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Timothy Hutchings, MFA 98, Exhibition opening

When:   March 1, 2008 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   I-20 gallery, 557 West 23rd Street
Cost:   free
 
A show of sculpture and video, titled "The Celestial Spheres" will be opening Saturday, March 1st, 6 - 8pm.   The exhibition is at the I-20 gallery in Chelsea, on 557 West 23rd Street.  www.i-20.com www.timothyhutchings.com  

Yale Men's Hockey ECAC Hockey Playoffs

When:   March 1, 2008 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Ingalls Rink, New Haven, Conn.
 
The Yale men's hockey team hosts ECAC Hockey playoff games for the first time in four years. The Bulldogs will play a best-of-three series Mar. 7-9, with the winner advancing to the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals. Live pay-per-view video of the games is available at http://www.b2livetv.com/

Yale School of Music at Carnegie Hall: All Ezra Laderman -Twenty Years of Composing at Yale

When:   March 3, 2008 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th & 7th Ave
Cost:   $15-$25/Students & Seniors $8.
 
The Yale School of Music and Carnegie Hall will present a special program to showcase the works of Professor Laderman and celebrate his twenty years at Yale.

Cultural Organizations and Dwight Hall Pizza Dinner

When:   March 4, 2008 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   SJN Room
 

Cultural Organizations and Dwight Hall Pizza DinnerCome eat pizza and network with cultural groups on campus! We will be talking about things groups are currently working on and planning and also talking about how Dwight Hall and cultural house groups can better work together.     Join the facebook event here!

"How to Write to Change the World" with Catherine Orenstein - still spaces left!

When:   March 4, 2008 6:30pm-9:00pm
Where:   SheSource/Fenton Communications, 260 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
Cost:   $75 for SOM alumni, $85 for all others
 
The Op-Ed pages of major newspapers are read by diplomats, businesspeople, scholars and those in the highest levels of government. They can sway public opinion and change the world. A single op-ed can make you part of national debate. And it's the one section of the newspaper dedicated to outside ...

Cycling to raise awareness about Cancer

When:   March 5, 2008 6:00pm
 

My name is Cesar Rodarte (CC '06), and I am raising funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by participating in a 100-mile bike ride to help stop Hodgkin's lymphoma from taking more lives. I'm completing this event in honor of Lenore, my girlfriend who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in June 2007...

Public School Internship Information Session

When:   March 5, 2008 8:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall - Library
 
Come learn more about Dwight Hall Public School Interns. * Public School Interns serve as a liaison between a New Haven public school and the Yale community by strengthening current volunteer efforts in the schools and by finding new ways to match resources at Yale with the needs of the ...

Online Communications Working Group Discussion

When:   March 6, 2008 8:30am-9:30am
Where:   Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 775-7100 - Participant Access Code: 714192
 
 AGENDA Invited: Blair, Parag, Alberto, Robert Review Current Action Items  Parag to write Spotlight Text pages 2 and 3.  Will email copy to Alberto for insertion Alberto to set up Robert as site editor Invite date set for next Thursday Review Long Term Thoughts   MINUTES Attending: Parag, Alberto, ...

Plato's Apology of Socrates, featuring Yannis Simonides ('69, Drama '72)

When:   March 7, 2008 7:30pm-8:45pm
Where:   Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave @ 44th St., Main Ballroom
Cost:   $75 includes reception 6:00-7:30pm
 

Plato's Apology of Socrates, featuring Yannis Simonides ('69, Drama '72) The Apology of Socrates features a theatrical solo performance by Emmy Award winner Yannis Simonides (Yale '69, Yale Drama '72) and is directed by Broadway and television veteran Loukas Skipitaris. Oscar and Tony Award winner Theoni Vahliotis Aldredge is the costume designer, with percussive support by Caryn Heilman, a Paul ...

Yale Men's Hockey ECAC Hockey Playoffs

When:   March 8, 2008 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Ingalls Rink, New Haven, Conn.
Cost:   TBA
 
The Yale men's hockey team hosts ECAC Hockey playoff games for the first time in four years. The Bulldogs will play a best-of-three series Mar. 7-9, with the winner advancing to the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals. Live pay-per-view video of the games is available at http://www.b2livetv.com/

Yale Men's Hockey ECAC Hockey Playoffs

When:   March 9, 2008 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Ingalls Rink, New Haven, Conn.
Cost:   TBA
 
The Yale men's hockey team hosts ECAC Hockey playoff games for the first time in four years. The Bulldogs will play a best-of-three series Mar. 7-9, with the winner advancing to the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals. Live pay-per-view video of the games is available at http://www.b2livetv.com/

Leonia Chamber Musicians

When:   March 9, 2008 7:30pm-9:30pm
Where:   All Saints Episcopal Church
150 Park Ave
Leonia, NJ
Cost:   $15, seniors $10
 
The Leonia Chamber Musicians perform a romantic concert of Roussel, von Weber, Villa-Lobos and Brahms in the beautiful acoustic of All Saints Episcopal Church in Leonia, N.J. The professional musicians represent the most prestigious ensembles and venues in New York City. They bring to their audiences the finest in ...

YAAMNY Arts and Entertainment First Committee Meeting

When:   March 10, 2008 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Half King Restaurant and Bar 505 W. 23rd Street (at 10 Ave) 212.462.4300 (dutch dinner)
 
Minutes and Agenda Participants: Alberto Molina, Karen DiYanni, Hugo Perez, Aaron Ship, Melissa Wolff, Doreen Oliver Follow Up on existing events Hugo Reading - Tim/Hugo Alberto Agreed to be the point person coordinator for Hugo's reading and will follow up with Karen DiYanni Brainstorm YAAMNY Proposed Activities Pun Bandhu, might ...

Greening of Southie New York Premiere!

When:   March 11, 2008 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   IFC Center
 
 Join us for a special sneak preview of The Greening of Southie, the new documentary from Yalie filmmakers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis (King Corn, 2007).  The film follows two years of construction on Boston's first big residential green building, and offers a fun and funny window onto what the ...

NY Business Women for Obama Fundraiser

When:   March 12, 2008 12:00pm
Where:   The home of Christine Wasserstein
1030 Fifth Avenue, Apt 11 @ 84th St
NYC
Cost:   Ranges from $2300 to $500
 
Susan Jennings, Yale College '86, invites New York Business Women to  a fundraising party benefitting Obama for America.  Becky Carroll, the National Director of Women for Obama will be joined by Heidi Crebo-Rediker a senior economic policy advisor, Jan Donatelli of the Obama for America veteran's policy group and ...

Dennis Blackwell and Jason Hart Live at the Metropolitan Room

When:   March 12, 2008 7:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street, NYC
Cost:   $15.00
 
With Dennis Blackwell, baritone (Yale '87) and pianist Jason Hart. Music by Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, George Gershwin, Elvis Costello, William Finn, and more! www.metropolitanroom.com / www.dennisblackwell.com

Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence & Anxiety in Contemporary Japan

When:   March 13, 2008 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Japan Society
333 E 47 St
New York, NY
Cost:   $10
 
In 1999, in response to international concern over sexual tourism to Southeast Asia, the Japanese Diet outlawed child prostitution and child pornography. These laws then became directed primarily at enjo kosai, or compensated dating between middle aged men and junior high school girls. In the wake of 9/11, the Japanese ...

Dennis Blackwell and Jason Hart Live at the Metropolitan Room

When:   March 15, 2008 2:30pm-3:30pm
Where:   Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street, NYC
Cost:   $15.00
 
With Dennis Blackwell, baritone (Yale '87) and pianist Jason Hart. Music by Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, George Gershwin, Elvis Costello, William Finn, and more! www.metropolitanroom.com / www.dennisblackwell.com  

YAAMNY Public Interest/ Social Justice Committee MEETING

When:   March 16, 2008 1:00pm
Where:   Cosi's Sandwiches
Union Square (13th and Broadway)
Cost:   $
 
Agenda for the first committee meeting is as follows: I. Introductions II.  Reviewing/Elaborating Committee's goals and future III. Selecting 3-5 projects proposed by alumni as well as projects that members may wish to introduce.  Additionally, the group will discuss dates/timeframe.  Projects will subsequently be presented to the YAAMNY Advisory Team on ...

Publication of "The Greatest Game"

When:   March 18, 2008 6:00am
 
 Richard Bradley, class of '86, will release his new book, "The Greatest GameThe Yankees, The Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78," published by Simon and Schuster, on March 18. The book, Bradley's third, tells the story of the legendary 1978 pennant race between Boston and New York, culminating ...

March 19, 2008 - YAAMNY Advisory Team Discussion And Planning

When:   March 19, 2008 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Innovative Business Solutions - 421 seventh (entrance on 33rd street East of 7th ave) - sports plaza bldg Third floor
Cost:   $15
 
Minutes   Participants: Alberto Molina, My Luu, Ceu Martinez, Marguerita Dolatly, Doreen Oliver, Jim Davoust, Aaron Shipp, Karen DiYanni, Amanda Taffy, Tom Murphy, Jenny Chavira (AYA), Mark Dollhopf (AYA) Introductions: Tom Murphy '90 MA, '95 MDiv, joining Amanda on community service task force; Jenny Chavira & Mark Dollhopf from AYA ...

New Haven Happiness Club

When:   March 24, 2008 6:00pm-7:30pm
Where:   New Haven Public Library, Community Program Room
133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT
For directions: 203.946.8130
Cost:   FREE
 
Join the **first ever** monthly New Haven Happiness Club meeting! The speaker, Lionel Ketchian, is the founder of the Happiness Club organization (www.happinessclub.com), will speak about the value, importance and simplicity of happiness in his presentation called: 15 Important Things For Your Happiness!  Bring your questions about happiness ...

Keynote Address by Distinguished Mentor John Pepper

When:   March 26, 2008 2:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Chapel, 67 High St, New Haven, CT 06511
Cost:   Free
 

Keynote Address by Distinguished Mentor John PepperThe Pepper event was a great success! For a Yale Daily News article about the address, click here.   John E. Pepper, Jr. '60 will deliver a keynote address to the Yale and New Haven communities as Dwight Hall's Third Curran Distinguished Mentor at 2:00pm on Wednesday, March 26. The ...

TRACES

When:   March 26, 2008 8:00pm-9:30pm
Where:   Angel Orensanz Center
172 Norfolk Street
Manhattan
Cost:   35/60/100/250/500
 
An exhilarating sonic and visual experience brought to you by Sympho, the creators of REWIND.   TRACES will explore the concept of musical inspiration, tracing a line from each piece of music to its source from spiritual ceremony to narrative tales, and from dance forms to folk music.  And ...

TRACES

When:   March 27, 2008 8:00pm-9:30pm
Where:   Angel Orensanz Center
172 Norfolk Street
Manhattan
Cost:   35/60
 
 An exhilarating sonic and visual experience brought to you by Sympho, the creators of REWIND.         TRACES will explore the concept of musical inspiration, tracing a line from each piece of music to its source from spiritual ceremony to narrative tales, and from dance forms to folk ...

Yale Latino Alumni -- Symposium in New Haven

When:   March 29, 2008 11:00am-7:00pm
Where:   La Casa Cultural
301 Crown Street
New Haven, CT 06511
 

YALE LATINOS: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVISTS - A one day symposium for Latino/a Alumni and Current Students.

Saturday, Mar. 29th at 11am @ La Casa Cultural in New Haven, CT.

Yale Latino/as have never been afraid to take on the causes that matter most to them whether they be personal, local, or global in scope.  During this one day symposium Alumni and Current Students will have an opportunity to explore the relationship between professionalism and activism as well as the causes that are most critical to us as individuals but also as a growing and interconnected community.

New Yale Alumni Networks in New York

When:   March 31, 2008 6:30pm-9:00pm
Where:   Midtown Executive Club, 40 West 45th Street
Cost:   No Charge
 

A Special Invitation to all alumni in NYC

"Yale in New York" Reception and Presentation by AYA's Mark Dollhopf

New Support for Yale Alumni Initiatives in New York!
Big changes are afoot at the Association of Yale Alumni, including new levels of support for alumni activities in New York City! Join us for a reception starting at 6:30 p.m., followed by a special presentation by AYA Executive Director Mark Dollhopf '77 on Monday, March 31, 2008.

There is no cost to attend, but space is limited, so This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ! Please include your name and degree information in your response. You will receive an email confirmation that you are registered.

Event details
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Presentation on the new YAAMNY Initiatives by Alberto Molina '92 and My Luu '96
7:30 p.m. Presentation on the AYA Strategic Plan by Mark Dollhopf '77
8:00 p.m. Open Discussion
     The Midtown Executive Club
     40 West 45th Street
      www.midtownexxecutiveclub.com

Questions? Contact This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript   or Jenny Chavira '89 at AYA: (203) 436-3574.