Tuesday, September 8–Sunday, October 25
The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
Materials from the George Roy Hill Collection (Manuscripts and Archives)
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The Gallery at the Whitney
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street
MW 3–5 pm
Or by appointment at (203) 432-0670
This exhibit of story boards, costume design, production stills, and other production material commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the New Haven and world premiere of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The exhibit is drawn from the complete production record of the film, which was donated to Yale by Director George Roy Hill, Yale Class of 1943.
www.yale.edu/whc/GalleryAtTheWhitney
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Wednesday, September 9
Indian Classical Music Soiree
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Pandit Vijay Kichlu, India's renowned classical Hindustani singer
Samar Saha, tabla
(Department of Music, Yale Art Gallery, South Asian Studies Council, the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale,
and Music at the Whitney)
4 pm, Room 208
For more information email kasturi.gupta@yale.edu
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Saturday, September 12
Freshman Orientation Film
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American Beauty (USA, 1999)
122 min. 35mm.
Director Sam Mendes
(Peer Liaisons to the Office of LGBTQ Resources, Films at the Whitney,
and Film Study Center)
8 pm, Auditorium
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Sunday, September 13
A special Freshman Orientation screening with Bruce Cohen '83, Producer
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Milk (USA, 2008) 128 min. 35mm.
Director Gus Van Sant
(Peer Liaisons to the Office of LGBTQ Resources, Films at the Whitney,
and Film Study Center)
2 pm, Auditorium
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Monday, September 14
Music in Non-Musical Texts in Classical Athens
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(Department of Classics
and Whitney Humanities Center)
10:30 am–6 pm, Room 208
For more information email
pauline.leven@yale.edu
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Friday, September 18
A Festival of Food and Film (September 17, 18, and 19)
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Cooking Demonstration with Jacques Pepin
2 pm, Auditorium (reservations required)
Babette's Feast (Denmark, 1987)
102 min. 35mm.
Director Gabriel Axel
Screening followed by "Women, Food, and Film: Transcending Expectations," a panel discussion with Kim Severson (New York Times), Laura Shapiro (Gourmet, Newsweek, Rolling Stone) and Yale faculty
(Film Studies Program, Films at the Whitney, and Yale Sustainable Food Project)
7 pm, Auditorium
For more information about the September 17 special screening of Julie and Julia followed by a conversation with Jacques Pepin and to make reservations for the cooking demonstration email Hannah.Burnett@yale.edu
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Saturday, September 19
A Festival of Food and Film (September 17, 18, and 19)
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Potluck Picnic and Closing Remarks
(Film Studies Program, Films at the Whitney,
and Yale Sustainable Food Project)
5 pm, Whitney Humanities Center courtyard
For more information about the September 17 special screening of Julie and Julia followed by a conversation with Jacques Pepin and to make reservations for the cooking demonstration email Hannah.Burnett@yale.edu
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Tuesday, September 22
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The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale presents Tom Brokaw,
Special Correspondent NBC News
"The Future of Journalism"
(Office of Public Affairs
and Whitney Humanities Center)
5 pm, Auditorium
For more information see
http://opa.yale.edu/poynter.aspx or
email Kianti.Roman@yale.edu
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Wednesday, September 30
"a searing exposé"- Variety
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American Casino (USA, 2009) 89 min.
Director Leslie Cockburn (MC '74)
Q & A with Leslie Cockburn following
first screening
(Film Studies Program and
Films at the Whitney)
6:30 and 9 pm, Auditorium
For more information email Ronald.Gregg@yale.edu
and see www.americancasinothemovie.com/
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Thursday, October 1
Special Screening with Producer Abby Disney
and Director Gini Reticker
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
(USA, 2008) 72 min. 35mm.
Screening followed by Q & A with
Abby Disney and Gini Reticker,
moderated by Chris Blattman (Political Science, Yale)
(Silliman College, Film Studies Program, Film Study Center, and Films at the Whitney, with generous support from the Traphagen Alumni Speaker Series and Yale College Office of Student Affairs)
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Limited seating. First come, first seated.
For more information email Ronald.Gregg@yale.edu
or see www.praythedevilbacktohell.com/v3/
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Friday, October 2
The Legacy of Lincoln
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A faculty colloquium featuring
David Blight, Caleb Smith, Stephen Skowronek, Michael Warner, Steven Smith, and David Bromwich, with moderators
Glenda Gilmore and Bryan Garsten
(Department of English, Gilder Lerhman Center, Humanities Program,
and Whitney Humanities Center)
1:30 pm, Auditorium
For more information email dana.schaffer@yale.edu
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Monday, October 5
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Crossroads of Youth (Korea, 1934) 70 min.
Director Ahn Jong-hwa
A film screening with live accompaniment
(Council for East Asian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney)
5 pm, Auditorium
For more information email seunghoon.jeong@yale.edu
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Tuesday, October 6
Humanities Lecture
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Jas Elsner, Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Archaeology, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, and Visiting Professor of Art History, University of Chicago
"Sacrifice in Late Antique Art"
(Humanities Program
and Whitney Humanities Center)
5 pm, Room 208
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Tuesday, October 6
The Funhouse Mirror of Experimental Film
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screenings and conversation with experimental filmmaker Lewis Klahr
(Film Studies Program and
Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
For more information email Ronald.Gregg@yale.edu
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Thursday, October 8
Two contemporary Cuban films featuring award-winning actress Annia Bu
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Los dioses rotos
(Broken Gods; Cuba, 2008) 90 min.
Director Ernesto Daranas
Followed by a Q & A with
the director and Annia Bu
6 pm, Auditorium
El cuerno de la abundancia (Horn of Plenty; Cuba and Spain, 2008) 107 min.
Director Juan Carlos Tabío
(Council on Latin American Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
and Films at the Whitney)
8 pm, Auditorium
For more information email ronald.gregg@yale.edu
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Friday, October 9–Saturday, October 10
"Postnational Literature in Contemporary Latin America" Symposium
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(Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Whitney Humanities Center)
Room 208
For more information email
joelle.siracuse@yale.edu
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Thursday, October 15
Special Pre-release Screening, Sundance Film Festival Award Winner
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Precious (USA, 2009) 109 min. 35mm.
Director Lee Daniels
with Executive Producer Lisa Cortes '82 and Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher
(Afro-American Cultural Center 40th Anniversary and Films at the Whitney)
5 pm, Auditorium
No more tickets available
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Friday, October 16
Fortieth Anniversary of the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale
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"Still on the Journey"
A dramatization of Black Yale history by House performance groups and alumni
MOVED: now at 114 SSS, 8:30 pm
(Afro-American Cultural Center, Association of Yale Alumni, and Whitney Humanities Center)
For more information see http://afam40.alumni.yale.edu
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Monday, October 19
Humanities Lecture
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Stephen Nichols, James M. Beall Professor of French and Humanities, Johns Hopkins University
"The Digital Romance of the Rose"
(Humanities Program, Department of Medieval Studies, Department of French,
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and Whitney Humanities Center)
5 pm, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Room 38
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Tuesday, October 20
"Overdoing It and Other Poems"
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A reading by Polish poet and
Franke Visiting Fellow Piotr Sommer
4:30 pm, Room 208
For more information about Mr. Sommer see poland.poetryinternationalweb.org
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Friday, October 23
Celebrating Director George Roy Hill
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Fortieth Anniversary Screening
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(USA, 1969) 112 min. 35mm.
Screening followed by Q & A with
Screenwriter William Goldman
and Associate Producer Robert Crawford;
moderated by Michael Kerbel (Director,
Yale Film Study Center)
(Film Study Center, Films at the Whitney,
and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium
Limited seating. First come, first seated.
Our apologies, reception is by invitation only.
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Saturday, October 24
Celebrating Director George Roy Hill
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Emmy Award-winning The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and
The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five
(featuring Kurt Vonnegut)
Screenings followed by Q & A
with Directors Robert Crawford
and Nick Doob
1–4:30 pm, Auditorium
Slaughterhouse-Five (USA, 1972)
104 min. 35mm.
Screening followed by Q & A with
Robert Crawford and Nick Doob, moderated by Michael Kerbel
(Film Study Center, Films at the Whitney,
and Whitney Humanities Center)
7 pm, Auditorium
Limited seating. First come, first seated.
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Sunday, October 25
Special Encore Screening
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(USA, 1969) 112 min. 35mm.
(Film Study Center, Films at the Whitney,
and Whitney Humanities Center)
3 pm, Auditorium
First come, first seated.
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Wednesday, October 28–Friday, March 5
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Who Knew? Paintings by Hazel Carby, Paul Fry, Richard Lalli, and John Loge
The Gallery at the Whitney
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street
MW 3–5 pm
Or by appointment at (203) 432-0670
www.yale.edu/whc/GalleryAtTheWhitney
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Wednesday, October 28
The 2009 Tanner Lectures on Human Values
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John Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
"Doctor Faustus and His Composition: Reflections on Thomas Mann's Fictional Composer"
4:30 pm, Auditorium
For more information contact Susan Stout at (203) 432-6556 or susan.stout@yale.edu
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Thursday, October 29
The 2009 Tanner Lectures on Human Values
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John Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
"Doctor Atomic and His Gadget: Composing the American Mythology"
4:30 pm, Auditorium
For more information contact Susan Stout at (203) 432-6556 or susan.stout@yale.edu
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Friday, October 30
Films for Halloween
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Hocus Pocus (USA, 1993) 96 min. 35mm.
Scream (USA, 1996) 111 min. 35mm.
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Limited seating. First come, first seated.
For more information email Ronald.Gregg@yale.edu or Taylour.Chang@yale.edu
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Monday, November 2
The Poetics of "Going Against The Tide": 45 Years of the Theatre of the Eighth Day
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Lecture by Kathleen Cioffi,
Princeton University Press
Response by Krystyna Illakowicz, Senior Lector, Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Yale Theater Studies Program
and Whitney Humanities Center)
5:30-7 pm, Room 208
For more information see http://wpp.research.yale.edu//events
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Friday, November 6
Music at the Whitney
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Yale Baroque Opera Project presents Handel
A sneak preview of Le tre stagioni,
a pasticcio of duets
and other vocal ensembles from the Italian ouevre of G. F. Handel
Featuring students from Richard Lalli's Performance of Vocal Music Class
4:30, Auditorium
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Tuesday, November 10
Humanities Lecture
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Gabor Klaniczay, University Professor at the Central European University,
Permanent Fellow and former Rector Collegium Budapest
"Bodily Effects of Visions: The
Medieval Evidence"
(Humanities Program, Department of Medieval Studies, Department of History,
and Whitney Humanities Center)
5 pm, Room 208
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Thursday, November 12
A Poynter Fellowship in Journalism Lecture
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Sharon Begley, Newsweek Senior Editor
"Science Journalism in an Irrational World"
(Office of Public Affairs
and Whitney Humanities Center)
4 pm, Room 208
Limited seating; first come, first seated.
For more information see http://opa.yale.edu/poynter.aspx
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Thursday, November 12
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Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica
(Australia, 2008) 85 min.
Director Malcolm McDonald
Followed by a Q & A with Tim Jarvis, Yale World Fellow and noted polar explorer, environmental scientist, and documentary filmmaker featured in the film
(Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project ,Yale Mountaineering Club,
Yale World Fellows Program,
and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
For more information email efan.wu@yale.edu or see
http://www.filmaust.com.au/mawson/
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Friday, November 13–Saturday, November 14
"Futurismo/Futurizm: The Futurists Avant-garde in Italy and Russia" Conference
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(Department of Italian, Department of Slavic Studies, Film Studies Program,
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and Whitney Humanities Center)
For more information email
Ann.Delauro@yale.edu
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Wednesday, December 2
A Conversation with Javier Marías
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Celebrated Spanish novelist
with Amy Hungerford (English), Noël Valis (Spanish and Portuguese)
and Barbara Epler (Editor-in-Chief of New Directions)
(John-Christophe Schlesinger Visiting Writer Fund and Whitney Humanities Center)
5:30 pm, Auditorium
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Thursday, December 3–Saturday, December 5
"After the Great War: European Film in 1919" Conference
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(Council on European Studies with a Title VI National Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Edward J.
and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund,
Film Studies Program, Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International
and Area Studies at Yale,
and Whitney Humanities Center)
For more information email marianne.lyden@yale.edu
or visit www.yale.edu/macmillan/europeanstudies
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Wednesday, December 9
Music at the Whitney
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The Jonathan Edwards Philharmonic Winter Chamber Concert
Mozart's Overture to La Clemenza di Tito,
Mozart's Oboe Concerto, featuring Minjung Han as soloist,
a new work by freshman Nathan Prillaman,
and Mozart's 40th Symphony in G Minor
(Jonathan Edwards College and Whitney Humanities Center)
3 pm, Auditorium
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Wednesday, December 9
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Special Double Feature—including Advanced Screening of NINE
8½ (Italy, 1963) 138 min. 35mm
Director Federico Fellini
6:30 pm, Auditorium
NINE (USA, 2009) 35mm
A musical based upon Fellini’s 8½
Director Rob Marshall (also directed Chicago)
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
9 pm, Auditorium
See trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3229876761/
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Thursday, December 10
Yale Law School Film Series
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Doubt (USA, 2008) 104 min. 35mm.
Introduction by Robert Post
(Dean, Yale Law School)
Post-screening discussion led by Robert Post and Katie Lofton (Religious Studies).
(Yale Law School and Films at the Whitney)
6:15 pm, Auditorium
Limited seating. RSVP to law.studentaffairs@yale.edu with
YES - Doubt @ WHC in the subject line along with your name and
Yale affiliation (e.g., Divinity School, Film Studies, etc.).
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Friday, December 11
Special Preview Screening
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It's Complicated (USA, 2009) 35mm.
Director Nancy Meyers
with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin,
and Steve Martin
Followed by Q & A with Production Designer Jon Hutman (CC '84)
(Calhoun College and Films at the Whitney)
7 pm, Auditorium
Limited seating; first come, first seated.
For more information see http://www.apple.com/trailers/
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