Feb 17-25 in Hamden*
Beautiful. Diverse. Community.
Winter Wonders: HECA
Now accepting applications… The Hamden Engineering Careers Academy (HECA) at Hamden High School.
Relatively new - the first cohort started in 2019 and will be graduating this year - HECA is loaded with potential for Hamden students and families. It is an innovative dual-enrollment program with partners at Gateway Community College and ManufactureCT. Successful HECA students will have the opportunity to earn a 2-year Associate’s Degree from Gateway CC while at Hamden HS, and will graduate ready for a career in manufacturing or enrollment in a college engineering program. Check out this brief video interview:
The rigorous program includes a two-week “Manufacturing and Engineering in the Real World” summer workshop at Gateway Community College.
HECA also offers and encourages students to enroll in courses from the national pre-engineering program “Project Lead The Way”.
HECA program enrollment is by application only. Application to the program is open to current 8th and 9th grade students. Application takes place each year in February and March, and must be completed by the due date (March 17th) to be considered.
Friday Feb 17
Fantasy Game Night @ Eli Whitney Museum. Ages 10-15. 6-8:30pm. Link for more details and registration.
Rivalry: The Battle of Whitney Avenue. Yale @ QU men’s ice hockey. 7pm @ QU’s M&T Arena. QU is now ranked #1 in the nation, again. Link for tickets.
Chosen Family monthly dinner @ Spring Glen Church. 5-7pm. A monthly LGBTQ+ gathering space over dinner.
Final 10 days of YCBA. Closing for renovations on Feb 27th (until 2024 re-opening). Link for more details.
Saturday Feb 18
Playoffs! #1-ranked Hamden High girls basketball begins the post-season with the SCC Tournament. 10am @ Sheehan HS in Wallingford. Link for full tournament brackets.
“Rhapsody in Blue” performed by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra @ Hamden High School. 3pm. Free for children under 18 with an adult ticket purchase. Link for more details and tickets.
Final Regular Season Home Game: QU men’s ice hockey vs Brown. 7pm @ QU’s M&T Arena. QU is now ranked #1 in the nation. Link for tickets.
Sunday Feb 19
Winter tree identification hike with SGPA. 1-3pm. Free. The Sleeping Giant Park Association is offering a short, informative hike designed to explore the variety of trees and shrubs in their winter condition. Link for more details.
Information session for Hamden teens interested in the Eli Whitney Museum apprentice program. 4-5pm. Open to Hamden students in grades 8-10. Link to register for the info session.
Monday Feb 20
Playoffs! #1-ranked Hamden High girls basketball, if victorious on Saturday, continues the post-season in the SCC Tournament. 6pm @ Jonathan Law HS in Milford. Link for full tournament brackets.
Winter school break STEM day camps @ Eli Whitney Museum. Link for more details & registration.
Tuesday Feb 21
“Architecture Workshop” for kids and families @ YCBA. For families with children of all ages and abilities. Free. 11am-2pm. Build architectural models and paper sculptures! We will find inspiration in the work of British architect Sir David Adjaye, who designed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, and architect Louis I. Kahn, who designed the YCBA. Link for more details.
Wednesday Feb 22
Championship Game! #1-ranked Hamden High girls basketball, if victorious on Monday, continues the post-season in the SCC Tournament championship game. 7:30pm @ M&T Bank Arena @ QU. Link for full tournament brackets.
The New Haven Museum will host a screening of “What Could Have Been,” a documentary by the Beinecke Library at Yale. Free. 6pm. The film confronts the unfortunate history of how Black New Haven leaders lost the fight to create the nation's first Black college in 1831, when it was rejected by white property owners of the city, despite the support of several prominent leaders. Link for more details.
LEGO Club @ Brundage Community Branch Library. 6-7:15pm. Free. Link for registration.
Thursday Feb 23
Milk & Cookies STEM project/experiment for kids @ Miller Library. Grades K-2. Free. 3-4pm. Link for registration.
Book signing and author presentation: Parks of the 21st Century. 7pm @ Edgerton Park Carriage House. Details below.
Friday Feb 24
Celebration of Black History Month @ Hamden Memorial Town Hall. 7pm. Details below.
“Singing the Lord’s Songs in a Strange Land and Times: A Black History and Lenten Commemoration”. Free. 7:30pm @ Yale Divinity School Marquand Chapel. The performance explores one of many musical journeys of a people stolen from their land, and who find themselves holding to their faith when seemingly all has been taken. Link for more details.
Saturday Feb 25
Free movie screening of “The Woman King” @ Miller Library. 2-4:30pm. Link for registration.
Made Visible: Freedom Dreams. Special Saturday performance @ Creative Arts Workshop. 1-3pm. Link for more details.
Ujamaa Market @ ConnCORP in Hamden. 1-5pm. Come show your support and shop with over 25 Black vendors. Details below.
Hamden Food in the News:
Red Tomato: New to Hamden. Latin food in a casual setting on State Street. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner. Website & menu. Checkout the weekend specials. Social media for updates.
More Hamden Programs:
Call for LEGOs! A new "LEGO Innovation Station" is planned for Hamden's Eli Whitney Museum. To donate LEGOs (small sets or huge bins or anything between) call the Eli Whitney Museum at 203.777.1833, or stop by the museum on weekdays 9am–5pm.
Registration and tryouts for Hamden Youth Hockey is coming soon (early March). Link for more details.
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