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Happy Thanksgiving!

The Staff of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!

The Arts Paper Deadline Monday

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Arts Paper Deadlines
January/February 2013 - November 26, 5pm *Please note that this is the Monday after Thanksgiving
March 2013 - January 28, 5pm
April 2013 - February 25, 5pm
May 2013 - March 25, 5pm
June 2013 - April 29, 5pm

Orchestra New England Colonial Concert

Orchestra New England presents: Colonial Concert XXXIII, at United Church on the Green, (corner of Temple and Elm Streets) November 24, 2012, 8:00pm. Great music comes alive as ONE performs its flagship Concert of Old Music! Wigs, waistcoats, and candlelight complement the great baroque and classical hits of the 1780's. Tickets are $35 for reserved or $20 general admission. They can be purchased at the door the night of the show. www.orchestranewengland.org

CT Yuletide Carolers

The Connecticut Yuletide Carolers will celebrate the start of the holiday season with a concert of carols on Sunday, November 25, at 7:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of Branford. Victorian carolers will fill the winter air with the bright sounds of the season, singing traditional and contemporary Christmas music a capella in 4-part harmony to bring holiday cheer to young and old alike. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

The Connecticut Yuletide Carolers was formed in 2006 by Guilford residents Michael and Lori Cartwright. Their inaugural season consisted of 6 singers and 12 performances; the group has grown to 24 singers from all along the shoreline making over 40 performances throughout Connecticut and New England.

The United Methodist Church is located at 811 East Main Street in Branford, Conn. There is a suggested donation of $10. All proceeds will benefit the church’s general operating fund. Visit www.ctyuletide.com or call (203) 673-9485 for more information.

NHSO Performs Carmina Burana

Thursday, November 29, 2012 · 7:30pm
Woolsey Hall ∙ 500 College Street ∙ New Haven, CT
Program: Humperdinck Hänsel and Gretel Prelude
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from Swan Lake Suite
Orff Carmina Burana
Tickets: $15-69. Students ALWAYS $10. Blue Star and Kid Tix FREE. 203.865.0831 x10 or www.NewHavenSymphony.org.

PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES
Symphony Supper. Enjoy a three-course, steak and seafood dinner at Carmen Anthony Steakhouse, 660 State Street, New Haven, at 5:30pm with other music lovers before the Woolsey performance. $40pp, seating is limited; reserve early to avoid disappointment. NewHavenSymphony.org or 203.865.0831 x16 for details.
Prelude. Join the NHSO for Prelude, an intriguing pre-concert lecture from 6:30-7:00pm at Sudler Hall in Yale’s Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, New Haven. Yale School of Music Professor Richard Gard will discuss the music, poetry, and history of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Join the Lyric Hall Theater Orchestra

Join the Lyric Hall Theater Orchestra as we celebrate our 3rd year on the Lyric Hall stage.
November 24 & 25 with a program of Silent Films from 1908 to 1925 documenting the pace of Christmases Past.
These films celebrate the holiday as it was in the days before "Black Friday" times. Everything is here from "A Visit From Santa" to a necessarily abridged "A Christmas Carol" and the pre CGI flying reindeer of "The Night Before Christmas". All accompanied by tasty arrangements of your favorite carols and tunes by Carla Bley and our own Orchestra members.

The Sunday Matinee is back! 2 p.m. November 25
Saturday two shows at 7 & 9 p.m.
Tickets $10. reservations and information at 203-209-5369

Emerging Voices Project at Neverending Books

The Emerging Voices Project is celebrating their one-year CD release anniversary by touring the East Coast with a commissioned piece by 2011 Guggenheim fellow, and New Haven native, Amy Beth Kirsten. Her new work, Fire Balloon, is a setting of original text about hot air balloons. Their program also includes commissioned works by composers George Lam, Kathleen Bader, and Adam Knauss. Recorded and released in 2011, these pieces reflect on childhood and loss of innocence.

Elisabeth Halliday (voice) and Zach Herchen (saxophone) created the Emerging Voices Project (EVP) to commission, perform, and record music for voice and saxophone. The project was inspired by Lori Laitman's "I Never Saw Another Butterfly", a musical setting of poetry written by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. In 2011 EVP selected composers Kathleen Bader, Amy Beth Kirsten, Adam Knauss, and George Lam to write pieces based on the themes of childhood and loss of innocence. After raising funds through Kickstarter.com, they recorded and released Emerging Voices, a CD for the new works by Lam, Bader, Knauss, Laitman. This project is funded in part through New Music USA's MetLife Creative Connections program.

The trio of Adam Matlock (composer, accordion, voice), Anne Rhodes (voice) and Brian Slattery (fiddle) are performing an expanded version of the "Earthseed Songs," with texts from Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" and "Parable of the Talents." The short cycle was first performed in shorter form in October at the Uncertainty Series in New Haven.

Neverending Books, 810 State St, New Haven
November 30, 8PM
$5-15 Sliding Scale (All proceeds go to the artists, with a majority going to EVP to help offset their tour expenses.)

New England Ballet's Sugar Plum Party

New England Ballet Company are once again busy rehearsing for their Nutcracker season. This is the company’s 21st year of entertaining people with the holiday classic, delighting everyone with their stunning sets and beautiful choreography. The magical snow scene will enchant young and old alike.

Their season kicks off Thanksgiving weekend Sunday 11/25 with The Sugar Plum Party in the Stratford Theater, Stratford . This is perfect for younger children the performance includes a Nutcracker Suite, Clara reading the classic story and children will have fun making a simple craft and enjoying a holiday treat.

There are two shows, 12:30 and 3pm and tickets are $15 (with $1 credit card fee) and are available at 203-799-7950 and www.newenglandballet.org

Upcoming Events at the Shubert

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
November 30 & December 1, 2012
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00 & 8:00pm
Based on the classic film, this holiday musical is performed by the students of Sacred Heart Academy.

Free Family Fun Day - Shubert Holiday Open House
December 2, 2012
Sunday 11:00am-3:00pm
Just us for holiday fun at the Shubert Theater – holiday arts & crafts, face painting, refreshments, holiday film shorts – and get your picture taken with Santa Claus. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

New Haven Ballet’s The Nutcracker
December 7–9, 2012
Friday 7:00pm
Saturday 1:00pm & 5:30pm
Sunday 1:00pm
This holiday favorite is performed by the students of New Haven Ballet and features principal dancers from Boston Ballet.

THE RAT PACK IS BACK – The Christmas Show
December 15 & 16, 2012
Saturday 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
The Rat Pack is Back with all the popular standards and classic holiday hits!

SHREK – THE MUSICAL
December 28–30, 2012
Friday 7:30pm
Saturday 2:00 & 7:30pm
Sunday 1:00 & 6:30pm
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, this hilarious musical features a terrific score of 19 all-new songs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery. SHREK THE MUSICAL is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

Shubert Theater and Box Office, 247 College Street, New Haven CT
800-228-6622
shubert.com

Poet Jason Bredle at Quinnipiac

Poet Jason Bredle will read from his new book, “Carnival,” and discuss poetry and the writing process when he lectures in the Carl Hansen Student Center, Room 119, at Quinnipiac University at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.

This lecture, sponsored by the English Department and the College of Arts and Sciences at Quinnipiac, is free and open to the public.

Bredle also will take questions after the reading.

Bredle has published four full-length collections of poetry: “Carnival,” “Smiles of the Unstoppable,” “Pain Fantasy” and “Standing in Line for the Beast.” He is also the author of three chapbooks: “The Book of Evil,” “Class Project” and “A Twelve-Step Guide.” He earned his bachelor’s degree in Spanish and English at Indiana University and his master’s degree in creative writing at the University of Michigan. His awards include the Dream Horse Press National Chapbook Prize, the New Issues Poetry Prize and the New Michigan Press Chapbook Prize.

For more information, call 203-582-8652.

See Artwork by Karen Wiesner & Wayne Stevens

The Madison Art Society presents the artwork of Madison artist, Karen Wiesner and North Branford artist, Wayne Stevens. Their artwork will be on display throughout the months of November and December at the Madison Town Hall at 8 Campus Road in Madison, Connecticut. Their collections of paintings are open to the public free of charge and can be viewed during normal business hours.

Karen Wiesner enjoys painting in both oil and pastel, and especially "en plein aire" whenever possible. Wayne Stevens is a multi-talented musician and artist who has been self taught in both fields. Although his profession is a carpenter, he started sculpting in wood recently and painting with acrylics and airbrush in 1993.

Amy Leiner & Keira McTigue at Blue Moon Artisans

Amy Leiner

Blue Moon Artisans
50 York Street, Guilford
203.453.5845
www.facebook.com/BluemoonGuilford

Welcome The Season of Giving At Blue Moon Artisans - Guilford
Friday, November 30, 5-8pm
Featuring Amy Leiner and Keira McTigue

Amy Leiner is the founder of Amy Leiner Designs, LLC. Her signature jewelry line is comprised of and most noted for her chic use of color ("color stories", in her words), and innovative design trends.

Kiera McTigueis a graduate with honors from New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2012 with a concentration in photography and painting. Her work is study in the complex relationship between reality and perception.

American Flyer Trains at Eli Whitney Museum

The Eli Whitney Museum, 915 Whitney Av, Hamden
Classic, New Haven-made American Flyer Trains, for all to run.
Wooden toy trains to build.

Opens: Friday November 23rd, 12-5; Saturday 10-3; Sunday 12-5
Open: December 24th, 26-28th 12-5 (closed Christmas and New Year’s Day)
Closes: Sunday, January 13th

Admission Free. Train kits to construct $9 (ages 5-11)
A New Haven Holiday Tradition

The holidays are a time of remembering. Each Thanksgiving, the Eli Whitney Museum reaches deep into New Haven’s attic, to unpack and display a tradition built here more than 60 years ago. Just after World War II, The A.C. Gilbert Company introduced its American Flyer Trains. Gilbert trains, with their lively movements, their carefully crafted sound, their bright lights, the cedar scent of their smoke, won an enduring place in our collective memory. New Haven built an icon of the holidays.

Potluck Supper & Singing Party

Sunday November 25, 2012
Branford Folk member David Lindsay announces a Singing-Party (after a Pot-luck supper) Sunday, November 25, at 7:00 PM in Hamden CT. The Singing Party should feature lots of folk music: mostly songs with choruses, rounds, or audience participation pieces.
There will be a Pot-luck supper before hand at 5:00 pm, hoping to serve food by 5:30. Promptness will help. Several friends have asked that the singing start and end on time.
37 Hepburn Rd., Hamden, CT 06517, tel 203-248-7188. Please RSVP if you hope to come for one or both, if you are able. You do not need to ask permission to invite someone you know. Please bring light, folding chairs.

New Haven Museum's Annual Meeting

The New Haven Museum will hold its 2012 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 29. The business meeting starts at 5:30 pm and is open to members to attend. In celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, at 6:00 pm, Judith A. Schiff, the newly appointed City Historian of New Haven, will present a lecture that is free and open to the public. The lecture, entitled “A Useful Public Project,” explores the founding of the New Haven Colony Historical Society when the Civil War prompted the desire by local residents for an institution to preserve and archive the city of New Haven’s history and heritage. Using images from the New Haven Museum and Yale University archives, Schiff will paint a picture of New Haven during the Museum’s early decades as immigration and the height of industrialization fueled the city’s rapidly changing social and cultural landscape through the end of the nineteenth century. A reception follows the talk.

Judith A. Schiff is also Chief Research Archivist at Yale University’s Sterling Library, specializing in Yale, New Haven, and American History. A lifelong New Haven resident, Schiff attended the former Benton School on Whalley Avenue, Sheridan Middle School, and Hillhouse High School. She attended Barnard College and Columbia University, and later returned to New Haven to attend library school at Southern Connecticut State University.

The New Haven Museum is located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue. For more information, contact Michelle Cheng, Director of Education, at (203) 562-4183 ext. 11 or education@newhavenmuseum.org.

The Glass Source Holiday Sale and Workshops

Visit The Glass Source Stained Glass Studio for the opening of our 15th Annual Holiday Gallery on Saturday November 24th from 9-5. We have created over 800 handmade fused glass ornaments and window decorations right here in our studio. We also have great pieces created by local artists and our staff. Fused glass vessels, sculptures, window pieces, wine bottle cheese boards, sculptural lighting and more! Shop local and support Small Business Saturdays!

Our studio hours are Tuesday-Friday 9-3 and Saturdays 9-5 and our Holiday Gallery will be open until December 22, 2012 during our regular studio hours.

We still have some spaces available in our Holiday Workshops; Fused Glass Snowflakes, Fused Glass Ornaments and Make a Plate. Please visit our Facebook page for our full list of winter classes and dates and see some pictures of student work. Call to reserve a space for you and your friend!

415 Howe Avenue, Shelton, CT 06484
Ph/F: 203-924-4368
Email: mskrtic1@sbcglobal.net
https://www.facebook.com/TheGlassSource
Dedicated to creating, restoring and teaching the art of glass.

Fused Snowflakes: 4 classes to pick from!
Students will learn how to properly assemble and layout individual pieces of glass to create one of a kind snowflake ornaments in this one day workshop.
Cost: $65.00
Saturday Dates: 9:30am-11:30pm
November 24 / December 1, 8, 15

Fused Ornament Workshop: 4 classes to pick from!
Students will assemble and create 6 of their own one of a kind, fused glass ornaments during this 3 hour workshop.
Dates/Time: 12:30pm-3:30pm
Saturday Dates: November 24 / December 1, 8, 15
Weeknight Dates: November 29 or November 30: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: $75.00

College Book Art Association Annual Meeting

The College Book Art Association is a non-profit organization committed to the teaching of book art at the college and university level. The Association strives to support education about book art, including both the practice and analysis of the medium. It welcomes as members everyone involved in teaching and all others who have similar goals and interests. In addition to the educational community of teachers and students, our nearly 500 members include academic librarians, curators, independent scholars, museum professionals, international private collectors, and practicing artists.

The 2013 annual meeting theme of “Art from Artifact: Teaching and Learning from the Object” encourages the exploration of how teaching and learning from objects can benefit book arts education. The meeting program starts on Friday, January 4, with a day-long celebration of the object, including a series of tours of various research and education spaces at Yale University, as well as the historic campus itself. We will end the day with a reception at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The program for Saturday, January 5, will start with a keynote address by William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand of Winterhouse Institute. The schedule will also include morning and afternoon break-out sessions, the annual general meeting, committee meetings, and a coffee hour hosted by the CBAA President. The 2013 annual meeting will conclude with a social hour at a local brew pub.

Details about the upcoming annual meeting and information about registration can be found at the CBAA web site. http://www.collegebookart.org/ Or link directly to the registration form at:
http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1136155
Registration closes on December 1, 2012.

The New Haven Green: Heart of a City

Many thanks to those of you who joined us in April at the Whitney Humanities Center for the premiere of the documentary film The New Haven Green: Heart of a City. We trust that you enjoyed learning more about the 375 year history of New Haven and its Green, and to celebrating this legacy with your friends in the community.

For those of you who could not be with us, the film was funded by The Garden Club of New Haven, Inc. and the Committee of the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven. It was written, directed, and produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Karyl Evans and narrated by New Haven native and award-winning actor Paul Giamatti. The film reveals fascinating historical narratives and little known facts about the Green. A treasure of rarely seen archival photographs, paintings, and hand-colored engravings, along with interviews and an original score bring the history of the New Haven Green to life.

As the holiday season approaches and you are making your lists, please remember the DVD. It will make the perfect stocking stuffer or gift. The cost of the DVD is only $15 per copy, and all profits go to the ongoing care and planting of trees on the New Haven Green. DVD's can be purchased online.

If you have any questions call Debbie Edwards at 203-782-0485.
www.gardenclubofnewhaven.org

Residency Opportunity

Residency Opportunity in Provincetown for Writers and Visual Artists
The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers. Located in Provincetown,Massachusetts, an area with a long history as an arts colony, the Work Center provides seven-month Fellowships to twenty Fellows each year in the form of living/work space and a modest monthly stipend. Residencies run from October 1 through May 1. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community of peers. A historic fishing port, Provincetown is situated at the tip of Cape Cod in an area of spectacular natural beauty, surrounded by miles of dunes and National Seashore beaches. Writing Fellowship deadline is December 1. Visual Arts Fellowship deadline is February 1. http://www.fawc.org/fellowships/index.php

Call for Photographs

Entries for PHOTO 2013, the 33rd Annual Photography Exhibition in the Betty Barker Gallery at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny Park will be accepted online through Monday, December 17th at the Carriage Barn website, www.carriagebarn.org. Entries are sought from photographers including students in all formats and all subject matter. Joshua Chuang, Associate Curator of Photography and Digital Media at the Yale University Art Gallery, will jury the exhibition this year. Mr. Chuang will select work for the exhibition and award cash prizes including Best in Show, Color, Black &White and Student images. The show is sponsored by the Fairfield County Community Foundation and the New Canaan Society for the Arts.

Online entry fees: NCSA members and students: $20 for up to two or $30 for up to five photos; non-members: $35 for two or $45 for up to five photos. Black or neutral colored frames, either metal or wood, are requested and mats, if used, should be white, or ivory. For more information call 203.972.1895 or visit www.carriagebarn.org for the prospectus and entry details.

The Exhibition will run from Jan. 23 through Feb. 20, 2013. The Opening Reception will be held on Wednesday, January 23rd from 5:30 to 7:30pm with the presentation to prizewinners at 6:30pm. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Want to Present a Free Concert in Hartford?

The Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee announced it is accepting applications through February 28, 2013, from non-profit organizations desiring to present free music concerts, in the City of Hartford during June, July, August and September.

Applicants may obtain an application by contacting Carmen Britt at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management at (860) 657-7019 or via email at carmen.britt@ustrust.com.

Completed application forms must be returned to Bank of America, N.A. postmarked no later than February 28, 2013. The amount and number of awards will be awarded at the discretion of the Preston committee.

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