The Week Ender: Happenings Dec. 11-13
The Week Ender appears every Thursday in Yale News and offers highlights of the many activities taking place at the university Friday-Sunday.
F R I D A Y
Enjoy the Yale Schola Cantorum: Christmas in Lübeck concert. Simon Carrington conducts the music of Buxtehude and more. Free. Christ Church New Haven,
84 Broadway. 5 p.m.
Attend the opening reception for With Eyes Closed/With Eyes Wide Open. The show, which runs from Dec. 11 to Jan. 5, was curated by Robert Storr, dean of Yale School of Art. Free. School of Art, 32 Edgewood Ave. 5:30-7 p.m.
Put on your gloves and come to the Whale to see the Yale men’s hockey team take on Boston University. The contest between the Bulldogs and the Terriers will air live on ESPN3 and the Ivy League Digital Network. Ingalls Rink, 73 Sachem St. 7 p.m.
S A T U R D A Y
Cheer for the women’s basketball team when Yale hosts Stony Brook. Free. Payne Whitney Gym, John J. Lee Ampitheater, 70 Tower Pkwy. 2 p.m.
See a performance of Yale School of Drama’s The Oresteia. Aeschylus’s 2,500-year-old trilogy of plays chronicles a society’s struggle to break the cycle of sacrifice, revenge, bloodshed, and punishment that plagues them. Ted Hughes’s translation imbues “The Oresteia” with contemporary relevance. Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel St. 8 p.m.
S U N D A Y
View art in new ways at a family program of Stories and Art, featuring folktales, myths, and stories from around the world that highlight unique objects in the Yale University Art Gallery collection. For children of all ages; drawing materials will be available for older children. Free. 1111 Chapel St. 1 p.m.
To see more events, visit the Yale Calendar of Events and the Yale Arts Calendar.
