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Human Dimension

Human Dimension

The hands are all over. Some are working: measuring a length of thread, tightening a vise, reaching to pull someone else up by the hand. Others are feeling—dismay, shame, vulnerability....

Human Dimension

The hands are all over. Some are working: measuring a length of thread, tightening a vise, reaching to pull someone else up by the hand. Others are feeling—dismay, shame, vulnerability....

Rob Demery, Laura Heisler, Billy Eugene Jones, and Ian Bedford in the world premiere of GOOD FAITH by Karen Hartman, directed by Kenny Leon, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2019. Photo by Carol Rosegg.

Lines of Fire

Good Faith: Four Chats about Race and the New Haven Fire Department unfolded last week on a bare stage at the Yale Rep, just minutes from the firehouses where two...

Lines of Fire

Good Faith: Four Chats about Race and the New Haven Fire Department unfolded last week on a bare stage at the Yale Rep, just minutes from the firehouses where two...

Pen Pals

Pen Pals

Most of the people waiting outside Pepe’s on a cold Sunday afternoon probably didn’t notice Julie Gordon. Settled on a folding stool on the sidewalk across the street, sketchpad on...

Pen Pals

Most of the people waiting outside Pepe’s on a cold Sunday afternoon probably didn’t notice Julie Gordon. Settled on a folding stool on the sidewalk across the street, sketchpad on...

Code Director

Code Director

For artist Dan Gries, the tool of choice is a laptop, and the medium is computer code. Lines of letters and numbers and symbols—with some parameters deliberately left unspecified—generate images...

Code Director

For artist Dan Gries, the tool of choice is a laptop, and the medium is computer code. Lines of letters and numbers and symbols—with some parameters deliberately left unspecified—generate images...

Manic Kind

Manic Kind

He was stingy, refusing to adequately support his household or his family, but he was also profligate, forced to flee England twice in order to avoid his creditors. He purchased...

Manic Kind

He was stingy, refusing to adequately support his household or his family, but he was also profligate, forced to flee England twice in order to avoid his creditors. He purchased...

New to the Game

New to the Game

Clue, Monopoly, Mousetrap, Sorry!. Whatever you played as a kid, board games feel intrinsic to childhood. But a new exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art reminds us this...

New to the Game

Clue, Monopoly, Mousetrap, Sorry!. Whatever you played as a kid, board games feel intrinsic to childhood. But a new exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art reminds us this...