Mai Wang
A Field Guide to Public Art

Some call it a sidewalk; others call it art. Walk down Chapel Street, turn right on Orange, look down, and you’ll find the New Haven […]

My Yale – Tickling the Rare Ivories

On the second floor of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, there’s a sign that reads: “Please do not sit or play on instruments.” But […]

Personal Essay – This is the First Minute of the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

A birthday is returning to the launch site after a year away. We come in dusty, surprised to see ourselves in an old place again. […]

Profile – The Singing Woodsman

The carpenters were careful to hide their seams in this room: the brick insides are covered by a curtain of paint, the floorboards are free […]

Ideas Yale Should Steal

WHAT DO WE DO WITH A DRUNKEN SINGER? The only a cappella group with punctuation marks in its name, ARRR!!! of Brown University specializes in […]

Barefood Buddhism

From time to time, it is delicious to walk in church with bare feet. It is Thursday night in Battell Chapel, and the three of […]

Profile – Barefoot Buddhism

From time to time, it is delicious to walk in church with bare feet. It is Thursday night in Battell Chapel, and the three of […]

Road Kill Grace

The old art building at the base of Science Hill is rumored to be marked for demolition this year. With it goes a gym, now […]