Event Ideas

Arts & crafts (excludes outings)

• [#] Knit- / crochet-along

• Board member Catherine D. has organized this before.

• [$C][#] Art class (pre-recorded or live) via A Work of Heart (small business in San Jose)

Family-oriented

• Park playdate / picnic
• Visit to kid-friendly museum

• SF: California Academy of Sciences, Aquarium of the Bay, Exploratorium, Children's Creativity Museum, Cable Car Museum
• East Bay: Habitot Children's Museum, MOCHA (Museum of Children's Art), Lawrence Hall of Science @ UC Berkeley
• Other: Bay Area Discovery Museum, CuriOdyssey Science Playground and Zoo, The Tech Interactive, Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

Food & drink

• [$A] or [$C] Strawberries & Champagne / Berries & Bubbly
• [$A] or [$C] M&Cs (milk and cookies)
• [$A] or [$C] Friendsgiving

Health & fitness

• Hike
• Yoga
• [$C] Exercise class over Zoom with Jessica Carey (based in MA)

• Board member Adrianne W. has a connection with Jessica through classes she taught at MHC.

Lectures & webinars

• MHCAM tour over Zoom

• Board member Liz K. has a connection to the MHCAM.

• Fimbel Maker & Innovation Lab tour over Zoom (space is named after Nancie Fimbel ’68, member of the Board of Trustees who’s based in Mountain View)
• Lecture by someone from the MHC faculty or administration over Zoom (or in person if they’re in the area)

Excursions & outings

• [$A] Museum tour

• SF: Asian Art Museum, Fine Arts Museum (de Young in Golden Gate Park + Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park), SFMOMA, Letterform Archive, Cartoon Art Museum
• East Bay: Oakland Museum of California, Mills College Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
• Other: Stanford Cantor Art Center, San José Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

• [$A] Sonoma or Napa Winery Tour & Picnic

• Tara Hole ’92 has a connection through her husband's family to a winery and is open to doing an event there.

• [$A] Go to a Bay FC (women's football/soccer) or Golden State Valkyries (WNBA) game

• [$A] Watch a movie, play, or other performance at a theater
• [#] Watch a movie in an alum’s home or other meeting space

Networking & career

• “Welcome to the Bay Area” meetup

• Board member Leah H. is interested in (co-)leading.

• Alums of color meetup

• Board member Katie W. is interested in (co-)leading.

• International students meetup
• Seven Sisters event

• Board member Susan T. is interested in (co-)leading.

• Five Colleges event
• Speed-networking (similar to speed-dating, but with professional-/career-focused 1-on-1 chats)

• Sarah Lau ’07 has organized this before.

Other

• [$C][#] Play Jackbox party games (which can be accessed by "renting" the Steam log-in from MHC’s Autosave Video Game Club)
• [#] Write "thank you" card to a faculty or staff member at MHC who had a positive impact on you
• Volunteer or do community service as a group (inspired by SF spinsters)

• potential locations in SF: Women’s Building, At The Crossroads, La Casa, SF Safehouse