Easter, a holiday commodious enough to house the cornerstone event of the Christian faith and a super-sized rabbit hiding colorful plastic eggs rattling with candy, opens up and, emphatically, closes out the week.
Monday, March 30
The Easter Bunny’s around this week, especially at Milford’s Connecticut Post Mall, where, beginning at 11 a.m. most days and for roughly eight hours thereafter, you can schedule an appointment to take photos. Kids are the main subject, though, tonight, starting at 4 p.m., you can bring your pets.
Tuesday, March 31
At 4 p.m. in Yale’s William L. Harkness Hall, longtime Connecticut journalist and columnist Chris Powell offers “A Long View of Connecticut Government, Politics, and Journalism.”
Starting at 5 or 7 (depending on which ticket option you choose) at Haven Beer Company in Hamden, an Espresso Martini Showdown to benefit United Way of Greater New Haven shakes and pours competing versions from six local restaurants, with “small plates” served to balance out the booze and the buzz.
The famous director subject of the five-part documentary Mr. Scorcese (2025) isn’t set to attend tonight’s 7 o’clock screening of the first two episodes in Yale’s 53 Wall Street auditorium. But the documentary’s director, Rebecca Miller, is.
On a 7:30 bill at Toad’s Place, headliner Our Lady Peace and The Verve Pipe revive both the darker and lighter tonalities of their shared late-’90s/early-’00s radio rock heyday, though I assume they’ll also incorporate material from the records they’ve been steadily releasing all this time.
Wednesday, April 1
Happy April Fools’.
Thursday, April 2
In conjunction with the New Haven pizza history exhibition Pronounced Ah-Beetz, the New Haven Museum hosts a 6 p.m. conversation with Bill Pustari, longtime owner of “big three” spot Modern Apizza.
Led by principal conductor Peter Oundjian, the Yale Philharmonia perform Mahler’s “towering” Symphony No. 6 at 7:30 in Woolsey Hall.
Friday, April 3
At 6:30 p.m., Massaro Community Farm in Woodbridge hosts Comedy for a Cause, “an evening packed with energy, entertainment, and five fantastic comedians who know how to keep the crowd roaring.” The cause? “Our year-round food donation efforts and farm education programs.”
From 7 to 9 tonight and tomorrow, Stratford’s seasonal haunted attraction Fright Haven inverts the season with “two special nights of springtime terror,” as ravenous rabbit and Easter Bunny foil “Rottentail and his twisted followers turn a cheerful holiday into a night of chaos and carnage. Expect murderous bunnies, dark surprises, and scares waiting around every corner.”
The Hartford Yardgoats’ season opener happened last night, but tonight’s game, also starting at 7:10 against the Chesapeake Baysox, promises fireworks.
Saturday, April 4
Escape New Haven’s 2026 Eggscape, an all-ages Easter egg hunt, starts at 8 a.m. with 300 eggs to find, though you’ll have to be up earlier to learn where they’ll be hidden. (We do know it’ll be “one of New Haven’s most beloved public parks.”) Each of the eggs “contains a raffle ticket, a special token, and (of course) a piece of candy. Collect the right tokens and WIN GREAT PRIZES!”
At 9 a.m., the Wooster Square Farmers’ Market moves back outside, convening local sellers of produce, bread and much, much more along the eastern edge of Conte West Hills Magnet School.
The Peabody Museum hosts what sounds like a young family-oriented concert by the Civic Orchestra of New Haven. The performance will invoke dinosaurs, pirates and more, with a “musical instrument petting zoo” to follow.
Two more egg hunts come courtesy of the New Haven Youth & Recreation department: one at Wilbur Cross High School and a “sensory-friendly” option at the Edgewood Park tennis courts, both beginning at noon.
Later, an adults-only event at New England Brewing in Woodbridge is, ironically, inspired by cartoons: a burlesque revue “blend[ing] vintage charm with modern attitude for an evening that’s bold, stylish, and just the right amount of over the top. Expect dazzling costumes, confident performers, and a crowd that’s here to have a good time.”
Sunday, April 5 - Easter
About as close to each other geographically as they would be in the phone book if we still used that sort of thing, Morris Cove banquet halls Amarante’s Sea Cliff and Anthony’s Ocean View compete today for Easter celebrants. Amarante’s offers two seatings, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., each with an “extensive” brunch buffet, dinner-style entrees, complimentary coffee/tea/mimosas, a cash bar otherwise and, for the kids, an egg hunt graced by the Easter Bunny.
Being magical, the Easter Bunny will also be at Anthony’s, where numerous two-hour seatings between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. feature antipasto, pasta, entree, carving, dessert, brunch (earlier) and hors d’oeuvre (later) stations, plus complimentary beverages including mimosas and glasses of red and white wine.
Written by Dan Mims. Image sourced from the Connecticut Post Mall. Readers are encouraged to verify times, locations, prices and other details before attending events.
