Cultivating Conversations

POLITICS IS A MOTHER (RAISING HELL IS PART OF THE JOB) (2025)

2025 | Directed by Francine Weinberg Graff | USA | 71 minutes

Free and open to the public!

Location:
Humanities Quadrangle (HQ) L01
(320 York St, New Haven, CT 06511)

Q&A with director Francine Weinberg Graff
and Senate Majority Leader (ret) Loretta Weinberg
Moderated by Laura Wexler (Charles H. Farnam Professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

Chewing the Fat with Tu David Phu, co-author of "The Memory of Taste:

Chef Tu David Phu, a San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef and chef-partner at GiGi’s, a Vietnamese-inspired wine bar in San Francisco, draws from his Oakland upbringing and his family’s artisanal fish sauce legacy from Phu Quoc, Vietnam.

His culinary path began in his mother’s Oakland garden and developed in prestigious kitchens like New York’s Daniel and San Francisco’s Acquerello, where he was surrounded by the team that earned two Michelin stars. This journey inspired his Vietnamese-Californian pop-up Ăn and his Rising Star Chef honor in 2017.

MICKEY 17 (Part of Bong Joon Ho Retrospective)

2025 | Directed by Bong Joon Ho | United States and South Korea | 137 minutes | English

In Mickey 17, based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, Robert Pattinson portrays Mickey Barnes, an “Expendable” crew member on a mission to colonize the icy planet Niflheim. Tasked with performing perilous duties, Mickey is cloned upon each death to continue his work. When Mickey 17 is presumed dead, a Mickey 18 is born and then confronted by his returning predecessor. Both versions must navigate their coexistence while battling the oppressive hierarchy of the colony.

Mondays at Beinecke: America 250, Roger Sherman, and Connecticut with Jason Mancini and Frank Mitchell

Zoom webinar registration link: https://bit.ly/41tIZmF

We welcome CT Humanities Executive Director Jason Mancini and Board Chair Frank Mitchell to discuss plans and aspirations for America 250 in Connecticut and the work of the America 250 | CT Commission, which is administered by CT Humanities.

Art Opening : Black Governors

An original commission for Yale SOM by Mario Moore, MFA 2013

Since 2023, Mario Moore has worked with Yale SOM to research and create a special painting based on his exploration and examination of commerce and the history of New Haven.

Join us to celebrate this unique artwork now installed in Evans Hall and learn about its significance to our city.

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