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 (more…)
This Week in New Haven (September 28 – October 4)
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. (more…)
Irrepressible
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 allowed to perform in public. You’re a painter or a photographer, but to show your […]
This Week in New Haven (November 10 – 16)
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 (more…)
This Week in New Haven (September 15 – 21)
New Haven’s arts scene really outdoes itself this week. A young but important literary festival offers unparalleled opportunities to bask in the (more…)
This Week in New Haven (April 21 – 27)
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 (more…)
Out of the Blue
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, (more…)