November 2019
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Duck Dinner
Thursday, November 7th
On Thursday, November 7, The
University Club will welcome
guests to one of its longest-
standing traditions: the Annual
Duck Dinner.
111 years ago a group of
University Club members got
together and came up with the
idea of holding an Annual Duck
Dinner. The Albany Evening Jour-
nal once reported that there
was something doing “from sun-
set and evening star till the last
schooner slipped over the bar.”
Prior to 1935, wild duck was
provided by University Club
member Dr. Martin Van Loan,
but these days, diners have their
choice of delicious entrées pre-
pared for you by Executive Chef
Maxie Rodriguez.
Duck Dinner traditions have
evolved over the years, but
you’re still certain to see people
in “fowl” attire and hear the
sound of turkey calls echoing
down the Club’s historic corri-
dors.
Guests may purchase chances
to win a frozen turkey — or
three — and drop them ac-
Pumpkin ravioli tossed with a
brown butter sage cream sauce
cordingly.
Dessert (choose 1)
Past Club President Nate Malo- Banana pudding
ney and his beautiful wife Katie Chocolate lava cakes
will do us the honor once again Apple spice cake
as serving as our M.C.s for the Pumpkin cheesecake
evening.
The cost is $50 per person and
includes wine with dinner.
We will kick off the evening
with a raw bar and cocktails in
the Grille Room at 6:00 p.m.
and dinner will follow in the
main dining room at 7:00 p.m.
R.S.V.P by Tuesday, November
6 to mfahy@ universityclubalba-
ny.com or call the club @ 518-
463-1151.
This year, we are participating
in Toys for Tots, a wonderful
Menu
program run by the United
· States Marine Corps that dis-
First Course tributes holiday gifts to under-
Field Green salad with privileged children. Help us
House Dressing make a child’s holiday a little
brighter as we celebrate our
Main Course (choose 1) annual tradition.
Filet topped with lump crab Please bring unwrapped pre-
with a Bearnaise sauce sents or monetary donations —
we’ll do the rest!
Spice rubbed duck with a black
cherry rosemary sauce News Flash: Pool Table in the
Grille Room!
Parmesan encrusted halibut in
an herb butter beurre blanc Check out the pool table Mimi
relocated downstairs to the
Grille Room!
 The University Club of
Albany Foundation
Presents
Unlocking the Secrets of the
Universe — Physics at the
Large Hadron Collider
with
Dr. Vivek Jain
Thursday, November 14
5:30 – 7:00pm
Vivek Jain, Associate Professor of
Physics at UAlbany, will talk about
the physics of the sub-atomic
world, and what we have learned
in the last 100 years. He is a mem-
ber of the ATLAS experiment at
the CERN laboratory in Switzer-
land. He will discuss results from
experiments at the Large Hadron
Collider including the discovery of
the Higgs boson, and the need for
new physics, e.g., dark matter,
extra dimensions.
Cash bar/light fare reception at
5:30 p.m. * Conversation at 6:00 p.m.
Sign up at www.universityclubalbany
or email or call the Club
Movie Night: The Business of
Fancydancing
Tuesday, November 19 at
6:00 p.m.
The Violent/Fraudulent:
Movie night returns with a
Geography of Hell,
the Afterlife
screening of the critically ac-
claimed film The Business of Fan- Dante’s Inferno
cydancing. Giacomo Calabria
Thursday, November 21
Join us on Tuesday evening, Cash bar/light fare reception at
November 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the 5:30 p.m. Talk at 6:00 p.m.
Grille Room.
The University Club of Albany
Sherman Alexie’s directorial de-
Foundation, with the support of
but is a complex drama about
Humanities New York, is pleased
several Spokane Indians unhap-
to present the third in our series
pily reunited at a peer's funeral.
of talks on Dante’s Inferno with
author and historian Giacomo
This month’s Movie Night selec-
Calabria on Thursday, Novem-
tion was made by member
ber 21.
Catherine Dickert.
The last talk will be December
There will be a featured menu 5: “The Fraudulent: The
and of course a themed cocktail!
Malebolge, Traitors, Satan.”
What film would you like to Sign up for one or both sessions
share with the Club? on the UClub website or email
 The Society of New Weekday Menu
Architectural Historians Specials Starting
presents: Tuesday, November 5!
Historic Troy Factory
Conversions and Their Im-
pact on Downtown
Tuesday, December 3
Cash bar/light fare reception at
5:30 p.m. * Talk at 6:00 p.m.
Troy's River Street is changing

Albany Roundtable
Presents
Doug Myers of the
Albany International
Airport
Wednesday, November 13
Noon to 1:00
Join the Albany Roundtable
when it welcomes Albany Inter-
national Airport spokesperson
Doug Myers, who will discuss
new airlines and the airport’s
$90 million makeover.
Mr. Meyers, who has served for
20 years, will share key infor-
mation about the improvements
being made at and around the
airport
This buffet lunch is open to the
public as well as Roundtable and
University Club members.
Come and bring a friend.
Sign up at
www.albanyroundtable com.
fast due to several significant
textile factory conversions. Most
are being turned into apart-
ments, often with a sprinkling of
stores, museums and office
space on the lower floors.
Historian Dan Palmer will give a
talk on the textile factories of
Troy on December 3.
Mr. Palmer's talk will cover the
history of Troy's textile industry,
the stories of the companies that
built and occupied these massive
buildings, as well as the design
and engineering of the extant
textile factories located in Troy,
concluding with a look at the re-
cent surge of industrial to resi-
dential conversions.
Please RSVP by emailing mfa-
hy@universityclubalbany.com or
call 518-463-1151
2
Chicken or Eggplant
Parm Tuesdays
Tuesday nights will bring a
taste of Italy to the Club, featur-
ing your choice of Chicken or
Eggplant Parmesan.
Entrées include soup or salad
and pasta and our homemade
bread. Just $10.99!
Thursday is Prime
Rib Night!
Bring your appetite for Prime Rib
night, Thursdays starting at 4:00
p.m. For only $19.99, you will
get a 14oz Prime Rib Dinner.
Slow roasted in our special ov-
ens to perfection, it’s served
with choice of soup or salad, po-
tato, and a vegetable, and in-
cludes our homemade bread.
Get it while it lasts!
 Save the dates!
University Club Board of Directors DIRECTORS
2019-2020
Rob Crudden
OFFICERS Jason DiNovi
Bob Sheehan: President Dave Hochfelder
Jim Davies: Vice President Geoffrey Hoderath
Teresa Casey: Secretary Nate Maloney
Jeff Hill: Treasurer Dan Pearson
Amy Hines Kramer: Past President Chuck Seifert
Damon Stewart

November 2019 Club favorites Off the Record will

play the Grille Room on
Saturday, December 14!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 Club
Lunch/ closed
Dinner

3 Club 4 Lunch/ 5 Lunch/ 6 Lunch/ 7 Lunch/ 8 9 Club

closed Dinner/ Dinner/ Dinner Duck Dinner Lunch/ closed
Dinner

10 Club 11 closed 12 Lunch/ 13 Lunch/ 14Lunch/ 15 16 Club

closed Veterans Dinner/ Dinner/ Dinner/ Lunch/ closed
Day Roundtable Quantum Dinner
Cafe
Chris Formant will be here in Feb-
17 Club 18 Lunch/ 19 Lunch/ 20 Lunch/ 21 Lunch/ 22 Lunch/ 23 Club ruary to discuss his new book, The
closed Dinner/ Dinner/ Dinner/ Dinner/ Dinner closed Forgotten Story of the Maryland
Movie Dante’s In-
Night ferno
400 and the Battle of Brooklyn .
(Date TBA)
24 Club 25 Lunch/ 26 Lunch/ 27 Lunch/ 28 Closed 29 30 Club
closed Dinner/ Dinner/ Thanksgiv- Lunch/ closed
ing

As a reminder, the Grille Room is routinely open Monday-Friday from 11:30

a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for lunch, dinner, and happy hour. Coming February
21, 22, & 23
The Grille Room may be open at other times for special events. The Clubhouse
is open all day Monday through Friday if you want to come by and work, relax,
or socialize (or even shoot pool or bowl a few frames)!