The Yale Club of Southern California

• Nov 19: Yale Alumni Lunch
• Nov 21: Yale-Harvard  Football Game Telecast
• Dec 5: The Ivy Plus Society Holiday Party
• Dec 5 and beyond: Family Events
• Alumni notes & Non-Yale Ivy Events

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

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The Ivy Plus Society Holiday Party

When: Saturday, December 5th | 7:00-11:00 PM

Where: EVO Los Angeles | 1155 S. Grand Ave. | Los Angeles, CA 90015

Price: $55 per person in advance, $65 per person at the door (subject to availability)

Advance RSVP Requested

Cocktail Holiday Attire

You better not cry, you better not pout. You better not cry, I’m telling you why, because the TIPS Holiday party is coming to town! Break out your jingle bells, mistletoe, and holiday cheer, because The Ivy Plus Society is going to dazzle your December with our most fabulous holiday party yet.

Our penthouse venue is the crown jewel at Evo – downtown’s hottest new loft development. Our home for the night is the lavish penthouse suite with breath-taking 360-degree panoramic views of the downtown city skyline and LA Live (only two blocks away). This penthouse is AMAZING. Marble, polished concrete, a huge outdoor deck, soaring ceilings, stunning views…. And it’s all ours for the night.

We’re bringing in professional set decorators to deck the Penthouse halls, so bring your camera for some great photo ops in our winter wonderland. LA may not have snow, but we do have Hollywood ready to “Cue Holiday!” for the night. We’ll have DJ’d music with dedicated dance space, holiday games, & activities.

Your ticket also includes a premium open bar complete with specialty holiday cocktails & a catered dinner courtesy of Small Wonders catering.

Our holiday parties always sell out, so make sure to grab your tickets now. We are set for our best holiday party ever! We’d hate to miss you.

The Yale Club of L.A. proudly announces the launch of the Yale Family L.A. program!

With the help of the AYA, the Yale Club of L.A. will be offering a new program of activities and events that are appropriate for the whole family.  The program is being spearheaded by Darcy Troy Pollack ’87 (darcykp@mac.com) and Jennifer Devore ’87 (jendevore@earthlink.net).  We welcome your ideas, so please feel free to email either one of us with suggestions.

We have a few Yale Family L.A. events planned for the upcoming year.  Mark your calendar now!

Westside Food Bank

When: Saturday, Dec 5th | 3 – 5 pm

Where: Westside Food Bank | 1710 22nd Street |Santa Monica, CA 90404
RSVP 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.

Saturday Afternoon at the Silent Movies

Saturday, January 24, 3 to 5pm
611 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
$25/adult  $15/child

See Charlie Chaplain, Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy as they were meant to be seen!  Join us at the landmark Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax for a very special afternoon of classic silent shorts, accompanied by live organ music.  Following the screening we will have a reception in the theater courtyard and a discussion with Yale Professor Ron Gregg, Senior Lecturer and Programming Director in Film Studies.  Professor Gregg specializes in Classic Hollywood and the silent era, so this should be a discussion to remember.  Bring the whole family!

A Magical Day at the Magic Castle

Sunday, April 18, 11:00am to 3:30pm
7001 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
$35/adult  $25/child

Say “Open Sesame” to the owl at the entrance and walk into the magical world of the Magic Castle.  Usually open only to members, the Magic Castle is opening its doors for a special day of magic and food for Yale families.  Join us for this once in a lifetime experience.

Griffith Park Star Party

Time TBD

The Griffith Park Observatory has one of the most powerful telescopes in the world, and it is right in our backyard!  Join us for a night of stargazing and learning as we look through the telescope and discover new worlds with a Yale Professor.

Yale Day of Service Family Project

May 15

We are planning a special service project appropriate for the whole family.  Stay tuned for more details!

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