M arch comes in like a lion, with primal roars and a communal pride.
Monday, March 4
If you haven’t yet seen Best Picture frontrunner Oppenheimer, see it for free at 6 p.m. at Orange’s Case Memorial Library. (Or see it there Wednesday at 1 p.m.)
Tuesday, March 5
At 6 p.m. at ZINC, “a cozy, intimate winter farm dinner featuring organic wine pairings, winter crops and seasonal flavors” benefits Massaro Community Farms and “highlight[s] the incredible cool-weather crops that come directly from the farm.”
Wednesday, March 6
Starting at 6:30 p.m., it’s not the first—and, with 201 episodes to draw from, probably not the last—Office-themed trivia night at East Rock Brewing.
New York act OBOY! headline an 8 p.m. bill at Cafe Nine, but I’d go for the local openers: the noise rock/sludge punks Videodome and post-punk, “indie sleaze” dabblers Wow, Okay, Cool.
Also at 8, Yale Cabaret kicks off a three-day production of Arlington. “In a waiting room inside a tower, Isla waits for her number to be called. A young woman finally understands her fate. And a young man faces a stark decision. In a collision of poetry, video, theatre, and dance, Enda Walsh’s dystopian tale dares us to believe in the possibility in love in the bleakest of worlds.”
Thursday, March 7
Daisies (1966), “an irreverent Czech New Wave supernova of Pop Art, satire, tabletop prancing, and rebellion” directed by Vera Chytilová, screens alongside The End of the Art World (1971), “a recently preserved documentary made at Yale about the New York art scene,” at 7 p.m.. The latter film’s director, Alexis Krasilovsky, will be in attendance.
Friday, March 8
“A wild and wicked weekend” filled with “brutal metal mayhem” and “pure metal madness” courtesy of “bone-crushing riffs, thunderous drums, and guttural growls” performed by “the most savage metal bands from all over the world” is the loquacious promise of Connecticut Death Fest, a two-day festival starting at 4 p.m. at East Haven collaborative brewery The Beeracks.
Previews for Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone, which “sets in comic and devastating counterpoint the consolations of a good chat and the looming weight of disasters both intimate and global,” begin at 8 at Yale Rep.
Saturday, March 9
The third annual Irish Fest at North Haven’s 12 Percent Beer Project promises “live music, dancing, food, fun, friends, and plenty of delicious beers!”
From 10 to 6, more than 100 artists—including, reportedly, 20 or so locals—converge for Indie Comics Creator Con at SCSU’s Adanti Student Center. Talk to them, browse their wares and attend a schedule of panels on topics such as “The Cartooning Process: Contrast and Compare,” “The Nineties Influence: How Comics’ Most Tumultuous Decade Resonates” to “Four Decades of Turtle Power.”
At 3 p.m. at the New Haven Museum, Tammy Denease, executive director of the Hidden Women Stage Company, performs the role of Sarah Margu, who “was just nine years old when she was sold into slavery, marched 80 miles to the West African coast, held in the notorious Dunbomo slave pens, and then trafficked to Cuba.” Margu, who would later become “the first African to graduate college in the United States,” was “one of four children among the 53 captives aboard the schooner La Amistad, headed toward a life of slavery until they led a rebellion to protect their freedom. Following the revolt and [the] seizure of the Amistad, the captives were imprisoned in New Haven,” where locals took up their cause and a series of historic legal victories produced their release.
Sunday, March 10
At 1:30 p.m., the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins. The route starts at Chapel Street and Sherman Avenue, marching down Chapel before turning left onto Church and right onto Elm.
A fancy-dress-encouraged Oscars Viewing Party at Hamden’s Best Video starts with a “Red Carpet Happy Hour” at 5, shifting focus to the awards ceremony itself at 7. “There will be special drinks, FREE snacks, and lots of witty banter from our host,” Michael Domangue.
At 5:30, a concert at Fairhaven Furniture features Hiroya Tsukamoto, “a Japanese-born fingerstyle guitarist” who’s “not only a dizzyingly agile fingerpicker but a soulful and transcendent performer, with compositions that combine instrumental guitar work with lyrical performance and spoken stories from his life.”
Written by Dan Mims. Readers are encouraged to verify times, locations, prices and other details before attending events.
