Arts & music at Yale this week
Every upcoming concerts, art and performances at Yale University, from the university's own calendars and updated every day.
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Rooted in Heritage: Art Across Yale’s Cultural Centers8:00 AM – 6:00 PMYale Schwarzman Center The Well GalleryFree
- The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography8:00 AM – 6:00 PMYale Schwarzman Center Presidents' GalleryFree
- West of the River8:00 AM – 6:00 PMYale Schwarzman Center The Well GalleryFree
- Nguni: Migrant Nations of Southeast Africa10:00 AM – 5:00 PMYale University Art Gallery
- Sarah Sze: Images in Translation10:00 AM – 5:00 PMYale University Art Gallery
- "Beyond the Classroom" — Programs Abroad Show12:00 PM – 6:00 PM32 Edgewood Avenue
- 90 years of The Nairobi Music Society: A journey across secular, religious, political, social, technological and cultural identities12:00 PM – 1:00 PMMiller Hall
- Interwoven: Sounds and Visions from the World’s Refugee Camps12:00 PM – 4:00 PMMiller Hall
- "SHAKA ILEMBE"3:00 PM – 4:00 PMYale University Art Gallery
- Film Screening of "Un Amor" (2023)3:30 PM – 5:45 PMHumanities Quadrangle L01
- Teacher Leadership Program4:00 PM – 5:00 PMOnline
- “Beauties of My Style”: Errata and the Printed Mistake4:30 PMSterling Memorial Library Hanke Gallery
- Dzana's Fall Showcase '26: Back to School5:00 PM – Tomorrow 5:00 PMOff Broadway Theater
- POSTPONED: Choral Fest: Canons and Rounds!5:15 PM – 6:15 PMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Mezzanine
- Landscapes of Desire: The Caribbean5:30 PM – 6:30 PMYale University Art Gallery
- Public reception for "Beyond the Classroom" — Programs Abroad Show6:00 PM – 8:00 PM32 Edgewood Avenue
- Highlights Tours6:30 PM – 7:30 PMYale University Art Gallery
- Film: The Murder of Fred Hampton + May Day x 47:00 PM – 9:30 PMHumanities Quadrangle L01
- Iphis and Ianthe7:00 PM – Tomorrow 7:00 PMThe Dome at the Schwarzman Center, 168 Grove Street
- The Sweet Spot: Stand-Up Comedy7:00 PM – 8:30 PMYale Schwarzman Center The WellFree
- New Music New Haven: Martin Bresnick & Aaron Jay Kernis7:30 PM – 9:30 PMMorse Recital HallFree
- Organ Improv Showcase7:30 PM – 9:00 PMWoolsey Hall
- Iphis and Ianthe7:30 PM – Tomorrow 7:30 PMThe Dome at the Schwarzman Center, 168 Grove Street
- VEGAN BEEF8:00 PM – Tomorrow 8:00 PMCrescent Underground, Morse and Stiles Colleges, 304 York Street
- The Story of My Life8:00 PM – Tomorrow 8:00 PMUnderbrook Theater, Saybrook College, 242 Elm Street
- Dzana's Fall Showcase '26: Back to School8:00 PM – Tomorrow 8:00 PMOff Broadway Theater
Friday, November 6, 2026
- “Signs of Time: and the Science of the Stars in the Renaissance”12:00 AMHarvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library Sterling Hall of Medicine, Rotunda
- Beauty Unadorned: “Fire!!” and the Harlem Renaissance12:00 AMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- “Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry”12:00 AMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Satire, Sympathy, and Social Critique: William Hogarth’s Progress Prints12:00 AMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- In the Spirit: The Life and Work of Lex Hixon12:00 AMYale Divinity Library Latourette Learning Center
- Poetry and the Everyday Virtual Gallery12:00 AMFree
- An Artist’s America: Toward a More Perfect Union12:00 AMHaas Family Arts Library Lower Level
- Tasteful Modulations: Celebrating Fenno Heath’s 100th Birthday and Yale Glee Club’s 165th Anniversary12:00 AMSterling Memorial Library Gilmore Music Library Exhibition Corridor
- RUSUNUNGUKO (liberty / independence / freedom)12:00 AMYale Schwarzman Center
- West of the River8:00 AM – 6:00 PMYale Schwarzman Center The Well GalleryFree
- Rooted in Heritage: Art Across Yale’s Cultural Centers8:00 AM – 6:00 PMYale Schwarzman Center The Well GalleryFree
- The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography8:00 AM – 6:00 PMYale Schwarzman Center Presidents' GalleryFree
- Rock, Paper, Scripture: Sources and Materials in Late Antique Arabia and Early Islam9:00 AM – 5:30 PMHumanities Quadrangle HQ 276
- Sarah Sze: Images in Translation10:00 AM – 5:00 PMYale University Art Gallery
- Nguni: Migrant Nations of Southeast Africa10:00 AM – 5:00 PMYale University Art Gallery
- "Beyond the Classroom" — Programs Abroad Show12:00 PM – 6:00 PM32 Edgewood Avenue
- E&RS Colloquium: Goda Palekaitė Screening and Discussion12:30 PM – 1:45 PMRosenfeld Hall
- Julia Angwin, Proof News, The Markup, & Shorenstein Center at Harvard JFK School1:30 PM – 2:30 PMHumanities Quadrangle L01
- Beinecke Library Tour1:30 PMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Imagining Futurities: A Symposium in Honor of Hazel Carby2:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- “Beauties of My Style”: Errata and the Printed Mistake4:30 PMSterling Memorial Library Hanke Gallery
- An Evening with Natasha Trethewey5:30 PM – 6:30 PMYale Center for British Art Auditorium
- Dropouts and Dreamers Film Series: THE WAY STEEL WAS TEMPERED (1988)7:00 PM – 9:30 PMHumanities Quadrangle L01
- Iphis and Ianthe7:00 PM – Sat, Nov 7 7:00 PMThe Dome at the Schwarzman Center, 168 Grove Street
- Roshni7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWoolsey Hall
- Yaledancers: YD on the Line7:00 PM – Sat, Nov 7 7:00 PMCooperative Arts and Humanities High School
- ADVANCED SCREENING: Focker-in-Law7:30 PM – 10:00 PMHumanities Quadrangle L02
- Iphis and Ianthe7:30 PM – Sat, Nov 7 7:30 PMThe Dome at the Schwarzman Center, 168 Grove Street
- VEGAN BEEF8:00 PM – Sat, Nov 7 8:00 PMCrescent Underground, Morse and Stiles Colleges, 304 York Street
- The Story of My Life8:00 PM – Sat, Nov 7 8:00 PMUnderbrook Theater, Saybrook College, 242 Elm Street
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- “Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry”12:00 AMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Satire, Sympathy, and Social Critique: William Hogarth’s Progress Prints12:00 AMBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- “Signs of Time: and the Science of the Stars in the Renaissance”12:00 AMHarvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library Sterling Hall of Medicine, Rotunda
- RUSUNUNGUKO (liberty / independence / freedom)12:00 AMYale Schwarzman Center
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