May 30 - June 11, 2009
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 1-6 pm; Thursdays, 1-8 pm
Opening reception: Saturday, May 30, 3-6 pm
Closing reception: Thursday, June 11, 6-8 pm

Connelly and Yang (ES '82) met in 2006 at the Vermont Studio Center's artist residency program, and found that they share complementary perspectives in how they approach painting. Both Connelly's small-scale interiors and Yang's cityscapes and landscapes convey an intimate sense of Love of Place.

For samples of each artist's work, visit their websites: www.EllaYangStudio.com and www.MaryConnelly.com

EVENT CANCELLED
Contact Educational Programs Committee for more information.

The Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York, the Yale School of Management Alumni Association, and Columbia University's Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Department present ....

"The Global Economic Crisis: The U.S. in a Volatile World"
Professor Paul Bracken '82 PhD
Professor of Management & Professor of Political Science at Yale University

Financial shocks on Wall Street have spilled over into global economics and politics. Major economic problems are hitting not only the United States, but also Europe, China, India, Russia, and Japan. Generational tensions (Europe), rising unemployment (China), nationalism (India), stagnation (Japan), and frustrated ambitions (Russia) are accelerating the creation of a new international order. In this lecture Professor Bracken explores these challenges and looks at what they mean for America's national security as well as the future of the U.S economy.

Professor Bracken's lecture will be followed by Q&A and an informal reception. All are welcome to enjoy this educational enrichment opportunity, to be held at Davis Auditorium in Schapiro Center on the campus of Columbia University.

May 30 - June 11, 2009
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 1-6 pm; Thursdays, 1-8 pm
Opening reception: Saturday, May 30, 3-6 pm
Closing reception: Thursday, June 11, 6-8 pm

Connelly and Yang (ES '82) met in 2006 at the Vermont Studio Center's artist residency program, and found that they share complementary perspectives in how they approach painting. Both Connelly's small-scale interiors and Yang's cityscapes and landscapes convey an intimate sense of Love of Place.

For samples of each artist's work, visit their websites: www.EllaYangStudio.com and www.MaryConnelly.com

Revisit Dwight Hall at Yale, meet current staff and students, and catch up on current and future activities of the Hall.

Join students and alumni for refreshments and a panel discussion to explore the relationship between Dwight Hall and the University, city, and global communities.  Hear students describe their service and justice projects, meet Dwight Hall's new Executive Director, Alex Knopp, and renew friendships with Dwight Hall alumni across generations.

The Educational Programs Committee and the Arts & Entertainment Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), in collaboration with the Graduate Musical Theater Writing program of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, present...

an afternoon with Yale University Press author and Yale alumnus James Leve on the collaboration between composer Kander and lyricist Ebb on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 113-A 2nd Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.

Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb collaborated for more than forty years, longer than any such partnership in Broadway history. Together they wrote over twenty musicals. Their two most successful works, Cabaret and Chicago, had critically acclaimed Broadway revivals and were made into Oscar-winning films.

Professor Leve's book, the first study of Kander and Ebb, examines their artistic accomplishments as individuals and as a team. Drawing on personal papers and on numerous interviews, James Leve analyzes the unique nature of this collaboration. Leve discusses their contribution to the concept musical and he examines some of their most popular works including Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

James Leve is associate professor of musicology and coordinator of music history at Northern Arizona University.

Students of musical theater and lovers of Kander and Ebb's songs and shows will enjoy hearing firsthand from Professor Leve. His talk will be followed by a question and answer session and an informal reception. This program will take place in a wonderful black box theatre in the heart of the East Village.

Register today at: http://leveonkanderandebb.eventbrite.com/.

All are welcome including friends and family. Early registration is strongly encouraged. Register before May 29th and save. Tickets cost $8 before May 29th and $12 thereafter. You may register in person.

If you've always wanted to make real change in the world -- but weren't sure where to start -- take the first step with this special Out Professionals seminar.

We're gathering five social-change leaders to find out how they create change, and what opportunities they see for getting involved in causes from gay/lesbian civil rights to HIV issues to racism and wealth inequity.

Since so many of us are facing professional transitions and exploring social-change enterprises for career or volunteer possibilities, this discussion could not be more timely. 

You'll interact with these leaders: 

Rise Wilson, founder of The Laundromat Project, a non-profit arts organization committed to the well being of communities of color living on low incomes.

Miquela Craytor, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, an organization dedicated to creating environmental justice solutions through innovative, economically sustainable projects that are informed by community need.

Mark Reed, founder and principal of the Contact Fund LLC, a New York City-based community development investment which makes fixed-income investments in New York City community development entities engaged in micro-lending, business development, and real estate development.

Scott Clarke, founder of Amandla Development in response to the need in South Africa for local capacity development ensuring that populations previously oppressed by apartheid have the opportunity to participate in the growing economy on equal footing.

Charles King, a founder and the president of Housing Works, Inc., the largest community-based AIDS services organization in the United States, which currently services over 5,000 people every year.

Location: Support Center for Nonprofit Management, 305 Seventh Avenue @ 27th Street, 11th Floor.

Admission: Nonmembers, $10. OP Members, just $5. Free for students with valid ID. RSVP thoughtful but not required; you're always welcome to just show up!

Find out more at: http://www.outprofessionals.org/op/252

I. Introduction of New Co-Chairs

II. Overview of Yale Day Of Service 2009 and Preparing for Day of Service - May 15, 2010

III. Finalizing June(PortSide NY Fundraiser) and July (Beautifying La Plaza Cultural Community Garden) Projects

     Selecting August Project

IV. Status on Juvenile Justice Project with Mayor Corey Booker's Office (Newark, NJ) 

V. Final Comments

Dwight Hall at Yale is coming to New York City on June 11, 2009 for a "friendraiser" with Yale's Dwight Hall alumni in the New York area. This is NOT a "fundraiser." Please come to:

• Hear Dwight Hall students describe their service and justice projects
• Meet Dwight Hall's new Executive Director Alex Knopp
• Review Dwight Hall's new building plans and moving schedule
• Learn how Dwight Hall is responding to the economic downturn
• Renew friendships with Dwight Hall alumni in the New York area.

Light refreshmentswill be served.

Please RSVP to: Maura or Barbara at Dwight Hall- 203-432-2420 - or email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

An Invitation from Dwight Hall at Yale to Meet You in New York City

Dwight Hall at Yale is coming to New York City on June 11, 2009 for a "friendraiser" with Yale's Dwight Hall alumni in the New York area.  This is NOT a "fundraiser."

Please come to:

• Hear Dwight Hall students describe their service and justice projects
• Meet Dwight Hall's new Executive Director Alex Knopp
• Review Dwight Hall's new building plans and moving schedule
• Learn how Dwight Hall is responding to the economic downturn
• Renew friendships with Dwight Hall alumni in the New York area

All are welcome. Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

The Public Service/Social Justice Committee of the YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK is proud to co-sponsor the first PortSide NewYork Benefit. PortSide was one of the New York sites for the global Yale Day of Service (May 16, 2009) whereby volunteers thoroughly enjoyed a successful restoration project on the Mary A. Whalen, a 172 foot repurposed coastal oil tanker. This ship has become the temporary headquarters of PortSide NewYork with one of the founders actually residing on it full time. The dedication of the founders and friends of this site was truly inspirational and the Yale volunteers stayed well beyond the scheduled time to complete additional tasks. The ship is a labor of love, and its spectacular views of Governor's Island, the southern part of Manhattan and various bridges made working outside all the more enjoyable.

PortSide NewYork is a non-profit organization advancing a new vision for revitalizing New York City's waterfront, which includes the creation of sustainable waterfront planning and the fostering of the greenest forms of waterborne transportation, while also delivering educational, cultural, and recreational waterfront experiences in community-oriented ways. Yalies involved in this innovative, young organization include: Carolina Salguero '82, Director of PortSide NewYork, Elaine Carmichael '82, Board Member, and Daniel Goncharoff '82, Advisory Board Member

For Yalies and their guests who attend the benefit, PortSide NewYork has graciously offered to provide a free boat tour to be scheduled later in the summer. Come out and support fellow Yalies in their efforts to improve the city and country we inhabit.

Tickets $50
Online auction
The benefit will include large-format multimedia installation, robust cheese + charcuterie, and beer.
Event details at http://www.portsidenewyork.org/fundraiser.htm. Get your tickets online at http://portsidefundraiser.eventbrite.com

Dont Quit On Change! Come out to have fun with us and support a rising star in NY politics!

Who is Daniel Squadron?

Elected to the New York State Senate in November, 2008, Daniel Squadron is serving his first term in the 25th Senatorial District. His district includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Vinegar Hill, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Gowanus, and the Manhattan neighborhoods of Tribeca, Battery Park City, the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the Financial District, Little Italy, SoHo and the East Village.

Senator Daniel Squadron has spent his life in New York and his career in public service. He served as a top aide to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, and together with Senator Schumer co-authored Positively American: Winning Back the Middle Class Majority One Family at a Time. As communications director for the campaign to pass the Rebuild and Renew Transportation Bond Act, Daniel Squadron worked to secure nearly $3 billion in infrastructure improvements and expansion to our subways and buses. Daniel Squadron also worked for our public school system to move money from the bureaucracy to the classroom.

The purpose is to have a night of FUN, in a beautiful gallery, with a very diverse and cosmopolitan group of old and new New Yorkers, and to meet a young, motivated and very intelligent rising star in NY politics.

Entertainment Provided by:

Soulful, sultry alternative pop singer and DJ, Selena Mars

Excerpts from the hilarious Love Is A Verb, a play by award-winning John Pallotta, featuring Jodi Bentley.

Open Wine and Food Bar with Fresh Delicacies straight from Naples, Italy

Contribution Levels:
Co-Chair $1000 | Host $300 |
Friend $60 ($40 if under 35)

Please RSVP: www.danielsquadron.org/friends/reception.php

To join host committee also please email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

It will be an honor to have you join us! Please spread the word.

Please join us on Wednesday June 17th to brainstorm and plan social and career events for Yale alumni.

Email me at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  if you plan on attending.

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee presents a talk by Lloyd Kaufman '69 on how to succeed in independent cinema. Numerous now-famous talents including Kevin Costner, Samuel L. Jackson, Oliver Stone, Marisa Tomei, Robert DeNiro, and Carmen Electra had their first start in Lloyd's films. Lloyd will discuss his success as the world's longest surviving, most prolific independent film maker.  He will show clips from his newest work, and share trade secrets that allowed him to produce gargantuan screen epics on microscopic budgets.  

Lloyd Kaufman is a giant in the field of independent films, having produced, directed, written and even acted in over 20 original films in 35 years at Troma Films, the New York City based company he co-founded with Yale classmate Mike Hertz. He works in a unique genre combining violence, sex, political satire, horror, humor and what film critic Pauline Kael called "actual sweetness." Kaufman's films have had a powerful influence on American culture, and numerous major careers in both acting and directing have been launched by him. Kaufman has taught film at UCLA, Yale, in the UK and in Europe, and is the author of three best-selling books. He has given to Western culture the iconic "Toxic Avenger," currently resurrected as a Broadway musical. PoultryGeist, his latest  work, features gigantic mutant chickens who spring from a fried chicken franchise and devour the staff, an ominous talking hamburger, musical and dance interludes and a cameo by Lloyd himself.

To register for this event and the reception afterwards, please click here.

Special thanks to Norm Zamcheck '69 for helping to organize this event!

Lori Laitman is one of America's most prolific and widely performed composers of art song. She has composed nearly 200 songs, setting the words of classical and contemporary poets.  Her cycle, Early Snow, to three poems by Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Oliver, will be presented as part of a program celebrating American song by rising American soprano Courtney Huffman in her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall on June 18, 2009.

"It is difficult to think of anyone before the public today who equals her exceptional gifts for embracing a poetic text and giving it new and deeper life through music."

(The Journal of Singing) 

Join YAAMNY and the Ivy Plus Society for another alumni party!

This is a great way to enjoy a summer night and meet new people at a fun NYC spot.

Advanced RSVP required; click here to register.

Ticket prices: $15 if you register by June 16th, $20 thereafter.

TIPS membership & events are open to "young alumni" broadly defined to include those ages 21-42. For more information on TIPS, visit: http://ivyplussociety.org/clubportal/ClubStatic.cfm?clubID=362&pubmenuoptID=18121

YAAMNY's Networking Committee is happy to present this special offer to NYC area Yale alumni! The NY Post-sponsored NYC Start-Up is a one-day interactive forum for working or laid off corporate professionals interested in creating a new business, or existing business owners to reach the next level.

The event features:

- NYC agencies that provide funding, training, and resources for new businesses
- Presentations by Robert Lieber (Deputy Mayor) and heads of NYC agencies
- Well known NYC entrepreneurs sharing their successes and mistakes (e.g., head of Vault.com, Clickable.com, Double Click, Joy Bauer of the Today Show, Robert Tuchman,etc)
- Panel on how to get started
- Lunchtime sit downs with industry experts and venture capitalists - attendees can share ideas and find partners to go into business with.
- (For VIP attendees)  The Next Big Idea Contest pitch to VCs and private rooftop reception with Founder of About.com

Seating is limited. For registration and more information go to http://www.westcoastgroupny.com/. Yale alumni receive a 20% discount by using code MUL624

Hey everyone this Friday, June 26th from 6-8pm, join Artlog and PENN, Columbia & Yale alumni groups at Artlogs next Summer Series event: a special reception and viewing of the New York Historical Societys five current exhibitions and permanent collection: Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School, Landmarks of New York, Harlem: Photographs of Camilo José Vergara, 1970-2009, Abraham Lincoln in His Own Words, New York Painting Begins: Eighteenth-Century Portraits.

Enjoy free drinks provided by Depaz Rum as you tour New Yorks treasures for a special reception at the New-York Historical Society Friday, June 26th, 6-8 pm.
Tickets & Info:http://artlog.com/member_events/21
Use code: artlog  for $10 tickets

Also to keep updated on all of Artlog happenings check back weekly on the site and signup to receive the free weekly newsletter

Please come to the Yale GALA and Penn GALA Annual Gay Pride Party, in Manhattan, on Saturday, June 27th. 

This year (again) at the gracious loft of Sam Hamadeh (call or e-mail Yale GALA to RSVP and for exact location)

Open Bar and hors d'ouevres. 

All are welcome. Last year 200 men attended.
(Must be 21+ years of age to drink & attend)

More info at http://www.yalegala.org/PrideEvents2009.html 

Sponsored by Yale GALA (Yale's LGBTQ Alumni Association) and Penn GALA

LGBTQ All-Ivy & Friends Post-Pride Mixer at the Yale Club (NYC), Monday, June 29 ("The Monday after Pride")

Catch up with old friends and meet new ones in the Yale Club's beautiful Tap Room (3rd Floor).  The return of the Yale Club Events of old!

Enjoy an open bar of beer, wine and soda--and a spectacular table of delicious hors d'oeuvres (including a 3' tall chocolate fondue fountain)--while you mingle. Lots of food (20 feet of food tables).

We invite alumni from the Ivy League, Seven Sisters, Stanford, NYU, Duke, UVA, Georgetown, Williams, Amherst, UCLA, Northwestern, Wellesley, & friends for this spectacular evening!  Last year 300 people attended

Cost: $40 cash-only, at the door (Yale Club non-members).

RSVP: MANDATORY  (for non-Club members) OR ELSE THE GUARD WILL NOT ADMIT YOU TO THE CLUB. 
RSVP EARLY.  RSVPs will CLOSE Sunday, June 28 at Midnight

More info: http://www.yalegala.org or e-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript