Join us for a conversation about “ekphrasis,” the practice of describing images using words. While observing and discussing Hero and Leander by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), we will read a poem that the Italian author Giambattista Marino (1569–1625) wrote based on his firsthand study of the canvas. This program approaches looking and writing as complementary processes. Participants are invited to contribute a new, collaborative poetic response to Rubens’s painting. The event is led by two translators of Marino’s poems into English, Alejandro Octavio Nodarse, B.A.

Maker of a Kindly Permanence is an exhibit that celebrates Yale’s Oral History of American Music. Included are objects and recordings from OHAM’s earliest days as well as more recent materials, including contributions from Yale PhD student Ambre Dromgoole whose work studies early Black women gospel musicians. There will be an opening reception on February 2 from 4:00 to 5:30.
Curated by Ambre Dromgoole and Libby Van Cleve; and Richard Boursy (organizing curator)

The Yale-China Association, in partnership with the New Haven Museum, Town Green District, New Haven Free Public Library, and the City of New Haven, is proud to host the 11th Annual Lunarfest in New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday, January 28, 2023. Lunarfest, the largest celebration of Lunar New Year and Chinese culture in Connecticut, is one of New Haven’s premiere cultural events, promoting cross-cultural awareness and understanding and embracing community collaborations.

After Whiteness is for anyone who has ever questioned why theological education still matters. It is a call for Christian intellectuals to exchange isolation for intimacy and embrace their place in the crowd—just like the crowd that followed Jesus and experienced his miracles. It is part memoir, part decolonial analysis, and part poetry—a multimodal discourse that deliberately transgresses boundaries, as Jennings hopes theological education will do, too.
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The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this book club for families focusing on topics of social importance! Join us in person in the Children’s Room of the Ives Main Library (133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510) the first Saturday of every month, from 11-11:30 am.

January 7 - We March by Shane W. Evans | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Read about the 1963 March on Washington and express your dreams in a rainbow craft.