Y's Men News -- Sunday, March 23, 2025 | | |
Table of Contents
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- GIDG Meets Tomorrow at 9:00 am
- Mindfulness Group Meets Monday Evening by Zoom
- NBC Producer Atila Ozkaplan Discusses Paris Olympics
- Hoot Owls Have One More Concert This Thursday
- Y's Men Invited to VIP Event with Paul Shaffer April 6
- Dueling Pianos Bring Concert Pianists to April 6 Performance
- Volunteers Needed for Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
- T&E Announces Three Outings
- Sign Up for Summer Tennis by This Friday
- Congressman Jim Himes Talks to Large Group of Y's Men
- Y's Men Float Committee Needs Helpers
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Services Announced for Y's Man Nick Clarke
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GIDG Meets Tomorrow at 9:00 am
The Global Issues Discussion Group (GIDG) will meet tomorrow (March 24) in Room 203/204 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church at 9:00 am.
The Group will discuss the latest developments on the international scene determined by what makes headlines today. The latest events this week in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine as well as the Canadian election and European responses to the current U.S. Tariff program will be hot talk topics. As GIDG Moderator Frank Wood has advised the Group: "Keep your eyes on the news."
For more information on GIDG, contact Frank at fwood227@gmail.com.
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Y's Men Mindfulness Group Meets Mondays by Zoom
The Y's Men Mindfulness Group meets every Monday at 7:30 pm by Zoom. If you would like to attend or obtain information about the Group, contact Harvey Luft at harveyluft@gmail.com or Paul Epstein at epsteinmb@aol.com.
Harvey and Paul also can provide access to reviewing and reading material from previous meetings and discussions.
| | VP of Production Operations at NBC Sports to Speak Thursday | | |
Atila Ozkaplan, Vice President, Production Operations at NBC Sports, will speak to Y's Men this Thursday using the Paris Olympics of 2024 as a case study.
In a presentation entitled "Olympic and Paralympic Broadcasting in the United States 101 (using Paris 2024 as a case study)," Atila Ozkaplan, Vice President, Production Operations at NBC Sports, will appear this Thursday (March 27) before the Y's Men.
Atila oversees NBC’s operations at Stamford Operations for the Olympic Games, while also overseeing set/studio builds for other major sports events, such as the FIFA World Cup and the Super Bowl. He will next oversee the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. He has been part of teams that have won nine Sports Emmys, across FIFA World Cup and Olympics.
Atila and his family live in New Canaan.
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Y's Men Hoot Owls To Perform One More Time in March
The Hoot Owls, the Y's Men singing group, will perform one more concert this month in addition to their four performances in recent weeks They will be at Atria in Rye Brook, NY, on Thursday, March 27.
There are currently 11 members of the Hoot Owls but more are needed. If you are interested in joining the Hoot Owls, or would like more information, please contact Bob Leng at Leng_7@msn.com.
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Y's Men Present Paul Shaffer at The Westport Library April 6;
Special VIP Pre-Show Event Set for Y's Men
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Paul Shaffer
On Sunday, April 6, at 11:00 am, the Y's Men present superstar bandleader Paul Shaffer in The Westport Library's Trefz Forum.
Please join us at a private reception with a short visit from Paul before the show, with bagels, cream cheese, and coffee to enjoy. The VIP event will begin at 10:00 am to give you time to get to your seat before the show begins. You will be directed to the room when you check-in after your arrival.
The general public will be offered coffee and donuts at 11:00 am before the program begins at 11:30 am on stage.
Few tickets remain. Please click here to purchase tickets.
| | Dueling Pianos: Acclaimed Concert Pianists Will Perform on Sunday, April 6 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church | | |
Dr. Liang-Fang Chang and Dr. Uriel Tsachor perform in a free concert Sunday, April 6.
Photo by Ted Horowitz
The Saugatuck Congregational Church and the Y’s Men present a free extraordinary musical event featuring two distinguished concert pianists, Dr. Liang-Fang Chang and Dr. Uriel Tsachor, on Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 pm in the church sanctuary. This 90-minute performance will showcase their classical piano mastery, performing on the church’s Steinway grand piano. The concert serves as a special monthly meeting of the Y's Men Classical Music Society.
Event Details:
· Date: Sunday, April 6.
· Time: 2:00 pm.
· Venue: Saugatuck Congregational Church Sanctuary, Westport.
· Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Program:
The artists will introduce their selected pieces, including two of Liszt’s Liebesträume (Nocturnes), two newly composed Nocturnes by Kevin Jay Isaacs, and two Brahms orchestral serenades transcribed for piano solo by Clara Schumann.
The performance will be followed by an audience Q&A session with the artists.
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Volunteers Needed for Connecticut
Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic
| | Click here to watch an explanatory video about the Clinic. | | For further information about the Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic, contact Y's Man Jeff Pivor at jpivordds@yahoo.com | | |
Tuesday, April 1
Finding Art Masterpieces in Back Country Greenwich
Seven Bridges Private Art Museum
Spouses and significant others are welcome. Non-member friends are welcome, space permitting. Please inquire.
https://conta.cc/4imhqCC
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Wednesday, April 9
NYC Walk: Historic Lower Manhattan
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/43NSmjF
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Saturday, April 19
Tour of Gilbertie’s Organic Herb Farm
Sold Out & Wait Listed
Due to high demand, Trips & Events will endeavor
to schedule another tour at a future date.
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Sign Up and Pay for Summer Tennis by This Friday
Summer tennis will be here before you know it and we will be set to go with our Courts, Balls and Roster of Players, says Dewey Loselle, chairman of Y's Men summer tennis. If you are interested in playing, now is the time to take action. We will have a lot of returning guys and new players are welcome.
We play at Longshore on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:00 am for an hour and a half. All skill/experience levels are welcome. We play doubles only and will find good matches and games for everyone.
For everyone interested in playing, please pay $320.00 at this time via the credit card link below or send in a check payable to the Y's Men of Westport/Weston, P.O. Box 167, Westport, CT 06880. Y’s Men deadline to register and pay is Friday, March 28.
Westport residents need to get (or renew) a Senior Premium Tennis Pass from the Department of Parks and Recreation, and non-residents just pay the daily fee at the window each time they play. Players also need to be a Y's Man in good standing with paid up dues.
New players to summer tennis should contact Dewey at DeweyLoselle@gmail.com.
| | Jim Himes Addresses SRO Y's Men Meeting Last Thursday | | |
U.S. Representative Jim Himes talks to Y's Men last week.
Photo by Ted Horowitz
Our nine-term congressman, Jim Himes, told an SRO crowd at last Thursday’s meeting that if President Trump ignores orders of the Supreme Court, it would trigger a constitutional crisis when “a whole other set of tools might come into play like civil disobedience and general strikes.”
In an otherwise optimistic speech, Himes said, “We descend into chaos when we decide the laws apply only to others and not to us.”
Himes said he was expecting major institutions already under attack – universities like Columbia and prominent law firms like Paul Weiss – to push back against Trump. Within 48 hours of the speech, both had cut deals with him.
The New York Times said Paul Weiss, with annual revenues of $2.63 billion, “gave in” and “ended up bowing to Trump.”
His hope for the future was the same point Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made last week in a series of television interviews: “We will survive when Trump’s approval numbers dip below 40 percent. Then Republicans will start moving away from him.”
Click here to see Himes's entire presentation as well as the Q&A session.
| | Y’s Men Memorial Day Float Committee Needs You | | |
A Y's Men float from a previous Memorial Day parade.
For more than 20 years, Y’s Men have built award winning-floats that have been entered in the Westport Memorial Day Parade. This year, come join the Y’s Men Float Committee and be part of this winning tradition.
We need all kinds of volunteers with a wide variety of skills including designers, producers, carpenters, technicians, and actors to ride on the float, as well as volunteers to disassemble the float after the parade.
Our theme for this year's float focuses on the USO. Because we were rained out last year, our float was not entered in the parade. That means that much of the work has been done, but we still need help.
Our first meeting will be Tuesday, April 1 at the Church. If you are interested in joining a fun group of guys to help observe Memorial Day in a meaningful way, please contact Baxter Urist at burist@optonline.net
We guarantee a rewarding time while paying tribute to our brave American soldiers.
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Services Announced for Y's Man Nick Clarke
As reported in the Y's Men Newsletter of Sunday, February 23, Y's Man Nick Clarke passed away on Thursday, February 20 at a care facility in Florida. He was 85.
Now it has been announced that a memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 10 at Christ & Holy Trinity Church, 75 Church Lane. Attendees are asked to please wear bright, colorful clothes (instead of the dreary, dark clothes traditionally associated with mourning) out of respect for Nicholas’s flair for eccentricity. Per his family’s understanding of his wishes, his memorial service should resemble an explosion of parrot feathers.
A complete obituary may be read by clicking here.
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