This is the tale of an adolescent girl who grew up in an “unseeable” Dalit caste group in southern India whose forced occupation is to wash clothes of other Dalits, the dead, and menstruating women. She transcends her lot and becomes immortalised as their local deity, Maadathy.
Join Teen Librarian Emily to discuss the NEA’s Big Read, The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. Open to New Haven teens. Snacks and a zine about the book will be provided.
Join us for a special story time featuring books and songs focused on immigration, inclusion, and celebrating the diversity in our community. We will feature stories highlighting the immigrant experience and hold space for families to share their own stories.
Join us for a special story time featuring books and songs focused on immigration, inclusion, and celebrating the diversity in our community. We will feature stories highlighting the immigrant experience and hold space for families to share their own stories.
Join Yale Repertory Theatre for a special story time and kite-making activity. We will be reading Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki, which tells the story of Chinese-American illustrator and kite-maker Tyrus Wong. Inspired by Wong’s work as a kite-maker, each child will get a chance to construct and take home their own paper kite.
Enter this essay competition for a chance to be published!
Share your story - share your voice!
► Invitation to all Yale students, faculty, fellows, trainees, and staff (ages 18-35),
“I hope this cultural manifesto created by young people for a future society, might help us find our inner compass at a time when fog and apathy appear to have enveloped us obscuring any hypothetical visual, and might be a spark for change.” - Giovanni Caccamo
► Welcome to the Youth and future - Manifesto for Change event at Yale.
Families with young children are invited to participate in a fun watercolor printmaking activity.
Teens and their families are invited to participate in an activity where they create art related to the sounds of the Dixwell neighborhood and New Haven more broadly. This program is led by the Curatorial Fellows, Marquita Flowers and Clare Patrick, and is inspired by their exhibition, To Echo a Shadow.
YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE is an interactive video and sound installation designed by artist Ein Kim and brought to live by The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University. We invite you to create your own waves of lights and sound by operating the installation yourself. Join us for a fantastical journey into the world of watery reflections!
being on a journey / is not about departing / but inviting / new reflections of the world
Culinary and dance offerings in partnership with Yale-China. Stay tuned for details.
