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Arcane Archive

Voynich Manuscript

Tucked away among the collections of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library—whose main building is currently closed for renovations—lies one of the world’s most mysterious …

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This Week in New Haven (September 28 – October 4)

Hammonassett Festival in Madison, CT

Ascendant literati descend on New Haven this week, and are met by a potent stew of quirky movies, concerts in Halls, luminary parties and Native American culture.…

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This Week in New Haven (April 6 – 12)

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Cultural and bodily nourishment come together this week. The latter means food: eating it, learning about it, then working off the excess. The former means history and the arts: reading Viking rune…

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Irrepressible

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Imagine you’re a (pre-internet) publisher, but your ideas are too heretical or your approach is too independent, so you’re barred access to decent paper, a printing press or even a photocopier. You’re a poet or a musician, but you’re not …

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This Week in New Haven (December 15 – 21)

Kung Fu

Hanukkah starts with a bang—probably several of them—on Tuesday, and the ramp-up to Christmas continues with grand seasonal performances by…

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This Week in New Haven (November 10 – 16)

The Rocky Horror Show mashup

This week challenges us to a series of duals: two rock shows on the same night at the same address; two United States Poet Laureates speaking on the same afternoon a quarter-mile apart…

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This Week in New Haven (September 15 – 21)

Hands That Make (2014) by Susan Clinard

New Haven’s arts scene really outdoes itself this week. A young but important literary festival offers unparalleled opportunities to bask in the…

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This Week in New Haven (July 7 – 13)

Catherine Wolko of The Humble Bee Honey Company

This week, talk is cheap—and valuable, with several free and interesting speaking events happening in and around the city. First we hear from an entrepreneur who helps institutions of learning…

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This Week in New Haven (April 21 – 27)

Face-painted kids at Cherry Blossom Festival

The city hits an impressive stride this week with four of its annual keystone cultural events happening in as many days. The first of them is distinctively artisanal and intellectual; the…

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Out of the Blue

Nancy Kuhl at Beinecke

Just inside the front entrance of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, a luminous glass tower of book stacks rises straight ahead, immediately drawing your eyes upward to the lighter, airier space on the mezzanine level,…

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