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Mondays at Beinecke: Belle da Costa Greene and Modern Art with Deborah Parker

In the new book “Becoming Belle da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian through Her Letters” (Florence: I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies , 2024), Deborah Parker chronicles the making and empowerment of a female connoisseur, curator, and library director in a world where such positions were held by men. Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian (1908–1913) and the first Director of the Morgan Library (1924–1948). She was also the daughter of two mixed-race parents and passed for white.

Mondays at Beinecke: Reflections on Shining Light on Truth with Michael Morand, David Jon Walker, and Charles Warner

A discussion with the curatorial and design team for the exhibition, “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery,” on view through March 1 at the New Haven Museum. The exhibition opened nearly one year ago on February 16, 2024. It presents evidence of the essential role of enslaved and free Black people in New Haven and at Yale. It celebrates Black resistance and community building. And it illuminates knowledge kept alive in archives and memory for more than three centuries—even when the dominant culture chose to ignore, bury, or forget.

Preserving Your History: Getting Started with Your Own Archives

Have old family documents you want to keep safe for the future? Worried about losing your digital photos? Have boxes of stuff and aren’t sure where to start? Join archivist Jennifer Coggins from Yale’s Beinecke Library for an introduction to preserving the records and stories you want to pass on to future generations of your family and community. Learn strategies for deciding what to keep, preserving materials in different formats, and applying “archival thinking” in our day-to-day lives. Register by calling Creative Arts Workshop at (203) 562-4927.

Mondays at Beinecke: Robert Nathaniel Dett with Nathaniel Gumbs, Jason Max Ferdinand, and Perry So

A talk in conjunction with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s Connecticut premiere of Robert Nathaniel Dett’s “The Ordering of Moses” (in concert on Sunday, February 9, at 3pm in Woolsey Hall). The talk will include Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University; Jason Max Ferdinand, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Maryland, College Park; and Perry So, Music Director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Zoom webinar registration link: https://bit.ly/3WjFjCk

Lunarfest 2025 - Year of the Snake

The Yale-China Association is proud to present the 14th annual Lunarfest in New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday, February 1st, 2025. Lunarfest is the largest celebration of Lunar New Year in Connecticut and is one of New Haven’s premiere cultural events. Lunarfest 2025 celebrates the Year of the Snake in the Chinese Zodiac. The day’s festivities will begin at 10 am with a parade down Whitney Avenue between Grove and Trumbull Streets featuring a lion dance, a traditional Chinese dance performance, martial arts demonstrations, and speeches from local community leaders.

ISM Fellows Event: Tongues Untied at 35: Black Queerness, Art, and the Sacred (Feb 12-13)

Join us at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music for a two-day commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Marlon Riggs’ groundbreaking documentary, Tongues Untied, a film that Riggs famously described as an effort to “shatter the nation’s brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference.” On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, from 6–8 p.m., we will host a screening of the film, followed by a talkback session where scholars, artists, and practitioners will reflect on its lasting impact on Black queer representation and Riggs’ powerful use of art to confront silence around race and sexual

ISM Fellows Event: Tongues Untied at 35: Black Queerness, Art, and the Sacred (Feb 12-13)

Join us at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music for a two-day commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Marlon Riggs’ groundbreaking documentary, Tongues Untied, a film that Riggs famously described as an effort to “shatter the nation’s brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference.” On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, from 6–8 p.m., we will host a screening of the film, followed by a talkback session where scholars, artists, and practitioners will reflect on its lasting impact on Black queer representation and Riggs’ powerful use of art to confront silence around race and sexual

2025 University MLK Commemoration featuring Bishop William J. Barber II

Monday, January 27, 2025 | 6:00pm to 7:00pm (Doors open at 5:15 p.m.)

This event is free and open to the public, and it will also be livestreamed. Registration is required to attend.

The Yale University and Greater New Haven communities are invited to attend this year’s MLK Commemoration that honors the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are pleased to announce that this year’s commemoration will feature Bishop William J. Barber II.

The Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II

Centering the Black Sacred Arts: Research, Education, and Public Life: Black Sacred Arts Conference

May 12-14, 2025, the ISM’s fourth Black Sacred Arts conference will convene scholars and artists to consider the theoretical and practical work of centering the Black sacred arts in the academy and beyond. It will explore ways to incorporate the study and practice of the Black sacred arts in curricula and public life with the aim of uncovering new methodologies, epistemologies and pedagogies offered through their study.

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