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Mark Strand Memorial Poetry Reading - Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine is the author of five books of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric; three plays including HELP, which premiered in March 2020 (The Shed, NYC), and The White Card, which premiered in February 2018 (ArtsEmerson/ American Repertory Theater) and was published by Graywolf Press in 2019; as well as numerous video collaborations. Her recent collection of essays, Just Us: An American Conversation, was published by Graywolf Press in 2020.

Veterans Day Display (Nov. 2 - 16) and Reception (Nov. 9)

Part of the university-wide Veterans Day events, this temporary display on the Beinecke mezzanine will showcase photographs, books, and other archival materials related to Black soldiers in the Civil War in commemoration of the diverse experiences of veteran and military communities at Yale and in New Haven. The Beienecke Library exhibition hall is free and open to all, seven days a week and welcomes more than 150,000 visitors from campus, New Haven, and beyond annually. Check the Beinecke Library website for daily hours.

An Evening of Music & Protest, with the Kolegi Balkan Quartet, joined by special guests from Yale’s Near Eastern & Balkan Ensemble

The program will feature Romani, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Greek, and Syrian songs of protest arising out of political turmoil in the region over the past 100+ years, from uprisings in the Ottoman Empire to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Based in Hamden, Connecticut, the Kolegi quartet plays music from Southeastern Europe, from Greece to Romania, points in between, and elsewhere. The four “colleagues” are: Helen Marx, percussion; Adam Matlock, accordion and vocals; Brian Slattery, violin; and Ian MacMillen, bass guitar and vocals.

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