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Hilary Masters '52 is currently a professor of English and Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon. His published works include nine novels, two collections of short fiction, a collection of personal essays, and a memoir. He has received numerous awards, including the 2003 Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in June 2005 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ranked Professor Hilary Masters 15th in a list of the region's top 50 creative forces. Some of his recent work involves people and places in Pittsburgh, such as his ninth novel, Elegy for Sam Emerson, set in modern day Pittsburgh on Mount Washington, and his essay "Shadows on a Wall" about Edgar Kaufmann who built Falling Water. In this special reading with Hilary Masters, we will hear an essay and a short story, each to be published in new collections of his work next year. We hope to see you there! |
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| For our Fall Event on Saturday, October 11, 2008, the Brown Club of Pittsburgh invited local CMU Professor and Brown alum Hilary Masters '52 to present two readings that will be published in new collections of his work next year. Professor Masters read selections from a short story and an essay, each of which captured the vagaries of residents of a small town. Full of subtle humor and observations about death and the daily events that shape life's journey, Professor Masters's readings revealed his talent at using imagery to create a vivid picture of small town life. In a clever and whimsical way, his writings showed how each of us is affected by those who live around us. |  |
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 Brown Send-Off Party! What: A party for us to congratulate incoming Brown students from Pittsbugh and to give them the opportunity to speak with current Brown students and Brown alumni from Pittsburgh. |
 From the Brown website: Van Wickle Gates (1901) and University Hall (1770). By tradition, students pass through these gates only twice: in when they enter as freshmen and out when they leave as graduating seniors. |
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The Brown Send-Off Party held on Sunday, August 10, 2008 from 1 - 4 p.m. was a great success! We had five out of ten incoming freshmen from western Pennsylvania attend. One student even drove two-and-a-half hours all the way from Erie! Thank you to everyone who attended, answered their questions, and made them feel welcome. A special thank you to Joe and Regina Fieschko who generously provided their beautiful home and prepared the food for the event. Congratulations to the newest Brown students from western Pennsylvania! |
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Our visit on April 16th by Brown History Professor Howard Chudacoff was a great success! When: Where: Cost: An RSVP is not required, but if you think you may be coming, please email our secretary Stacey at stacey.aa@gmail.com so we can get a rough count.
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| Lecture by Professor Howard Chudacoff: Children At Play: An American History Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Reception Place: Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, Schenley Drive, University of Pittsburgh campus. For directions, see http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/frick/fine_arts.html Cost: $10 for Brown Club of Pittsburgh members $15 for Non-Members $20 to attend the event and become a member of the Brown Club of Pittsburgh You may pay at the door RSVP: By April 12 by e-mailing Jenny Mitnick at jennymitnick@hotmail.com with the subject heading "Brown Club of Pittsburgh" |
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Professor Howard Chudacoff’s new book, Children At Play: An American History, has been featured twice in The New York Times and has generated considerable debate on radio talk shows across the country. Focusing on the tensions between what adults wanted children to do and what children wanted to do for themselves, Chudacoff traces the history of how children have played, and raises questions about how much freedom children have had, and should have, in their play. In the colonial era, children typically played with improvised toys, and parents tried to prevent play from degenerating into idleness, insisting that games must serve God or family. In the 19th century, consumer culture intersected with a new conception of childhood as a life stage to be cherished, while children increasingly played with toys that brought them into contact with the market. By the 20th century, adults, influenced in part by new concerns over child safety, directed kids off the streets and into playgrounds, where they could be carefully supervised. The tension between parental prerogatives and children's autonomy manifests itself still: parents try to keep children indoors for fear of dangers lurking outside, but children take new kinds of risks playing in cyberspace. In this special program with Professor Chudacoff, he will talk about his research and give historical depth to debates that continue to rage over what constitutes appropriate child's play. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and educated – both undergraduate and graduate – at the University of Chicago, Howard Chudacoff has been a member of the Brown history faculty since 1970. He is now George L. Littlefield Professor of American History and Professor of Urban Studies. His books include How Old Are You? Age Consciousness in American Culture; The Age of the Bachelor: Creating an American Subculture; The Evolution of American Urban Society (now in its 6th edition); and, most recently, Children at Play: An American History. He also is co-author of the U.S. history text, A People and a Nation, now in its 8th edition. In addition to his teaching in courses on urban history and the U.S. history survey, Professor Chudacoff is Brown’s Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA and has served as faculty advisor to the softball and women’s basketball teams. He is currently working on a new book on major turning points in the history of intercollegiate athletics. For more information about Professor Chudacoff's topic, see the following recent articles: From the New York Times, Book Review, August 14, 2007: From NPR, Morning Edition, February 28, 2008: |
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Professor Dietrich Neumann, "Architecture of the Night" Date: Saturday, September 15, 2007 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Reception in the Cloister Place: Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, Schenley Drive, University of Pittsburgh campus. For directions, see http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/frick/fine_arts.html Cost: $10 for Brown Club of Pittsburgh Members and $20 for Non-Members $25 to attend and to become a member of the Brown Club of Pittsburgh RSVP: By September 13 by calling Howard Zwillinger '77 at 412-421-7222 |
The Fall Brown Club of Pittsburgh event was a great success!  Brown's Professor Dietrich Neumann came to Pittsburgh and spoke to an appreciative audience in the University of Pittsburgh's Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium. Professor Neumann's lecture covered the history of architectural illumination since the introduction of electric light as a "new building material." He showed both historic and comtemporary examples and spoke about the interesting theoretical debates that accompanied this development. We would like to thank the University of Pittsburgh's History of Art and Architecture Department and Professor Christopher Drew Armstrong for welcoming us and hosting the event.Click here to see pictures from this event. |
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