Join the MHC SoCal Club Board for an evening of cheer and mingling!!!

Date: Saturday December 14th ,2024

Time: 6 pm - 8:00pm

Location: Home of Jacqueline Duvivier Castillo ‘91

1100 Wilshire Blvd Apt 1705 Los Angeles, CA 90017 

(DTLA- St metered parking & paid Joe’s lot in the back)

MHC Club - Goleta Holiday Party!

• Tuesday Dec. 12 from 5:30-8pm 

• Location: Paula Bruice’s home— 1141 Via Del Rey, Goleta

Please BRING an appetizer to share with 8 people :)

LA County book club will meet in the SF Valley at Caitlin Healey's house (address provided upon "yes" RSVP). The title up for discussion in Dec. is The End of Drum-Time, by MHC alum Hanna Pylväinen.

MHC alumnae performing with Sandra Tsing Loh this coming Sunday 11/17 in West LA.

Website below for further info & Ticket link:
https://odysseytheatre.com/whats-on/ill-burn-that-bridge-when-i-come-to-it-a-post-apocalyptic-home-companion/

This is a second try at the Descanso Gardens walk in La Canada. It's a beautiful sight to see!

When & Where:

Let's meet at the cafe by the entrance at 10am on Saturday, November 2nd.

Directions and Info:

Can be found here: https://www.descansogardens.org/

Hosted by Regional Connector Katherine Stevenson

Game Night in North Hollywood!! Come play games and meet new alums.

Light snacks will be provided. Address will be given out upon RSVP.

Please use the form below to RSVP!

Mountain Day at the Beach Meet at Malibu Lagoon State Beach

Address: 3835 Cross Creek Road (at Pacific Coast Highway)

Parking: Available but the lot is small-- other options are to park across the street, cross at the light or along side PCH.

Game Plan: We will be meet at the beginning of the gravel walkway past the parking area, and walk to the beach and back. Ice cream follows across the street.

Wear comfortable shoes, bring binoculars if you like birds and sunscreen. Easy walk.

Hosted by Regional Connector: Amy Raine

Come celebrate Mountain Day with a delicious Ice Cream Social In Irvine!

Where: Irvine Safron and Rose

Address: 4523 Campus Dr, Irvine, CA 92612

We look forward to meeting you all there!

Hosted by Regional Connectors: Elsa Tung & Raquel Linda

Come celebrate Mountain Day with a delicious Ice Cream Social!

Where: Long Beach Creamery Downtown

Address: 222 E Broadway Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802

We look forward to meeting you all there!

Hosted by Regional Connectors: Elsa Tung & Sara Stanizai

Hello Central LA Mount Holyoke Folks! 

HOLD THE DATE OPEN! Check out events, activities, hikes, and ice cream socials times and locations in your regions as they are posted by your Regional Connectors and enjoy an MHC Tradition.

Details: Join in the fun with other alums for lunch at Sea Fresh Channel Islands Restaurant on Channel Harbor in Oxnard  at 11:15 ( for menu and location details see https://www.seafreshci.com/

Following lunch the group will head to the Museum located at 390 Bluefin Circle, Oxnard for our visit. For museum details see: https://www.cimmvc.org 

Group size for this outing limited to the first 10 persons to RSVP, so go to the club website right now to RSVP!

Enjoy the beautiful gardens with your MHC Friends! Feel free to invite others as well . The more the merrier!

Address: 1418 Descanso Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

Meeting at entrance. Purchase tickets at the below link: https://www.descansogardens.org/

Wendy Tamashiro ('77) is hosting the next MHC OC/LB Book Club meeting. Address to follow once you RSVP!

Book selection: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Come celebrate our seven sisters alums and watch Barbie in the park in North Hollywood! Admission is free!

Details: Get your tickets right now at https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com/venues/detail/pantagestheatre to join fellow alums for the musical “Company”, a 5 time Tony award wining rendition of Stephen Sondheim’s work including some classic songs like “The Ladies Who Lunch”! For more on the show: https://www.broadwayinhollywood.com/events/detail/company

Once we get a head count for RSVP’s, you will receive an email with any final instructions as to a before the show meet up location!

Author Deborah Harkness '86 will be on a book tour this summer and will be stopping on Monday, July 29th in Huntington Beach at the Barnes & Noble at 7pm. Deborah is a professor of history at USC and is the author of the A Discovery of Witches and All Souls Trilogy series, and received an honorary degree from MHC in 2014.

Get out your drivers and putters as the MHC College Club of SoCal Outdoor Activities Affinity Group is planning a fun evening of golf and dinner for two- foursomes of alums!

Details: Plan to arrive at The Lakes ( 10 hole executive course) located at 398 S Pacific Coast Highway, El Segundo by 4:15. First tee time is reserved for 4:50, the second for 5:00. Greens fees are $32 for Adults and Seniors and $18 for any residents of El Segundo! It takes about 2 hours to play the course so after we wrap up we will all head to Richmond Grill located at 145 Richmond Street in El Segundo for supper and post golf chatter!

For more information about The Lakes Course see: https://www.golfthelakes.com/ and for Richmond Grill see https://www.richmondbarandgrill.com/ . Parking is free at the course and street parking is available near the Richmond Grill.

Once you RSVP, you will receive an email with any final instructions and names of your fellow alums in the foursomes!

Come to an afternoon of networking! Thinking about graduate school? Navigating your career and not sure how to network? Come hear alum and life coach, Catie Chase, about unlocking your potential!