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The Beinecke Library marks the 247th anniversary of the nation’s founding with a special display of vital documents of United States history from Yale Library special collections.
Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a discussion with the President & CEO of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America/Michelle’s House about the history and updates of a disease that affects the black and brown communities globally.
In honor of Juneteenth this year, YAAA has invited Jeffrey A. Fletcher, owner and collector of the Ruby and Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum, to discuss the true meaning of Juneteenth through actual artifacts from the last 1800’s.
Join the Yale African American Affinity Group as it explores the Kiyama Movement’s primary focus and purpose for black males. Founder and CEO Michael A. Jefferson Esq. will discuss the principles and 5 steps to creating a better society throughout the world starting with individual improvement.
The New Haven Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and Epsilon Iota Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. invites you to the 10th Annual FREE Market and Health Symposium on Saturday June 11th from 9am to 2pm (rain or shine) at The Dixwell Q House, 197 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven. Free food, free clothing, free shoes, free household items, free toys, free health screening, and much more! Stop by the YAAA and YLNG table for free blood pressure screenings and swag!
Yale University President Peter Salovey presents the 2022 awards in drama, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and former United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey delivers the annual Windham-Campbell Lecture “Why I Write.”
Trethewey will be introduced by Meghan O’Rourke, editor of The Yale Review.
The lecture will also be livestreamed on the Windham-Campbell YouTube channel
CCAM is thrilled to be working with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas to present director and immersive artist Tamara Shogaolu’s augmented-reality installation “Un(re)solved” — a collaboration between her studio, Ado Ato Pictures, and FRONTLINE (PBS). You can experience the installation on Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, on the New Haven Green. The “Un(re)solved” installation is part of a multiplatform initiative by FRONTLINE (PBS) that “examin[es] a federal effort to grapple with America’s legacy of racist killings.”
CCAM is thrilled to be working with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas to present director and immersive artist Tamara Shogaolu’s augmented-reality installation “Un(re)solved” — a collaboration between her studio, Ado Ato Pictures, and FRONTLINE (PBS). Please join us on Thursday, June 9 at 5:30pm EDT for a virtual conversation about the piece between Tamara and artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, hosted by CCAM Assistant Director Lauren Dubowski.
Please join the Working Women’s Network on the corner of Hillhouse Avenue and Grove Street for a well-deserved break from our busy day to have a sweet treat! The Cannoli Truck and Koffee Katering will be providing free cannolis and coffee/tea for the first 200 guests. Stop by to meet old friends or make new ones. Only one cannoli and coffee/tea per person, while supplies last.
The museum’s docents discuss the special exhibition Bridget Riley: Perceptual Abstraction. This exhibition is the largest survey in the United States in over twenty years of the British abstract artist Bridget Riley. For seven decades Riley has explored line, form, shape, pattern, and color to create dynamic works of art that pulse, shift, and glow with energy and movement. Our docents will discuss the exhibition, Riley’s history, and her influences over this impressive career.
