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Jan 26, 2023

Winter Wonders: A Weekend Trip to Ireland

A winter weekend escape to Ireland, right here in Hamden @ the Playwright Pub. Live Irish music every Saturday night (7pm) & every Sunday afternoon (4pm). A menu with plenty of choices for traditional Irish meals: Shepherd’s Pie, Bangers & Mash, Corned Beef & Cabbage, Irish Curry, Beer Battered Fish & Chips, Traditional Irish Breakfast, and more. And, of course, a nice selection of Irish adult beverages to complement the fresh food and the live music. All in a warm, cozy, Irish pub setting. Named one of the Top 10 pubs in CT (link). For more details and updates each week, use this link. Sláinte!

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Winter Wonders: Team trivia, karaoke, mixtape match, etc. at Hamden venues.

Winter Wonders: Locally-owned fitness/training programs in Hamden.

Friday Jan 27

Yale Philharmonia @ Woolsey Hall. 7:30pm. Link for more details and tickets.

Top-10 Matchup: #1-ranked Hamden High girls basketball faces #4-ranked Sacred Heart Academy. 6pm @ HHS.

Intrastate Rivalry: CT Ice Tournament @ QU. QU Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Sacred Heart. 7pm. Link for tickets.

Hamden’s Space Ballroom announces a new partnership with Long Wharf Theatre for a series of performances of 'Live From the Edge' by UNIVERSES at Space Ballroom! The performances will be over a 4-week period in April and May. The shows will blend a range of performance styles — from childhood rhymes to poetry, community rituals, hip-hop, gospel, and more. Enter an immersive musical that draws inspiration from headline news and builds off the energy of the audience to make you reimagine what theatre can be.

Tickets to the general public are available starting January 27th at 12pm, via longwharf.org or spaceballroom.com.

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Saturday Jan 28

11th Annual Lunarfest Parade. 10am. The largest celebration of Lunar New Year and Chinese culture in CT, promoting cross-cultural awareness and understanding and embracing community collaborations. After the parade, in the afternoon, there will be educational activities, workshops, and performances hosted at the New Haven Museum, the NHFPL, Creative Arts Workshop, and Yale Office of International Students & Scholars. Link for more details and registration.

Lunarfest: Year of the Rabbit — Yale-China

Hamden’s Eli Whitney Museum is one of many cultural institutions participating in the Lunarfest day of events after the parade. 2-4pm. Free. Build, decorate, and interact with your own Chinese-dragon automaton in a hands-on workshop with Eli Whitney Museum apprentices. Also pick up a “Year of the Rabbit” kit to make at home. Link for more details.

Intrastate Rivalry: CT Ice Tournament @ QU. #3 QU Men’s Ice Hockey vs #12 UConn. 7pm. Link for tickets.

Blacksmith demonstrations @ Brooksvale Park. 11am-3pm. Details below.

Applications Deadline: Are you, your organization, or business interested in marching in the 2023 St. Patrick’s Day Parade? Link for more details and applications.

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Irish Spirits Tasting @ Playwright Pub. 7-9pm. Live Irish music as well. Details below.

Hamden HS Dance Team participating in the QU Dance Competition. 5-8:30pm. Details below.

NHFPL Fair Haven Branch will host a Bomba Workshop led by guest master artist Victor "Vitito" Emmannuelli at 11am. The program is free and open to the public and sponsored by Movimiento Cultural Afro Continental, Inc. Attendees will learn the fundamentals of Bomba music, dance, and storytelling. Space is limited. Please RSVP at mcultural15@gmail.com.

Sunday Jan 29

Blacksmith demonstrations @ Brooksvale Park. 11am-3pm. Details below.

Greater New Haven Youth & Premier Jazz Ensembles. Free concert @ College Street Music Hall. 4pm. Link for more details.

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Monday Jan 30

Deadline: Yale Pathways to Science STEM programs for middle school and high school students. Two upcoming opportunities:

Julia Robinson Math Festival. Open to Hamden students in grades 6-12. Sunday Feb 12, 9:30am-12pm. Link to register.
Girls Science Investigations: The Electronic World. Open to Hamden students in grades 6-8. Saturday Feb 11, 9am-2pm. Link to register.

Miller Library Book Discussion. A winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics’ Circle Award for Fiction, as well as the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award, "Milkman" is a dynamic work of historical and psychological fiction. Link for more details and registration.

Tuesday Jan 31

Hamden youth hockey FREE ice time and instruction for beginners who want to try skating and hockey. Every Tuesday night @ Astorino Ice Arena. 6pm. Link for more details and registration.

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Symposium of Sound IX at 7pm in the Hamden HS auditorium! The HHS Band, String Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, Color Guard and many small groups are coming together to celebrate "time". You don't want to miss this student-driven evening of excellent music!

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January Screening Series focused on women directors. The final installation in the series is Lucrecia Martel's 2001 film "La Ciénaga". 7pm @ Best Video Film & Cultural Center. Link for more details.

Wednesday Feb 1

Hamden Mobile Food Pantry. 4:30pm-5:30pm. Details below.

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Bach Collegium Japan is widely known as a leading Baroque orchestra and chorus active in Japan but with a worldwide reach. 7:30pm @ Yale’s Morse Recital Hall. Link for more details and tickets.

Thursday Feb 2

Charity Hockey Game presented by Hamden Youth Hockey Association. 7:30-9:30pm. Details below.

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Youth Game Night @ NH Pride Center. 5pm. Details below.

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“Winter Explorers” @ Miller Library. Children ages 3+ with parent/caregiver are invited for stories, crafts and other winter themed activities with different stations to explore a variety of winter themed preschool activities. Link for registration.

Friday Feb 3

“Comedy Night” presented by Hamden Regional Chamber of Commerce. Details below.

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Ellington Jazz Series @ Morse Recital Hall. An evening with Jesse Hameen II & Elevation, the local “prominent drummer ... who played a big part in the revival” of jazz in New Haven. (New York Times) Link for details and tickets.

Saturday Feb 4

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.

“Highlights Tour” @ Yale Univ. Art Gallery. Free. 1:30-pm. 2-hour interactive tour of the gallery’s history, architecture, and global collection. Focusing on a handful of objects chosen to showcase both the permanent collection and special exhibitions currently on view. Link for more details.

Museum “Introductory Tour” @ Yale Center for British Art. 11am-12pm. Free. Join our museum docents to explore the architecture, collections, and history of the museum. Discover the breadth of the museum's holdings and find inspiration in the elegant, light-filled spaces designed by Louis I. Kahn. Link for more details.

Final Day of In-person Registration: Hamden Fathers Baseball & Softball. 10am-12pm @ HMS Cafeteria. Link for registration info.

Hamden Fathers Baseball/Softball Association

Hamden Food in the News:

The Bread Basket: Home of Swedish specialty breads, plus homemade soups. Article and customer reviews.

More Hamden Programs:

Hamden’s “Play More Chess Academy” has numerous opportunities this week, this month, and this winter for beginners, novices, experienced, and experts. Link for more details.

Free 8-week “Circle of Security” parenting workshop. Registration deadline is Feb 1st. Details below.

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