Community Calendar

🎉 Support Local This Holiday Season! 🎁✨
Shop local in the Whitney-Audubon District from November 28 to December 24 and enjoy a sweet treat with your purchase!

🛍️ Spend $25 or more at participating retailers and present your same-day paper receipt to indulge in one of these delightful offers: • FREE Cupcake from Katalina’s Bakery (74 Whitney Avenue) 🧁 • OR FREE Hot Cocoa from Willoughby’s Coffee & Tea (258 Church Street) ☕

Explore unique finds at Walker-Loden with antiques, jewelry, and festive gifts, or visit Kathadin Furniture for stunning custom rugs and eclectic treasures. Looking for something sparkling? Gilden’s Jewelers has an exquisite selection of jewelry just for you! Or take a festive art class at The Giggling Pig.

👉 Check out the Official Rules & Regulations and participating merchants in the Whitney-Audubon Retail & Arts District at https://theshopsatyale.com/holidaysonwhitney/

Happy Holidays and happy shopping local! ❤️

🎉 Indulge in Sweet Treats This Holiday Season! ☕🍪✨
From November 28 to December 24, enjoy FREE Gourmet Hot Cocoa or a Cookie with your purchase at The Shops at Yale!

🛍️ Spend $50 or more at participating retailers and present your same-day paper or digital receipt to delight in one of these festive treats: • FREE Gourmet Hot Cocoa from Claire’s Corner Copia (1000 Chapel Street) ☕ • OR a FREE Cookie from Cookie39 (39 Broadway) 🍪

Shop local and discover unique gifts while fueling your holiday spirit!

👉 Check out the official rules & regulations and participating merchants at The Shops at Yale Holiday or https://theshopsatyale.com/holiday/

Happy Holidays and happy shopping! 🎁❤️

🎉 Holiday Shopping Made Easy! 🚗✨

Enjoy FREE 2-HOUR PARKING at The Shops at Yale from November 28 to December 24!

🛍️ Simply make a same-day purchase of $50 or more at any retailer or restaurant, and present your paper or digital receipt to the parking lot attendant when exiting.

Participating locations include:

• 56 Broadway

• 255 Crown Street

Take advantage of this festive offer and shop local while enjoying the convenience of complimentary parking!

👉 Don’t miss out on this holiday perk!

Happy Holidays and happy shopping! 🎁❤️

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.

Experience Jazz Without Borders on Friday, December 5, at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor. Join Craig Handy, Bill O’Connell, Essiet Essiet, and Claes Brondal for an unforgettable night of world-class jazz, deep grooves, and spontaneous creativity. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Don’t miss this one-night-only Hamptons JazzFest performance.

Join us for a Pop In Dance PAWty Fundraiser to benefit Halfway Home Rescue Inc. and the Seymour Oxford Food Bank. Our professional dance instructor will lead us in a fun evening of dance for a cause. No dance experience necessary! Just a $10 donation per person, split between both organizations. And we kindly request a non-perishable food item for humans, dogs, or cats.

Friday December 5th
7pm
Willow Tree Montessori
171 Amity Road
Bethany, CT 06524

To RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AmdW1wpob/

The Yale Concert Band – Yale’s premier wind ensemble – (Thomas C. Duffy, Music Director) and the Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band (Wayne Escoffery, Music Director) will present “Side by Side: The Nutcracker Swings.” Tickets: $15 general admission ($10 students). Buy tickets here: https://sidebyside_nutcrackerswings.eventbrite.com.

In this performance, the Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite, as arranged for concert band by Mayhew L. Lake, will be performed alongside the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn setting for jazz band. Celebrate the holiday season with this study in interpretation, in two classic arrangements of The Nutcracker Suite.

One of the most popular orchestral works ever created for ballet, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker recounts the story of Clara, a young girl, who dreams that the nutcracker she received as a Christmas gift has turned into a handsome prince. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s Nutcracker Suite is a reinvention of the original, a jazz “retelling” of the holiday classic in which Ellington has scored the Suite (drawn from the full ballet) for standard big band and renamed the movements to reflect his American “take” on the Russian original:
• Overture
• Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Mirlitons, or Reed-Pipes)
• Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
• Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
• Entr’acte
• The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
• Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
• Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
• Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dances)

Info: https://bands.yale.edu

The North Fork Chorale presents our Winter Concert featuring the music of renowned composer and arranger John Rutter. Join us for an evening of carols and other seasonal music to get you in the Holiday Spirit!

"She Loves Me" is an award-winning musical romantic comedy that tells the story of two parfumerie clerks, Georg and Amalia, who constantly argue at work - completely unaware that they are each other's secret "lonely hearts" pen pals. The show features music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It has been adapted from the 1937 play Parfumerie by Miklós László. Sean Latasa will be directing with musical director Sarah Fay. Auditions are Sept. 14 & 15 or 21 & 22 - Cast of 8 roles plus ensemble for teens thru adults.

Shows are at the theatre on Route 25, next to Brookfield Library, on Nov. 14 thru Dec. on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Reserved seating tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors 65 and older, and $25 for students. They are available online at www.BrookfieldTheatre.org or at the box office. There will also be a free preview on Thursday, November 13 at 8 p.m. for area senior citizens.

Brookfield Theatre's 2025 Season is made possible with the support of the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Arts; Support has also been provided to Brookield Theatre from CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature; Along with the generous donations of our many supporters and subscribers.

The Sherman Players proudly present Brad Blake’s gloriously “naughty” holiday revue “Wreck the Halls” weekends through December 20 at Sherman Playhouse, 5 Route 39 North (just behind the Sherman Firehouse), in Sherman, Connecticut.

Nothing is sacred in this “slay” ride of adult humor that rips the shiny bows and pretty wrapping off the holiday season. The show features two acts of original music-filled satire and burlesque that turn the last quarter of the calendar belly up. And audiences should be warned – they’ll never look at Kris Kringle the same way again!

“Wreck the Halls” plays November 28, 29, December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 8:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. There will be three 2:00 PM Sunday matinees on November 30, December 7 and 14.

Warning: Due to adult humor, “Wreck the Halls” is not recommended for the younger elves!

Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for students (with ID) and may be purchased online at www.ticketleap.events/events/shermanplayers.

For general information about Sherman Players, its season and volunteer opportunities, please visit shermanplayers.org or email admin@shermanplayers.org.

About Sherman Players: Since 1926, the Sherman Playhouse has been a gem inspiring the creative energies of performing artists of all ages. The Sherman Players has given Sherman and the surrounding communities a full range of high quality entertainment. The Sherman Players is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization run by volunteers. For further information, visit the website at shermanplayers.org.