All Ages

VIRTUAL: New Haven Museum Family Programming (MLK 2022 at the Peabody Museum)

Join New Haven Museum educators for a morning of enriching family programs celebrating Dr. King and his living legacy. Beloved storytellers Joy Donaldson, Waltrina Kirkland, and Clifton Graves will share fables, anecdotes, and stories that honor King’s work. An interactive dance performance and lesson from Ms. Hanan’s Dance and Beyond will follow. And you’ll be treated to a kid-friendly painting activity with Anthony Gilkes that you can do right from your home!
This program is part of the Peabody Museum’s 26th Annual MLK Celebration generously sponsored by Citizens™

VIRTUAL: Experience Poetry Jam (MLK 2022 at the Peabody Museum)

Join influential poet-performers Croilot and Ngoma as they emcee an electrifying spoken word experience in honor of Zannette Lewis, founder of our annual MLK Poetry Slam. This signature event attracts a large and supportive crowd every year. Tune in online as our hosts kick things off with a curated open mic in collaboration with artists from The Word. These talented storytellers will be followed by a slate of renowned, featured poets from all over the country, including Lorraine Currelley, Robert Gibbons, Bao Phi, and Ray Jane.

VIRTUAL: Community Conversation: Standing on Their Shoulders (MLK 2022 at the Peabody Museum)

Join representatives from a few of the many social and environmental justice organizations here in New Haven and from across Connecticut to learn more about their work. They’ll share the lineage of their efforts and contemporary organizing while offering ways for each of us to get involved. Speakers include representatives from the New Haven African American Historical Society and the National Council for Negro Women.
This program is part of the Peabody Museum’s 26th Annual MLK Celebration generously sponsored by Citizens™

VIRTUAL: Supporting Black Youth in Crisis: What Would Dr. King Say? What Would Dr. King Do? (MLK 2022 at the Peabody Museum)

Listen in on a fascinating and candid panel discussion hosted by the Black Caucus American Library Association–Connecticut Chapter on the issues plaguing Black youth in our community. The conversation will dig into the critical role of mental health and how drugs and violence perpetuate negative behavior. The 45-minute discussion will be followed by a live 15-minute audience Q&A.
This program is part of the Peabody Museum’s 26th Annual MLK Celebration generously sponsored by Citizens™

VIRTUAL: Environmental Justice: Exploring Race, Place & Spirituality (MLK 2022 at the Peabody Museum)

How we foster community and make spaces for it to thrive are critical to our efforts toward environmental justice. Leaders of this movement, from freedom fighters like Dr. King to today’s revolutionaries, understand that place—both physical and spiritual—must be created and protected to do the work of racial and environmental justice.

VIRTUAL: 26th Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy of Social and Environmental Justice

The Peabody is proud to join the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in presenting the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy of Social and Environmental Justice.
We’re hosting a series of free, online programs where you and your family can hear from environmental justice leaders and enjoy storytelling, music, dance, and live poetry and spoken word performances.
All scheduled programs will be broadcast to our Facebook Page and YouTube Channel, or you can join us live on Zoom by visiting our website and registering:

Yale Jazz Combos Fall Showcase

Need a study break or just a shot of good jazz? Come hear the Yale Jazz Ensemble Fall Combos present their fall showcase. The Legacy and Modern Combos are coached by Wayne Escoffery and promise a night of great music!
OPEN TO ALL ASYMPTOMATIC, FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. Proof of vaccination and matching photo ID will be required at the door. House opens at 7 pm.

"Clepsydra and Other Poems" Book Discussion with Translator Adam Mahler

Join the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies and the Yale Translation Initiative to welcome alumnus Adam Mahler back to Yale for a discussion related to a forthcoming book - a new translation of the 1920 book of poems by Portuguese symbolist poet, Camilo Pessanha, who resided in Macau for the last part of his life (1894-1926). The session will feature a reading of a selection of the original poems in Portuguese with Adam’s new translations.

A Conversation with Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Virginia Johnson

Streaming live from Trumbull College, we invite you to a college tea conversation with Virginia Johnson, artistic director and a founding member of Dance Theatre of Harlem. The visionary dance company is currently engaged in programs with New Haven’s Shubert Theater. This virtual event is an opportunity to learn more about DTH’s new work as well as the organization’s legacy of creative expression and artistic excellence.

VIRTUAL: Afghanistan’s Future: Development, the state, and the humanitarian challenge

The American withdrawal from Afghanistan has left the international community uncertain, not only concerning the future of the country and its people – particularly women and girls – but also the future of intervention. While the complexity and limited success of interventions was well-documented even prior to the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, it was widely believed that a clearly defined mission and an exit strategy could overcome the inevitable setbacks.