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Join the University Club Foundation for

A Celebration of New York State History Month

Though New York State History Month was established in by an act ofthe Legislature in 1997, for many years people lamented the lack of program-

ming to mark it. In 2014, the University Club Foundation changed that by hosting a series of eventscelebrating the history of New York State. We are proud to say that the tradition continues in 2015.

Founded on the belief that each generation has a responsibility to embrace, preserve and promote its sharedhistory, the University Club of Albany Foundation, Inc. was formed in early 2009 to recognize and maintain

the unique historic and architectural significance of the University Club building and property, its historicneighborhood, the city of Albany, and the state of New York where it has been located since its inception in

1901. New York State History Month is the perfect opportunity to do that!

This year’s celebration begins with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan on Wednesday, Novem-

ber 4, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Mayor Sheehan will discuss Albany's rich history and pro-vide an update on the role heritage tourism will play in the city's future. The cost is $25including hot and cold lunch buffet beginning at noon with the program commencing at12:30. Reservations are required by Monday, November 2 and may be made online atwww.uclubevents.blogspot.com, by calling the Club at 518-463-1151 or by sending an

email to [email protected].

And...make plans to join the Foundation on Friday, November 6 at 6 p.m. for a cocktail reception honoring WMHT Educational Telecommunica-

tions. Robert Altman, President and CEO of WMHT Educational

Telecommunications, will accept the University Club’s Donald O.Meserve Award for Achievement in History and Culture.

For more than 50 years, WMHT has produced programming of the highest quality about the Capi-tal Region’s history and culture. Through this documentary storytelling, WMHT has expanded

our understanding of the people and places that define our region, and fostered a true prideof place among local residents.

The evening begins with a reception at 6:00 p.m. followed by the program at 7:00 p.m.,which fill feature a sneak peak of some of WMHT’s upcoming history documentaries . Thecost for the reception, which includes light fare and cash bar, is $30 and reservations arerequired. Reservations are required by Thursday, November 5th and may be made online at

www.uclubevents.blogspot.com, by calling the Club at 518-463

-1151 or by sending anemail to [email protected]. Makes plans to stay for the after party from 8

-10 p.m. with swing, standards and rock from alt-folk diva Mother Judge and friends.

SIGN UP FOR BOTH AND $AVE

Mayor's Luncheon on Wednesday, November 4

Reception Honoring WMHT on Friday, November 6

BOTH EVENTS - Just $50

mailto:[email protected]?subject=NYSHM%20-%20Mayor%27s%20Luncheon






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Albany Roundtable presents\

Carrie Hillenbrandt BBL Hospitality

Tuesday, Nov. 10th

12 noon

Carrie Hillenbrandt was born andraised in Schodack. She received aBachelor's Degree in Marketing fromSiena College while beginning hercareer in the hospitality industryworking at the Albany Marriott as aReservation Agent. After completinga Graduate in Development Programwith Marriott, Carrie moved on towork in both Revenue Managementand Group Sales at various proper-ties, ultimately landing back at the

Albany Marriott where she first be-gan her career as a college student.As the Corporate Director of Sales &Marketing, she currently leads thestrategic sales efforts for BBL Hospi-tality. She will discuss the recentlyopened Albany Renaissance Hotel inthe former/historic Dewitt Clintonhotel.

Hot/cold lunch buffet at noon; pro-gram at 12:30 p.m. $20. Reservations

are required by October 12th andmay be made by pre- paying online atwww.albanyroundtable.com, by call-ing Albany Colonie Chamber ofCommerce at 431-1400 or email,[email protected].

Don’t miss the 107th Duck Dinner on Thursday, November 5th!

As you can see from the 1910 Alba-ny Evening Journal article above,Duck Dinner has always been aboutfood, fun, and friends.

Join us this year at 6 p.m. for drinks(sign), complimentary hors d’oeu-vres & steamed clams, then dinner at7 p.m. And, don’t forget about thecrazy frozen Turkey Raffle. Getthere early to get your tickets. If youhaven’t experienced it, you reallyneed to come see what it’s all about!

$26.95, beverages additional. Guestswelcome. Please make reservations

by 11/03, including entrée choice(Roast Duck or Prime Rib). Call theclub at 463-1151.

152ND ANNIVERSARY OF GETTSYBURG ADDRESS

Four score and seven years ago our fa-

thers brought forth on this continent, a

new nation, conceived in Liberty, and ded-

icated to the proposition that all men are

created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war,

testing whether that nation, or any nation

so conceived and so dedicated, can long

endure. We are met on a great battle- field

of that war. We have come to dedicate a

portion of that field, as a final resting

place for those who here gave their lives

that that nation might live. It is altogether

fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-- we can not consecrate -- we can not

hallow -- this ground. The brave men, liv-

ing and dead, who struggled here, have

consecrated it, far above our poor power

to add or detract. The world will little

note, nor long remember what we say

here, but it can never forget what they did

here. It is for us the living, rather, to be

dedicated here to the unfinished work

which they who fought here have thus far

so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be

here dedicated to the great task remaining

before us--

that from these honored dead

we take increased devotion to that cause

for which they gave the last full measure

of devotion -- that we here highly resolve

that these dead shall not have died in vain

-- that this nation, under God, shall have a

new birth of freedom -- and that govern-

ment of the people, by the people, for the

people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863

Join local historian and Civil War lec-turer JJ Jennings on Thursday, No-

vember 19th at 12 noon for a luncheon

discussion of New York’s role in the

Civil War.

$25 - hot and cold lunch buffet; program begins at 12:30. Reservations are re-quired and may be made by online atwww.uclubevents.blogspot.com, by call-ing the Club at 463-1151 or via email [email protected].

Giza Lopes, Ph.D.

Dying With Dignity: A Consideration

Monday, November 2

Hon. John Dunne

Attica Revisited: The Dannemorea Connection

Monday, December 7

5:30 pm cocktails; 6 pm speaker,dinner and conversation. Pleasemake reservations through the TorchClub at [email protected].





New Reciprocal Club Policy

Most of our reciprocal clubs have instituted poli-cies that require reciprocal visitors to pay priorto departure. In keeping with that trend theBoard of Directors has instituted such a policyfor University Club members and thanks you inadvance for your cooperation.

Effective immediately University Club membersvisiting reciprocal clubs are asked to settle their

bill prior to departure. Reciprocal club membersvisiting the University Club will be asked to dothe same.

The UC Foundation is working with private collector, Bill Prender-gast, to offer exquisite Waterford Crystal pieces for sale at this event.Just in time for the holidays! Each piece is discounted 20% offretail (20% of selling price will be donated to the Foundation).

20+ pieces will be available including a set of 12 Days of Christmaschampagne flutes, a one-of -a-kind Seahorse centerpiece bowl, Grand-stone candlesticks (one of 2 sets in the world) and many brilliantlycolored vases and bowls. Each is signed by Jim O’Leary, one of themost talented and celebrated crystal designers in the world.

Enter a raffle to win Lismore Sapphire Waterford Crystal Flutes!

$30-cash/sign bar. Reservations required. Call the Front Desk at 463-

1151 or email [email protected]. Note: This is a Foun-dation event so may not be charged to University Club accounts.

The University Club Foundation Cordially Invites you to

WINE, WHISKEY, WATERFORD & WELLINGTON

Friday, November 13th

Cocktail Hour 6 -7 p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres, fine wines & whiskeys

View, WIN and purchase gorgeous Waterford crystal

Dinner Buffet 7 p.m. Beef Wellington, Herb Crusted Salmon,

Chicken Cordon Bleu

and much more!

Remember those great choose your own adven-ture stories from when you were a kid? CreativeLicense has taken that idea and brought it intothe theatrical world with Divided.

3 local writers crafted a story that presents theircharacters with a fork in the road. How will thestory end? It’s up to the audience to decide!

Divided will be presented for 1 night only, Friday, January 1st, at The

University Club!

The holidays are fast approaching and it’s the perfect time to show our appreciation to the fan-tastic staff at the University Club. The club holdsa special place in our hearts and our lives because

of their kindness and care.

I hope you will join me in making a donation tothe Employee Holiday Fund. You will find a pledge card enclosed with this month’s billingstatement. Contributing to the fund is a tangibleway to let our loyal staff know how much weappreciate their efforts on our behalf. Though wesee many of them on a daily basis, there are oth-ers who work behind the scenes making sure eve-rything runs smoothly and the club just wouldn’t be the same without all of them.

Thank you for your generosity,

Amy Hines-Kramer, Chair

The University Club is once again proud to beworking with the Regional Food Bank of North-

eastern New York to help share the warmthof the with our neighbors in need. We have acollection box in the lobby of the clubhouse, andwill accept donations of non- perishable fooditems and checks made payable to “RegionalFood Bank of Northeastern New York” through-out the month of November. For every $1 donat-ed, the Regional Food Bank can distribute $10worth of food.



Officers: Nate Maloney, President Amy Hines-Kramer, Vice President Tim Varney, Treasurer Secretary, Robert Crudden

Colleen Ryan, Past President

Directors: Mark Brogna

Teresa Casey

Meredith Helgerson

Jeffrey Hill David Hochfelder

Geoffrey HoderathKen McCauley

Frank Nemeth

Chuck Seifert

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Club Closed

2 Lunch & Dinner

Yoga @ noonBowling 7 pm

Torch Club 6 pm

3 Lunch

Yoga @ 4 p.m.

4 LunchNYS History Month

kicks off!Lunch with

Mayor Sheehan

5 Lunch

Duck DinnerHors d’oeuvres 6 pm

Dinner 7 pm

6 Lunch & DinnerNYS History Receptionhonoring WMHT 6pm

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MotherJudgeGrille 8-10 pm

7

Club Closed

8

Club Closed

9 Lunch & Dinner


10 Lunch

Roundtable Lunch12:00 noon

Yoga @ 4:00 p.m.

11 Lunch

Club ClosedVeteran’s Day

12 Lunch 13 Lunch & Dinner

Wine, WhiskeyWaterford and

Wellington 6 pm

14

Club Closed

15

Club Closed

16 Lunch & Dinner


17 Lunch

Yoga @ 4:00 p.m.

18 Lunch 19 Lunch

Civil War luncheonHistorian JJ Jennings

12 noon

20 Lunch & Dinner 21Private PartyClub Closed

22

Club Closed

23 Lunch & dinner

Bowling 7 pmYoga @ noon

24 Lunch

Yoga @ 4:00 p.m.

25 Lunch 26

Club ClosedHappy Thanksgiving

27 Lunch & Dinner 28

Club Closed

29

Club Closed

30 Lunch & Dinner


DECEMBER 1 Lunch

Yoga @ 4:00 p.m.

2 Lunch 23 Lunch 4 Lunch & Dinner

A Very Retro Holidaywith Off the RecordGrille Room 8-10 pm

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Private PartyClub Closed

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