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 .

Mix and Mingle at the Second Annual Yale New York Benefit Soiree!

Join New York's community of notable Yale alumni for an unforgettable evening of merriment, food, and drink in the gorgeous glass and steel atelier in the sky designed by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano in the New York Times Building.  Expect breathtaking sunset views over the Hudson & southern Manhattan, open bar with our signature Bulldog Gin Cocktail and wines, gourmet hors doeuvres and a cheese tasting by Joy of Cheese!

           When:  Wednesday May 4th,  7 - 10 pm
           Where: New York Times Building, 43rd floor
                         Covington & Burling
                         620 8th Ave (40th Street)

                         CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

***  Tickets: $50. 

***  Bulldog Sponsor Tickets: $100, includes special acknowledgement in the event program & website and a special gift.

All Yalies and family/friends/guests are welcome to attend this fabulous event.

Be sure to check out our online BENEFIT AUCTION with an amazing assortment of items including a winetasting, dinners for two, private flight to the Hamptons, luxury hotel stay, career development, spa packages, custom shirts and MORE!

Yale Alumni Association of NY is a volunteer nonprofit committed to providing opportunities for all Yale alumni in the New York metropolitan area to connect and make a positive impact in the community.   Your support will help us overhaul our technology and communications strategy, fuel our efforts to develop local and international programming for Yale alumni, and support our mission to nurture and showcase the rich tapestry of Yale activity in the city.   We're here for you and we're excited about the possibilities.

We would like to gratefully acknowledge Covington & Burling, Philip K. Howard '70, and Common Good for their generous sponsorship of this event. Common Good is a bi-partisan non profit legal reform coalition whose mission is to restore common sense and individual responsibility to all areas of government, law, and society (www.commongood.org).

Benefit Committee: Chad Berkowitz '00, Patrick Castillo '92, Aleta Davies '78, Elisabeth Enenbach '02, Jennifer Fulham '03, Aisha Gayle '02, Garrett Jewett '77, Carla Lien '77, Lisa Lee '91, Anna Maslakovic '88, Sibile Morency '05, Anne Nakaoka Moss '77, Tracey Ober '85, Tiffany Petrosino '10, and Holland Sullivan '01.

Sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of NY

            As the Hong Kong handover boom fizzles into the Asian economic bust, a young American couple's marriage and careers tumble into a maze of television news, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie.

            Yale/Stanford graduate and veteran broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen's engaging, often hilarious novel captures the mood ahead of the 1997 handover when Hong Kong reigned as the center of the universe, a multicultural melting pot bubbling with pure gold. As the Asian crisis abruptly ends the party, mainland China emerges, eclipsing Hong Kong. For everyone whose job or business falls under China's lengthening economic shadow, Hong Kong On Air presents a fresh angle on how it all began. For media watchers, Hong Kong On Air broadcasts the backstage secrets of television news, how and why some events become headlines and others die gasping for air time.

            During Hong Kong's pre-handover boom, Franklin Global Networks Asia (Fuggin' Asia) becomes a hit, a star is born, and mistakes are easy to overlook. But the economic crisis ripens relationships for treachery, creates opportunities for revenge, and moves China center stage, triggering a great leap forward for some, a long march to failure for others.

            Author Cohen a native New Yorker who cut his journalistic teeth in local papers and the Yankee Stadium press box will discuss his novel along with the political and economic developments behind it at BookCulture, 536 W 112 St, on May 6, 6.30-8pm. He'll also be reading excerpts and signing copies of what one reviewer calls "the great American Hong Kong handover novel."

Learn more about the book at www.hongkongonair.com and about Cohen and his writing at www.muhammadcohen.com.

David Nolan Gallery invites you to a special performance by the art/music duo Black Lake, called Black Lake Silver Moon on Saturday, May 7th at 5 pm. This event is organized in conjunction with New York Gallery Week, the second annual event including the participation of sixty galleries from all over New York.

Black Lake is an art/music duo comprised of Susan Jennings (Yale Class of '86) and Slink Moss. Their performances combine projected video art, original music and lyrics, sounds, movement, spoken word, sculpture, collage, hand-made instruments, drums, and shadows in a unique live performance. They have a vinyl LP entitled Netherzone coming out on Right Brain Words this summer.

This event is free and open to the public.

About the artists:
Susan Jennings is a video artist whose work has been shown in many galleries and museums in New York and abroad. She brings her video imagery and her wild and textured guitar playing to the mix, and together with Mosss stand-out voice and neo-beat word-scapes, the two have created a sonic vision entirely their own.Slink Moss hails from Chicago with a rock and roll background. Moss is also a painter, filmmaker and comic artist whose work can be seen in the zine Roctober. Susan Jennings is a video artist whose work has been shown in many galleries and museums in New York and abroad. She brings her video imagery and her wild and textured guitar playing to the mix, and together with Mosss stand-out voice and neo-beat word-scapes, the two have created a sonic vision entirely their own.

www.blacklakeart.com

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. 

Artists on the Brink, the Yale Alumni Association of New York, and the Yale Black Alumni Association are pleased to present an evening with author ZZ Packer '94.

Register now at: http://zzpacker-aotb-yaany-ybaa.eventbrite.com/.

Since age 19, Ms. Packer's writing has received national recognition and acclaim. Her 2003 short story collection, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and lauded by Harper's, The New Yorker, and New York Times. Ms. Packer's resume is astounding: She was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction in 2005; named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists in the spring of 2007; and named one of Smithsonian Magazine's Young Innovators in October 2007. Most recently, The New Yorker featured ZZ Packer as one of it's "20 under 40" luminary fiction writers in June 2010.

After graduating from Yale, Ms. Packer received an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. She has taught at San Jose State University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Texas State University. Ms. Packer is currently a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.

On May 10th, ZZ Packer will be reading a selection of her work, and will discuss her personal creative writing process and life as a professional writer. You will not want to miss this event.

This event is open to the general public. All are welcome, but space is strictly limited. Register now for a memorable evening on creative writing, the literary imagination, social engagement through the written word, and finding a home for artistic endeavors.

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK is proud to partner with the Association of Yale Alumni to sponsor the Third Annual YALE DAY OF SERVICE.

On this day, thousands of Yale Alumni, family members and friends will gather to volunteer for meaningful events and projects ranging from the labor intensive (sprucing up parks, planting gardens & painting) to the more intellectually stimulating (assisting with job applications &  and tutoring) throughout the New York City Area and around the globe. 

Click on this link to see the full range of activities and dates in May, as well as an interactive map of sites. 

The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York is engaged in planning educational enrichment programs for New York City area alumni and the general public. If you are interested in crafting first-rate, thoughtful, and intellectually stimulating programs with fellow Yale alumni, you are warmly invited to the join the Committee. If you would like to join, please contact the Committee with your name, Yale affiliation, contact information, areas of intellectual interest, and if applicable, any specific specialized skills that you may contribute to the Committee. Among specialized skills of value to the Committee are: graphic design, web design, information technology, social media, and audio and video recording. The Committee also welcomes overtures from Yale alumni involved with any educational or cultural institutions in the metropolitan New York area that may prove possible partners in developing, presenting, or hosting enrichment programming. The Committee endeavors to highlight the intellectual and cultural richness of the cityscape in its programming and partner with institutions as it shares Yale faculty, alumni, and resources with New York audiences. You can reach the Committee via e-mail at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript . 

A Spring Gala for Yale Alumni Creatives & Entrepreneurs Hosted at General Assembly by Yale Entrepreneurial Society NYC Creative Yale Alumni Network YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee

Join New Yorks community of Yale alumni artists, creatives, innovators, and entrepreneurs for an unforgettable evening of Yalie merriment and conversation. This second annual event will bring together Yale alumni in NYC for an evening of mingling, eating, and drinking at General Assembly, the gorgeous new urban campus for technology, design, and entrepreneurship in Manhattan. Refreshments include an open bar of wine, beer, and hors doeuvres. Tickets: $15 before May 1st, $20 before May 19th, or $25 at the door. To purchase tickets, go to http://yalesoiree.eventbrite.com/. Cocktail attire. Feel free to invite guests.

ACCION USA, Opportunity Fund, and KIVA bring you:

Microfinance USA 2011 Conference 

May 23-24 in New York City

Are you a student interested in local economic development? Are you passionate about being part of the growing microfinance movement in the U.S. -- and interested in learning from industry expert about the impact you can make? If so, this conference is not to be missed. Take a look at this document for more information!