January 2023

Written By Royce Tiger

UPCOMING EVENTS

Botticelli and Renaissance Florence: Masterworks from the Uffizi - Coffee and Discussion with MIA Director Katie Luber

Friday, January 6
10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis

Join Katie Luber, MA’85, Minneapolis Institute of Art’s Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Director and President, for coffee and a discussion on the current Botticelli and Renaissance Florence: Masterworks from the Uffizi special exhibit. Katie will join us in conversation before self-guided tours of the exhibit.

Coffee and conversation will be from 10-11 am. Half-price VIP Exhibit tickets offer admission to the exhibit at anytime without reservations.

Cost: $32 (includes coffee/pastries, talk, and VIP exhibit ticket) or $22 (coffee/pastries and talk only; no ticket)

Registration required at https://secure.givelively.org/event/yale-alumni-association-of-the-northwest/yaanw-events/botticelli-and-renaissance-florence-masterworks-from-the-uffizi

Contact Tara Doyle at tara@yaanw.org with any questions.

Minnesota Orchestra Chamber Music and YAANW Reception

Sunday, January 8
2:30 PM
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Join us for an afternoon of chamber music featuring an All-Yalie Quintet playing music by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

  • 2:30 pm: Meet the musicians for coffee, prosecco, and cookies in the Green Room (pick up tickets here)

  • 4:00 pm: Concert in the Target Atrium

Tickets are $29 and should sell out fast. Tickets can be picked up in the Green Room. Purchase at https://secure.givelively.org/event/yale-alumni-association-of-the-northwest/yaanw-events/minnesota-orchestra-chamber-music-and-yaanw-reception

Questions: contact Nannette Beckley at nbeckley@holden2011.com or 307-690-3781.

RECENT EVENTS

YAANW sent Starbucks gift cards to all Yale College students from our area so they could enjoy a treat during exams. Amanda Lawless and Ian Acheson (both Stiles '25) grabbed coffee before their math final.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New YAANW Officers

YAANW Board Officers for 2023:

  • President: Nannette Beckley '78

  • Treasurer: Nick Johnson '74

  • Secretary: Diane Pike MA'76 MPhil'78 PhD'81

Thanks to outgoing president Denise Levitan '06 and vice president Bob Ames SOM'03 for their contributions over the last three years!

The full list of the YAANW Board of Directors can be found at https://www.yaanw.org/board-of-directors-1. If you are interested in learning more about the board and getting involved, contact Nannette at yaanw@yaanw.org.

Alumni Interviewing

Help Yale Admissions select the Class of 2027

If you are interested in interviewing applicants to Yale College, please sign up by joining the Yale Alumni Schools Committee or contact one of the coordinators below. The ASC conducts early action interviews in the fall and regular decision interviews in January and February.

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