Community Calendar

Katharine Hepburn was married once, to Ludlow Ogden Smith, in 1928. She kept her Babani gown, which was sold after she passed away and stored for twenty years. The Katharine Hepburn Museum has brought this dress back home to Connecticut and it will be exhibited alongside two others - one from the play "The Lake" (1933) and one from the film "The Sea of Grass" (1947) to create a stunning trio. This beautiful exhibit brings together Kate’s stage, screen, and personal lives in a never-before-seen way.

Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Friday 10 AM to 4 PM and one hour prior to performances. Closed major holidays.

Additional Summer Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 4 PM in July & August only

Join a sacred morning of energetic renewal and spiritual alignment led by Aggregata Zupanova, an intuitive healer and facilitator of Source-guided energy work.

This special gathering offers a powerful group healing experience, created to help you release emotional heaviness, reconnect to your inner wisdom, and anchor a deeper sense of peace within your body and spirit.

Whether you’re new to energy work or seeking a space to reset and reconnect, you are welcome here – exactly as you are.

What you can expect:
Guided group energy clearing
Source-aligned transmission for healing and clarity
Time for inner stillness, integration, and reflection
A supportive, energetic field shared by all participants
Suggested Donation: $25
50% of all contributions go directly to support The Granite Church’s community initiatives and ongoing renovations of this special gathering space.

To register, please text the word “Register” along with the number of people attending to (845) 464-4676.

Thursday, Sept. 11 opening with Jeffrey Greene, Connecticut Prison Art Project
5:30 p.m. – Opening Lecture – Dolan School of Business Events Space
6:30 p.m. – Reception – Dolan School of Business Event Space

Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art, and accompanying recorded interviews, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be "Give Me Life," a selection of works by women artists who are presently or have been incarcerated at York Correctional Institution, a maximum-security state prison in Niantic, CT, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system.

Join us for an afternoon with art and colleagues. Meet and talk with museum staff and fellow educators from the area, and see what is happening at the Yale University Art Gallery.    

Magic: The Gathering After School Program at Cajal Academy in SONO!
Tailored to empower Bright, Gifted and Twice Exceptional Kids

Come learn this popular strategic card game from a world-ranked player and Cajal Academy teacher, Darra Snow! Strategic planning, critical thinking, analysis

and social skills come together in this exciting game played around the world. All materials provided, but bring your own deck if you’d like! Ages 10 and up; application required.

Application required; students who have been accepted for an academic year, Workshop Wednesdays Enrichment Series or summer program in the last 18 months are automatically eligible!

For years, we’ve received requests to make our unique Neuro- and Trauma-Informed programs available to more families. Our new After School Program fills the need in our community for after-school programming tailored to the interests of naturally innovative kids like the twice exceptional students we serve, in a nurturing environment that fosters social growth and personal development--and delivered by an expert staff specially trained in the needs of gifted and 2e learners.

We’ll have new programs every 5 weeks; follow our newsletter to learn about new classes as they are announced. Apply today for this and our Workshop Wednesday Enrichment Series!

This fall’s Artolution exhibition will feature works from the UNHCR exhibition launched at UN Headquarters on World Refugee Day 2024. A companion panel with alumni working in NGOs and related sectors will explore today’s global refugee crisis.

Representative works from their collection will be on view at 1720 Post Rd. and a companion panel discussion will take place at Fairfield Theatre Company on Sanford St.

Presented by the Center for Social Impact

The Department of Asian Art of the Yale University Art Gallery and the South Asian Studies Council of Yale University present the Alan L. Gans Lectures, with short presentations on four South Asian (Indian) paintings in the Gallery’s collection. Specialists Dipti Khera, Associate Professor of Art History, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Mrinalini Rajagopalan, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh; John Seyller, Professor of Art History, University of Vermont; and Emma Natalya Stein, Ph.D. 2017, Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, discuss their favorites and explore the many fascinating historical and cultural stories that informed the creation of these works—in different regions of the subcontinent, at different points of time, and under the patronage of various rulers. Denise Patry Leidy, the Ruth and Bruce Dayton Curator of Asian Art at the Gallery, and Kasturi Gupta, Director of Programs and Institutional Partnerships, South Asian Studies Council and Council on Southeast Asian Studies, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, introduce the speakers and moderate a question-and-answer session following the presentations.

From Frank Pepe’s original hat to celebrity-signed pizza boxes (including Gwyneth Paltrow and Yogi Berra!), if you love the crust, the crunch and the char of New Haven apizza, or simply have strong views on what comprises a good pie, you’ll find something to feed your personal pizza passion in the new exhibit “Pronounced Ah-Beetz,” which will open at the New Haven Museum (NHM) at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Slices from Pepe’s, Sally’s, and Modern will be included. Free admission.

“Pronounced Ah-Beetz” will examine the fun, the flavor and the history of pizza, including its origin as an affordable means of feeding workers in the fields of Italy, and how it became the food of the poor in the U.S. The Italian migration to New Haven gave way to Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana, which gave birth to Sally’s Apizza, while a mile away Tony’s Apizza became Modern. How these three establishments became among the most iconically loved pizza restaurants in the country will be a major focus.

While the exhibit will highlight the “Big 3”original apizza spots in New Haven, it will also extend through the family tree of New Haven pizzerias to present a picture of family, food and community that includes a host of other local pizzerias, including: Ernie’s, Zuppardi’s, BAR, Zeneli’s, Olde World, and the Big Green Pizza Truck, among others.

In a span of about 10 years, van Gogh created over 800 paintings, making him one of the most prolific artists of his time. Unfortunately he would never realize fame in his short lifetime. Get to know a little about one of the world’s most popular and well-loved artists.

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter known for his bold colors, expressive brushwork, and contoured forms. His work, which includes landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, influenced the Expressionist movement in modern art. He painted how he felt and experienced his subjects, and his work is considered relatable and honest.

Liz Fusco is an award-winning, Long Island artist and has been painting and drawing for most of her life. Liz began painting in oils and her subjects were typically landscape and nature scenes. Liz had always wanted to learn the skill of Botanical Illustration. After completing a three-year long process at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, New York, Liz added Certified Botanical Illustration to her other education credentials.

Get to know a little about one of the world’s most popular and well-loved artists.
You may register for this FREE Zoom lecture online at https://theatelieratflowerfield.org/lectures or call 631-250-9009 for more information.

On October 9th, at 7:00 PM, ET, Hamptons Observatory and co-host Suffolk County Community College are honored to present a free, virtual lecture by Dr. Charles Liu, a professor of astrophysics at the College of Staten Island, the president of the Astronomical Society of NY, a popular podcaster and author of 11 books on astronomy and science. Dr. Liu will talk about the newest international earth-based astrophysical facility, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and how you can be involved in its mission to explore and understand some of the Universe’s biggest mysteries. Details and registration information may be found on https://HamptonsObservatory.org