YAANW Annual Family Holiday Party

Sunday, December 7 4-6 PM

President Emerita Nannette Beckley’s home

4615 Browndale Avenue*

Edina, MN 55424

Let’s wrap up the year Bulldog-style! The Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest is thrilled to invite you and your family to our Annual Family Holiday Party!

President Emerita Nannette Beckley has graciously offered to host again at her home in Edina. Delicious holiday food and festive drinks will be provided! Please RSVP below so we can plan how much food to prepare.

Thanks to the generous donation of a YAANW member, there will be no cost to attend. Same as last year, we are asking for donations for our Malcolm McDonald Fellowship, which supports 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 our amazing students!

You can DONATE HERE or send a check with this attached form.

 *Please park on west side of Browndale Ave.

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The Game: Yale vs Harvard Watch Party

at Bunny’s Bar and Grill

5916 Excelsior Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN 55416 

Saturday, November 22

10am: Grab your breakfast and the best seats

11am: Game starts! 

It’s that time of year again — The Game! Join fellow Yalies and the Harvard Club of Minnesota as we cheer on Yale vs. Harvard in the annual football showdown. Come enjoy good company, spirited rivalry, and classic camaraderie. We will have Yale Swags for you! The game starts at 11am, but come early for breakfast and the best seats! Food and beverages available for purchase.

No cost to attend. No RSVP needed.

Just bring your spirit and your favorite Yale attire!

Go Bulldogs! Beat Harvard!

Music at the Movies Concert by the Isles Ensemble

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church

2020 West Lake of the Isles Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55405

Please join Emily Switzer (YC '17, YSM '19), Sarah Switzer (YC '19) and their colleagues in the Isles Ensemble for their first concert of the season, "Music at the Movies." Experience an afternoon of cinematic chamber music, including works by compositional giants of the silver screen (as well as a few surprises along the way!). Guest artist Maria Jette narrates the delightfully autumnal tale of “The Open Window,” accompanied by music of Beethoven, Haydn, Bartók, and more. Minnesota Orchestra violinist Sarah Grimes joins the group for the second half of the concert, musically anchored by Korngold's exquisite String Quartet No. 2, which features the lush textures and beautiful melodies that characterize his evocative film scores of the 1930s and 40s. 

The concert is 2 pm on Sunday, November 2nd, at the beautiful Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church (2020 West Lake of the Isles Parkway, Minneapolis). Tickets are $25, or pay-as-you-can; students and children admitted free. Advance tickets can be purchased below; more information is available on the Isles Ensemble website. 

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Akhil Reed Amar

Yale Sterling Law Professor Akil Reed Amar 

"Saving the Republic, Then and Now—Lessons from the Era of Abraham Lincoln” 

Tuesday October 21

at the Minikahda Club

3205 Excelsior Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416

6 pm Cash Bar* and Buffet Supper

7 pm Speech  

Yale Constitutional Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar YC ‘89, Yale Law '84 to discuss his new book Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution. 

Regular Alums Price (includes buffet dinner): $50   

BOLD Alums Price (includes buffet dinner) for Yale Graduates of 2015-2025): $30

Dress Code: Club Casual Denim Not Permitted

*Cash Bar: Cash Only No Cards

Purchase Book online now click here

Questions yaanw@yaanw.org

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Jim Dorsey Y’74 will lead a tour of

Lakewood Cemetery

Saturday, October 4 at 10:30am Jim Dorsey Y’74 will lead YAANW for a 90-min walking tour of Lakewood Cemetery. Founded in 1871, Lakewood’s story begins with several New England-born businessmen and women who came to Minnesota in the mid-1800s and helped build the city of Minneapolis.

RSVP (limited to 20 People)

Yale Women in Minnesota

Dim Sum Brunch at Jade Dynasty Restaurant

Saturday, September 20, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

600 West Lake Street, Minneapolis 55408

RSVP: minnesota@yalewomen.org

Redpath Speaker Series with Yale Professor Alicia Schmidt Camacho

Tuesday, September 16
5:30 - 7:30pm
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community

4537 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419 

The Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest invites you to talk and presentation by Alicia Schmidt Camacho, Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University, sponsored by Yale’s Redpath Speaker Series.

Professor Camacho holds affiliations with the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, and the American Studies and Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Programs. Her scholarship examines migration, social movements, and cultural politics in North America, including studying transnational labor organizing, gender violence and feminicide in Mexico, border governance, and migrant expressive culture. Professor Camacho served as Head of Ezra Stiles College from 2020 to 2025.

Light refreshments will be provided. There is no charge for this event, but please
register below

Parking is available off of 3rd Ave. S. and E. 45th St. in the parking lot for the Southside
Family Charter School affiliated with St. Joan of Arc.

Register 

Cabaret at the Guthrie Theater with YAANW

Thursday, August 7
Reception: 5:30 - 7pm. Performance: 7:30pm
Guthrie Theater
Pre-show reception to be held at the Endless Bridge inside the Guthrie

818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55415

 
Join members of the cast, fellow alums and Minnesota Star Tribune theater critic Rohan Preston ’89 for a pre-show reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and scintillating talk followed by the performance.

$100 per person. $60 per person for BOLD alums (Yale graduates from 2015 or after)

Price includes ticket to the show and pre-show reception (at the Endless Bridge) with heavy hors d'oeuvres.

Register 

YAANW Annual Family Picnic at Beard's Plaisance

Saturday, June 7
12 noon - 3 pm
Beard's Plaisance, SW Corner of Lake Harriet

4525 Upton Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 

Join fellow Yale alumni, current and incoming students, and families for a beloved summer tradition! Our biggest event of the year returns to the same scenic location as last year, right across from Lake Harriet. Enjoy complimentary food and beverages, generously catered by Chef Jay Johnson from Cooks of Hope. The park features a shaded gazebo (perfect for rain or shine), a great toddler play area, and plenty of street parking on Upton Ave between 45th and 46th street.Come connect, celebrate our new matriculants, and a beautiful summer day with the Yale community!
Please Register below.
Questions: Please email X Huang (MBA Class of 2022) at x@pinkujapanese.com

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The Yale Alumni Association of the Norwest invites you to the Minnapolis Institute of Art to Break bread with an art ‘Giant’ Meleko Mokgosi on June 1 at 10 AM

Grammy-winning superstar Alicia Keys and her husband, Swizz Beatz, have made the Minneapolis Institute of Art only the third stop for “Giants", a groundbreaking exhibit drawn from their world-class art collection. While the exhibit boasts large canvasses from global Black artists such as Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, there is a whole room of 30-plus art pieces from Botswanan painter and Yale University art professor Meleko Mokgosi.

Please join the Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest as we welcome Prof. Mokgosi as a Redpath speaker for a breakfast in Mia and a tour of “Giants.” 10 a.m. June 1, Mia.

10 am at MIA: Intimate Breakfast, Talk and Tour with Yale Redpath Speaker Prof. Mokgosi. Meet in the Wells Fargo Room. $60 fee includes “Giants” exhibit tickets. (BOLD Alums $20)

2 pm at MIA: Join a public talk in the Pillsbury Auditorium with Mokgosi and Casey Riley YC'93, Mia’s Chair of Global Contemporary Art. (Complimentary for YAANW members.)

Questions? Contact yaanw@yaanw.org

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You're Invited to the BOLD Rooftop Pool Party!

Please join us

Friday, May 9th

@ 6:30 pm 

270 Hennepin Ave

Minneapolis, MN 55401 

Food will be provided - We'll be grilling!! Please bring your own drinks

Yalies from all classes and schools are welcome!

Please RSVP by calling or texting Ale Campos (Class of 24) at 952-666-8058.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Join us for our annual Yale Day of Service with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity!

Saturday, April 26

8:30 am to 3:30 pm  

5628 Xerxes Ave S

Edina, MN

No construction experience is needed, just a willingness to work hard and to learn!

Build Type: Rehab

 Number of Volunteers: 12 volunteers max  

Deadline to sign up: April 18

Call or text Jen McLeod at 720-530-8896 if you have any questions

REGISTER

Yale Women Minnesota Chapter Kick-Off Meeting

Come join us and introduce yourself at our meet-and-greet event where we will officially launch the Yale Women Minnesota Chapter.

Date: Sat, Apr 12, 2025

Time: 10:00 AM Central Time

Location: Turtle Bread in Linden Hills

3421 W 44th St Minneapolis

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Yale Whiffenpoofs A Capella Concert

Friday, March 21th 6-8pm 

Minneapolis Club

729 2nd Ave S

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Doors opens at 6pm

Concert at 7-8pm

Cash Bar 

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You're Invited to Feb Club Happy Hour! 

Please join us

Tuesday, February 25

from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  

Graze Provisions and Libration

520 N 4th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55401 

It’s that time of year to come together and celebrate one of Yale’s time-honored traditions—Feb Club. Join us on Tuesday, February 25th for a relaxed and fun-filled evening with great drinks, delicious bites, and even better company. Catch up with old classmates, meet new faces, and reminisce for a while. Yalies from all classes and schools and their guests are welcome! (Individual tabs apply)

Please RSVP below. Call or text Ale Campos (Class of 24) at 952-666-8058 if you have questions.

We can’t wait to see you there—cheers! 🥂 

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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

Friday, January 10

7 pm-8:30 pm

Complimentary Concert

Breck School Chapel

123 Ottawa Avenue North

Golden Valley, MN 55422 

RSVP to Breck here

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   

Woodhill Country Club

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 Holiday Party

Saturday, December 7

from 5 pm to 8 pm 

Nannette Beckley's home

4615 Browndale Ave*

Edina, Mn 55424

 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

form. 

* Park on West Side of Browndale Ave

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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

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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. 

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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

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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

 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

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

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

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.

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Add dinner at Charlie’s at Minneapolis Club Dutch Treat: contact yaanw@yaanw.org