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Saint Andrew Ladies Society Booth at the Italian Festa – Wooster Square June 20-23 – peaches & wine, italian pastries & more!
The club’s ladies will have new additions to their booth this year! BUT do not fear the peaches 🍑and wine 🍷 will still be there! We look forward to seeing you all!
119th Anniversary St. Andrew’s Society Italian Festa Celebration in Wooster Square- June 20-23 – Check out the schedule!
The Deck at Amarante’s — opening July 7th – Food, Bar, Entertainment & Yard Games
Pro Soccer is HERE! Hartford Athletic – a limited number of FREE Tickets – first come first serve!
A limited number of FREE tickets are available through Arte Inc. Please contact them directly at arteinc@comcast.net . First come, first served! GREAT family fun!
In praise of the Yale Center for British Art…and other galleries and museums!
Hello RobbinsList Readers…
Before the day ends, I must sing the praises of the Yale Center for British Art! I attended an event today that included a tour of the new exhibition of Recent Gifts and Acquisitions. First of all, the gallery is such a soothing environment to visit during a busy work day, secondly seeing the exhibit on a guided tour provides such a wealth of knowledge and information that I wonder why I ever go through a gallery or museum alone! The YCBA has a great schedule of events lined up, social function tie-ins, programs for teens and kids and oh dear Lord do they have an enchanting gift shop! I’ve said it before and I’ll obviously be saying it again right now… Visit the museum and gallery gift shops in New Haven! You can shop in the YCBA gift shop without going through the museum, there’s an entrance on High Street. Gifts for all ages, and all interests, modern, traditional, funny, serious, practical and impractical… if I liked my friends and family more I would have been shopping in there all day! – I kid, I kid… Consider signing up for mailing lists for these New Haven gems, or at least check their websites every now and then.
Robbin
Paul Mellon’s founding gifts to the Yale Center for British Art included important early nineteenth-century publications illustrated with some of the first paper-print photographs ever made. These publications served as the core of a small and somewhat miscellaneous collection of photographs, which grew very slowly over time. In recent years, however, through a combination of important purchases and major gifts, the Center’s photographic collection has developed into a serious representation of this important aspect of Britain’s visual culture.
This exhibition shows the depth and richness of the expanding photography collection, from the birth of photography, with calotypes by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) and Calvert Richard Jones (1802–1877), to the work of contemporary photographers, such as Martin Parr (b. 1952) and Anna Fox (b. 1961). The display celebrates the extraordinary gifts of Graham Howe, Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Isaacs Sr., Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy, Hans Kraus Jr., and others who have enabled the Center to take this major step forward.
Over the last years, the Center’s collections of approximately 2,000 paintings and 60,000 prints and drawings, given by Paul Mellon, also have been augmented by contributions from generous patrons who have donated works not only from the historic past but also from the last decades of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first. In this exhibition, a selection of recent and promised gifts to the Center highlights outstanding works, both figurative and abstract, from British pop in the 1960s to the current moment. Major gifts and promised gifts from James Bartos, Joan and Henry Binder, Barbara Hoerner, Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, Susan and Fredric Finkelstein, Robert Priseman and Ally Seabrook, Driek and Michael Zirinsky, as well as purchases made with funds from John O’Brien and Friends of British Art form the center of this display.
Just Opened in New Haven…Holberton School Girls Coding Camp – July 29 – Aug 9 – FREE – Hands-On Coding Education for Young Women
“Brew & Glue” DIY Collage Happy Hour hosted by Hull’s Art Supply at Three Sheets – Thur. June 20th
It’s back again!
BREW & GLUE: DIY COLLAGE HAPPY HOUR
This month’s theme is DEATH, PHONES, & SCISSORS
featuring Crap Hound Magazine #6
We’ve got the scissors, glue, and clip art, you just bring yourself!
Enjoy Happy Hour brews from Three Sheets as you sit at the bar and make your own DIY collage. Choose from hundreds of images under the theme for a truly customized and unique work of art all your own. Share your work on Facebook and Instagram using #brew&glue #hullsnhv! We’ll have an easel with a frame perfect for framing the perfect Insta shot.
There will be FREE SWAG on a first come, first serve basis, including but not limited to: t-shirts, pins, stickers, art supplies, samples, and travel mugs!
Sign up for sweet discounts from Hull’s Art Supply, to continue your new collage-making habit!
Don’t miss out!
Three Sheets New Haven
372 Elm St.
Bruce Springsteens right hand man ….”Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul” at College Street Music Hall – Tue July 16
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
TUE – July 16
College Street Music Hall. 
238 College Street
New Haven, CT, 06510
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 8:00 PM
This event is all ages
$35.00 – $75.00
This event is fully reserved seated on the Floor and in the Balcony.
Every ticket for this show includes a CD copy of Little Steven And The Disciples of Soul’s new album, Summer of Sorcery (available May 3). You will receive an email with more details about this offer approximately 7 days after your purchase.
Steven Van Zandt is a Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Arranger, Music Producer, Music Supervisor, TV Producer, Actor, Director, Broadway Producer, TV and Film Composer, Live Event Producer, International DJ, Activist, Historian, Teacher, member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is recognized internationally as one of the world’s foremost authorities on both Contemporary and Traditional Rock and Roll.
After helping create the “Jersey Shore” sound with the Asbury Jukes he became a founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and went on to become a successful solo artist in his own right recording and performing solo with his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. In 2017 he released his first new album in over 15 years returning to his Rhythm and Blues roots entitled “Soulfire” which Rolling Stone named one of its “Best Albums of 2017.” He has recently released “Soulfire LIVE!” a 3 disc CD box set with a 7 Vinyl box set and 2 disc Blu-Ray to be released this February, recorded live during the “Soulfire Tour,” his first solo tour in over 20 years.
His songs have been performed by artists such as Jackson Browne, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Cliff, Damian Marley, Margo Price, Gary U.S. Bonds, Darlene Love, Nancy Sinatra, Brian Setzer, Black Uhuru, and more.
Steven Co-Produced the seminal Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band albums “The River”, and “Born in the U.S.A.” He has also produced albums for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Gary U.S. Bonds, Ronnie Spector, Demolition 23, Majek Fashek, and more. He Arranged and Produced “Introducing Darlene Love”, the critically acclaimed album for the legendary Darlene Love, star of the Oscar winning documentary “Twenty Feet From Stardom”.
In 1985, Van Zandt formed Artists United Against Apartheid and wrote “Sun City,” a song featuring over 50 major recording artists protesting the Apartheid system and considered by many political experts to be one of the fatal blows to Apartheid, leading to Nelson Mandela being freed only a few years later. He has twice been honored by the United Nations for his political activism, including the “Sun City” project and film, and his involvement in “International Peace Day” along with Peter Gabriel. He also established the Solidarity Foundation to promote the sovereignty of indigenous peoples and to foster economic development in harmony with the earth.
Steven Co-Starred in all seven seasons of the Sopranos, playing principle character “Silvio Dante,” a character that he created. He Starred in, Co-Wrote, Executive Produced, provided the music supervision and scoring, and Directed (the final episode) for the award winning series “Lilyhammer”, which was the FIRST original programming for Netflix.
In 2001 he launched “Little Steven’s Underground Garage”, his internationally syndicated radio show and the most successful syndicated Rock music radio show in the past 40 years. Steven also created and produces the first two channels of original content on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, the Underground Garage (Channel 21) and Outlaw Country (Channel 60). In 2006 he launched his record label, Wicked Cool Records, to further support new Rock and Roll.
In 2018 Little Steven and the Disciples of Tour went back on the road with their “Soulfire Teacher Solidarity Tour.” The landmark live tour benefited The Rock and Roll Forever Foundation’s TeachRock program and reached the incredible goal of registering over 18,000 teachers (and counting) to use the TeachRock Music History Curriculum.
Established by Dr. Van Zandt (he gave the commencement speech to the Class of 2017 and received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Rutgers University), the Foundation creates education materials that use the history of popular music to create engaging, multicultural lesson plans for history, social studies, language arts, music, and science classrooms, all of which are available to educators at NO COST.
It marked the first-ever Rock tour specifically geared towards addressing this crucial societal need. At each stop of the tour, The Rock and Roll Forever Foundation is hosting FREE TeachRock Professional Development Workshops, with educators and a guest who attend also receiving a complimentary ticket to that evening’s concert.
“Music will forever be humanity’s most effective and consistent source of inspiration and motivation, and, we have learned, music turns out to be our most solid common ground for establishing communication between teachers and students which is where education begins.” – Stevie Van Zandt
Over 180 nationally-recognized and emerging craft artists will converge on the historic Guilford Green for Guilford Art Center’s Craft Expo 2019. Held on July 19-21, this annual show celebrates its 62nd year. It is Connecticut’s premier outdoor juried show of fine American craft. Artists from across the country will display and sell their fine craft in a variety of media, including Clay, Glass, Leather, Metal and Non-Metal Jewelry, Wearable and Non-Wearable Fiber, Metal, Mixed Media, Paper, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Soap and Wood.
Craft Expo 2019 will feature a new “emerging artist” category this year. This category was established to provide access to a professional show for early-career artists, helping to grow their clientele and careers. Over 15 brand new emerging artists will exhibit at Craft Expo, injecting a fresh wave of talent across a multitude of craft mediums.
“We are excited to welcome all of our artists to Craft Expo, including our new emerging artists. They all exemplify such a high level of artistry and commitment to their craft. This year’s Craft Expo will truly have something for everyone – from returning artists with a loyal following to new artists just breaking into the art show experience. It’s a very exciting year for all audiences to visit the show and discover something new.”
Additionally, there are other activities that will interest and entertain attendees, including a Family Art Tent for young visitors, silent auction of exhibitor-donated work, live craft demonstrations by Guilford Art Center faculty and students, and sale of Guilford Art Center student work. Attendees can enjoy a snack or meal in the food truck area, which will also feature live musical entertainment throughout the weekend.
Craft Expo is the Guilford Art Center’s single most important fundraiser, providing proceeds that support all of its educational and community programming. It is sponsored in part by Shore Publishing Newspapers.
Craft Expo 2019 hours: Friday, July 19, 12-8:30pm; Saturday, July 20, 10am-7pm; Sunday, July 21, 12-5pm. Admission: Adults $9, Seniors $7, GAC Members, children under 12, and active military Free. Multi-day pass $15.
For more information, visit www.guilfordartcenter.org, www.facebook.com/guilfordartcenter, email expo@guilfordartcenter.org, or call (203) 453-5947.
Summer Talk: History of Connecticut Food – at the Pardee Morris House/New Haven Museum – Sun. July 21st 2-3pm
Summer Talk @ the Pardee-Morris House
325 Lighthouse Road, New Haven
Authors Eric D. Lehman and Amy Nawrocki will speak about the history of Connecticut food. Lehman and Nawrocki are co-authors of the books “A History of Connecticut Food” and “A History of Connecticut Wine,” along with many others about the Nutmeg State and New England. They will tell stories behind nearly four centuries of American eating and the choice of crops cultivated, livestock raised, and seafood that has formed a distinctive Connecticut cuisine.
Admission is free. Please park along Lighthouse Road.
Sunday, July 21st 2-3pm