Skating, conversating and divinating prove, hopefully, fascinating.
Monday, March 23
At 2 p.m. at Yale’s St. Anthony Hall, pro skateboarder Ben Aurélien discusses “Perseverance, Pain, and Skateboarding.”
Tuesday, March 24
In collaboration with Best Video, Lyric Hall screens Akira Kurosawa’s “magical realist anthology” Dreams (1990), one of his final films and “the director’s first film in 45 years in which he was the sole author of the screenplay.” “Inspired by actual recurring dreams that Kurosawa had,” the film’s eight vignettes span “themes such as childhood, spirituality, art, death, and mistakes and transgressions made by humans against nature.”
Wednesday, March 25
If you know bar stuff, this night of literal bar trivia’s for you. At 6:30 p.m. at East Rock Brewing, “come test your knowledge of beer, wine, cocktails, spirits, and all things alcohol.”
At 7:30 at the New Haven Lawn Club, the Kallos Chamber Music Series presents “an all-French program—from the shimmering moods of Lili Boulanger to the dramatic sweep of Saint-Saëns, with Poulenc’s playful edge and Chaminade’s lyrical grace in between”—featuring “internationally acclaimed” and Grammy-nominated violinist Jennifer Frautschi, whose skills you can preview here.
Thursday, March 26
At 4 p.m. at Yale’s Loria Center, award-winning radio host, producer and composer Jad Abumrad presents an interactive multimedia talk “explor[ing] the art and science of conversation.”
Starting at 7, the Shubert hosts a four-day, six-date run of a show that originally premiered there: The Sound of Music.
The music sounds very different in Hamden at The Cellar on Treadwell, where headliner Tombs, “blend[ing] bleak post-rock minimalism with the ferocious attack of sludge and classic black metal,” take the stage sometime after 8.
Friday, March 27
From 3 to 8 p.m. in Bridgeport, The Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum, a family-friendly zip line course with more than 180 platforms and 13 trails, opens for the season.
At 8, the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, “specializ[ing] in the lost art of ‘feel-good music,’” bring their politely funky instrumental jams to Hamden’s Space Ballroom.
Saturday, March 28
At West Haven’s First & Wesley United Methodist Church, a 9 a.m. community breakfast with crafts and other activities for kids leads to an 11 a.m. Easter egg hunt.
ShoreCon, “an ALL-comic book show,” runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Guilford’s East Creek Landing.
At 2 p.m. at the New Haven Museum, “nationally renowned textile expert Lynne Bassett discusses ‘Federalist Fathers and Republican Mothers: The Fashions of John and Abigail Adams.’ Using letters, garments, portraits, fashion plates, and satirical cartoons from the period to keep things buoyant, Bassett will demonstrate how both early and contemporary Americans have expressed their national and personal character through their clothing choices.”
At 9, the next Beats, Bits & Bytes—that should really be “Bites”—brings DJs and live performers, along with retro console video games and snacks fit for playing said video games, to Stella Blues.
Sunday, March 29
The starting gun for the third annual Run to Remember, a 5K race “in honor of our beloved pets” at Madison’s Hammonasset Beach State Park, fires at 9:30 a.m., with proceeds to benefit Branford’s Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter.
From 4 to 7 p.m. at the Institute Library, organizers of a closing reception for Forecast: Reading the Signs, “an exhibition of artworks invoking divination,” predict “tarot readings, a performance, presentations, snacks and more!”
Written by Dan Mims. Readers are encouraged to verify times, locations, prices and other details before attending events.
