The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
CALENDAR
BOOKS, POETRY, TALKS, ETC.
Ansonia: Pigeons Through the Ages, Ansonia Nature Center, 10 Deerfield Road. March 14, 2 p.m. Free. Registration required. 203-736-1053, ansonianaturecenter.org
Guilford: Book talk and signing by author and historian Marty Podskoch with his book, “The Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut,” March 11, 7 p.m. 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org
Guilford: “The History and Benefits of Tea and Dark Chocolate,” Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. March 12, 7-8 p.m. 203-453-8282
Hamden: Donald Shaw, social scientist and one of the founding fathers of the agenda-setting theory in mass communication, will present the lecture, “Public Agendas, Private Choices: Media Agenda Setting and Audience Agendamelding,” Quinnipiac University Mount Carmel Auditorium, 275 Mount Carmel Ave. March 17, 6:30 p.m.
Madison: Hot Off the Press Book Club with “The Starless Sea” by Erin Morgenstern, R.J. Julia Bookstores, 768 Boston Post Road. March 12, 1 p.m.; Candacy Taylor with “Overground Railroad,” March 13, 7 p.m.; Debut Author Book Club with “The Salt Path” by Raynor Winn, March 16, 7 p.m.; Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen with “You Are Not Alone,” March 17, 7 p.m.; Lisa See with “The Island of Sea Woman,” March 18, 7 p.m. 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com
Madison: “A Spring Sampler of Saints and How They Speak to Us Today,” Mercy by the Sea, 167 Neck Road. March 10, 17, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $30. 203-245-0401, mercybythesea.org
Madison: Small Events for Small People: St. Patrick’s Day “Three Ways To Trap a Leprechaun,” R.J. Julia Bookstores, 768 Boston Post Road. March 14, 10:30 a.m. 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com
COMEDY
Hamden: Comedy Craft Beer Night, Counter Weight Brewing 23 Raccio Park Road.March 12, 7:30 p.m. $20. 954-729-6282, comedycraftbeer.com
Mashantucket: Whindersson Nunes, Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resorts & Casinos, 350 Trolley Line Blvd. March 14, 8 p.m. $50. 800-200-2882, foxwoods.com
West Haven: Treehouse Comedy Showcase, Randell’s, 236 Platt Ave.
7, 8 p.m. $10. treehousecomedy.com
FAIRS, FESTS, FOOD, HOLIDAY, FUN
Bridgeport: Jurassic World Live Tour, Webster Bank Arena, 600 Main St. March 8, noon, 4 p.m. websterbankarena.com
Derby: Musical Mondays, Public Library, 313 Elizabeth St. March 9, 10 a.m.; Game Night, March 11, 6 p.m.
Derby: BAMM! Balance and Musical Movement Programs, March 14, 11:30 a.m. Tech Time at Derby Public Library, March 18, 6:30 p.m. Derby Public Library, 313 Elizabeth St.
Derby: Been There, Done That Music, Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave. March 10, 10 a.m. 203-734-1492.
Derby: Afternoon Tea V with an hour’s worth of episodes of shows like “The Crown,” Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave. March 10, 1 p.m. Discussion to follow. Tea, coffee, and biscuits. 203-734-1492
Milford: St. Patrick’s Day Parade, River & Broad St. March 14, 1 p.m. milfordirish.org
New Haven:St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Kicks off at Chapel St. to Orange St. March 15, 1:30 p.m. stpatricksdayparade.org
New Haven: St. Patrick’s Day Parade Breakfast Buffet & Shuttle Ride, Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ at The Stack, 470 James St. Bldg. 2. March 15, 10 a.m. $25, $35.
Shelton: Celebrate St. Patrick’s with The Jolly Beggars, Center Stage Theatre, 54 Grove St. March 13, 7 p.m. $20.
FILM
Derby: Teen Film Club, Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave. March 10, 4 p.m. 203-734-1492
Guilford: “Dark Waters,” Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. March 9, 7 p.m. 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org
Guilford: “Knives Out,” Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. March 16, 7 p.m.; “Alices’s Ordinary People,” March 17, 6:30 p.m. 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org
North Haven: “The Swamp,” Library, 17 Elm St. March 6, 10:30 a.m.; “Art of Racing in the Rain,” March 10, 10:30 a.m.
Woodbridge: “Bombshell,” Woodbridge Town Library, 10 Newton Road. March 12, 7 p.m. 203-389-3434, woodbridgetownlibrary.org
ELLIS PAUL RETURNS: The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center will welcome back singer-songwriter Ellis Paul on Sunday, March 8, at 7 p.m. The folk musician was born in Aroostook County, Maine, and is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, a literate, provocative, and urbanely romantic folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His pop music songs have appeared in movies and on television and he has released several children’s albums.
MUSIC
Bethany: Wandering Roots Shawn Taylor & Chris D’Amato, Christ Episcopal Church, 526 Amity Road. March 14, 7 p.m. $20, $5. Refreshments. shawntaylortunes.com
Branford: Branford Folk Music Society presents Matthew Byrne and Cliff Haslam, First Congregational Church on the Branford Green, 1009 Main St. March 14, 8 p.m. $25 nonmembers, $20 members, $5 children 12 and under. branfordfolk.org
Cheshire: Concert: From Jazz to Soul with Rhonda Denet, Public Library, 104 Main St. March 8, 2 p.m.
Deep River: Fenton Brown Emerging Artists Concert, featuring LINÜ, a vibrant and talented guitar duo comprised of Gulli Bjornsson and Jiji, John Winthrop Middle School, March 8, 3 p.m. $40. 860-272-4572, essexwinterseries.com
Fairfield: Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne, 70 Sanford St. Carbon Leaf, StageOne, March 11, 7:45 p.m. $28. 203-259-1036, fairfieldtheatre.org
Fairfield: “Beethoven at 250,” with Orin Grossman, Michael Haber, Emma Sohlberg, and Sheryl Staples, Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Performing Arts, 1073 N. Benson Road. March 8, 3 p.m. $35, $30, $5 Fairfield U. students, $25 Quick Center members. 203-254-4010, quickcenter.com.
Guilford: Jeff Fuller Jazz, Quattro’s Italian Restaurant & Bar, 14 Water St. March 15, noon-3 p.m.; also at AyMarch
uthai, 2279 Boston Post Road. March 15, 6-8 p.m.
Hamden: New Haven Oratorio Choir’s Cabaret Fundraiser, Whitneyville Cultural Commons, March 15, 4:30 p.m. Food, wine, beer, music from Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps, silent auction and Teacup auction. $40 in advance, $45 at the door.
Hamden: Oso Oso, March 14, 7 p.m. Anti-Flag, March 18, 8 p.m. Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St.
Hamden: Galvanized Jazz Band, Aunt Chilada’s, 3931 Whitney Ave. March 8, 6-8 p.m. Reserve. 203-230-4640, auntchilada.com
Mashantucket: Tony Bennett, March 13, 8 p.m. Lil’ Kim, The Lox, Cam’ron & N.O.R.E, March 14, 8 p.m. The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, 39 Norwich Westerly Road, Mashantucket.
Mashantucket: Avenue Groove, Live at Atrium Bar Lounge at Foxwoods Resorts & Casinos, 350 Trolley Line Blvd. March 13, 9 p.m.; Dave Macklin, March 14, 9 p.m. 800-200-2882, foxwoods.com
Mashantucket: Michael Ray & Carly Pearce, Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resorts & Casinos, 350 Trolley Line Blvd. March 12, 7:30 p.m. $35; Straight Up with Stassi, Fox Theater, March 13, 8 p.m. $65-$35. 800-2002882, foxwoods.com
Middletown: South for Winter, Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, 605 Main St. March 12, 7 p.m. $15; Parker’s Tangent LIVE,
March 13, 8-10 p.m. Earth and Cazz, Ma buttonwood.org
Milford: Saldaña/B Guitar Duo, Milford Railroad Ave. March Master Class, Marc 203-878-6647, milf
Milford: Back to th Veteran’s Memorial Parson’s Governme Main St. March 14, 203-723-3672, milfo center.org
New Haven: New the American Guild explore the “King o pipe organ, March 1 Starts at Bethesda 450 Whitney Ave.; Chapel at the Yale Music, 409 Prospec close with the Taylo organ, returning to an for a pizza lunch required. 203-671-9 kay@att.net
New Haven: Spring & Potlucks, Music H March 12, 6 p.m. Fre
New Haven: “New grees of Separation New Haven Museum Ave. March 18, 6 p.m 4183, newhavenmu
New Haven: Bonni Emmett Kelly and J with Tommy Larkin Music Hall, 238 Co 8 p.m. $45-$25. 87 legestreetmusichall
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Old Saybrook: Kat Cultural Arts Cente Lucy Kaplansky & R March 8, 8 p.m. $3 March 8, 7 p.m. $25 van, March 11, 7:30 877-503-1286, thek
Uncasville: Moheg Casinos, 1 Mohegan Wolf Den:Waylon P p.m. 888-226-7711,
Wallingford: Wallin Orchestra performs Birthday Ludwig va