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"Railings & Shadows" - an Exhibition of Paintings by Andrew Jones (Yale Law School 1985) of Cast iron Railings of Old New York Stoops

When:		January 2-31, 2009
Where:		George Billis Gallery 511 West 25th Street, Ground Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 645-2621 email: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript , website: ww.georgebillis.com Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11-6

Andrew Jones, a graduate of Yale Law and a resident of Greenwich Village, will exhibit his paintings of cast iron railings of early nineteenth century stoops of New York. Jones is an active preservationist whose love of New York's architectural legacy has inspired him to depict the elaborate cast ...

By Andrew Jones | 12.04.08 | Read
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Sexual Healing: A New Play By Jonathan Leaf

When:		January 6, 2009 7:30pm-8:30pm
Where:		Theatre 3, Mint Space at 311 West 43rd Street, 3rd Floor
Cost:		$18.00

Recent productions of plays by Jonathan Leaf (BK '88) have won multiple award nominations and rave reviews in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Daily News, The New Yorker, The New Criterion and many other publications. Leaf's plays have been praised for their unusual union of lively entertainment and intellectual power and ...

By Jonathan Leaf | 12.21.09 | Read
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Public Service and Social Justice Committee Meeting

When:		January 13, 2009 6:45pm-7:45pm
Where:		Ashiya Sushi 167 First Avenue (btwn 10th and 11thStreet)
Cost:		1/2 price sushi

AGENDA I. Finalizing details of St. Francis Xavier's Soup Kitchen Event scheduled for Jan. 18 to commerorate the birth of Dr. King II. Rana Emerson to discuss viability of partnership with Harlem Children's Zone for February & May III. Discussion of Social Justice Project with Mayor Cory Booker's office (Newark, ...

By Amanda Taffy | 12.28.08 | Read
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"Sixty Miles to Silver Lake" - A New Play by Dan LeFranc, directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman

When:		January 15, 2009 7:30pm-8:45pm
Where:		Soho Rep (46 Walker Street)
Cost:		$25

Non-profit theater company Page 73 (started by Dan Shiffman '95, Liz Jones '96 and Asher Richelli '97) presents the world premiere of "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake" in a co-production with award-winning theater Soho Rep. "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake" looks at the sixty miles between soccer practice and ...

By Asher Richelli | 12.26.08 | Read
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OBAMA DRAMA: The Inauguration Celebration!

When:		January 15, 2009 8:00pm-9:30pm
Where:		45TH STREET THEATRE, 354 W. 45TH ST BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH AVE
Cost:		15.00

Celebrate Barack Obama's historic inauguration with Creative Destruction as they remount their hit show OBAMA DRAMA: A POLITICAL THEATRICAL SPECATACULAR! with a special Inauguration Celebration. Originally commissioned and performed in October 2008, OBAMA DRAMA is a weekend of world-premiere short plays inspired by the man, the myth(s) and the Michelle ...

By Nelson Eusebio | 01.06.09 | Read
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Volunteers Needed to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. B-Day with Children for Children

When:		January 18, 2009 8:00am
Where:		2 Locations Martin Luther King High School, 122 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY or PS 57 James Weldon Johnson, 176 East 115th Street, New York, NY

Grow Involved!® on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010 Monday, January 18th Martin Luther King High School, 122 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY PS 57 James Weldon Johnson, 176 East 115th Street, New York, NY This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, make it a day on, not a ...

By Amanda Taffy | 12.03.09 | Read

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Serving Fellow New Yorkers

When:		January 18, 2009 12:00pm-3:00pm
Where:		St. Francis Xavier 55 West 15th Street (btwn 5th and 6th Avenue)

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK is proud to honor Dr. King's legacy by serving fellow New Yorkers at this Soup Kitchen during winter. We are looking for 10 volunteers to help serve food & drinks to approximately 700 patrons and to assist in the ...

By Amanda Taffy | 01.01.09 | Read
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Reception and Remarks by President Levin - FREE EVENT

When:		January 22, 2009 6:00pm
Where:		Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue
Cost:		FREE

A Reception in Honor of

Richard C. Levin '74 PhD
22nd President of Yale University

Thursday, January 22, 2009
at the Yale Club of New York City

6:00 p.m. Reception Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, wine and beer
7:00 p.m. President Levin's Remarks Followed by Q&A

This event is offered free of charge to all New York City area alumni and their guests.
However, it is already oversubscribed from the December announcement, so if you would like to add your name to the waitlist, see the website for registration details.)

By Jenny Chavira | 01.07.09 | Read
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Libana Concert

When:		January 23, 2009 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:		Dwight Hall Chapel
Cost:		FREE

Please join us for an evening concert of acoustic music that illuminates the creativity, vision and spirit of the world's women.

By Maribeth Dunn | 01.16.09 | Read
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YAAMNY Focus Group - Manhattan

When:		January 25, 2009 1:00pm-3:00pm
Where:		Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP 437 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022
Cost:		FREE

Big changes are afoot at the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York, including new activities and initiatives in New York City! Anyone who would like to get involved, help plan events, have some input on what is going on, or just meet some new Yale friends.... please come ...

By Michael Jacobs | 01.21.09 | Read
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Brown-Columbia-Cornell-MIT-Yale New Year's Alumni Party

When:		January 27, 2009 6:00pm-10:00pm
Where:		Slate 54 West 21st Street New York, NY
Cost:		$5-$10

Come celebrate the New Year 2009 with alumni from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, MIT and Yale for a New Year's Multi-school Mixer at Slate. Stop by after work to enjoy some cocktail specials, appetizers, and music provided by an alumni DJ group!

The $5 early registration fee ends January 20th, after which tickets will be $10. Tickets are sold on a first come, first served, basis, so register early before they sell out. There will be a strict guest list at the door, so no walk-in's will be allowed.

Tickets only $5* until Jan 20th, so buy today!!!

Price goes up after January 20th to $10* if any tickets are available!

Go to the website here to order today.

Edited by Alberto Molina | 01.27.09 | Read
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Hunger and Homelessness Lunch

When:		January 27, 2009 11:00pm
Where:		HGS 119

Hunger and Homelessness Lunch, Thursday, Jan 29th at noon, HGS 119 Come talk to representatives from the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen and Columbus House about ways you can get involved and help the homeless in New Haven! Lunch is provided.

By Charles Zhu | 01.27.09 | Read
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YHHAP Annual Homeless Count

When:		January 28, 2009 6:00pm-11:00pm
Where:		Meet at Dwight Hall at 6:00 PM

This Wednesday, there is a homelessness service project that is desperately in need of your help. The annual point-in-time homeless count is Wednesday, from 6 pm to 11 pm. Each year, New Haven advocates do a count of the homeless in new haven, by sending groups of 3-4 advocates ...

By Charles Zhu | 01.26.09 | Read
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YAAMNY Focus Group - Brooklyn

When:		January 28, 2009 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:		DUMBO, Brooklyn - Loft Space
Cost:		FREE

By Michael Jacobs | 01.21.09 | Read
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"WHITE PEOPLE"--OFF BROADWAY PLAY (JAN 28th-FEB 22nd)

When:		January 28, 2009 8:00pm
Where:		Atlantic Theatre Company Stage 2 330 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011
Cost:		$45.00 and below

Come see Yalie Michael Shulman ('04) from Jan 28th-Feb 22 in: From J.T. Rogers, author of The Roundabout's acclaimed 2007 production of THE OVERWHELMING (Top 10 Play of the Year, Time and TONY) comes the New York Premiere of another powerful and timely work. WHITE PEOPLE is a controversial ...

By Craig Saavedra | 01.08.09 | Read
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Janice Nowinski, Recent Paintings, Opening Reception

When:		January 29, 2009 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:		Bowery Gallery 530 West 25th Street ( bet. 10th and 11th ave) New York, NY 4th floor
Cost:		Free

Opening reception Thursday, January 29, 2009, 6-8 pm JANICE NOWINSKI RECENT PAINTINGS January 27- February 21, 2009 Bowery Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea Yale MFA, 1987 For further information: www.bowerygallery.org, www.janicenowinski.com

By Janice Nowinski | 01.17.09 | Read
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Yale Entrepreneurs and Investors in NYC Meetup

When:		January 29, 2009 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:		Barna 365 Park Avenue (26th and Park) New York, NY 10001 212-532-8300

Join a network of Yalies who are entrepreneurs, investors, or just interested in entrepreneurship. Share new ideas, get advice on starting up, discuss funding opportunities. Let's connect and build Yale's entrepreneurship network! To join the official Meetup group and RSVP, click here - http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/2045/calendar/9375838/

By Shana Schneider | 01.14.09 | Read
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Kazuko Shiraishi Poetry Reading at Japan Society

When:		January 30, 2009 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:		Japan Society of New York 333 E 47 St, New York, NY 10017 212-715-1258
Cost:		$10/$8 JS Members

Born in Vancouver in 1931, Kazuko Shiraishi is one of Japans foremost poets. Influenced by abstract art, experimental literature, and avant-garde jazz, she is beloved by readers around the world for her humane vision: through her poems she meets her living self/pretending to be a dead body but fully alive. ...

By Robert Fish | 01.27.09 | Read
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Yale Men's Basketball at Columbia

When:		January 30, 2009 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:		Levien Gym, Columbia University

The Yale men's basketball team plays at Columbia.

By Sam Rubin | 01.08.09 | Read
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Finding Ways to Prove You're Not an Al-Qaeda Terrorist When You're Brown (and other stories of the gIndian)

When:		January 31, 2009 7:00pm-8:10pm
Where:		HERE Arts Center is located at 145 6th Ave. (between Spring & Broome, enter on Dominick).
Cost:		$20

Finding Ways to Prove You're Not an Al-Qaeda Terrorist When You're Brown (and other stories of the gIndian) One man's quest to get out of the closet and through airport security without compromising his individuality or his man-purse. Buy tickets at here.org or call 212.352.3101. Special Yale ...

By Stephanie Ybarra | 01.26.09 | Read
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