Upcoming Events
- Nov 11: The Ivy Plus Society Happy Hour @ Bar Marmont
- Nov 14:Volunteer at the Taxi Driver Health Fair with the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
- Nov 14:Volunteer at the Los Angeles Food Bank with the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
- Nov 19: Yale Alumni Lunch
- Nov 21: Yale-Harvard Football Game Telecast
- Dec 05: Better Bulldogs Event: Family Community Service at the Westside Food Bank
- Alumni notes & Non-Yale Ivy Events
The Ivy Plus Society Happy Hour @ Bar Marmont
When: Wednesday, November 11th | 7:00-10:00 PM
Where: Bar Marmont | 8221 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
Price: $13 per person
If it’s November, that must mean it’s time for our most popular event of the year: The TIPS soiree at Bar Marmont, the classic-yet-trendy cocktail lounge at the fabled Chateau Marmont Hotel. From Howard Hughes to Jim Morrison to Lindsay Lohan, the Marmont has played host to the desperate-to-be-seen and those wishing to remain unseen. What kind of night will it be for you and your fellow alumni? In either case, Bar Marmont is an intimate place — smaller than our usual venues; we will definitely sell out. No tickets will be available for walk-ins at the door. And do try to arrive early: We’ll be serving complimentary hors d’oeuvres from 7-8 pm.
The Los Angeles Times raves about Bar Marmont, “Bar Marmont is much more than another trendy clip joint. Now that the fabled hotel Chateau Marmont on the hill above has regained control, its namesake bar-restaurant is back in the game … The whole effect is romantic and mysterious, the lights dim enough that everyone disappears in the tenebrous light. It feels like a dream.”
Price: $13
RSVP
Volunteer at the Taxi Driver Health Fair with the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
When: Saturday, November 14th | 7am – 1pm
Where: Westchester Senior Center | 8740 Lincoln Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA 90045
Free Event | Volunteers needed in both medical and Non-medical capacities:
Please make a difference and enable the community of Taxi Drivers here in Los Angeles get free health care. Most Taxi Drivers are in dire need of medical attention; unfortunately very few have the resources to get medical assistance.
We are setting up mini physician’s booths so that Taxi Drivers may finally get the care they so desperately need!
Please help us take care of our Taxi Driver community and make a huge difference in their lives.
Non-medical volunteers needed:
-Directing patients and assisting them in getting to the appropriate areas
-Registering patients and helping them fill out intake forms
-Making sure patients have been to each station and helping them fill out their outtake forms
-Collecting folders with forms, verify that everything has been completed
-Manning the information table and passing out educational materials
-Translating for patients when needed (as many languages as we can get!)
Medical volunteers needed:
-Doctors
-Nurses
-Eye doctor
To sign up please e mail: azankung@aol.com
Volunteer at the Los Angeles Food Bank with the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
When: Saturday, November 14th | 8am – 12pm
Where: The Los Angeles Regional Foodbank | 1734 East 41st Street | Los Angeles, CA 90058
Free Event | Need Volunteers to pack food parcels for the food bank:
The holidays are almost here, so let’s show gratitude for the abundance in our lives by helping people in need feed their families!
We will be packing bundles of various food items at the food bank to be distributed to needy families during the holiday season. Make a difference and sign up!
To sign up please e mail: jennythuang@gmail.com
Yale Alumni Monthly Luncheon
When: Thursday, Nov 19th | Noon
Where: Jonathan Club| 545 S Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90071
Price: $12.00
Thanks to Terry Buchanan, each third Thursday of the month Yale alumni and their guests are invited to convene for a no-host buffet luncheon in the second floor tap room at the downtown Jonathan Club, located at 545 So. Figueroa Street, between 4th and 6th Streets.
The luncheon, currently priced at about $17.00, features soups, salad bar, a hot entree with hot veggies, cold salmon, cold chicken, rolls, desserts, and hot and cold beverages.
If you choose to park in the building, the cost is $8.00 or so (or park in a lot or at a meter on the street in the surrounding area); if you take the L. A. Metro, get out at the Figueroa/Wilshire exit.
If you can do so conveniently, kindly RSVP to Terry by telephone at (818) 956-0600 or by e-mail at: hterryb@cs.com.
Business Casual attire | Boola Boola!
Yale-Harvard Football Game Telecast
When: Saturday, November 21 | 8:45 am
Where: Yankee Doodles | 1410 3rd Street Promenade (between Santa Monica & Broadway)
Once again, the Game will be telecast live on the big screen at Yankee Doodles in Santa Monica. Don your Yale regalia and come join your fellow Elis in cheering Yale on to victory! Ticket price includes admission, hot buffet breakfast, tea, coffee, and lemonade.
Price:
$20: children and young alum YCSC members (up to ‘08 graduating year)
$25: YCSC members and up to one guest (must sign up in advance)
$30: Non-members and payment at the door
RSVP
Not a member? Join
Better Bulldogs Event: Family Community Service at the Westside Food Bank
When: Saturday, Dec 5th | 3 – 5 pm
Where: Westside Food Bank | 1710 22nd Street |Santa Monica, CA 90404
TRSVP to Darcy Troy Pollack | darcykp@mac.com
Bring the family for a community service project with holiday spirit!! We will be sorting food for the Westside Food Bank. It’s easy and fun, and a much needed service. Kids ages 7 and up are welcome, and they will have special tasks, including creating posters for the Food Bank and decorating their collection bins. Donations of canned and packaged foods are welcome!!
Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs and to reduce food waste on the Westside of Los Angeles County. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, the organization annually distributes nearly 4 million pounds of food to the food assistance programs of 65 Westside social service agencies.
Alumni Notes & Non-Yale Events:
Announcement of Yalie-starring Web Series: Megabot
When: Now
Where: MegaBot.Atom.com
MEGABOT (5432 Films/Cherry Sky Films) is a new, off-color, comedy webseries that’s a real example of Ivy League collaboration … it can be seen exclusively at MegaBot.Atom.com
Nathan Kitada (Yale ‘05) co-directed this webseries starring Giovanni Adams (Yale ‘05) and Fran Kranz from Fox’s DOLLHOUSE (Yale ‘04) … it also stars Miles Fisher (Harvard ‘06), was written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Harvard ‘05), and produced by Jonako Donley (Columbia ‘05). You can also enjoy awesome add’l content (gag reel, the lost pilot) at www.MegaBot.TV.
Announcement from New Blue: Opportunity to Book Us During Our Winter Tour
When: Thursday December 31st, 2009 through Saturday January 9th, 2010
Where: Los Angeles and surrounding area
The New Blue was founded in 1969, the same year that Yale first admitted undergraduate women, making us not only Yale’s oldest all-female a cappella group, but also its oldest women’s organization of any kind. A symbol of women’s accomplishments at Yale, the New Blue is proud to be celebrating its 40th year.
Over the last few years, the group has produced six CDs and garnered awards from the Contemporary A Cappella Society for Best Arrangement and Best Female Collegiate Album. In September, the New Blue released its 40th anniversary CD, “Blueprint.” The New Blue has toured all over the U.S. and the world and loves performing for a wide variety of events, ranging from school assemblies to corporate functions, from poolside gatherings to wedding receptions. The New Blue consistently engages audiences with its professional poise and inspiring presence.
If you would like to add the voices of the New Blue to your event or bring us in to perform for your group, we would love the opportunity to share our music with you. The New Blue’s arrangements have a distinctive warm and rich sound not found in most all-female groups, and we pride ourselves on singing from a repertoire that people of all ages and from all backgrounds can enjoy.
We will be in the Los Angeles area from December 31st, 2009 until January 9th, 2010 and we would love to perform for you. Our winter tour manager is Emily Cooley, who you can contact via email (emily.cooley@yale.edu) or by telephone at 262-347-7786.
The New Blue is not funded by Yale University. It is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization. All performance fees are used to maintain the group and are tax-deductible. The New Blue can be found online at www.yale.edu/newblue.
Announcement from the Baker’s Dozen: Private Concert Opportunity
When: Saturday, January 2nd, through Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Where: TBD
What: Greetings and allow me to introduce myself as the Winter Tour Manager of The Baker’s Dozen of Yale University, one of the nation’s oldest and finest collegiate men’s a cappella groups. Our ensemble, founded in 1947 and comprised of nineteen male undergraduates, performs a variety of arrangements ranging from traditional ballads to jazz, rock, and contemporary hits. A working repertoire of nearly forty songs and skits combined with a strong sense of showmanship allows us to perform in virtually any setting, be it a short set at a private party, a mid-size concert at a school, or a full-scale formal concert in black tie. In a typical year, The Baker’s Dozen performs at numerous residences, clubs, resorts, and schools throughout the country. The group has also entertained prestigious audiences at venues such as the White House, the United Nations, and celebrities’ parties in Hollywood.
We will be passing through California this winter, and would love the opportunity to perform for you. We will be in your area from Saturday, January 2nd, through Thursday, January 7th. Typically, we charge $1000 for a 45-minute set, but fees can vary depending on concert length and venue. If you are interested in booking the group or would like more information, including a copy of our latest CD, please contact me via e-mail at travis.gidado@yale.edu or by telephone at 904-655-3218.
Announcement from The Responsible Endowment Project: Learn About Our Work
The Responsible Endowment Project (REP) is an unlikely group of students interested in social justice, environmental sustainability, and socially responsible investing. We were brought together by certain troubling evidence that the famed Yale endowment (grown impressively by Chief Investment Officer David Swensen) has money invested in places incompatible with Yale’s institutional values with no effective way to oversee such investments.
We have spent the last year researching the roots of this overarching issue, and have developed a four part solution with the ability to lead Yale on a path to investment responsibility, while not endangering its highly important ability to continue expanding its endowment. We are now starting a movement among the Yale community to raise awareness about these issues and demonstrate the wide interest within this community. Our report and a petition to show support is now available at our website.
- Members of REP
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