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Study Break / Reception with Alex Knopp, new Executive Director

When:   May 1, 2008 6:45pm-8:45pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Library
 
All Yale students are invited to a study break with Alex Knopp, newly named Executive Director of Dwight Hall. Come enjoy refreshments and meet with Alex and fellow students to get to know each other, ask questions, exchange ideas, or just eat.   For more information about Alex and his ...
By Christopher Lewine | 04.30.08 | Read
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NEW HAVEN HAPPINESS CLUB

When:   May 1, 2008 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where:   City Hall, 165 Church St., Meeting Room One & Two, 2nd Floor
Front Door Entrance, Up Staircase, Meeting Room One is located down the hall on the right.
Parking: Free Public Parking Yale Lot 51 (Temple St. b/t Wall St. & Elm St.,~ 2 blocks from City Hall) after 4pm on Weekdays. Meter parking available on surrounding streets. City Hall Garage located off Elm St. charges $4/hour.
Cost:   FREE
 
  The New Haven Happiness Club      Thursday, May 1st, 7:00 8:30 pm An enlightening forum of friendly people to foster intellectual discussions and diverse perspectives on topics related to Happiness and the new science of Positive Psychology. Questions? This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript     APRIL HAPPINESS TOPIC Thurs, May 1st, ...
By Allison Holzer | 04.10.08 | Read
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When:   May 1, 2008 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W. 114th Street at Broadway, New York, NY
Cost:   $25 ($10 students)
 
  WHO:              New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble WHEN:            Thursday, May 1, 2008, at 8pm WHERE:          Broadway Presbyterian Church, 114th Street and Broadway, New York, NY WHAT:            The String Quartet: Haydn, Dvorák, Berkeley, & Beethoven                         Pre-concert Meet-the-Artists talk at 7:30, post-concert reception. PROGRAM:     Joseph Haydns Quartet in g minor, ...
By Kim Stanford | 04.03.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

Connect with Yale in New Haven!

When:   May 3, 2008 8:30am-5:30pm
Where:   On the Yale campus
Cost:   $15 / $45
 
Special alumni Program: Connect with Yale in New Haven   The Association of Yale Alumni invites you to an extraordinary opportunity for alumni in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the New York City area: "Connect with Yale," a one day festival of faculty lectures, family activities, and facility tours. ...
By Jenny Chavira | 04.24.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

When:   May 3, 2008 5:00pm-7:00pm
Where:   Printed Matter
195 Tenth Avenue New York, NY 10011
T: 212 925 0325
www.printedmatter.org
 
FeedBack as a project takes place in London's Whitechapel Gallery and initiates interest and response from the audience for a more active participation to the curatorial debate and the exhibition process. This second book by FeedBack Project instigates creative discursive spheres between audience, curators and artists. It focuses on projects ...
By Nayia Yiakoumaki | 04.11.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

Yale at Carnegie All-Prokofiev Program

When:   May 4, 2008 8:30pm-10:30pm
 
The final concert of the acclaimed Yale at Carnegie series features the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, with conductor Shinik Hahm and pianist Boris Berman in an all-Prokofiev program. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.yale.edu/music/carnegie/. The performance coincides with the establishment of the Prokofiev Society ...
By Jenny Chavira | 04.22.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

Benefit Dinner to Support Yale Public Health Groups

When:   May 5, 2008 5:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   Dwight Hall Chapel
Cost:   $6
 
Monday, May 5th is the night of the senior dinners, so all dining halls will be closed except for TD and Commons. Come to a benefit dinner at Dwight Hall from 5-8 pm on May 5th to support Yale public health groups. For just $6 you can enjoy food from ...
By Beth Roy | 05.02.08 | Read
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Millennial Monsters--Japanese Toys & the Global Imagination

When:   May 5, 2008 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:   Japan Society
333 E 47 St
New York, NY 10017
Cost:   $10
 
From sushi and karaoke to martial arts and technoware, the currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade. The globalization of Japanese "cool" is led by youth products: video games, manga (comic books), anime (animation) and cute characters that have fostered kid crazes ...
By Robert Fish | 04.11.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

Spring Event & Elections!

When:   May 7, 2008 6:00pm
Where:   TBA
 

Please keep an eye out for further information on the event and election process.

By Rodrigo Fuentes | 04.04.08 | Read
via Yale Latino Alumni of the Tri-State

Spring Cocktail Reception and Election

When:   May 7, 2008 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
4 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
 

 

The Yale Latino Alumni Association of the Tri-State Area

cordially invites you to our

Spring Reception & Election

Please join your fellow alumni for hors doeuvres, cocktails and socializing.

 

Special Guests

OYE - Yale's Latino Spoken Word Group

 

Founded in the Fall of 2007, Oye is Yale's first Latino spoken word group. Based on weekly workshops that explore various topics relating to Latino identity, Oye welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to come together and write, discuss, and perform. After finishing its first show, "Se Habla Latino," featuring 15 pieces from its 10 members, Oye is looking forward to its promising future as an outstanding performance group in the Yale Latino community.

 
Suggested donation of $25 to benefit the Yale Latino Cultural Center Fund, which provides support for the Latino Cultural Center, including the Latino Alumni Prize, which honors two graduating seniors who have shown an outstanding commitment to the Latino community at Yale while maintaining a high level of academic excellence.

 

Special thanks to the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for hosting our event, and  the Board of Directors of the Yale Latino Alumni Association of the Tri-State Area and the Association of Yale Alumni for their support.

By Rodrigo Fuentes | 05.05.08 | Read
via Yale Latino Alumni of the Tri-State

YAAMNY Public Service/ Social Justice Committee MEETING

When:   May 7, 2008 6:30pm-7:30pm
Where:   Cosi
Union Square (13th & Broadway)
Cost:   $
 
Agenda for this meeting is as follows: I. Introductions II. Reviewing Goals of the Committee, especially in the context of the recent Strategic Planning Committee Meeting III.  Selecting 3-5 Projects introduced by group members (and setting a timeframe)* IV. Miscellaneous   *Selected projects will subsequently be presented to YAAMNY ...
By Amanda Taffy | 04.28.08 | Read
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Josh Barkan reading from novel Blind Speed

When:   May 7, 2008 7:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   Readings in NYC May 7 BookCourt, May 11 KGB Bar, June 4 Bluestockings. For locations see: http://joshbarkan.blogspot.com/
Cost:   Free
 

Josh Barkan reading from novel Blind Speed Debut novel Blind Speed (click for more info) Not since Don DeLillo and George Saunders has a writer caught the humor and irreverent seriousness of our time like Barkan in his novel Blind Speed. Here is the buzz on Blind Speed: "Blind Speed is a rip-roaring read that will propel ...
Edited by Alberto Molina | 04.18.08 | Read
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"Have I Got a Date for You" - Book reading

When:   May 8, 2008 7:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   Borders Bookstore at the Time Warner Center
Cost:   Free!
 

Come to the reading on May 8!

 

A short story by Anita Kawatra (SM '88) appears in a wickedly amusing collection of shorts Available at Amazon!

 

Edited by Alberto Molina | 04.10.08 | Read
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Networking Night

When:   May 9, 2008 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Leo Bar
at Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
New York City
Cost:   Free
 
  Asia Society and Association of Asian American Yale Alumni invite you to:  Corporate Diversity Networking Night for Asian and Asian Americans.  Add a dash of culture to your networking. Join fellow Asian and Asian American professionals for some art and ambiance. Expand your circle and connect with new ...
By Patricia Takemoto | 05.08.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

The Small of Her Back

When:   May 9, 2008 8:00pm-9:30pm
Where:   The 411 Theatre, 300 West 43rd St. (@ 8th Ave), 4th Floor
Cost:   $18
 

The Small of Her BackThe 411 Theatre 300 West 43rd Street at 8th Avenue, 4th Floor   Fridays-Mondays, May 9-12 & 16-19 at 8:00pm Tickets $18, 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com     Jaradoa Theater (Anika Larsen TC '95 and Nicole Lewis BK '96, Founding Members) presents: THE SMALL OF HER BACK A new play ...
By Anika Larsen | 04.16.08 | Read
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Join me as I paint at Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving, Sunday, May 11

When:   May 11, 2008 10:00am-5:00pm
Where:   Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving, Tarrytown, NY
Cost:   $5/$3 (kids)
 
Join me for "Artists on the Hudson" at Washington Irving's Sunnyside, in Tarrytown, NY.  This unique Mother's Day event features more than a dozen artists (including me) scattered around the beautiful historic grounds creating new works onsite.  There will be musical performances and hands-on art activities for children. ...
By Ella Yang | 04.28.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

Yale Faculty Talk on "Religion and Modern America"

When:   May 12, 2008 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   Bedford, NY
Cost:   Free
 
The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you and your guest to join Jon Butler, Dean of the Graduate School and the Howard L. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, for cocktails, conversation and a talk on "Religion and Modern America." ...
By Jenny Chavira | 05.05.08 | Read
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Exhibition Talk: Hidden Beauty in Edo Design

When:   May 13, 2008 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:   Japan Society
333 E 47 St
New York, NY 10017
Cost:   $10
 
Late-Edo-period design in both textiles and lacquerware is distinguished by a penchant for near-invisible tiny details and minutely worked techniques that situate value in time and skill rather than precious materials. This program discusses the philosophical and practical background to iki -- an understated aesthetic that characterizes much of Shibata ...
By Robert Fish | 04.11.08 | Read
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Ivy League Plus Spring Fling on May 14th -- SOLD OUT!

When:   May 14, 2008 6:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Taj Lounge
48 W.21st
(between 5th/6th)
New York, NY
Cost:   $5-20
 

Ivy League Plus Spring Fling on May 14th -- SOLD OUT!Brown, Columbia, MIT, Princeton, and Yale are hosting an exclusive mixer at upscale Taj Lounge, a large venue with beautiful traditional Indian decor. Mix and mingle on discounted drinks ($5 beer, $6 wine and cocktail specials) and nibble away on complimentary savory bites that explode a fusion of Indian, French and ...
Edited by Alberto Molina | 05.07.08 | Read
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A Wine Tasting Benefit for The Immaculate Conception School

When:   May 14, 2008 6:30pm-9:30pm
Where:   Moor Brothers Wine Company
33 East 20th St. b/w B'way & Park Ave So.
Cost:   $75 in advace, $85 at door
 
Please help support one of the poorest schools in the South Bronx where 97% of the students recieve the Federal Lunch Program. The wine tasting will feature multiple wines, hors d'oeuvres, silent auction and student art exhibition.
By Rebecca Thomas, Morse '98 | 04.29.08 | Read
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YAAMNY/Club13 Best Buddies Benefit at Plumm -- Get Tix Before they Sell Out!

When:   May 15, 2008 6:30pm-10:30pm
Where:   PLUMM
246 W. 14th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave)
Cost:   $10 in advance or $20 at door
 

YAAMNY/Club13 Best Buddies Benefit at Plumm -- Get Tix Before they Sell Out!YAAMNY Public Service/ Social Justice Committee is proud to co-sponsor a fundraising event for Best Buddies at a swanky lounge along with other Club 13 members (Participants from all the Ivy League Schools, NYU, Stanford, Georgetown, Notre Dame and Northwestern).  Be part of a great cause with fellow Yalies as well as ...
Edited by Jenny Chavira | 05.09.08 | Read
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YAAMNY showing of The Small Of Her Back

When:   May 19, 2008 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   The 411 Theatre, 300 West 43rd St. (@ 8th Ave), 4th Floor
Cost:   $18 + $2 service fee
 

YAAMNY showing of The Small Of Her Back  Join Jaradoa for a special YAAMNY showing and talkback following: THE SMALL OF HER BACK A new play by Russell Leigh Sharman   Monday May 19 at 8:00pm Tickets $18 + $2 svc fee   The 411 Theatre 300 West 43rd Street at 8th Avenue, 4th Floor   Presented ...
By Alberto Molina | 05.19.08 | Read
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Show & Sell - Photo benefit auction

When:   May 20, 2008 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
 
Picturehouse and The Small Dark Room are pleased to announce show&sell, an exhibition/ silent auction of an eclectic collection of photographic work by some of the fields leading, as well as emerging, talents.    Besides serving as a unique occasion to bring a wide range of photographers under one roof, ...
By Skye Parrott | 05.13.08 | Read
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SPRING COCKTAIL PARTY & ELECTION

When:   May 21, 2008 1:00pm
Where:   TBD
 
Date and location TBD.
By Rodrigo Fuentes | 09.15.08 | Read
via Yale Latino Alumni of the Tri-State

Yale Anglers' Journal Champaign reception & "Tight Lines" book signing w/ Nick Lyons

When:   May 22, 2008 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:   The Yale Club of New York City Library (4th Fl.)
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Cost:   $75 per person (or $130 per couple)
 
New Haven - Since the first copy of the Yale Anglers' Journal appeared in 1996, readers with an interest in fish and fishing have opened the pages of each issue with anticipation and delight. YAJ founders suspected that others would share their passion for literature and art related to angling; ...
By James Prosek | 05.20.08 | Read
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Singles Soiree Wine Tasting

When:   May 22, 2008 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where:   16 West 23rd St @5th Ave, 4th Floor
Cost:   $55
 
Come meet and mingle with wine-loving NYCers in a fun, casual wine tasting.  Sip through seven hand-selected wines perfectly paired with artisinal cheeses and decadent chocolate treats provided by Sweet Muse.
By Laura Siner | 05.19.08 | Read
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Reflections on Citizen Movements: Peace and Politics in the U.S & Japan featuring Tom Hayden, James Orr, and Amy Goodman

When:   May 27, 2008 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where:   Japan Society
333 E 47 St
New York, NY 10017
Cost:   $20
 
Nonviolent citizen movements for peace, environmental change and social justice in the United States and Japan have caused social and political change in both nations. Leading American social activist and former California State Senator Tom Hayden and James Orr, Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies at Bucknell University ...
By Robert Fish | 04.11.08 | Read
via YAAMNY

Yale Night at Ars Nova with JOLLYSHIP THE WHIZ-BANG

When:   May 29, 2008 7:30pm-9:30pm
Where:   Ars Nova
511 West 54th St.
New York, NY 10019
Cost:   $20
 
Mix and mingle from 7.30-8PM with free beer, wine and mixed drinks, followed by a rockin' performance of JOLLYSHIP THE WHIZ-BANG, a Pirate-Puppet-Rock Odyssey!   Tickets: www.Smarttix.com. Use code YALE for $20 tickets (Reg. $25) Visit www.arsnovanyc.com for more info. The ship is sinking, the captain's a ...
By Rosey Strub | 05.01.08 | Read
via YAAMNY