Community Calendar

Dance The Line
Friday, October 23, 7 – 11 PM
Tickets: $20

Grab your boots and get ready for a fun night out!

Join us for Line Dancing Night at The Granite. Dance the night away with friends — great music, great people, and plenty of fun. Beginner- and improver-friendly. Dancing and lessons throughout the night. BYOB welcome.

Bring a friend and don’t miss it! You can submit up to two dance requests in advance when you purchase tickets.

Chicago, 1927. Tensions and temperatures rise during a blistering recording session as the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey, and her ambitious trumpeter, Levee, clash over control of her music, exposing the emotional and economic exploitation Black artists faced in America. An exploration of dreams deferred, cultural identity, and the power of the blues, August Wilson’s electrifying masterpiece, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, returns in a brand-new production more than 40 years after it first raised the roof of the American theater in its world premiere at Yale Rep.

Keeping sharp and staying active is vital for older adults.

The AFA Barbara Rabinowitz Center offers free, dementia-friendly activities for Long Island seniors every weekday in Amityville.

The Center’s free programs help seniors strengthen their brains, be creative, and socialize.

Programs include arts & crafts, music, games, chair yoga, dance, and movement.

Visit afalongisland.org or call 631-223-4000 to learn more.

Open Studios New Haven returns to the city with a bang! This year, more than two dozen locations across New Haven, Westville, and West Haven will open their doors (and studios) in a month-long extravaganza of events! Open Studios New Haven (OSNHV) runs October 1 to November 1, with an exciting line-up of weekend events including: Opening Weekend (Oct 1- 4), Downtown Weekend (Oct 10 - 11), Erector Square/Marlin Works Weekend (Oct 17 -18), Westville Weekend (Oct 24 - 25), and a Giant Puppet Parade in Westville’s Edgewood Park on November 1 (11am). With support from the City of New Haven, the Town Green District, the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, you can meet local artists, visit their studios, learn about the creative process, and to purchase unique artwork, jewelry, and handicrafts ahead of the holiday season! Free and open to everyone. Get a sneak peek at OSNHV with “Glorious Index: Small Works by Open Studios Artists,” at The Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library (Opening Reception, Thursday, October 1, 5-7pm). Discover all of the locations, addresses, and events on printed maps available throughout the city, and at OpenStudiosNHV.org.

Join us Saturday, October 24, for the inaugural Sip & Savor: A Mocktail & Small Plates Tour through Downtown New Haven!

Stroll to five popular restaurants and enjoy a specially crafted signature mocktail and a chef-inspired small-plate pairing at each stop. Your self-guided culinary tour includes stops at Sherkaan Indian Street Food, Heirloom at The Study, Harvest Restaurant & Wine Bar, ZINC New Haven, and Pacifico.

Tickets are $30 + processing fees and include five mocktail-and-small-plate pairings, exclusive two-day offers from participating retailers, a cotton tote bag, and free all-day parking at the 150 York Street Garage.

Choose from five start times between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Groups depart every 30 minutes, with approximately 25 minutes to sip and savor at each restaurant before strolling to the next stop.

The event takes place rain or shine and is open to all ages. Every guest participating in the tastings, including children, must have a ticket.

Exhibition chrysanthemum competition. See chrysanthemums like you've never seen them before, all sizes, shapes and forms (even bonsai). These are NOT your supermarket mums, think florist mums only bigger and many different forms.
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Chicago, 1927. Tensions and temperatures rise during a blistering recording session as the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey, and her ambitious trumpeter, Levee, clash over control of her music, exposing the emotional and economic exploitation Black artists faced in America. An exploration of dreams deferred, cultural identity, and the power of the blues, August Wilson’s electrifying masterpiece, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, returns in a brand-new production more than 40 years after it first raised the roof of the American theater in its world premiere at Yale Rep.

Keeping sharp and staying active is vital for older adults.

The AFA Barbara Rabinowitz Center offers free, dementia-friendly activities for Long Island seniors every weekday in Amityville.

The Center’s free programs help seniors strengthen their brains, be creative, and socialize.

Programs include arts & crafts, music, games, chair yoga, dance, and movement.

Visit afalongisland.org or call 631-223-4000 to learn more.

Open Studios New Haven returns to the city with a bang! This year, more than two dozen locations across New Haven, Westville, and West Haven will open their doors (and studios) in a month-long extravaganza of events! Open Studios New Haven (OSNHV) runs October 1 to November 1, with an exciting line-up of weekend events including: Opening Weekend (Oct 1- 4), Downtown Weekend (Oct 10 - 11), Erector Square/Marlin Works Weekend (Oct 17 -18), Westville Weekend (Oct 24 - 25), and a Giant Puppet Parade in Westville’s Edgewood Park on November 1 (11am). With support from the City of New Haven, the Town Green District, the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, you can meet local artists, visit their studios, learn about the creative process, and to purchase unique artwork, jewelry, and handicrafts ahead of the holiday season! Free and open to everyone. Get a sneak peek at OSNHV with “Glorious Index: Small Works by Open Studios Artists,” at The Gallery Upstairs at the Institute Library (Opening Reception, Thursday, October 1, 5-7pm). Discover all of the locations, addresses, and events on printed maps available throughout the city, and at OpenStudiosNHV.org.

Sing Happy – There are no straight lines in life.
Sunday, October 25, 6 PM (Doors 5:30 PM)
Cabaret Show: 6 – 7:30 PM

Open Mic: 7:30 – 9 PM

Tickets $45

A Limited Number of Under-18 Tickets are Available for $20.

Featuring:

Claire Mailhot, Performer
Jessica Smith, Director
Andrew Levine, Music Director
You thought you knew how your life would unfold. You could see it laid out-a future performing.

Well, the designs we have for our life seldom end up quite the way we envisioned them. In Sing Happy, Claire takes us on the real journey of a theater-loving performer and educator with resonant stories and songs by some of the greatest musical theater writers-Sondheim, Weill, Maltby and Shire, and many more.

Join in on the fun! The main show will be followed by an open mic.

The Art of Cabaret
If you’re a fan of the American Musical Theater, you’ve probably heard of the genre known as Cabaret. Cabaret offers audiences a chance to hear performers, many of them steeped in theater practices and repertory, in a relaxed and intimate setting. Cabaret is all about a singer’s connection with you, the audience. It’s all about ‘breaking the fourth wall’-and that’s the excitement inherent in this format.