Yale returns from a two-week break, while the Yale Center for British Art returns from a two-year renovation.
Monday, March 24
In the Hanke Gallery at Yale’s Sterling Memorial Library, a new exhibition, “Street Talk”: Pamphlets of the Nigerian Marketplace, opens today. The show, publicly accessible before 6 p.m. each day, highlights the post-colonial “voices of an emerging nation” via pamphlets that “date from the 1950s to 1970s,” featuring “indigenous Nigerian folktales, political commentaries, academic treatments, everyday advice, and new literary experiments.” And if you want to experience them under conditions that feel like a busy marketplace, attend during the opening reception this Thursday evening from 4:30 to 6.
Tuesday, March 25
At 7 p.m. at Best Video in Hamden, a March Monster Madness Screening Series begins with an interesting choice: RoboCop (1987). “Set in a crime-ridden Detroit in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy… who is murdered by a gang of criminals and revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products as the cyborg law enforcer RoboCop. Unaware of his former life, RoboCop executes a campaign against crime while coming to terms with the lingering fragments of his humanity.”
Also at 7, at the Guilford Free Library, board members of the Guilford Preservation Alliance and Guilford Land Conservation Trust are set to discuss the identification and management of invasive plants in a talk titled, “Invasive Plants: Not In My Backyard!”
Wednesday, March 26
From 5:15 to 7 p.m., the Institute Library hosts a vinyl listening party starring “early high-fidelity classical recordings” published by Vox Records, “one of the earliest New York City-based budget classical labels.”
At 6:30, East Rock Brewing holds a March Madness-themed trivia night. “Whether you’re a stats guru or just here for the buzzer-beaters, it’s time to shoot your shot.”
Thursday, March 27
At 5:30 p.m. at the New Haven Museum, an opening reception for Enduring Creativity: Celebrating 125 Years of the New Haven Paint & Clay Club celebrates Connecticut’s (and “one of New England’s”) “oldest, continuously active, arts organizations.” The show “feature[s] over 50 works of art and objects drawn from the Club’s significant permanent collection and archives.”
At 6:30, the Peabody Museum hosts evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos for a discussion of his book The Cat’s Meow (2023). The talk will cover “the past, present, and future” of Felis catus, including “how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of cats using technological tools, from GPS tracking to forensic archaeology.”
After a 6 p.m. pizza-and-beer hour, The Secret Music Documentary Society, helmed by filmmakers Gorman Bechard and Faith Marek, meets at Best Video for a mystery 7 p.m. screening of “an underseen or unknown music documentary.”
Friday, March 28
At 4 p.m. at Yale’s Kline Tower, the 2025 Terry Forum convenes a panel of five Yale professors asking “The Question Concerning AI,” which spills into several questions, including: “How can we leverage the astonishing potential of AI in a rational, practical and responsible way? Is AI a moral panic, a sales job, a generational opportunity, a threat of apocalypse? How can we think clearly and deeply about a topic that is so obscured by glitz, money, and noise?”
At 5 on ESPNU and ESPN+, Quinnipiac heads to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to take on a nearby foe, UConn, in the first round of the NCAA men’s hockey championship.
Saturday, March 29
At 9:30 a.m., the first of eight backyard beekeeping workshops spread across spring and summer happens at Massaro Community Farm.
Between 10 and 4:30 today and 11 and 4:30 tomorrow, the Yale Center for British Art celebrates its long-awaited reopening with a family-friendly welcome including opening remarks from executive director Martina Droth; “drop-in activities… on every floor”; curator, conservator and docent talks; musical performances; a clue-driven “gallery adventure”; and more.
At 2, the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars and the Mingus Big Band “perform in celebration of the life, work, and legacy of YSM Professor Emeritus of Music Willie Ruff,” with a panel discussion between sets.
Popular stand-up comedian and podcaster Hannah Berner, “known for her relatable humor and charismatic crowd work,” comes to College Street Music Hall for a 7:30 set.
Sunday, March 30
Sometime tonight, “Stella Blues is thrilled to welcome Moke After Midnight to the stage! Hailing from Cromwell, CT, Moke brings a decade of experience in DJing and remixing, as part of the Halfway House collective. With a versatile style spanning Funky House, Nu Disco, and dark Tech House, Moke After Midnight curates sets tailored to the crowd and atmosphere—guaranteed to keep you dancing all night long.”
Written by Dan Mims. Image, featuring a 4th-floor view at the Yale Center for British Art, sourced from britishart.yale.edu. Readers are encouraged to verify times, locations, prices and other details before attending events.
