Book Bunk in Nairobi, Kenya is reimagining and renovating public libraries into sites of heritage, public art, and learning. Join Book Bunk’s Co-founder Wanjiru Koinange for an inspiring discussion on how Kenya’s colonial-era libraries are being transformed into vibrant, inclusive spaces for creativity, knowledge, and community.
Learn more about the speaker:
Zoom webinar registration link: https://bit.ly/41tIZmF
We welcome CT Humanities Executive Director Jason Mancini and Board Chair Frank Mitchell to discuss plans and aspirations for America 250 in Connecticut and the work of the America 250 | CT Commission, which is administered by CT Humanities.
Beinecke Library welcomes all to a special display of materials from Yale Library collections related to Roger Sherman, America 250, Connecticut, New Haven, and Yale History on Sherman’s birthday. The display will be on Saturday, April 19, from 12 noon to 4pm in the Beinecke Library reading room, 121 Wall Street.
Keeley Brooks, graduating senior, will present her senior thesis which consists of approximately 30 oral history interviews with students of the great violin pedagogue, Dorothy DeLay
The Yale Collegium Musicum presents
Music of Renaissance Spain
Sacred and secular vocal and instrumental music, including villancicos, folias, pavanas, canarios, jácaras, españoletas, and more, played on recorders, flutes, sackbuts, violins, viols, guitars, theorbos, harpsichords, and percussion.
Wednesday, April 16
Lecture 4:30 pm, concert 5:15 pm
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The Gilmore Music Library is excited to present the second annual Miles Hoffman Concert, honoring the memory of noted violist and public radio commentator, Miles Hoffman ’73. The concert series is possible thanks to the generosity of Dr. Jeffrey Ravetch, ’73, classmate and friend of Hoffman. This year’s concert will feature a variety of selections exploring early examples of chamber music and looking at how the idea of some kinds of “chamber music” grew in other directions. The concert takes place in the Beinecke Library on April 10, 2025 at 4:00. A reception will follow.
Samuel Johnson defined “spectacle” in 1755 as “a show; a gazing stock; anything exhibited to the view as eminently remarkable.” This exhibition will explore the range of spectacular shows that were offered to the fee-paying public in Georgian London, from exhibitions of paintings, to scientific demonstrations, to the display of wondrous animals.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: CHANGE OF VENUE TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER AUDIENCE
Due to great enthusiasm at Yale and beyond, Angela Davis’s lectures on Tuesday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 16 will now be held at Battell Chapel (400 College St.). We hope this new, larger venue—which seats 840 people—will allow more of you to experience these important lectures.
New Venue:
Battell Chapel (400 College St.)
Doors open at 3:30 pm. All bags are subject to inspection, which may delay entry into Battell Chapel. Please leave bags at home.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: CHANGE OF VENUE TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER AUDIENCE
Due to great enthusiasm at Yale and beyond, Angela Davis’s lectures on Tuesday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 16 will now be held at Battell Chapel (400 College St.). We hope this new, larger venue—which seats 840 people—will allow more of you to experience these important lectures.
New Venue:
Battell Chapel (400 College St.)
Doors open at 3:30 pm. All bags are subject to inspection, which may delay entry into Battell Chapel. Please leave bags at home.
Zoom webinar registration link: https://bit.ly/4ifQIMd
A new exhibition on view from March 24 at the Yale Schwarzman Center, “Shining Light on Truth: Black Lives at Yale & in New Haven,” illuminates ongoing research that recovers the essential role of Black people throughout Yale and New Haven history. It celebrates Black community building, resistance, and resilience on campus and in New Haven.
