Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 19, 2000

Volume 28, Number 32

The Saigon Water Puppet Theater will perform a musical about village life in the Far East at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Y A L E&T H EC I T Y

International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Date: June 16-July 1
Admission: Many events are free; some require tickets
Info.: 1-888-ARTIDEA or www.artidea.org

Yale is a major sponsor of The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, one of the largest international festivals in the United States. A wide range of performers -- from musicians to puppeteers to dancers -- are featured in several hundred festival events. This year, the 16-day festival will take place in three cities: New Haven, Stamford and New London.

Among the events taking place on the Yale campus this year are a conference on the Bloomsbury Group, performances by the Bill Apollo Brown Trio, the Four Nations Ensemble, Cape Verdean blues and jazz singer Cesaria Evora and Argentinian pianist, composer and arranger Pablo Ziegler; a musical and spoken-word dramatization of a slave narrative by Craig Harris and Sekou Sundiata; and a film festival at the Yale Center for British Art . In addition, Yale will be the site for a day-long seminar titled "Reflection & Vision: The Future Isn't What it Used to Be," which will explore the place of the humanities in today's world.

Other festival highlights include a production of "Macbeth" by the Royal Shakespeare Company; a musical performed by the Saigon Water Puppet Theatre; a concert featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, led by Grammy-winning musician Wynton Marsalis; a performance by soloists from the Royal Swedish Ballet and the José Limón Dance Company; and a performance of "HMS Pinafore" by the D'Oly Carte Opera Company. The festival will celebrate Long Island Sound with sailing trips and a day of entertainment and events in Stamford centered around a visit by six historic "tall ships."

The festival will also feature talks on such topics as human stem cell research, global warming, public policy and the arts, children and the media, political polling, Internet democracy, Medicare and youth safety. Yale faculty members are among the participants in some of these talks.

The talents and cultures of local residents are also celebrated in the festival. Further information on festival events will appear in a future issue of this newspaper.

Shakespeare in the Park

Edgerton Garden Center, Edgerton Park, corner of Whitney Avenue and Cliff Street
Dates: Aug. 16-Aug. 20, Aug. 23-27, and Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Admission is free
Info.: (203) 772-1474

Yale is a supporter of this year's production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," a three-week show offered by the Elm Shakespeare Company at the scenic Edgerton Park.

The Elm Shakespeare Company is a professional theater company committed to establishing a discourse with Connecticut's communities and schools through the medium of Shakespeare's plays. This is the fifth year that the company will perform a Shakespearean drama at Edgerton Park. The event traditionally draws about 30,000 people.

Jazz on the Green

New Haven Green

Dates: Saturday evenings Aug. 5-26
Time: Opening acts begin at 6 p.m.
Admission is free
Info.: (203) 946-7821

Yale is a sponsor of the SNET New Haven Jazz Festival, a series of performances taking place on the New Haven Green on Saturday evenings in August.

The schedule of concerts follows.

Aug. 5 -- Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite

Aug. 12 -- Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck

Aug. 19 -- Grammy Award-winning timbale player and band leader Tito Puente (Yale is the main sponsor of this event)

Aug. 26 -- Former Blood, Sweat and Tears performer Mike Stern, recently named "Jazz Guitarist of the Year" by Guitar Player magazine

"Celebrate New Haven 4th"

Long Wharf Park
Date: July 4 (rain date July 5)
Time: 7 p.m. (tentative)
Admission is free
Info.: (203) 946-7821

Yale is a cosponsor of this July 4 festival at Long Wharf Park along the New Haven Harbor. This year's celebration will feature a performance of "Americana" music synchronized to one of the largest displays of fireworks in the State of Connecticut.

S U M M E R T I M EA TY A L E

Introduction Exhibits Music Yale & the City Theater

Lectures Recreation Professional Sports Information for Visitors

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

$5 million to fund student exchanges

Shiller predicts 'uneven course down' for the stock market

Janeway, Srinivasan are named as new members of the NAS

Seven from Yale are among the new fellows of the AAAS

Summertime at Yale

Chemistry lecturer honored with national award

Yale program for children lauded at dedication

Commencement Information

Show celebrates adventurous 'Art of Bloomsbury'

'Dance of the Dragon' traces use of mythical motifs in Chinese art

Study shows arthritis drug aids premature babies' brains

Roundtable discussion inaugurates Corporate Law Center

Newly unveiled portrait features first Yale graduate from China

Leffell's 'Total Skin' offers insights into our outer layer

Nurse practitioners group cites Grey and Safriet for their work

YSN and Connecticut Public Radio creating show on care of ill, elderly

'What is a Pathologist?': Young students have winning answers

Historian wins award for his creative use of technology

Multimedia projects receive special grants from the DMCA

Marrakech honors two at Yale for their volunteer contributions

Panelists decry nuclear proliferation in India, Pakistan

Students find 'creative outlet' in Battin' & Chattin'

Search committee formed for School of Drama Dean

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