Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:30 p.m.

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Harkness bells silent until May 8.28.09

Yale’s most iconic landmark will spend the year shrouded behind a mask of tarp and steel.

Rapper Ludacris visits Elm City 3.27.09

“You sell 3 million copies, you become a role model,” hip-hop artist Chris “Ludacris” Bridges said Thursday afternoon.

On the ground: Ludacris meets with at-risk youth 3.27.09

Elis were not the only students to hear from Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges on Thursday.

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N*E*R*D, Girl Talk tapped for Spring Fling 3.23.09

The funk rock band N*E*R*D, the remix artist Girl Talk and the rapper Wale are slated to perform at Spring Fling next month, the News has learned.

Without funding, Audubon in limbo 3.05.09

Uncertain economic prospects have cast a cloud of paranoia over Audubon Street, the epicenter of New Haven’s arts scene.

Shore shares insights on ‘Rings’ trilogy 3.04.09

When director Peter Jackson asked Howard Shore to compose the score for “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, Shore studied J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world before beginning four years of writing music.

Bowing for Yo-Yo 1.13.09

James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Diana Krall — these are but a few of the world-famous musicians who have collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, the celebrated cellist who will perform next Tuesday at the 44th Presidential Inauguration. Kevin Olusola ’10 would like to see his name added to that list, and he is nerve-wrackingly close.

Group brings music to city schools 1.13.09

When Austin Kase ’11 was a high school student in New Jersey, he noticed the dearth of musical instruments at public schools. To fill the void, he launched Share the Music, a program that accepts donated instruments and places them in music classrooms.

Whiskey, politics and folk 9.16.08

Early Friday afternoon, a hard decision had to be made: With 24 hours till stage time, and rain clouds on the make, should the Connecticut Folk Festival go ahead with its Saturday open-air venue in Edgerton Park, or retreat to the weather-protected auditorium of the Southern Connecticut State University?

Salovey raises the roof with ‘Professors’ 9.16.08

The Professors of Bluegrass are a motley crew, but they have no relation to the heavy-metal band. Their name not withstanding, only two of the seven are actually professors. Their titles and professions range from the next provost of Yale College to Saybrook College junior to artisan woodworker.

Folk Rock: Post-rehab, Earle earns legend title 9.16.08

Steve Earle is something like a combination of Gram Parsons and Woody Guthrie — he’s nearly as well known for his fiery Marxist politics as his music, and he has published books of haiku and short stories to stand next to his records.

It's not easy hearing green 9.10.08

Rich chords cresendoed beneath the emerald and gold ceiling of Woolsey Hall as Jessica French MUS ’08 struck at the ivory keys of the organ during her senior recital.