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Fun Things to Keep You Busy

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Cooking at Home During the Coronavirus from Bon Appetit [1]

City Walks Self-Guided Tours [2]

Peabody at Home [3]

17 Distractions You Could Use Right Now from theSkimm [4]

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems [5] - Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence hosts a live daily doodle lesson at 1pm

TED Connects: Community & Hope [6] - a free, live, daily conversation series featuring experts whose ideas can help us reflect and work through this uncertain time with a sense of responsibility, compassion, and wisdom.

A Weekend of Traveling You Can Do From Home [7]

Yale School of Music Live Concerts & Archives [8]

Yale University Art Gallery [9] & Yale Center for British Art [10] - Virtual Gallery Tours

Harry Potter at Home [11] - new magical resources for educators, parents, and all of those that are kids at heart

Contribute to our “Yale's OISS Top Hits” playlist on Spotify [12]: Listen to the Playlist Now [13]

Open Yale Courses [14]

Yale Podcast Network [15]

Virtual Tours of U.S. National Parks [16]

Pantry Cooking with Alton Brow, host of Good Eats [17]

Ina Garten's Cooking Playlist [18]

Some Good News with John Krasinkski [19]

Virtual Tour of Yale's Green Spaces [20]

New: Institutional Subscription to the New York Times [21]

Still Lives [22] - a series of photos captured by the NYTs during COVID-19

Social Media Challenges [23] - compiled by PWC Tomeka Frieson '21

Virtual International Festival of Arts & Ideas [24]

Access New Haven Free Public Library Online [25] or utilize their Curbside Pick-up Service [26]

Virtual Yale Campus Tours [27] - learn something new about Yale & the campus through these new amazing admission tours

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Opera [28]

Learn a New Language [29]

Try New Recipes [30]


Source URL: https://oiss.yale.edu/covid-19-resources/fun-things-to-keep-you-busy

Links:
[1] https://www.bonappetit.com/gallery/cooking-at-home-coronavirus
[2] https://www.gpsmycity.com/tours/yale-university-walking-tour--part-i-5400.html?fbclid=IwAR3c1guuOZEzFws6uOIu7wGuyaY_uAHx61TCiUcyiNH6yjZ6pVX9sSFqlZQ
[3] https://peabody.yale.edu/digital-resources?mc_cid=13d6ca45c4&mc_eid=83e93cbb23
[4] https://www.theskimm.com/live-smarter/picks/17-distractions-you-could-use-right-now
[5] https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
[6] https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-connects-community-hope
[7] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/travel/36-hours-quarantine.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200403&instance_id=17311&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=11614572&section=longRead&segment_id=23741&te=1&user_id=1660e041a320ae1a6336bb15ab04192c
[8] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfg5VWtPYQSXYPN_e7blOxg/videos
[9] https://artgallery.yale.edu/visit/app
[10] https://britishart.yale.edu
[11] https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home
[12] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpR-BuL-HqmtDXn6S5jFHCMc98QELq08zmTMHmYRN5HnUCVA/viewform
[13] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63zmaiJiNqpCOMRUxNXwNM?si=QK9h0EDxQdOKNHudxhytgw
[14] https://oyc.yale.edu/
[15] http://yalepodcasts.blubrry.net/
[16] https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service
[17] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfDNi1aEljAQ17mUrfUjkvg
[18] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/23x5ZIeXn1i0v2YI1FmCDa
[19] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug/videos
[20] https://sustainability.yale.edu/take-action/sustainability-tour/green-spaces
[21] https://web.library.yale.edu/access-nytcom
[22] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/us/coronavirus-photographers-diary.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200421&instance_id=17817&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=83599330&section=whatElse&segment_id=25631&te=1&user_id=c93f7ea44cc92502045ef57726aba025
[23] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b859eb2c3c16a720f8e10da/t/5ea6cb91f240741b85b003df/1587989394649/Social+Media+Challenges.pdf
[24] https://www.artidea.org/
[25] https://nhfpl.org
[26] https://nhfpl.org/curbside/
[27] https://admissions.yale.edu/virtual-tour
[28] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/arts/music/classical-music-opera.html?campaign_id=168&emc=edit_NN_p_20200429&instance_id=18058&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=83599330&section=aBreak&segment_id=26195&te=1&user_id=c93f7ea44cc92502045ef57726aba025
[29] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/travel/language-instruction-apps-television-youtube.html?campaign_id=168&emc=edit_NN_p_20200429&instance_id=18058&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=83599330&section=aBreak&segment_id=26195&te=1&user_id=c93f7ea44cc92502045ef57726aba025
[30] https://www.howtocook.recipes/