 | Last year's International Cultural Festival included a demonstration of the Chinese art of Fulan Gong. This year's event will again feature performances by several cultural groups. |
The local and the global will mingle on Saturday, April 17, when Communiversity Day and the International Cultural Festival join forces to celebrate the ties between and diversity of the Yale and New Haven communities.
The two programs are hosting a day of fun and educational activities, entertainment and refreshments -- all free and open to the public -- 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Yale's Old Campus (bordered by Chapel, High, Elm and College streets).
"Celebrating the World of New Haven" is the theme of this year's Communiversity Day, the annual salute to the links between the campus and the city.
As in previous years, the day will include a range of activities for individuals of all ages. Youngsters can compete at a talent show at 1 p.m.; enjoy the games and rides at the Kids' Carnival, which will again feature a giant inflatable slide and Moon Bounce; or pick up a free book from the Book Bank, part of the Community Action Bazaar. Adults visiting the bazaar can get a blood pressure screening and participate in other interactive exhibits by over 25 Yale groups and New Haven agencies involved in public service -- from the Red Cross to homeless shelters to All Our Kin, a welfare-to-work program, and more.
Visitors young and old can stargaze in the middle of the day in a planetarium inside Dwight Hall Chapel, which is sponsored by DEMOS, a Yale undergraduate organization that presents science education programs in New Haven schools.
The day will also include entertainment by Yale and local groups and a fashion show at 12:30 p.m. (both co-sponsored by the International Cultural Festival); a broadcast by WYBC at 11 a.m.; and more.
In keeping with Communiversity Day tradition, free hotdogs and hamburgers will be available throughout the day.
This year for the first time, a limited bus service will be provided to those who otherwise can't get to Old Campus from several New Haven elementary schools, including Timothy Dwight, Celetano, Wexler/Grant, Strong Magnet, East Rock Magnet and Hill Central. Fliers with information about the bus service and the day's events will be distributed to city schoolchildren.
Communiversity Day is sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, the University's co-ed community service fraternity, in conjunction with Dwight Hall and Yale's Office of New Haven and State Affairs, among others.
The International Cultural Festival, which debuted last year, salutes the diverse peoples who comprise the campus and city communities.
Every year, Yale and New Haven welcome more than 3,000 international scholars, students and staff members and their families from over 100 countries. At the University alone, there are over 70 nationality/cultural clubs and organizations.
At the festival, visitors will be given "passports" that they can get stamped as they "travel" among the informative and entertaining exhibitions about various world cultures that will be presented by student groups. As noted above, there will also be performances of dance and music from around the globe, and a fashion show of traditional national dress.
One highlight of the festival will be an exhibition of photographs hosted by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies in conjunction with its photography contest. The display will feature international students' and scholars' images and stories from home, as well as photos taken by Yale study-abroad students and pictures depicting America's diversity.
The International Cultural Festival is sponsored and coordinated by the Office of International Students and Scholars. Co-sponsors of the event include the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the McDougal Graduate Student Life Center.
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