Category: Arts & Entertainment

NHHS 2016 Wounded Warrior Concert

Wounded Warrior Project provides free programs and services focused on the physical, mental, and long-term financial well-being of this generation of injured veterans, their families and caregivers.

Quinnipiac University honors Charlie Rose at annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award Luncheon

Quinnipiac University honored Charlie Rose, anchor/executive editor of the PBS programs “Charlie Rose” and “Charlie Rose: This Week,” and co-host of “CBS This Morning,” on June 15 at its 23rd annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award luncheon at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.

Irish historian to present, ‘Famnesia? Famine in Irish Literature at the Great Hunger’s Centenary,’ June 23 at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum

Bryce Evans, a senior lecturer in history at Liverpool Hope University (UK) and a leading modern Irish historian, will present the lecture, “Famnesia? Famine in Irish Literature at the Great Hunger’s Centenary.”

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University acquires notable painting, ‘Rainbow’s End,’ by William Crozier

One of the foremost European artists of the post-war period, Crozier (1930-2011) was artistically and philosophically influenced by the Existentialist movement in Paris. He brought such outlook to bear on images of a traumatized humanity in the aftermath of the two world wars.

Award-winning poet, essayist and columnist to discuss his work May 6 at Quinnipiac University

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, an award-winning poet, essayist and cultural critic, will discuss his work at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 6, in the Carl Hansen Student Center, Room 225, at Quinnipiac University.

League of Women Voters

Political Films Series

To add some perspective to discussions about current elections, the League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven, Temple Beth Sholom, and Best Video Film and Cultural Center, present a series of feature films.

NHHS Spring 2016 Instrumental and Jazz Band Concert

Music from the North Haven High School Spring 2016 Instrumental and Jazz Band concert, as performed by the students of Mr. Ken Tedeschi.

Documentary on the lives of senior athletes to be screened April 7 at Quinnipiac University

“Age of Champions,” an award-winning PBS documentary, will be screened from 6:30-9 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Mount Carmel Auditorium at Quinnipiac University.

Quinnipiac University to screen “Young@Heart” documentary

A screening of the documentary, “Young@Heart,” will take place from 9-11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the auditorium in the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences on the North Haven Campus of Quinnipiac

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum to exhibit “In the Lion’s Den: Daniel Macdonald, Ireland and Empire”

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University will present a new exhibition, “In the Lion’s Den: Daniel Macdonald, Ireland and Empire,” from Jan. 20 to April 17, 2016.

Quinnipiac University Theater for Community to present ‘Spring Awakening’ Nov. 12-15

Quinnipiac University Theater for Community will present the musical, “Spring Awakening,” with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik, from Nov. 12–15 in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater.

Quinnipiac University’s Central European Institute to advance screen PBS film, ‘Kosciuszko: A Man Before His Time,’

Quinnipiac University’s Central European Institute will present an advanced screening of the PBS film, “Kosciuszko: A Man Before His Time,” on Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences on the North Haven Campus.