Young at Heart: Yale Glee Club & YSO
Featured Gnomies: George Gemelas ’18, Kimberly Lai ’18, Monica Barbosa ’19, Sarah Switzer ’19, Sara Speller ’19, Maddie Bogert ’19, Julia Zhu ’19, Dennis Zhao ’19, Hannah Lawrence ’19, Charlotte Winkler ’20, Julia Hossain ’21, Epongue Ekille ’21, Josh Brooks ’21, Eric Liu ’21, Divine Uchegbu ’21
The first concert of the new year is a lilting reminder of simpler times, featuring two pieces portraying the perspectives of children. The Yale Symphony Orchestra presents Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, a fairy-tale ballet originally written as a piano duet for two children, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with soprano Jessica Pray, said to represent a child’s view of heaven. Featuring Yale Glee Club in the world premiere of Caroline Shaw’s “Music in Common Time,” guest conducted by Yale Glee Club director Jeffrey Douma.
See them perform: Saturday, February 10 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm in Woolsey Hall
The Christians
Featured Gnomies: Anelisa Fergus ’19, Cara Washington ’18, Annie Jones ’18, Clay Bailey ‘20
Just your average play about a megachurch pastor who one day decides to lead his flock down a (in his eyes) more righteous path. An earnest exploration of belief in America and of the current generation’s attempts to reconcile scripture with modern life.
See them perform: February 8, 9, 10 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm and February 10 2018 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Whitney Humanities Center
Step Up: La Isla
Featured Gnomies: Ashlynn Torres ’19
Come watch some of the HOTTEST groups on campus shake it, stomp it, and work it OUT for a good cause! Tickets are $7 and all funds will be given to the Hispanic Federation to help support hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico!
See them perform: Fri, February 9 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the Off Broadway Theater
Y Fashion House Presents: Ephemera
Featured Gnomies: George Gemelas ’18, Ale Padin-Dujon ’18
This year’s Y Fashion House Winter Show, Ephemera, will display how fashion has been employed as an art form throughout the years. Featuring New York, Connecticut and Yale student designers as well as student models, the show will take place Friday, February 9th at 10pm in Silliman dining hall. We hope you will join us for an incredible evening of unique style and student performances!
See them perform: Fri, February 9 from 10:00pm to 11:30pm in the Silliman College Dining Hall
Lux Presents: Horcrux Improvitas
Featured Gnomie: Tully Goldbrick ’21
HELLO FRIENDS! Do you love to laugh? Do you love Harry Potter? Are you nostalgic for a childhood that grows more and more distant with each passing day? Are you interested in learning how to perform actually sorcery in order to defeat that DS kid that always talked down to you as a first-year? THEN COME ON DOWN and join Lux Improvitas for two fully improvised plays based on everyone’s favorite(?) boy wizard!
See them perform: Fri, Feb 9 from 8:00pm to 9:30pm in LC 101.
Yale Undergraduate Piano Collective: Suites & Sweets
The Yale Undergraduate Piano Collective is excited to present its second concert of year, with a loosely Valentine’s-Day-themed program of music for two pianos and piano four-hands! Featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Mozart, Barber, and Piazzolla, along with some delicious sweets, this event isn’t one you’ll want to miss!
See them perform: Fri, Feb 9 at 9:00pm in the Davenport Dining Hall
Burden of Proof: a Murder Mystery
Featured Gnomies: Annie Nields ’21, Kai Nip ’21, Becca Rubright ’21
Proof of the Pudding’s annual Jam.
See them perform: Fri, February 9th at 8:00pm in Sudler Hall (WLH). Doors open at 7:45pm (7:30pm for priority seating).
Yaledancers and Whiffenpoofs Valentine’s Day Show
Featured Gnomie: Sara Meyers ’18, Allie Bensinger ’20, Kaylyn Williams ’17
Yaledancers and the Whiffenpoofs present their annual collaboration show this Valentine’s Day! Hear the Whiffs sing while YD dances to your favorite love songs on February 13th at the Hopper Cabaret at 7 and 9pm. Tickets available at yaledancers.com ($5 students, $10 adults)
See them perform: Tue, February 13, 2018 from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM in the Hopper Cabaret