Silver Diner
3200 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Metro: Clarendon (Orange Line)

Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 
 
From Publishers Weekly:

What would it sound like if a foreigner wrote a novel in broken English? Foer answers this question to marvelous effect in his inspired though uneven first novel. Much of the book is narrated by Ukrainian student Alex Perchov, whose hilarious and, in their own way, pitch-perfect malapropisms flourish under the influence of a thesaurus. Alex works for his family’s travel agency, which caters to Jews who want to explore their ancestral shtetls. Jonathan Safran Foer, the novel’s other hero, is such a Jew an American college student looking for the Ukrainian woman who hid his grandfather from the Nazis. He, Alex, Alex’s depressive grandfather and his grandfather’s “seeing-eye bitch” set out to find the elusive woman. Alex’s descriptions of this “very rigid search” and his accompanying letters to Jonathan are interspersed with Jonathan’s own mythical history of his grandfather’s shtetl. Jonathan’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother Brod is the central figure in this history, which focuses mostly on the 18th and 19th centuries. Though there are some moments of demented genius here, on the whole the historical sections are less assured. There’s a whiff of kitsch in Foer’s jolly cast of pompous rabbis, cuckolded usurers and sharp-tongued widows, and the tone wavers between cozy ethnic humor, heady pontification and sentimental magic-realist whimsy. Nonetheless, Foer deftly handles the intricate story-within-a-story plot, and the layers of suspense build as the shtetl hurtles toward the devastation of the 20th century while Alex and Jonathan and Grandfather close in on the object of their search. An impressive, original debut. (Apr. 16)Forecast: Eagerly awaited since an excerpt was featured in the New Yorker’s 2001 “Debut Fiction” issue, Everything Is Illuminated comes reasonably close to living up to the hype. Rights have so far been sold in 12 countries, the novel is a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and a main selection of Traditions Book Club, and Foer will embark on an author tour expect lively sales.

Please email Cedric at uvabookclub@dchoos.org for more information.

Thursday, February 9, 2012
7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Continental Modern Pool Lounge
1911 North Fort Myer Drive
Arlington, VA 22209

Metro: Orange or Blue line to Rosslyn

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Now is the time to rekindle your love for your fellow Hoos, or just meet some great people and future friends in the DC area. We’ll have UVA- and Valentine’s-themed drinks, games, and more!

Members of the UVaClub of Washington will receive one free happy hour special on us!

Please contact uvasocial@dchoos.org if you have questions.

Sunday, December 18, 2011         
10:30 AM
St. Johns High School
2607 Military Rd, NW
Washington, DC 20015
 
Sunday, January 8, 2012           
8:00 AM
St. Johns High School
2607 Military Rd, NW
Washington, DC 20015
 
Sunday, January 15, 2012
11:30 AM
Wilson High School
3950 Chesapeake Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016

Sunday, January 22, 2012           
9:15 AM
St. Johns High School
2607 Military Rd, NW
Washington, DC 20015
 
Sunday, January 29, 2012           
12:45 PM
Wilson High School
3950 Chesapeake Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016

Sunday, February 5, 2012
12:00 PM
St. Johns High School
2607 Military Rd, NW
Washington, DC 20015

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Registration cost covers player season registration and jersey.

Questions?  Contact uvasoccer@dchoos.org!

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Each year, shortly after admission letters are sent out to newly admitted high school students, the UVaClub of Washington calls all Washington, DC area students who are admitted to U.Va.  This year with the introduction of Early Action, a non-binding program, some of those students will be getting the good news around February 1st. 

We need your help to make these phone calls to congratulate students throughout the month of February. You can provide insight from your experiences in regards to any questions they might have. Plus, you can encourage them to become a part of our community and accept the offer to enroll. Requests to call students from specific high schools will be honored when possible, and priority will be given to the first to volunteer.

Please register if you can help make calls in April!

For questions, please contact uvaschools@dchoos.org.

Embassy of Croatia
2343 Massachusetts Ave. NW (Intersection of Massachusetts and 23rd Street)
Washington, DC 20008

Parking is available along 23rd Street.

Metro: Red line to Dupont Circle

Attire: Black Tie attire for men, gowns for women.

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Join us as we watch the Screen Actors Guild Award Ceremony broadcast live from Hollywood. View art work. Meet diplomats and actors. Enjoy wine, refreshments, and the art of physiognomy (face reading) performed by Gail Romiti. NonSAG members are welcome.

Host: Bruce Olvin McBarnette, Esq. and Ingrid Parris-Hicklin
Sponsored By: Summit Connection and the Embassy of Croatia
Curator: Myra Maslowsky
Artists: Myra Maslowky, Eloy Areu

30% of all art sales and will be donated to Sukyo Mahikari, a Japanese spiritual organization funding disaster relief in Japan. Voluntary donations are also welcome.

$29 in advance or $39 at the door if space is still available. You may pay on-line by 4:00 PM, January 27, 2011. Indicate then number of admissions you are purchasing and click below. If you are paying for people other than yourself, please send us an email with their names.

You may pay by check post marked by January 21, 2012. Write your check to “Summit Connection” and put in the subject line “SAG Art Reception.” Mail your check to Summit Connection at 248 Willow Terrace, Sterling, VA 20164. Include the names of the people for whom you are paying and your phone number and email address.

If you pay in advance, just give your name and identification at the door.

Cassatt’s
4536 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22207

Metro: Orange line to Ballston for those who need a ride.  Let us know by emailing uvasocial@dchoos.org.

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The votes are in from our stop in India at Rasika’s!  The majority voted to try New Zealand’s Kiwi cuisine!  Those who attend our dinner at Cassatt’s will vote on the next type of cuisine for our March dinner.

Have you ever wanted to try another cuisine, but you are unsure what you would want to order or what certain dishes consist of?  If so, this series is for you.  Every other month, we will introduce you to the culinary delights of a different country or region. 

Please contact uvasocial@dchoos.org if you have questions.

Cassatt’s
4536 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22207

Metro: Orange line to Ballston for those who need a ride.  Let us know by emailing uvasocial@dchoos.org.

REGISTER HERE

The votes are in from our stop in India at Rasika’s!  The majority voted to try New Zealand’s Kiwi cuisine!  Those who attend our dinner at Cassatt’s will vote on the next type of cuisine for our March dinner.

Have you ever wanted to try another cuisine, but you are unsure what you would want to order or what certain dishes consist of?  If so, this series is for you.  Every other month, we will introduce you to the culinary delights of a different country or region.

Please contact uvasocial@dchoos.org if you have questions.

Silver Diner
3200 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201

Metro: Clarendon (Orange Line)

Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese

From Publishers Weekly:

Lauded for his sensitive memoir (My Own Country) about his time as a doctor in eastern Tennessee at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s, Verghese turns his formidable talents to fiction, mining his own life and experiences in a magnificent, sweeping novel that moves from India to Ethiopia to an inner-city hospital in New York City over decades and generations. Sister Mary Joseph Praise, a devout young nun, leaves the south Indian state of Kerala in 1947 for a missionary post in Yemen. During the arduous sea voyage, she saves the life of an English doctor bound for Ethiopia, Thomas Stone, who becomes a key player in her destiny when they meet up again at Missing Hospital in Addis Ababa. Seven years later, Sister Praise dies birthing twin boys: Shiva and Marion, the latter narrating his own and his brothers long, dramatic, biblical story set against the backdrop of political turmoil in Ethiopia, the life of the hospital compound in which they grow up and the love story of their adopted parents, both doctors at Missing. The boys become doctors as well and Vergheses weaving of the practice of medicine into the narrative is fascinating even as the story bobs and weaves with the power and coincidences of the best 19th-century novel.

Please email Cedric at uvabookclub@dchoos.org for more information.

Verizon Center
601 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004

Rocket Bar
714 7th Street NW 
Washington D.C., DC 20001
(202) 628-7665
Meet up starting at 6:00 PM before the game to hand out tickets.

Metro: Red, Yellow or Green Line to the Gallery Place-Chinatown Station

SOLD OUT

Due to high demand, the UVaClub of Washington has purchased an additional group of tickets for this game. 

Come out to the Verizon Center with the UVa Club of Washington, fellow alumni, friends and family to root for Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich and the rest of the Washington Capitals as they take on the New York Islanders.  Come on out to the “Phone Booth” and “Rock the Red!” A perfect event for the whole family!

If you plan to attend this event, you must register as tickets are purchased in advance. 

The price of the additional group of tickets may vary from the price of the initial group of tickets.

Payments are non-refundable. 

Tickets are limited.