniak, class of 1975T;
Jerry Eskenazi, sports desk, The New York Times;
John Feinstein, author, columnist, Washington Post, National Public Radio;
Marcia Feinstein;
Martin Feinstein, executive director, Kennedy Cultural Center, class of 1942;
Jerry Feniger, class of __;
Jack Finger, class of 1942;
Micah Finkel
Mollie Finkel
Noah Finkel
Risa Finkel, class of 1974;
Henry Foner, class of 1939;
Tom Foty, class of 1970;
Reuven Frank, class of 1942;
Mrs. Reuven Frank;
Bonnie Geller-Geld, class of 1970;
Mort Gerber, class of 1952B;
Ralph Ginzburg, 1949B;
Shoshana Ginzburg;
Selvin Gootar, class of 1972;
Vivian Gornick, author;
Peter Grad, class of 1975;
Ernest Graf, class of 1941;
Larry Gralla, president-founder, Gralla Publications, class of 1951;
Sam Gronner, class of 1970;
Elliot Gruenberg, class of 1938T;

              [H-Q]  Read bio-notes of each honoree.  See the May 5th Program. 
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Abe Habenstreit, class of 1958;
Barbara Habenstreit, class of 1958;
Clyde Haberman, columnist, The New York Times, class of 1966;
Dr. Shelly Halpern, class of 1958;
Phyllis Harbus, class of 1963;
Andrei Hartt, V.P., Marketing, Soomskaya Riabinovaya Vodka;
Charles Haseloff, class of 1968;
Steven Holmes, Washington Bureau, correspondent, The New York Times;
A. Victoria Hunter, class of 1974;
Jerome Jacobson, class of 1951;
Theodore Jones, class of 1955;
Stewart Kampel, Long Island Weekly Editor, The N.Y. Times, class of 1959B;
Mrs. Stewart Kampel;
Mike Katz, sports desk, The Daily News;
Michael T. Kaufman, former columnist, The New York Times;
Barbara Kent, class of 1959B;
Mary Kilgarriff, Public Relations Director, Polo Ralph Lauren;
Marvin Kitman, syndicated columnist, TV critic of Newsday; class of 1953;
Carol Kitman;
Edward Kosner, former editor, Esquire; class of 1958;
Bill Laux, official photographer of "Hall of Fame" Awards Gala;
Israel Levine, class of 1946;
Claude Lewis, columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer, class of 1958;
Simon Lippa, class of 1940;
Morris Losch, class of 1933, 1935;
Myles Losch, class of 1965;
LindaAnn Loschiavo, columnist, L'IDEA; reviewer, American Book Review;
Ian MacCauley, class of 1960;
Marnie Winston-MacCauley;
Phyllis Malamud-Clark, class of 1960;
Anne Mancuso, culture desk, The New York Times, class of 1975;
Lawrence Mayer, class of 1940;
Andrew McGowan, President, PCS Broadcast Services;
Angela Marisa Mendola, Assistant Manager, Feature News Service, PR Newswire;
Jerome Miller, Senior Vice President, Financial Relations Board;
Jerry Miller, class of 1960;
Joshua Mills, author, professor, Columbia School of Journalism;
Ira Neiger, class of 1943;
Jonathan Neumann, Enterprise Ed., Philadelphia Inquirer, class of 1971;
Michael Oreskes, Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times, class of 1975;
Jeffrey Peck, V.P., Aurora Pens of Italy;
Marlene Petlick, class of 1976;
Lionel Phillips, class of 1973;
Warren Pincus, Assistant to Commissioner, National Hockey League;
Tomislav Podreka, co-owner, Serendipitea;
Walter Porges, class of 1953;

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Selwyn Raab, reporter, The N.Y.Times ['Kojak' character modeled on him], class of '56;
Frank Raphael, class of 1971;
A.M. Rosenthal, columnist, The New York Times, class of 1949;
Shirley Lord Rosenthal, author;
Irving Rosenthal, Professor Emeritus, City College, class of 1933, 1934E;
Mrs. Irving Rosenthal;
Bernard Roshco, class of 1950;
Myron Rushetzky, class of 1975CE;
Robert Rusting, class of 1947;
Leo Sacks, class of 1977;
Brett Savage, Media Relations Representative, PR Newswire;
David Savona, Senior Editor, Cigar Insider, M. Shanken Publications;
R. Schiffer, class of 19__;
Selma Schiffer;
Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio, Senior Correspondent;
Philip Scheffler, Executive Editor, "60 Minutes";
Jack Schwartz, class of 1959;
Morty Schwartz, class of 1957;
Kalman Seigel, class of 1939;
Daniel Shanoff, class of __;
Howard Shapiro, class of __;
Mort Sheinman, Managing Editor, Women's Wear Daily, class of 1954;
Audrey Shepard;
Daniel Shepard;
Stephen B. Shepard, Editor-in-Chief, Business Week, class of 1961T;
Trudy Shepard;
George Sherry, class of 1944;
Niki Singer, V.P., M. Shanken Communications, Wine Spectator;
Joan Snyder, Director, Video Unit, Parks Department, class of 1957;
Sanford Socolow, class of 1950;
Andy Soltis, reporter, The New York Post;
Greer St. John, class of  __;
Robert Stein, class of 1947;
Henry Stern, Commissioner, N.Y.P.R.A., class of 1954;
Art Stevens, President, Lobsenz-Stevens; class of 1957;
Mark Stuart, class of __;
Bradley Telias, class of 71;
Esther Tolkoff, reviewer, Backstage;
Manuela Tramontina, Public Relations Manager, SanPellegrino USA;
Linda Villano, co-owner, Serendipitea;
Conrad Waldinger, class of 1956;
Lawrence Weiner, class of 1947;
Norman Weiser, class of 1953;
George Weissman, class of 1939B;
Mildred Weissman;
Michelle Williams, class of 1978;
Roberta Ziegel, class of 1958;
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                                Read the May 5th Program.

Nine national media achievers will be honored; 175 attendees are expected -- all of them top print and broadcast journalists.

These are some of the media elite who attended CCNY as undergraduates and who
mastered the field of print and broadcast communicating [before the institution of
CCNY's School of Communications] under Professor Irving Rosenthal, whom The
New York Times has applauded as "a one man school of journalism."  

    Read a bio-note for each honoree.

Reuven Frank: former head of "NBC News"
Edward Kosner: former editor-in-chief, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Esquire
Claude Lewis: former columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jonathan Neumann: Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Philadelphia Inquirer
A.M. Rosenthal: columnist, The New York Times
Irving Rosenthal: Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism, CCNY,  
[whose son, Robert Rosenthal is V.P. & Editor-in-Chief, The Philadelphia Inquirer];
Joan Snyder: former producer, "60 Minutes"
Carl Spielvogel: founder, ad agency: Backer, Spielvogel, Bates
George Weissman, former CEO, Philip Morris, Chairman Emeritus, Lincoln Center                           for the Performing Arts.
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Nine special gift bags are being presented [as well as 175 regular gift bags]. The nine achievers will be joining a "Hall of Fame" at C.C.N.Y.'s School of Communications.

Invitations (2,000 invitations going only to media alumni) were mailed in March. There'll be a Program with bios, photographs of the honorees, and ads.

May 5th's event is by "invitation only" and attendance is limited to our media alumni list and event sponsors.  Sponsors' names and logos appear on the invitation, in The Communicator, in the souvenir Program, and below.

The May 5 Event Committee thanks these donors and sponsors for their support:
Howard Rubenstein Associates * Morgen-Walke, Inc. * George Weissman *
Carl Spielvogel * Art Stevens * David Finn * and also

    
                       
* Bedell Cellars * Claricom, Inc., NYC * Corey Creek Vineyards *
* Havoc Maker Hot Sauces & Chilis * The New York Times * PR Newswire *
* Palmer Vineyards * PaperDirect * Polo Ralph Lauren * Philip Morris Companies *
* SanPellegrino USA * Serendipitea * Soomskaya Ashberry-Flavored Vodka *
* The Source * Southampton Publick House * Toblerone Chocolate * Wine Spectator *

 
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Thank you for your involvement.     Read the May 5th Program.

   Request Invitation

Stewart Kampel, President, CCNY Alumni Association, School of Communications
e-mail: kampel@nytimes.com
The New York Times
attn: S. Kampel, Editor, Long Island Weekly
229 West 43rd Street, NYC 10036-3959
[212] 556 - 4251

LindaAnn Loschiavo, Media Coordinator
tel: [212] 477- 0893; fax: [212] 533 - 4073
http://members.aol.com/nonstopNY/events98.htm
nonstopNY@aol.com

Items should be sent to: THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003;  Attn: Andrew McGowan -- for Tuesday May 5th "Hall of Fame Awards Night"

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