More upcoming events in and around New Haven
Upcoming events, ordered by date. Search the calendar for a date, venue, or category.
· 12:30 PM
Yale University Art Gallery
Keely Orgeman leads a gallery talk on the relationship between Sarah Sze’s sculpture-like paintings and painting-like sculpture. The discussion is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Sarah Sze: Images in Translation.
· 1:00 PM
Ives Performing Arts Space
Rosetint Community Theatre’s Artistic Director Tyler Harding leads a workshop of theatre games and performance-building activities for teens. The session is designed to remind participants why live theatre is the best.
· 8:00 PM
Space Ballroom
Charlie Parr performs at Space Ballroom with Maisy Owen. The show adds another live music option for the New Haven area.
· 3:30 PM
Green Hall
Jeff Sharlet discusses his work, including his latest book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. The program is part of Yale University Events in New Haven.
· 4:00 PM
Luce Hall
Professor Saheed Aderinto presents a lecture on historical documentaries and new directions in African popular culture studies. Aderinto is the Founding President of the Lagos Studies Association and an award-winning filmmaker and author.
– · 4:00 PM
Mitchell Branch
The New Haven Bird Club is hosting hands-on lessons and activities about birds and birdwatching. This session includes the community art project Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, focused on bird collisions with glass and prevention solutions.
· 4:00 PM
Loria Center
Alessandra Russo presents a lecture titled "Cheiropoieta: Handmaking, Artistry, Curatorship, Museums." The talk examines handmade artifacts, early modern globalization, and changing ideas about artistry.
· 4:30 PM
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
A lecture followed by a concert of songs and instrumental works by John Dowland, featuring pieces from the Beinecke Library collection. The Yale Collegium Musicum specializes in early music from the 12th through the 18th centuries.
· 5:00 PM
100 Wall Street
A literary conversation series featuring writers discussing how ancient myths, legends, and sacred stories inspire new books. The session explores how old source material is renewed with fresh spiritual, political, and aesthetic meaning.
· 5:00 PM
Child Study Center
Shayla Love, a New Yorker contributing writer, discusses telling science as stories in conversation with Randi Epstein. This Yale event explores how history, culture, and philosophy intersect with current research.
· 6:00 PM
Brady Squash Center
Yale hosts Brown University in a women's squash match at Brady Squash Center. The listed start time is 6:00 PM.
· 6:00 PM
MakeHaven
Learn the basics of CNC woodworking with VCarve Pro at MakeHaven in New Haven. This introductory class covers designing and machining parts for a CNC router, and no experience is required.
· 6:30 PM
Humanities Quadrangle
A free advance screening of Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s film All of a Sudden, introduced by Professor Aaron Gerow. The film follows a care facility director in France and Japan as she forms an unexpected friendship and confronts resistance to her philosophy of care.
Free admission
– · 6:30 PM
Ives Main Library
Join Nest Collab for the October meeting of the Disability and Chronic Illness Memoir Book Club. This monthly book club is open to all, and attendees do not need to have read the book beforehand.
· 12:30 AM
Toads Place CT
Pouya performs at Toad’s Place CT in New Haven for a night of rap and hip hop. Fans can expect an energetic show in an intimate downtown venue.
· 7:30 PM
New Haven
This introductory MakeHaven session helps members get badged to use the laser cutters independently. Participants will learn safe operation and complete a small project during the class.
· 1:00 PM
Omni New Haven Hotel
Sample cuisine from Greater New Haven while networking with local business professionals at the Big Connect Business Expo. The event features participating CitySeed ventures and requires pre-registration.
· 7:00 PM
College Street Music Hall
Catch Zoltan Kaszas on his Worldwide(ish) Tour at College Street Music Hall in New Haven.
· 12:00 PM
Henry R. Luce Hall
A colloquium talk by Dr. Sa’ed Atshan on his book In a Land of Aid: Essays on the Palestinian Condition. The event is hosted at Yale and focuses on scholarship in peace and conflict studies and anthropology.
· 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern
East Rock Brewing, 285 Nicoll St Suite 103, New Haven, CT 06511
Meet new people over short, structured one-on-one conversations with question prompts that go beyond small talk. A facilitator guides the evening and partners switch throughout. Come solo or bring a friend. Ages 21+; government-issued ID required. Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:3…
· 12:00 PM
46 Hillhouse
A book talk featuring author Kim Ghattas in conversation with Yale World Fellow and journalist Lina Sinjab. The discussion centers on Ghattas’s book and its account of decades of U.S.-Israel-Iran confrontation.
· 1:00 PM
WLE
Talk title and abstract are listed as TBA. The seminar is hosted by Lucas Darroch at Yale in New Haven.
· 1:00 PM
Sloane Physics Laboratory
This seminar explores metallogenic quantum criticality and topological phase transitions beyond conformal field theories. It presents a controlled family of effective field theories for exotic quantum critical points between distinct fractional Chern insulators.
– · 3:00 PM
Wilson Branch
Learn the basics of CPR, AED, and NARCAN at Wilson Branch. This session is for personal knowledge and does not provide Red Cross certification.
