2012

Thursday, February 2
Winter Reception with Professor Matt Barreto, Walker-Ames Room, University of Washington

Wednesday, January 25
Backstage tour of the Seattle Repertory Theatre

2011

Monday, October 31
Fall Luncheon with David Brewster, Bellevue. See photographs of the event. On November 3, Brewster published a piece on the same topic as his speech—local elections—in Crosscut.com.

Monday, October 24
David Tinsley: Magee Address, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma

Monday, October 17
Young Phi Bete social, UW Tower, Seattle. See photographs of the event.

Sunday, October 16
Dim sum lunch, Joy Palace Restaurant, Seattle

Sunday, July 17
Tour of Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma

Saturday, May 21
Seattle Japanese Garden Tour and Tea Ceremony Demonstration. See photographs of the event.

Wednesday, April 27
Spring Luncheon with Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D., Seattle. See photographs of the event.

Thursday, April 7
Tour of the Burke Museum and Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington

Monday, March 7
Terry Castle Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma

Thursday, February 24
Winter Reception with Professor Joseph Janes, University of Washington Club. See photographs of the event.

Monday, January 24
Tour of Benaroya Hall, Seattle

2010

Tuesday, November 2
Fall Luncheon with Jill McKinstry, Bellevue. See photographs of the event and read McKinstry's speech.

Saturday, October 23
Tour of Picasso Exhibit, Seattle Art Museum

Tuesday, October 5
Magee Address, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma

Tuesday, May 18
Spring Luncheon with Gerard Schwarz, Seattle. See photographs of the event.

Saturday, May 8
Kaffeeklatsch: The Wisdom Trail — In the Footsteps of Remarkable Women, Mercer Island

Sunday, April 18
Botanical Gardens Kaffeeklatsch and W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory Tour, Tacoma
See photographs of this event

Saturday, April 10
Streissguth Gardens Tour, Seattle
See photographs of this event

Saturday, February 27
Kaffeeklatsch: Bridging the World of Women — Conversations with Moroccan Women Leaders, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Bellevue

Thursday, February 11
Winter Reception with Professor John Delaney, University of Washington Club

2009

Saturday, November 14
No-Host Dim Sum Brunch,  Hong Kong Restaurant, Pacific Rim Center, Seattle

Wednesday, October 14
Fall Luncheon, Red Lion Hotel, Bellevue
Speaker: Shanna Stevenson, Coordinator, Washington Women’s History Consortium
Washington Women Win the Vote: Centennial Reflections

October 2–4
42nd Triennial Council, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Austin, TexasRead the Council Bulletin

Saturday, September 26
Tour of the Northwest African-American Museum, Seattle
Stories, Struggle, and Journeys

Sunday, May 17
Kaffeeklatsch: A Long Way to Freedom, home of Kay Wilson, Bellevue
Speakers: Ernie Stiefel and Gerry Oppenheimer

Thursday, April 16
Spring Luncheon, Women’s University Club, Seattle
Speaker: Lawrence W. Cheek, architecture critic, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Underlying Order

Sunday, March 15
Historic Immersion Tour, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle

Saturday, February 28
Lucy’s Legacy: Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia
Pacific Science Center, Seattle

Thursday, February 12
Special Celebration of Lincoln’s 200th Birthday
Guest Speaker: Tracy McKenzie, UW Professor and
Logan Family Chair in American History
UW Club Conference Room

2008

Wednesday, November 12
Fall Luncheon, Red Lion Hotel, Bellevue
Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Professor of Holocaust Studies at Pacific Lutheran University
"Good Germans" and the Holocaust

Sunday, November 2
Burke Museum, Seattle
The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World and Arctic Wings: Miracle of Migration
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Roman Holiday

Saturday, June 21
Dunn Garden Tour

Thursday, May 1
Spring Luncheon, Rainier Club, Seattle
The Honorable Bobbe Bridge, Washington State Supreme Court Justice (ret.)
Reflections of a Judge: Eight Years on the State Supreme Court

Saturday, March 29
Seattle Art Museum
Gates of Paradise and Roman Art from the Louvre

2007

Saturday, November 3
Kaffeeklatsch: Getting Kids to Do Real Science, Tacoma
Facilitator: Amy Ryken, Associate Professor of Education, University of Puget Sound

Friday, October 19
Fall Luncheon, Coast Bellevue Hotel, Cedar and Fir Room
Speaker: Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna

Saturday, May 19
Tour of the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle
PACCAR Pavilion

Thursday, April 26
Spring Luncheon, College Club of Seattle
Speaker: David Horsey, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

To see a color photo, click here — for a caricature, click here.

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Saturday, February 10
Kaffeeklatsch: Restoring Pipe Organs, Mercer Island
Home of Carl Dodrill
Facilitator: Carl Dodrill

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2006

Saturday November 18
Tour of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, Pacific Science Center, Seattle

Thursday, October 12
Fall Luncheon, Tacoma Art Museum
Speaker: Stephanie Stebich, Director, Tacoma Art Museum

Saturday, October 7
Kaffeeklatsch: The Dead Sea Scrolls, Community Center at Mercer View, Mercer Island
Facilitator: Mindy Jeppsesen, Master of Theological Studies, Hebrew Bible at Harvard

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Saturday May 6
Kaffeeklatsch on holistic medicine with Margaret Palmquest, M.D.

Thursday, April 27
Spring Luncheon, College Club of Seattle
Speaker: Deborah Jacobs, City Librarian, Seattle Public Library

Note:
Pictures from the Spring Luncheon may be found here. To obtain a full screen press F11; this is a toggle.

The pictures are also on the Web in a Kodak Gallery album. For those wanting prints, please send your email address to chuckmg@acm.org and you will be sent information on accessing the gallery.

Wednesday, March 29
Tour of the award-winning new U.S. Courthouse in Seattle. Judge James Robart gave a tour introduction and presentation, and answered questions in his courtroom.

Saturday February 4
Kaffeeklatsch with Kathleen Wynne of Blackboxvoting.org

2005

Wednesday November 2
The Sweet Side of the Eastside
Tour of Boehm's Candies

Thursday, October 6
Fall Luncheon, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma
Speaker: Jim Wilke

Note:
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Saturday, September 10
Kaffeeklatsch with Irvin Emanuel, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, UW

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Sunday, May 1
Tour of Kubota Garden, Seattle

Thursday, April 7
Spring Luncheon, College Club of Seattle
Speaker: Dr. William P. Reinhardt, Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington

Note:
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Saturday, March 5
Tour of the new Seattle Central Library
Led by Jon Magnusson, PE, of Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Saturday, February 5
Kaffeeklatsch: Pirates Come in All Sizes: The Wave of Recent Lawsuits Concerning Intellectual Property (Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets), at the home of PSA-PBK President Kate Ostrom
Speaker: Karrin Klotz, J.D.

2004

Friday, October 8
Fall Luncheon, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma
Speaker: James Loewen

Saturday, November 13
Tour of the new Seattle Central Library
Led by Dale Stenning of Hoffman Construction

Saturday, June 19
Kaffeeklatsch: Cauldron of Religions for the Future: Palestine in the First Century BC, at the home of our president
Speaker: Paul Strasko

Wednesday, April 28
Spring Luncheon, College Club of Seattle
Speaker: David Brewster, Executive Director, Town Hall

Saturday, March 20
Tour of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center
Led by designer Mark Reddington, FAIA

Thursday and Friday, January 29 and 30
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington, Seattle
Professor Leonard Barkan, Arthur W. Marks Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Society of Fellows at Princeton University, delivered a public lecture, Words on Pictures

2003

Wednesday, November 5
Fall Luncheon
The Knowing Smile, the Ocean of Truth, and the Seal of Hope
Speaker: Ron Thomas, newly appointed president of the University of Puget Sound

Thursday and Friday, September 18 and 19
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma
Alan Shapiro gave a public lecture, entitled The Art of Democracy in Ancient Athens

Tuesday, May 13
Spring Luncheon
Bill Gates Sr. asks the question: Can It Make Sense to Repeal This Most Progressive Tax in the Federal Revenue Menu When We Are About to Begin Incurring Huge Deficits?

Saturday, June 7
Seattle Chinese Garden Tour — free

August 6 to 10
National Phi Beta Kappa Triennial Meeting in Seattle!