Arts & CultureCalendarBlue: Color and ConceptBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Disparate objects that feature the color blue—from Langston Hughes’s cigarette case and Edith Wharton’s Paris driver’s permit to blueprints, poetry, and American popular music—come together in a cultural history of the color in arts and letters. Through April 19
Byobu: The Grandeur of Japanese ScreensYale University Art Gallery A comprehensive exploration of Japanese folding screens, or byobu, from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries presents works in three successive installations. Through July 6
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John PassionInstitute of Sacred Music Yale Schola Cantorum teams with Juilliard415 to present Bach’s setting of the St. John Passion in Woolsey Hall. A pre-concert talk by Markus Rathey and an afternoon symposium provide wider cultural and religious context. Saturday, April 5, 8:00 pm
A Cure for What Ails You: Songs from the Medical Library’s Sheet Music CollectionHarvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library A new collection of medically themed sheet music includes works for the music halls of Europe, early American musicals, and vaudeville; and modern radio, movie, and television theme songs. Through May 2
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