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  • When the play's not the thing

    Yale’s theaters are still dark, so the Yale Rep is using its poster cases to promote good pandemic practices with (slightly altered) quotes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 24 2021 07:58am

  • Throwback Thursday: Glee

    Our February 1961 cover, designed by Norman Ives ’52MFA, commemorated the centennial of the Yale Glee Club. Any Glee Club alums out there? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 11 2021 08:01am

  • Mystery Monday: snowy sculpture

    This piece by an American artist used to be in the Art Gallery’s sculpture garden, but now it's outside Street Hall facing Chapel Street. Who... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2020 07:54am | Ico comments 2 comments

  • Command performance

    We miss hearing live music on campus. But the School of Music’s online collection of performances is a pleasure, and a healthy alternative to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 3 2020 08:16am

  • Happy Thanksgiving to all!

    Back in 1890, football was part of Thanksgiving at Yale, as seen in Frederic Remington’s painting (from the Yale Art Gallery) of that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 25 2020 06:30am

  • Inside out

    The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is closed to the public during the pandemic. But you can still see some of what’s inside through... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 24 2020 08:15am

  • Throwback Thursday: strings attached

    Back in 1895, the Alumni Weekly was big on sports, but we did not neglect the fine arts. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 12 2020 07:56am

  • Be a trouper

    With no new shows to promote, the poster cases outside the University Theatre are being deployed for a public health message. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 20 2020 09:43am

  • Art is back!

    It’s far from back to normal, but the Art Gallery (shown here) and the Center for British Art both reopened to visitors last Friday. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 2 2020 08:01am

  • Recycled

    Yale’s nuclear particle accelerator was removed in 2015, but a piece of it remains in front of its former home, Wright Laboratory. Artist... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2020 07:52am

  • Walk this way

    The Yale University Art Gallery hasn’t yet announced when it will reopen, but they’ve been getting ready for guests. Arrows at the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 8 2020 08:10am

  • Go outside and play

    These are not easy times for singers and players of wind instruments. But these three trombone students from the School of Music (left to right: Ben... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 3 2020 07:58am

  • Scully's centennial

    Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vincent Scully Jr. ’40, ’49PhD, the renowned Yale professor and art historian, who died... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 21 2020 07:52am | Ico comments 4 comments

  • Stories in glass

    Artist Barbara Earl Thomas has been commissioned to create new stained glass panes for the windows of the Grace Hopper College dining hall. The new... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 14 2020 07:39am

  • Seabury’s second act

    When you watch the film version of Hamilton tonight, keep an eye out for Samuel Seabury, Yale Class of 1748. He’s the guy in the Anglican... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 3 2020 08:00am

  • Juneteenth in Oklahoma

    Happy Juneteenth! This image of a Juneteenth celebration in 1920s Oklahoma comes from a silent film by amateur filmmaker Solomon Sir Jones. Jones... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 19 2020 09:04am

  • The Will to carry on

    “Our separation so abides, and flies, That thou, residing here, go’st yet with me, And I, hence fleeting, here remain with thee.”... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 23 2020 07:51am

  • Portrait of the architect

    The rich ornament of Yale’s early–twentieth century neo-gothic buildings includes the visages of the architects, craftsmen, and patrons... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 24 2020 08:49am

  • Group effort

    Since Sol Lewitt left his wall drawings to Yale after his death in 2007—actually, they are instructions for wall drawings that anyone can... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 10 2020 08:25am