Still looking for that meaningful summer job?

Work this summer with New Haven High School students in this exciting on campus program!

What: The Yale summer SCHOLAR program brings 50-60 students from Hill Regional Career High School (Career HS) to live and study science for three weeks on Yale's campus. SCHOLAR provides an intensive, hands-on science curriculum in an exploratory and interactive teaching environment that emphasizes discovery, critical thinking, and problem-solving.  Yale University faculty design the curriculum with the support of teachers and advisors from Career HS, Yale graduate and professional schools, and SCHOLAR faculty.  Yale students serve a vital role as teaching assistants and mentors.

When: July 1-23, 2010

If selected, you will receive free room and board plus a $1500 stipend.

For more information and to apply please visit: http://www.yale.edu/onhsa/youth_scholar.htm. You can also email This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or  This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  for further information or to apply.

The Public Service/Social Justice Cmte of YAAMNY is proud to co-sponsor a benefit BBQ for this Day of Service Site that enables the public to enjoy and learn more about Brooklyn's waterfront.  Please come out with your families for an enjoyable evening while supporting a great cause.   For additional info, please log onto http://portsidebluebq.eventbrite.com/

For Yale Alum, Family and Friends - tickets have been reduced to $25. Only $10 for children under 12.  Guests are invited to linger later to watch the sun set over the harbor.

Food from The Good Fork, Red Hook Lobster Pound, and more

Featuring:

• Peter Waldman, the Balloon Meister
• Jack Putnam of South Street Seaport channeling Herman Melville
• Live auction
• Special surprises for kids, music & more TBA

Produced by: Brooklyn Based and Brooklyn Based Kids

Sponsored by: Brooklyn Brewery, Realty Collective, OrangeYouGlad and Saranac.

Join our sponsors:

Funds will support PortSide programming this summer and more. We are getting a permit to be in Atlantic Basin from July 1 to Aug 24, and we have been invited to bring the Mary A. Whalen to some other piers.

 Offering free programming in Atlantic Basin costs us. In addition to the cost of the programs themselves, our permit for Atlantic Basin requires that we get new additional types of insurance (cost now up to $13,000) and security cameras and recording devices (costs being assessed).

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PortSide NewYork is a 501(c)3 organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.  We are listed with Guide Star a nationally recognized source of information on nonprofit organizations in the USA.  more about PortSide at www.portsidenewyork.org

Dances of Vice, Champagne Riot, The Salon and Wit's End proudly present:

THE LIBERTY BELLE SPECTACULAR

 A Vintage Fourth of July Rooftop Extravaganza



Featuring:
Gelber & Manning and the Star Spangled Orchestra

Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co
Bob Leive

MC Dandy Wellington
The Minsky Sisters
Jezebel Express
Perle Noire

Guest Mixologist Fredo Ceraso
and more! 

$20 in advance $25 at door

Don't miss the Liberty Belle Spectacular, featuring a fantastic view of the Macy's fireworks, incredible live bands, burlesque, dancing, and delicious cocktails under the stars!

 

Actors from Yale, bring scenes with two characters and your scene partner.  No charge for either of you. 

Screenwriters, get your scenes read and performed. 

Some of the screenplays, which had scenes performed in the the workshop are now being shot as films.

Great opportunity for film makers as well.

The University of Pittsburgh launched an initiative called the Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement www.hesselbein.pitt.edu. The academy is housed at the University of Pittsburgh but open to students throughout the world. It aims to inspire, develop, and reward accomplished student leaders to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

A core program of the academy is the Hesselbein Student Leadership Summit to be held July 10-13, 2010. Fifty students are selected to receive advanced leadership training and mentoring from distinguished professionals in the business, nonprofit, military, and social sectors. If selected, the academy covers the cost of room, board, registration, and provides $200 in travel assistance. The online application is currently open at http://www.hesselbein.pitt.edu/student-leadership/overview.php. The application deadline is April 18, 2010. Please contact Angela Miller McGraw at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  or 412-624-5203 if you have any questions.

lease save the dates for the GIANT Fundraiser this July 15th, 16th and 17^th at The Convent of the Sisters of St Joseph,  27 Park Rd in W Hartford ( ground level of the Chapel, Prospect Ave entrance across the street from Wendy's)  to benefit Tabor House and the underserved population in Hartford. The 16th Annual Tabor House Tag sale/Auction has become a Connecticut tradition with over a thousand people in attendance to benefit formerly homeless men living with HIV/AIDS who now live at both homes. The proceeds of 16k from the event last year also benefited the immigrant and poor population of the inner city who need to outfit their residences with affordable items, as well as the environment.  As a result of my leadership of this event, I was given a Local Hero Award by The Bank of America Foundation.

Volunteers will needed Mon-Thursday 7/12-7/15 anytime 8:30am-3:30 to help sort the items, as well as at the Tag sale/auction 7/16-7/17 to help the shoppers.  This is a great community service opportunity for  volunteers of all ages!

Please view Facebook: Tabor tag sale and Auction for photos, and become a fan

Press links:

http://mywesthartfordlife.com/people.php?cid=4&id=122

http://articles.courant.com/2009-08-16/news/6tabor0816.art_1_prudential-financial-donated-volunteers

http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news11782.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tabor-Tag-Sale-Auction/120608676025

Thanks Again!

David Dyson, Event Manager,

Tabor House 16^th Annual Giant Tag Sale/Silent auction

 860-523-9136 

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The Public Service/Social Justice Committee wishes to invite you to our upcoming planning meeting to advance public service and social justice initiatives in the area. The agenda is listed below:

Agenda:

I. Discussion of Day of Service 2010 - Lessons Learned and Future Action Steps
II. Haiti Task Force Update
III. Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force Update
IV. Summer Projects (August)
V. Fall Projects
VI. Other Business
 

We look forward to seeing you then.  Your constructive input is welcome!

 Grateful.  Disgusted.  Proud.  Embarrassed.  The Yale Alumni Magazines recent cover story Why They Call Yale The Gay Ivy sparked a furor among its readers. Out of this vehement and diverse alumni response was born The Gay Ivy, a musical theater piece: Roommates reminisce about their parallel yet isolated lives fifty years ago; two women wake up in each others arms; one of the first Africa-American alumnae confesses her own struggle to embrace her sons lifestyle; a legacy-student confronts his grandfathers hatred and his own conflicted sexual identity.

 By giving voice to disparate perspectives on the Alumni Magazines controversial article, this piece explores the Yale community as a microcosm of our country today.

 Please join us for this One Night Only event at Dixon Place, NYCs Downtown Laboratory for Performance!!!!

 $10 General Admission. Buy Tickets at  https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/722465 

Support at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2022539759/the-gay-ivy-returns

 Written by Bix Bettwy, Greg Edwards, Kyle Jarrow, Eric Kubo, Gordon Leary, Eric March, Deb Margolin, Julia Meinwald, Michael Mitnick, Kevin Quinn, Zak Sandler, and more

 Featuring Thomas Dolan, Tim Eliot, Emily Jenda, Kobi Libii and Megan Stern

 Directed by Peter Cook

Conceived and Produced by Thomas Dolan, Ethan Heard and Megan Stern

Music Directed by Jonathan Breit

YAAMNY is excited to bring you an amazing opportunity.  LUSH LIFE is a new exciting exhibition creating a lot of buzz in the art community, recently featured in the NY Times. 

Curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud, LUSH LIFE takes place at nine Lower East Side galleries and adopts Richard Prices 2008 novel to title and organize the exhibition.  The novel is set in the contemporary Lower East Side and through a murder investigation exposes the dynamically changing community of the neighborhood, which retains a ghostly and vital link to its layered past.  Each gallery's exhibition reflects the theme of one of the chapters in the book.  Over three hours, we will tour various galleries involved in the exhibition, including one gallery normally closed on weekends which has agreed to open to welcome our group!   

Jennifer Weissbach, an art advisor based in New York City, founded Jennifer Weissbach Art Advisory (www.jenniferweissbach.com) with the desire to make the art world accessible to everyone.  Jennifer enjoys educating individuals about exciting and innovative art.  She is passionate about demystifying the art world, and creates an open and warm environment during gallery visits so that people can talk freely and ask questions about the work.  

Please register at http://yaamnylushlife.eventbrite.com/

The LUSH LIFE art tour will meet at 1:45 pm in front of the restaurant The National at 8 Rivington Street (on the north side of the street), between Bowery and Chrystie Streets.

The YAAMNY Arts Committee provides a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the entertainment industry, through regular presentations and events that will offer opportunities for networking and performance. 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.

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The Yale Alumni Real Estate Association cordially invites you to join us for an engaging discussion on Monday, July 19th and to meet other Yale alums in the real estate industry.

Institutional Real Estate Investing:  Can Cities' Actions Make a Difference?  

Professor Alex Garvin -- President & CEO, Alexander Garvin & Associates
Thomas Park -- Managing Director, TIAA-CREF, Research & Strategy Group

TIAA-CREF
730 Third Avenue, 4th Floor
(between 45th and 46th Street)
Monday, July 19th
5:30PM - 7:30PM

$12 if you RSVP in advance / $15 at the door.
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We encourage you to send this invitation to other alums and non-alumni colleagues in the industry.

If you would like to sign up for our listserv, please visit:
http://alumni.yale.edu/aya/lists/lists.php?id=09

Thanks and we hope to see you there!

Yale AREA Steering Committee 

Please join us for this free IvyLife-Yale networking event. Come meet and network with fellow Yale alumni in a unique setting. All Yale alumni are welcome to join us - details below:

• Enjoy all five marks of Johnnie Walker scotch with their Master of Whiskey.
• Free clean-ups, shoe shines, and manicures at John Allans. Get a taste of the wonderful services and personal treatment you receive at a John Allans Salon.
• Complimentary custom dress shirt measurements provided by CliftonCharles.com. The Clifton Charles proprietary color & style analysis provided by the Charles Angels. Experience the luxury of affordable custom- made clothing.

YAAMNY has partnered with Penn and MIT to bring you this summertime alumni party.  We'll meet on the rooftop of Highbar to enjoy beautiful views, delicious cocktails and good conversation.  This is a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and meet new NYC people.

The event is free, but please register at: http://yaamnyparty.eventbrite.com

Meet other art lovers including other young professionals from Yale, PENN & Columbia at the Artlog Lower East Side Art Crawl. Yale alumni get a special art crawl reception from 6:30-7:30pm where they can enjoy free drinks and meet one another before visiting over 20 galleries and the New Museum. This private one-night open house event is devoted to introducing new collectors to the Lower East Side's burgeoning art community. In addition to access to over 20 galleries, there will be special events and discounts to local businesses, suggested gallery tours by art professionals, free entry to the New Museum and an after party at a downtown bar. The event is in partnership with the New Museum and the New York Observer.

For more information, visit artlog.com. Tickets are limited, register now at http://yaamnyartcrawl.eventbrite.com/.

Join the Educational Programs Committee and the Arts & Entertainment Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) for an intimate guided tour of the Hispanic Society of America at  11 a.m. sharp on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Register today at: http://yaamny-hispanic-society.eventbrite.com.

New York magazine writes of the Hispanic Society: "Founded in 1904, this free museum of Spanish, Portuguese, Latin American and Filipino art, artifacts and books, is often overlookedmost likely due to its out-of-the-way, upper Manhattan location. The omission is unfortunate, considering the beauty of the Beaux-Arts building on stately Audubon Terrace, and the mastery of the works inside. The entrance leads to an interior Renaissance-style patio, decorated with terracotta tiles and illuminated by a skylight. An adjacent room displays wall-to-wall commissioned paintings by the 19th-20th century artist Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, depicting scenes of Spanish life. Upstairs, the main gallery holds works by artists from the 16th century forward, most notably several pieces each by Diego Velázquez (Portrait of a Little Girl) and Francisco Goya (The Duchess of Alba). Bronze Age antiquities, Hispano-Moresque lusterware and ornate liturgical vestments are prominent among the museum's collection of textiles, decorative arts and sculpture."

The collections of the Hispanic Society are unparalleled in their scope and quality outside the Iberian Peninsula, addressing nearly every aspect of culture in Spain, as well as a large part of Portugal and Latin America, through the twentieth century. Seize this opportunity to explore a gorgeous institution in Upper Manhattan.All are welcome. Attendees are warmly invited to include friends and family members. 

Early registration (by July 16th, 2010) is strongly encouraged. The available number of tickets is strictly limited. 

LOCATION: Hispanic Society of America, 613 West 155th Street (entrance on Broadway between 155th & 156th Streets)

This upcoming Sunday Im heading out west to the Delaware Water Gap to hike Mount Minsi, one of two peaks between which flows the eponymous river.  The 5.7-mile, 886 ft vertical trail follows the Appalachian Trail if you have never hiked the AT, this is one of the most accessible sections and a dirt road back.  Well take the 8:30 AM Martz Trailways bus from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, arriving at the Delaware Water Gap station at 10.  The hike should take approximately four hours, and well take the 2:20 or 2:40 bus back, arriving at 3:50 or 4:25 PM, respectively.  The cost of the hike roundtrip bus transportation is $63.50.  You will need to bring your own food and water, as none are available near the trailhead.  The trail is relatively shaded, but it should nevertheless be sunny & hot, so plan appropriately (sunscreen, sunglasses & hat).

The mission of Summer Institute of the Arts (SIA) is to develop young peoples characters and minds through the study of the arts in summer programs focused on middle school kids who would otherwise not have this opportunity.  Our fundamental belief is that the study of the arts, like painting, dance, or music have a meaningful and positive impact on children.  A belief that is supported through numerous studies that link the study of music to cognitive and reasoning skills.  SIA exists so that our children can have the opportunity to develop these crucial skills through the Arts. 

With the aforementioned objectives in mind the over-arching goal is to create a summer program that provides an arts based curriculum that focuses on the development of the mind while still being engaging.  The program targets middle school students and exposes these students to careers and higher education opportunities in the Arts. 

This objective is met by providing students the opportunity to work with professionals in the Arts in various workshops and forums.  This could come in the form of visiting a Musical Director of a Broadway show at his theatre, or a Master class from a teaching artist, or spending time with a college student who is majoring in the Arts.  These interactions are vital as they illuminate possibilities and ignite dreams in a child's mind.
 
VOLUNTEER!

The SIA offers a unique community service opportunity for Yale Alumni to work with students in the Arts. The program is structured for alumni to participate as mentors for the students  throughout the day and ideally develop relationships that will allow for continued mentoring of students during the school year. Alumni will assist the teachers and teaching artist during the curriculum and workshops.

An arts background is not necessary though a love of the arts is a prerequisite and any instrumentalists (even if you haven't picked that violin up in 20 years) would be most helpful.  Remember, many of these students have never been exposed to music education so a willingness to help broaden a child's future is the number one requirement. Please see http://sia.alumni.yale.edu to register.

We need volunteers to:

• Mentor - Provide guidance and support throughout the day to students who may need extra help with the curriculum or who just need a positive influence.
• Provide and/or Assist with Creative Workshops - Are you an instrumentalist, singer, dance, actor or all of the above? Do you have a creative workshop topic that might be a fit for 6th grade students? Please let us know as we are developing afternoon workshops led by Yale alumni to enrich the morning curriculum.
• Field Trips/Chaperone - Do you have ties to an arts organization, theater or museum that would welcome middle school students?

LOCATION:
MS 223, THE LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY
360 EAST 145TH ST. BRONX, NY 10454

Summer Institute of the Arts is proud to be co-sponsored by the Yale Black Alumni Association and YAAMNY.

Celebrate summer at Hudson Terrace, one of the hottest outdoor lounges in New York! Join other young professionals/alumni for an evening of specialty cocktails, gourmet food, and fine jewelry - all to support a great cause! Your ticket proceeds go directly to Let's Get Ready, an education-related nonprofit with official chapters at several Club 13 schools.

FEATURING:
-- A showcase of the work of avant-garde jewelry designer Miguel Ovalle by internationally-known swimsuit and magazine cover models.
-- The following drink specials until 8 p.m.: 2-for-1 specialty cocktails (for $14 total),$8 domestic beer, $11 Vision Vodka cocktails
-- More details TBA

TICKETS: $10 in advance, $15 at the door (pending availability), with proceeds to benefit Let's Get Ready. Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.letsgetready.org/Events/FashionOnTheHudson.

ABOUT CLUB 13: Club 13 is a social group for NYC's top alumni and graduate students. Our events attract many alumni & grad students from each of the Ivy League schools, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Northwestern, NYU, and Stanford. Many of these events are fundraisers on behalf of various education-related charities in the New York City area. To be put on our e-mailing list for future events, simply join our Facebook group (at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2243453061), or e-mail us at: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

ABOUT LET'S GET READY: The mission of Let's Get Ready is to expand college access for motivated, low-income high school students by providing free SAT preparation and college admission counseling. Let's Get Ready accomplishes this mission by enlisting college student volunteers who serve as coaches in the program providing not only SAT instruction, but the inspiration, enthusiasm and confidence to go to college as well. For more information please visit http://www.letsgetready.org.