Community Events Calendar

 FINAL STOP: ALIEN INVASION

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OCTOBER 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and NOV. 1 

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FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFO VISIT THEHAUNTEDTROLLEY.COM

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THE HAUNTED TROLLEY proudly presents ALIEN INVASION: CONNECTICUT. An Exclusive OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Experience at the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River Street, East Haven, CT.     

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Take an unforgettable ride aboard an ancient trolley with hosts who will turn your evening into a journey you will never forget. Be part of an exclusive interactive Halloween event that is limited to only 40 passengers per adventure. The all-new event, including a pre-ride orientation and introduction to the plot, is an interactive 30-45 minute show/presentation combining an alien invasion, thrills, theater, audience participation, and a heavy dose of comedy – where you help decide the outcome of this curated UFO adventure.

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Expect fun + mystery + a lot of laughs.

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** This event is produced by TheHauntedTrolley and not by The Shore Line Trolley Museum – museum membership discounts and complimentary passes do not apply

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  All Aboard the Pumpkin Patch Trolley at the Shore Line Trolley Museum!  

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Bring the whole family to enjoy a  fun-filled fall adventure  at the Shore Line Trolley Museum’s  Pumpkin Patch , running  weekends in October  & on Monday, October 13th!

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  What’s Included?

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• Take a scenic  trolley ride  to our pumpkin patch!
• Pick your perfect sugar pumpkin  to take home!
• Enjoy  seasonal activities  and fall-themed fun for all ages!

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Join us for a magical autumn day your family won’t forget! 

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School Groups, Daycares, Large Groups:

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·        Special charter weekend and weekday rates are available for groups of 12 or more

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Dates:  Weekends in October

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

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The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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Join multidisciplinary artist Julia Kunze for a hands-on, two-day bookmaking workshop focused on crafting your own personalized journal using the traditional Coptic stitch binding technique. Julia will guide participants through each step of the process – from designing custom covers to stitching the final binding, creating a unique piece of art.

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This workshop is ideal for artists, writers, and anyone interested in journaling, sketchbook making, or paper-based storytelling. No prior bookbinding experience is necessary.

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Participants learn how to design and collage personalized journal covers, how to prepare signatures and use essential bookbinding tools, and the step-by-step stitching technique to assemble a durable, lay-flat journal. All tools and materials will be provided. Participants, however, are encouraged to bring personal collage materials to personalize their collaged covers.

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Julia is a multidisciplinary artist based in Catskill, NY. She has a BA from Bard College and was the recipient of the Elizabeth Murray Sol Lewitt art award. She has been artist-in-residence at The Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX through “Welcome to my Homepage” and at Arquetopia in Oaxaca, Mexico and Urubamba, Peru. She is a papier mache sculpture, a ceramicist, and a bookmaker. Julia learned the coptic stitch journal process from a mentor and friend. Coptic Stitch has changed her relationship with journal writing, sketchbook keeping, and storytelling.

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Join our Student Guides to learn more about In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. Each tour is created by a Student Guide to explore a specific theme in the museum’s collection. 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitors Service Desk

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Join a volunteer museum educator to explore one of the most original and enigmatic figures in British art. William Blake: Burning Bright features the YCBA’s extraordinary Blake holdings, including his illuminated books, watercolors, and hand-colored prints. Discover how Blake fused image and text to express radical ideas about religion, politics, and the human spirit during a time of global upheaval.

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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 FINAL STOP: ALIEN INVASION

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OCTOBER 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and NOV. 1 

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FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFO VISIT THEHAUNTEDTROLLEY.COM

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THE HAUNTED TROLLEY proudly presents ALIEN INVASION: CONNECTICUT. An Exclusive OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Experience at the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River Street, East Haven, CT.     

​

Take an unforgettable ride aboard an ancient trolley with hosts who will turn your evening into a journey you will never forget. Be part of an exclusive interactive Halloween event that is limited to only 40 passengers per adventure. The all-new event, including a pre-ride orientation and introduction to the plot, is an interactive 30-45 minute show/presentation combining an alien invasion, thrills, theater, audience participation, and a heavy dose of comedy – where you help decide the outcome of this curated UFO adventure.

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Expect fun + mystery + a lot of laughs.

​

** This event is produced by TheHauntedTrolley and not by The Shore Line Trolley Museum – museum membership discounts and complimentary passes do not apply

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Join The Friends of Farm River Estuary and the New Haven Bird Club to share a walk along the tracks of the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven & Branford for this free event. A great trip for migrating raptors plus salt marsh and woodland birds.

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Meet in the rear parking lot of the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River Street, East Haven.

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visit https://www.newhavenbirdclub.org/ for more info

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Leaders: DeWitt Allen, 860-949-0995 or allendatlow@gmail.com; Chris Howe, 203-530-1066 or clhowe2@yahoo.com

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In this festive fall sewing class, students will learn basic skills like hand stitching, embroidery, and how to use a sewing machine. We’ll design and sew original costumes—for yourself, a pet, a doll, or anyone you choose—perfect for Halloween or any dress-up occasion.

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No store-bought ideas here—bring your imagination and get creative! Fabric scraps will be provided, but students are welcome to bring textiles from home to reuse and recycle.

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Let’s get stitching and bring your ideas to life!

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Tuition for this class includes a fee of $20 for materials provided by CAW.

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  All Aboard the Pumpkin Patch Trolley at the Shore Line Trolley Museum!  

​

Bring the whole family to enjoy a  fun-filled fall adventure  at the Shore Line Trolley Museum’s  Pumpkin Patch , running  weekends in October  & on Monday, October 13th!

​

  What’s Included?

​

• Take a scenic  trolley ride  to our pumpkin patch!
• Pick your perfect sugar pumpkin  to take home!
• Enjoy  seasonal activities  and fall-themed fun for all ages!

​

Join us for a magical autumn day your family won’t forget! 

​

School Groups, Daycares, Large Groups:

​

·        Special charter weekend and weekday rates are available for groups of 12 or more

​

Dates:  Weekends in October

​

Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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Join multidisciplinary artist Julia Kunze for a hands-on, two-day bookmaking workshop focused on crafting your own personalized journal using the traditional Coptic stitch binding technique. Julia will guide participants through each step of the process – from designing custom covers to stitching the final binding, creating a unique piece of art.

​

This workshop is ideal for artists, writers, and anyone interested in journaling, sketchbook making, or paper-based storytelling. No prior bookbinding experience is necessary.

​

Participants learn how to design and collage personalized journal covers, how to prepare signatures and use essential bookbinding tools, and the step-by-step stitching technique to assemble a durable, lay-flat journal. All tools and materials will be provided. Participants, however, are encouraged to bring personal collage materials to personalize their collaged covers.

​

Julia is a multidisciplinary artist based in Catskill, NY. She has a BA from Bard College and was the recipient of the Elizabeth Murray Sol Lewitt art award. She has been artist-in-residence at The Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX through “Welcome to my Homepage” and at Arquetopia in Oaxaca, Mexico and Urubamba, Peru. She is a papier mache sculpture, a ceramicist, and a bookmaker. Julia learned the coptic stitch journal process from a mentor and friend. Coptic Stitch has changed her relationship with journal writing, sketchbook keeping, and storytelling.

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Join our Student Guides to learn more about In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. Each tour is created by a Student Guide to explore a specific theme in the museum’s collection. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitors Service Desk

​

 FINAL STOP: ALIEN INVASION

​

OCTOBER 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and NOV. 1 

​

FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFO VISIT THEHAUNTEDTROLLEY.COM

​

THE HAUNTED TROLLEY proudly presents ALIEN INVASION: CONNECTICUT. An Exclusive OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Experience at the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River Street, East Haven, CT.     

​

Take an unforgettable ride aboard an ancient trolley with hosts who will turn your evening into a journey you will never forget. Be part of an exclusive interactive Halloween event that is limited to only 40 passengers per adventure. The all-new event, including a pre-ride orientation and introduction to the plot, is an interactive 30-45 minute show/presentation combining an alien invasion, thrills, theater, audience participation, and a heavy dose of comedy – where you help decide the outcome of this curated UFO adventure.

​

Expect fun + mystery + a lot of laughs.

​

** This event is produced by TheHauntedTrolley and not by The Shore Line Trolley Museum – museum membership discounts and complimentary passes do not apply

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Don’t be intimidated any longer—come learn to paint. This class will unfold the mysteries of painting by introducing students to the basics: selecting materials, setting up a palette, handling paint, and composing a picture. The class will emphasize learning to see what you wish to paint with the goal of rendering form clearly in terms of color and design. Come to the first class ready to paint.

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CAW does not supply paint, brushes, or canvas. Please see the list below for what students need to bring.

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Develop your pottery skills as you focus on wheel-throwing techniques in stoneware and porcelain.

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Lessons will cover both functional and decorative pottery with emphasis on classical forms as we know them. Students will be shown how to apply glazes and/or oxide washes to achieve desired results, such as combining glaze colors and the application of wood ash to create unexpected effects on their work. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

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The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

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Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

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Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

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View exhibition page.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

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In this 5-sessoin class, children ages 7-11 years old create felted jewelry, animals, flowers and hair clips using wet and needle felting techniques. All materials included. No experience is necessary.

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Cathy Lovell’s lifelong interest in the creative arts continues to guide her through a gratifying career as both art educator and studio artist. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Wesleyan University, Cathy has taught in the Newton, MA, Greenwich, CT and East Lyme, CT public school systems. She has also taught private classes in various fields including stained glass, jewelry making and silver work, enameling, ceramics, glass bead making, and quilting.

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In the interest of furthering her own education, Cathy received a scholarship to attend the Pilchuck Glass School where she worked with Dale Chihuly and Patrick Reyntiens. Her interest in felting began with a workshop led by Lynne Ocone at the Guilford Art Center. Cathy is a member of the Northeast Felt makers Guild where she has had the privilege of participating in classes given by world renowned felt makers. Cathy credits her friend and fellow felt maker Catherine Stebinger with sharing ongoing creative energy, inspiration, and encouragement. Her work is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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In this 5-week painting class, children ages 7-11 years old paint a landscape inspired by Shel Silverstein’s book, The Giving Tree, create an African collage and alphabet art as they learn to use watercolor, tempura and acrylic paint. They become familiar with the work of artists Stuart Davis and Yayoi Kusama. As they study African patterns from Ghana, they learn the types of collage used in these art forms. Other fun 3-D projects are designing Kindness Rocks each with a positive saying or wish and the seasonal pumpkin with a variety of polka dot patterns in the style of Kusama. This is a fun, seasonal painting class where children learn a variety of art techniques and become comfortable with several fine art mediums. No experience necessary. All materials included.. Happy Fall!

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Sharon Lee Mullen-Reynolds knew in High School that she was to be an Art teacher. That is exactly what she did; for 36 years she taught Visual Art in the city of New Haven. Her career hi-light was teaching 22 years at the Betsy Ross Arts Magnet Middle School. During her tenure there she was a published Fellow at Yale N.H.Teachers Institute for 2 years, the Department Chairperson for 8 years and creator of As Far As The Eye Can See a school-wide art exhibit.

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Since her retirement in 2016, she has been attending numerous art exhibits and installations locally and in NYC, specifically Frida Kahlo’s exhibit at the Brooklyn Art Museum which led her to create Frida- inspired floral headpieces. In 2017 she started The Kindness Rock art installation at the Branford Festival.

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Sharon is an artist who believes that art can heal your soul. In 2022 she sold her headpieces at the Ukrainian Roman Catholic church for the benefit of Ukraine’s War effort and donated 5 Ukrainian Strong “Petals for Peace” paintings to raise additional funds. These paintings were showcased on Channel 8 news.

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In addition to her headpieces, Sharon works in mixed-media, crafts, collage, and watercolor landscape en plein air. Sharon’s artwork has been exhibited at City-Wide Open Studios, The ARTS Council, Calligraphers Guild, and is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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In this interdisciplinary class combining printmaking and bookmaking, students will experiment with creating their own artist books from start to finish. We’ll develop and sequence stories, design visuals through relief and linocut printmaking, and learn foundational bookbinding stitches and techniques. Whether you’re interested in making zines, illustrated narratives, or abstract book projects, you’ll have the freedom to make it your own. No experience required!

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The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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Veteran book arts expert Gisela Noack brings her many years of skill and experience in restoration and conservation to students working on their own advanced bookbinding or restoration projects.

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Enrollment in this class includes one 3-hour monitored open bench session per week.

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This class will take place in a studio accessed by a flight of stairs. For any accommodations please send a confidential email to registrar@creativeartsworkshop.org

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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This class focuses on learning to draw detailed fall botanicals using colored pencil. Each week focuses on a different topic supplied by the instructor. Participants will learn about form, light and shading. There is a $10 materials fee due to the instructor at the start of session one.

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Nancy Bentivegna is a botanical artist who received her training at the New York Botanical Gardens through the Botanical Art and Illustration Program. After completing the program in 2010, she relocated to Boston. For the past eleven years she has been teaching a variety of botanical art classes in Boston and the greater Boston area. These courses are based on the instruction she received at the NYBG and include colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink and watercolor pencil.

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Nancy prefers to work in watercolor pencil combined with colored pencil for depth and detail. She does custom pieces for clients both in the Boston area and New York. She recently relocated to Essex and will be offering classes at the Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook.

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John Higgs, writer and cultural historian, talks with Timothy Young, Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, about the contemporary relevance of William Blake’s artistic practice.

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William Blake (1757–1827) is often described as one of the most compelling yet misunderstood figures in the history of British art and poetry, a genius and “an interruption in cultural history.” In his book William Blake Vs. The World, John Higgs addresses the mystery of Blake. Blake developed a distinct worldview during a turbulent time in history that witnessed the American and French Revolutions. He expressed his radical perspectives on religious belief, politics, and society through highly original illuminated books, watercolors, paintings, and poetry. This conversation situates Blake in his time and connects him to the questions of today. 

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To learn more, please visit: https://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-programs/enduring-influence-william-blake

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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 FINAL STOP: ALIEN INVASION

​

OCTOBER 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and NOV. 1 

​

FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFO VISIT THEHAUNTEDTROLLEY.COM

​

THE HAUNTED TROLLEY proudly presents ALIEN INVASION: CONNECTICUT. An Exclusive OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Experience at the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River Street, East Haven, CT.     

​

Take an unforgettable ride aboard an ancient trolley with hosts who will turn your evening into a journey you will never forget. Be part of an exclusive interactive Halloween event that is limited to only 40 passengers per adventure. The all-new event, including a pre-ride orientation and introduction to the plot, is an interactive 30-45 minute show/presentation combining an alien invasion, thrills, theater, audience participation, and a heavy dose of comedy – where you help decide the outcome of this curated UFO adventure.

​

Expect fun + mystery + a lot of laughs.

​

** This event is produced by TheHauntedTrolley and not by The Shore Line Trolley Museum – museum membership discounts and complimentary passes do not apply

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Show up for your creative self this fall with the Saturday Drawing Club. Our theme is illustrate your life! 

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Draw upon personal stories, family recipes, and favorite places while creating and learning about sequential art, with weekly prompts and materials combined with a mix of conversation, creative time, and feedback.

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Join our volunteer museum educators for an interactive exploration of highlights from our collection. In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art features works from the sixteenth century to the present, now on view in a reimagined installation. 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

​

Join our Student Guides to learn more about In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. Each tour is created by a Student Guide to explore a specific theme in the museum’s collection. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitors Service Desk

​

 FINAL STOP: ALIEN INVASION

​

OCTOBER 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 and NOV. 1 

​

FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFO VISIT THEHAUNTEDTROLLEY.COM

​

THE HAUNTED TROLLEY proudly presents ALIEN INVASION: CONNECTICUT. An Exclusive OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Experience at the Shore Line Trolley Museum, 17 River Street, East Haven, CT.     

​

Take an unforgettable ride aboard an ancient trolley with hosts who will turn your evening into a journey you will never forget. Be part of an exclusive interactive Halloween event that is limited to only 40 passengers per adventure. The all-new event, including a pre-ride orientation and introduction to the plot, is an interactive 30-45 minute show/presentation combining an alien invasion, thrills, theater, audience participation, and a heavy dose of comedy – where you help decide the outcome of this curated UFO adventure.

​

Expect fun + mystery + a lot of laughs.

​

** This event is produced by TheHauntedTrolley and not by The Shore Line Trolley Museum – museum membership discounts and complimentary passes do not apply

​

Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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We invite families to join us for folktales, myths, and exciting stories from around the world that highlight objects in the collection and inspire children of all ages to view art in new ways.  

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Meet by the couches in the Gallery lobby.  

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On Sunday, October 5, ASL interpretation will be available for this program.

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New and experienced students will focus on making pottery on the wheel.

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Start by using methods of wedging, centering, hand and finger positioning for raising a vessel, and positioning one’s body for dealing with a mass of clay on the wheel. Demonstrations will cover the importance of trimming techniques and various forming processes.

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Wear clothes that can get dirty.

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Discover your creative potential in our Introduction to Drawing course, designed for adults of all skill levels—even if you’ve never picked up a pencil before. In this welcoming and supportive environment, you’ll explore fundamental techniques like shading, line work, and composition while experimenting with a variety of drawing materials. Each session encourages personal expression and growth, helping you build confidence and find your unique artistic voice. Whether you’re looking to relax, learn something new, or rekindle a love for art, this class is the perfect starting point. No prior experience needed—just bring your curiosity and creativity!

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Stop by the lobby of the Yale University Art Gallery to participate in a quilt-inspired community sewing project, meet new people, and enjoy one another’s company. Learn about and practice traditional patchwork patterns, or improvise on your own design. If you attended the quilting-based Sidewalk Studio this past summer, you may even be able to pick up where you left off. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.    

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No experience required. Materials are provided. 

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Step into a world where history meets harmony at the Bluegrass Jam at the Museum! Dive deep into the heart of American bluegrass music, as the Shore Line Trolley Museum transforms into a vibrant stage for an evening of musical enchantment.

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On the first Tuesday of each month, as the clock strikes 6:00pm, witness a musical rendezvous that celebrates the soulful rhythms and spirited tunes of bluegrass. Whether you're a seasoned musician or someone who simply loves the melodies, there's a spot for you in this musical extravaganza. Come with friends, family, or venture solo – all are welcome!

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Set against the backdrop of the Shore Line Trolley Museum's historic charm, attendees will be treated to the mesmerizing sounds of bluegrass, surrounded by the timeless allure of vintage trolleys. It's not just a concert; it's a journey through time, where every note echoes the legacy of a cherished American musical tradition.

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Bring along your curiosity and immerse yourself in an evening of musical brilliance. Whether you're strumming along or swaying to the rhythms, Bluegrass Jam at the Museum promises memories that will linger long after the last chord is played.

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While the event itself is a gift to music lovers, we kindly suggest a donation of any amount to support the Shore Line Trolley Museum's continued dedication to preserving history and promoting the arts.

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Mark your calendars, spread the word, and let's make history together at Bluegrass Jam at the Museum. A night of melodies, memories, and magic awaits!

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

​

Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

​

Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

​

Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

​

View exhibition page.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

​

Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

​

Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

​

In this interdisciplinary class combining printmaking and bookmaking, students will experiment with creating their own artist books from start to finish. We’ll develop and sequence stories, design visuals through relief and linocut printmaking, and learn foundational bookbinding stitches and techniques. Whether you’re interested in making zines, illustrated narratives, or abstract book projects, you’ll have the freedom to make it your own. No experience required!

​

The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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Discover the beauty and tranquility of origami in a special evening workshop at The Shore Line Trolley Museum. Guided by an experienced instructor, you’ll learn the art of transforming simple sheets of paper into graceful creations — from classic cranes to elegant seasonal designs.

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No experience is needed, and  all materials will be provided. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing night out, a new creative hobby, or simply the joy of making something with your hands, this workshop offers a welcoming and inspiring setting.

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 Highlights:

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Take home your own handmade origami keepsakes

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Step-by-step origami instruction, perfect for beginners and enthusiasts alike

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All supplies included  (bring your own decorative paper if you’d like)

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Enjoy the unique atmosphere of the historic trolley museum after hours

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

​

The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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In this 3-session class, children ages 7–11 years old let their imaginations soar using papier-mâché techniques to make jewelry and small animal sculptures. All materials included. No experience is necessary.

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Cathy Lovell’s lifelong interest in the creative arts continues to guide her through a gratifying career as both art educator and studio artist. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Wesleyan University, Cathy has taught in the Newton, MA, Greenwich, CT and East Lyme, CT public school systems. She has also taught private classes in various fields including stained glass, jewelry making and silver work, enameling, ceramics, glass bead making, and quilting.

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In the interest of furthering her own education, Cathy received a scholarship to attend the Pilchuck Glass School where she worked with Dale Chihuly and Patrick Reyntiens. Her interest in felting began with a workshop led by Lynne Ocone at the Guilford Art Center. Cathy is a member of the Northeast Felt makers Guild where she has had the privilege of participating in classes given by world renowned felt makers. Cathy credits her friend and fellow felt maker Catherine Stebinger with sharing ongoing creative energy, inspiration, and encouragement. Her work is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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Come read your poem or a favorite, sing a song, play a tune …the mic is yours!

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In Mojave poet Natalie Diaz’s words, “The Colorado River is the most endangered river in the United States—also, it is a part of my body. / I carry a river. It is who I am: ‘Aha Makav. This is not metaphor.” This symposium is provoked by Diaz’s poem, “The First Water is the Body,” and convenes scholars, activists, artists, and spiritual practitioners diversely committed to the vitality of water and waterspaces. Amidst water crisis, we seek to share cosmovisions, bodies of knowledge, modes of communication that emerge from deep attention to water. In our interlocking articulations of water cosmologies, water crisis, and water power, we aim to open new paths of insight and collaboration toward collective healing.

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Free and open to the public. 

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This symposium is sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.

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Speakers:

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• Tarren Andrews
• Aimee Craft
• Jasper Eastman
• Morgan Freeman
• Sally Hansen
• Emma Hitchcock
• Jonathan Howard
• Lav Kanoi
• Dana Lloyd
• Steven Mentz
• Kelsey Alejandra Moore
• Blair Nelsen
• Nathan Phelps
• Samia Rahimtoola
• Arlinda Shtuni
• Anthony Trujillo
•   

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Please register if you plan on attending lunch at the symposium on Friday, November 7. Registration is only required for lunch and not for the overall event.

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View event page

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Contact: Katya Vetrov

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Art Credit:

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Saif Azzuz

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Aiken’s crick (Lulu), 2019

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Acrylic, enamel, spray paint and oil stick on canvas

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62 x 90 inches

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157.5 x 228.6 cm

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Photo credit:

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Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Meier, Mill Valley

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

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The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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Join us on the first Friday of the month for a one-hour, in-person tour of the Leslie P. and George H. Hume American Furniture Study Center at the Collection Studies Center, Yale West Campus. See more than 1,300 examples of American furniture and clocks from the 17th century to the present in this facility, which opened in 2019, as well as an outstanding collection of contemporary wood art.  

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Registration required; space is limited.    

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Registered visitors will receive a confirmation email including directions to the site, where there is ample free parking. Unregistered visitors cannot be accommodated. 

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Join our volunteer museum educators for an interactive exploration of highlights from our collection. In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art features works from the sixteenth century to the present, now on view in a reimagined installation. 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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Join us for our family program Getting StARTed, where we offer engaging activities to guide families in looking at art together. The 30-minute sessions focus on a range of works from the collection and build in time for participants to try the month’s activity on their own.  

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Meet by the couches in the Gallery lobby.

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On Saturday, October 11, ASL interpretation will be available for this program. 

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Once again Spectrum Art Gallery will have pieces that feature the colors and textures of Fall as we say goodbye to Summer and turn the gallery into an autumn adventure. 

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The show opens with a reception on Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 8:30pm with wine and food. The Open House Weekend is Saturday,September 20, from 1-6 pm and Sunday, September 21, 1-5pm. The show closes on November 8, 2025.

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Piping plovers are very tiny birds the size of sparrows, and they are protected on our Connecticut sandy beaches. This workshop will show you how to create a beautiful, eye-catching portrait of this sweet little bird, as we will paint it much larger than life-size. You will need to make a pencil contour (outline) drawing of the bird onto proper watercolor paper from a reference provided by the instructor, but otherwise, no other major background details need to be drawn. We will use just a few colors, plus other basic watercolor supplies. Instructor will guide you through each painting stage to complete this portrait. Material list available upon registration.

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Bivenne Harvey Staiger is known for her colorful, dramatic watercolors of natural motifs she loves, like birds, other animals and flowers, and is the recipient of many prestigious awards. Among the most recent is the Silver Medal from the American Watercolor Society’s 152nd International Exhibition (2019). She is professionally affiliated with many art groups, including but not limited to the Salmagundi Club, American Artists’ Professional League, Academic Artists Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Artists, Connecticut Watercolor Society, and many others. Bivenne regularly gives instruction, demonstrations and workshops in watercolor, and in fact has an upcoming weekend workshop, focusing on painting flowers in watercolor, at Yale Peabody Museum in August. At least two major solo exhibitions and a few group exhibitions featuring her work, including Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut, are scheduled for the end of this year and next.

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Join our Student Guides to learn more about In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. Each tour is created by a Student Guide to explore a specific theme in the museum’s collection. 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitors Service Desk

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Join our Student Guides to learn more about In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. Each tour is created by a Student Guide to explore a specific theme in the museum’s collection. 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitors Service Desk

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Guest conductor Nicholas McGegan leads Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 in a performance of George Frideric Handel's Jephtha (HWV 70) at Woolsey Hall.

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Based upon the Old Testament story of Jephtha (Judges Chapter 11), this oratorio, believed to be the last one written by Handel, is based upon Jephtha's rash promise to God. 

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Free and open to the public.

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Livestream link

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Contact: Jeff Hazewinkel

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View event page

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Schola Cantorum  is a chamber choir that performs sacred music from the sixteenth century to the present day in concert settings and choral services around the world. It is sponsored by Yale Institute of Sacred Music and led by interim conductor Stefan Parkman. Masaaki Suzuki is the ensemble’s principal guest conductor. Open by audition to students from all departments and professional schools across Yale University, the choir has a special interest in historically informed performance practice, often in collaboration with instrumentalists from Juilliard415.

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Since its founding in 2009,  Juilliard415 , that school’s principal period-instrument ensemble, has made significant contributions to musical life in New York and beyond, bringing major figures in the field of early music to lead performances of both rare and canonical works by composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. With its frequent musical collaborator the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, the ensemble has performed throughout Scandinavia, Italy, Japan, Southeast Asia, the U.K., and India. 

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

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Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

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Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

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Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

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View exhibition page.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

​

Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

​

Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

​

Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

​

View exhibition page.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

​

Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

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In this 3-session class, children ages 7–11 years old let their imaginations soar using papier-mâché techniques to make jewelry and small animal sculptures. All materials included. No experience is necessary.

​

Cathy Lovell’s lifelong interest in the creative arts continues to guide her through a gratifying career as both art educator and studio artist. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Wesleyan University, Cathy has taught in the Newton, MA, Greenwich, CT and East Lyme, CT public school systems. She has also taught private classes in various fields including stained glass, jewelry making and silver work, enameling, ceramics, glass bead making, and quilting.

​

In the interest of furthering her own education, Cathy received a scholarship to attend the Pilchuck Glass School where she worked with Dale Chihuly and Patrick Reyntiens. Her interest in felting began with a workshop led by Lynne Ocone at the Guilford Art Center. Cathy is a member of the Northeast Felt makers Guild where she has had the privilege of participating in classes given by world renowned felt makers. Cathy credits her friend and fellow felt maker Catherine Stebinger with sharing ongoing creative energy, inspiration, and encouragement. Her work is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission EXCEPT Saturday, June 7; Friday, July 4 (Independence Day); Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving Day); Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve); and Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day).

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In remembrance of Pope Francis, who passed on April 21, 2025, the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center is honored to present this exhibit illustrating the pope’s outreach to the peripheries during his 47 international trips.

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Learn more: https://www.michaelmcgivneycenter.org/exhibits/francis-pope-of-the-peripheries/

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Each year, the Institute of Sacred Music organizes a series of Zoom lectures that focus on late antique and Byzantine art and architecture. The Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture lecture series is offered in collaboration with the departments of Classics and History of Art and is organized by Robert S. Nelson (History of Art, emeritus), Felicity Harley (Yale Divinity School/ISM), Justin Willson (History of Art) and Vasileios Marinis (Yale Divinity School/ISM).

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Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

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View the Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture page for specific event dates, titles and presenters.

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Contact: Katya Vetrov

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Image: Mosaic Floor with Views of Alexandria and Memphis, ca. 540 CE, The Yale-British School Excavations at Gerasa, Yale University Art Gallery

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Early learners and their families, start your weekends at the YCBA with stories that bring our exhibitions to life with imagination, wonder, and fun. 

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This engaging 30-minute story time in our galleries features books that highlight themes and ideas in In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art.

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This program will be offered in both English and Spanish. 

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Join our volunteer museum educators for an interactive exploration of highlights from our collection. In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art features works from the sixteenth century to the present, now on view in a reimagined installation. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

​

Join our Student Guides to learn more about In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art. Each tour is created by a Student Guide to explore a specific theme in the museum’s collection. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitors Service Desk

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Join our volunteer museum educators for an in-depth tour of the museum’s iconic building, designed by modernist architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974). 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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The fall Yale Repertory Chorus Recital will feature choral conducting performances by ISM student conductors Grace Currie, Brian De Stefano, and Anthony Washington.

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Free and open to the public.

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Livestream link

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View event site

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Contact: Donald Youngberg

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Don’t be intimidated any longer—come learn to paint. This class will unfold the mysteries of painting by introducing students to the basics: selecting materials, setting up a palette, handling paint, and composing a picture. The class will emphasize learning to see what you wish to paint with the goal of rendering form clearly in terms of color and design. Come to the first class ready to paint.

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CAW does not supply paint, brushes, or canvas. Please see the list below for what students need to bring.

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This class is for beginners eager to learn all aspects of pottery, as well as returnees who wish to hone their skills. Although the primary focus is on wheel throwing, we will also explore hand-building and ways to combine the two disciplines. Time will additionally be spent on the importance of trimming and glazing.

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Wear clothes that can get dirty.

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Pottery tool kits are available for sale in the studio for $27 and firing fees are $3.50/pound. Payable by credit card, cash, or check.

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Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours on a first-come, first-served basis and you are encouraged to take advantage of this.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

​

Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

​

Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

​

Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

​

View exhibition page.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

​

Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

​

Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

​

This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

​

Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

​

Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

​

Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

​

View exhibition page.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

​

Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

​

Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

​

In this 3-session class, children ages 7–11 years old let their imaginations soar using papier-mâché techniques to make jewelry and small animal sculptures. All materials included. No experience is necessary.

​

Cathy Lovell’s lifelong interest in the creative arts continues to guide her through a gratifying career as both art educator and studio artist. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Wesleyan University, Cathy has taught in the Newton, MA, Greenwich, CT and East Lyme, CT public school systems. She has also taught private classes in various fields including stained glass, jewelry making and silver work, enameling, ceramics, glass bead making, and quilting.

​

In the interest of furthering her own education, Cathy received a scholarship to attend the Pilchuck Glass School where she worked with Dale Chihuly and Patrick Reyntiens. Her interest in felting began with a workshop led by Lynne Ocone at the Guilford Art Center. Cathy is a member of the Northeast Felt makers Guild where she has had the privilege of participating in classes given by world renowned felt makers. Cathy credits her friend and fellow felt maker Catherine Stebinger with sharing ongoing creative energy, inspiration, and encouragement. Her work is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.

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Get a deeper look at William Blake: Burning Bright with the exhibition curators.

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Join exhibition curators Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints and Drawings, and Timothy Young, Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, for special tour of the exhibition showcasing the Yale Center for British Art’s impressive collection of works by Blake. 

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk.

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Few poets have inspired as many composers and musicians as William Blake. Join us as the Yale Voxtet enlivens the Library Court with the music of Benjamin Britten, John Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and other composers who found inspiration in Blake’s words.

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Presented in connection with the Yale Center for British Art’s exhibition William Blake: Burning Bright.

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Free and open to the public.

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This program is presented through the generosity of the Terry F. Green 1969 Fund for British Art and Culture.

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The Yale Voxtet is a group of eight singers from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music who specialize in early music, oratorio, and chamber ensemble under the direction of James Taylor, Professor in the Practice of Voice. The Voxtet performs a variety of programs, tours, and makes recordings as part of the Yale Schola Cantorum.

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The current Voxtet members are Izzy Barbato, M.M. '26; Eden Bartholomew, M.M. '27; Gwendolyn DeLaney, M.M. '27; Sam Denler, M.M. '26; Matthew Dexter, M.M. '26; John Richardson, M.M. '27; Scottie Rogers, M.M. '26; and Lucas Zuehl, M.M. '27.

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View event page

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Contact: Jeff Hazewinkel

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Join our volunteer museum educators for an interactive exploration of highlights from our collection. In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art features works from the sixteenth century to the present, now on view in a reimagined installation. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

​

Join our volunteer museum educators for an interactive exploration of highlights from our collection. In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art features works from the sixteenth century to the present, now on view in a reimagined installation. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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Join a volunteer museum educator to explore one of the most original and enigmatic figures in British art. William Blake: Burning Bright features the YCBA’s extraordinary Blake holdings, including his illuminated books, watercolors, and hand-colored prints. Discover how Blake fused image and text to express radical ideas about religion, politics, and the human spirit during a time of global upheaval.

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Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

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In this interdisciplinary class combining printmaking and bookmaking, students will experiment with creating their own artist books from start to finish. We’ll develop and sequence stories, design visuals through relief and linocut printmaking, and learn foundational bookbinding stitches and techniques. Whether you’re interested in making zines, illustrated narratives, or abstract book projects, you’ll have the freedom to make it your own. No experience required!

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The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

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Bring the whole family to the Shore Line Trolley Museum this holiday season for a magical  Visit with Santa! Running  Thanksgiving weekend  and  weekends in December  through  December 21st , this festive event is packed with holiday fun.

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  What’s Included?

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• Take a cozy ride to Santa aboard our  heated trolley , beautifully decorated for the season.
• Tell Santa what’s on your Christmas list and receive a  small gift.
• Take lots of photos  with Santa to capture the special moment.
• Enjoy a cup of  hot chocolate  to warm up!
• Stroll through the museum and check out the  holiday-decorated trolleys.
• Visit our  museum store  for unique and thoughtful gift ideas.

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  Most of the event takes place outside , so dress warmly and get ready for a fun, festive day filled with holiday cheer!

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  Dates:

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• Thanksgiving Weekend
• Weekends in December  until  December 21st

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Create lasting holiday memories with a visit to Santa at the Shore Line Trolley Museum!

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Exhibition open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission EXCEPT Saturday, June 7; Friday, July 4 (Independence Day); Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving Day); Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve); and Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day).

​

In remembrance of Pope Francis, who passed on April 21, 2025, the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center is honored to present this exhibit illustrating the pope’s outreach to the peripheries during his 47 international trips.

​

Learn more: https://www.michaelmcgivneycenter.org/exhibits/francis-pope-of-the-peripheries/

​

Bring the whole family to the Shore Line Trolley Museum this holiday season for a magical  Visit with Santa! Running  Thanksgiving weekend  and  weekends in December  through  December 21st , this festive event is packed with holiday fun.

​

  What’s Included?

​

• Take a cozy ride to Santa aboard our  heated trolley , beautifully decorated for the season.
• Tell Santa what’s on your Christmas list and receive a  small gift.
• Take lots of photos  with Santa to capture the special moment.
• Enjoy a cup of  hot chocolate  to warm up!
• Stroll through the museum and check out the  holiday-decorated trolleys.
• Visit our  museum store  for unique and thoughtful gift ideas.

​

  Most of the event takes place outside , so dress warmly and get ready for a fun, festive day filled with holiday cheer!

​

  Dates:

​

• Thanksgiving Weekend
• Weekends in December  until  December 21st

​

Create lasting holiday memories with a visit to Santa at the Shore Line Trolley Museum!

​

Join our volunteer museum educators for an interactive exploration of highlights from our collection. In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art features works from the sixteenth century to the present, now on view in a reimagined installation. 

​

Tours meet in the Entrance Court by the Visitor Services desk. 

​

Bring the whole family to the Shore Line Trolley Museum this holiday season for a magical  Visit with Santa! Running  Thanksgiving weekend  and  weekends in December  through  December 21st , this festive event is packed with holiday fun.

​

  What’s Included?

​

• Take a cozy ride to Santa aboard our  heated trolley , beautifully decorated for the season.
• Tell Santa what’s on your Christmas list and receive a  small gift.
• Take lots of photos  with Santa to capture the special moment.
• Enjoy a cup of  hot chocolate  to warm up!
• Stroll through the museum and check out the  holiday-decorated trolleys.
• Visit our  museum store  for unique and thoughtful gift ideas.

​

  Most of the event takes place outside , so dress warmly and get ready for a fun, festive day filled with holiday cheer!

​

  Dates:

​

• Thanksgiving Weekend
• Weekends in December  until  December 21st

​

Create lasting holiday memories with a visit to Santa at the Shore Line Trolley Museum!

​

Mark your calendars! We're kicking off something sweet ! 🍪

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🎉 Introducing Cookie39's Free Cookie of the Month 🎉

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The first 39 people to visit Cookie39 on the 1st day of each month in 2025 will receive a FREE Cookie of the Month. Doors open daily at 11am sharp. First come, first served.

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Monthly flavors to be announced on Instagram @cookiethirtynine.

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Made from scratch daily, baked fresh, and served warm. Tell all of your cookie-loving friends, spread the word, and don’t miss out! 🍪✨

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

​

Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

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Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

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Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

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The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

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The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

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Free and open to the public.

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Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

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View exhibition page.

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All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

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Join Yale Consort and and viols of the Elm City Consort for a service of Choral Evensong at Marquand Chapel.

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Free and open to the public.

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This service features performances of works by Orlando Gibbons in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death.

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Yale Consort, a professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.

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View the Yale Consort event site

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Contact: Clifton Massey

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Step into a world where history meets harmony at the Bluegrass Jam at the Museum! Dive deep into the heart of American bluegrass music, as the Shore Line Trolley Museum transforms into a vibrant stage for an evening of musical enchantment.

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On the first Tuesday of each month, as the clock strikes 6:00pm, witness a musical rendezvous that celebrates the soulful rhythms and spirited tunes of bluegrass. Whether you're a seasoned musician or someone who simply loves the melodies, there's a spot for you in this musical extravaganza. Come with friends, family, or venture solo – all are welcome!

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Set against the backdrop of the Shore Line Trolley Museum's historic charm, attendees will be treated to the mesmerizing sounds of bluegrass, surrounded by the timeless allure of vintage trolleys. It's not just a concert; it's a journey through time, where every note echoes the legacy of a cherished American musical tradition.

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Bring along your curiosity and immerse yourself in an evening of musical brilliance. Whether you're strumming along or swaying to the rhythms, Bluegrass Jam at the Museum promises memories that will linger long after the last chord is played.

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While the event itself is a gift to music lovers, we kindly suggest a donation of any amount to support the Shore Line Trolley Museum's continued dedication to preserving history and promoting the arts.

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Mark your calendars, spread the word, and let's make history together at Bluegrass Jam at the Museum. A night of melodies, memories, and magic awaits!

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You decide – explore multiple printmaking techniques and processes or deepen your practice in one area. Use etching, drypoint, woodcut, linocut, monotype, transfer prints, paper lithography, polymer plate lithography, collagraph, silk aquatint, transfer prints, or Chine-collé. Learn new techniques or connect printmaking to other artistic media.

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Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.

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The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

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Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

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Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

​

Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

​

View exhibition page.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

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Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

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In this interdisciplinary class combining printmaking and bookmaking, students will experiment with creating their own artist books from start to finish. We’ll develop and sequence stories, design visuals through relief and linocut printmaking, and learn foundational bookbinding stitches and techniques. Whether you’re interested in making zines, illustrated narratives, or abstract book projects, you’ll have the freedom to make it your own. No experience required!

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The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $20 for basic materials provided by CAW.

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This exhibition will be on view at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Miller Hall at 406 Prospect Street, New Haven from October 9 - December 5 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12 - 4 p.m., except for Thanksgiving week, when the ISM is closed.

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Lucasen Brown: Stanza presents a series of twenty intimate-scaled abstract paintings developed during Brown's time at Yale Institute of Sacred Music/Yale Divinity School (2023-2025). The exhibition also includes a selection of works on paper with corresponding poems by 2025 ISM graduate Emily Chan from a small book-length collaboration.

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Each painting has an association for the artist: a life event, a place, a feeling, a person. Brown explores ways the painting process weaves memory, trauma and spiritual repair: "Wholeness, to me, is when I am just a painter in the world who allows a world of feeling into my abstract paintings—a place where everything belongs.” The paintings hold space for viewers to consider their own healing through faith, noticing, and remaining open to uncertainty.

​

Paint, for Brown, becomes both a surface and a subject. The artist hopes the paintings evoke corporeality, silence, interiority, and sacred everydayness. The repetition of marks on the painting surfaces is meditative and accretive.

​

The paintings are informed by textile, specifically Lenore Tawney's open-warp weavings; art movements including Minimalism and Pattern Painting and Decoration; and essays, namely Roland Barthes' theory of text and textile.

​

The exhibition traces the paintings’ transition from grid-based abstraction to a more intuitive and emotionally attuned process that pushes beyond the limitation of the grid. The artist realized his painting world, emotional and liberative, could no longer be confined to a grid.

​

Free and open to the public.

​

Exhibition curated by Lucasen Brown.

​

View exhibition page.

​

All are welcome to join us for an opening reception for this art exhibit on Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.

​

Contact: Anesu Nyamupingidza

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Art credit: Lucasen Brown, Just Walking Around, Oil on Linen, 2025

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