Word: dinners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ANOTHER It’s Thursday night, and the halls of Winthrop House resound with the sounds of Brazilian percussion. Members of the Woodbridge Society of International Students stand in a circle, playing a wide variety of instruments. After a hour of jamming, they break for a catered Brazilian dinner. Over black beans and rice, Mashael A. Fakhro ’11 talks about adjusting to Cambridge after leaving her home in Bahrain (for those who don’t know, Bahrain is an island in the Persian Gulf). “I didn’t need to explain...
...community service involvement to be truly meaningful, it must also be somewhat uncomfortable. “I was taught and firmly believe that doing good work is not about just feeling good.” Work at the homeless shelter, which can include everything from serving guests their dinner to cleaning the toilets, is rarely “warm and fuzzy,” he says...
...least some of the clips of acceptance speeches from decades ago provided a glimpse into what the Academy Awards were like in the bygone days, before Nicholson was given his perma-spot in the front row. It’s surprising to see the ceremony then as a quiet dinner, where Hollywood came together to privately celebrate the achievements of the previous year. That’s because the Oscars we know are a beast of a different species. The whole point of the Academy Awards is to celebrate and commend the best of the best in filmmaking. We might...
...institutional assessment of the UC since its inception—as part of the report of the Dowling Committee—in 1982. “I think it’s the perfect time with Dowling II coming up,” Flores said of the celebration. The dinner was the culmination of an evening of UC events designed to improve alumni relations and solicit future donations to the council. “It was a great first step to strengthening the UC’s ties with its alums,” Sarafa said. Several current and former...
...McCulla returned on Saturday and the chef put her on key lime pies and focaccia bread. Instead of leaving after 60 minutes, McCulla stuck around for the next seven months. Working the front station during the busy dinner rush once a week, McCulla became the de facto expeditor. She was in charge of realizing the chef’s exhausting goal of turning every ticket—restaurant-speak for completing every order—in twelve minutes...