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Executive Patrons

The United Illuminating

Company/Southern

Connecticut Gas

Yale University

Senior PartnersFirst Niagara Bank

Knights of Columbus

L. Suzio York Hill Companies

Odonnell Company

Webster Bank

Corporate Members

Anthem Blue Cross

and Blue Shield

AT&T

Firehouse 12

Fusco Management Company

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Peoples United Bank

Wiggin and Dana

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Business Patrons

Albertus Magnus College

Jewish Foundation of Greater

New Haven

Lenny & Joes Fish Tale

Newman Architects, LLC

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Business Members

Beers, Hamerman

& Company P.C.

Cheney & Company

Duble & OHearn, Inc.

Giampietro GalleryGriswold Special Care

United Aluminum Corporation

Thank you, also, to

our foundations and

government agencies.

The Community Foundation

for Greater New Haven

Connecticut Arts Endowment

Fund

DECD/CT Office of the Arts

Emily Hall Tremaine

Foundation

The Ethel & Abe Lapides

Foundation

The George A. and Grace L.

Long Foundation

The Josef and Anni

Albers Foundation

NewAlliance FoundationPfizer

The Wells Fargo Foundation

The Werth Family Foundation

The Arts Council is pleased to recognizethe generous contributions of our business,corporate and institutional members.

3 Artists Next Door

4 2012 Arts Awards

10 A half-century of literary rarities

12 December calendar

18 Bulletin Board19 Member Organizations

20 Arts Council Programs

On the cover: The Beinecke Rare Bookand Manuscript Library is celebrating its50th year. Photo courtesy of the Beinecke.Page 10

In this Issue

STAFF

Executive Director

Cynthia Clair

Director of Finance

Soonil Chun

Director of Artistic

Services and ProgramsDebbie Hesse

Director of Membership

& Advertising

Bobbi Griffith

Editor, The Arts Paper

David Brensilver

Director of Development

& Marketing

Julie Trachtenberg

Communications Manager

Amanda May

Executive

Administrative Assistant

Winter Marshall

Coordinator of

Community Programs

OluShola A. Cole

Design Consultant

Russell Shaddox

Quicksilver Communication

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Robert B. Dannies, Jr.

Vice President

James Alexander

Second Vice President

Lois DeLise

TreasurerKevin Tobias

Secretary

Mark Potocsny

Directors

Daisy Abreu

Lizinka Benton

Wojtek Borowski

Lindy Lee Gold

Mandi Jackson

Charles Kingsley

Kenneth Lundgren

Terry Maguire

Jocelyn Maminta

Josh Mamis

Thomas Masse

Frank Mitchell

John Newman

Eileen ODonnellBill Purcell

David Silverstone

Dexter Singleton

Ken Spitzbard

Richard S. Stahl, MD

Honorary Members

Frances T. Bitsie Clark

Cheever Tyler

The Arts Paper is published by the Arts Council ofGreater New Haven, and is available by direct mail through

membership with the Arts Council.

For membership information call 203-772-2788.

To advertise in The Arts Paper, call Bobbi Griffith

at the Arts Council.

Arts Council of Greater New Haven

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Phone: 203-772-2788

Fax: 203-772-2262

Email address: [email protected]

On the web: www.newhavenarts.org

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven is pleased

to share its updated mission statement, which

reflects the organizations commitment to clear

communication with its constituents.

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven

promotes, advocates, and fosters opportunities

for artists, arts organizations, and audiences.

Because the arts matter.

The Arts Paper.January / February 2013

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on dance and will include a story about Wesleyan

University Center for the Arts annual DanceMasters

Weekend (March 9 & March 10), which will feature a

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January / February 2013 3

Hank Hoffman

Jim Martin has a quick answer for why he was attracted

to punk: I was an angry young boy! It was the late

1970s and the time was right. I came from a broken

home and I was acting out.

For the better part of the past two decades, Martin has

fronted the hardcore punk band Broken. Drummer Ken

Cushen, bass player Hoss Austin, and guitarists Gerry

Stopper and Jason Gorman join Martin, the only remain-

ing original member. The current band has been together

over four years with Gormans and Cushens tenures

exceeding a decade each. Broken, which has numerous

tours of the United States under its belt, has also per-

formed in Canada, Mexico, and several European coun-

tries. The groups aggressive, pummeling, often-political

music has been showcased on numerous seven-inch 45s

and compact discs.

The combination of the buzzsaw music and anti-

authoritarian message in punk hooked Martin.

It was the soundtrack, the pulse. It was aggressive

and I was feeling aggressive, locked in. The Kids Will

Have Their Say! Martin says, referencing the title track

of a 1982 album by the Boston band SS Decontrol.

Martins mother was a nurse who designed fabrics

on the side. He recalls her taking him and his younger

brother into Manhattan with her when she went to shop

her designs to a New York City designer.

In the late 1970s, the punk scene was thriving. I was

13 or 14, a total outsider, and I remember seeing the

original punks walking around, Martin says.The day after hearing James Velvet, a dinner guest of

his parents, regale the table with talk of the seething rage

in the then-new Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bol-

locks Martin says, I was hanging on every word he

went down to the Music Box in Hamden and bought the

record.

Martin began going to shows around 1980. The D.I.Y.

ethic doing it yourself appealed to him. Rather than

wait for bars and clubs to warm to the aggressive new

music, musicians and fans created their own spaces.

That was pretty powerful, Martin says, to take

things into your own hands and walk outside the boundar-

ies.

Punk may have appeared scary and violent to the main-

stream culture. But for young outsiders like Martin, it was

a participatory, welcoming environment.

There were a lot of people who opened the door and

showed you the way, Martin says, name-checking Joe

Dias, the singer for Lost Generation, as someone who

was a total big brother to me in that respect. It wasnt,

Get out of here, kid! It was more like, Come here, kid,

want to hang?

Martins entre into the punk culture initially wasnt

his booming growl of a voice but his drawing skills. His

parents encouraged creativity.

Martin says that for his mother, Nothing was a dumb

idea as long as you werent going to get hurt. The rules in

her house if things were getting crazy she was pretty

open about drinking and knew we were going to smoke

pot she said, Dont get in cars with drunk people and

dont come home a junkie or youll break my heart.

I always drew and always did well in art. That was my

contribution, he says.At the Anthrax Club in Stamford (and later Norwalk)

a legendary hardcore punk mecca in the Nutmeg State in

the early to mid-1980s it got around that Martin could

draw. Brothers Brian and Shaun Sheridan, who ran the

club, encouraged him to create flyers; he often traded

flyer designs for free club admission when short on cash.

His cartooning style was influenced by both the Marvelsuperhero graphics of Jack Kirby and his fathers stash of

underground comics.

I used to trip out on Robert Crumb comics,Anarchy

Comics, Zap, and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers,

Martin says. But I also liked the fact that they were real

satirical there was politics in those comic books.

Another influence was the fringe leftist political flyers

hed see papered around New Haven, reverberations of

the anti-Vietnam War and Black Panther activism of the

1960s.

A flyer would always get me in the door and got my

name around Hey, who did this flyer?

Soon, Martin was doing artwork for bands record

sleeves as well as flyers. Perhaps inevitably the bor-

der between performer and audience member being so

sketchy in punk Martin recalls the friendly challenge:

Hey, Jim, youve got really great taste in music when

are you going to start a band?

Although he had been immersed in punk since about

1980, it wasnt until 1988 that he fronted his first band,

Malachi Krunch.

It took me a while. I didnt know how to play an instru-

ment. But I had attitude, says Martin. I remember at my

first gig somebody asked me if I was scared. I said, Nah,

this is like a keg party, and I was just goofing around.

Among his influences were Wendy O. Williams, the late

singer of The Plasmatics, and John Brannon, vocalist

from Negative Approach.

That guy could make paint peel in the room, his voice

was so scorching, says Martin. In the pre-Internet days

of the 1980s, Martin also managed to acquaint himself

with Japanese punk bands like Lip Cream and Gauze,

adding another dimension to his vocal approach.

I didnt know what the hell they were saying but it was

crazy to hear that stuff, he says.

Martin, who formed Broken with friends in 1994, is

capable of a convincing representation of burly, coiled

menace.

You can be scary with your eyes. I try to hold the stage,

small as it is, and use it as a platform, Martin says.

Punk privileges the fired-up amateur but that doesnt

mean putting on a r iveting show isnt important. Martin

recalls playing a club in Canada that had a balcony all

around the stage.

It felt like a theater to me. I felt like I was on t rial and

appealing to them all the time, looking up at the balco-

nies. All I could think about was Dont cry for me, Argen-

tina. It was my Broadway moment because usually we

play smaller bars and dingy basements. I got off on it andI hammed it up big time.

While Martin is the primary lyricist, most of Brokens

music is composed in a collaborative process. The tem-

pos get set according to the subject matter: Is it really

fast and angry or is it more drawn back and a little more

storytelling?

Martin brings ideas to rehearsal and the band then

starts hammering the anvil as the guys make the music

tighter, sorting out what part makes sense as the verse

and what lines work as a chorus.

They try to incorporate experiences they have shared

as a band conflicts with authority figures, injustices

theyve seen, promoters who have ripped them off, has-

sles crossing borders.

In At the Border from the 2007 vinyl EP of the same

name, Martin sings about a stop at the Canadian border

en route to Montreal.

Continued on page 8

Artists Next Door

Broken unbowed

Camaraderie and anger fuel punk singer Jim Martin

From left, Brokens Homeland InsecurityandAt the Borderalbums

Jim Martin


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April 2627

October 18

B E I N E C K E R A R E B O O K & M A N U S C R I P T L I B R A RYCelebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2013

EXHIBITIONS

In the Minds Eye: Beinecke Architecture Imagined

Devotion and Inspiration: Beinecke People

By Hand: Celebrating the Manuscript Collections

Permanent Markers: Aspects of the History of Printing

The Power of Pictures

SELECTED EVENTS

Lecture Robert A.M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture

Lecture Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate and 2009 Beinecke Fellow

Poetry Reading Alice Notley

Conference Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century

Lecture Umberto Eco

CONCERTS

BrassYale Collegium MusicumEllington Jazz Series

School of Music Fiftieth Anniversary SeriesYale College New Music

Details and additional events at www.library.yale.edu/beinecke

Photos by Judy Sirota Rosenthal

On December 7th, 2012, The Arts

Council of Greater New Haven hosted

its annual Arts Awards luncheon at

The New Haven Lawn Club. This year,along with a sold out crowd, we paid

tribute to people in the arts commu-

nity that take creative risks, stand out

from the crowd, and go Against the

Grain.

The Arts Council would once again

like to congratulate the 2012 Arts

Award winners; Carol Ross recipi-

ent of the 2012 C. Newton Schenck

III Award for Lifetime Achievement

in and Contribution to the Arts, John

Cavaliere, Stephen Dest, Ruth M.

Feldman, Helen Kauder, and the New

England Ballet Companys Adaptive

Nutcrackerwith dancers from the Mil-

ford Recreation Departments Merry

Musical Theater program.

The Arts Council would also like

to express its gratitude to present-

ing sponsor John Lapides & Melanie

Ginter, contributing sponsor 217 Can-

ner Associates, LLC, and sponsors;

Bank of America, Cannelli Printing,

CHL Holdings / Highsmith, The United

Illuminating Company / Southern Con-

necticut Gas, and Yale-New Haven

Hospital.

2012 Arts Awards: Against the GrainArts Awards win-

ners clockwise

from top left: John

Cavaliere, Helen

Kauder, Kenneth

Hopkins (Adap-

tive Nutcracker),Carol Ross, Debra

Marchese (Adap-

tive Nutcracker),

Amy Migliore-Dest

(accepted on

behalf of Stephen

Dest), and Ruth M.

Feldman

Presenting sponsors Melanie Ginter and John Lapides, who

sponsored the event in memory of Ruth Lapides

Right: The Elm City

Dance Collective per-

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Reflections on Constables

Cloud Studies

Paintings by Mark Leonard

Friends and colleagues

of Yale Repertory Theatre

applaud as Ruth M. Feldmanreceives her Arts Award

David Newton and sponsor Shelly Saczynski of United Illuminating/Southern CT Gas, with Penny Canny

of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Artist Gar Water-

man, Arts Award

winner John

Cavaliere and

Gabe DaSilva of

DaSilva Gallery

Artspace board president Barbara Pearce, Arts Award winner Helen Kauder, and former recipient Nick Lloyd of

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SpringSessionJanuary 28-June 8, 2013 AGES 3 ADULT

John WatersDavid A. Brensilver

My introduction to Baltimore,

when I arrived there in 1988 tobegin my undergraduate stud-

ies at the Peabody Institute

at Johns Hopkins University,

included a crash course in the

films of John Waters. One of my

professors frequently invited

students to his home for home-

cooked meals, stimulating

conversation, and, oftentimes,

movies. It was during these

soirees that I and several of my

classmates developed a taste

for Waters work.

In his 1995 book Shock

Value: A Tasteful Book About

Bad Taste(Thunders Mouth

Press), Waters wrote: To me, bad taste is

what entertainment is all about.

I hadnt, to that point in my life, thought

much about whose work might have set

an all-but-insurmountable bar in a genre

I probably believed was reserved for acci-

dental pioneers and lucky hacks. It hadnt

dawned on me (to put it another way) that

lowbrow had a high priest an apt turn

of phrase, I think, given Waters career-

long evisceration of all that the Catholic

Church stands for.

Pink Flamingos(1972)

was probably the first John

Waters film I experienced. A

description of the movie on

the Internet Movie Database

website (IMDb.com) reads:Notorious Baltimore criminal

and underground figure Divine

goes up against Connie & Ray-

mond Marble, a sleazy married

couple who make a passionate

attempt to humiliate her and

seize her tabloid-given title as

The Filthiest Person Alive.

It is worth including here

an excerpt from Divines bio at

IMDb, which reads: Originally

born Harris Glen Milstead just

after the end of WWII, Balti-

mores most outrageous resident

eventually became the interna-

tional icon of bad taste cinema,

as the always shocking and highly entertain-

ing transvestite performer, Divine.

Pink Flamingoswas, for me, the gate-

way to Polyester(1981). With those two

films alone, Waters reached the apex of

lowbrow, an accomplishment he revels in

by way of his one-man show This Filthy

World, which I saw recently at the Garde

Arts Center in New London.

Not long after I first became familiar

with his work, Waters Cry-Baby(1990)

introduced a much larger audience to the

filmmakers delightfully shameless sense

of humor. The film, which stars Johnny

Depp, was also the vehicle for a friends

serendipitous big-screen debut/swan song

(a classmate and fellow percussionist had

a small part as the drummer in the talent

show scene).

While Id been aware that Hairsprayand

Cry-Babyhad been adapted for Broad-way (the former to great acclaim) and

that Waters had made more movies and

authored several books, I hadnt followed

his career all that closely. Apart from

watching Cry-Babywith a friend about

a year ago and seeing the filmmaker on

HBOs Real Time with Bill Maher, it had

been many years since Id indulged myself

in Waters films. Still, I remained appre-

ciative of his inimitable cinematic contri-

butions to the extent that I made plans to

see his one-man show as soon as I saw it

advertised.

Perhaps what I enjoyed most about

that performance was that it was devoid

of any evidence that Waters imagination

had become less twisted over time. I tookcomfort, for example, in hearing him talk

about his desire to make a delightfully

irreverent sequel to The Wizard of Oz. (Ill

let you find out what Waters plot would

look like.)

Waters performance reminded me that

he redefined lowbrow, whereas the above-

mentioned accidental pioneers and lucky

hacks have merely been defined by it.

David A. Brensilver is the editor ofThe

Arts Paper. This is his opinion.

The Arts Council sounds off on

John Waters. Photo cour-

tesy of Admire Entertain-

ment

The deadline for advertisements

and calendar listings for the March

2013 issue of The Arts Paperis

Monday, January 28, at 5 p.m.

Future deadlines are as follows:

April 2013:

Monday, Feb. 25, p.m.

May 2013:

Monday, March 25, 5 p.m.

June 2013:

Monday, April 29, 5 p.m.

Calendar listings are for Arts

Council members only and shouldbe submitted online at newhaven-

arts.org. Arts Council members can

request a username and password

by sending an e-mail to amay@

newhavenarts.org. The Arts Coun-

cils online calendar includes list-

ings for programs and events taking

place within 12 months of the cur-

rent date. Listings submitted by the

calendar deadline are included on a

monthly basis in The Arts Paper.

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David A. Brensilver

Rachel Alderman, a producer with the New

Haven-based A Broken Umbrella Theatre, has been

awarded a Denham Fellowship from the StageDirectors and Choreographers Foundation, which

describes the prize on its website as an annual

award to aspiring young directors, and particularly

women directors, to further develop their directing

skills.

The foundation is a program of the Stage Directors

and Choreographers Society, a labor union serving

theater professionals.

Alderman said the $2,500 award would be put

toward A Broken Umbrella Theatres production of

Freewheelers,which will explore the relationship

between the establishment, in 1866, of New Hav-

ens first corset factory and the patent Frenchman-

turned-New Havener Pierre Lallement secured that

same year for the modern-day bicycle.

Alderman said she applied for the fellowship

wanting to really be able to develop (Freewheelers)

and develop my own skills.

While she thought receiving the award was a long

shot when she applied in July, Alderman saw the

application process as an artistic exercise, a way

of communicating my vision.

Having recently enjoyed opportunities to assist

theater directors Michael Wilson (for productions at

the Alley Theatre in Houston and The Old Globe in

San Diego) and Hana Sharif (at the Hartford Stage),

Alderman was looking for new professional-devel-

opment opportunities, which she found through her

SDC membership.

Alderman said A Broken Umbrella Theatre plans

to stage Freewheelersin June. Information about

the production will be made available at here.

This story originally appeared in theNew Haven

Independent.

The Connecticut Department of Economic and Communi-

ty Developments Office of the Arts in December announced

the results of a national, arts-industry-specific economic-

impact study released earlier this year by Americans for theArts.

Language in Arts & Economic Prosperity IV in the State

of Connecticutsays the study provides compelling new

evidence that the nonprofit arts and culture are a significant

industry in the State of Connecticutone that generates

$653 million in total economic activity. This spend-

ing$455.5 million by nonprofit arts and culture organi-

zations and an additional $197.5 million in event-related

spending by their audiencessupports 18,314 full-time

equivalent jobs, generates $462.5 million in household

income to local residents, and delivers $59.1 million in

local and state government revenue.

According to the Americans for the Arts website, the

national study examined data collected from 182 partici-

pating study regions. Those 182 regions include 139 indi-

vidual cities and counties, 31 multi-city regions, 10 states,

and two arts districts and represent all 50 states and the

District of Columbia.

Language in Arts & Economic Prosperity IV in the State of

Connecticutcan been downloaded from the DECDs Office

of the Arts website, cultureandtourism.org. Detailed infor-

mation about Arts & Economic Prosperity IVcan be found

on the Americans for the Arts website, americansforthearts.

org.

This story was originally published by theNew Haven

Independent.

A Broken Umbrella TheatresAlderman wins Denham Fellowship

State announcesarts impact findings

Rachel Alderman


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Introducing

Make.Art.Work,

workshops for

visual artistsThe Arts Council of Greater New

Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield

County, and Greater Hartford Arts

Council are pleased to introduce

Make.Art.Work, a new workshop series

designed to give visual artists tools

to help advance their careers. Made

possible with support from the Emily

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focus groups. To help artists increase

business knowledge and entrepre-

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presented between January and June

2013. The series will run concurrentlyin New Haven, Fairfield County, and

Hartford. Each workshop will address

a topic such as goal-setting, market-

ing and promotion, financial manage-

ment, pricing work, and working with

galleries. Artists who register for the

entire series will have an opportunity

to participate in a peer-learning and

coaching cohort. For more informa-

tion, including a workshop schedule

and registration information, visit

www.newhavenarts.org.

Welcome,new members

The Arts Council proudly welcomes

new members Charmaine Banach, Lori

Ann Desormeau, Courtney Marchese,

and Music Mountain, Inc.

We thank you for supporting us in

our mission to expand the arts and

enrich the region as we strive to build

a vibrant artistic and cultural com-

munity that is representative of all

disciplines, fiscally strong, supportive

of artists and organizations, rich in

ethnic and socioeconomic diversity,

and accessible to all audiences.

Artists Next DoorContinued from page 3

No one has done any prison time/And

we dont have any drugs at all/If you are

looking for the shit/the shit is right here/

Whats with all your suspicion?/We donthave guns, just guitars/Let us in!! Let us

in!!/Broken wants to play Montreal!!

Message-wise, I believe in satire. And

weve been called on it, too, like, How can

you make fun of that? Actually, Im just

trying to shed light on it because it really

does suck, explains Martin.

As an example of the bands way of pro-

cessing social injustice, Martin recalls an

incident during a tour of Mexico.

It was a real poverty-stricken area near

the airport, really bad. Were laughing and

our tour minders, who were Mexicans,

said, Its not funny, you know. We said,

Were not laughing at them. Were laugh-

ing at the absurdity of the whole scene how can this happen?

This is our report, what were seeing. I

think I take a lot of that from the early hip-

hop scene. I remember being in Los Ange-

les before the L.A. riots and hearing some

of these bands and they were telling it how

it was. Then in 92, it kicked off and I was,

like, Everything they were talking about,

it was in those songs, says Martin.

On Active Denial the most recent

Broken CD, which came out in 2010

Martins guttural, declamatory rants ride

a sound field of breakneck-tempo drums

and barbed wire guitar chords. Lyrically,

he lashes out at the homogenization of

culture through globalization, suppres-

sion of dissent, and the militarys useof depleted uranium ammunition. In

U-232, Martin barks: U-232/carrying

out orders, acceptable death ratios/Killing

their troops and our own/Conquests of the

moment, indiscriminating legacy/Civilians

were just in the way.

Martin says Brokens music these

days is heavier, more guitar-oriented,

with more of a bass drive and more on

the attack. About 10 years ago, the

band tried easing up a little bit, taking

more of what Martin calls a rock n roll

approach. It didnt last.

We decided, No more of this funtime

crap! Its back to being scary! recalls

Martin, now in his mid-40s.

Thats the way to keep a young mans

attention, he adds, referring to the

bands audience.

Touring with a hardcore punk band

isnt for the weak of heart. In the eyes ofofficialdom, punk is associated not

unreasonably with dissident, some-

times insurrectionist, countercultures.

And punk venues are often found in more

hardscrabble urban districts.

As a roadie with the group Nausea in

Germany in the early 90s, Martin and

the bands members had to flee, guitars

in hand, when a police tank bore down

on the stage. On tour in Mexico in 2009,

Broken experienced a country in a state

of war. Outside a taqueria, a host of police

officers held the band at machine gun

point while Brokens Mexican minder tried

fast-talking the gun-toting cops.

I was taught not to look Mexican police

in the eye they take it as a challenge

so I was scanning, (looking) from side to

side, says Martin. All of a sudden, El

Jefe showed up. He had five pistols on

his chest. He looked like something out

of a movie very military, spit polish. He

looked me over and let us go.

After leaving a gig in Derry in Northern

Ireland while touring the UK and Ireland

shortly after 9/11, Brokens van was

pulled over at a British Army checkpoint

outside of town.

I pulled up and rolled down the window

and asked, Can I help you? He locked

and loaded on me, Martin recalls. He

screamed in a high-pitched voice like out

of a movie, I-dent-i-fi-ca-tion!In his rearview mirror, Martin could see

the rest of the paratroopers surrounding

the van, faces blackened and dressed in

camouflage. They werent ordered out

of the van but Martin had his passport

scanned and says that since then he

has often been pulled aside on random

checks at airports.

Now that Martin is an elder statesman

of the punk scene, he feels the same obli-

gation to share his knowledge and cama-

raderie, as Joe Dias of Lost Generation

did with him in the 1980s. With his friend

and former band mate Matt Sachs, Martin

founded Vex Records to not only release

Broken recordings but also the music of

other bands. Martin puts up money to help

bring international punk groups to the

U.S. and then transports them to Mon-

treal for the Varning international punk

festival. On tour in Mexico, he arranged for

youngsters hanging out in the street to get

in free to Brokens performance at an art

collective.

Punk gave me so much, Martin says.

Its part of my mission to give back.


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in the Arts & SciencesReintegrateis an Arts Council of Great-

er New Haven project that celebrates and

showcases the regions creativity in both

the arts and sciences by facilitating col-

laboration between artists and scientists,

showcasing innovative projects, and invit-

ing the public to share the arts/science

connection through events and resources.

In September 2012, we requested pro-

posals and received applications from 42

artist/scientist teams seeking funding to

pursue collaborative projects.

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven

is proud to announce the Reintegrate

teams of artists and scientists. Each of

these seven teams was chosen to receive

a $10,000 grant to fund collaborative

projects through June 2013. Teams were

selected by an independent panel of art-ists and scientists.

For more detailed descriptions of the

projects, please visit ReintegrateNe-

wHaven.com Teams. For questions

about The Arts Council or Reintegrate call

203-772-2788. Also visit our website for

information about the symposium Inno-

vations: Intersection of Art & Science

at Wesleyan University on Feb. 28 and

March 1.

Reintegrate has been made possible

with support from the Connecticut

Department of Economic and Community

Development, Office of the Arts.

Reintegrate Teams:

Williams + Williams:Place as Character

This team will bring together the worlds

of geography and literature in creating

an expandable database of places from

scenes in literature. The data will then be

analyzed to discover how authors create a

sense of place.

Banach + Bliss:Cross-Discipline Learning Kits

This project will mix applied mathemat-

ics, education, and design to create edu-

cational tools that will be made available

to the public at the projects completion.

Demers + Coates + Calvo:Discovering the Higgs

Particle physics meets dance meets

photography in this project that will

translate the details of the Higgs boson

discovery in a non-verbal way, specifically

in photographs of dance. In doing this,

the project team hopes also to give back

to the science new ways of conceiving the

momentous discovery.

Slomba + Heidkamp:Sculpting the Census

This project will integrate geographic

information science, sculpture, andsocial engagement. They will be taking

local census data and then make sculp-

tures to visualize the information in a

new, engaging way.

Liu+ Smith + Skrtic +Gusberg + Haines + Yuh:Conversations onBody and Faith

The science of medicine mixes with

the arts of glass-making and photography

for this project, which aims to teach the

public, through a series of installations,

about the human body and have them

question the fragility of it, their faith in it,

and the implications of disease.

Singleton+ Jackson: Living with

Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderThis artist/scientist collaboration will

result in a Collective Consciousness

Theatre Inc. theater-based multimedia

performance on the subject of PTSD. The

project teams aim is to entertain while

remaining informative and drawing from

personal accounts, psychiatry, and biol-

ogy of the brain.

Grabel + Johnson+ Willems:Science Choreography

This dance/cell biology/education

teams goal is to build an interactive, mul-

timedia performance piece that explores

stem cells and the ethical implications of

stem-cell research.


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There was one image Zoe Keller, the Beinecke Rare Book and

Manuscript Librarys public relations manager, kept coming

across when researching stories about the opening of the

building 50 years ago.

My favorite compares Beinecke to an iceberg whats visible is

minuscule to what is really here, she said.

Its an apt description, both for the architecturally stunning struc-

ture on High Street and for the rare literary riches collected therein.

For five decades academics have used the library for everythingfrom undergraduate papers to works of very serious scholarship. The

institution will celebrate that milestone throughout 2013 with year-

long exhibitions and a series of monthly events.

Like most things, money started the whole thing off. The library

was born when three Yale University alumni, the Beinecke brothers,

charming old book collectors who made their money in the grocery

business, donated the resources for a new building to house the uni-

versitys rare book collection. Yales rare book archives had been previ-

ously stored at the august Sterling Memorial Library. Those volumes,

some which dated from the founding of Yale University in the 18th

century, was the seed of the Beineckes collection, and is now housed

in a fireproof six-story glass-enclosed tower in the center of the build-

ing.

It is a time capsule of what was the special collection in 1963,

Keller said. Its a tiny fraction of whats housed here.

Over time, curators charged with overseeing a particular subjectarea or time period augmented the collection.

Curators are given a lot of freedoms to follow their passions,

Keller said.

Over a million volumes are stored within the 125,000-square-foot

library, so many that space is actually an issue, and there is a backlog

in the meticulous task of cataloging materials, a job done in offices

and warrens throughout unseen areas of the building. There are five

major collections currently stored in the library: a general collection

of rare books and manuscripts, collections geared toward Western

Americana, American literature, German literature, and the Osborn

Collection of English Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

It is a broad and deep collection, said head of access services

Stephen Jones. The amount of books that have resulted from

research done here is substantial.

The collections contains some truly magisterial works, like one of

the few remaining copies of the Gutenberg Bible, printed in 1454,

on permanent display in the mezzanine of the library. The papers of

authors such as Eugene ONeill, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes,

and Gertrude Stein are held at the Beinecke.

There are also oddities in the collection, like the Voynich Manu-

script, a 15th century text written entirely in an indecipherable lan-

guage. The lone copy of Boy Castaways, an adventure story written

by the creator of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie, can be found at the library.

There are 14th century Arthurian romances, books on alchemy, collec-

tions of playing cards. The librarys staff collects photos of writers and

pieces of ancient papyrus. Despite the modern look of the building,

the overwhelming impression one gets is of age, time, and collective

wisdom.

The distinctive look of the library is a product of its time, archi-

tecturally. The Brutalist movement, known for its blocky and linear

construction often made from poured concrete had, in 1963, not

yet taken hold on college campuses, so the design of the Beinecke,

channeling that movement, was a bold statement. Indeed, the YaleUniversity buildings surrounding the Beinecke on Wall Street are clas-

sical in tone.

The building was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the firm Skid-

more, Owings, and Merrill.

This was a huge departure from classic university architecture,

Keller said. For some people this was a real affront.

Bunshaft, speaking to the SOM Journal, said that initially the Bei-

necke brothers wanted something akin to the Houghton Library at

Harvard a series of small period rooms. Bunshaft had different ideas.

With the guiding principle of books as treasures, Bunshaft came up

with the idea of housing books under glass not simply as small exhi-

bitions, but in larger rooms where humidity and temperature could be

controlled. The Beineckes agreed.

Seeking inspiration, Bunshaft came across a Renaissance-style

palace in Istanbul covered in what he believed to be translucent onyx,

a rare material. It took Bunshaft two years to find suitable onyx, and it

was located in a war zone in Algeria. A few initial forays, including one

in which French troops were dispatched to secure of a field of

Continued on page 17

Beineckecelebrates

50 yearsCollections hold

the promise of discoverySteve Scarpa


The first page of Thornton Wilders script for Our Town. Published with the consent of the Wilder Family LLC, and

with the courtesy of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library


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The Best Of

Best Videos

music DVDsHank Hoffman

For those of us at Best Video in Hamden, where I have worked since

1994, music is as much a passion as movies. The store is well known for

its non-stop soundtrack of browsing music jazz, classical, world music,

roots, reggae, and underground rock. These days Best Video also promotes

music with live concerts in the shops Performance Space. Eclecticism

is the rule here, as well we have booked a string quartet and a hip-hop

group, Brazilian music with jazz colorings and pop punk bands.

Musical taste is deeply subjective. The list of best music DVDs below was

complied by Best Video owner Hank Paper and manager Richard Brown

and me and reflects our predilections for rock, jazz, and roots music. An afi-

cionado of classical music might prefer From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in

China, Horowitz in Moscow, or Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.

The Beatles: A Hard Days Night; The First U.S.VisitA Hard Days Night is simply one of the most joyful pop movies ever made.

What could have been a throwaway project instead captured the phenom-

ena of Beatlemania in full bloom with personality, cheeky irreverence, and

gentle anti-authoritarianism. The First U.S. Visit, a documentary by the

Maysles Brothers, is the cinema vrit counterpart to A Hard Days Night, a

narration-free backstage pass to the epochal arrival of the British Invasion

on American shores. What did John Lennon really think of Murray the K,

the DJ and self-proclaimed Fifth Beatle?

Monterey PopWoodstock is better known but I prefer Monterey Pop. This D.A. Pennebak-

er documentary of the June 1967 pop music festival captures the musical

counterculture in its Edenic phase. Monterey Pop features career-making

turns by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, and others.

The Rolling Stones: Gimme ShelterIf Monterey Popdepicts the counterculture in its innocence,

Gimme Sheltercaptures the end of illusions. From peace and love

to murder by the Hells Angels in two eventful years. Jagger plays

the devil and theres hell to pay. Honorable mention: Charlie is

My Darling, a Peter Whitehead documentary of the Stones 1965

Irish tour, and Shine A Light, Scorseses 2008 concert film of the

band in its still-vibrant dotage.

The Last WaltzFeaturing an overflowing marquee of stars and directed by Martin

Scorsese,The Last Waltzdocuments The Bands 1976 farewell

concert. An exemplary concert film.

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads defined twitchy, art schoolnew wave, inflecting it with a dollop of

white funk. By 1984, when the Jonathan

Demme-directed concert movie Stop Making Sensewas filmed, they had

scaled their act up to arena proportions. David Byrne needed a Big Suit to

contain his ambitions, which are well realized here.

Buena Vista Social ClubA feat of musical archaeology, Buena Vista Social Clubdocuments the

glorious rediscovery of aged Cuban musicians whose social club milieu was

suppressed by the Revolution. Wim Wenders directed Buena Vista Social

Club, which also features American slide guitarist Ry Cooder. By recordingwith musicians Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, and Rubn Gonzlez in

Havana, Cooder ran afoul of the U.S. embargo. It cost him a $25,000 fine

but won him wide plaudits

The Howlin Wolf StoryLegendary bluesman Chester Burnett, aka Howlin Wolf, was a giant of

a man with a voice to match. A disciple of Delta b lues king Charley Patton,

Howlin Wolf had his greatest success recording for the Chess label in Chi-

cago in the 1950s. A notable highlight of this video is an intimate Chicago

nightclub scene culminating in an exchange between Howlin Wolf on

stage and bluesman Son House heckling from the audience.

High Lonesome: A Story of Bluegrass MusicA primer on one of the rootsiest of American roots musics, starting with

the innovations of mandolin player Bill Monroe. More than just a musical

history, High Lonesomesituates the music in its social context, beginning

with the Great Depression.

The T.A.M.I. ShowLong unseen, The T.A.M.I. Show(standing for Teenage Awards Music

International and pronounced Tammy) was finally released on DVD in

2009. Filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in October, 1964, the

live concert was a thrilling snapshot of the pop world some six months after

The Beatles conquered America, with a bill encompassing British Invasion

rock, pop, surf, and hot rod music, Motown soul, James Brown funk, and

1950s rock n roll. The Rolling Stones topped the bill, having the deeply

unenviable task of following a magisterial performance by James Brown.

The Harder They ComeReggae riddims and outlaw politics combined with a star turn by Jimmy

Cliff and one of the all-time great-

est pop music soundtracks make

The Harder They Comean under-ground classic.


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Classes & WorkshopsACES Educational Center for the Arts 55 Audubon St.,New Haven. 203-777-5451. www.aces.org/our-schools.Acting Classes for Children and Teens. Quality actingclasses offered for children and teens on Saturdays.Students will explore improvisation, pantomime, andacting exercises and perform a one-act play. For ages7-11 and 12-15 years. Classes lead by Ingrid Schaeffer,Chair of ECAs theater department. Through March 30.Every Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m. (ages 7-11) and 10:30a.m.-12:30 p.m. (ages 12-15).

Arts Center Killingworth 276 North ParkerHill Road, Killingworth. 860-663-5593. www.artscenterkillingworth.org.Introduction to Sewing Classes. Dont let that sewingmachine gather dust! With designer Monique Fazzone,learn to change needles, wind bobbins and troubleshootyour machine. Recognize the grain of a fabric, learnto make a strong seam and the importance of cuttingand pressing. With these skills and your fabric choices,create a trendy hobo style bag. Sundays, Jan. 27 &Feb. 3. $150. 1:30-4:30 p.m.Fashionable Fine Art Classes. Use selected works offine art to examine the cultural and historical details ofthe Byzantine, Impressionist, Art Nouveau, and Cubistperiods. See how fashion then depicted reflected what

was a contemporary point of view. Use the past toinspire your current designs. Sessions include fashionsketching. Beginner to intermediate levels. Jan.27-March 10. Sundays. $130. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.Lap Loom Weaving Workshop. Using a Beka rigid heddlecherry loom, make a unique table mat for your holidaytable while learning weaving basics. Each studentwill choose colors for their project, learn to preparethe loom, weave fabric, finish a mat, and plan the nextproject! Feb. 3. $60 plus $5 material fee. 1-5 p.m.Oil & Acrylic Painting Classes.Learn composition, colormixing, starting a painting, developing it to a finishedstage, and working with final values to make it cohesiveand dynamic. Demonstrations of painting techniquesincluded while artists work at their own pace. Beginnerto advanced levels. Watercolorists welcome. Feb.8-March 22. Fridays. $160. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Encaustic Painting I Classes. In this hands-onintensive, explore the luminous beauty and versatility ofencaustic painting with molten, pigmented beeswax.Learn techniques to build layers, texture, fuse, stencil,embed objects, incise, image transfer, and collage.Open to all levels. Feb. 10. $125, plus $35 material fee.10 a.m.-4 p.m.Designer Silk Scarf Workshop. Imagine hand-paintingnot one, but two luxurious 100 percent silk scarves.Begin your journey into the art of silk painting with thisexciting introductory workshop. The session is hands-

on, interactive and will give you a solid understandingto silk painting as you experiment with various colors.Feb. 17. $35. 2-4 p.m.Digital Photography Workshop, Part II. Youve goneout into the field and taken photographs. Now what?With professional photographer Jessica Smith,explore uploading, organizing, and sorting images.Learn to post-process them Photoshop as you adjustlighting, crop, patch, resize and more. Bring up to 15photographs to discuss and edit in class. Jan. 27. $70.1-4 p.m.

Artsplace 1220 Waterbury Road, Cheshire. 203-272-2787. www.cpfa-artsplace.org.Winter Art Classes & Workshops. Fifty-two choicesof drawing and fine a rt classes for seven weekswith professional artists, all supplies included. Jan.14-March 16. Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 9a.m.-3:30 p.m. $70-$150, plus small registration feeand non-resident fee of $10.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven.203-562-4927. www.creativeartsworkshop.org/celebration.Asian Brush Painting: An Introduction. Chinesebrush painting is an ancient art form that grew out ofcalligraphy (4000 BC). In this introductory class, youwill learn through simple exercises and techniques therichness and harmony of this beautiful and relaxing art

form. There will be demonstrations, and we will paintsubjects including orchids, bamboo, and animals.Jan. 17-Feb. 7. Four sessions, Thursdays only. $125,members $113. 3-5 p.m.Discover PMC. Have fun working with Precious MetalClay (PMC). It looks and feels like clay, but is actuallypure silver in an organic binder. It is fun and fast towork with, and requires no previous jewelry-makingexperience. Use of basic PMC tools and PMC for classprojects is included in the materials fee. This workshopis great for beginners. January 26. One day only. $110,members $99. Materials fee* of approximately $100is payable to the instructor at class. (*Materials fee issubject to change with the metals market.) 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.Art in Age and Adversity. In this workshop, Roz Meyerwill talk about how she discovered a passion forphotography at a difficult time in her life, and shewill reflect on her journey as an artist. A slide lecturewill include some of her work. Roz will discuss whatphotography has meant to her and how it has enabledher to share herself with the world in a new way. Feb. 2.One day workshop only. $30, members $27. 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.The Painted AccordionBook. This two-day workshopcombines watercolor collage with accordionbookbinding. Adding collage to watercolor paintingallows for experimentation to a new way of expression,

creating beauty in texture. Students will also learn tomake a hard or soft cover accordion book that can standup for display. All levels welcome. Feb. 2 & Feb. 3. Oneweekend only. $150, members $135. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.Creative Mastermind 101. Connect with othercreatives to gain artistic clarity and focus. Whetheryou are starting something from scratch, are stuckin the middle of a project, or need support as youtransition to a new phase of your career, this programis designed for creatives like you. You will leave witha personal map of your own design to guide you. Feb.3. One day workshop only. $115, members $104. 10a.m.-3 p.m.Japanese Lampmaking. Learn to make an elegantJapanese Shoji lamp in this one-day workshop.Students will use wood and rice paper to create a flooror table lamp and will learn a simple technique forelectrically wiring the lamp. Students will leave with aunique lamp of their own design. All materials supplied,but feel free to bring any special rice paper. Feb. 3. Oneday only. $105, members $95. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Waxed Paper: Encaustic on Paper. Put paper andencaustic medium together and you get a multitudeof creative opportunities. In this mini class, we willexplore encaustic monotype, wax resist, mark-makingtechniques, and simple paper sculpture. Beginnerswelcome. Feb. 7-Feb. 21. Three sessions. $175,members $158. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Nature Photography Close-up. Close-up and macro

photography of nature can be great fun but alsofrustrating. This workshop will show you how to reducethe frustration and get better close-up images. Topicswill include techniques, equipment, types of subjects,lighting, and affordable equipment options. A DSLR isrecommended. Instructor: Robert Rattner. Feb. 9. Oneweekend only. $56, members $50. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Weaving on the Weekend. Learn to prepare a warpand complete a project on a rigid heddle loom. Thissimple, portable loom is a great way to start weavingand a great resource to enhance the practice of anexperienced weaver or fiber artist. By the end of theclass, students will have learned the basic steps forpreparing a warp, weaving, and finishing. Feb. 10 &Feb. 17. Two Sundays. $130, members $117. Studentscan bring their own rigid heddle looms, purchase onefrom the instructor ($139), or rent a loom ($30) with theoption to buy at the end of the workshop. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Bead Stringing: Magic on a String. In this introductionto beaded jewelry, students will learn about thedifferent techniques, tools and materials used toproduce beautiful beaded jewelry. Techniques andmaterials such as pearl knotting, stringing materials,and findings will be studied providing each studentthe opportunity to leave with a professionally finishedproduct. Feb. 16. One day only. $40, members $36.Materials fee payable to the instructor will rangefrom $25 for basic materials and higher for high end

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materials. 1-4 p.m.PMC Rings and More. This workshop focuses onring making. Students will learn several ringforming techniques using PMC-3. Use of slipsyringe will be discussed, and students will learnhow to set synthetic stones for firing in PMC. Feb.23. One day only. $120, members $108. Materialsfee* of approximately $100 payable to instructor atclass. (*Materials fee is subject to change with themetals market.) 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Elm City Dance Collective CACC, 84 Broadway,New Haven. 401-741-8140. www.elmcitydance.org.Contemporary Dance Technique. Contemporarytechnique taught in a fun and welcomingenvironment offering some of the best danceclasses in New Haven. Jan. 10-April 25. Thursdaynights. $17/drop-in, $55/four-class card, or $150/semester (15 classes). 6-7:30 p.m.

Guilford Art Center 411 Church St., Guilford. 203-453-5947. www.guilfordartcenter.org.Demystifying Stone Settings Workshop with JoyRaskin.Learn all about how to set stones. Basicbezel mounts, tube bezel settings, and prongsetting for round, oval, square, trillion, emerald-cut faceted stone, and more w ill be covered. Wewill work mostly in silver, but also with some

gold if desired. Students may bring their ownsettings projects to work on. Open to students withmetalsmithing experience. Feb. 2 & Feb. 3. $200,members $180. Materials fee for stones, silversettings, and some gold. $5-$30. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Introduction to the Hand-Forged Blade Workshopwith Mace Vitale. We will cover the basics offorging, grinding, heat treating, and sharpeningof a small utility knife. Feb. 2 & Feb. 3. $170,members $153. Fee $20. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Sculptural Felting Workshop with Lanette Barber.In this workshop we will focus on the dry feltingmethod to build forms from fiber which will beintroduced by example and hands on approach.This method requires very little equipment andspace and is easily mastered. Students willconstruct forms that can be used as additions toa piece or stand on their own. Supplies provided.Feb. 2 & Feb. 3. $200, members $180. Fee $24. 10a.m.-4 p.m.Discover Precious Metal Clay Workshop with NancyKarpel. It looks like clay, but is actually pure silverin an organic binder. Learn basic techniques forforming, surface texturing, firing, and finishingPMC, and have the opportunity to finish and takehome your unique pieces of silver jewelry. Great forbeginners, jewelry students and others! Materialsfee includes PMC and supplies. Open to all levels.February 9. $100, members $90. Fee $100. 10a.m.-3:30 p.m.Forging Animal Heads Workshop with MattParkinson. In this two-day workshop students willexplore the forging of animal heads in steel. Rams,long horn steer, snakes, horse heads many formsare possible and this class will give the student thebasics to build on for more intricate designs. Bringleather work gloves and safety glasses. Feb. 9 &Feb. 10. $170, members $153. Fee $20. 10 a.m.-4p.m.

Viking Knit Bracelet Workshop with Viola GalettaStudents will make a silver wire bracelet enhancedwith beads utilizing this ancient wire knittingtechnique. Open to all levels. Feb. 23. $30,members $27. Fee $25. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Dichroic Glass Day Workshop with Susan Hackett.Heres the chance to work with that brilliant gemof hot glass you have seen and admired. Brilliantcolors! Amazing patterns! We will cut, grind,drill, etch, stamp, and fire this material to makebeautiful objects. Open to all levels. Feb. 23. $100,members $90. Fee $60. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Modern Artistic Forged Elements Workshop withSam Salvati. Blacksmithing experience required.This class will introduce a smith to the basictechniques of ornamental iron work, to includescrolling, decorative ends and elements, leaves,vines, and twisting. Feb. 23 & Feb. 24. $170,members $153. Fee $30. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Chain-Making for the Metalsmith Workshop withLanette Barber. In this class you will be introducedto chain maille, orbit chain, classic loop in loop,Egyptian links, Byzantine, and woven chain.Handmade chains for your one of a kind or smallproduction pieces will add detail not accomplished

by most machine-made chains. Open to all studentswith a foundation in metals. Jan. 12 & Jan. 13. $200,members $180. Fee $30. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry Workshop with NaomiKantrow. Open to students with experience. Makebeautiful enameled jewelry with a torch. Enameledcomponents can be used in earrings, pendants,and necklaces. Specially designed copper beadsand findings to be incorporated in your designswill be available for purchase. Students areencouraged to bring their own beads to incorporateinto their designs. Jan. 19. $100, members $90. 10a.m.-4 p.m.Introduction to Blacksmithing Workshop with Mace

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ions ofblacksmithing, including several projects intended

to teach the basic skills: lighting and tending acoal fire, making a simple wall hook, a square-headed nail, and a fireplace poker. Jan. 19 & Jan.20. Tuition $170, members 153. Fee payable withtuition $15. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Introduction to Enameling on Copper Workshopwith Susan Hackett. This workshop is the perfectopportunity to learn this colorful art form.Students will learn to prepare metal for successfulenameling, apply enamels both wet and dry-forlots of different effects and include fine silver andgold for brilliance. Open to all levels. Jan. 26. $100,members $90. Fee $45. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.The Art of Bead-Stringing Workshop with ViolaGaletta.Learn the basics of beadwork: kinds ofbeads, findings, tools, and various methods ofdesigning, stringing, and finishing. Jan. 26. $90,$81 members. Materials fee $25. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Collage Accordion Book Workshop with DoloresMarchese. Using a variety of papers, foundillustrations, and your own art, create a personalstatement in book form. Bring in any materialsyou would like to use for collage and/or use thoseprovided by the instructor. Open to all levels. Jan.26. $40, members $36. Materials fee $10. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Fireplace Tools Workshop with Matt Parkinson.This weekend class will cover the making of a setof fireplace tools (poker, log tongs, ash shovel),including the basics of blacksmithing. Bringleather work gloves and safety glasses. Jan. 26 &Jan. 27. $170, members $153. Materials fee $20.10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Neighborhood Music School 100 AudubonSt., New Haven. 203-624-5189. www.neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Spring Semester Open Registration. Now is thetime to register for lessons and classes at NMS!We offer music, dance, and drama for all ages andexperience levels. Visit our website for detaileddescriptions and online registration or call and wecan help you register. Jan. 27-Feb. 4.

United Church on the GreenCorner of Elm andTemple streets, New Haven. 585-200-8903. www.sacredmusicCT.org/ago.html.Pedals, Pipes, and Pizza. Kids ages 8-18 who arecurrently taking piano lessons are invited to afun day of exploring the pipe organ, the King ofInstruments. All participants will have a chance toplay a real pipe organ, at United Church or in YaleUniversitys famous Woolsey Hall, under gu idanceby members of the American Guild of Organists.E-mail [email protected] to sign up. Feb. 9.Free (including pizza lunch). 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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edu/cfa.Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble. The YouthGamelan Ensemble was founded as a Center forthe Arts program in 2002 by Wesleyan Universityartist-in-residence I.M. Harjito, who guides thegroup along with Professor Sumarsam and DirectorJoseph Getter. The ensemble is open to all childrenages 7 and up. Jan. 26-May 9. Rehearsals areSaturdays, 10-11 a.m. $30/semester. To register,please contact the Wesleyan University Box Officeat 860-685-3355 or [email protected].

Zhang Tai Chi Whitney Arts Center and FirstPresbyterian Church, 591 Whitney Ave. and 704Whitney Ave., New Haven. 860-345-3838. www.zhangtaichi.com.Tai Chi Classes. Tai Chi for all ages. MasterZhang, lifetime tai chi practitioner, offers classesto improve, balance, circulation, and overall well-

being. Feb. 6-Feb. 25. Every Monday, 6-8 p.m.

DanceFebruary

8 FridayDance Studio Showing: Emily Faulkner EmilyFaulkner (Wesleyan University class of 86) hasperformed her choreography at the BaryshnikovArts Center, The Joyce SoHo, Dance TheaterWorkshop, the DanceNow NYC Festival, andEdinburgh Festival Fringe. She has performedthe works of D.D. Dorvillier and Susan Matheke,among many others. She is also on the facultyof Movement Research. 1:30-2:30 p.m. BessieSchonberg Dance Studio, Wesleyan UniversityCenter for the Arts, 247 Pine St., Middletown. 860-

685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa. See website forcosts of programs.

8-9 Friday-SaturdayGallim Dance Hailed for their quick wit, technicalvirtuosity, and visceral movement style, Andrea

Millers works embody fearless physicality. AtWesleyan University, Gallim Dance will performthe New England premiere of Mama Call(2011),a contemporary tale of border-crossing, and PupilSuite(2010), set to the contagious music of Israeliband Balkan Beat Box. Performances 8 p.m.Please visit our website for the cost of individualprograms. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts,271 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.

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An Evening of Art & Music. Art opening and musicalperformances by the ECA Small Ensembles. Jan.24, 5-7 p.m. Snow date Jan. 28, 5-7 p.m. Free.

Artspace, 50 Orange St., New Haven. 203-772-2709. www.artspacenh.org.Instructions Not Included. An exhibition on theintersection of industrial design, DIY, and themaker movement organized by Martha Lewis.Through Jan. 26. Wednesday-Thursday, 126 p.m.;Friday-Saturday, 128 p.m. Free and open to thepublic.Alyse Rosner: Large Scale Work. A solo show ofworks on paper by Alyse Rosner. Through Jan. 26.Wednesday-Thursday, 126 p.m.; Friday-Saturday,128 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Beverly Kaye Gallery 15 Lorraine Drive,

Woodbridge. 203-387-5700. www.artbbrut.com/www.BeverlyKayeGallery.blogspot.com.Oddities & Such. Non-mainstream one of a kindart works, some anonymous and some signed,including work by German favorite AlexandraHuber. Street art, outsider art and things thatgo bump in the night are the focus of this showwhich is open by appointment at your convenience.Museum quality sculpture and paintings for bothbeginning and seasoned collectors. Through April21. Call for appointment as this is a private space.10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

Chestnut Fine Foods and Confections 1012 StateSt., New Haven. 203-782-6767.Original Artwork Wall Quilts. By Nini Munro-Chmura. Through Feb. 28.

City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven. 203-782-

2489. www.city-gallery.org.Open Book. In this show Shelby Head uses the bookas an art object. By using the versatile, flexible,and ordinary material of paper, Head creates avisual interpretation of text, material, form, andcontent. Jan. 3-Jan. 27. Reception: Sat., Jan. 12,

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2-5 p.m. Snow date: Jan. 19, 2-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sun.,12-4 p.m. and by appointment. Free.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., NewHaven. 203-562-4927. www.creativeartsworkshop.org/celebration.Celebration Sale. Save 25 percent on finecontemporary crafts from the 44th annualCelebration of American Crafts! Jan. 3-Jan. 6.Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m.Opening: Deirdre Schiffer: Retrospective andDorothy Powers: The Women. Our 2013 galleryseason kicks off with a pair of exhibitions.Retrospective features paintings and prints bydedicated CAW student Deirdre Schiffer.TheWomen, a multimedia installation by longtimedrawing and painting faculty member DorothyPowers, uses the figure to explore contemporarygender issues. Jan. 18-Feb. 8. Mon.-Fri., 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat., 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Da Silva Gallery 897-899 Whalley Ave., New Haven.203-387-2539. www.westvillegallery.com.Wood Engravers Network Relief EngravingExhibition 2012. The first juried exhibitionsponsored by the Wood Engravers Network. Thetraveling exhibit features 60 prints and three artistbooks by 33 relief engraving artists from the UnitedStates, Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Jan. 18-Feb. 22. Reception: Jan. 19, 5-7 p.m.

Davison Art Center Wesleyan University Center forthe Arts, 301 High St., Middletown. 860-685-3355.www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.Re)viewing Bodies: Selected AmericanPhotographs. This exhibit examines the ways 20thcentury American photographers have representedthe body, whether as subject or compositionalelement. The exhibition includes works by DianeArbus, Larry Burrows, Harry Callahan, Judy Dater,Gordon Parks, and Jerry Uelsmann. Feb. 8- March7. Opening reception: Feb. 7, 5-7 p.m. with gallerytalk by student curators at 5:30 p.m. Gallery isopen Tues.-Sun., 12-4 p.m. Free.

Elm City Artists Gallery 55 Whitney Ave., NewHaven. 203-922-2359. www.elmcityartists.com.Art for the New Year.Beat the winter blues by comingin to our warm cozy gallery and view works by ourresident artists. Paintings in oil, pastel, watercolor,collage/mixed media, monotype, and etchings aswell as unique one of a kind pottery. Come in andmeet the artists and learn more about their work.Jan. 2- Feb. 28. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Free.

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Wesleyan Centerfor the Arts, 283 Wash ington Terrace, Middletown.860-685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.Lucy+Jorge Orta: Food-Water-Life. The work ofLucy+Jorge Orta explores the major concernsthat define the 21st century: biodiversity,environmental conditions, climate change, andexchange among peoples. The works in the Food-Water-Lifeexhibition are metaphors-in-action,constructions that perform the tasks of wh ich theyare emblematic. Jan. 25-March 3. Tues.-Sat., 12-5p.m. Opening reception: Tues., Jan. 29, 5-7 p.m.with a gallery talk at 5:30 p .m. by curator Judith

Hoos Fox. Free!

Remodeling Zilkha. Remodeling Zilkha is a site-specific video installation by Janna Hltermannthat shows the filmed gallery space withinthe same gallery space. The two videos of theinstallation extend, compress and mirror the roomusing the inherent architectural characteristicsof the gallery (repetition, segmenting, mirroring)to reconfigure space. Jan. 25-March 3. Tues.-Sun.,12-5 p.m. Opening reception: Tues., Jan. 29, 5-7p.m. Free!

Gallery 195 NewAlliance Bank, 195 Church St.,4th Floor, New Haven. 203-772-2788. www.newhavenarts.org.Perry Obee and J.D. Richey. This exhibition featurespaintings by J.D. Richey and Perry Obee. An artistsreception will be held on Tues., Jan. 15, from 5-7 p.m.Through March 15. On view during bank hours.

Fred.Giampietro Fred.Giampietro, 315Peck St., New Haven. 203-777-7760. www.giampietrogallery.com.Karen Dow Alone Together with works by DannyHuff and Jonathan Waters. Dows work is a directresponse to an aesthetic relationship betweenpatterns, shapes, forms, and colors. Huff is a self-taught collage artist whose work demonstrates adeep understanding of materials and composition.Waters large floor sculptures challenges ones

senses and understanding of perspective, space,and the physical relationship. Feb. 1-Feb. 23.Artists reception: Fri., Feb. 1, 5-8 p.m. Artists talk:Sat., Feb. 16, 1:30-4 p.m. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri,10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

ISM Gallery of Sacred Arts Yale Institute ofSacred Music, 409 Prospect St., New Haven.203-436-5062. www.yale.edu/ism/events/FujimuraFourGospelsandGoldenSea.html.Makoto Fujimura: The Four Gospels and TheGolden Sea. From the ninth century Book of Kellsto William Blake, past centuries have producedmagnificent illumined manuscripts based on theBible. In taking on this project, Fujimura revisitsthe illuminated legacy, with the Bible as a sourceof creative inspiration and artistic expression. Jan.17-March 8. Wed.-Fri., 12-6 p.m., weekends 12-4p.m. Free.

Ives Main Library New Haven Free PublicLibrary, 133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-387-4933.azothgallery.com.Blue artwork by Vanilia Majoros.New Havenartist Vanilia Majoros came from Hungary in 2003and now teaches printmaking at Creative ArtsWorkshop. I love to explore my own self and image;this is the culmination of the fusion of scienceand art for me. Majoros. Jan. 12-Feb. 9. Artistsreception: Sat., Jan. 12, 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours:Mon., 12-8 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Mansfield FreemanCenter for East Asian Studies

Gallery Wesleyan University Center for the Arts,343 Washington Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-3355. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.Traces of Life: Seen Through Korean Eyes, 1945-1992. This exhibit captures the details of Korean

peoples everyday lives between 1945 and 1992.

The exhibition features 27 photographs taken bythe first generation of Korean realists, 13 pioneerswhose works evoke nostalgia for a nation in aradical transition from its past. Feb. 6- May 26.Opening and gallery talk: Wed., Feb. 6, 12 p.m. Aluncheon buffet will be served. Free. Gallery is openTues.-Sun., 12-4 p.m.

New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Ave., New Haven.203-562-4183. www.newhavenmuseum.org.Cycle New Haven. From Pierre Lallement filinga patent for the pedal-driven velocipede to thegrowing popularity of the bike in sustainabletransportat ion, New Haven has played an impressiverole at the forefront of cycling in America.CycleNew Havenfeatures material from the museumsarchives and collections and contributions from thelocal community. Through March 31. Open duringmuseum hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 12-5p.m.; Free, first Sundays of the month, 1-4 p.m. Freewith museum admission.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery Arts Councilof Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor,New Haven. 203-772-2788. www.newhavenarts.org.No, Seriously. This exhibition of animationsfeatures work by Ian Applegate, BeansCunningham, Raheem Nelson, and Vin Paneccasio.

Through Feb. 1. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

The Gallery at Center Stage Theatre Jan McLean/Syntax Artists, 54 Grove St., Shelton. 203-225-6079. www.centersstageshelton.com.Syntax Showtime: Art at Center Stage. An exhibit ofmixed media works of Exhibition by Syntax artistsduring the run of A Christmas Carol: The Musical.Syntax is a group of nine women artists livingand working in New Haven and Fairfield counties.Through Jan. 12. Opening reception: Fri., Nov. 30,6:30-8 p.m. Free and open to the public.

The Institute Library 847 Chapel St., New Haven.203-562-4045.institutelibrary.org/events.html.

Sounding New Haven: Music Scenes, 1840-1940.A project of the Yale Publ ic Humanities Program,curated by Saga Blane, Jennifer Brown, MatthewJacobson, Lawrence Lim, Anya Montiel, John SanPedro, Carmel Raz, Emily Reilly, Claire Schwartz,Stefan Thorsteinsson, Ghazaal Vojdani, and LauraWexler. Jan. 12- Jan. 26. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;Sat., 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Bittersweet: Dying in the Nicaraguan SugarFields.A series of photographs by Brad Horrigandocumenting an epidemic of kidney failure amongworkers on sugarcane plantations in Nicaragua.Feb. 9-Feb. 23. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.,11 a.m.-2 p.m. Donations requested for the NewHaven/Len Sister City Project.

The Orison Project 8 Railroad Ave., The WitchHazel Complex, Building No. 7, Essex. 860-767-7572. www.theorisonproject.com.Permutations by Jasper Goodrich. Mr. Goodrichcreates sculptures about pictures, transformingtwo-dimensional images into sculptural entitiesthrough metal casting and mold-makingtechniques. He has exhibited in Saratoga Springs,NY, the North Bennington Art Park, and at theSalem Art Works Sculpture Park. Artist reception:Fri., Feb. 1, 6-8 p.m.; Artist talk: Wed., Feb. 20, 6p.m. Feb. 1-March 16. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Free.

Umbrella Arts Azoth Gallery & Butler ExhibitionDesign, 317 East 9th St., New York, NY. 203-387-4933. azothgallery.com.Ten Narratives. Ten artists from Connecticut,New York, and California: Claudine Burns-Smith,Hamden; Elisa Vegliante, New Haven; GordonSkinner, Woodbridge; Bob Cuneo, New Haven; JesseGuillen Ricardo, New Haven; Nick Grossmann,Norwalk; Dana Naumann, Branford; CherieTredanari, New York City; Helene Burke, New YorkCity; Moria Fain, California (from Connecticut).Jan. 26-March 2. Artists reception: Sat., Jan.26, 6-9 p.m. Free. Bus to and from NYC [email protected]. Curators: Johnes Rutaand Chris Butler.

Judy Sirota Rosenthal

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family in remote Bolivia

Yale Cameratamarguerite l. brooksdirector

Yale Glee Clubjeffrey doumadirector

Yale Schola Cantorummasaaki suzukidirector

yale institute of sacred music presents

Erwin Ortnerguest conductor

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Yale Glee Club. More information

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203.432.5062.music of Bruckner, Schnberg, Webern, and more

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Whitney Center 200 Leeder Hill Drive, SouthEntrance, Hamden. 203-772-2788. www.newhavenarts.org.Web Versions. This mixed-media exhibit is made upof works that reference textile and craft traditions.Curated by Debbie Hesse and Steven Olsen.Through March 30. Tues. & Thurs., 4-7 p.m.; Sat.,1-4 p.m.

Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library 146Thimble Islands Road, Stony Creek. 203-488-8702.www.wwml.org.A Moments Notice. Stained glass artist Pat Millerand watercolorist Sharon Rowley Morgio will exhibittheir work reflecting each artists intent to capturenatures fleeting moments. Both artists expresstheir responses to the constant flux of nature as anongoing creative experiment. Jan. 6-Jan. 30. Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Opening reception: Sun., Jan.6, 4-6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel St., NewHaven. 203-432-2800. britishart.yale.edu.The English Prize: The Capture of theWestmorland, an Episode of the Grand Tour. Thisexhibit tells the extraordinary story of the captureof the Westmorland, a British merchant shipladen with works of art acquired by young Britishtravelers on the Grand Tour, and the subsequentdisposition of its contents. Through Jan. 13. Free.

Yale Peabody Museum Community Education

Center Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History,

170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-432-5050.peabody.yale.edu/events.Seasons of Change: Global Warming in YourBackyard. This family-friendly exhibition featurescomputer games, videos, hands-on specimens,and activities. Through Feb. 24. Mon.-Sat., 10a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 12-5 p.m. $5-$9.

FilmJanuary

24 ThursdayReligion and Film Series: MelancholiaProfessorsKathryn Lofton and Sally Promey (AmericanStudies and ISM) will lead the audience in apost-screening discussion of the film. 7 p.m. YaleInstitute of Sacred Music, Whitney Humanities

Center Auditorium, 53 Wall St., New Haven.203-436-5062. www.yale.edu/ism/events/ReligionandFilmMelancholia.html.

Galas &Fundraisers21 ThursdayMidwinter Cabaret Join us for an entertainingevening of scenes, sonnets and songs, forthe benefit of the Elm Shakespeare Company.Light supper, wine and beer provided. Cashbar available. Sage American Grill, 100 SouthWater St., New Haven. 203-874-0801. www.elmshakespeare.org.

Kids & FamiliesAlyla SuzukiFamily Life Center, 33 Center Road,Woodbridge. 203-239-6026. www.alylasuzuki.com.Suzuki Early Childhood Education Classes.Renowned early childhood music program helpsto develop all foundational skills. Through Jan. 9.Wednesdays. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Rolling admissions.Please visit our website for more details andregistration.Spring Semester. SECE Teaching all foundationalskills through music from age 0-3. Jan. 30-Feb. 28.Rolling admissions all spring. 9:30 a.m. $360 for18 weeks.

Arts Center Killingworth 276 North ParkerHill Road, Killingworth. 860-663-5593. www.artscenterkillingworth.org.Creative Homeschooling Sculpting Classesfor Children. Creative Sculpting: Dissectingthe Portrait in Clay for ages 9-14. Practicingsubtractive techniques using air dry clay andworking towards future sculpture of the fullhead, students construct the nose and ear. Pencilsketches of each feature will help studentscomprehend form and detail. Jan. 25-March 20.9-10:30 a.m. $130.Creative Homeschooling Painting and DrawingClasses for Children. Pastel and acrylic focusfor ages 9-14. With pastels, participants usethe medium as a drawing tool and explore it as awash to create a paintings atmosphere. Acrylicpaints are handled as a transparent medium.Students study dry brush techniques, texture, andcolor value. Preliminary sketches ensure excitingcompositions in both mediums. Jan. 25-March 20.10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. $130.Saturday Morning Childrens Sculpting Classes.Dissecting the Portrait in Clay for ages 9-14.

9-10:30 a.m. Practicing subtractive techniquesusing air dry clay and working towards futuresculpture of the full head, students construct thenose and ear. Pencil sketches of each feature willhelp students comprehend form and detail. Jan.26-March 16. 9-10:30 a.m. $120.

Saturday Morning Childrens Painting & DrawingClasses. Acrylic and pastel focus for ages 9-14. Withpastels, learn to use the medium as a drawing tooland explore it as a wash to create a paintings atmo-sphere. Acrylic paints are handled as a transparentmedium. Students study dry brush techniques,texture and color value. Preliminary sketchesensure exciting compositions in both mediums. Jan.26-March 16. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. $110.Saturday Morning Childrens Mixed-Media Classes.Mixing It Up: Mixed Media and Sculpting for ages6-8. Children work in several mediums to createa variety of art. Use polymer clay, tissue paper,tempera paint, glitter, crayon, torn paper, sequins,and feathers. Projects include Valentines Day

Flowers, Zig-Zag-Zebras, Colorful, Laurel BurchCats, Birds of a feather Masks, and Dragon Pens.Jan. 26-March 16. 12-1:30 p.m. $100.

Musical Folk The First Presbyterian Church 704Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-691-9759. www.MusicalFolk.com.Music Together Classes. A fun creative music andmovement program for babies through 5 years oldand the ones who love them! Come s ing, dance,and play instruments in an informal setting.Classes and demonstration classes are ongoingthroughout the year. Jan. 14-March 18. Classes areheld every day (morning, afternoon, and weekendclasses available) at various. Demonstrationclasses are free. Ten-week semester is $210 andincludes a CD and book. Each semester features anew collection of music. Four semesters per year.

Neighborhood Music School 100 AudubonSt., New Haven. 203-624-5189. www.neighborhoodmusicschool.org.NMS Open House. Learn about all that NMS has tooffer! Our Open House is the perfect opportunity toask questions about lessons or classes for you or yourfamily.Children are invited to try out instruments atour instrument petting zoo, or sample a music andmovement class. Jan.27.12-2 p.m.Free.

MusicJanuary

6 SundayNMS Greater New Haven Youth Ensembles

Concert NMSs Greater New Haven YouthEnsembles present their Winter Concert at BattellChapel. All four auditioned ensembles will perform.2 p.m. Concert Orchestra and Youth Orchestra;4 p.m. Concert Band and Symphonic WindEnsemble. Tickets are available for purchase atthe door. $10 adults, $5 seniors and children 12and under. Battell Chapel, Yale University, 400College St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. www.neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

9 WednesdayJazz Department Recital NMS students performjazz favorites for friends, family, and otherstudents. Youre invited! 7 p.m. Free. NeighborhoodMusic School, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. www.neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

12 SaturdayIrish Roots of American Fiddle Music Showcasingmigration of the folk tradition and illustratingthe connection and evolution of melodies born inIreland and continued in America. Features 1995Gramm

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