News and Announcements

Buy Your Tickets Now for Our Annual Benefit Soirée, 6/13

It’s time for YAANY’s Annual Benefit Soirée! June 13, 
Yale Alumni Association of New York
from 6:30 to 10PM., at the beautiful New York Times Building.

Enjoy an open bar with featured cocktails, delicious hors d’oeurves, and our popular auction as you chat the night away with fellow Yalies and friends.  Dress will be business or cocktail attire.

We sold out last year, so do get your tickets soon. Early pricing is $65, and after June 1 $75. Tickets available on our EventBrite page or below:

Read on for more information…

Calling All Cyclists! Bike Ride Trip on Sunday, 5/20

Come join fellow Yalies and friends
for a fun bike ride to Piermont from Central Park! We will be leaving from Columbus Circle (next to fountain) at 10AM Sunday, May 20 to return the same day around 2PM to Central park. Tickets are only $10 to cover administrative expenses.

Led by amateur bike enthusiasts Phillip Davies ’76 and Garrett Jewett ’77, we will peddle a route up West Side, over George Washington Bridge and up Palisades to Piermont, and back.  Distance: 40 Miles. Approximate time: 4 hours.

Questions, call Garrett at 917-670-7029

Catch American Collegiate Choral Music with Empire City Men’s Chorus

Relive those bright college years with Empire City Men’s Chorus (ECMC)! Led by Yale alum and YAANY Communications Committee member Christopher Clowdus, the ECMC will trace the roots of the American collegiate choral tradition.

GLEE! 

Celebrating the Collegiate Choral Tradition
Empire City Men’s Chorus
Christopher Clowdus, Artistic Director
Wednesday, May 16 and Sunday, May 20
For tickets or more information please call 212-545-4110
or purchase tickets online at www.empirecitymenschorus.org

Join us for the fourth global Yale Day of Service on May 12th

Mentor young people.  Prepare food for the homeless.  Do an eco project.  Join the AIDS walk.  Help immigrant jobseekers.  In May, many Yale alumni, friends and family will be participating at  Yale Day of Service sites in New York.   This is a great way to give back to your community, make new friends, and have fun.

There are many ways to participate.  For more details, visit our Global Yale Day of Service page or go to  www.yaledayofservice.org and be part of something special!

An Engaging Evening: Yale Jewish Alumni Reception and Book Talk

Last week, members of the Yale community enjoyed a wonderful reception and conversation, focused on Robert “Bo” Burt’s newest book, In The Whirlwind: God and Humanity in Conflict. On April 26th, Eli’s Mishpacha, The Yale Club of NYC, AYA, and YAANY hosted this exciting event with Bo Burt, Yale Law School Professor, and Rabbi James E. Ponet, Jewish…

Vincent Scully Documentary a Hit

Art history and architecture lovers were treated to an excellent film screening of “Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among Architects” at The National Arts Club last week. After the screening, the Director of Undergraduate Film Studies at Columbia, Annette Insdorf Ph.D. ’75, shared her first memories of Prof. Scully. Also, Edgar B. Howard, the President…