“Constructed Objects: Design by Architects in the 20th Century,” a symposium taking place November 12–13 at Yale School of Architecture, will explore ways in which architecture and design infuse and inform the everyday objects we use.All scheduled events...
A space within the Yale University Art Gallery dedicated to the teaching of Yale students has been named in honor of President Richard C. Levin and his wife, Jane.The teaching gallery is located on the fourth floor mezzanine of the 1928 building designed...
The Yale School of Drama will offer a new concentration in “Projection Design” beginning in the fall of 2010. This is the first such course of graduate theater training in the United States.The new course will be led by Wendall Harrington, within the...
A play about life under martial law in Poland that prompted the exile of the troupe that created it will be presented Nov. 5-7 as part of “No Boundaries: A Series of Global Performances.”The series, presented by the Yale Repertory Theatre and the World...
The English Department’s 14th annual staged reading will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 5:15 p.m. in Rm. 101 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St.The event is free and open to the public; it will run for about 75 minutes.The play is “A School for...
Love becomes uncontrollable and monstrous in the School of Drama’s next production, Jean Racine’s dramatic tragedy “Phédre.”The play runs Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 27-31, at the University Theatre, 222 York St. It will be directed by third-year drama student...
A group of women struggle to navigate the brutalities of the civil war in Liberia in “Eclipsed,” the second play in the Yale Repertory Theatre’s 2009-2010 season.Written by Obie Award-winning playwright Danai Gurira, “Eclipsed” is directed by Liesl Tommy...
“I am going to build a little Gothic castle at Strawberry Hill,” declared Horace Walpole in January 1750.That villa and the wide-ranging collections it once housed are the focus of “Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill,” a new exhibit on view through Jan. 3...
Works by contemporary artists that challenge conceptions of time and inspire viewers to think about the artistic process are featured in “Continuous Present,” the latest exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery.The exhibit features a selection of...
The students who are studying visual biography this semester with School of Art senior critic Jessica Helfand refer to themselves as “Jessica’s Girls,” a twist on a 1980s pop song called “Jessie’s Girl.”There are only six of them, but these women have the...