Arts—and in many cases the artists themselves—show up.
Wednesday, April 2
East Rock Brewing’s trivia night hits close to home this week. “Join us… at 6:30 p.m. for a special Save the Sound Trivia Night. Test your knowledge on the environment, conservation, and Long Island Sound…”
Thursday, April 3
“Known for her dynamic and autobiographical works that express themes of love, loss, hope, and grief,” British artist Tracey Emin comes to the newly reopened Yale Center for British Art for a noontime talk about “her artistic career and her passion for painting”—and to celebrate the Center’s second-floor exhibition Tracey Emin: I Loved You Until The Morning, “the first major presentation of Emin’s work in a North American museum.”
As part of a series celebrating French films released 50 years ago, Yale’s Humanities Quadrangle hosts a screening of François Truffaut’s “‘most severe, most romantic meditation on love’ (Vincent Canby)”: The Story of Adèle H. (1975). The film “stars Isabelle Adjani in an Oscar-nominated performance as Adèle, the troubled daughter of Victor Hugo. Rejected by a British officer she longs to marry, she pursues him through the colonies under a string of invented identities. Based on Adèle Hugo’s decoded diaries, the film was shot by the great Nestor Almendros.”
Friday, April 4
“Few tickets” remain for a Peabody-presented 7 p.m. screening of The Arc of Oblivion followed by a Q&A with director Ian Cheney in Yale’s O.C. Marsh Hall. “Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield—to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara—to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory.”
Also at 7, Armada Brewing hosts a wide-ranging fantasy-themed trivia night. “From Middle-earth to Westeros, from Hyrule to Hogwarts—only the wisest lore masters shall prevail!”
Alan Sparhawk, “a restless soul eager to explore unfamiliar sonic and psychic terrain… best-known for his thirty years as frontman of the legendary band Low,” comes to Hamden’s Space Ballroom for an 8 p.m. show.
Saturday, April 5
From 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 to 4:30 tomorrow, the New Haven Mineral Club heads to the Clarion Inn in North Haven for the group’s 49th Annual Show. The event promises “minerals, gems, jewelry, fossils, crystals, metaphysical stones, dealers, wholesalers, exhibits, demonstrations, kids’ activities, door prizes [and] refreshments.”
Beloved longtime Hamden bookstore Books & Company celebrates its “grand (re)opening)” at 83 State Street in North Haven. “Join us for food, music, and raffles... and, of course, great books!”
Between noon and 6 today and tomorrow, with exact timing varying from venue to venue, NXTHVN, the Yale School of Art and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art join forces for a New Haven Open Studios event.
At 8 at College Street Music Hall, “join Cary Elwes (Westley) for a behind-the-scenes look at life on and off the set of the classic film, The Princess Bride. After a screening of the iconic movie, Elwes will engage in a moderated discussion revealing never before shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics!”
Sunday, April 6
The next New Haven Restaurant Week starts today.
The 52nd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival blooms from noon to 4:30 in Wooster Square Park. Along with “food and fun under the blossoms,” which may soon begin appearing, the festival offers a live music lineup featuring St. Luke’s Steel Band, Rhythm City and Carlos y su Momento.
From 2 to 8 at Branford’s Thimble Island Brewing, “step into the mysterious world of Project Blackfin, a one-of-a-kind art exhibition by the visionary artist Bandit. This immersive experience dives deep into the uncharted vastness of forests and oceans, where adventure and artistry intertwine.”
Where Are You Going, Where Haven You Been?, a posthumous exhibition of work “documenting human connection, transition, and a city in flux” by street photographer and photojournalist Matthew Vinci, gets an opening reception from 3 to 6 at The Mason Jar in North Haven. “Captur[ing]… the delicate fragments of existence that linger just beyond the frame” and “rooted in nostalgia but eschewing sentimentality,” Vinci’s NYC-focused photography, which you can sample here, “found beauty both in the unusual and the ordinary—bustling streets, half-forgotten storefronts and faces lit by the glow of passing light.”
At 7:30, Center Church on the Green holds a pipe organ concert featuring Eastman School of Music professor Nathan Laube, “a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world. His extensive recital career includes major venues spanning four continents, with appearances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Maison Radio France in Paris, Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, and the Sejong Center in Seoul.”
Written and photographed by Dan Mims. Image features the St. Luke’s Steel Band during a past Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival. Readers are encouraged to verify times, locations and prices before attending events.
