Isles Ensemble and Brunch at Kenwood
Isles Ensemble Concert with Yale Musicians
February 2 at 2pm
Sign up for a pre-concert brunch with some of the musicians at the Kenwood by Jan 30!
Join alumni Ken Freed (BK ’83, MM ’88), Emily Switzer (ES ’17, MM ’19), and Sarah Switzer (DC ’19) and their colleagues in the Isles Ensemble on February 2nd for an afternoon of warming chamber music inspired by the sun.
Compositions by Joaquin Turina, Jennifer Higdon, Terry Riley, and Joseph Haydn feature on a concert at 2 pm at Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church. Tickets are available at the door or via the Isles Ensemble website.
Gather before the concert for brunch with some of the musicians! 12pm at the Kenwood, menu available here. Space is limited, so please contact Emily Switzer (emily.m.switzer@gmail.com) by January 30th if you’d like to attend.
Something Extra Concert at Breck School
Something Extra
Concert at Breck School
Friday, January 10
7 pm-8:30 pm
Complimentary Concert
Breck School Chapel
123 Ottawa Avenue North
Golden Valley, MN 55422
Yale A Cappella Singing Group Something Extra
Dinner and Song at Woodhill Country Club
featuring Yale Women’s A Cappella Singing goup
Something Extra!
Thursday, January 9
6 pm Cocktails
6:45 pm Dinner and Program
Dinner $75
200 Woodhill Road
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
RSVP by January 2
Something Extra was founded in 1977 as one of the first all female a cappella singing groups at Yale. They perform pop, jazz, indie rock, folk, and country, as well as traditional Yale songs. Although Something Extra's group members seldom major in music, our repertoire is exclusively self-arranged
Something Extra has toured at home and abroad throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, performing at venues such as the White House, U.S. embassies, and the set of "Jeopardy!"
YAANW Annual Holiday Party
YAANW Holiday Party
Saturday, December 7
from 5 pm to 8 pm
Nannette Beckley's home
Cooks of Hope will be catering a special holiday heavy hors d'oeuvres smorgasbord.
This event has been underwritten by a YAANW community member and we are asking for donations for our Malcolm McDonald Fellowship.
In 2025, we aspire to expand the summer fellowships we can provide to Yalies through the Malcolm McDonald Fellowship. These $6,000 fellowships support current Yale undergraduate students who are either from the YAANW region or undertake a project focused on the YAANW region. Please join us in gathering together and help support an additional fellow this year. While any amount is appreciated, a donation of $50 per guest to the Fellowship is encouraged to help us reach our $6,000 goal. DONATE HERE
Or send a check for the McDonald Fellowship to YAANW with this attached
* Park on West Side of Browndale Ave
THE GAME: Yale v Harvard
Yale vs Harvard Watch Party
at Bunny's Bar and Grill
5916 Excelsior Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Saturday, November 23
10:15 am to 1:30 pm
The Isles Ensemble Presents Facing the Music
The Isles Ensemble Presents Facing the Music: Music, Life and Death
Sunday, November 7, 2PM, $25
at Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
2020 W Lake of the Isles Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Featuring three local Yalies in the Isles Ensemble: Emily Switzer Y'17, MusM'19, Sarah Switzer Y'19 and Ken Freed Y'83, MusM '87.
Minnesota Star Tribune CEO and Publisher Steve Grove
Join the YAANW for a speaker event with
The Minnesota Star Tribune
CEO and Publisher Steve Grove
Wednesday, November 13
at the Minneapolis Club
729 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55402
5 pm cash bar and hors d'oeuvres
6 pm speaker
$40 per person*
Steve Grove is CEO and Publisher of the Star Tribune, where he leads the company’s operations and directs its strategy. Alongside a new management team, he is leading the transformation of storied Minnesota institution towards a new vision – to become the leading model for local news in America.
* Bulldogs of the Last Decade $20 per person
Questions contact yaanw@yaanw.org
BOLD Meet up at Graze Provisions+Libations
The New YAANW BOLD
Announces another Social Evening at
Graze Provisions+Libations
520 N 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Thursday November, 7
5:30 pm to 9 pm
RSVP 952-666-8058
Join us for a lunch and learn with Dr. Megan L. Ranney Dean of the Yale School of Public Health
Join us for a lunch and learn with
Dr. Megan L. Ranney
Dean of the Yale School of Public Health
Monday, October 28
at the Minneapolis Club
12 Noon to 1:30 PM
Hosted by the Lawrence Family Foundation (Jim ‘74, Mary MPH ‘97, Christian ‘16), participation and meal are complimentary for YAANW members and their guests.
Special meal requests: yaanw@yaanw.org RSVP
Join YAANW for a Jim Dorsey YC'74 tour of St. Anthony Falls and the Mill District
Join YAANW for a Jim Dorsey YC'74 tour of St. Anthony Falls and the Mill District
Meet in the parking lot of the Nicollet Island Pavillion.
4o Power Street, Minneapolis 55401
90 minute tour — will cover the geologic, economic, political, architectural and cultural history of St. Anthony Falls and the Mill District.
After the tour, those who have the time can have lunch together at the Aster Cafe.
Maximum 30 guests RSVP
BOLD Pool Party
BULLDOGS OF THE LAST DECADE (YALE BOLD) PRESENT:
ROOFTOP POOL Party
Friday SEPTEMBER 27 AT 6:30PM
270 HENNEPIN AVE, MPLS
FOOD PROVIDED AKA: WE'LL BE GRILLING!!!
BYOB
ALL YALE ALUMNI WELCOME
RSVP: TEXT ALE 952- 666-8058
See you there
James Stock YC'78 Vice Provost of Climate and Sustainability at Harvard
Join us for a special talk with
James Stock YC '78
Harvard Vice Provost of Climate and Sustainability
Thursday September, 26 at the Minneapolis Club
5 pm cash bar and hors d'oeuvres
6 pm speaker
$30 per person*
James H. Stock is Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; Director of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School. His current research includes energy and environmental economics with a focus on fuels and on U.S. climate change policy. He is co-author, with Mark Watson, of a leading undergraduate econometrics textbook. In 2013-2014 he served as Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, where his portfolio included macroeconomics and energy and environmental policy. He was Chair of the Harvard Economics Department from 2007-2009. He holds a M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley where Janet Yellen was his advisor.
RSVP
Add dinner at Charlie’s at Minneapolis Club Dutch Treat: contact yaanw@yaanw.org
Scotland, Pa at Theater Latte Da
MacBeth set in rural Pennsylvania in the the 1970’s as a musical.
YAANW Annual Summer Outing at Lafayette Club
You are Invited to the
YAANW Annual Summer Outing at the Lafayette Club
Featured Speaker: Dr. Kelly Morrison, YC '91
Tuesday, August 27
5 pm Cash Bar, 6 pm Dinner,
6:30 pm Speaker: Dr. Kelly Morrison
Dinner: $75 per person,
$40 for BOLD Alums*
Join fellow Yalies for our Annual Summer Outing, this year at The Lafayette Club on Lake Minnetonka. Our featured speaker, Dr. Kelly Morrison YC '91, is a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist, a former Minnesota State Senator and is running for Congress in the Minnesota 3rd Congressional District. **
*BOLD alums are Bulldogs of the last decade (2014-2024)
**The YAANW does not endorse candidates for public office. This is not a fundraiser.
Questions? Contact yaanw@yaanw.org
BOLD Meet Up at Surly's Brewery
Bulldogs of the Last Decade: Meet at Surely Brewing Co August 22
Ale Campos YC '23 has made reservations! Join BOLD alums for a casual get together to network with local younger Yale alums. Yale alums of all ages invited as well. Complimentary light hors d'oeuvres.
Meet at Surly Brewing Co
520 Malcolm Ave SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Thursday, August 22 6:30 pm- 8 pm
YAANW Annual Picnic
Join YAANW for a Picnic at Beard’s Plaisance at the SW Corner of Lake Harriet (4525 Upton Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55410).
This is a new location for us and it is a welcoming site for all ages. Stop in after a walk around Lake Harriet, take the toddler’s to the playground and meet your Yale friends or just hang out for 3 hours and help grill. We are upgrading our menu items compliments of our new Board Member “X” Xioteng Huang, foodie extraordinaire.
Food and beverages will be provided by YAANW! Questions yaanw@yaanw.org
Yale Day of Service: Cedar Lake Cleanup
Cedar Lake Park Cleanup
Join fellow Yalies for a morning of work in the Park. Bring work gloves for pulling out invasive non indigenous species. For more information contact max.musicant@gmail.com
Yale Day of Service at Habitat for Humanity
Participate in an all day Habitat for Humanity build with fellow Yalies
Lunch will be provided
please contact Andrea Feshach at andreareads@gmail.com
or Nannette Beckley nannette@yaanw.org for more information
Feb Club Emeritus
Feb Club Emeritus at Graze
January brings to a close the THIRD warmest year on record for the Twin Cities while February brings only the MOST exciting event for Yale alumni: FEB CLUB!!!
Don't know what Feb Club is? Every night of February, Yale alumni and their friends gather around the world in small groups and large, in cities, towns, hamlets and villages, on every continent. Feb Club is simply a way for Yalies the world over to get together for a happy hour, dinner, or other social gathering.
This year, come join other Yalies across the Twin Cities area at Graze | Provisions + Libations in the North Loop (520 N 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401) on Monday, February 26th from 5:30-7:30pm. Please RSVP so we know how many to expect.
YAANW Holiday Party at the Turnblad Mansion
Join YAANW for a Holiday Party at the Turnblad Mansion
2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN55407
Friday December 8, 6 pm- 8 pm
History, Holiday Cheer and Song
$60 per person
$30 for Young Alums (2013-2023)
The Game: Yale vs Harvard Football 2023
Watch the Yale vs Harvard Game
at Bunny’s Bar and Grill
5916 Excelsior Blvd, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416
Saturday November 18, 10 am to 4 pm
Game start 11 am….Get there early to get a table!
https://www.bunnysbarandgrill.com/
Minnesota State Capital tour with Jim Dorsey, YC ‘74 and Mark Ritchie, former Mn Secretary of State
Meet at Minnesota State Capital Building at 10:30 AM
75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard., St Paul, MN 55155
Ken Freed and Isle Ensemble: Exodus
Kenneth Freed and the Isles Ensemble
Exodus, A Musical Journey focusing on Jewish Culture
Sunday October 15, 2 pm
Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
2020 W Lake of Isles Parkway, Minneapolis 55405
Join Isles violist and former YAANW President Ken Freed as he takes us on a personal journey of faith and hope that spans centuries of prayer, memory, and the eternal. Newly uncovered arrangements of music from Auschwitz will serve as the counterpoint to the music of Bruch, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Ravel and Golijov.
Contact kenfreed007@gmail.com for more information
Wine Tasting with Page Knudsen Cowles Y'77, General Partner of Knudsen Vineyards
Complimentary Wine Tasting with Page Knudsen Cowles Y'77, General Partner of Knudsen Vineyards
Lunch with Charlie Zelle, Yale SOM '83
Join us for lunch on September 13
With Charlie Zelle, Yale SOM '83
Chairman Metropolitan Council
Lunch 12 pm- 1:30pm $45
YAANW Annual Summer Outing at The Minikahda Club
The YAANW is hosting it's Annual Summer Outing
at the Minikahda Club
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Featuring speaker Minnesota Rep Liz Lee Y11
Cash Bar: 6pm, Dinner: 7pm and speaker 7:30pm
business casual (no denim, sports apparel or sneakers)
$80 dinner
$40 dinner young alums (classes of 2013-2027)
Golf Tee Times Available contact Nannette Beckley at Nannette@yaanw.org
YAANW Family Picnic
Yale alumni, students, and families are invited to a picnic at the picnic shelter at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul on June 10. We will serve lunch, including sandwiches, chips, cookies, and soft drinks, provided by YAANW. Bring your favorite lawn games! Please register at https://www.yaanw.org/event/2023/picnic.
Yale Spizzwinks in Minneapolis
The Yale Spizzwinks(?) are America's oldest underclassmen a Capella group, performing their unique tongue-in-cheek humor for Minneapolis Club and Yale Alumni.
The Spizzwinks perform concerts all over the world. American concert highlights include singing at the US State Department, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, and for Lady Gaga! Internationally, they have performed in Beijing, Istanbul and Cape Town.
Minneapolis Club invites you to reserve dinner reservations before the performance. https://www.exploretock.com/.../80598900-94d8-42e1-a929..
President Salovey at MIA
The Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest invites you to join us for a rare reception and talk with Peter Salovey, the 23rd president of Yale University and the Chris Argyris professor of psychology. President Salovey is coming to the Twin Cities for a special visit with Yale alumni and families.
The price for the event is $40 per person ($25 for recent alums), which includes heavy hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, and private access to adjacent galleries. Registration is required by April 20.
We are hopeful that as many of you as possible will join us. Economic times might have you watching your expenditures, so please contact events@yaanw.org if you need the fee adjusted to your circumstances. Likewise, if you are able to sponsor additional guests, please consider an additional donation to support young alums and current students attending the President Salovey event and YAANW community programs.
Special Speaking Event at Owamni by The Sioux Chef
As part of the Yale Alumni Association’s Redpath Speaker Program, Paul Freedman, the Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale, will share his specialized knowledge of the cultural history of cuisine with alumni on March 2, 2023 at an evening dinner event to be held at Owamni, the award-winning restaurant of The Sioux Chef, Sean Sherman. Owamni features indigenous cuisine of Mni Sota Makoce and is located inside the Water Works Pavilion in Mill Ruins Park at 420 South First Street in Minneapolis, between 3rd Avenue South and 5th Avenue South.
The price for the event is $85 per person, which includes a three-course family-style meal prepared from Owamni’s award-winning modern Indigenous menu. A cash bar featuring wine and mocktails will also be available. Because seating is limited to 40, a registration may be only for up to two people. This will be a special event!
Upcoming events.
Nearly every month, the Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest hosts lectures, luncheons, and social events for Yale alumni in the area. From baseball games at the Saint Paul Saints to academic lectures at the Minneapolis Club to building houses with Habitat for Humanity, our events span the spectrum of events local alumni might want to attend. In particular, our events tend to fall into one of three categories:
Networking/Social Events
Lifelong Learning
Community Service