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Emit Thomson-Tribe and big brother Eno, children of Kerry Tribe ’91Jackie Au ’92 with her partner Tim Horrell, daughter Noelle, and son Lucas“rode out through the crappy economyand survived (both my job and the company),so that’s good.” Dan’s wifeBethany is making some great strideswith City Hall Fellows. They just gotBaton Rouge to sign up, making it athree-city operation. Plus she’s makingsome great contacts in Los Angeles tohelp fundraising. Dan notes that if anyCA alum wants to donate to a very worthynonprofit, the Web site is cityhallfellows.org.Kerry Tribe lives most of thetime in LA and part of the time in Berlin.“Mungo and I welcomed our secondson, Emit, to the family on December26, 2009. He was born at home, perfectand at peace. His big brother Eno is avery proud 2-year-old. On the professionalside, my recent film installation,H.M., will be included in this year’s WhitneyBiennial.”1992Class Secretaries: Jacqueline Au,jpilatesstudio@mac.com; Meredith R.Sterling, meredithsterling@yahoo.comJackie Au is busy juggling single motherhoodand her budding business. Whennot carting her kids, Lucas, 9, andNoelle, 8, to school, allergist, Irish dancing,or tutoring, she is teaching evolvedand classical Pilates as well as kettlebelldrills at her Pilates studio (coreproduxions.com).Her next item on the checklistis training new teachers and becomingRussian Kettlebell Certified. JavierCastillo is a teacher in a Boston dual-languageschool. His fourth child wasexpected in March. CONGRATS JAV!Here are a few words from the man him-self, Curtis Hughes: “Doria [Phelps-Braun Hughes ’92] and I are living inCambridge with our 9-year-old daughterAriana. I’m teaching music compositionat the Boston Conservatory and I alsoteach a couple of students at good oldCA. Meanwhile, my new chamber operaabout Sarah Palin and Joe Biden wasproduced in Boston last fall and wasmore or less well received, but got satisfyinglydissed by Bill O’Reilly. (See Alumnae/iProfiles, Winter, online only atconcordacademy.org./magazine.) A CD iscoming out sometime in 2011, if CDsstill exist by then. I’d love to hear newsof other CA alums’ endeavors.” CarolineKelley is our EURO-GIRL, currentlydoing freelance writing with plans totravel to Berlin for her residency. She hastraveled extensively in Europe for herarts and women’s studies programs.Check out some amazing photos on herWeb site at carolinekelley.com. ZandyMangold lives in NYC when not photographingultra marathons in places suchas Chile, China, Egypt, and Antarctica.Zandy Mangold ’92, flying high in theChinese Gobi desertStefanie Riego Bester ’92 and herdaughter Elisa VictoriaYou can check out his work at zandymangoldnyc.com.Ming-Chu Yuen ’93 isteaching community college in HongKong. She has been spotted on Facebookhaving too much fun at dinner parties.Bear Bergman writes, “Our son,Stanley Safran Bergman, was born January21—wriggly, pink, alert, and vocal.He’s amazing; my husband J. and I aretotally and hopelessly in love with him.Workwise, my second book, The NearestExit May Be Behind You, came out thispast fall, and an anthology I’m coeditingwith Kate Bornstein called Gender Outlaws:The Next Generation will be out inSeptember 2010. Life is very nice rightnow, indeed.” Stefanie Riego Besterand her husband, Matthew, welcomedtheir first child, Elisa Victoria Bester,home on July 16, 2009. “She is unbelievablycute (if you don’t believe me, friendme on Facebook and check her out foryourself).” Stefanie continues to workfull-time as a pediatrician at NationwideChildren’s Hospital in Columbus, OH.Rebecca Cutter is happy to report thaton August 31, 2009, Frances Perry Bellwas born. The doctor called her a “fullfiguredgal” at 9 lbs., 5 oz. Rebecca andher husband, Ben Bell (not to be confusedwith Ben Bell ’93), are delightedand hope to meet some new CA babiessoon. Rebecca is still in LA and workingon CBS’ The Mentalist, where she isassistant to the executive producer/creator,Bruno Heller. Jessica Stone is livingin Boulder, CO, where she met herfiancé, Christopher Baker. They are gettingmarried on 10/10/10 in Calistoga,CA. Jessica will be graduating from BoulderCollege of Massage Therapy andcontinuing on to earn an associate’sdegree in massage therapy. She spentlast year in Albuquerque in a nine-monthprogram in Ayurveda with Dr. VasantLad, and hopes to open a bodywork andwellness practice in Boulder in 2011.1993Class Secretaries: Andrew Newberg,arnewberg@gmail.com; Sam ThayerWilde, revwilde@hotmail.com; David J.Wolfe, david_j_wolfe@yahoo.comEli Feinstein, living in New Orleans,writes that he has founded FeinsteinFixed Assets, a real estate investment71C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y. O R G S P R I N G 2 0 1 0