Sept 22-30 in Hamden*
Beautiful. Diverse. Community.
Fall Feature: Teen Center @ Hamden Public Library
A really cool programming idea from the Hamden Public Library… the HPL “Teen Center” is a place for studying, reading, collaborative work, and hanging out. It offers comfortable seating, computers, charging stations, card and tabletop games, coloring, events and programs, video games, and of course, books, manga, and graphic novels. Located on the second floor of the Miller Memorial Library, the Teen Center is open to Hamden youth in grades 7–12, Monday through Friday from 2:45–5:00 pm. Link for more details and calendar of events.
Friday Sept 22
Hamden Movies in the Park Series. Including food and beverage trucks. Link for more details.
American Red Cross blood drive @ Whitneyville Cultural Commons. Every Friday 12:15-6pm. Walk-ins are welcome.
French conversation group every Friday 4-5pm at the Hamden Public Library. Gather in a casual setting and speak French! All skill levels are encouraged from fluent to beginner.
The Yale Philharmonia, led by Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and joined by mezzo-soprano Kara Morgan ‘24MMA, the Elm City Girls’ Choir, and the treble voices from the Yale Glee Club, opens its 2023–2024 concert season with a performance of Mahler’s colossal Third Symphony. Link for more details.
Saturday Sept 23
23rd Annual Brooksvale Fall Festival. 11am-4pm. Details below.
Join your Hamden Land Conservation Trust as we plant a native pollinator plant rain garden at Town Center Park. Our friends at Save the Sound are installing a stormwater pollution mitigation system at the park. Hamden Land Conservation Trust will be planting a rain garden as part of that green infrastructure installation 10am-2pm. Link for more details.
Saturday Morning Cartoosn @ Best Video. 9:30am-12pm. Link for more details.
Sunday Sept 24
Join the Sleeping Giant Park Association for a guided hike exploring the history of Sleeping Giant State Park. This hike will be led by Julie Hulten and Trina Learned, who have each done extensive research into the history of the park and the Association. Both will talk about the construction of the tower and the quarrying that gave rise to the movement to save the Giant a century ago. 1-3pm. Link for more details.
Live music @ No Worries Brewing Company. 2-5pm Details below.
Sunday Concert Series @ East Rock Brewing. Link for more details.
Westville Arts Market. 10am-1pm. Link for more details.
Tuesday Sept 26
Martin Scorsese September Screening Series Finale @ BVFCC. 7pm. Details below.
The Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium is a facility of the Yale Department of Astronomy. The planetarium is used to teach astronomy concepts to undergraduate classes, to support astronomy programs at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and to present planetarium shows to the general public. The planetarium and observatory are open to the public every Tuesday night. Link for more details.
Wednesday Sept 27
Paint Hamden Pink event @ Town Center Park. 5pm. Details below.
Free guitar lessons - Level 1 (6pm) or Level 2 (7:45pm). Details below.
Thursday Sept 28
Pizza, local craft beer, and trivia @ No Worries Brewing Company. Link for more details.
Opening Night: New Haven Symphony Orchestra @ Woolsey Hall. The season begins with a triumphant return to Woolsey Hall, celebrated with Saint-Saëns’s vibrant and joyful “Organ” Symphony and Joyce Yang performs Tchaikovsky’s bombastic First Piano Concerto. Link for more details.
CT Classic Chevy Cruise. Cars, food, music. 5-9pm. Details below.
Friday Sept 29
Oktoberfest begins @ Twelve Percent Brewing Company. Link for more details.
Friday Night Live Music @ Hamden’s No Worries Brewery. Link for more details.
Westville Beer Garden. Beer, music, food, games. 4-9pm. Details below.
New Haven Night Market 5-10pm. An evening bazaar, taking place in different downtown locations and gathering all to celebrate the vibrant New Haven and Greater New Haven community’s entrepreneurs, art, music, food, drink, culture and more! Link for more details.
Saturday Sept 30
Opening Night: Yale Symphony Orchestra. 7:30pm. Link for more details.
Wonktoberfest @ NEBCO. Link for more details.
Hamden Food in the News:
After a soft open in the spring, Bistro Latino is back with a refined menu and new Happy Hour. Link for more details and menus.
More Hamden Programs:
Tickets are now on sale for the National Champion QU Men’s Ice Hockey upcoming season. Link fore more details.
Yale’s HPREP is a nationwide high school Saturday science enrichment program aimed at recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and those who are socially and economically disadvantaged, into careers in the sciences and health professions. Under the mentorship of minority graduate and professional students, high school HPREP participants are introduced to various topics within medicine and public health. Each session will feature presentations about different fields of medicine, delivered by Yale Faculty, and small-group workshops and activities. Five scholarship prizes will be awarded to the five top-engaged students with the best final presentations. Link for more details.
Boundless Education Sunday Morning Math @ Eli Whitney Museum. Boundless Education has been teaching talented math students in CT for over 25 years. Registration for the fall 8-week Sunday morning sessions is now open. Grades 6-9 beginning October 15th. Link for more details.
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.
Registration is still open for Hamden youth soccer u6 clinic this fall. Link for more details and registration.
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