Community Calendar

Join us for our family program Getting StARTed, where we offer engaging activities to guide families in looking at art together. The 30-minute sessions focus on a range of works from the collection and build in time for participants to try the month’s activity on their own. 

Meet by the couches in the Gallery lobby.

Gather your crew and spend the day getting creative at Guild Hall! Each month, Family Day brings hands-on art workshops, kid-friendly tours of our galleries led by the Teen Arts Council, and lively performances from local student artists in the Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater.

It’s a fun, free day for families to make, explore, and celebrate art together—drop in and join the fun!

The Civic Orchestra of New Haven, under the direction of Nadya Potemkina, presents Glow & Grace at Battell Chapel, featuring a New England premiere by Quinn Mason alongside works by Gioachino Rossini and César Franck.

The program opens with Rossini’s witty and energetic Overture to The Barber of Seville, followed by Mason’s Sonorous, a bold and expressive trombone concerto—offering a rare opportunity to experience a compelling contemporary work in its New England premiere. The program concludes with Franck’s Symphony in D minor, a richly layered and powerful work that remains one of the most distinctive symphonic voices of the late Romantic era.

For more than 80 years, the Civic Orchestra of New Haven has been a vibrant part of the city’s cultural life, bringing together dedicated musicians in performances that reflect both artistic excellence and a deep connection to the community.

Join us for a program that moves from brilliance and wit to depth and intensity, bringing together music that continues to resonate across generations.

Tickets & information: https://www.civicorchestraofnewhaven.org/concerts (early bird discount available)

Enjoy midway fun for the whole family with rides for all ages, from whimsical kiddie rides to state-of-the-art thrill rides, entertaining carnival games and plenty of mouthwatering fair food.

Admission and parking are free.

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 on site ($40 cash price) or online before 5 pm Thurs., May 7 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99.

Check out the website for pre-sale deals on ride tickets and coupon savings on rides and food.

Midway hours: 5-10 pm Monday - Thursday, 5-11 pm Friday, noon-11 pm Saturday, noon-10 pm Sunday

Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+. Please check the website for event updates before attending.

More information: 866-666-3247 or DreamlandAmusements.com
https://dreamlandamusements.com/upcoming-events-amusement-carnival/hicksville-carnival-broadway-commons/

Fair season on Long Island kicks off with family entertainment including spectacular Fireworks by Grucci both Saturday nights, exciting rides and games for all ages, and fair food for every appetite.

Free with admission are the Aqua Live Spectacular starring aerialist mermaids and more, The Magic of America show combining astonishing illusions with inspiring moments from American history, and Victoria Circus high-wire, aerial and motorcycle thrill acts.

Fair admission: $5 (free for kids under 36" tall)

Unlimited ride wristbands (for riders 36" & taller) are $42 ($40 cash) or online before 5 pm May 7 for $29 each, 2/$55 or 4/$99.

Visit the website for pre-sale ride ticket savings and daily specials including Carload Night (Thursdays), when admission & unlimited rides are just $62/vehicle ($60 cash) for all seat-belted occupants.

Fair hours: 5-10 pm Monday - Thursday, 5-11 pm Friday, noon-11 pm Saturday, noon-10 pm Sunday. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21+.

More information: 866-666-3247 or https://BaldHillFair.com

Artist Reception & Concert
Saturday, May 9, 6 PM
Donations Appreciated

6 PM: Kate Keeler Gallery Walk

7 PM: The Collators

8 PM: The Keelers

Come to Georgetown, where nature and the arts converge with the historic Wire Mill and Granite Church.

Enjoy a multi-media discussion with Kate Keeler and special guests about her art and her family’s multi-generational history in Georgetown. Following the reception and conversation, indulge your senses in music as The Collators take the stage, followed by a special set by The Keelers.

The Collators is a band of four songwriters playing original music (and some covers) in the New York City Metropolitan area, consisting of Ralph Dickinson (vocals and bass), Kyle Sutton (vocals and guitar), Dylan Keeler (vocals and guitar), and Mike Friedman (drums). Check them out on Bandcamp.

The Keelers‘ music focuses on what Gram Parsons called “cosmic American music” – rock, soul, blues, country. This dynamic duo features Kate Keeler (vocalist and our event exhibit artist) and Dylan Keeler, who also performs with The Collators. The pair lives in Redding.

Two singer-songwriters host two additional singer-songwriters every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Dunville’s LittlePub. We tell our stories in song and provide an encouraging environment for songwriters to ply their craft. Hosted by Erik Moses and Bill Dempsey

The Hotchkiss Dramatic Association presents William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, May 8–10 in Walker Auditorium at The Hotchkiss School. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

This timeless tragedy blends swordfights, humor, and lyrical poetry in a powerful story of love and fate, brought to life by a contemporary student cast with inspiration from sixteenth-century staging.

Please note: this production includes a depiction of suicide onstage and may not be suitable for all audiences.

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize winning play comes to life on the Playhouse stage.

Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize winning breakout play is an uplifting, gentle and powerful exploration of change, friendship, and quiet courage. Meet Kenneth, a creature of habit whose world is upended when his lifelong job ends – and he’s nudged into the unknown by his best friend Bert and a few unexpected encounters over mai tais at the local tiki bar. This luminous new American play draws us into a deeply human journey, as Kenneth takes small steps into a bigger world – one where every connection holds the power to transform a life.

Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut Concert and Silent Auction
Light, Heaven, and Earth
Featuring: Schubert "Mass in G"
Mozart "Regina Coeli"
Choir, Orchestra, and Soloists
Christopher James Hisey, Conductor