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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Over the last half of the 19th century, ship chandler and admiralty lawyer James Gilchrist Swan came to be recognized as one of the country’s foremost experts on the history and culture of Northwest Coast Indian communities. A display of more than 100 pictures drawn by or collected by Swan reveals the depth of his expertise. Included are 11 drawings by 19th-century Haida artist Johnny Kit Elswa.
Commencement Official festivities marking Yale’s 302nd Commencement begin at noon on Saturday, May 24, with a carillon concert on the Old Campus. The musical celebrations continue that night with the Glee Club’s concert in Woolsey Hall and the Dramat’s musical at University Theatre (both at 8 p.m.), and on Sunday with the School of Music concert at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at 4 p.m., the Concert Band’s Twilight Concert on Old Campus at 7 p.m., and the joint Whiffenpoofs/Whim 'n Rhythm performance in Woolsey Hall at 8 p.m. Baccalaureate services take place in Woolsey Hall at 2:30 p.m. on May 24, and 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on May 25. New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman speaks at Class Day on May 25 at 2 p.m. Commencement exercises are at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 26, on the Old Campus.
Yale Repertory
Theatre
The world premiere of this play by Tony award winner David Rabe, based on Anton Chekhov’s novella, features Sam Waterston '62 as the landowner Yegor Semyonitch Pesotsky, whose life is turned upside down with the return home of his former ward, Andrei Vasilich Kovrin. Romance blossoms between Kovrin and Pesotsky’s daughter Tanya, but a ghostlike figure that haunts Kovrin threatens to have a devastating effect on all of them.
University
Art Gallery
The medium of watercolor enjoyed its earliest use as a practical means for travelers to record topography, but by the early 19th century in England, it had gained a prominence almost equal to that of oil painting. This influence was eventually felt in America, where watercolor’s standing was greatly elevated and its popularity increased. Since the early 20th century, critics have called watercolor “the American medium” due to its brilliant and imaginative use by some of this country’s finest artists. An exhibit of 25 paintings from the Art Gallery’s wide-ranging collection of American watercolors is on view in the American Matrix Gallery, and includes works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Thomas Moran, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper, among others.
Women Faculty
Forum
The Women Faculty Forum (WFF) is a group of professors and staff from across the University committed to deepening understanding of the effects and implications of gender on all fields of thought. A conference cosponsored by the WFF, the Center for International and Area Studies, the Law School, and the Crossing Borders program examines the effects that the movement of people across national borders has had on women, their children, and their families. Judith Resnik of the Law School, Vicki C. Jackson of the Georgetown University Law Center, and Nicola Lacey from the London School of Economics are among the many speakers and panelists.
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