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When:   March 4, 2005 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Yale Club of NYC
Trumbull Room
Price:   Free Admission with Suggested Donation of $25.00.
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Whim 'n Rhythm is Yale's senior female a cappella group. Founded in 1981, Whim was formed to offer women at Yale the same opportunities available to men. Please join us for a night of fellowship, drinks and beautiful music!


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Dress - Business Casual. RSVP appreciated but not required. This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript http://www.yale.edu/whim


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When:   March 6, 2005 6:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   clinton hill, brooklyn
Price:   n/a
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whether you consider yourself a movie aficianado, dilettante, or just want to hang out in my living room, i've started a weekly movie night (sundays, double-headers) in bklyn to exploit my 'one-eye' (projector) and my spacious yuppie pad. great mix of ivy leaguers, craigslist randos, and film fanatics. join us!


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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bklyn_flix


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When:   March 7, 2005 5:00pm
Where:   Stain Bar, 766 Grand Street (L to Grand, one block west)
Price:   free
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PLAY DIRTY, a new weekly night of art collaboration and individual creation, come with whatever you're working or should be working on, and craft in the supportive and inspiring company of other artists, 5 p.m. onwards


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www.stainbar.com


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When:   March 8, 2005 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where:   The Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street, between Madison and Park Avenue, Manhattan
Price:   Free
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March Madness For Hunger is a month-long series of activities and events coordinated by the Food Bank For New York City in which college alumni are encouraged to raise food, funds and awareness to combat hunger in the five boroughs of New York City. On March 8th, please join the Food Bank for an educational lecture and discussion on hunger and poverty in New York City, to be followed by refreshments. (Speaker biographies to follow on www.foodbanknyc.org) To RSVP, please contact Jazmine Leon at (212) 566-7855 ext. 238 or This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript


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When:   March 8, 2005 6:30pm-9:30pm
Where:   The Belmont Lounge
Price:   free
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Hi, everyone! Since the inaugural Yale Alumni Happy Hour on February 1 was such a success, we're going to try to host these Happy Hours about once a month. Again, these Happy Hours are open and free to all alumni and give you a chance to meet/mingle/network informally with fellow alumni in the area, so feel free to pass this along to your friends who might not be on this list serv distribution. The March gathering will take place on March 8 from 6:30-9:30 PM at: The Belmont Lounge 117 East 15th Street Between Park Ave S and Irving Place (not far from Union Square) New York, New York Phone: 212.533.0009 There will be drink specials, including: $5 select martinis $3 Rheingold beer $2 shots Also, there might be a discount off of food checks (we're negotiating to get a 20% discount). If you plan to join us, please RSVP by emailing This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript by March 7 with the following info. so that we can better prepare for this event: Name: Class year: Yale College? (if so, mark X ) ___ or a graduate/professional school (if so, please indicate which one): __________________________ We'll try to preprint name tags for those who RSVP. We look forward to seeing you all at the Happy Hour! Your co-hosts, My Luu, Yale College '96 Allegra Broft, Yale College '96 Charles DeCell, Yale College '86 Ceu Martinez, Yale School of Architecture '98


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When:   March 10, 2005 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
Price:   Special YAAMNY discount! Tickets are $10 (normally $35). Use code NYP4.
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New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble presents The String Quartet as Exposition and Conclusion, featuring Ju-Young Baek and Jesse Mills, violins; Junah Chung, viola; and Gregory Hesselink, ’cello. The program will include Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 in G, Michael Berkeley’s Quartet Study, and Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94. These are the last great works of Schubert and Britten, a testament to the importance of the string quartet as a vehicle of the deepest expression. There will be a pre-concert Meet-the-Artists talk with composer Michael Berkeley at 7:30, and a post-concert reception. See http://www.nyphilomusica.org for more information. A couple of Yalies have worked and continue to help out with the admin side of this ensemble, including myself and Laura Bernardy (also CC '01). The ensemble is 33 years old and one of the best in the city at what it does. Hope to see you there.


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Call 212-580-9933 for tickets, or email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript


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When:   March 11, 2005 6:00pm-11:00pm
Where:   Parlay, 206 Avenue A, between 12th & 13th Streets, East Village, Manhattan
Price:   Free
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March Madness For Hunger is a month-long series of activities and events coordinated by the Food Bank For New York City in which college alumni are encouraged to raise food, funds and awareness to combat hunger in the five boroughs of New York City. On Macrh 11th, please join the Food Bank for cocktails and mingle with other NYC alumni at Parlay. (Voluntary donations are welcome.)


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When:   March 15, 2005 7:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   MediaBistro, 494 Broadway
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Price:   $65
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Sign up for Lynn Harris' "8-week humor writing course....in three hours!" Ideal for anyone looking to break into humor writing.


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To sign up for this event, please go to http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs372.asp?ftit=&floc=


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When:   March 19, 2005 8:00pm-11:00pm
Where:   St. Luke's Lutheran Church
West 46 Street between 8th & 9th Ave. (close to 8th, south side)
Price:   $35 General; $20 Students at door
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Semi-Staged with Full Orchestra One World Symphony 1. MANHATTAN VENUE Saturday, March 19, 8pm ** Features Yalies Laura Farmer as Frasquita and Matthew Hume as Dancairo St. Luke's Lutheran Church West 46 between 8th & 9th Ave 2. BROOKLYN VENUE Friday, March 18, 8pm ** Features Yalie Elena McEntire (Ellen Cowan) as Carmen St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Corner of Montague & Clinton Brooklyn Heights


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When:   March 23, 2005 7:30pm
Where:   Vermont Stage Company, Burlington, VT
www.vtstage.org
Price:   For tickets go to www.flynntix.org or call 802-86-FLYNN
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Looking for a late-season excuse for a ski and theatre trip to Vermont? Vermont Stage Company is premiering a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya," set on an organic farm in modern day Vermont. Written by Kathryn Blume, '90, conceived and directed by Jason Jacobs, '90. The show runs March 23-April 10, and Kathy and Jason promise it's the funniest Chekhov you'll ever see!


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Remember, it's easy to get up to Burlington via JetBlue - www.jetblue.com!


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When:   March 23, 2005 8:00pm
Where:   The Yale Club of NYC
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
across the street from Grand Central, between 44th and 45th Streets
Price:   $10 cash per person at the door
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The Mitchell-Ruff Duo returns to the Yale Club on Wednesday, March 23 for an 8:00 pm Concert. In celebration of its 50th anniversary of music making, the Mitchell-Ruff Duo has reissued its historic Billy Strayhorn recording, “Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation.” Willie Ruff rediscovered the master tape from this landmark recording last year in his own Alabama library. Duke Ellington chose the Duo to perform the work at the Lincoln Center Memorial for Billy Strayhorn, along with jazz greats including Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, and Dizzy Gillespie. The Mitchell-Ruff Duo was formed in 1955 when pianist Dwike Mitchell and bassist and French horn player Willie Ruff became friends while stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio. Willie Ruff ’54 attended the Yale School of Music and has been a Yale faculty member since 1971. Join us for this special performance for $10 per person. The CD re-issue of Billy Strayhorn’s seminal last work, “The Suite for the Duo” will be available for sale at the concert. Reservations are required by March 21 by calling 212-716-2133 or emailing This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript * Please note the Club's business casual dress code (no jeans, sneakers, T-shirts, etc.)


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When:   March 24, 2005 7:00pm
Where:   Freebird Books & Goods, 123 Columbia Street, Brooklyn.
Price:   free
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Freebird Books & Goods - a used bookstore/cafe that sells coffee/tea, wine/beer, moxie and corn dogs - presents an hour of literary readings by Krista Madsen and Felicia C. Sullivan. Readers: Krista Madsen's first novel, Degas Must Have Loved a Dancer was published by Livingston Press in 2003, her second, Four Corners is due out in July. She is the co-creator of Readingdivas.com, a site for women and words, and has recently opened a Williamsburg arts/wine lounge called Stain Bar. Felicia C. Sullivan is a New York based writer with an MFA from Columbia University. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has been published in Post Road Magazine, Drunken Boat, Publisher's Weekly, and The Adirondack Review, among other publications. Work is forthcoming in Swink Magazine, the anthology, Homewrecker - An Atlas ofIllicit Loves & Kitchen Sink. She is the founder and editor of the literary journal, Small Spiral Notebook, www.smallspiralnotebook.com and is also the director of the Non-Fiction series at KGB Bar in NYC. Felicia is at work on a memoir and a novel.


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B61 bus to Columbia Street. Bergen St stop on F or G train. 718/643-8484, www.freebirdbook.com


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When:   March 24, 2005 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
224 Waverly Place, NYC
Price:   http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=GOD0
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God Hates the Irish: The Ballad of Armless Johnny A comedy about things one shouldn’t laugh at. The almost all-Eli creative team behind this production (first satged at Yale) includes playwright Sean Cunningham (Dra '01), director Will Frears (Dra '01), designers Robin Best (Dra '02, sets), Camille Benda (Dra '02, costumes), and Matthew Richards (Dra '01, lighting), and cast members Remy Auberjonois (Dra '01) and William Thompson (Dra '02). Armless Johnny Kavanaugh is a fine lad growing up in Northern Ireland with his long suffering mother. When the police finger his mum as the likely suspect in his father’s death by suicide, his little world is devastated and he must set off on an epic journey to exotic lands to discover love, alcohol and racism, only to return home again so he can finally come to terms with being both Irish and armless. Written by Sean Cunningham (winner, Cole Porter Prize), with songs by Michael Friedman (recently named as one Time Out NY’s 25 Hot New Yorkers to watch) and directed by Will Frears (Omnium Gatherum, Where We’re Born), this vaudevillian comedy has something to offend just about everyone. Don’t just take our word on it – This is what Mike Nichols’ said: “This is theater as it should be: daring, subversive, and violently funny…. You may very well ask yourself why should the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater do this play? Surely there must be more serious plays being written about more serious subjects that they should be producing? Well, yes there are. But none of them has songs like “I Enjoy Drinking” or “Inbreeding.” None of them is quite as foul mouthed, or as funny as this one, and none of them offers quite such a cry of outrage against the world we find ourselves living in today. In truth, GOD HATES THE IRISH takes on the big challenges; it goes after violence, poverty, religion, true love, power and its abuses, and the immigrant’s dream of America all wrapped up in a package that might be the funniest, most shocking, most outrageous piece of theater out there. How could you not want to do a play like that?” For a limited time only, buy your tickets to see GOD HATES THE IRISH at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.


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God Hates the Irish runs at the Rattlestick theater through Sunday April 24, 2005


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When:   March 27, 2005 8:30pm-10:30pm
Where:   Sin Sin Lounge - 248 E5th Street(Corner of E5th and 2nd Ave) New York, NY
Price:   no cover, no minimum
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Come see Lynn Harris '90 in The Comedy Pro-Shop. Presented by the Brooklyn Comedy Company.


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Please visit http://www.brooklyncomedycompany.com for more information.


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When:   March 31, 2005 6:00pm-9:30pm
Where:   Deacon Brodies, 370 West 46 Street, between 8 and 9 Avenues
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Join Partnerships for Parks as we take over this bar for the night. They have good drink prices and good beer on tap. This is a mini-fundraiser - Partnerships staff will be bartending and all the tips go to this great organization! So come help support a great organization and join us for a fun night! For more information about Partnerships for Parks, visit www.itsmypark.org


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When:   March 31, 2005 8:30pm
Where:   Stain Bar, 766 Grand St, (L to Grand, one block west)
Price:   free
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In the tradition of theme/costume parties at the new wine lounge Stain every 31st, this month marks THE ENDS OF MARCH, something of a toga party. Think laurels in your hair and grapes dangling over your face as you lounge on the chaise sipping wine until your empire falls to ruins, 8 p.m., no cover.


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www.stainbar.com


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