(MIT Alum Comedian Betsy Salkind in Mill Valley Sunday) Feb. 4 at the THROCKMORTON -- Aundre and Betsy -- one night only tickets still available

Reminder: Sunday Feb. 4 at the THROCKMORTON -- Aundre and Betsy -- one night only Tickets still available
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Sunday, February 4 7:00pm
Throckmorton Theatre Mill Valley
Betsy Salkind and Aundre the Wonderwoman with musical guest Kitty Rose $20.00 General Admission, Doors 6:00pm $30.00 Pre-seating Admission, Doors 6:45pm
Buy tickets at TicketWeb or by calling 415.383.9600
http://www.142throckmortontheatre.com/events2.php#event505

Two powerful comedy headliners talk about politics, race, legs, squirrels and a whole lot more. Join the fun for an evening of laughter with Betsy Salkind and Aundre the Wonderwoman, joined by special musical guest Kitty Rose.

BETSY SALKIND The Boston Globe says, "There are countless ways to make someone laugh, and Betsy Salkind knows most of them. Want sarcastic wit? Political humor? Or maybe just a good animal mime? Salkind can pull all that off and more." Betsy Salkind was a writer for "Saturday Night Special" and "Roseanne," wrote and starred in the critically-acclaimed "Anne Frank Superstar," and has appeared as a stand-up on numerous TV shows including

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Best known for her squirrel impression, she refuses to be pigeonholed as a rodent. In addition to touring, the LA based comedian now writes for "Ethel's Law" (ethelspiliotes.blogspot.com).

AUNDR the WONDERWOMAN -- An Unforgettable Satirist--When Kings of Comedy star Steve Harvey first introduced Aundr the Wonderwoman to the comedy world, he described her as a "new comic with a funny way of saying things." An engaging and clever satirist, Aundr has been described as "The Queen of Nothing Sacred" and takes on everything from animal lovers to presidential politics. Aundr the Wonderwoman is an unforgettable performer, telling the truth in a funny way.

Between running a ranch in the small rural community of Hopland, California, riding her horses, herding cattle and other ranch chores, KITTY ROSE writes, sings, and performs some of the hottest classic country music you'll ever hear. Her "Greatest Hits!" CD is garnering raves from Americana and press around the country! She won the Outmusic award for Best Debut Female Artist in 2005, has performed at the famous Bluebird Cafe and Tootsies Orchid Lounge in Nashville where Patsy and Hank used to hang between Grand Ol?Opry shows, and will release her new CD "Kitty Rose Live at the Ryman" this month!

Jesus Save Me From Your Followers

The official Betsy Salkind website:
www.betsysalkind.com

Soho Screening Series (Updated)

CRIMSON SCREEN PARTNERS

SX MOBILE MEDIA
SCREENING SERIES

The Falcons Are 3 by Howie Alex
Nature Of The Beast by Nate Pommer
Quake by Peter Shanel
Tower Of Babel by Hue Rhodes
Across The Hall by Alex Merkin
Argo by Jordan Bayne
Bad Moon Rising by Alex Kaluzhsky
The Shave by Ravi Kumar

Monday
January 29th
7:00 - 9:00PM

Soho House
29-35 Ninth Ave & 14th Street

rsvp@crimsonscreen.com / 212-410-9404

[harvtechforum] 1/30 at HBS: Razorfish on Web 2.0 Design

We are excited to announce an excellent speaker!

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The Collaboration / Innovation Imperative:
Using Web 2.0 Design to share information more openly
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In her talk, "The Collaboration / Innovation Imperative," Amy Vickers of
Avenue A | Razorfish, one of the world's top marketing firms, will discuss
how collaborative web 2.0 technologies are changing the way enterprises do
business. Amy, Director and National Lead for Enterprise Solutions,
examines issues such as the pros and cons of companies using collaborative
technologies to share information more openly with their employees. She
will offer guidelines for responsibly and securely experimenting with new
technologies in the enterprise.

She has been working with Harvard Business School Professor Andrew McAfee on
this topic, and her work is described here in his blog:
http://blog.hbs.edu/faculty/amcafee/index.php/faculty_amcafee_v3/now_thats_what_im_talking_about/

Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm, with 30 min discussion period to follow
Place: Harvard Business School, Aldrich Room Number 7
Cost: Free
Beverages and light refreshments will be served.

Directions to the HBS Campus:
http://www.hbs.edu/about/visit.html

Limited street parking is available on Western Ave and North Harvard Street.

RSVPS are appreciated but not required to rdornin@hbs.edu.

Free, fun Avenua A | Razorfish giveaways will also be available.

Find out more about Razorfish at:
http://www.razorfish.com

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Amy Vickers is Director and National Lead for Enterprise Solutions and a
User Experience Consultant with Avenue A | Razorfish, the largest
interactive marketing and technology services firm and an operating unit of
Seattle-based aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT). Throughout her decade long
career as a user researcher, information architect, and enterprise solutions
strategist, Amy has helped Fortune 100 clients realize tangible business
value from user-centric design methodologies. Amy received her doctoral and
undergraduate education in art history, computer science, and philosophy
from Duke University.

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This meeting is being organized by the Harvard ABCD Design Working Group.

Eliza Grinnell (DEAS), Katie Giddings (HBS), and Rebecca Dornin (HBS) have
pulled together as a team to organize a few meetings this year for the ABCD
Design working group. The focus of our meetings will be on developing a
sense of community among those who work in Marketing and Communications,
Design, and User Experience at Harvard. Meeting topics will include graphic
design for print and the web, user experience design, and information
architecture. We will meet 5-6 times in 2006-2007, with a few presentations
at Lamont Library and also a few after hours networking events otherwise
known as "AFTAS" as mentioned above. Find out more about the Harvard ABCD
groups at http://www.abcd.harvard.edu.

Katie, Eliza, and Rebecca are all involved with the American Institute of
Graphic Artists, so we have close ties with the latest goings on in the
print, graphic design, user experience, and information architecture
industries.
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Rebecca Dornin
rdornin@post.harvard.edu
Web Designer and Web Application Developer
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/crimsonmedialab

http://www.crimsonmedialab.com

Tomorrow Henry Gates to Deliver Keynote Address in New York

"Gates to Deliver Keynote Address at Harvard Club of New York Annual Dinner Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will be delivering the keynoteaddress at the 141st Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Harvard Club of New York City to be held on Thursday, January 18, 2007. Please join your fellow Harvard Club of New York City and Harvard Black Alumni Society members for this very special event.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities and the Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Professor Gates is Editorin- Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center, the first comprehensive scholarly online resource in the field of African- American Studies and Africana Studies. In 2006, Professor Gates wrote and produced the PBS documentary "African-American Lives," the first documentary series to employ genealogy and science to provide an understanding of African-American history. He also wrote and produced the documentaries "Wonders of the African World" (2000) and "America Beyond the Color Line" (2004) for the BBC and PBS, and authored the companion volumes to both series.

Professor Gates earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English literature from Clare College at the University of Cambridge, and his B.A. summa cum laude in English language and literature from Yale University in 1973. Before joining the faculty of Harvard in 1991, he taught at Yale, Cornell, and Duke.

The evening will begin with cocktails at 6:00 P.M., followed by dinner at 7:00 P.M. After dinner, dessert and beverages will be served in Harvard Hall. You are urged to reserve promptly by mailing your reply card, calling the Program Office at 212-827-1202, or E-mailing programs@hcny.com. Note this event is open only to members of the Harvard Club.

For reservations contact Programs at 212-827-1202 or at programs@hcny.com."

Afghan Women/Five Years Later

Presented on the Washington Post web site:

THE WOMEN OF KABUL - A Multimedia Feature

Photos and Audio by Paula Lerner '83/'84

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/interactives/afghanistanwomen/

For a shorter link, please use this URL:

http://tinyurl.com/yxozja

Five years ago the Taliban fled Kabul, bringing an end to a harsh regime. This feature tells the stories of five women entrepreneurs in Kabul who are rebuilding their lives and their country by building their businesses. They are struggling to take control of their future against a backdrop of a country still recovering from decades of war and facing an ongoing insurgency.

Kindly forward this information to anyone who may be interested.

http://www.lernerphoto.com

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Paula Lerner Photography * Boston * 617-489-6747

paula@lernerphoto.com

Green Connect Update - SF Connect

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Greetings SF Connect Volunteers! Join Green Connect and the Community Clean Team on February 10th and 24th to keep our City Green, Clean, and Beautiful! February 10th: United Nations Plaza, 7th St at Market February 24th: Bayview Opera House, 3rd Street at Newcomb Join Green Connect from 9 AM - 12 PM for city wide impact days in Districts 6 & 10. Activities will include: park clean-up work, street cleaning, graffiti removal, and tree plantings. Volunteers will work with The Department of Public Works, Recreation and Parks Department, The Department of the Environment, Clean City Coalition and local residents like you in making San Francisco a cleaner, greener place to live and grow. To find out more about this project or to volunteer, please visit our web site at www.sfconnect.org SF Connect | 60 Spear Street, 9th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94105

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New York Academy of Sciences: "Medical Apartheid" Feb. 15th 2007 [Harvard School of Public Health Fellow]

"Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black
Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Speaker: Harriet A. Washington, author

Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of the
medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the
earliest encounters between Africans and Western medical researchers
and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the way both
slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted
without a hint of informed consent � a tradition that continues today
within some black populations.

It shows how blacks have historically been prey to grave-robbing as well
as unauthorized autopsies and dissections. Moving into the 20th century,
it shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and social Darwinism was used
to justify experimental exploitation and shoddy medical treatment of
blacks and a view that they were biologically inferior, oversexed, and
unfit for adult responsibilities.

Shocking new details about the government's Tuskegee experiment are
revealed, as are similar, less well-known medical atrocities conducted
by the government, the armed forces, and private institutions. Medical
Apartheid reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and
makes possible, for the first time, an understanding of the roots of
the African American health deficit.
Reception and Book Sale to follow
Log In to add this event to your calendar."

http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp?eventID=4117&date=2/15/2007%206:00:00%20PM

MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB): Leaders of Silicon Valley

[FYI. Perry, http://perrygregg.name]

"This upcoming MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) event will be a great
opportunity for anyone interested in starting their own business or
investing in one to network with VCs, entrepreneurs, and GSB
students. As you know, the moderator Ram Shriram from Sherpalo
Ventures was ranked 3 on the Forbes Midas List last year and is a
founding board member of Google. Our panelist Roelof Botha from
Sequoia Capital is a former CFO at PayPal and is on YouTube's Board
of Directors. The panel discussion will focus on how young
entrepreneurs create buzz for their startups, work with investors,
and create successful businesses.

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MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
Presents : Young Leaders of Silicon Valley
http://www.vlab.org

Registration
$35 - Online registration until Sunday, 1/14
$40 - Day of the event
https://www.vlab.org/site/register/

Date and Location
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at Stanford Graduate School of Business
6:00 - 7:30PM Networking/Buffet reception (Arbuckle Lounge)
7:00 - 8:30PM Panel discussion (Bishop Auditorium)

Moderator
Ram Shriram - Founder, Sherpalo Ventures

Panelists
Roelof Botha - Partner, Sequoia Capital
Alicia Morga - CEO, Consorte Media
Seth Sternberg - CEO, Meebo
Zaw Thet - CEO, 4INFO

Event Description

VLAB is kicking off its 2007 season by presenting some of Silicon
Valley's youngest and brightest entrepreneurs. Come join us for an
evening where we put the spotlight on these young entrepreneurs to
reveal the facts and dispel the myths behind the makings of hot
startups and young moguls. Whether you're interested in becoming the
next baby billionaire or would like to hear some sage advice from
this group of go-getters, this VLAB event promises to provide an
evening of insightful and inventive dialogue.

Our moderator Ram Shriram will quiz the panelists about what it takes
to not only create the right buzz for their products and companies,
but also to secure the funding and build upon it. Seth Sternberg of
Meebo and Zaw Thet of 4INFO have had great success in starting and
growing their online startups; both are familiar faces of the Web 2.0
movement. Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital and Alicia Morga of
Consorte Media are seasoned professionals in the online internet
space with experience as both startup executives and venture
capitalists with top tier firms.

We look forward to your participation!

About VLAB

The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) is the San Francisco Bay Area
chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum, a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech
entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people.
We provide a forum for entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture
capitalists, private investors and technologists to exchange insights
about how to effectively grow high-tech ventures amidst dynamic
market risks and challenges. In a world where markets change at
breakneck speed, knowledge is a critical source of competitive
advantage. Our forums provide an excellent opportunity to network and
learn about pivotal business issues, emerging industries and the
latest technologies.

http://www.vlab.org "

Clean-Tech Investor Summit

Hey, everyone--

Here's an invitation to the Clean-Tech Investor Summit, complete with discount coupon. Conference chair Ira Ehrenpreis is a great guy and this should be a terrific event.

Tina

Cleantech has been described as "the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century."

In my role as the Conference Chairman of the Clean-Tech Investor Summit on January 23-24, 2007 at The Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Palm Springs, CA, I am delighted to invite you to attend this conference and offer you the largest discount available.

Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, peak oil/production limitations, and the need to provide clean water and energy to the expanding economies of the world are just a few of the myriad global crises that clean technology companies are aggressively and successfully tackling. The critical need for solutions to these serious problems, combined with the promise of viable, sustainable technologies to address them, have catapulted Cleantech to the forefront of the venture capital industry. Indeed, Cleantech has become one of the most exciting and fastest growing areas of the private equity asset class.

The 3rd Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit brings together an unprecedented group of presenters who are leading the charge in Cleantech, including: Vinod Khosla, Founder & General Partner of Khosla Ventures; Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico; Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower; Mike Eckhart, President of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE); Dan Arvizu, Director of The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); Steve Westly,Former Controller, State of California; Barbara Finamore, Director of NRDC's China Clean Energy Program; Bob Hemphill, EVP, Global Business Development at AES Corp.; Peter Corsell, President and CEO, GridPoint; Philip Mezey, Sr. VP, Software Solutions, Itron; Jeffrey Fulgham, Chief Marketing Office, GE Water and Process Technologies; Martin Tobias, CEO, Imperium Renewables; Charlie Gay, VP and General Manager, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials; Martin Eberhard, CEO, Tesla Motors; and Richard Goldstein, CEO, Current Communications and several notable others.

These impressive speakers will offer their insights into how private equity investors are tackling some of the world's most critical energy, water, and materials science challenges. To see the full agenda, go to

http://www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/control/exhibitorsimages/agenda/CTIS_Agenda%2012-19-06.pdf.

For more information or to register, go to http://www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/viewdetails.asp?lstconfname=183 and use discount code IRACHLTR to receive a $350.00 discount off your registration. (NOTE: if you've already registered, this offer is not retroactive.) Feel free to forward this offer to your colleagues if you think they'd find the conference worthwhile.

If you'd like to discuss Technology Partners' investment perspective on the Cleantech sector, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.

I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully to seeing you in Palm Springs!

Best regards,

Ira Ehrenpreis

General Partner, Technology Partners

Conference Chairman, 2007 Clean-Tech Investor Summit

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Ira Ehrenpreis

General Partner

Technology Partners

550 University Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94301

(650) 289-9000

(650) 289-9001 fax

ira@technologypartners.com

Mendelssohn piano concerto, Sunday 1/21

The Saratoga Symphony (www.saratogasymphony.com) will be performing its second concert of the season, with yours truly as the soloist for Mendelssohn's 2nd piano concerto in D minor.

Sunday, Jan. 21 at 3:00 pm
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
13601 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga, CA

The program...

Overture 1957 Doran
Piano Concerto No. 2 Mendelssohn
Emil Gilliam, piano
Symphony No. 2 Reinecke

The concert is free with Contributions Appreciated. I hope to see some of you there!

- Emil

Boulevard3 Ivy Plus Society Wed. 1/31/2007

http://ivyplussociety.org for details. Starts at 7 PM in Hollywood. No one allowed in w/o advance sign-up.

Are you doing what you can to create and nurture connections and support colleagues?

Perry
http://perrygregg.name