Past Events Archive - October 2002

October 25, 2002
KACNY Dances with the Vampires

As ghouls and goblins prepare to prowl the Halloween night, Kellogg alumni gathered on Friday, October 25 to watch a preview of the new Broadway musical Dance of the Vampires. The show stars Michael Crawford (the original Phantom) in the newly renovated Minskoff Theatre overlooking Times Square. The production's music and lyrics are by Grammy award winner Jim Steinman with the original German lyrics by Michael Kuntze, based on a film by Roman Polanski. Our intrepid Kellogg alumni vampire observers enjoyed comedic jokes, musical numbers set to familiar music such as Total Eclipse of the Heart, and slight touches of high drama and sensual overtones reminiscent of Bram Stroker's Dracula (1992). Elaborate sets impressed selected NY alumni in attendance such as: Chris Jogis '94, Melinda Graham '97, Greg Singer '97, Philippe Meyersohn '98, Kristopher Zdyb '98, Gina Bokios '99, Eric Goldberg '00, Manthos Kallios '00, Elaine Co '01 and Lisa Mazzocato '01. Special thanks to KACNY treasurer Leonard Chan ‘00 for trying to culture us and to Manthos Kallios for being our photographer.

October 17, 2002
KACNY Presents The Festival Chamber Music

On Thursday, October 17th, Kellogg alumni gathered for The Festival Chamber Music concert. All enjoyed the lovely music of renowned composers Brahms, J.C. Bach, Dohnanyi, and Britten. Selected NY alumni in attendance included: Gwen Foster ’93, Emily Malatesta ‘93, Doug Bell ’89, Jody Johannessen ’00, and Cindy Chao ’00. Special thanks to Gwen for organizing this wonderful event!

October 16, 2002
KACNY Gathers to Hear WSJ Executive

KACNY members gathered on a night in October at a private New York club to participate in a Fireside Chat with Steve Goldstein, former chief communications officer of Dow Jones & Co. and The Wall Street Journal. The discussion centered around Steve’s integral involvement in the highly publicized Daniel Pearl case, as well as 9/11 and the re-launch of The Wall Street Journal. Members of the Medill Club of Greater New York joined Kellogg for this exciting event. All in attendance were thoroughly enthralled with Steve’s stories and experiences. Attendees included Joseph DeBono ’97, Doug Bell ’89, Don Allison ’73, Sandra Rupp ‘90, Kurt Ryden ’95, John Forster ’83, among many others. KACNY president Dan Williams ’99 planned this event, with special thanks to WSJ reporter Kemba Dunham for introducing KACNY to Steve, and to Lauren Young of Medill for including Medill in this wonderful event.

KACNY Welcomes 2002 Grads at a Happy Hour event, October 3, 2002

October 3, 2002
KACNY Welcomes Class of 2002 at Fall Happy Hour

Many Kellogg alumni gathered on a warm fall evening to celebrate the arrival of the class of 2002 to New York. The Happy Hour was held at the Park Bar at the ultra-hip Hudson Hotel on Manhattan’s west side. Arranged by social chair Tina Cheng ‘91, attendees sipped martinis and cosmos, reunited with classmates and met new friends. Special thanks to Harley Ungar ’98, of Vindigo, for donating 5 Vindigo software programs for PDAs for attendees—lucky winners were Catharina Kusuma ’95, Aaliyah El-Amin ’02, Cindy Chao ’00, Dan Williams ’99 and Daryl Marshall ’00. 13 other attendees were the lucky winners of New York t-shirts. Faces in attendance ranged from classes of 1984 to 2002, among them some of our new volunteers helping the club in 2002-2003: Catharina Kusuma ’95, Elgin Thompson ’02, Doug Bell ’89, Paul Stratta ’94, Stephan Meili ’02, Michael Costanzo ’02, Cindy Chao ’00, Mark Shedletsky ’02, Paola Alvarez ’02, Loyd Henderson ’02, Irene Tarkov ’02, KACNY president Dan Williams ’99, president emeritus, Javed Rahman ’97, and treasurer, Leonard Chan ’00.

Dan Williams '99, Javed Rahman '97		Aaliyah El-Amin '02, Doug Bell '89
Elgin Thompson '02, Irene Tarkov '02, Loyd Henderson '02		Michael Contanzo '02, Elgin Thompson '02, Armand Muset '95