Aug 25 - Sept 2 in Hamden*

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Aug 24, 2023

Summer Spotlight: Back-to-School Food Truck Festival

Live music and more than two dozen food trucks all together @ Town Center Park. Join Hamden families and students on the final weekend of the summer break before students return to school next week. Plus a community resource fair with a wealth of info about family and educational resources available in Hamden. Link for more details.

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Share This Week in Hamden*

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Summer Spotlight: Shakespeare in the Park, plus a Shakespeare exhibition @ Sterling Memorial Library. Link for more details.

Friday Aug 25

Friday Night Live Music Series @ Hamden’s No Worries Brewery. Link for more details.

Yale Summer Cabaret presents 6 new 10-minute plays. August 24th-26th with two performances per evening. Link for more details.

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Happy Hour in the Plaza series with live music, food, drinks & lawn games in Temple Plaza! 4:30-7:30pm. Link for more details.

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Saturday Aug 26

Hamden’s Back to School Food Truck Festival @ Town Center Park. 12-4pm. Link for more details.

Exhibition Opening Reception: The 6th Dimension Afrofuturist arts festival in Hamden & New Haven. 6-9pm @ The LAB @ ConnCORP in Hamden. Link for more details.

Summer Cookout @ East Rock Brewery. 2-7pm. Link for more details.

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Summer Comedy Improv Series with The Regicides of A Broken Umbrella Theatre. Live @ The Stack in Westville @ 8pm. Ages 18+, beverages of all kinds provided! Link for more details.

Goat Yoga @ Nadeau Farm in Hamden. Saturday and Sunday @ 11:30am. Link to register.

Sunday Aug 27

“Kickoff Ball” for the New Haven Cocktail Week 2-5pm @ Gioia. Event includes drinks, snacks, and a tasting of all the spirits from NHCW brand sponsors this year. Link for more details and tickets.

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Polo in Hamden at Giant Valley Polo Club. 3pm. Link for more details.

Visit the Dickerman House and Talmadge Cider Mill. See a bit of Hamden History from the 1800s. Open in August on Sundays from 1 PM to 4 PM. Get a guided tour or wander around yourself.

Sunday Concert Series @ East Rock Brewing Company. Free. Live music in the beer hall from 3-6 pm. Link for details.

Monday August 28

Book Discussion Group with Hamden Public Library. 6:30-7:30pm. Link to register.

Wednesday Aug 30

Artist Talk @ Thornton Wilder Hall with Hamden’s Shaundra Holloway. 6pm. Details below.

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Free group guitar lessons @ Brundage Community Branch Library. 6-7pm. All ages. Link to register.

Thursday Aug 31

Chevy Classic Car event @ P&M Fine Foods on Whitney Ave. 5-9pm. Details below.

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Friday Sept 1

“Party in the Park” to celebrate 50 Years of Hip Hop @ Hamden’s Town Center Park. 7pm. Details below.

NHdocs @ BVFCC. 7pm. Includes a discussion with the filmmakers after the viewing. Link for more details.

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American Red Cross blood drive @ Whitneyville Cultural Commons. Every Friday 12:15-6pm. Walk-ins are welcome.

Saturday Sept 2

Lake Wintergreen “Healing Hike” 3-6pm. Link for more details and registration.

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Walk-in STEM projects @ Hamden’s Eli Whitney Museum. Free. 10am-3pm. For children ages 5-12. A museum apprentice will work with your child as they build a project and begin to experiment. Sessions last from 20 minutes to an hour. Projects change from weekend to weekend. Link for more details.

Open Farm Day @ Common Ground in West Rock Ridge State Park. 10am-2pm. Free. Details below.

Family Concert @ Best Video. 10:30am. Link for more details.

Final Weekend: Elm Shakespeare Company presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” @ Edgerton Park. Link for more details.

Final Night: New Haven Cocktail Week. Link for participating restaurants & bars.

More Hamden Programs:

“Right at School” for before and after school enrichment programs at Hamden Public Schools. Link for more details and registration.

Registration is now open for Hamden Adult Education with a wide range of opportunities and programs. Link for more details.

Registration is open for bowling leagues at Johnson’s Duckpin Lanes. Details below.

Hamden’s free youth hockey “Learn to Play” program. Link for more details.

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