Our event calendar offers something for everyone. We encourage you to participate in any events that are of interest. Please make note of any RSVP details and deadlines where applicable. Also, UVANYC Chapter members receive discounts to all of our events... and in some cases even FREE admission. Click here for Chapter membership info.

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MAY
ZogSport Registration
May 1: Yankees v. Detroit
May 3: Cavaliers Care Day
May 4: Softball
May 7: Financial Panel
May 7: Asian & Asian Pacific Alumni Event
May 10: Food Walking Tour SOLD OUT
May 10: Soup Kitchen
May 11: Softball
May 12: Professor James Hunter
May 14: Happy Hour/Benefit
May 15: Miller Center Debate REGISTER BY MAY 7th

Alums are also encouraged to join our facebook group Hoos' in New York City for information on events!


SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL FAVORITES!

24th Annual Harriman Cup Polo Match
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Darien, CT

Mr. Jefferson's Holiday Party
Thursday, December 6th, 2008
Yale Club Main Lounge



EVENT DESCRIPTIONS:

ZogSports: Charity-Focused, Co-ed, Social Sports Teams
Summer Registration begins April 21st

Join fellow alumni and hundreds of other young professionals in ZogSports' charity-focused, co-ed, social sports leagues this summer. You and your teammates can catch up after the game at ZogSports’ organized happy hours at local bars! This summmer, ZogSports is offering Wiffle Ball, Kickball, Outdoor Basketball, Outdoor Soccer, and Touch Football. Leagues will be held in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey. Registration is on now and these leagues sell out fast so let’s get organized! Contact ZogSports directly by going to www.zogsports.org and completing the individual registration form and online payment. To be sure we all get to play together as a group, please type "University of Virginia" in the Comments section of the registration form.

Since their launch in 2002, ZogSports has about 41,000 young professionals playing Touch Football, Softball, Indoor & Outdoor Soccer, Dodgeball, Volleyball, Kickball and Basketball, and raised over $365,000 for charity. ZogSports is proud to help all members “Play For Your Cause” by making charitable donations to teams’ charities of choice. Go to www.zogsports.org for more details, registration and online payment.

Bye, Bye Yankee Stadium: Yankees v. Detroit Tigers
Thursday, May 1st, 7:05 PM, Bronx

Join the UVA Club of NYC for the last season at Yankees Stadium. We've got a group of tickets just for club members and friends, so grab some pals and head to the game! Tickets are $7 for clubhouse and chapter members, and $9 for non-members. Email uvanyc@uvanyc.org to reserve your spot.

Cavaliers Care Day @ Thomas Jefferson Park
Saturday, May 3rd, 10am to 2pm

Join fellow UVA alumni, families and friends in the New York City area for our fifth Cavs Care Day at Thomas Jefferson Park! We'll be planting flowers, weeding, and cleaning up this much-loved and well-used community park. We had more than 40 volunteers last year and the folks at Thomas Jefferson Park cannot wait to have us back!

Thomas Jefferson Park is located on 1st Ave between 112th and 113th streets. We will meet in the Rec Center. Wear clothes that can get dirty! Lunch will be provided for volunteers. Bring family and friends!

Please register online at http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/newyorkjeffersonpark

Directions: By subway: #6 train to East 110th Street & Lexington Avenue. Walk east to 1st Avenue and then walk north 2 blocks.

You may also RSVP by email uvanyc@uvanyc.org or phone 212-286-8744.

UVA Softball v. Michigan Undergrad Alumni
Sunday, May 4th, 5:00pm, Central Park, Great Lawn, Field #1

Join fellow Wahoos young and old, guys and girls, for softball in Central Park. It's good fun with good friends - every skill level is welcomed. Come to play or come to cheer as we play other alumni groups. We'll supply bats and balls and a limited number of gloves. The Great Lawn is the large green between 80th and 84th Streets and Field # 1 is the diamond closest to the Shakespeare theater (southwest part of the big oval). We'll be there nearly every Sunday evening from 6-8pm this summer. A map of the field can be found at http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/DocServer?docID=148

We ask all participants to join as UVA Clubhouse or Chapter members. For membership information please contact uvanyc@uvanyc.org or ask at the game.

REGARDING WEATHER: We play as long as weather permits (drizzle we play - downpour we don't). If the fields are closed due to weather we cancel. The Central Park Softball field hotline is: 212-628-1036 (yard @ 79th street in Central Park); press 1 for touchtone use; press 2 for ball field conditions; press 1 for Great Lawn. That'll tell you if the fields are closed due to wet conditions. If you have any questions contact Mark at meweber@mmm.com.

8th Annual Financial Panel
Wednesday, May 7th, 7pm, Yale Club Tap Room

The Virginia Club and the Darden School of Business will host a panel discussion: Subprime Fallout - What's Next? The credit markets have imploded as a result of the collapse of the subprime market. Barely a cloud on the horizon a year ago, subprime is viewed by the experts as the economy's gravest threat. Please join us on May 7th as experts discuss the Subprime fallout, what may happen next, and much more. This is a "not to be missed" event.

Don't miss this year's event with moderator Tyler Mathisen (Clas '76), Managing Editor of CNBC Business News and host of "High Net Worth."

Panelists to date include:
-- David C. Johnson (Darden '84), Head of Business Development at Wilkinson O'Grady and Co.
--Julie Lerner Macklowe ( Comm '99), Retail/Consumer Portfolio Manager for Sigma Capital Management
--Dariush (Dar) Maanavi (Comm '88, Law '95, Darden '95), Managing Director and Head of US Corporate Equity Derivatives Origination at Merrill Lynch
--Christine A. Toes (Clas '99), M.P.A.,Vice President, Citi Habitats
--Joseph M. Zuber (Darden '94), Chief Investment Officer & Co-Managing Member, City Investment Fund

Register today @ http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/newyorkfinancialpanel
$15 Chapter and Clubhouse Members
$25 Non-Members
$5 more at the door

Reception includes light refreshments and cash bar. Business casual attire recommended.

Asian and Asian Pacific American Alumni Event
Wednesday, May 7th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm, Hangar Bar and Boutique, Avenue B at 3rd Street in NYC

Please join the Asian and Asian Pacific American Alumni Network for a reception to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the launch of local chapter of AAPAAN in New York City. Light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served. It is a great way to get connected and networked with fellow UVA Asian Alumni in the NYC area! Register online at www.HoosOnline.Virginia.edu/AAPAANny

Food Walking Tour - SOLD OUT
Saturday, May 10th, Lower East Side

Treat your tastebuds to a culinary adventure with a guided walking tour of the Lower East Side. On this entertaining tour, you'll sample some of the city's best artisanal and hand-crafted foods that may include everything from decadent chocolates to exotic teas. You'll also explore how the foods are made, have the opportunity to meet culinary experts, and learn what to look for in truly great food. Tickets are extremely limited and can be reserved for $35 for members and $40 for nonmembers. Please contact Polly at uvanyc@uvanyc.org of 212-286-8744 for details.

University Soup Kitchen Outings
Saturday, May 10th, 8:45am - 11:45 am AND 11:45 am - 3:30 pm, East Village

Volunteers Needed! Volunteers at the University Soup Kitchen serve meals to men and women of all ages in a restaurant-style environment. Soup Kitchen is a great, fun way for busy people to lend a hand to the community while meeting other alumni and friends in the city. Volunteers should be at least 18 years old. RSVP A MUST. Please indicate if you are available for the morning shift and/or the afternoon shift. Please RSVP to uvasoupkitchen@gmail.com and don't forget to include a phone number that we can reach you at!

UVA Softball
Sunday, May 11th, 5:00pm, Central Park, Great Lawn, Field #1

Join fellow Wahoos young and old, guys and girls, for softball in Central Park. It's good fun with good friends - every skill level is welcomed. Come to play or come to cheer as we play other alumni groups. We'll supply bats and balls and a limited number of gloves. The Great Lawn is the large green between 80th and 84th Streets and Field # 1 is the diamond closest to the Shakespeare theater (southwest part of the big oval). We'll be there nearly every Sunday evening from 6-8pm this summer. A map of the field can be found at http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/DocServer?docID=148

We ask all participants to join as UVA Clubhouse or Chapter members. For membership information please contact uvanyc@uvanyc.org or ask at the game.

REGARDING WEATHER: We play as long as weather permits (drizzle we play - downpour we don't). If the fields are closed due to weather we cancel. The Central Park Softball field hotline is: 212-628-1036 (yard @ 79th street in Central Park); press 1 for touchtone use; press 2 for ball field conditions; press 1 for Great Lawn. That'll tell you if the fields are closed due to wet conditions. If you have any questions contact Mark at meweber@mmm.com.

An Evening with Prof. James Davison Hunter: "Understanding Difference"
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:30 pm The Council Room, Yale Club

Over a buffet dinner, Professor Hunter will explore how Americans negotiate deep differences of belief and identity. How are these differences understood and expressed? Is our view adequate to the challenges that we face in our increasingly complex world? How do other nations deal with similar questions of pluralism? We will work through these and other questions together over good wine and good food. James Hunter is Labrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous books including Culture Wars and The Death of Character and serves on the National Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Over the years, Professor Hunter's research has been presented on National Public Radio and C-Span, and he has served as a consultant to the Bicentennial Commission for the U.S. Constitution, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the National Commission on Civic Renewal.

Limited seating RSVP to Ashley Berner at arb3a@virginia.edu or 646-415-4863 Suggested donation: $35 per person

Happy Hour to Aid VA Tornado Victims
Wednesday, May 14th, 6-9PM, Stanton Public

Please join the UVA Club of NYC at Stanton Public next Wednesday, May 14th, for a happy hour to benefit, and show support, for the Suffolk Red Cross. As many of you know, southeastern Virginia was hit by several tornadoes in late April, causing catastrophic damages to property, and injured more than 200 people. We'll be collecting donations for the Suffolk Red Cross at Stanton Public, so please come, toss a fiver in the jar, and meet and mingle with other Virginia school alums (including grads from W&L, Tech, W&M, JMU, Richmond, Sweet Briar, etc). Stanton Public is on Stanton St between Bowery and Chrystie, has great outdoor space, and will give all attendees $2 off any of the bar's 17 draft beers, plus $3 Bud Light bottles. Food and cocktails also available! So, all of you who "come from old Vir-gin-i-a", come down and show your support!

UVA Miller Center National Discussion & Debate Series - Immigration
Must Register by May 7th
Thursday, May 15th, 5:45pm Reception, 6:45pm Debate at NY Public Library

The Miller Center has kindly invited UVA alumni to their upcoming event on Immigration as part of their National Discussion and Debate Series. The resolution, "Our national interests require a path to citizenship for the twelve million illegal immigrants presently here," will be moderated by eminent award-winning journalist Robert MacNeil. The series aims to encourage a vigorous, well-informed televised discussion on the national stage about the major issues of our time. Debaters are drawn from the ranks of practitioners, public intellectuals, business and religious leaders, and academics. Nationally known moderators preside.

The Miller Center has partnered with MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, an award-winning leader in public affairs programming, to produce the series. The debate series is webcast live and archived on the Miller Center's web site. Many PBS digital and analog stations nationwide, as well as public radio, are broadcasting the events.

Thursday, May 15, 2008, 6:45 p.m.
The New York Public Library Celeste Bartos Forum
476 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10018

Reception at 5:45 p.m.
Bryant Park Grill
25 W 40th St. New York, NY 10018

Restaurant is located directly behind the NYPL Due to the video recording of this event, guests cannot be admitted after 6:45 p.m. Seating is very limited and reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees must register either online at www.millercenter.org/nydebate, or by phone, 434.924.7249, no later than May 7, 2008. Suggested donation for the event is $30.