Smith College Club of New York City

Monthly Newsletter – October 2026

News and Events from Smith College

Click here for the most recent announcements and news from Smith.

And here’s a link to events happening on campus.

Alum News

College Networking:

• Check out the college’s latest Smith Quarterly magazine edition here.
• Details of the Alum Career Program and upcoming events can be found here.

The second annual Come Home to Smith for alums is October 24, 2026. For registration, click here.

On Display at Alumnae House: Mary Katz ’73, TERROIR art show exhibition, September 14, 2026–March 2, 2027.

Club-Sponsored Events

👖 Wednesday, October 21 | 6:00 PM | The New York School of Interior Design (170 East 70th Street): Join the club for a free presentation with Professor Kiki Smith ’71 about her second book, Making Strides: Women in Pants. More details and tickets are available here.

Smithie-Related Events

(Sponsored by Smith Alums and Faculty)

🎭 Thursday, October 1 | 7:30–9:00 PM | The Gym at Judson: Special Smithie night for The Body of Mary: A Play in Three Acts (of God), produced by Jennifer Baumgardner, Lucille Geier Lakes writer-in-residence at Smith College (2024–2027). Many student interns who worked on the production will attend, with a talkback after the performance. Use promo code SMITH. Tickets here.

📚 Tuesday, October 20 | 7:00 PM | Book Launch at The Powerhouse Arena (28 Adams Street): Rosa Kwon Easton ’86 is celebrating the publication of her second novel, Red Seal. Join the author for a discussion and celebration! Details and tickets are available here.

🎭 Tuesday, October 27 | 6:30 PM | The RAT (68 Jay Street, Suite 117): Phoebe Potts ’92 is bringing her show Too Fat for China to Brooklyn! Smithies are invited to a special show. Watch the trailer here. Buy tickets here and use discount code TooFat5.

Smithie News

🖼️ If you’re headed to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, check out “Six Gothic Churches” — six engravings by Amy Namowitz Worthen ’67, on display in “Independence and Identity: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints” in Gallery 690 through October 6, 2026. Details here.

On Loan: Smith College Museum of Art works in NYC museums and galleries

The SCMA would love to hear if you visit any of these works in person. Take a photo with the art, tag it #smithartmuseum, and post it to the SCMA’s Instagram page, @smithartmuseum.

🎨 China Institute Gallery at 60, 1966–2026: Selections of Three Millennia of Chinese Art | September 10, 2026–January 3, 2027. The exhibition includes three pieces of ancient Chinese jade from the SCMA.

Horned Owl-Shaped Pendant, Artist Unknown, 1600–1046 BCE, Shang Dynasty
Smith College Museum of Art, SC 1959.242.1, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan B. Hart

Work and Volunteering Opportunities

🏫 The Association to Benefit Children, a nonprofit in East Harlem, is looking for afterschool teachers Monday through Friday, 2:30–6:00 PM. Interested applicants can email the Central Team at cweng@a-b-c.org with a résumé and indicate interest in the Group Leader position.

💠 Not a club member? We invite you to join or renew your membership here!