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Theater & dance

Shades of Yale Fall Jam

Sudler Recital Hall · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Come From Away

University Theatre · Through Nov 15

Theater & dance

'night, Mother

Theater · Through Nov 15

Music

Saturday Jazz Jam ft. Gary Grippo

Cafe Nine · 4:00 PM

Theater & dance

PUPPETS IN SPACE

Hopper Cabaret · Through Nov 15

Theater & dance

Movement Mélange

Off Broadway Theater · Through Nov 15

Theater & dance

Shades of Yale Fall Jam

Sudler Recital Hall · 6:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Sankofa: Who are we in our essence?

YSB Marsh Hall · 6:30 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Sealed Off

Crescent Underground · 7:00 PM

Music

LCP Rick Braun Plays Chuck Mangione

Lyman Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

Yale Symphony Presents: Spirits of America at 250

Woolsey Hall · 7:30 PM

From $3
Theater & dance

Watch Me Walk

Yale arts and performances (Yale events calendar) · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

Marisol

Iseman Theater · 8:00 PM

From $155 more dates through Nov 20
Music

Big Dog Salute Featuring: Froze 4.0, Johnny Sensei, Stubbs, DJ Nihilist and more!

Stella Blues · 9:00 PM

Theater & dance

Yale Ballroom Dance Team's Annual Winter Ball

Other · Through Nov 15

Music

Heaven

Cafe Nine · 9:00 PM

From $5
Music

The Original Saturday Night Dance Party

Toad's Place · 9:30 PM

From $151 more date through Dec 5
Event

The Laurie Massaro Memorial Mitten Tree

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 10:00 AM

15 more dates through Nov 30
Theater & dance

EveryBody Dances with Joseph J. Simeone (Intermediate Level)

Yale Schwarzman Center · 11:00 AM

Free
Art & museums

Film: Man of Marble

Humanities Quadrangle · 2:00 PM

Music

Yale Wind Ensemble Sunday Matinee Concert - feat. Eighth Blackbird

Woolsey Hall · 3:00 PM

Music

Soovin Kim, violin

Morse Recital Hall · 3:00 PM

Free
Music

After Nations / VRSA / Dirt Pile

Cafe Nine · 4:00 PM

From $10
Music

Degree Conducting Recital with Caspar Wein

Marquand Chapel · 6:00 PM

Music

Catch Your Breath: Not Broken Enough Tour

Toad's Place · 7:00 PM

From $27.50
Music

Big Head Todd and the Monsters

College Street Music Hall · 7:30 PM

Music

Spray Bottle Fever / Mr. Beast Death 2030 / Xur / Bushranger

Cafe Nine · 8:00 PM

From $10
Event

GIS Day 2026

Yale Peabody Museum · 8:30 AM

Event

Stay and Play at Stetson

Stetson Young Minds Discovery Room - 1st Floor · 10:00 AM

6 more dates through Dec 19
Event

Mindfulness Matters: Make a Change in One Second, One Thought, One Breath

Wilson Music Room · 10:30 AM

4 more dates through Dec 14
Event

Stay 'N' Play - IN PERSON Story Time @ Ives

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 11:00 AM

2 more dates through Nov 23
Event

Mix It Up Mondays: Let's Game!

Fair Haven Library (NHFPL) · 3:00 PM

3 more dates through Dec 14
Event

Monday Industry Night

Stella Blues · 3:00 PM

2 more dates through Dec 7
Event

New Haven Bird Club's Birds in Words

Mitchell Program Room · 6:30 PM

1 more date through Nov 18
Theater & dance

Watch Me Walk

Yale Repertory Theatre · 8:00 PM

9 more dates through Nov 28
Event

Liberty Community Services

Stetson Tutorial Room -1st Floor · 10:00 AM

3 more dates through Dec 15
Event

Bilingual Stay & Play / Quédate y Juega

Fair Haven Library (NHFPL) · 10:30 AM

4 more dates through Dec 15
Event

Stay and Play @ Mitchell

Mitchell Program Room · 11:00 AM

4 more dates through Dec 15
Event

Father's Group: Stronger Together

Mitchell Program Room · 12:30 PM

Event

Teen Game Club

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 2:00 PM

3 more dates through Nov 27
Event

Stetson Teen Center and Makerspace Drop-in Hours

Stetson Innovation Studio - 2nd Floor · 3:00 PM

12 more dates through Dec 17
Event

After-School Activity: Oil Pastel Image Transfers!

Wilson Branch · 3:30 PM

2 more dates through Dec 8
Event

Glow Up Girls Academy

Stetson Active Learning Classroom - 2nd Floor · 4:00 PM

8 more dates through Dec 17
Event

Dine and Discuss with the NHECC and United Way of Greater New Haven

Wilson Atrium · 5:00 PM

Event

Creation Station

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 5:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 24
Event

Medicinal Herbs and Plants

Wilson Community Program Room · 5:30 PM

Art & museums

Public Nights at the Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium

Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium · 6:00 PM

Music

McKinley James / Big Fat Combo

Cafe Nine · 8:00 PM

From $15
Event

Liberty Community Services

Wilson Music Room · 10:00 AM

4 more dates through Dec 16
Event

Schwarzman Session - Accessibility as a Core Value from Ideation to Opening Night with DJ Kurs

Humanities Quadrangle · 12:00 PM

Free
Music

Yale Collegium Musicum: Music of John Dowland

Beinecke Library · 12:30 PM

Free
Theater & dance

NHFPL Teens Presents - Theatre Games with Tyler

Ives Performing Arts Space · 1:00 PM

Event

Teen Mental Wealth Club

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 3:00 PM

Event

Spanish Language Conversation Club

Fair Haven Library (NHFPL) · 4:00 PM

4 more dates through Dec 16
Art & museums

Advance Screening: ALL OF A SUDDEN

Humanities Quadrangle · 6:30 PM

Art & museums

The Edges between Sarah Sze's Paintings and Sculpture

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

Shubert Theatre · Through Nov 22

1 more date through Nov 20
Music

Pouya: The Foreverglades Tour 2026

Toad's Place · 7:30 PM

From $35
Event

Stay and Play: In-person Story Time!

Wilson Branch · 10:30 AM

2 more dates through Dec 3
Event

Hands Only CPR/AED/NARCAN Training with Yale New Haven Health

Wilson Atrium · 3:00 PM

Event

Servicos de Salud Emocional para Hispanos (Latino Behaviorial Health Services)

Wilson Family Place · 3:00 PM

Event

Teen Fiber Arts Club

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 3:00 PM

Art & museums

New Haven Memory Lab: Family Archives Forum

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 5:30 PM

Art & museums

Ulysses' Homecomings, Hellenic Studies Film Screening

Humanities Quadrangle · 6:30 PM

Art & museums

Jabulani Dhlamini with James Green

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Film: Daughters of the Dust

Humanities Quadrangle · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Screening: NAZA

53 Wall Street · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Zoltan Kaszas: Worldwide(ish) Tour

College Street Music Hall · 7:30 PM

Music

Hawks in Circles, Always on Edge & By Design

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALÍ MAKE ME HOT

Lyman Center for the Performing Arts · 8:00 PM

2 more dates through Nov 21
Music

Hot 93.7's Up Next Presents: Honey BXBY and Eli Derby

Toad's Place · 9:00 PM

From $15
Event

The Unhoused Activists Community Team (U-ACT)

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 1:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 27
Event

Hypertension Awareness & Prevention Program at Yale (HAPPY)

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 3:00 PM

Art & museums

CCAM MIX: The Worlds Between Us, Joey Moro and Jason Ting

Yale arts and performances (Yale events calendar) · 5:00 PM

3 more dates through Nov 28
Music

Earlybirds Club: 80s Night

Toad's Place · 6:00 PM

From $30
Art & museums

Open Fridays with Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Music

Yale Voxtet: British Songs of Farewell

Marquand Chapel · 7:30 PM

Free
Music

Rival Sons: Domestic Bliss Tour

College Street Music Hall · 8:00 PM

Music

Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT

Firehouse 12 · 8:30 PM

Event

CPR Training

Stetson Active Learning Classroom - 2nd Floor · 10:00 AM

Event

Meditation with Elm Community Insights

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 10:30 AM

1 more date through Nov 28
Event

Saturday Story Time

Mitchell Branch · 11:00 AM

1 more date through Dec 19
Event

Witness to Hunger

Wilson Community Program Room · 12:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 19
Event

Kids' Coding Workshop with CS4ALL

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 12:00 PM

Event

New Haven Go Club

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 1:00 PM

Event

The Community Couch: Thanksgiving Celebration!

Wilson Atrium · 2:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 19
Art & museums

Community Reception and Panel: Arthur Miller's The Price

Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library · 5:00 PM

Theater & dance

Bijayini Satpathy Trikāyā (Three Bodies)

Yale arts and performances (Yale events calendar) · 7:30 PM

Free
Music

Lazy Bird (Featuring Sophia Dorothy) Greensky Bluegrass After Party

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

Music

Emo Night Brooklyn

Toad's Place · 8:30 PM

From $20
Theater & dance

EveryBody Dances with Bijayini Satpathy

Yale arts and performances (Yale events calendar) · 2:00 PM

Free
Music

Dance Dance Evolution

New Haven Symphony Orchestra · 3:00 PM

Music

Great Organ Music at Yale with Wolfgang Zerer

Woolsey Hall · 7:30 PM

Event

Adult Writer's Group

Wilson Family Place · 2:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 14
Event

Mix It Up Mondays: Crafting and Cookies

Fair Haven Library (NHFPL) · 3:00 PM

Event

Canva 101

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 4:00 PM

Event

Teen Manga Club

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 4:00 PM

Event

Holiday Trivia

Shubert Theatre · 7:00 PM

Free
Music

Tuesday Night Open Mic with the Stella Blues House Band

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

3 more dates through Dec 15
Event

Library closes early today at 2pm, la biblioteca cierra hoy a las 2pm

Fair Haven Library (NHFPL) · 10:00 AM

Music

Eggy: The Final Tour (of 2026)

Toad's Place · 7:30 PM

From $30
Music

Blackout Wednesday with Mcnulty's Dead

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

Event

An Afternoon celebrating grief, remembrance, and community.

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 2:00 PM

Music

Chris Webby: 16th Annual Black Friday Show

Toad's Place · 9:00 PM

From $30
Music

Darik and the Funbags

Toad's Place · 9:00 PM

From $20
Event

Q Teen Space

Ives Main Library (New Haven Free Public Library) · 2:00 PM

Event

From Thrift to Profit

Mitchell Program Room · 5:30 PM

Music

Guitar Chamber Music

Sudler Recital Hall · 7:30 PM

Free
Music

Karim Sulayman & Tom Poster

Yale arts and performances (Yale events calendar) · 7:30 PM

Free
Event

After-School Activity: Pop-tart Stuffies!

Wilson Branch · 3:30 PM

Music

Holiday Brass

New Haven Symphony Orchestra · 4:00 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Shubert Theatre Workshop: The Hip Hop Nutcracker

Mitchell Program Room · 4:00 PM

Art & museums

Archaeological Looking in Southeastern Africa

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Screening: THE DEVILS (1971) 4K Restoration

Humanities Quadrangle · 7:00 PM

Event

Sip & Link: Game Night with beer pong and party games with DJ Martian

Stella Blues · 8:00 AM

Event

BookLovers' Circle

Mitchell Program Room · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Preserving Archaeological Heritage: Law, Ethics, and Museums

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Film: JAIL TIME RECORDS (2026)

Humanities Quadrangle · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Secret Film Society

53 Wall Street · 7:00 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Uncle Vanya

Crescent Underground · Through Dec 5

Theater & dance

Movimiento desde mi Tierra!

Off Broadway Theater · Through Dec 4

Art & museums

Dropouts and Dreamers Film Series: THE NEEDLE (1988)

Humanities Quadrangle · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Film: Little Miss Sunshine, 20th Anniversary Screening

Humanities Quadrangle · 7:00 PM

Music

David Archuleta: Warm Me Up Holiday Tour

Toad's Place · 7:30 PM

From $35
Event

Just Wingin' It

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

Music

Allen Lowe and the Avant Roots Quartet

Firehouse 12 · 8:30 PM

Event

Arabic Language Story Time with Little Bayt New Haven

Stetson Young Minds Discovery Room - 1st Floor · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Watercolor Painting Workshop

Mitchell Program Room · 10:30 AM

Theater & dance

Dabke Workshop

Stetson Community Conversation Room - 2nd Floor · 11:15 AM

Art & museums

What's In The Whitney Library

New Haven Museum · 12:00 PM

Event

Eli Whitney Workshop: Pine Tree Peg Game and Ornaments

New Haven Museum · 1:00 PM

Event

The Hip Hop Nutcracker Shubert Family Workshop

Stetson Young Minds Discovery Room - 1st Floor · 2:00 PM

Theater & dance

Charles Dickens at New Haven Museum: Some Riotous History and ‘A Christmas Carol’ Performance

New Haven Museum · 2:00 PM

Art & museums

Meet the Artist: Joe Higgins

Mitchell Program Room · 2:00 PM

Event

Absolute Pardon Workshop with Yale Undergraduate Prison Project

Wilson Community Program Room · 2:30 PM

Theater & dance

Nutmeg Burlesque Presents Shakedown!

Shubert Theatre · 7:30 PM

Music

Hunxho: 2Night Only Tour

College Street Music Hall · 8:00 PM

Event

Story Time with Doctor EB

Stetson Young Minds Discovery Room - 1st Floor · 10:00 AM

Food & drink

Kidz Kook

Mitchell Program Room · 4:00 PM

Event

Play Club: Arthur Miller's THE PRICE

Virtual Event · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Sohni Crossing the River to Mahival: Materials and Conservation

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Event

Access Health

Stetson Tutorial Room -1st Floor · 10:00 AM

Music

The Slapknutz Christmas Special Extravaganza

Toad's Place · 5:30 PM

From $12
Art & museums

Sketching in the Galleries

Yale University Art Gallery · 7:00 PM

Music

Yesod Presents: Faction, Attic and Phoenix Tree

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

New Haven Ballet presents The Nutcracker

Shubert Theatre · Through Dec 13

Music

Less Than Jake: Northeast to Nowhere

Toad's Place · 7:30 PM

From $29
Music

Prawntail

Firehouse 12 · 8:30 PM

Event

Cirque Alice Shubert Family Workshop

Stetson Young Minds Discovery Room - 1st Floor · 2:00 PM

Music

The Connecticut Yuletide Carolers

New Haven Museum · 2:00 PM

Event

Bingo Loco: Early Show

Toad's Place · 6:00 PM

From $33
Music

Mic Check Mondays

Stella Blues · 6:00 PM

Music

The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

Shubert Theatre · 7:00 PM

Event

After-School Activity: Bracelet Making!

Wilson Branch · 3:30 PM

Event

Getting the Most Out of Your Houseplants

Wilson Family Place · 5:30 PM

Event

Mitchell Lego Club

Mitchell Program Room · 4:00 PM

Event

Play Club: The World is Not Silent

Virtual Event · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

GIANT - The Play

Shubert Theatre · Through Dec 18

Music

Dan Weintraub: Acoustic Jerry Garcia Tribute

Stella Blues · 9:00 PM

Event

Pass The Mic

Long Wharf Theatre · Through Dec 20

Music

American Football

College Street Music Hall · 8:00 PM

Music

Beats, Bits & Bytes

Stella Blues · 8:00 PM

Music

Dan Weiss Quartet

Firehouse 12 · 8:30 PM

Comedy

John Valby XXX-Mas Show

Toad's Place · 9:30 PM

From $22.50
Festivals & markets

Noir Vintage and Company LLC-Pop-Up Shop

Stetson Innovation Studio - 2nd Floor · 10:00 AM

Music

Holiday Extravaganza

Shelton High School · 3:00 PM

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