If you have any questions about our events, please email Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com or call her at 425-641-1606.​​​​​​

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Henry Art Gallery visit

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When: Saturday, April 11, 12:15 p.m.
Where: 15th Avenue NE and NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98195

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Please join us for a group visit to the Henry Art Gallery on Saturday, March 28, at 12:15 p.m. Guests are welcome.  

The Henry Art Gallery is always free. It is located on the west side of the University of Washington campus on 15th Avenue NE at NE 41st Street. Free parking is generally available at the Central Plaza Garage after 12 noon on Saturdays. You can enter the garage from 15th Avenue NE. The UW campus is readily accessible by both light rail and bus services.

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After we view the exhibits we can meet for no-host coffee/tea and treats at their coffee shop on the lower level of the art gallery. A few important notes for our visit:

 

• Backpacks and large bags will have to be left in bins at the front when you check in.

• Please bring pencils or digital writing equipment. Pens are not permitted in the galleries, but they can provide pencils for anyone who might need them.

If you’d like to preview any of their shows ahead of time, you can find their current exhibitions on their website.

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Please register here if you plan to join us at  the Henry Art Gallery and include the names of your guests: https://forms.gle/yJm3SLKznAqzLEwKA.

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Spring Luncheon with Professor Sheri J. Y. Mizumori

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When: Wednesday, May 6, 11:30 a.m.

Where: Seattle Yacht Club, 1807 E Hamlin St., Seattle, WA 98112

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Our Spring luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 6, at the Seattle Yacht Club. Guests are welcome to attend. The luncheon starts at noon. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m.

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Our speaker will be Sheri J. Y. Mizumori, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington.

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Strong curiosity about how our brains are responsible for our many cognitive abilities, our emotional state, and our sense of self has driven Dr. Mizumori’s 37+ year career from Seattle (University of Washington) to Berkeley (University of California, Berkeley) to Boulder (University of Colorado, Boulder) to Salt Lake City (University of Utah), and most recently back to Seattle (again, the University of Washington). During this time, the use of cutting-edge neuroscience methods have revealed how brain circuits are changed with everyday life experiences, and how our brain then forms and recalls memories that define our perceptions of, and actions within, our world. In addition to research, teaching and administrative work, Dr. Mizumori is co-founder of a national program (BRAINS) that seeks to broaden representation in the neurosciences by facilitating the careers of early-stage neuroscience scholars from historically marginalized groups.

 

The title of her talk will be Flexible and adaptive decision-making by the brain.

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Our ability to make a series of meaningful and adaptive decisions each day is essential for us to achieve small and large personal and professional goals, and to create the kind of environment within which we want to live. This decision-making ability is necessarily informed by our memories. The brain basis of the interdependence of our decision and memory abilities will be discussed, as well as how factors such as stress, diet, exercise or certain diseases may impact our decision-making ability and our dynamic memory functions.

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The cost of the luncheon is $60 per person. The menu choices are lemon-herb chicken, butternut squash ravioli (vegetarian), and polenta cakes (vegan). Your entrée will be served with rolls and butter and your choice of coffee or tea.

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To register for the luncheon please use the PayPal button on this page.

 

 

 

 

 

You can also mail in your menu choice and your check to:

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Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa

P.O. Box 84223

Seattle, WA 98124

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Registration and payment for the luncheon must be received by April 28.

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If you have any questions, please contact Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com or call her at 425-641-1606.

Past Events

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• 2025 

  • January 17: Self-guided tour of the Washington State History Museum

  • ​January 15: Young Phi Bete: Boba and Board Games on The Ave

  • January 25: Community volunteer event at Food Lifeline

  • January 30: Young Phi Bete: No-host dinner at Rhein House, Capitol Hill

  • February 8: Young Phi Bete: Husky Ice Skating at Kraken Community Center

  • February 10: Framh-Lewis Trio Virtual Live Performance

  • February 23: Young Phi Bete: Weekend Dinner at Alibi Room, Pike  Place Market

  • March 29: Tour of the Northwest African American Museum

  • May 15: Spring Luncheon with Professor Margaret O'Mara

  • May 24: Free docent tour of the Bellevue Botanical Garden

  • June 21: Free guided tour of Streissguth Gardens

  • October 22: Fall Luncheon with Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland, Union Arts Center

• 2024

  • January 27: Young Phi Bete self-guided tour of the UW Biology Greenhouse followed by a no-host lunch at Shultzy’s

  • February 17: Coffee meet-up in West Seattle

  • February 24: Tour of Henry Art Gallery

  • March 9: Olympics-themed event: Gold Medal Rowing – Presentation by Karrin Klotz about her husband rowing in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics

  • March 23: Young Phi Bete event at Oasis Tea Zone with board games

  • April 6: Volunteer community service event at Food Lifeline packaging food for the homeless

  • April 20: Tour of the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) and coffee

  • May 2: Young Phi Bete event: Burke Museum tour and coffee

  • May 15: Spring Luncheon at Seattle Yacht Club — PBK Secretary and CEO Frederick Lawrence, speaker

  • June 22: Guided tour of Bellevue Botanical Gardens

  • June 22: Young Phi Bete picnic and games at Gas Works Park   

  • August 22: Picnic at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island

  • September 14: Tour of UW Biology Greenhouse followed by a no-host luncheon at Shultzy’s Bar and Grill

  • October 3: Young Phi Bete event: Key Connections at Big Time Brewery and Alehouse

  • October 19: Tour of Seattle Aquarium

  • November 20: Fall Luncheon: Jevin West, UW Information School, speaker. Presentation of Pathfinder Awards and recognition of 2024 scholarship winners.

  • November 2: Young Phi Bete Event: Indoor bouldering experience and lunch

  • December 5: PBK 247th anniversary celebration event at Big Time Brewery and Alehouse

  • December 19: Young Phi Bete event: No-host dinner at BaBar at South Lake Union