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Past Events
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| Apr. 21, 2007 | Hands on New York Day with Big Ten Alumni - Painted and mulched in St. Nicholas Park |
| Dec. 18, 2006 | Utah Jazz @ New York Knicks & Pregame meet 'n greet with Dee Brown, Roger Powell and Deron Williams |
| Oct. 21, 2006 | New York Cares Day with Big 10 Alumni |
| Sept. 16, 2006 | Pub Crawl in Alphabet City - Detailed Schedule |
| Sept. 09, 2006 | Illinois football at Rutgers University & Tailgate with the Philadelphi Illinois Alumni Club |
| Aug. 19, 2006 | Big Ten Night at Shea, and Mets 20th Anniversary World Seriese Celebration |
| June 22, 2006 | Annual Dinner Meeting, at Club 101. Speaker: Michael Ross, Krannert Center Director. Presentation of scholarship winners. |
| Apr. 29, 2006 | John Williams conducting the New York Philharmonic |
| Apr. 29, 2006 | Cherry Blossom Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
| Apr. 22, 2006 | NYCares Hands On New York Day - A Better Community Garden |
| Mar. 30, 2006 | "Midwest Mixer" - Happy Hour with 6 midwestern schools |
| Feb. 18, 2006 | Cocktail reception with UI President B. Joseph White |
| Feb. 17, 2006 | Univ. of Illinois Wind Symphony at Carnegie Hall |
| Jan. 20, 2006 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, guided tour: Modern Art |
| Nov. 10, 2005 | Happy Hour, at Sutton Place, 1015 Second Ave. |
| Oct. 08, 2005 | Pub Crawl - in TriBeCa, the "Triangle Below Canal" ( Detailed schedule ) |
| Sept. 18, 2005 | Whitney Museum of American Art, guided tour |
| Aug. 07, 2005 | Baseball -- Chicago Cubs at the New York Mets |
| July 21, 2005 | Big Ten Happy Hour, at the Boat Basin Cafe |
| June 21, 2005 | Annual Dinner Meeting, at Club 101 (101 Park Avenue). Speaker: Chancellor Richard Herman. Also, presentation of scholarship winners. |
| Apr. 16, 2005 | New York Cares Day -- Spring Clean-Up |
| Apr. 04, 2005 | Illini Men's Basketball game watching (Dec. '04 to Apr. '05), culminating in the NCAA championship game vs. North Carolina |
| Mar. 23, 2005 | The Other Guys, performance at Gotham Comedy Club |
| Feb. 22, 2005 | NYC Ballet -- Susan Stroman's Double Feature |
| Jan. 27, 2005 | Happy Hour, at Coppersmith's with Indiana and Iowa clubs |
| Jan. 20, 2005 | Brooklyn Boy on Broadway, followed by a discussion with the director, and U. of I. professor, Daniel Sullivan |
| Nov. 19, 2004 | Metropolitan Museum of Art -- guided tour, "China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD" |
| Oct. 02, 2004 | Pub Crawl ( detailed schedule ) |
| Sept. 26, 2004 | Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets baseball at Shea Stadium |
| July 29, 2004 | Big Ten Happy Hour, at the Boat Basin Cafe |
| June 17, 2004 | Annual Dinner, with speaker Amy Gajda, U.I. College of Law, on "The Law is a Quirky Beast"; scholarship winners |
| May 25, 2004 | Collegiate Chorale, at Carnegie Hall |
| May 01, 2004 | New York Cares Day - volunteer work, painting the teachers' lounge at P.S. 162 |
| Mar. 27, 2004 | Illini Men's Basketball game watching, various dates during the season, at Blondie's |
| Feb. 28, 2004 | Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway (scholarship fundraiser), followed by cocktail hour |
| Jan. 23, 2004 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, guided tour, followed by dinner |
| Dec. 09, 2003 | Men's Basketball vs. Providence, in the Jimmy V Classic, at Madison Square Garden |
| Dec. 03, 2003 | Big Ten holiday happy hour |
| Nov. 29, 2003 | Men's Basketball at Temple -- some of our club members joined the Washington, DC, club and other alumni at the game in Philadelphia |
| Sept. 13, 2003 | Pub Crawl - Irish pubs on Third Avenue (detailed schedule) |
| Aug. 16, 2003 | Big Ten alumni - Mets vs. Rockies at Shea Stadium |
| July 16, 2003 | Big Ten Happy Hour, at Boat Basin Cafe |
| June 18, 2003 | Annual Meeting. Guest speaker: Prof. Alan Nathan, UIUC, on "The Physics of Baseball." Also, scholarship winners. |
| May 21, 2003 | "Berlioz Requiem," Carnegie Hall |
| Mar. 31, 2003 | Sept. 2002 to March 2003: Televised Illini football and basketball, at the Park Avenue Country Club |
| Mar. 18, 2003 | New York Philharmonic "Rush Hour" Concert |
| Feb. 08, 2003 | Volunteer Day at the Bowery Mission |
| Jan. 18, 2003 | Scholarship fundraiser event: Hairspray on Broadway (Saturday matinee), followed by a cocktail hour at Russo's |
| Dec. 06, 2002 | Hayden Planetarium (including the Space Show, as well as the Tapas Bar and jazz entertainment) |
| Sept. 14, 2002 | Pub Crawl in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood (detailed schedule) |
| May 29, 2002 | Annual Dinner Meeting. Guest speaker: Nancy Cantor, chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign campus |
| Mar. 31, 2002 | Sept. 2001 to March 2002: Illini Football and Basketball on TV at the Park Avenue Country Club |
| Mar. 23, 2002 | Morgan Library tour, followed by lunch at Rive Gauche |
| Feb. 16, 2002 | Men's Basketball at Seton Hall (at The Meadowlands) |
| Jan. 19, 2002 | Scholarship fundraiser event: Mamma Mia! on Broadway (Saturday matinee), followed by a cocktail hour at Russo's |
| Nov. 04, 2001 | NYC marathon, and lunch |
| Oct. 27, 2001 | Pub crawl in the east Village (detailed schedule) |
| Aug. 15, 2001 | Happy Hour, Solas, 9th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues |
| July 20, 2001 | Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays, with a ride on the Yankee Clipper ferry service up the East River to the stadium |
| May 15, 2001 | Annual Meeting and Dinner, with entertainment by The Other Guys; scholarship presentations |
| Mar. 25, 2001 | Dec. 2000 to March 2001: numerous Men's Basketball games on TV at the Park Avenue Country Club (through the NCAA Midwest Regional Finals on 3/25) |
| Mar. 24, 2001 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum |
| Feb. 10, 2001 | Volunteer Day at The Bowery Mission |
| Jan. 26, 2001 | Broadway show, Contact, at Lincoln Center (scholarship fundraiser) |
| Nov. 30, 2000 | Sept. - Nov. 2000: Illini Football on TV at the Park Avenue Country Club |
| Nov. 05, 2000 | NYC Marathon cheering section |
| Oct. 19, 2000 | Stealin' Home off-off-Broadway, at the Castillo Theatre |
| Sept. 15, 2000 | First Annual Big Ten NYC Alumni Mixer, at Chelsea Brewing Company |
| Aug. 26, 2000 | Pub Crawl on the upper east side (detailed schedule) |
| July 12, 2000 | Happy Hour at Solas in the East Village |
| May 24, 2000 | Spring Reception. Speaker: Loren Taylor, CEO of the Alumni Association |
| Apr. 30, 2000 | The Other Guys in the Finals of the National Championship of Collegiate Acappella (They took second place overall, as well as awards for best arrangement, and tied for best soloist.) |
| Apr. 29, 2000 | Big Ten Central Park Spruce-Up |
| Feb. 08, 2000 | Alumni "Supper Club" Dinner at Scaletta Ristorante |
| Jan. 23, 2000 | "The American Century Art & Culture 1950-2000" at the Whitney Museum |
| Dec. 30, 1999 | Several of our club members gathered at the Park Avenue Country Club to watch the Fighting Illini defeat Virginia in the MicronPC.com Bowl in Miami. Final score: 63 - 21. |
| Dec. 08, 1999 | Festival Chamber Music Society concert |
| Nov. 16, 1999 | Comedy club outing (with Michigan and other local clubs) |
| Nov. 07, 1999 | Piano concert by Ian Hobson (professor of music at Illinois), to benefit the Andrew George DeGrado Memorial Foundation |
| Sept. 23, 1999 | Big Ten Business Card Exchange |
| Sept. 11, 1999 | Third Annual Pub Crawl (Gramercy Park) |
| June 02, 1999 | Annual harbor boat cruise with a number of other local alumni clubs |
| May 20, 1999 | Annual Dinner Meeting, with entertainment by The Other Guys |
| May 01, 1999 | Beautification of Central Park (Big Ten event) |
| Mar. 24, 1999 | New York Festival Chamber Music Society concert, including music from Mozart and Prokofiev; followed by a champagne, meet-the-artists, reception after the concert. |
| Feb. 24, 1999 | Watched the men's basketball team take on the Hoosiers, on satellite TV at the Sports Bar, with the New York Indiana alumni. (Despite the loss in overtime, we got our revenge in March with an upset over Indiana in the Big Ten tournament :-) |
| Feb. 09, 1999 | "Job Search Strategies That Work," with Barbara Hundley, Director of the U. of I. Alumni Career Center in Chicago. |
| Jan. 22, 1999 | Highlights Tour at the Museum of Modern Art, followed by dinner at La Bonne Soupe. |
| Nov. 11, 1998 | "Coaches vs. Cancer" men's basketball tournament, at Madison Square Garden. |
| Nov. 10, 1998 | "Coaches vs. Cancer" men's basketball tournament. Other schools participating included Georgetown, Temple, and Wake Forest. |
| Oct. 31, 1998 | Big Ten football: Fighting Illini vs. Penn State Nittany Lions, in State College, PA. |
| Sept. 17, 1998 | Big Ten Business Card Exchange, at the Midtown Executive and Chemist's Club. |
| Sept. 12, 1998 | Pub crawl, on the upper west side. |
| June 17, 1998 | Scholarship fundraising event: Ragtime on Broadway. |
| May 28, 1998 | Annual Dinner Meeting. Keynote speaker: University President James Stukel. |
| May 19, 1998 | New York Philharmonic "Rush Hour" Concert |
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