Upcoming Events
- August 18th: Yale Alumni Monthly Luncheon
- August 21st: Annual Hollywood Bowl Picnic Event
- August 29th: ‘Starchitecture’ Tour: Residences by Wright, Lautner, and Schindler
- September 1st: Top College Mixer
- Alumni notes & Non-Yale Ivy Events
YALE ALUMNI MONTHLY LUNCHEON
When: Every third Thursday | NEXT LUNCHEON DATE: Thursday, Aug 18th, 2010, at Noon
Where: Second floor tap room at the downtown Jonathan Club | 545 So. Figueroa Street (between 4th and 6th Streets) | Los Angeles, CA
Price: $17.00
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 at the downtown Jonathan Club.
The luncheon, currently priced around $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@gmail.com.
Business Casual attire.
Annual Hollywood Bowl Picnic Event
When: Saturday August 21st | 7:00 – 11:00 pm
Where: Hollywood Bowl | http://www.hollywoodbowl.com
Price: Members and up to one guest: $40 | Non-members and additional guests: $50
Tchaikovsky and fireworks – a beloved Hollywood Bowl tradition! This year’s spectacular features the great Russian composer’s Violin Concerto, as well as the 1812 Overture complete with roaring cannon and blazing pyrotechnics.
Bring your picnic dinner. The Club will provide wine and light appetizers. RSVP required.
NOTE: This year, we will NOT be using the Volunteer Cottage. Instead, we will use one of the Group Picnic Areas. Look for us at Areas 2, 3, or 4 on the following map (look for the big Yale sign):
Call Jonathan at (323) 377-3341 if you have trouble finding us.
Schedule:
7:00PM: Meet at Picnic Area for light appetizers and wine
8:00PM: Move to seats in Section N1 for Concert
8:30PM: Concert begins
‘Starchitecture’ Tour: Residences by Wright, Lautner, and Schindler
This event sold out in 30 minutes. Sorry! But we’re exploring the possibility of running it again in a few weeks.
If you’d like to be given advance notice if and when it becomes available, please email bbg3@aya.yale.edu with the subject line “tour.”
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When: Sunday, August 29th | 10am – 2pm
Where: Parking lot of Silverlake Starbucks | 2560 Glendale Blvd, LA CA | Google Map
The Yale Club of Southern California invites you on a unique, exclusive and expert-guided tour of three rarely-viewed private residences built by some of Los Angeles’ most influential architects: Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler and John Lautner.
The day will begin as Judith Sheine, a prominent Rudolph Schindler historian, takes us through the meticulously crafted and fully renovated How House in the hills of Silver Lake. Next, we will travel to the Verdugo Mountains to enjoy John Lautner’s transparent Schaffer Residence with the help of Frank Escher, leading Lautner curator and author. Finally, the day will culminate with a tour at the Millard House (La Miniatura), the most acclaimed of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile Block Houses of Pasadena, where two expert guides will give a detailed walk-through of the property.
Transportation will be provided between each of the residences. Snacks will be provided half-way through the day, and there will be an end-of-tour reception with light appetizers and beer/wine at the the Frank Lloyd Wright house.
Price: Members: $20 | Non-members: $30 (not a member? join)
SOLD OUT
Meet-up details: Meet at 10 am at the Silver Lake Starbucks. Please don’t be late! Street Parking is available in the neighborhood. But make sure to arrive early enough to find parking and arrive at Starbucks a few minutes before 10am.
Houses and Guide Details:
The How House, Rudolph Schindler, 1925
The How House sits on top of a steep ridge, angled to the street, with a gorgeous view of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the best examples of Schindler’s use of geometry and proportion in order to manipulate space.
Guide: Judith Sheine — Department of Architecture Chair at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. Judith is a Rudolph Schindler scholar and has contributed to several publications on the architect. She is also author of RM Schindler by Phaidon Press.
The Schaffer Residence, John Lautner, 1949
The Schaffer residence is a classic example of John Lautner’s organic style. Hidden in a wooded valley at the foot of the Verdugo Mountains, the redwood, concrete & glass residence opens to the oak forest that influenced the form and orientation of the design.
Guide: Frank Escher — Architect and partner of Escher GuneWardena Architecture. Frank lectures on Lautner’s work, co-curated a Lautner exhibition at the Hammer Museum, and is the editor of the architect’s monograph, John Lautner, Architect.
The Millard House (La Miniatura), Frank Lloyd Wright, 1923
Recognized by Wright as the earliest ‘Usonian’ house, La Miniatura is also the first residence to utilize Wright’s highly inventive textile block building system. The Millard House is internationally recognized as one of the world’s most important works of architecture.
Guides: John Kaliski (B.A., M.Arch.) — architect, teacher, author and founder of Urban Studios. John’s practice covers a broad range of projects from private residences to the creation of development guidelines for local communities.
Crosby Doe of Crosby Doe Associates — a real estate agent who has specialized in the sale of historic properties in Southern California for the past 35 years.
Top College Mixer
When: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | 6-9 pm
Where: Sports Club/LA – Orange County | 1980 Main Street | Irvine, CA | 949.975.8400 | www.thesportsclubla.com/site/clubs/orange-county/
CALLING ALL BULLDOGS!
Please join your fellow Yale Alumni and friends with alumnae from US NEWS & World Report’s Top 25 National Universities to celebrate the Annual Listing of the TOP 25 NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES RANKINGS – Best Colleges 2011.
No cover, cash bar – HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS.
Let’s show the rest who has the loudest bark.
To RSVP, or for any current questions, contact Jim Gonzales ’83 – President, Yale Club of Orange County at james.gonzales@lpl.com or at (949) 975.8145.
BOOLA BOOLA!
Alumni Notes & Non-Yale Events:
The Ivy Plus Society Mixer at Station
When: Tuesday, August 24th | 7-10 pm
Where: Station | 6250 Hollywood Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA 90028 | stationhollywood.com
Price: $12 online until August 17th | $15 thereafter or at the door (if available)
As graduates of fancy-schmancy schools, it’s likely that at some point in your scholastic career, you were made to confront unsettling and unfamiliar truths. Like the fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, or that Jeremy Piven owns toupees. Well, here’s another one for ya’: Los Angeles has a subway. And you’ve never used it. Until now, that is. Because TIPS is taking you to Station, the outdoor terrace lounge at the W Hotel, which sits directly atop the Hollywood & Vine Red Line Metro station. So leave your car at home (yes — seriously) and come join your fellow young alums at this dazzling, new open air addition to the Hollywood strip. Go on: Feel like a New York’er, if only for one night.
An Evening with Chris Dudley
When: Wednesday, September 1st | 6 pm Reception | 7:30 pm Dinner
Where: The Regency Club | 10909 Wilshire Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA
Price: Reception: $250 | Dinner: $1000
You are cordially invited to a fundraising event for a Yale graduate, former NBA player, and Republican candidate for governor of Oregon, Chris Dudley.
We would like to enlist your assistance in helping to make this a fun and successful event. Because of Chris’ background, this could turn out to be a very eclectic crowd of Ivy Leaguers, pro athletes, sports agents and the like, all gathered together at one great venue, The Regency Club in Westwood.
Chris is a man with a vision for the future of Oregon and a good friend of mine for over 25 years. Please consider helping by contributing/raising $10,000 for a table of 10-12 people, by joining my wife Noreen and I at our table for dinner ($2,000/couple), or by enjoying some cocktails ($250/person) with the man NIKE Chairman Phil Knight supports as the next governor of Oregon. Please also share this invite with any personal and professional contacts that you feel may enjoy attending this event or donating to Chris’ campaign.
— Contact webmaster and Yale Club President Blair Golson at bbg3[at]aya.yale.edu to submit a free listing. (Please follow the ‘when’ & ‘where’ formatting of the above events. Or else face his wrath.)
June 21, 2008
