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On Camera Workshop for the Actor

When:   January 4, 2011 7:00pm-9:30pm
Where:   OttersonTV Studio
251 West 30th Street, Suite 14W
NYC 10001
Cost:   $20 for you and your scene partner or $10 each
 
On Camera Workshop for the Actor   On camera workshops are everywhere. Sporadically over the last ten years I've had one that gives participants more on camera time than most. I'm going to begin new sessions on Jan. 4.  I'm also doing this to help hone my own on camera ...

YLAA/YAAMNY: Explore "Nueva York" Exhibit at El Museo del Barrio w/Reception & After Party at The FB Lounge

When:   January 5, 2011 5:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street)
Cost:   $35
 

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Historical secrets, bodacious beverages, live Latin music and more.  This is not our parents' history lesson!  Register here for an exclusive guided exhibit of El Museo del Barrio's exhibit "Nueva York: 1613-1948" and start out the New Year in the best spirits with a celebration at New York's "latest Latino discovery," the FB Lounge.  The exhibit's deeply rich paintings and other historical artifacts unveil the roles of the Spanish-speaking people from the Caribbean, Central and South America in the vibrant history of the most vibrant city in the world.  Co-sponsored by the Yale Latino Alumni Association (YLAA) and YAAMNY.

Volunteer for Mulchfest 2011 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn

When:   January 8, 2011 10:00am-2:00pm
Where:   Prospect Park, Brooklyn
3rd St entrance at Prospect Park West
(Near the famous Litchfield Villa)
Cost:   Free
 

Connect with nature and other Yalies in beautiful Prospect Park! We are looking for 10-15 volunteers to assist Prospect Park staff in collecting and pre-processing discarded holiday trees and wreaths for chipping and mulching.  Hot chocolate will be made available as well as lunch at the famous Litchfield Villa.  More details here.

YAAMNY Educational Programs Committee Meeting

When:   January 8, 2011 11:00am-12:30pm
Where:   Think Coffee, 248 Mercer St, between 3rd and 4th St, Greenwich Village
 

This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  in crafting first-rate, thoughtful, and intellectually stimulating educational enrichment programs for alumni and the general public.  Graphic and web design, IT, social media, and audio/ video recording skills are especially of value. We also welcome overtures from alumni involved with educational or cultural institutions that may prove possible partners in developing enrichment programming.  Email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  with your interest and biographical information.

SOLD OUT YaleWomen Event: Success Under Stress -- 3 Strategies to "Get Out of Your Own Way" and Have the Quality of Life You Seek

When:   January 10, 2011 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   Carlisle Collection at 16 East 52nd St.
Cost:   none
 

What makes talented and successful women get in their own way and how can one remove those blocks?  Hear what psychologist and dynamic speaker Sharon Melnick, Ph.D. (Yale 88) learned in her research at Harvard Medical School.  View the beautiful Carlisle Collection after the presentation. Co-sponsored by YaleWomen and YAAMNY, click for more details here.

Summer Internship in Bosnia-Herzegovina

When:   January 11, 2011 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Education Resource Room
 
This eight-week internship is appropriate for those interested in education and reconciliation in a post-conflict post-genocide multi-ethnic society. Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development (BILD) is offering summer internships in northeastern Bosnia. Qualified interns will join the staff of the Tuzla Summer Institute (TSI). TSI is a multicultural intensive educational program ...

World Premiere of "Blood from a Stone" Plus Talk-Back with Ethan Hawke and More Cast and Crew

When:   January 12, 2011 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   The Acorn Theater at Theater Row
410 West 42nd St (on the South side between 9th & 10th Ave)
Cost:   $75.25
 
See the world premiere of Blood from a Stone by Tommy Nohilly with a special talk-back afterwards with Ethan Hawke and other cast and crew members of this exciting new play and The New Group.  This special Multi-Ivy League event (with alumni from Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, etc.) includes a happy hour before the show at Dalton's Bar & Grill for people to meet & talk. For more details and to register, click here.

YaleUNICEF Summer Outreach Trip to Ghana

When:   January 13, 2011 11:00am
Where:   WLH 116
 
  Join a Yale UNICEF - sponsored team of students on a trip to Ghana this summer! May 11 - May 27, 2011     Support a new SOS Children's Village in Kumasi through the development and implementation of a literacy project as well as in general English and science ...

Dandy Wellington and The Made to Measure Band

When:   January 13, 2011 8:00pm-11:00pm
Where:   ELLA LOUNGE
9 AVENUE A (between 1st and 2nd)
Cost:   Free
 
After a hard day at the office, there is nothing better then great music and a well made cocktail to set your evening off right. Well we have it for you!! Join Dandy Wellington and the Made to Measure Band as we team up with Ella Lounge to provide a ...

Yale Children's Theater -- Hands' on

When:   January 15, 2011 10:00am-2:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Common Room
 
Every Saturday in the Dwight Hall Common room, students are welcome to help volunteer with the Yale Children's Theater in the hands' on program from 10am - 2:30 pm. Please contact for more information. 

University Glee Club of New York City Concert with the Whiffenpoofs

When:   January 15, 2011 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center NYC
Cost:   $40.00
 
with the Yale Whiffenpoofs Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. The University Glee Club of New York City The University Glee Club of New York City is an all-male singing group founded in 1894 to encourage male voice singing of the highest excellence. Since that time, more than ...

See Elisabeth Ness Schneider '06 as the Lead in Crossing Brooklyn

When:   January 16, 2011 12:00am
Where:   Michael Chekhov Theater @ 45th St. Playhouse (354 W. 45th St, NYC)
Cost:   $18
 
Elisabeth plays the lead role of Des, a first-grade teacher suffering from PTSD due to the events of 9/11, in the workshop of the amazing new musical Crossing Brooklyn (by Larson Award-winning composer Jenny Giering and Kleban Award-winning librettist Laura Harrington). January 27th - 30th, Thursday-SundayThu at 11 am & ...

Volunteer at Head Start Preschools with Yale UNICEF: Training Session

When:   January 17, 2011 2:30pm-3:15pm
Where:   WLH 112
 
Come to an informational-training session to volunteer with Yale UNICEF members at our local community partner, the federally-funded New Haven Head Start preschools. This years curriculum, which focuses on nutrition, will teach preschoolers to make healthy food choices. Our activities will include reading the book The Fruit Flies Picnic, helping the ...

Interested in global health advocacy and activism?

When:   January 18, 2011 5:30pm
Where:   LC 317
 
 Come to the first meeting of the new Global Health and AIDS Coalition on Tuesday, January 18, 2010 from 5.30-6.30 in LC 317.  All interested in global health/activism are welcome to attend. 

Rudd Seminar Series: First Seminar Spring 2011 - Advocacy Lessons from the Battle to Reduce Tobacco

When:   January 19, 2011 12:30pm
Where:   309 Edwards Street, New Haven, CT
 
Join the Rudd Center for their first seminar, featuring Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, on Wednesday, January 19 at 12:30 pm. His talk is titled " Advocacy Lessons from the Battle to Reduce Tobacco."

Dwight Hall Spring 2011 Bazaar for Service and Advocacy

When:   January 19, 2011 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall at Yale, Old Campus, Yale University
 

Commit to service in 2011 and pursue justice in the New Haven and global communities.  Meet representatives from over 100 community-based agencies and student-run member organizations. Don't miss out on this bi-annual event!

Haiti Assistance Task Force Meeting

When:   January 19, 2011 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where:   Think Coffee, 123 4th Ave (12th / 13th St)
 

Join the Public Service/Social Justice Committee's Haiti Assistance Task Force and be part of some amazing service projects in 2011:  a big sib/lil sib program with the Edeyo School, a service trip to Haiti, a report focused on education for UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in collaboration with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and more!  If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

"Open Meeting of the Yale Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility ("ACIR")

When:   January 20, 2011 4:00pm-5:00pm
Where:   Yale Law School, Room 127
 
  All members of the Yale community are invited to attend the annual Open Meeting of the ACIR <http://acir.yale.edu/>. The ACIR is comprised of students, faculty, staff and alumni representatives. The ACIR is charged with making recommendations to the Yale Corporation that further Yales goal of investing its ...

Yale Children's Theater -- Hands' on

When:   January 22, 2011 10:00am-2:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Common Room
 
Every Saturday in the Dwight Hall Common room, students are welcome to help volunteer with the Yale Children's Theater in the hands' on program from 10am - 2:30 pm. Please contact for more information. 

Turn your Resolutions into Results!

When:   January 22, 2011 10:00am-2:00pm
Where:   Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor
Cost:   $50
 
Do you want to make a change this year? How many times have we all made New Years resolutions that just don't work? This year do something different. Take Kate Sandberg's Make It Happen Now! workshop. By formally setting goals and focusing on the benefits, you increase the likelihood that ...

Sculpture show!

When:   January 22, 2011 5:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   300 W. 22nd Street, NY NY
Cost:   Free
 

Sculpture show!Celebrate a fusion of Art and Design with the Unveiling of APOLLO     A new life size bronze by Noted Sculptor SABIN HOWARD See www.gallery300.net   www.sabinhoward.com

Early Childhood Education and School Reform, A Conversation with Founders of All Our Kin

When:   January 24, 2011 4:00pm-5:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
 
Interested in educational equity? Interested in socioeconomic, race, and gender issues? Interested in early childhood? Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Janna Wagner '95 and Jessica Sager LAW '99, co-founders of All Our Kin, a local non-profit organization whose mission is "To educate and empower parents and teachers, give ...

INTERN for a community tourism project in Ecuador this summer!

When:   January 25-February 15, 2011
Where:   Puerto Cayo, Ecuador
 
Interested in sustainability? Looking to travel in Latin America? Want to spend your  summer doing hands-on work teaching and community organizing in an Ecuadorian coastal town? Apply for internships in marketing, sustainability,and mural projects with project oscar. Project Oscar is an organization that collaborates with the town government of ...

Yale UNICEF: 1st General Meeting of the Year!

When:   January 25, 2011 7:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
 
Interested in international human rights? Children's rights - their survival, development and protection? Come to the first Yale Undergraduate Students for UNICEF general meeting of the year! Learn about our fundraising and educational campaigns, advocacy, and even hands-on public service work. Sign up for the Tap Project training trip in ...

POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW STORM - Betrayal and Redemption: Dramatic Presentation of THE GREAT DIVORCE

When:   January 27, 2011 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:   Fraunces Tavern Museum
54 Pearl Street
Cost:   10
 

great divorce book coverHear the sensational true story of a mother's fight to rescue her children from a celibate perfectionist sect at a book event for THE GREAT DIVORCE, reviewed by NPR, NY Times, The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal.  After a lecture by author Ilyon Woo' 94, actors will deliver testimonials that bring to life a 19th c case that rocked New York. The location is beautiful Fraunces Tavern Museum, site of much Revolutionary War history.  Co-sponsored by YAAMNY, click for more details here.

MBA Night Networking HAPPY HOUR!

When:   January 27, 2011 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   La Pomme
37 W. 26th Street (bet. Broadway & 6th Ave)
212-675-3860
Cost:   FREE!
 

MBA Night Networking HAPPY HOUR! FIRST ANNUAL MBA NIGHT GET ON THE PATH TO ADMISSIONS SUCCESS! The First Annual MBA Night will be an opportunity for you to meet informally with alumni of MBA programs (Cornell, Stern, Kellog, Sloan, Darden, Ross, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, and many more). Youll get a feel for different ...

Youth Together Middle School First Tutoring Trip to Fair Haven K-8

When:   January 28, 2011 12:45pm-3:15pm
Where:   Phelps Gate, Fair Haven
Cost:   0
 
Youth Together Middle School focuses on mentoring and tutoring in language arts and creative writing. Join us for our first tutoring trip of the semester to Fair Haven K-8! We will meet at Phelps Gate on Friday at 12:45 and walk over to the bus stop together to go to Fair ...

Do a 180: 180 Minutes of Service with the Chaplain's Office

When:   January 28, 2011 2:00pm-5:00pm
 
  Do a 180: The Chaplains Office invites you to do 180 minutes of community service on Friday, January 28th from 2:00-5:00 pm. Open to grads & undergrads of any or no faith tradition. Well cook dinner at Ronald McDonald House and Fellowship Place and get to know some of ...

Youth Activism Conference at Yale- February 5th, 2011

When:   January 28, 2011 3:30pm
 
Please join MEChA de Yale in the conference "Youth Inherit el Movimiento: Youth Leadership through Art and Community Organizing". With speakers ranging from political muralist Maceo Montoya from California to local Fair Haven youth group 'Youth Rights Media' to the President of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) Tom Saenz, ...

Yale Children's Theater -- Hands' on

When:   January 29, 2011 10:00am-2:30pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Common Room
 
Every Saturday in the Dwight Hall Common room, students are welcome to help volunteer with the Yale Children's Theater in the hands' on program from 10am - 2:30 pm. Please contact for more information. 

YAAMNY Arts Committee Meeting

When:   January 30, 2011 2:00pm
Where:   Cosi (21 St & Park)
 

The YAAMNY Arts Committee provides a forum where alumni can learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts and support those in the entertainment industry. Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.  Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

7th ANNUAL YALE-HARVARD BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE!!

When:   January 31-February 3, 2011
Where:   Af-Am House
 
Want to save lives? Want to beat Harvard? Come donate blood at our biggest drive of the year! Be entered to win prizes from Yorkside, Ashley's, Campus Customs, Laila Rowe, Zaroka, and so much more!! Connecticut is experiencing a severe blood shortage, so any donation is greatly appreciated. One pint ...