Elm City Consort viols perform with superstars Piffaro—the Renaissance Band and soprano Sherezade Panthaki.
This consort is sponsored by The Elizabethan Club of Yale University as one of their events celebrating the 400th anniversary of the First Folio publication.
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Richard Deming, Senior Lecturer in English and Director of Creative Writing, will discuss his new book “This Exquisite Loneliness: What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us About Creativity” with Karin Roffman, Associate Director of Public Humanities.
Beverly Gage, John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, will present on her new book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.
Explore the history of downtown and lower Dixwell through maps, photos, and other primary sources at a Beinecke reading room open house co-hosted by the Ethnic Heritage Center and Beinecke Library.
Kindly note: all visitors who go to the reading room will need to check any and all bags, coats, and other personal belongings in secure lockers on the library’s ground floor before going to the reading room.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/45rRtuq
An introduction to the Yale Film Archive and discussion of its Art & Protest screenings this semester presented with the Beinecke Library in conjunction with the exhibition Art, Protest, & the Archives.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/46IaFFe
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The Beinecke Library and the New Haven Museum join forces again to celebrate Dictionary Day, with displays at the museum, 114 Whitney Avenue on Friday/Saturday, October 13/14, 12noon-5pm, and the library, 121 Wall Street, Sunday, October 15, 1pm-4pm.
“Dictionary Day” marks the birthday of American education and language pioneer Noah Webster (born October 16, 1758). During these drop-in display events, visitors can browse primary source materials and publications documenting the life and work of Noah Webster, the Webster family, and New Haven during their time here.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/44Ztt1H
Dr. Ann Levett recently retired as Superintendent of the Savannah Chatham County Public Schools. She will talk about the issues and opportunities for teaching history now and using the community as a classroom and be in conversation about the ties between Savannah and New Haven.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/48md2PX
John McLinn Ross was in the Yale College Class of 1916 and was the first Black person to earn an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, in 1935. Born in New Haven, he went to New Haven High School (now Hillhouse H.S.). His grandfather, Charles McLinn, was the head carpenter at Yale for nearly 40 years starting in 1870, and was a notable person around town, elected as New Haven’s first Black member of the Board of Alders.
