Plan ahead for cinematic moments, early MLK Day celebrations and first-come, first-served services.
Monday, January 12
Starting at 7 p.m., Books & Company, now in North Haven, holds “a fun night of creating wacky, fun, unique postcards… Bring your own paperboard or choose from the selection provided. All art supplies provided.” Registration requested.
Tuesday, January 13
Open for a walk-in “Gallery Mode” from noon to 5 today and tomorrow in The Dome at the Schwarzman Center, Toni Dove’s Sunjammer 6: A Tale Blown by a Solar Breeze, an “innovative fusion of sculpture, game, cinema, and performance,” “invites viewers into a poetic and dreamlike experience.”
From 5:30 to 7:30, Wilson Branch Library offers a chance to “Ask A Lawyer” during first-come, first-served, 15-minute private consultations with an attorney.
Wednesday, January 14
Singer-songwriter and keyboardist Vanna Pacella brings her warm, tastefully layered and refreshingly “nostalgic, yet unfamiliar” catalog to an 8 p.m. show at Cafe Nine. Opening are Connecticut-based “atmospheric rock” band Audio Jane and New Haven-based subgenre-hopping indie rock band Shell Games.
Thursday, January 15
At 6 p.m., Jason Bischoff-Wurstle leads a curator’s tour of the New Haven Museum’s latest exhibition, Pronounced Ah-Beetz, which charts apizza’s path from the fields of Italy to the streets of New Haven, where, needless to say, it’s become a point of local pride and a notable tourist attraction.
At 7 on the lower level of the Yale Humanities Quadrangle, the Treasures from the Yale Archive series picks up with a screening of Vittorio De Sica’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). “Under golden autumn sunlight, the walled garden of a family of upper-class Jewish intellectuals offers a mirage of protection from the rise of Italian Fascism.”
Friday, January 16
At 5 p.m., Bethesda Lutheran Church hosts a concert by The Fooles, “an ensemble dedicated to uncovering and embracing underutilized performance practices from the 17th century… In this program, the group will explore the instrumental works of three of Germany’s greatest composers from the 17th century: Schein, Scheidt, and Schmelzer.”
Back at Yale’s Humanities Quadrangle, a screening features two obscure films by an extremely famous director: Fear and Desire (1952), Stanley Kubrick’s first feature film, which tells “a tale of troops trapped behind enemy lines in an unnamed conflict,” and The Seafarers (1953), “a short commissioned by the Seafarers International Union” and “Kubrick’s first color film.”
Nicely noisy New Haven post-hardcore band Meetinghouse headlines an 8 p.m. bill in the front room at Space Ballroom in Hamden. Opening are Massachusetts post-hardcore band Sowing and Buffalo pop punk band Autoignition.
Saturday, January 17
From noon 2, Ives Main Library holds a first-come, first-served professional headshot session. “Come to the Exchange dressed as your best professional self, and get your photos taken… Raw photo files will be sent to you to edit as you’d like.”
Two days before MLK Day, the New Haven Museum hosts a young family-oriented celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. “The event will include viewings of Dr. King’s inspiring Nobel [Prize] acceptance speech, and participation in creating a colorful community mobile inspired by the speech.”
From 1 to 5, Dockside Brewery in Milford offers an “aprés ski experience.” “Join us for spiked hot cocoa, [and] indulge in fresh-made waffles! Dress in your best ski gear and let’s make some unforgettable memories! DJ Flip inside playing all your favorites!”
From 2 to 4, City Gallery holds an opening reception for FRAGMENTS, a group show of fiber sculpture by Meg Bloom and photographs by Joy Bush and Phyllis Crowley.
Sunday, January 18
One day before MLK Day, from 1 to 4 p.m., a “display of highlights of Beinecke Library collections related to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Freedom Movement” pops up in the library’s courtyard-level reading room.
At 7 p.m., viral comedian, impressionist and crowd-worker Adam Ray brings his Who Is Me Tour to College Street Music Hall.
Written by Dan Mims. Image features a still from The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. Readers are encouraged to verify times, locations, prices and other details before attending events.
