YUWO Activity Groups
YUWO offers a wide variety of activities, including fall and spring study series, noontime Lunch and Learn lectures, excursions, and interest groups in a broad range of fields that meet regularly. YUWO activity groups are open to all YUWO members. (Please note that annual membership dues must be paid before individuals may participate in any YUWO activity groups. Click here to download a membership form.) The following list represents YUWO activities for 2008-2009. Please check the YUWO newsletter and the website calendar for more specific details of upcoming events and activities. If you would like to form a new activity group, contact Activity Chair Lyn Howe, 288-1217, and she will be delighted to assist you! New ideas are ALWAYS welcome!
THREE NEW ACTIVITY GROUPS STARTING in 2008!
At the Wine and Cheese party, three new YUWO activity groups were proposed, and sign-up sheets were started. These interesting opportunities have not yet been advertised to all members, so each group is looking for more participants to help with the set-up and organization.
If you are interested, please call Lyn Howe, 288-1217 to get contact information.
1. ITALIAN CONVERSATION - meet with a native speaker, Wed. or Fri. mornings
2. EVENING BOOK GROUP - two members want to meet evenings for book discussion
3. SPANISH CONVERSATION - meet to practice and perfect your Spanish
Become a Conversation Partner!
Like to make friends with people from other cultures? Enjoy helping a foreign student become more at ease with the English language? Be a partner for a visiting international scholar/student at Yale. One year, one hour a week has been the commitment of most volunteers. No language requirement. (You can even volunteer for only three months, just long enough to give a foreign visitor a start.) Call for more details: Manette Adams, 288-3249.
Art Aficionados
Women interested in art are invited to tour exhibitions at Yale art venues. These docent-led tours run from noon until one o’clock on Wednesdays, usually the first or second Wednesday of the month. After the tour, lunch* is planned for those members who wish to join us at a good restaurant nearby. For information about details and reservations, see the YUWO Newsletter. Joan Binder, 624-3316, jwbinder@aol.com, Nancy Ahlstrom,
865-2028.
*Lunch with Art Aficionados.
If you are interested only in trying out a new restaurant, please join us for lunch after the tour. Nancy Ahlstrom, 865-2028.
Bird Watching
This group is your source for information about local bird walks and activities. Anne MacMahon, 772-1643.
Book Circle
Read approximately eight recently published books for the price of one. Books are circu-lated, with each member keeping one book at the end of the cycle. Circle members select the books by majority vote from a descriptive list available at the Wine and Cheese Reception. Cost share is about $25. Nancy Hoskins, 488-1871 or nancy.hoskins@comcast.net.
Book Discussion Groups
YUWO book groups usually meet in the homes of members. Books are chosen by consensus, and the resulting discussions may lead to personal insights and interesting, long- lasting friendships.
Morning Group: Second or third Thursday of each month, 9:00-10:30 am. Genevieve Goff,
208-1357 or gengoff@gmail.com.
Afternoon Group: Second Monday of the month, 2:00–3:30 p.m. Ginny Shaw, 481-6176.
Afternoon Group: Third Monday of the month, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Ellie Mattson, 453-4274 and
Alice Loomis, 453-0036.
Afternoon Group: First Wednesday of the month, 1:15 pm. Raejeanne Kier, 287-2443.
Afternoon Group: Second Tuesday of the month, 1:00-2:30 pm. Lyn Howe, 288-1217.
Bridge Group
This duplicate bridge group will meet for lunch and play at the New Haven Country Club once a month, usually on Wednesdays, starting in September. You can bring a non-YUWO partner, but at least one of each couple must be a member of YUWO. Britta Chambers, 453-5813.
Excursions (Fall and Spring)
Excursions are day-long trips outside the New Haven area. The 2008 Fall Excursion will be to the New York Botanical Garden. For details, click here. Reservation deadline is October 3. Reservation forms are available in the YUWO newsletter and at www.yale.edu/yuwo.
French, Conversational
Discussion de contes et de romans et discussion libre. Meets Mondays at 1:30 pm at Chestnut Fine Foods in New Haven. French is spoken at the meetings, so intermediate proficiency and above is necessary. Debbie St. Thomas, 488-1859, and Julie Crowder, 288-7157.
Genealogy
The group has occasional get-togethers where members who are compiling family histories share tips and their research progress and/or solicit advice about stumbling blocks. Now and then we travel to a genealogical library or meet with an expert. Pat Whitestone, 483-1351, Anne MacMahon, 772-1643.
Golf
We offer a five-week golf clinic at the Yale Golf Course for all levels of players. Yale’s Dave Patterson will again be our teacher. If you don’t have clubs, the golf course will supply them. The clinic is held weekly, from the last week in April through May. Fee $150. Marion Kessen, 488-3043.
Luncheon Gourmet
Participants share the meal’s expenses and take turns planning the menu, and preparing and presenting the luncheon. Discussion of the recipes follows. The luncheons are held on the first Thursday of the month. Dues covering printing and incidental costs are $10. Happy Thomas, 393-7239; Marty Sherman 203-263-2260, Carol Sirot 453-5755, and Carol Dhawan, 562-0017.
Movie Matinees
We show culturally interesting and entertaining films on the third Thursday of each month at 1:00 pm at the Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Public Library, 37 Harrison St. in Westville (946-8117). Our theme for this year will be Movie Melodramas (the solace of soaps). One of the coordinators provides an introduction for each film and leads a discussion afterward with interested members of the audience. Eva Ewing, evaewing@yahoo.com, Leona Nalle, 387-7932, or Mara Cunningham, 772-4007.
Music Together
There are many free concerts at Yale. Sign up at the Wine and Cheese Reception if you would like to join others to attend such events, and perhaps eat together beforehand. Ileane Tombank, 288-5363, or Raejeanne Kier 287-2443.
Needlers
Join the Needlers for conversation and light refreshment while working on your own project — knitting, crocheting, rug hooking, quilting, embroidery or mending. Meetings are the second and fourth Tuesdays at 1:30 pm in members’ homes. Call for directions. Betty Ann Levitin, 488-5862.
Opera Bus
On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, a comfortable, restroom-equipped bus will go in to New York for the evening performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera. The bus will leave New Haven at 3:00 pm, arriving in the city in time for members to dine or just enjoy the city before the opera. The bus will return to New Haven after the performance ends at 11:30 pm. The cost depends on how many sign up, but is expected to be $30 - $45 per person. Please telephone Louise FitzSimons (782-0913), or email her at cavancom@comcast.net to sign up for the bus.
Scrabble
This group meets the first Sunday of each month, beginning October 5, at 114 Vineyard Rd., Hamden, the home of Inge Ladenbauer-Bellis, 288-2436 or eichkogel@aol.com.
Skiing
Here is an opportunity for those who love skiing, whatever their level or age. Join other skiing enthusiasts during January to March 2009. We go to Butternut Basin (near Great Barrington, MA) for a variety of beginner to intermediate trails, plus a few “black diamonds.” We car-pool, sharing trip expenses with the driver, usually on “Ladies Day” or at other reduced rate times. See the newsletter for dates and details. Pam Rackliffe, 488-2667.
Tennis
Advanced or intermediate players meet weekly for a round-robin at Yale’s indoor Cullman Courts on Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am. There is an hourly shared court fee, as well as a membership fee. Carol Dhawan, 562-0017.
Travel Gourmet Group
Each year we visit interesting attractions in different sections of Connecticut, topping off the experience with a meal at a nearby restaurant. We car-pool and share travel expenses with the driver. Details available at the Wine and Cheese Reception and in YUWO Newsletters. Nancy Ahlstrom, 865-2028; Jacqueline Collimore, 865-2405; Frances Woods, (860) 521-6163.
Lunch and Learn Lectures
Plan to bring a bag lunch when you attend our popular noontime Lunch and Learn with your friends. Dessert and coffee will be provided. Enjoy a variety of speakers from Yale and the wider community. By meeting at Masters’ houses and other Yale buildings, these gatherings appeal to all YUWO members and guests, accommodating those employed downtown. Check your newsletter or www.yale.edu/yuwo/calendar.html for details.
YUWO Study Group
The Study Group offers YUWO members a fall and spring series of stimulating lectures on various subjects. The lectures will be held on campus at suitable locations and will be presented by members of the Yale faculty. See your newsletter or www.yale.edu/yuwo/calendar.html for details on the upcoming fall 2008 series on the American West.
Exploring Yale and New Haven
In the past several years, YUWO has offered a number of opportunities to visit and learn
about new, unusual or less well known destinations in the New Haven area. Members meet
at the chosen location, and the visits last about one hour. The tour groups might sometimes be limited in size, depending on the requirements of our destination. Details of this year’s explorations will be available in the newsletters and at www.yale.edu/yuwo/calendar.html. Lyn Howe, 288-1217, and Anne Schenck, 787-3705
We hope to see you soon at one of our many activities or events!