* Reserve your seat at the Education Section Dinner *

Join us for dinner in Boston immediately following the Section Reception (6:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m.). Sunday August 3, 8:30 p.m.

at

Rustic Kitchen,
A Classic Italian-Mediterranean bistro
210 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116-5426
( www.rustickitchen.biz )

The venue is an easy 20-minute walk or a quick cab ride from the conference hotels.

The buffet-style dinner is $50 inclusive of all taxes and gratuities: a reasonable tab for high-cost downtown Boston.  Artisanal Italian wines by the glass or by the bottle, cocktails and other beverages will be available for purchase.

The evening's menu and directions to the restaurant are listed below.

SPACE IS LIMITED.  Please reserve your seat by making payment by check (again, $50/person).  Please make your check payable to: SUET-LING PONG

Mail your check to:

Suet-ling Pong
Department of Education Policy Studies
Penn State University
310D Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802.

Be sure to mark "SOE dinner" on the envelope.  If your check is not in US$, please let Suet-ling know in advance via email.  Direct any questions about payment to Suet-ling (suetlingpong@gmail.com) and about local arrangements in Boston to Jal Mehta at jal_mehta@gse.harvard.edu .

• Hope to see you there!
  
  Steve Brint, Claudia Buchmann, Jal Mehta, and Suet-ling Pong

Menu:

Appetizer:  Antipasto platter with assorted vegetables, cured meats, mozzarella, peperonata, and eggplant caponata

Salads:  Mixed Field Greens Salad with lemon extra-virgin olive oil vinaigrette and Baby Spinach Salad with roasted beets, kalamata olives, white beans, red onions & feta cheese

Entrées:  Chicken Marsala, Roasted Salmon with lemon caper butter, Baked Rigatoni with tomato, basil, ricotta & fresh mozzarella

Mini Assorted Desserts

Directions:

By foot: It is about a 15-20 minute walk to the restaurant. Coming from the Copley Marriott, walk one block up Huntington to Stuart Street, make a right on Stuart, and walk about 5 blocks. The restaurant is at 210 Stuart Street.

By T (the Boston subway): Board the Green Line at Copley going inbound (towards Lechmere or Government Center). Take it 1 stop to Arlington. Walk South 2 blocks on Arlington, and make a left onto Stuart.  The restaurant is at 210 Stuart Street.

Steven Brint
Professor of Sociology
Associate Dean, College of Humanities,
  Arts, and Social Sciences
University of California, Riverside
951-827-1564 (phone)/951-827-5836 (fax)
http://www.higher-ed2000.ucr .edu
http://www.thepond.ucr.edu

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