HAROLD SAYS . . . is a weekly column by your Herald team of things we’d like you to do.
Listen
- “Pictures of You,” The Cure (1989)
- “Call Me When You’re Home,” Clementine (2026)
Watch
- The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience, The Lonely Island (2019)
- The Before Trilogy, Richard Linklater (1995, 2004, 2013)
Read
- “This is Just to Say,” William Carlos Williams (1938)
- “Kendrick Lamar’s Protégé Baby Keem Tells the Whole Story, Warts and All,” Ross Scarano, New York Times (2026)
Attend
- Yale’s best music group, Tangled Up In Blue, performs their Spring 2026 Bees ‘n’ Cheer concert on Friday, Apr. 24, at 8:00 p.m.
- “Judy Grahn Reads New Work,” Apr. 25 , 6:00–7:45 p.m., at the Sanctuary of the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James
- The Yale Dramatic Association’s Commencement Musical, Mean Girls, directed by yours truly, Will Sussbauer. May 15-17, University Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
And Remember:
- It was so delicious, so sweet, so cold.

