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2018-2019 Club Events Calendar 

Great luncheon, afternoon and evening events are in store for the Harvard Club of Sarasota's 2018-2019 season. Get engaged, help the University, meet students & athletes, interview freshman applicants, present Prize Book Awards, and more!

 
Welcome to All!     Check back often for New Event Listings in 2018-2019!
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UPCOMING EVENTS (2018 - 2019 SEASON)        
 
 
 
• Wed., December 12, 2018 (5:00 - 7:30 pm) - DECEMBER 2018 HAPPY HOUR - BEULAH, SARASOTA
• Sat. Nov. 17, 2018 (12:30 am - 2:30 pm) - HARVARD YALE FOOLBALL GAME - EVIE'S TAVERN, SARASOTA
• Sun., Nov. 4, 2018 (4:30 - 7:00 pm) -  2018 ALL ALUMNI WELCOME BACK PARTY – SARASOTA YACHT CLUB, SARASOTA
• Wed., October 10, 2018 (5:00 - 7:30 pm) - OCTOBER 2018 HAPPY HOUR - AMORE, SARASOTA
 
 
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PAST EVENTS

• Wed., September 12, 2018 (5:00 - 7:30 pm) - SEPTEMBER 2018 HAPPY HOUR - CAFE AMICI, SARASOTA
• Wed., August 15, 2018 (5:00 - 7:30 pm) - AUGUST 2018 HAPPY HOUR - BOCA, SARASOTA
• Wed., July 11, 2018 (5:00 - 7:30 pm) - JULY 2018 HAPPY HOUR - THE TABLE AT CREEKSIDE, SARASOTA

• Wed., June 13, 2018 (5:00 - 7:30 pm) - JUNE 2018 HAPPY HOUR - VERONICA FISH & OYSTER, SARASOTA

• Wed., May 16, 2018 (5:30 - 7:30 pm) - MAY 2018 HAPPY HOUR - ART OVATION HOTEL, SARASOTA

• Wed., Apr. 25, 2018 (5:30 - 7:30 pm) - APRIL 2018 HAPPY HOUR - CLASICO, SARASOTA

• Thur., Mar. 22, 2018 (11:30 am for 1:05 pm) – BASEBALL GAME – RED SOX vs. ORIOLES – Ed Smith Stadium

• Mon., Mar. 26, 2018 (5:00 - 8:00 pm) – DINNER & PRESENTATION – RINGLING COLLEGE – Dr. Larry Thompson, President & James Mc Campbell, Head of Computer Animation & Game Art Department 

• Fri. Apr. 13, 2018 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) - APRIL 2018 LUNCHEON - MICHAEL'S ON EAST – Tim Seldin, President, Montessori Foundation

• Fri. Mar. 9, 2018 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) - MARCH 2018 LUNCHEON - MICHAEL'S ON EAST – Joseph Volpe, Executive Director, Sarasota Ballet

• Wed., Mar. 14, 2018 (5:00 - 7:00 pm) - MARCH HAPPY HOUR & Cuban Art Presentation - Aloft Hotel Ex:change Room – Jorge Reynardus, MBA 1973 

• Fri. Feb. 9, 2018 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) - FEBRUARY 2018 H-Y-P LUNCHEON - MICHAEL'S ON EAST – Prof. Harry Lewis, Harvard University

• Thur., Feb. 15, 2018 (6:00 - 7:30 pm) – ALL IVY YOUNG ALUMNI – ALOFT HOTEL – Penn. Law Dean Holloway, Quattrone Center for Fair Administration of Justice (Harvard Co-sponsoring)  

• Wed., Feb. 21, 2018 (11:30 am – 1:30 pm) – FEBRUARY LUNCHEON #2 – Jesse Biter, Biter Enterprises

• Wed., Jan. 24, 2018 (5:30 – 8:30 pm) – AN EVENING WITH PRESIDENT FAUST – RECEPTION AT NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN

• Mon., Jan. 22, 2018 (5:00 -7:00 pm) – RECEPTION WITH PHILIP LOVEJOY – Executive Director, Harvard Alumni Association - LIBBYS in Sarasota

• Wed., Jan. 17, 2018 (5:00 - 7:00 pm) - JANUARY 2018 HAPPY HOUR - BRICKS SMOKED MEATS

• Fri. Jan. 12, 2018 (6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – ANNUAL CREW COACHES’ DINNER – PIER 22, BRADENTON

• Fri. Jan. 12, 2018 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) - JANUARY 2018 LUNCHEON - MICHAEL'S ON EAST – Prof. Timothy McCarthy, Harvard University

• Fri., Dec. 8, 2017 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) - DECEMBER 2017 LUNCHEON - MICHAEL'S ON EAST - Matt Walsh, Owner & CEO, The Observer Media Group Inc.

• Wed., Dec. 13, 2017 (5:00 - 7:00 pm) -  DECEMBER 2017 HAPPY HOUR - LOUIS MODERN 

• Wed., Nov. 15, 2017 (5:00 - 7:00 pm)  - NOVEMBER 2017 HAPPY HOUR - STATE STREET EATING HOUSE  

• Sat. Nov. 18, 2017 (12:30 am - 2:30 pm) - HARVARD YALE FOOLBALL GAME - LIBBYS CAFE AND BAR

• Fri. Nov. 10, 2017 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) - NOVEMBER 2017 LUNCHEON - MICHAEL'S ON EAST - Kirk G. Boylston President - Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty

• Sun., Nov. 5, 2017 (4:30 - 7:00 pm) -  2017 ALL ALUMNI WELCOME BACK PARTY – SARASOTA YACHT CLUB, SARASOTA

• Wed., Oct. 18, 2017 - (5:00 - 7:00 pm) - OCTOBER 2017 HAPPY HOUR AND HBS GLOBAL NETWORKING NIGHT BIJOU CAFE, SARASOTA  

• Wed., Sept. 13, 2017 (5:00 - 7:00 pm) -  SEPTEMBER 2017 HAPPY HOUR BLUE ROOSTER, SARASOTA 

• Wed. August 16, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - AUGUST 2017 HAPPY HOUR LIBBY'S CAFE, SARASOTA
• Wed. July 19, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - JULY 2017 HAPPY HOUR CLASICO CAFE BAR, SARASOTA
• Mon. June 12, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - JUNE 2017 HAPPY HOUR & HAA Global Networking Night HYDE PARK PRIME STEAKHOUSE, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - MAY 2017 HAPPY HOUR - LOUIES MODERN, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE APRIL 2017 HAPPY HOUR - MANDEVILLE BEER GARDEN, SARASOTA  
• Friday, April 14, 2017 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - APRIL 2017 LUNCHEON with TODD BOWDEN, newly selected Sarasota County School District Superintendent (terms begins March 1, 2017), and current Sarasota County District Executive Director of Career, Technical and Adult Education, and Director of Suncoast Technical College - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA 
• Thursday, March 23 , 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE MARCH 2017 HAPPY HOUR - BIJOU CAFE, SARASOTA  
• Monday, March 27 , 2017 - 1:05 pm Game Start Time - REDSOX v. ORIOLES SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL GAME - ED SMITH STADIUM, SARASOTA 
• Friday, March 10, 2017 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - MARCH 2017 LUNCHEON with PROFESSOR TIMOTHY PATRICK McCARTHY, Ph.D., Core Faculty and Director at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Quincy House Resident Scholar, Stanley Paterson Professor of American History, and Host/Director of "A.R.T. of Human Rights" at the American Repertory Theater's Loeb Drama Center, as he speaks with us on "From Tom Paine to Twitter: The Changing Role of Media and Politics in the U.S."  - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA 
• Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE FEBRUARY 2017 HAPPY HOUR - LIBBYS, SARASOTA  
• Friday, February 24, 2017 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - *EXTRA* FEBRUARY LUNCHEON with Harvard Classics PROFESSOR RICHARD F, THOMAS, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics, Harvard Department of the Classics, and Professor of the "Coolest Class on Campus" on "Bob Dylan and Why He Deserves the Nobel!" - THE FRANCIS, SARASOTA
• Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm  - YOUR HARVARD: MIAMI  (Host Committee)

Gather with fellow Harvard community members from across Florida and beyond for a chance to hear from Drew Gilpin Faust, President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University, as she shares her vision for the University's future and its global impact. The evening will also feature an intriguing faculty conversation that examines what the power of observation and reconstructing the past can tell us about our future, from making sense of matter and seeing things before unseen to genomics research. 
- FAENA FORUM, 3300 COLLINS AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH, FL

• Friday, February 10, 2017 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - FEBRUARY 2017 H-Y-P LUNCHEON with PROFESSOR MATTHEW SPENCE, Yale World Fellow, International Relations, Defense, Foreign Policy & National Security Council Advisor & Expert - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA  
• Friday, January 27, 2017 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - *EXTRA* JANUARY LUNCHEON with HBS PROFESSOR W. EARL SASSER, Baker Foundation Professor and Professor of Service Management, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School - THE FRANCIS, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE JANUARY 2017 HAPPY HOUR - CLASICO, SARASOTA  
• Friday, January 13, 2017 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - JANUARY 2017 LUNCHEON with SUSAN MACMANUS, Distinguished University Professor of Public Administration and Political Science, University of South Florida - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA      
• Friday, January 13, 2017 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm  - ANNUAL HARVARD CREW COACHES DINNER - PIER 22, BRADENTON   
• Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE DECEMBER 2016 HAPPY HOUR - LOUIES MODERN, SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE HARVARD ALUMNI & FRIENDS ART VIEWING and MEET & GREET - Traditional Italian Christmas cake & wine will be served! - MASSIMO MEDA ART GALLERY, SARASOTA
• Friday, December 9, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - DECEMBER 2016 LUNCHEON with DR. HERBERT E. KAUFMAN, Professor of Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, and Microbiology Emeritus, LSU Medical School, on "What Do We Do About Drugs - Especially Pot, Pills, and Heroine?" - a discussion including such topics as attitudes about recreational marijuana, drug prohibition and organized crime, and impacts on society and the individual!  - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA  
• Saturday, November 19, 2016 - KICKOFF TIME 12:30 pm- HARVARD / YALE FOOTBALL GAME VIEWING - MERCATO's @ 1936 Hillview, SARASOTA
• Friday, November 11, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - NOVEMBER 2016 LUNCHEON with PROFESSOR LAUREN RUDD, 40-year Wall Street veteran, syndicated newspaper columnist, publisher of The Rudd Report, and Professor at USF's Lifelong Learning Academy, as he provides his thoughts on "The Global Economy & US Economic Policy after the US Presidential Election" - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA   
• Sunday, November 6, 2016 - 4:30 - 7:00 pm  - 2016-2017 ALL ALUMNI WELCOME BACK PARTY - THE FIELD CLUB, SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE OCTOBER 2016 HAPPY HOUR + Sarasota's Harvard Business School's Global Networking Night (GNN) & Welcome to Your City 2016 Recent Harvard Grads Night  - Libby's Cafe, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE SEPTEMBER 2016 HAPPY HOUR - Louie's Modern - SARASOTA   
• Thursday, September 23, 2016 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm  - *BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE FAIR* - Booker High School - SARASOTA   
• Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm  - *ROBART'S ARENA COLLEGE FAIR* - Robart's Arena - SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE AUGUST 2016 HAPPY HOUR - Bijou Cafe, SARASOTA   
• Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE JULY 2016 HAPPY HOUR - Hyde Park Steak House, SARASOTA
• Friday, June 24, 2016 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm  - All-Ivy & Little Ivy Happy Hour (1980-present grads), Sponsored by Cornell and Penn Alumni Clubs - Starlite Room, 2nd Floor, 1001 Cocoanut Ave, SARASOTA (Please CLICK HERE to RSVP by email by June 21, 2016)
• Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE JUNE 2016 HAPPY HOUR & Sarasota's Global Networking Night (GNN) - BLUE ROOSTER, SARASOTA   
• Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:30 pm  - FREE HAPPY HOUR JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE HARVARD & NORTHWESTERN CLUBS OF SARASOTA - LIBBY'S CAFE, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE MAY 2016 HAPPY HOUR - BIJOU CAFE, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE APRIL 2016 HAPPY HOUR - HYDE PARK PRIME STEAKHOUSE, SARASOTA    
• Saturday, April 16, 2016 - 6:00 pm  - Join fellow Harvard Club of Sarasota members as we sponsor "LIGHTHOUSE OF MANASOTA Art in the Dark" speaker DR. PATRICIA D'AMORE, PhD, MBA, FARVO. Dr. D'Amore is the Harvard Medical School Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology & Professor of Pathology, HMS Ophthalmology AMD Center of Excellence Co-Director, & HMS Vice-Chair of Basic Research Dept. of Ophthalmology. Dr. D'Amore is also Director of the Howe Laboratory at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Director of Research and Ankeny Scholar of Retinal Molecular Biology and Senior Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute, and the 2015 Winner of The Proctor Medal - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA.   
• Friday, April 15, 2016 - 6:00 - 8:00 pm - "YOUNG" ALL-IVY ALUMNI EVENT - Jointly sponsored by the UPenn & Cornell Clubs of Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte Counties - Welcoming all Ivy League and Little Ivy graduates 1980 to present!  - MANDEVILLE BEER GARDEN, 428 N. Lemon Ave., SARASOTA
• Friday, April 8, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - APRIL LUNCHEON WITH NEIL PHILLIPS AB '89, Visible Men Academy Principal and Founder, on "A Vision of Value - From 'at-risk' Boys to Visible Men" - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA    
   • Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - FREE MARCH HAPPY HOUR - LIBBY'S CAFE, SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:30 pm  - HARVARD AT THE RINGLING - Join us for an introduction with Executive Director Steven High in the Chao Lecture Hall in the Center for Asian Art followed by a Discussion on Samurai and Ink Silk Gold and exhibit viewing in Searing Galleries with Associate Curator Christopher Jones - RINGLING MUSEUM, SARASOTA 
• Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 1:05 pm Start  - RED SOX v ORIOLES BASEBALL GAME - ED SMITH STADIUM, SARASOTA 
• Friday, March 4, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - MARCH LUNCHEON WITH MAYA JASANOFF, Coolidge Professor of History and Harvard College Professor, Center for European Studies, on "Globalization: Then and Now" - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA  (NOTE THIS IS THE 1st FRIDAY in MARCH!!)
• Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm - MEET MARVIN KALB, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, as he speaks on Putin's Imperial Gamble: Who is Putin?  What does he want? Why did he take Crimea, invade Ukraine, and doubledown in Syria? Is it too late to stop new cold war?  Event is jointly sponsored by The Patterson Foundation - THE FRANCIS, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 1:30 - 3:00 pm - SPECIAL HARVARD CLUB OF SARASOTA FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON WITH MARVIN KALB, who will review his astounding 30+ year career in journalism and share with us his most valuable experiences and favorite memories - BIJOU CAFE, SARASOTA
• Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 10:15 - 11:15 am - MARVIN KALB Speaks to Students at Pine View School - OSPREY, FL
• Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE FEBRUARY HAPPY HOUR - BLUE ROOSTER, SARASOTA  
• Friday, February 12, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - FEBRUARY LUNCHEON WITH SEAN WILENTZ, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University & Pulitzer Prize and Grammy nominated author and historian. on "Reflections on the Age of Reagan" - HARVARD/YALE/PRINCETON ALUMNI CLUBS - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA  
• Friday, January 29, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - ADDITIONAL JANUARY LUNCHEON EVENT with ALI ASANI, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures in Harvard's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University, on "Understanding Islam: Going Beyond the Headlines" - THE FRANCIS, SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - FREE JANUARY HAPPY HOUR - BIJOU CAFE, SARASOTA 
• Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 6:30 - 9:00 pm  - ANNUAL HARVARD CREW COACHES DINNER - COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, St. Armands Circle 
• Friday, January 8, 2016 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - JANUARY LUNCHEON WITH SUSAN MACMANUS, Distinguished University Professor of Public Administration and Political Science, University of South Florida - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA 
• Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 5:00 - 7:00 pm  - FREE DECEMBER HOLIDAY HAPPY HOUR - LIBBY'S CAFE, SARASOTA 
• Friday, December 11, 2015 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - DECEMBER LUNCHEON WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, Executive Director, Sarasota Opera - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - HARVARD AT BMO HARRIS PRIVATE BANK EVENT with JACK ABLIN, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Head of Macro Strategy for BMO Private Bank throughout the US - BMO HARRIS PRIVATE BANK, SARASOTA    
• Saturday, November 21, 2015 - KICKOFF @2:30 pm  - HARVARD / YALE FOOTBALL GAME - MILLER'S SARASOTA ALE HOUSE , SARASOTA
• Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm - "YOUNG" ALL-IVY ALUMNI EVENT - Jointly sponsored by the UPenn, Cornell, and Harvard Clubs of Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte Counties - Welcoming all Ivy League and Little Ivy graduates 1980 to present!  - KONA GRILL @ University Town Center  
• Friday, November 13, 2015 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm  - NOVEMBER LUNCHEON WITH LEE DOUGHERTY ROSS, Soprano, Pianist, and Co-Founder of the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County & Artists Series Concerts of Sarasota & SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY JASON STEARNS, Metropolitan Opera Baritone - MICHAEL'S ON EAST, SARASOTA 
• Sunday, November 1, 2015 - 4:30 - 7pm  - ALL ALUMNI WELCOME BACK PARTY - THE FIELD CLUB, SARASOTA 
• Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - SARASOTA'S HBS GLOBAL NETWORKING NIGHT (GNN) - MANDEVILLE BEER GARDEN, SARASOTA   
• Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - COLLEGE FAIR - ROBARTS ARENA, SARASOTA  
• Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm  - COLLEGE FAIR & CAREER DAY - BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL, SARASOTA  
• Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 5:30 - 7:00 pm  - SARASOTA'S SEPTEMBER 2015 EVENING GET TOGETHER - LIBBY'S CAFE, SARASOTA
• Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - SARASOTA'S AUGUST 2015 EVENING GET TOGETHER - THE BIJOU CAFE, SARASOTA 
• Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - SARASOTA'S JULY 2015 EVENING GET TOGETHER - DUVAL'S, SARASOTA  
• Monday, June 22, 2015 - 5:30 - 8:00 pm  - SARASOTA'S SUMMER 2015 GLOBAL NETWORKING NIGHT - LOUIES MODERN, SARASOTA 
  
 
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To PURCHASE a NEW Membership or RENEW a Membership,  CLICK HERE
 
To Download Instructions for adding the Club's Events Calendar to Your Personal Google/Gmail Calendar, CLICK HERE
  (As Harvard Club of Sarasota events are updated or added, so is your personal calendar!) 
 
PLEASE RSVP ONLINE FOR ALL HAPPY HOURS!