Tag Archives: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Mystery Book

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Tucked away among the collections of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library lies one of the world’s most mysterious manuscripts…

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Shadowy Figures

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A photo essay.

If negative space is the space you don’t naturally notice, then shadows are the ultimate negative spaces. …

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This Week in New Haven (January 20 – 26)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Pay tribute to a life. Then learn to save a life. Then make the most of life this week in New Haven. …

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Word Processing

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Aristotle, in his Poetics (ca. 330 B.C.), claimed that a poet’s function is not “to relate what has happened, but what may happen…” In his Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1802), William Wordsworth wrote…

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This Week in New Haven (September 23-29)

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Competitive mocktails, momentous sounds and two free lunches promise novelty, while a fall kickoff festival hits the nostalgia button dead-on. …

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This Week in New Haven (July 1 – 7)

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Music, sports and pop culture, then history, dance and humor, bookend the big annual fireworks show. …

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Divine Inspiration

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Near the apex of Prospect Street in early June, spread back from the road in a horseshoe shape, the brick complex of Yale Divinity School appears serene and orderly, with archways aligned on its porticos and potted flowers flanking a …

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Manic Kind

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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. …

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This Week in New Haven (January 21 – 27)

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During a week that begins with the city coated in a brilliant layer of ice, you can view art, celebrate art, hear about art and get an insider’s view…

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This Week in New Haven (November 26 – December 2)

Christmas Tree on the New Haven Green (2017)

As the giant Christmas tree on the Green comes to life and celebrants in fedoras and boas carouse downtown…

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