Yale Daily News

The old Art & Architecture building probably would have been demolished long ago if razing it were not cost-prohibitive. But that prospect was unthinkable on […]

November 10, 2008

Since it was built in 1963, Paul Rudolph’s Art & Architecture Building has survived a fire, undergone dramatic renovations and been derided by critics for […]

November 7, 2008

The World Performance Project introduced the study of performance as an academic discipline just two years ago. Now, in its last year of funding, the […]

October 28, 2008

John Trumbull’s famous painting “The Declaration of Independence” will surely retain its position at the Yale University Art Gallery, but it may soon be surrounded […]

October 21, 2008

An ordinary walking tour of New Haven does not entail going into nondescript buildings on Orange, Church or Court streets, climbing up dark, rickety staircases […]

October 7, 2008

Queen Elizabeth is not the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of passion plays — nor is Adolf Hitler, nor capering fish. […]

September 16, 2008

The crowd that filled the Whitney Humanities Center on Friday night seemed to be an ordinary group of cinephiles, eating and drinking at the reception […]

September 9, 2008

The battle between two local liquor stores — one largely frequented by college students and the other popular among higher-income locals — is rooted in […]

January 18, 2008

Take “The Artist’s Studio” by Vermeer and replace the painting’s Muse of History in a voluminous blue robe with a naked woman. Now replace the […]

November 27, 2007

In the Middle Ages, the solution to the clash between religion and science was easy: Heretics were burned at the stake. In the 21st century, […]

November 13, 2007

New Haven aldermen on Monday debated the merits of a proposed Code of Ethics drafted to prevent corruption among city officials and employees. The New […]

October 30, 2007