To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of F.T. Marinetti’s founding manifesto of Italian Futurism, Yale University will hold an international scholarly symposium November 13-14 in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St....
“Bridging Waters: Creating a Peace Park on the River Jordan,” a documentary about an environmental sanctuary for peace in the Middle East spearheaded by an Israeli environmentalist (and 2007 Yale World Fellow), will be shown on October 29 at the Jeffrey...
The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, 53 Wall St., is rolling out the red carpet on October 23–24 for the 40th birthday of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the classic movie that teamed American cinema icons Paul Newman and Robert Redford in...
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...
Two concurrent exhibitions showcasing the groundbreaking Las Vegas Studio of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown as well as the work of their firm will be presented by the Yale School of Architecture at the gallery of Paul Rudolph Hall, 180 York St.,...
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...
American composer John Adams will deliver the 2009 Tanner Lectures on Human Values on October 28 and 29 at Yale University.Free and open to the public, both talks will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.Adams will present...