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. For the most up-to-date information about any of these activities, as well as any last-minute changes in schedule or location, please see your monthly newsletter or the YUWO website at www.yale.edu/yuwo. Click here to download a membership form.
The following list represents YUWO activities for 2011-2012. 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 Johanna Becker, 203-248-6391, and she will be delighted to assist you! New ideas are ALWAYS welcome!
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 a date to be determined. 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. Anneke Hatheway, 203.752.0460, or Diane McGuire, 203.488.5385
*Lunch with Art Aficionados.
If you are interested in joining us for lunch after the tour, contact Anneke Hatheway, 203.752.0460, or Diane McGuire, 203.488.538
Book Discussion Groups
YUWO book groups usually meet in the homes of members. Books are chosen by consensus, and monthly discussions may result in agreement or sometimes lively debates. New groups may be formed as needed.
- Morning Group: Second or third Thursday of each month, 9:00-10:30 am. Eleanor Radune, 203.483.6528
- Afternoon Group: Second Monday of the month, 2:00–3:30 pm. Irene Smith 203.248.2949
- Afternoon Group: Third Monday of the month, 2:30-4:00 pm Ellie Mattson, 203.453.4274
- Afternoon Group: Second Tuesday of the month, 1:30-2:30 pm. Lyn Howe, 203.288.1217
- Afternoon Group: First Wednesday of the month, 1:15 pm. Raejeanne Kier, 203.287.2443 and Ileane Tombank, 203.288.5363
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 2011 Fall Excursion will be to the Museum of Arts and Design and the Metropolitan Opera for a backstage tour.
French, Conversational
Discussion de contes et de romans et discussion libre. Meets Mondays at 2:00 pm at Chestnut Fine Foods in New Haven. French is spoken at the meetings, so intermediate proficiency and above is necessary. Debbie St. Thomas, 203.488.1859, and Julie Crowder, 203.288.7157
Golf
We offer a five-week golf clinic at the Yale Golf Course for all levels of players. 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 is $150. Barbara Kryger, 203.288.1515 and Pam Rackliffe, 203.488.2667
Hiking
We meet four or five times during the year, in the fall and the spring, for a walk in some nearby scenic location. The hikes usually are planned for about two hours, and the level of difficulty varies from one destination to another— not all hikes are up hills, though some are! Plans for upcoming walks will be described in the newsletters. Lyn Howe, 203.288.1217
Italian, Conversational
Group members have enjoyed meeting on Monday mornings at the Yale bookstore during the past year, though the schedule is flexible and the venue may change. Depending on group interest, future discussions may focus on Italian films or operas. Desiree Galassi, 203.426.3214 or dgalassi@earthlink.net
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 are $10. Carol Dhawan, 203.562.0017; Happy Thomas, 203.393.7239; Marty Sherman 203.263.2260
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, 203.288.5363, or Raejeanne Ki
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.
Skiing
Join other skiing enthusiasts from January to March 2012. We go to Butternut Basin (near Great Barrington, MA) for a variety of beginner to intermediate trails. We carpool, sharing trip expenses with the driver, usually on “Ladies Day” or at other reduced rate times. See the newsletter for details. Pam Rackliffe, 203.488.2667.
Tennis
Advanced or intermediate players meet weekly for a round-robin at Yale’s indoor Cullman Courts on Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 am. There is an hourly shared court fee, as well as a membership fee. Carol Dhawan, 203.562.0017.
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 carpool and share travel expenses with the driver. Members are responsible for registration fees if they cancel after deadline. Our first 2011-2012 meeting will be Tuesday, September 27. Details are available in the August newsletter. Nancy Ahlstrom, 203.865.2028 or Jacqueline Collimore, 203.865.2405
Travel the Globe
Each month our group features one or more destinations around the globe as we discuss our travel interests. Sometimes meeting at a restaurant to discuss that country’s highlights, we might have a speaker who has a particular interest or teaches the language of the country. You might meet possible travel partners or discover new countries to explore as an individual, with your family or in a group. If you enjoy travel, or want to learn more about what makes a trip successful and enjoyable please join us!. Sign up at the Wine and Cheese or call Jodi Rucquoi at 203.481.0160.
NEW! The Wine Trail
In the fall and spring, the wine group will travel to some of Connecticut’s vineyards to taste wine and to learn about this burgeoning agricultural business. In the winter months, we will seek expert speakers in the field. Our frst meeting will be on Thursday afternoon, September 29, to visit two Wallingford wineries. For details, see the August newsletter or sign up at the Wine and Cheese. Mary-Jo Warren, 203.288-5037
Writing Group
If you have a secret (or not so secret) wish to write your memoirs, poetry, fiction or essays, join this group to share your work and get encouragement and advice from others. This forum will meet once a month to read and listen to new or edited work. Work shared will remain confidential within the group. Ina Jaffe, 203.288.9810.
The Newcomers Group is open to women new to the Yale community as well as to those who might have been part of the community for some time but have not become YUWO members. We invite and encourage you to attend YUWO’s Wine and Cheese Reception on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 from 4:30 to 6 pm at the President’s House, 43 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven. The reception offers a great opportunity to learn about the many activities YUWO sponsors for learning, friendship and service. You may register there for any groups that appeal to you and you will meet interesting women from all parts of the Yale community. Please plan to attend. For information, contact Judy Long, 203.288.3607.
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 the Yale Visitor Center and other buildings, these gatherings appeal to all YUWO members and guests, accommodating those employed downtown. Check your newsletter or www.yale.edu/yuwo for details.
The Study Group offers YUWO members a fall and spring series of stimulating lectures on various subjects. The Spring 2012 series of lectures, "The Booker Through its Books: Prize Culture and the Making of Contemporary Literature," will begin March 21.
March 21: Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
March 28: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
April 4: Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
April 11: Emma Donoghue, Room
Click here to download complete details and reservation form.
Lectures are held on Wednesdays from 10:30 - 11:30 am at the New Haven Lawn Club.
YUWO offers a number of opportunities to visit and learn about new, unusual or less well known destinations in the New Haven area. This fall we will be visiting the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments on Hillhouse Ave. See your newsletter for dates and times for this event and three others to follow throughout the academic year. Anne Schenck, 203.787.3705 or Eleanor Radune, 203.483.6528
Thursday, September 22
Explore New Haven County
Tour of the Fair Haven Clinic. 10:30 am. Please call Anne Scheneck (203.787.3705) or Eleanor Radune (203.483.6528) for details or see your August newsletter.
We hope to see you soon at one of our many activities or events!