The Short List

The Bard at Yale

Yale University will celebrate William Shakespeare daily through June in a unique program, Shakespeare at Yale. The multivenued event will showcase Yale’s impressive resources in exhibits of early printed editions, paintings (“A Procession of Shakespeare Characters,” circa 1840, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, artist unknown, above) and musical instruments as well as lectures, film screenings and a production of Coriolanus. Special performances will take place April 20-22 in honor of the Bard’s 448th birthday, and new events will be added through June.

For info & a calendar of events, visit shakespeare.yale.edu.

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

On Feb. 3, Charlie Ross presents his hilarious One Man Star Wars Trilogy at Fairfield University's Regina Quick center for the Arts. Ross portrays 40 characters, sings the songs, leads the ships and fights the battles from "a galaxie far, far away" in just 60 minutes. After the show, the animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars is shown in HD.

For tickets & info, call (203) 254-4010 or visit quickcenter.com.
 

Can You See What I See?

Walter Wick: Gizmos and Toys in the Attic offers a look into the fanciful world of Connecticut author and photographer Walter Wick at The Bruce Museum in Greenwich who will present the retrospective exhibit Jan. 28 through April 22. Featured are 40 large-scale photographs (“Balancing Act,” above, a pigmented inkjet photograph), models and videos that give some insight into Wick’s creative process. “In all the years I’ve been doing photography, I’ve never had a more appreciative audience than kids,” he says.
 

For info, call (203) 869-0376 or visit brucemuseum.org.

photo courtesy of ©walter wick studio.