If classes are in session, find the course catalog and look up some interesting looking classes and try to sneak in (frankly meet some students, tell them you’re in town for 1-2 days – ask them: what’s your most interesting largish lecture course that we could sneak into.
museums & other on campus events
http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/opa/
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/exhibitions-beinecke (rare book library)
http://peabody.yale.edu/exhibits (Natural History Museum)
Theater:
http://www.longwharf.org/upcoming-events
http://www.yalerep.org/on_stage/index.html
http://www.dramat.org/archives/current-shows (on campus, student run – nothing yet slated for April, check back later)
Music school:
http://music-tickets.yale.edu/single/EventListing.aspx
Food?
http://pepespizzeria.com/ (white clam pizza. Great!)
http://www.sallysapizza.com/ (pepe’s rival for best pizza in the country)
http://louislunch.com/ (origin of the hamburger? )
http://atticusbookstorecafe.com/ (bookstore – cool for lunch)
If you have time, drive through Newport Rhode Island and look at the mansions. Enjoy the trip!