Curator’s Talk: “Whaling Logbooks: Records of a Maritime Industry”

Sterling Memorial Library 120 High Street, New Haven

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Whaling Logbooks: Records of a Maritime Industry, on view in the Sterling Library Exhibition Corridor from April 29 to October 6, 2024. Curator AJ Laird ’24 will provide a tour of this exciting exhibition and will be available for questions and conversation over light refreshments afterwards. No […]

Webinar: Yale Institute of Sacred Music: Biophilia: In Excelsis

Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture initiative is pleased to present a dialogical webinar to celebrate the closing of the art exhibition, Biophilia: In Excelsis. Reflecting on the role of art, music and religion in addressing the climate crisis, this cross-disciplinary conversation will feature the exhibition curator M. Annenberg, the artist […]

Lecture: Steve Manuel: Whaling, Religion and Royalty: New London and Lahaina

Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to partner with the Thames River Heritage Park to host their 2024 lecture series, Stories from the Park: Island Affairs of the Thames. New London, the “Whaling City” was the third largest whaling port in the country during the height of whaling in the United States and for a […]

$10 – $20

Film Screening: Yves Klein Monotone-Silence Symphony

St. James Church 865 Madison Avenue, NYC

On the occasion of the exhibition Yves Klein and the Tangible World, Lévy Gorvy Dayan will present a performance of Klein’s Monotone-Silence Symphony at St. James’ Church, New York, on Wednesday, May 1, at 6:30 pm. Conducted by Petr Kotik and performed by the orchestra and choir of the S.E.M. Ensemble, the symphony is composed of […]

$29

Project Music Fundraiser: Empowerment Through Music: After School Program in Stamford

GE Co-Create Space 47 John Street, Stamford

Join us for an evening where music meets innovation! Enjoy performances by Project Music Collective and Orchestra Lumos musicians, spanning classical to jazz, and support Project Music. The event features an auction of unique art blending 3D printing technology with music, created by Greenwich Pen Women and GE Co-Create. All proceeds will support Project Music […]

YQI/Franke Nontechnical Talk: Nicholas Milkovich – Art and Material Science

Linsly-Chittenden Hall 63 High Street, New Haven

Your cells are leaking! - The uncanny biomechnical world of polyethylene art Sculptor Nicholas Milkovich studied Mechanical Engineering and Studio Art at the University of Virginia, and doubled down with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University and an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Truly at the intersection of art and science, […]

49th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York

Kips Bay Show House 125 East 65th Street, NYC

May 2, 2024 through May 28, 2024 Each year celebrated interior designers transform a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine furnishings, art, and technology.  This event began in 1973 when several dedicated supporters of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club launched the Decorator Show House to raise critical funds for much […]

$50

Book Talk with Manisha Sinha: The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford

Join us as acclaimed historian Manisha Sinha discusses her new book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. The book is a groundbreaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history. After the Civil War, the victorious North attempted to create an interracial […]

$10 – $15

In Community: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones at The District Music Hall

District Music Hall 71 Wall Street, Norwalk

Join us May 2 for an “In Community: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones” distinguished New York Times Magazine domestic correspondent and creator of The 1619 Project. Produced in partnership with The Equity Lab, powered by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) and Connecticut Public, the program will explore many of the themes Hannah-Jones explores in her work for The New York Times Magazine, as producer of […]

$20 – $50

Parties, the Press, and Political Politeness ​(Well, Not Really!) with Dr. Matthew Warshauer

Avon Free Public Library 281 Country Club Rd, Avon

Join us for an in-person history lecture with Dr. Matthew Warshauer! “Parties, the Press, and Political Politeness ​(Well, Not Really!)” Can’t we all just get along? Let’s go back to the good old days when partisanship wasn’t so bad, the press was fairly balanced, and courtesy reigned over American politics! Really? Join Matt Warshauer, professor […]

YANKEE Cider Barn Spring Hours and Trivia Night

Yankee Cider Company 23 Petticoat Lane, East Haddam

Still fighting off the last of the “cold weather blues”? You’re in luck! Beginning on Thursday, May 2nd (along with our first ever Trivia Night - Read on for details!), our tap room will be open Thursdays and Fridays from 4-8pm! Want even more good news? You can hang out with us for a whole […]

Author Talk: Finding Margaret Fuller: A Novel

Darien Library 1441 Post Road, Darien

Join us in welcoming acclaimed author Allison Pataki to the Darien Library to discuss her new book, Finding Margaret Fuller.  Allison, in conversation with author Lee Woodruff, will discuss her latest book, an epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller – America’s forgotten leading lady and the central figure of a movement that defined […]