If you think of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library as a tomb for old “dead” books where only the most somber of scholars conduct research, curators Nancy Kuhl and Timothy Young hope a visit to their “Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities” might make...
Lynn Nottage, a visiting lecturer at the School of Drama, has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play “Ruined,” about a group of women who were raped and brutalized during the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The Pulitzer board described...
Paintings by some of the leading artists of the Victorian period - all collected by entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway as an educational tool for college women - are featured in a new exhibition opening May 7 at the Yale Center for British...
Three works by graduating playwrights at the Yale School of Drama will be staged May 8-17 during the fourth annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays.There will be 12 performances of the plays - “American Catnip” by Mattie Brickman, “The Bedtrick” by Matt...
An estimated 1,000 high school students from seven Connecticut cities gathered in Woolsey Hall on May 6 for a rap concert with the message of non-violence and respect. The event, titled “Rap for Justice,” included performances by the Yale Concert Band,...
Depictions of the British reactions to the French Revolution are on view in a new exhibition at Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut.The show — titled “‘French Liberty. British Slavery.’ British Responses to the French Revolution” —...
Fifty music educators from schools around the country will be honored for their outstanding work June 10–11 at the second biennial “Symposium on Music in Schools” hosted by Yale School of Music.The symposium will include a keynote address by arts activist...
Original plays written by city youths will come to life on stage this month with help from Yale School of Drama students as part of the Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP).Sponsored by the Yale Repertory Theatre and Yale School of Drama, D/EP is now in its...
The complex issues that conservators and curators consider in the treatment of art objects is explored in an exhibition currently on view at the Yale University Art Gallery.“Time Will Tell: Ethics and Choices in Conservation” showcases the relationship...
A small exhibition of marine paintings and watercolors from the Dutch “Golden Age” and by noted British artists — including scenes of famous naval battles, warships, privateers and historical vessels — is featured in a summer exhibition at the Yale Center...