Arts-Area News

Digital Theatre Plus
February 28, 2014
Yale University Library now subscribes to the streaming video database Digital Theatre Plus. Videos included are complete, recently-filmed stage productions of plays, musicals, and operas from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Young Vic, and other well-known West End companies and venues. The “...
From "In Walked Bud" by David Johnson. Image used with permission.
February 17, 2014
February 24 – June 16, 2014 Improvisation is the word that first comes to mind for many when they think of jazz.  Imagine musicians playing together, being inspired by each other’s performance, and collaborating to make something new.  Many visual artists take a similar approach, especially those...
Gospel Book, Byzantine, late 13th century, Getty Museum
January 24, 2014
This week, Getty Publications launched a Virtual Library that provides free access to 250 of its backlist titles, including Getty collection catalogues, exhibition catalogues, journals, and publications on conservation of cultural heritage. Virtual Library books are the newest part of the Getty’s ...
Silence is an Orchard by Lauren Henkin
January 13, 2014
The Photographic Memory Workshop at Yale University and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library present a hands-on workshop, The Contemporary Photobook to be held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Friday, January 17th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The workshop will begin at 9:00...
January 7, 2014
Art and Architecture in Video delivers over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Subjects include Architecture, buildings, cities, visual artists, art criticism, art...
"Much Ado About Nothing," 1972, New York Shakespeare Festival (Delacorte Theatre), New York
December 17, 2013
Yale’s School of Architecture and School of Drama present “Stage Designs by Ming Cho Lee,” a retrospective of the award-winning designer and Yale professor’s work in theater, opera, and dance. Since the 1960s, Lee has been one of the world’s most celebrated and influential set designers, renowned...
19th-century trade card, Leavitt & Brant (Berg Fashion Library)
December 16, 2013
The Berg Fashion Library is regularly updated with new online-exclusive content, including this weather-appropriate entry on “Figure Skating Dress and Costume.” The article surveys the history of skating wear from the seventeenth century to Sonja Henie, the Ice Capades, and famous fashion designers...

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