Laurelin Kruse
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Video: Smilow Cancer Hospital Dedication Ceremony
October 21, 2009: The official opening ceremony of the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
Open Studios showcases local art
Artists, art collectors and curious locals surveyed these forgotten corners of eclectic New Haven art at Artspace’s 2009 City-Wide Open Studios event this past weekend. The event brought together Elm City art lovers over two busy days of viewing, collecting and conversing about local art. The Open Studios weekend has celebrated the local art community for the past 12 years and continues to draw large crowds of viewers seeking to explore New Haven from a cultural perspective.
Who let the puppiez out?
America loves dogs, and these days Hollywood is more than happy to supply them. While you, the average moviegoer, decide which dog movie you should see, scene ponders a more important question: Which dog movie ARE you — which best matches your essence? Take this quiz to find out.
Briefly: More Americans study abroad
The number of American students studying abroad increased by 8 percent in the 2006-’07 academic year after rising 8.5 percent the previous year, according to the annual Open Doors report released Monday by the Institute of International Education. The surge of students studying abroad in the past decade has been accompanied by an increase in the number of students receiving academic credit for study abroad, which has risen by almost 150 percent from the 1996-’97 academic year to the 2006-’07 academic year. The number of Yale students studying abroad in the last academic year decreased by 22 percent from the previous year to 141 students.
Forestry gets new digs for ’09
But the new home of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Kroon Hall — a project that began in 2006 — is on schedule and expected to be open by the end of this calendar year, officials at the school say. FES, currently scattered across several buildings across Science Hill, will move into the building over the winter break and begin to host classes there in the spring semester.
The album isn’t great, but you can still get high and watch the video.
If Georgie Fruit ate the movie “Yellow Submarine” for breakfast and then had a party at his drafting table, the result would be the music video for Of Montreal’s “Id Engager.”
Panels to discuss class issues | IAC hopes to make change, but goals unclear
The University’s newly created body for fostering cultural dialogue met for the first time this week, as students and faculty comprising the Intercultural Affairs Council convened in the Dean’s Office to lay out goals for the coming year. The IAC — conceived and developed over the last 11 months — has been created to “support an inclusive and diverse campus environment that engages in community dialogue,” while promoting cultural awareness and challenging social identity biases, as an August e-mail announcing the body’s creation described it.
Folk drops from her ‘Tongue’
Jenny Lewis has traded her hot pants for a fedora and sexy pop beats for sultry gospel-country rock rhythm. On her second solo album, “Acid Tongue,” Lewis looks to music reminiscent of decades past to carry her craft forward.
‘River’ is metaphorical misery
Few American films venture away from themes of realizing the American dream. Even fewer films dare to make their audiences miserable for two hours. “Frozen River,” a debut film from director and writer Courtney Hunt, does both.