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ARTWALK PLANNING SESSION @LOTTA
ArtWalk Prep Meetings continue today:
Wednesday, February 26, 7:00pm
Come be apart of the ArtWalk planning committees! Food, Fun, Art, Music : we need your help to make this year the best year yet!
drinks and light snacks will be available.
Meetings are held at Lotta Studio, 911 Whalley Ave
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MITCHELL LIBRARY
Children's Calendar for February HERE
Mon 12-8 |Tue 12-6| Wed 10-6 | Thu 10-6 | Fri CLOSED | Sat 10-5 | Sun CLOSED
Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison Street, 203-946-8117
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Odeon, 918 Whalley Avenue, (203) 389 - 8704
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The Well For Women, 495 Blake Street,
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Check out website for Valentines day sales!
STOREFRONT HOURS
Monday-Wednesday 10:00am-5:00pm
Thursday-Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm
Strange Ways, 910 Whalley Avenue,
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50% off First Friday* - The first Friday of each month
20% off Tuesdays* - Every single Tuesday
*visit store for details
CLOSED Monday - Tuesday-Thursday 12-5 - Friday 12-7- Saturday/Sunday 10-5
Vintanthromodern, 895 Whalley Avenue
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Elm City Sounds, 24 Fountain Street
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OPEN ENROLLMENT @ELM CITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL
ECMS opened in August 2014 as New Haven's first public Montessori school. They are a local public charter school serving preschool - 6th grade students. Informational flyer
HERE Follow on
Facebook.
Families interested in the 2020-2021 school year may RSVP here (
English,
Spanish) to attend ECMS' Open Houses (tours included), dates listed below:
Thursday, February 27th, 10:00-11:00AM
Elm City Montessori School, 495 Blake Street
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
"Hay bales and rubber duckies might sprout in Westville, as city planners ponder closing the short block of Central Avenue between Whalley and Fountain to create a one-block pedestrian plaza or piazza.
That possibility emerged Wednesday night at the regular monthly Westville/West Hills Community Community Management Team meeting that drew 40 people and officials to the cafeteria of the
Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School
on Fountain Street..." Click HERE to comment and read full article.
MILL STREET OPENING RECEPTION THIS WEEKEND
Opening reception: February 22nd 2-6pm
Exhibition tours: February 29
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by appointment:
to schedule a tour Instagram DM: @millstreetnhv
MEET THE PROBOSCOID FROM PLANET RHINOPLAST
February 18, 2020, The New Haven Independent, by Thomas Breen- "Gar Waterman may have called the piece Proboscoid from the Planet Rhinoplast, in honor of a certain nasal prominence that emerges from the work. But the piece is far from extraterrestrial. Waterman sourced it from Fair Haven, and from New Haven's own long industrial history. On Sunday Waterman and artist Tom Edwards were on hand at Kehler Liddell Gallery to open their current shows - Edwards's "Dreams and Shadows" and Waterman's "Pattern Language" - which run at the Westville gallery through March 15. To a packed house, the two artists explained that the process behind the pieces were sometimes an adventure in themselves." Click
HERE to comment and read full article.
DIGNITY MUSIC SEEKS DONATIONS FOR TRAVELING SHOW
Westville resident and professional cellist
Ravenna Michalsen's Dignity Music brings live classical music to soup kitchens, transitional housing centers and day programs in New Haven, CT.
This spring they are taking Dignity Music on the road for 5 days to spread the idea of live music as a soothing and joyful experience for those experiencing tremendous hardship - and as a way for musicians to meet different sides of their city.
Visit
www.DignityMusic.org
to
donate (link is at the top).
CALL TO ARTISTS FOR GROUP SHOW @KLG 
"I Am ..." - 4th Annual Juried Show - Open Call to Artists. How do you see yourself? How do others see you? What makes you, you? From selfies to personal branding to the complexities of identity politics, our carefully crafted personas are routinely broadcast to the world via the internet. The modern world revels in the revelation of a semblance of self, allowing us to conceal as much as we reveal. In this age of unprecedented exposure, how can an artist offer some fresh statement of self? While navigating the boundaries between the social and the private self, how do you publicly express something real and authentic? We invite you to share some aspect of the true you, whether through a traditional version of self portraiture or some other, less conventional window to your soul. We want to know you and see you as you see yourself. We welcome any media or form of self expression in your expression of self, anticipating that this collection of selves, of I AM, will become a powerful, revelatory voice of WE ARE. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Sunday, March 15th by 11:59pm. FULL DETAILS HERE
ARTSPACE COMMISSIONED PROJECTS OPEN CALL ANNOUNCED
"Artspace invites Connecticut-based artists, designers and thinkers to submit proposals for projects that advance public awareness of how our city is run and what governance looks like by moving their practices out of the studio and into the public sphere. We seek proposals that imagine opportunities for artists to play innovative and generative roles alongside city officials, employees, volunteers and residents as observers, analysts, strategists, contributors, collaborators, interns, educators, poets and storytellers. Submissions may describe a dream artist-residency within a specific city department (see list below), or be designed to help address an overlooked gap, need or promise..." Click
HERE to apply and for full details.
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Thursday, February 20, 6:00-9:30pm
PECHA KUCHA NEW HAVEN #38 THE "PREDICTABLE ROARING 20'S" EDITION
Just the facts, extreme version: 20x20 on 2/20/20 starting one hour before 20:00. Lotta fun.
Doors open at 6pm and the talks begin promptly(ish) at 7pm.
BYOB.
Event is free, but a tip jar will be on hand to cover some of the costs our volunteers incur.
We are always looking for presenters. Information is here or just sign up
HERE
The October event was so amazing we had to take some time to recover, but we are back, baby! On Thursday, February 20, 2020, we land at Lotta Studio to have a lotta fun. Wait! What? Thursday? I know, we have never done a Thursday before, but it is too perfect: 20x20 on 2/20/20 starting one hour before 20:00. Come roar with us as we bring in the 20's, PechaKucha New Haven style.
Lotta Studio, 911 Whalley Ave, New Haven, CT
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Saturday, February 22, 4:00pm-5:00pm
INDOOR WINTER CONCERT @KLG
The Indoor Winter Concert Series continues with Caribbean Vibe Steel Drum Band! Free and open to all. Families welcome.
ABOUT THE BAND: Caribbean Vibe Steel Drum Band providing the best in fun, festive steel drum music for over 30 years. Most recently performing on the Wendy Williams Show our musicians come from many parts of the Caribbean including Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti, and Antigua. Performing for many venues around the world. Best known for their high energy, lively, and rhythmic performances, covering a wide variety of styles including Calypso, Reggae, Soca, Latin, and North American music. You will "Feel and experience the sounds of the Islands" with Caribbean Vibe! More information:
www.caribbeanvibesteelband.com
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Avenue
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Saturday, February 22, 2:00pm
I AM SHAKESPEARE FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION @MITCHELL LIBRARY
Stephen Dest's documentary I AM SHAKESPEARE: The Henry Green Story chronicles the true life story of 19 year old, Henry Green, living a dual life as a brilliant young actor and inner-city gang member, who was brutally shot and left for dead just shortly after his inspiring performance in Shakespeare's
"Romeo & Juliet"
and his remarkable (less than 1% chance of survival) recovery/intestinal transplant received by a 13 year old boy (Jack) who was killed in a car accident on the other side of the country but who still managed to save Henry's life.
New Haven resident and writer/director of this film was the recipient of the 2012 "Artist of the Year" (Filmmaker) awarded by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. Mr. Dest is founder/head of the Drama Department at Neighborhood Music School , and a professor of Film Studies at University of Connecticut.
*This event is co-sponsored by The Westville Village Renaissance Alliance.
Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison Street
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Saturday, February 22, 12:45pm-2:00pm
PHOTOGRAPHS OF JEWISH CALCUTTA
Jael Silliman, who was born in Calcutta, will lead a discussion about that Jewish community and the current exhibition,
Sanjeet Chowdhury, Photographs of Jewish Calcutta. She has written on Jewish Calcutta, including Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women's Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope, about four generations of her family. Silliman recently developed the digital archive
Recalling Jewish Calcutta.
Although only about twenty Jews currently reside in Kolkata (as it is now known), the city retains the traces of Jewish culture. Many monuments, including a cemetery in North Kolkata, where gravestones are occasionally written in three languages, remain and are cared for by non-Jewish Bengalis, many of them Muslims. Nahoum's, the Jewish bakery, remains one of the city's favorites.
Sanjeet Chowdhury's photographs illustrate the diversity, poignancy and history of this Jewish culture. An independent photographer, filmmaker, and curator committed to representing the everyday, he is based in Kolkata. His photographic works have been exhibited in London, New York, Basel, and other cities worldwide.
BEKI, 85 Harrison Street.
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Sunday, February 23, 1:00-4:00pm
A NATIONWIDE CRISIS: MISSIN
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MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN GIRLS
Kim Weston, like other Native Americans across North America, is standing up to bring awareness to the crisis of the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Here in the United States 5,712 are on record for being missing or murdered. Another 10,000 have been reported in Canada.
Kim Weston is working
on an installation piece that will include 15,000 prayer bundles for the "Visionary New England" exhibition slated for the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum this Spring 2020.
Your hands are needed to help create these red bundles. Each bundle is filled with tobacco and represents a prayer for these women and girls. This is a great opportunity to learn a Native American tradition and make a difference in the lives of the women, girls and their families. Every bundle counts. Every prayer is needed.
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Through March 15
GAR WATERMAN AND TOM EDWARDS @KEHLER LIDDELL GALLERY
In A Pattern Language, sculptor Gar Waterman uses wooden foundry patterns from the
National Pipe Bending Company (NPBC) to take a fresh look at a vestige of New Haven's industrial past. NPBC prospered for over 100 years on River Street in Fair Haven as a subsidiary of The Bigelow Boiler Company... Full details HERE
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Avenue
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, February 24, 5:15pm
MOVE AND MEDITATE- Click
HERE for more info.
Lotta Studio, 911 Whalley Avenue
FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS, VISIT
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