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Letter fromthe editorIn this edition of The Arts Paper, we meet pencil artist

Gregory Krikko Obbott, who goes by his middle name,

“Krikko.” An architect by training, Krikko has become

known for his massive and incredibly detailed pencil

drawings of such cityscapes as New York City, New

Haven, and Chicago. In his Artists Next Door feature,

Hank Hoffman tells us that “Krikko made his name with

a monumental pencil drawing of New York City. … The

Super Big Apple — an aerial view in which the financial

district is in the foreground (including the then still-ex-

tant twin towers of the World Trade Center) — towers

20 feet high. Finished in 1995, it took Krikko another year

to get the enormous drawing scanned for posters. His

big break came in 1997 when the original drawing was

displayed at the Skyscraper Museum on Wall Street and

featured in an article in The New York Times.”

As we meet Krikko, we bid farewell to Institute Library

Director Will Baker, under whose tenure that organiza-

tion has been dusted off and revitalized after years of

institutional stagnancy. As Baker steps down, he wel-

comes a new element to the library’s programming – the

New Haven Review, which has merged with The Institute

Library, “becoming, in a sense, a program of The Institute

Library,” I quoted New Haven Review Publisher Bennett

Lovett-Graff as saying.

We also take a look at another of New Haven’s long-

standing cultural organizations, the New Haven Sym-

phony Orchestra, whose season-ending concert program

this month will feature performances of two of the most

important, influential, and beloved works in the reper-

toire: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Berlioz’s

Symphonie fantastique. Joining the orchestra for the con-

certo will be Russian pianist Ilya Yakushev. NHSO Music

Director William Boughton told me that his interest in

programming Berlioz’s orchestral masterpiece is in com-

municating to the audience, through the music, how the

work “changed the course of musical history.”

Speaking of history, Steve Scarpa contributed an article

to this edition of The Arts Paper that gives us a glimpse

into the Peabody Museum of Natural History’s ambitious

renovation plans. Once the project is completed (it’s

scheduled to be completed in 2016, to mark the organi-

zation’s 150th anniversary), “the first thing visitors will

notice is that there will be a different aesthetic, a clean

aesthetic with a modern design,” Steve quoted Richard

Kissel, the museum’s director of public programs, as

saying.

This edition of The Arts Paper also includes a Q&A-

style interview with singer-songwriter Zach Deputy,

who’s scheduled to perform this month at the Katharine

Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, a piece

by the Arts Council’s communications manager, Stephen

Grant, about upcoming musical and theatrical perfor-

mances at the aforementioned Institute Library and

Erector Square, and a column by Arts Council Executive

Director Cindy Clair about her experiences at Arts Advo-

cacy Day in Washington, D.C., in March.

In the June edition of The Arts Paper, we’ll highlight

some of the remarkable programming the International

Festival of Arts & Ideas plans to present.

In addition to the articles in this edition of The Arts

Paper, we invite you to visit our recently rebranded blog,

ArtNHV.com, and to let us know what types of stories

and commentaries you’d like to see in the print publica-

tion and online.

We at the Arts Council hope you’ll enjoy this month’s

complement of articles, and we hope that you’ll remem-

ber to recycle this print publication once you’ve finished

reading it. n

Sincerely,

David Brensilver, editor

The Arts Paper

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Fingers). Photo by Heloise Bourgeois.

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hank hoffman

f you’ve caught a train at New

Haven’s Union Station in the past 10

or so years, you likely have seen the

artwork of Gregory Krikko Obbott,

who goes by his middle name, “Krikko.”

Until about a year ago, a print of his pencil

drawing of New Haven — the original is

20-feet high by 10-feet wide — was on

view near the escalators leading to the

tunnel.

Krikko, a trained architect who also

moonlights as a jazz saxophonist, has

gained renown for his large, impeccably

detailed cityscapes. Most of the original

drawings are on view in New Haven at his

Hill Museum of the Arts, an old carriage

house redesigned and rehabilitated by

Krikko himself.

Krikko made his name with a monumen-

tal pencil drawing of New York City. Com-

posed of 18 panels of 60”x40” museum

board, The Super Big Apple — an aerial

view in which the financial district is in the

foreground (including the then still-extant

twin towers of the World Trade Center)

— towers 20 feet high. Finished in 1995, it

took Krikko another year to get the enor-

mous drawing scanned for posters. His

big break came in 1997 when the original

drawing was displayed at the Skyscraper

Museum on Wall Street and featured in an

article in The New York Times.

His drawings are available in poster

or postcard form in dozens of stores and

tourist centers in New York City; thou-

sands have been sold. Staedtler Mars,

makers of mechanical pencils, has used

Krikko’s New York City drawing in ads and

on packaging for its products.

The New York City portrait took about

five years; his New Haven drawing was

completed in two years. As Krikko has

honed his technique, he can work quicker

but drawings of this size and specificity

remain time-consuming. Completing them

requires intense concentration.

“Spiritually, it has to be like you’re walk-

ing on that spot. You’re at Times Square,

drawing pedestrians, taxicabs, billboards,”

he says. “I get really connected to the

beauty of it. Just being able to perceive

what the outcome is going to be is what

keeps you going.”

Drawing has been Krikko’s passion since

he was a high school student in Nigeria.

After emigrating from Nigeria to the

United States at the age of 23 in 1974, he

attended the University of Southwestern

Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana

at Lafayette), garnering his bachelor’s de-

gree in architecture in 1981.

His first cityscape was a comparatively

smaller drawing of Boston (24” by 30”),

executed as a special project in his final

year of architecture school. Based on a

rendering photograph, Krikko re-rendered

the aerial view on a larger scale, adding

high rises and skyscrapers of his own cre-

ation as he went along.

Krikko recalls Dan Branch, the head

of the architectural school, telling him,

“That’s the smartest pencil drawing I’ve

ever seen.”

Although he is moving away from this

approach these days, Krikko has used a

grid system to compose his drawings.

Each work begins with a small schematic

Detail and dimensionKrikko’s cityscape drawings sell as posters, postcards

Krikko, with his pencil drawing of downtown Chicago. Photo courtesy of Amy Hanselmann.

“Spiritually, it has to be like

you’re walking on that spot.

You’re at Times Square, drawing

pedestrians, taxicabs,

billboards.” – Krikko

Continued on page 6

I

artists next door

drawing. Once the main composition is laid

out in the larger scale, Krikko says he can

“veer off, get rid of the grid, and start to

create.”

He uses maps and returns to the sche-

matic as a reference. The devil is in the

details. If a building has 23 floors and five

windows to each floor on the front façade,

that is how Krikko draws it. His architec-

tural training is essential.

“I find out what the design concept is,

the elevations, the number of floors,” he

says. “I need to sit down and take the time

to get those details.”

For his drawing of the Empire State

Building, he took photos documenting the

surrounding perspectives from the 86th

floor. Creating the drawing involves syn-

thesizing these disparate views. Krikko

must consider not only how many floors

a building has but also how many are visi-

ble above the structure in front of it when

viewed from a particular aerial angle.

Which is not to say Krikko doesn’t take

artistic license. Given the challenge, it

would be impossible not to. For his iconic

portrait of New York City, he was scrupu-

lously true to the details of the buildings of

the financial district in the composition’s

foreground. But once he got to midtown,

“You can add and subtract, exaggerate a

little.”

“You come to an area where you’re not

too sure what’s the next building. What

do you do? You just duplicate buildings

until you come to the next prominent

one. That’s an artist’s secret,” he tells me,

laughing.

Still, he prides himself on his attention to

detail. Directing my attention to the draw-

ing of New Haven, Krikko points to the

financial services building next door to City

Hall on Church Street.

“All those windows are exact,” he says.

And the sidewalk tile layout in front of

City Hall? Exact both in the number of

tiles and in the placement of the different

shades of color.

Almost 20 years later, Krikko can still

summon up the enthusiasm he first felt

upon finishing the portrait of New York

City.

“It was exciting when that drawing was

completed and I had a chance for the first

time to put it up because I did not have

the kind of big space to look at it in its en-

tirety,” he recalls. “Oh my goodness, peo-

ple came to the backyard because we had

to build a scaffolding against the garage. It

was breathtaking, even to me who created

it. Even little kids were excited. They went

and called their parents — ‘Mama, you’ve

got to see this!’”

“Tourists from all over the world have

these drawings,” Krikko says proudly. “It’s

quite rewarding walking into a building and

all of a sudden see your art.” n

Krikko is online at

http://krikkoproductions.com/index.php.

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KrikkoContinued from page 5

Krikko, in front of two of his enormous and incredibly de-

tailed pencil drawings. Photo courtesy of Amy Hanselmann.

Krikko’s Hill Museum of Arts. Photo courtesy of Amy Hanselmann.

stephen grant

Local musician Sam Perduta, who is no stranger to the

local stages in New Haven, is particularly excited about

bringing the first rock show to The Institute Library’s

reading room. Perduta’s band, Elison Jackson, will

headline the event with guests Dr. Caterwauls Cadre of

Clairvoyant Claptraps and These Busy People on May

17. The small room can comfortably fit about 60 people

and should make for an intimate performance.

“There are no distractions,” Perduta said about

choosing the library. “It is also the best place for

sound.”

Unlike his usual gigs at bars up and down the East

Coast, this show will do more than just highlight Elison

Jackson’s signature sound. It will be a reflection of The

Institute Library itself, which Perduta said “is all about

collaboration and learning.”

Like Perduta, the folks involved in A Broken Umbrella

Theatre are introducing the community to unusual

performance venues. From May 23 through June 8, the

small theater group will present Gilbert the Great at the

legendary Erector Square.

“Our performances are always a multilayered expe-

rience,” A Broken Umbrella Theatre’s Rachel Alderman

said.

The production will present the story of A.C. Gilbert,

an interesting figure who paid his Yale University tuition

by performing magic tricks and selling magic books

during the early 1900s. Gilbert is best known as the

manufacturing pioneer who invented the erector set

in the Erector Square building on Peck Street in New

Haven. Exploring his legacy in New Haven and his per-

sonal drive and accomplishments, the performance is

shaping up to be, dare we say, magical.

In addition to sharing Gilbert’s inspiring story, A Bro-

ken Umbrella Theatre is hoping to “change the way you

view landscapes,” a goal the company tries to achieve

with every performance. To provide a deeper look inside

what Gilbert created in Erector Square, the company

has partnered with the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden

to display some of Gilbert’s memorable inventions. In

addition, the actors have been rehearsing with Chica-

go-based magician/actor David Parr, who is teaching

them historically meaningful tricks that Gilbert himself

may have used.

“It’s a whimsical performance” Alderman said. “We

even collected stories from people who worked in the

factory.” n

Stephen Grant is the Arts Council’s communications manager.

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he sounds of acclaimed Russian

pianist Denis Matsuev performing

Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 came

through the telephone, delightfully loud

and clear. Matsuev was onstage at the

Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia,

performing with Valery Gergiev and the

Mariinsky Orchestra. And pianist Ilya Yaku-

shev was there to listen.

Yakushev called The Arts Paper from the

iconic concert hall to talk about Rachmani-

noff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a work he’ll

perform this month with the New Haven

Symphony Orchestra.

It’s “one of the most popular concertos

for folks to hear,” Yakushev said, offering a

bit of understatement. It was also the first

concerto he learned as a young musician.

Having come to the United States in

2000 to study at Mannes College The

New School for Music, from which he com-

pleted his undergraduate, graduate, and

professional studies, Yakushev divides his

time these days between New York and his

native Russia.

To date, he’s performed Rachmaninoff’s

Piano Concerto No. 2 dozens of times. Still,

when he performs the work at Woolsey

Hall here in New Haven, it’ll be as distinct

a reading as any he’s given. His profession,

he pointed out, would be very boring if art-

ists approached each piece the same way

every time he or she performs it.

Composed in 1900 and 1901, Rachmani-

noff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 received its

premiere in Moscow in 1901 with the com-

poser at the piano. In 1909, Rachmaninoff

embarked on his first tour of the United

States and eventually settled here after the

Russian Revolution of 1917 drove him from

his native country.

For Yakushev, orchestra engagements

are most rewarding when he can connect

with a conductor and the ensemble in such

a way that allows him to manipulate the

music within the scope of the composer’s

intentions. He calls that the “beauty of the

moment, when you’re playing the piece.”

For William Boughton, the New Haven

Symphony Orchestra’s music director and

principal conductor, the presentation of a

piece of music should first and foremost re-

flect and convey its composer’s intentions.

On May 15, the NHSO will conclude its

season with performances of the Rach-

maninoff concerto and Berlioz’s equally

beloved Symphonie fantastique, “which re-

ally changed the course of musical history,”

Boughton said.

It was composed in 1830, just three years

after Beethoven died having revolutionized

symphonic music.

While audiences were “still getting used

to Beethoven’s sound world,” Boughton said,

Berlioz composed his orchestral masterpiece,

the musical story of his obsessive love for

T

Boughton, NHSO perform Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastiqueSeason-ending program also features Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

Ilya Yakushev. Photo courtesy of NHSO.

actress Harriet Smithson, with whom he’d become smitten

after seeing her perform in productions of Shakespeare’s

Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

More specifically, Symphonie fantastique is the expression

of Berlioz’s infatuation with Smithson and the torment –

conscious and unconscious – that obsession caused him.

In the score, Berlioz provided the following program

for the piece’s fourth movement, “March to the Scaf-

fold”: “The Artist, knowing beyond all doubt that his love

is not returned, poisons himself with opium. The nar-

cotic plunges him into sleep, accompanied by the most

horrible visions.”

Boughton explained that in Symphonie fantastique, Ber-

lioz “portrays this English woman in this simple motif at

the very beginning – this idée fix, he calls it.” That motif,

of course, is presented in various forms and moods

throughout the monumental work.

If one lets his imagination go, Boughton said, he can

see the story behind the masterfully orchestrated music

unfold.

Fascinatingly, Boughton pointed out, Berlioz “did not

play any orchestral instrument.”

“To orchestrate the way he does is just unbelievable,”

he said. “It was all in his head.”

Boughton’s artistic interest is in communicating to

the audience just how revolutionary Berlioz’s Symphonie

fantastique was at the time of its premiere in December

1830.

One way he’ll do that is by looking back at the tech-

niques of the time.

“It’s researching back to those early performances,”

Boughton said.

An instrument called an ophicleide, for example,

was called for in Berlioz’s score – two, to be precise.

Over time, the tuba replaced the ophicleide and many

orchestras today utilize the more modern instrument.

Boughton and the NHSO will employ one of each. They’ll

also place some of the massive complement of timpani

called for in the score offstage to add even more dimen-

sion to Berlioz’s incredibly rich music.

Boughton’s primary direction will come from the score

itself and the performance indications Berlioz included

therein.

Boughton said that rather than thinking, “What can

I do with this piece?” performers ought to be thinking,

“What did the composer want?”

Likewise, when it comes to Rachmaninoff’s Piano

Concerto No. 2, he and Yakushev will start with what the

composer wanted and let the music unfold through the

interplay between soloist and orchestra.

Yakushev, Boughton said, is “rather like a poet on the

piano. The way that he gets the color out of the instru-

ment, it’s poetic.” n

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will perform Rach-

maninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with pianist Ilya Yakushev,

and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique on May 15 at Woolsey

Hall. Visit newhavensymphony.org for ticketing information.

david brensilver

Since Will Baker was hired as The Institute Library’s director

in December 2010 (he began his tenure in February 2011),

the historic organization has once again become relevant.

As New Haven Review publisher Bennett Lovett-Graff said,

“The Institute Library was a moribund institution,” before

Baker was hired to run the place.

In an address upon receiving a 2011 Arts Award from the

Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Baker said, “When we

stop and listen to the echoes and whispers of The Institute

Library’s founders and first generations, we discover that

the organization still has something to offer in the 21st

century. … The Institute Library has opened its doors wider,

and new members with new energy and new ideas have

come pouring in. They have projected their imaginations

onto our shelves, onto the blank walls of our once-forgotten

upper floors, and onto the hours of our evenings and week-

ends, and, as a result, great new programs and projects are

emerging.”

A little more than three years after his arrival, Baker is

leaving The Institute Library and is headed for Pittsburgh,

where his wife will serve a medical fellowship. He leaves

having done a magnificent job, by all accounts, of revital-

izing what was a tired and all-but-forgotten resource – in

large part through cultural programming such as theater

performances and art exhibitions.

In February, Baker helped to facilitate a merger with the

New Haven Review, a move that Lovett-Graff said will see

his publication “becoming,

in a sense, a program of

The Institute Library … that

maintains its editorial inde-

pendence.”

The relationship began

three years ago, Baker said,

when the New Haven Review

started holding joint mem-

bership-driven events at

The Institute Library. During

planning for the most re-

cent of those parties, an

event that was held last fall,

Lovett-Graff brought up the

idea of merging the two

organizations. Lovett-Graff

credits New Haven Review

editor Brian Slattery with

coming up with the idea.

“We saw synergies,”

Lovett-Graff said. “Our

subscribers and their

membership overlap.”

Also, The Institute Li-

brary is a physical place,

whereas the New Haven

Review, which is an all-vol-

unteer-run literary publi-

cation, has no bricks and

mortar home.

From the library’s per-

spective, Baker said, the

merger is “a way to …

make sure that we still

had some program-

ming that was an-

chored in literature.”

The New Haven Review will operate under the library’s

501(c)(3) umbrella and will maintain its own board of di-

rectors and, as aforementioned, its editorial independence.

Baker described it as being a “nested institution” within

the library’s operating structure. In spread-sheet terms, the

New Haven Review will represent a line item on the library’s

operating budget.

In addition to having access to each other’s subscriber/

membership lists, the New Haven Review and The Institute

Library will be able to pool resources for fundraising oppor-

tunities.

Above all, Lovett-Graff said, “We both believe in the

community of writing and reading.”

Whereas the modern public library has become the new

community center, The Institute Library remains – despite

its years of near invisibility – a cultural and literary arts

center.

“In most situations, I would have been hesitant” to enter

into such a relationship with another cultural organization,

Baker said. In the case of the New Haven Review, though, “it

made a lot of sense.”

To begin with, Baker said, “it keeps a really great group of

our members … close to the library.”

Also, he said, “it keeps our identity anchored in … liter-

ature … enhances our New Haven-based mission … (and

maintains a) strong orientation to New Haven writers.”

Baker described The Institute Library and New Haven Re-

view as “two places that really align very well, in spirit … and

in membership.” And he said there was “universal enthusi-

asm” for the merger among the library’s board members.

While at press time the library’s board was preparing to

identify a new director, Lovett-Graff described Baker as a

“New Haven treasure” and said, “I’m sorry to see him go.” n

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“We both believe in the

community of writing and

reading.”

– Bennett Lovett-Graff,

on the New Haven Review

and The Institute Library

William Boughton. Photo by Harold Shapiro.

Will Baker. Photo by Judy Sirota Rosenthal.

The Institute Library,

New Haven Review mergeWill Baker bids library,

New Haven farewell

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steve scarpa

trip to the Yale Peabody Muse-

um of Natural History is a rite

of passage for most New Haven

schoolchildren. The Gothic 19th

century architecture. The triceratops

statue on Whitney Avenue. The Egyp-

tian mummies upstairs. Best of all, the

“brontosaurus” looming inside, more

lumbering and majestic – and real-life

scary – than anything they might have

seen before.

For generations of kids (and a ton of

adults), the first experience with the

coolness of dinosaurs took place 10

minutes from home. A recent morning

in March was a slice of that life. It could

have been 10, 20, or 50 years ago. A

little girl clutching a pad and a pencil

stared high over her head at the apato-

saurus, the correct scientific name for

the long necked dinosaur commonly

referred to as a “brontosaurus.” She and

a group of her classmates milled around

the Great Hall of Dinosaurs, the heart of

the museum.

Around her children chattered, staring

up at the fossils, followed by teachers

and museum educators offering facts

about the dinosaurs.

“How many teeth do you think it has?”

the girl called out to the children around

her. “A thousand? Do you think 800?”

It’s a moment of wonder and charm, a

child staring at the fantastic past.

The reality of the museum is far more

interesting than a child’s fantasy of the

place, no matter how memorable. For

this prestigious research institution, one

that that pioneered the collection and

display of dinosaur fossils, a facelift is

in order. The Yale Peabody Museum of

Natural History’s Great Hall of Dino-

saurs and the adjacent Mammal Hall

will undergo a $30 million renovation.

The university is currently in the process

of raising funds for the project, which

would be complete by the museum’s

150th anniversary in 2016.

“The first thing visitors will notice is

that there will be a different aesthetic, a

clean aesthetic with a modern design,”

said Richard Kissel, director of public

programs for the museum. “Our reason

is because we really want to highlight

the specimens.”

The initial intent of the Great Hall

of Dinosaurs was to tell the story of

evolution. The time has come to craft a

new scientific tale. The renovation will

divide the room to tell the story of the

evolution of life on land and in the sea. It

will be a walk through time showing how

inextricably linked the development of

life and the condition of the Earth’s cli-

mate are. The exhibit will be inherently

dramatic, Kissel believes, beginning with

the rise of species, moving through the

Earth’s two great extinction events, and

carrying on to the present day.

The iconic specimens are at the core

of that story, and in many cases are the

foundation for the understanding of the

natural world, Kissel said. Yale began

collecting specimens for study in the

18th century, but the effort to system-

atize the process didn’t begin until 1802.

The Peabody wasn’t founded until 1876

and moved to its current location in

1924. The Great Hall was constructed to

house the collection of O.C. Marsh, the

first director of the museum and a lead-

ing paleontologist with Indiana Jones-

like tendencies. In the late 1800s, Marsh

collected and named some of the more

iconic pieces in the museum’s collection,

including “brontosaurus” and the stego-

saurus currently on display.

More than 150,000 people a year

visit the museum to see those dinosaur

skeletons, Kissel said, and the museum’s

surveys show that the reason for a visit

is primarily social. People don’t neces-

sarily come to a museum to learn, he

said, but they certainly do learn while

they are there. The renovations will help

to enhance both the educational and en-

tertainment factor at the museum.

The specimens will be remounted at

floor level rather than on a platform, the

way they are currently displayed. The

creatures will also take more dynamic

postures. For example, a small allosau-

rus, a carnivore, will be attacking the

more placid stegosaurus. It will be an

opportunity for people to get a better

sense of the animals’ fluidity of move-

ment.

“Visitors will hopefully feel as if they

are more in the same space with the

creatures,” Kissel said.

The most prominent feature in the

room, Rudolph Zallinger’s Pulitzer

Prize-winning fresco The Age of Reptiles

will remain in place, Kissel said. How-

ever, the painting does create a bit of a

dilemma for the museum. The work was

painted in 1947 as a way to enliven what

was a stark, gray chamber.

“Some people call it the Mona Lisa of

Paleo art,” Kissel said.

The painting is a striking, often in-

spirational image, but it doesn’t quite

reflect the current thinking on how dino-

saurs moved, where they lived, and what

they looked like. Using this as a teaching

opportunity, Kissel and his colleagues

are working with four artists who spe-

cialize in rendering extinct animals to

update the painting, so to speak.

The renovation plans include a bal-

cony located across the room from the

painting. Visitors will have the opportu-

Peabody plans major renovation project

The Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall, as seen from above. Photo by Bill Sacco.

“We want to make the renovation of the

exhibit part of the exhibit itself.” – Richard Kissel

Aesthetic will focus on dramatic presentation of dinosaur specimens

A

Architectural rendering of what the Great Hall will look like. Rendering courtesy of the Peabody.

Architectural rendering of a balcony view of the Great Hall. Rendering courtesy of the Peabody.

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Architectural rendering of how Mammal Hall will look. Rendering courtesy of the Peabody.

nity to view the monumental work at eye

level, while engaging with an interactive

touchscreen exhibit that will update the

science behind the painting to reflect

the last seven decades of developments.

Around the periphery of the hall, there

will be another 1,000 new, smaller spec-

imens displayed, just a small portion

of the number found in storage at the

museum and at satellite sites around the

city.

Kissel intends to share this exciting

process with the public. The museum

will display models of what the reno-

vations will look like and will set up a

webcam to capture the reassembly of

the dinosaurs.

“We are going to make it as transpar-

ent as possible,” he said. “We want to

make the renovation of the exhibit part

of the exhibit itself.”

It’s a complicated effort, Kissel ex-

plained, one that requires the skills of

scientists, writers, artists, and artisans

of all kinds. People don’t realize the level

and depth of talent working at a mu-

seum, he said.

“There are many different ways to tell

a story. That’s what we do with exhibits,

we tell stories. We’ll have more tools

now to tell those stories,” he said. n

For more information about the museum,

visit peabody.yale.edu.

Classes & WorkshopsArts Center Killingworth 276 North Parker Hill

Road, Killingworth. 860-663-5593.

artscenterkillingworth.org.

Spring-Summer Art Programs with Arts Center

Killingworth. Adult weekend programs: Drawing,

Intro to Sewing, Polymer Clay Design, Digital and

Light Photography, Encaustics, Facial Make-Up

Artistry, Chinese Calligraphy, Origami; Adult

weekday classes: Drawing, Watercolor and

Acrylic Painting; Just4Kids: Sculpting, Drawing,

Mixed Media, Preschool Art, Summer Fashion &

Nature Camps. May 1-August 1. Visit website for

individual program information/details.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New

Haven. 203-562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org.

Spring Classes and Workshops. Explore your cre-

ative side with visual arts classes and workshops

for adults and young people in book arts, design,

drawing and painting, fiber, fashion, jewelry,

photography, pottery, printmaking, and sculpture.

Spring Session runs through May 30. See the

course brochure or visit the website for dates,

times, fees. Online registration available.

Guilford Art Center 411 Church St., Guilford.

203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.

Spring Semester of Classes and Workshops.

Classes and workshops through June 6 in all

media for all ages and abilities, including ceram-

ics, weaving, painting and drawing, jewelry and

metalsmithing, blacksmithing, stone carving,

photography, kids classes, and more. Tuition as-

sistance available.

JFGNH Shoreline Office 705 Boston Post Road,

Guilford. 203-738-0033. Atmwrite-ct.com.

Kabbalah Inspired Expressive Art and Writing

Workshop. Facilitated by certified expressive arts

educator, Amy J. Barry. A modern interpretation

of the ancient Hebrew letters of Kabbalah will

serve as inspiration for a variety of creative exer-

cises that help people explore the intuitive, imag-

istic right side of the brain. May 7. Wednesday,

5-7 p.m. $25.

Middletown Senior Center 150 Williams St.,

Middletown. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmu-

sicschool.org. Dancing With Parkinson’s – Neigh-

borhood Music School. Based on the Dance for

PD™ program of the Mark Morris Dance Group,

this class encourages people with Parkinson’s

and related neurological disorders to experience

gentle movement in a variety of dance styles,

with live music. No experience is necessary and

walkers, canes, and wheelchairs are welcome!

Mondays (excluding holidays), through June 30.

Contact Laura Richling, instructor, at lrichling@

neighborhoodmusicschool.org with questions.

Free. 1:30-2:45 p.m.

RSCDS at the Whitney Arts Center 591 Whitney

Ave., New Haven. 203-281-6591. rscdsnewhaven.org.

Scottish Country Dancing. Enjoy dancing the

social dances of Scotland. Come alone or with a

friend. All dances taught. Wear soft-soled non-

street shoes. Every Tuesday evening through May

20. $8 per evening. First night free. 7:45-10 p.m.

The Grove 760 Chapel S., New Haven. 646-288-

1641. presentandperform.com.

Monologue/Audition Class for Adults. Mariah

Sage, AEA actor and cofounder of Theatre 4,

teaches this six-week Monologue/Audition Class

for adults. Each student will complete the course

with two audition-ready monologues. Small class

size ensures individual attention within a positive,

professional environment. Mariah will help each

participant find and select successful monologues.

May 14-June 18. Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

$275 for six-week class, includes textbook.

Yale Peabody Museum Community Education

Center 230 West Campus Drive, Orange.

203-934-0878. ctnsi.com.

Art Classes in Natural Science Illustration. Fire

up your drawing skills this spring at Connecticut

Natural Science Illuntrators at the Yale Peabody

Museum Community Education Center in Orange.

We offer a wide range of courses from Beginning

Drawing to Mixed Media Painting and Drawing

and Painting Birds and Mammals. For more in-

formation, visit ctnsi.com, call 203-934-0878,

or send e-mail to ctnsi.info@gmail.com. Mon-

day-Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Your Community Yoga Center 39 Putnam Ave.,

Hamden. 347-306-7660. anniesailer.com.

Modern Dance Classes. Open-level modern dance

classes (Hawkins-based) taught by Annie Sailer

– emphasis on free-flow movement, alignment,

rhythmic accuracy, and spatial awareness. Ongo-

ing classes: Thursdays, 5:30-7 p.m. $15 per class.

Dance

2-3 Friday-Saturday Spring Dance Concert Student choreographers

present works created after a full year of dance

composition studies. 8 p.m. Patricelli ‘92 Theater,

Wesleyan Center for the Arts, 213 High St., Mid-

dletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

4 Sunday Worlds of Dance Concert Introduction to Dance

and beginning dance students perform works of

various styles, including Bharata Natyam (South

Indian classical dance), jazz, and hip-hop. 2 p.m.

Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan Center for the

Arts, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-685-

3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

9 Friday West African Drumming and Dance Concert An

invigorating performance filled with the rhythms

of West Africa. Choreographer Iddi Saaka and

master drummer Abraham Adzenyah will per-

form with their students in West African Dance

courses. 3 p.m. CFA Courtyard, Wesleyan Center

for the Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, Middle-

town. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

9-11 Friday-SundayAlmost Porcelain Elm City Dance Collective

presents the premiere of Almost Porcelain, an

evening-length dance work with collaborations

in visual design, film, and sound. Inspired by

concepts of self-perception, beauty, and identity,

ECDC’s latest work is directed and choreographed

by Kellie Ann Lynch in collaboration with the

dancers. Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m., Sun-

day at 2 p.m. The Off-Broadway Theater at Yale

University, 41 Broadway, New Haven. 401-741-

8140. elmcitydance.org.

28-29 Wednesday-ThursdaySenior Choreography A performance by the

ACES ECA Dance Department. 7 p.m. ACES Edu-

cational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St., New

Haven. 203-777-5451. aces.org/schools/eca.

ExhibitionsBeverly Kaye Gallery 15 Lorraine Drive, Wood-

bridge. 203-387-5700. artbbrut.com.

BeverlyKayeGallery.blogspot.com.

Anthony Guyther: Redux. Forty-five years of Sym-

bolist collage created by self-taught Martha’s

Vineyard artist Anthony Guyther. His works were

enlarged and used as backdrops in the fashion

windows of Bonwit Teller in New York City in the

1960s. A book by the same name is also available

and many vintage collages from that book will be

offered for sale. On view through July 24. Open

by appointment, Thursday-Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Free.

City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven. 203-782-

2489. city-gallery.org.

Meg Bloom: Mixing Memory with Desire. Bloom’s

process is guided by a mix of planning and

chance. She has developed her own method of

making and then assembling paper from abaca

and flax pulps into large sculptural forms and

smaller collages. The final sculptures are a revi-

sioning of her memories. On view through June 1.

Thursday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Opening reception:

Saturday, May 3, 2-5 p.m. Free.

Cross Campus Plaza Yale Institute of Sacred

Music, 438 College St., New Haven. 203-432-

5062. ism.yale.edu/event/exhibition-david-mi-

chalek-slow-dancing.

David Michalek: Slow Dancing. Slow Dancing is a

series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion

video portraits of dance artists from around the

world, displayed on a triptych of screens. Each

subject’s movement (approximately five seconds

long) was shot on a specially constructed set

using a high-speed, high-definition camera re-

cording at several thousand frames per second.

On view through May 4. 8 a.m.-8 pm. Free.

Davison Art Center Wesleyan Center for the

Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown.

860-685-2500. wesleyan.edu/dac.

Oral Fixations — Drawings by Julia Randall. From

strange hybrid “Lovebirds” to disembodied

mouths and monumental bubblegum, the subjects

of Assistant Professor of Art Julia Randall’s draw-

ings seduce the viewer. The exhibition Oral Fixa-

tions is a 10-year retrospective of the meticulous,

hyperrealist drawings by Ms. Randall. On view

through May 24. Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

Elm City Artists Gallery 55 Whitney Ave., New

Haven. 203-922-2359. elmcityartists.com.

New Haven and Beyond. Works by Sharon R Mor-

gio, Ralph R. Schwartz, Regina M Thomas, Mar-

garet Ulecka Wilson, and Laura Wilk. Paintings

in various media in and around New Haven and

Fairfield counties, the New England coastline,

and more. Unique collage/mixed media as well

as decorative and functional pottery. On view

through June 28. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6

p.m. Free.

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Wesleyan Center

for the Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, Middle-

town. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/zilkha.

Thesis Art Exhibition. Zilkha Gallery showcases the

work of the class of 2014’s thesis students in the

Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio

Program. Each student is invited to select a single

work from his or her Senior Thesis Exhibition

for this year-end showcase of drawing, painting,

printmaking, photography, sculpture, mixed

media, and architecture. On view through May

24. Tuesday-Sunday, 12-5 p.m.; Saturday, May 24,

2-4 p.m. Free.

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery

Wesleyan Center for the Arts, 283 Washington

Terrace, Middletown. 860-685-3355.

wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Roche and Dinkeloo’s Architecture for the CFA – A

Situated Modernism. On the occasion of the Center

for the Arts’ 40th anniversary, this exhibition,

curated by Joseph Siry, professor of art history

and Kenan Professor of the Humanities, traces the

process of its design and building from Wesley-

an’s early discussions with architects Kevin Roche

and John Dinkeloo in 1965 through the center’s

completion in 1973. May 16-25. Tuesday-Sunday,

12-5 p.m. Free.

Firehouse Art Gallery Milford Arts Council, 81

Naugatuck Ave., Milford. 203-306-0016.

milfordarts.org.

Photography Exhibit. The Firehouse Art Gallery is

excited to present a photography exhibit. On view

through May 16. Friday- Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

Fred Giampietro Gallery 315 Peck St., New

Haven. 203-777-7760. giampietrogallery.com.

Chuck Webster and Outside Art. Chuck Webster

Shelter and Outsider Art, with works by Martin

Ramirez, Thornton Dial, William Hawkins, and

Marsden Hartley. Works in the office by Sarah

Faux. On view through May 3. Tuesday-Friday, 10

a.m. -4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Will Lustenader: Approximating Continuity. On view

through May 23. Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. -6

p.m. Free.

New Work by Peter Ramon and Michael Angelis.

Opening reception: Friday, May 16, 6-8 p.m. On

view May 16-June 14. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4

p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

As part of its Spring Jazz Series, Firehouse 12 presents For Living Lovers: Brandon Ross and Stomu Takeishi on May 30. Photo by Ralph Gibson.

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Work by William Bailey. Opening reception: Fri-

day, May 30, 6-8 p.m. On view May 30-June 28.

Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

Funky Monkey Cafe and Gallery 130 Elm St.,

Watch Factory Shoppes, Cheshire. 203-494-

2316. thefunkymonkeycafe.com.

Birdsong. Watercolor exhibition of birds and na-

ture by West Haven artist Sharon Rowley Morgio,

attempting to capture the essence of her fleeting

subjects. On view through May 31. Artist recep-

tion on Friday, May 2, 7-9 p.m. Cafe hours: Mon-

day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8

p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-10

p.m. Free and open to the public.

JCC of Greater New Haven Arts for the Center,

360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2522.

jccnh.org.

The Colors of Israel by Joan Jacobson Zamore. Ex-

hibit runs through June 13. Free.

John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary

Art 51 Trumbull St., New Haven. 203-624-8055.

elyhouse.org.

Annual Greater New Haven Area High School Art

Exhibition. The work of ACES Educational Center

for the Arts students are on exhibit at the John

Slade Ely House. Works are featured in both an

ECA Student Group Show and the Annual Greater

New Haven Area High School Art Exhibition and

Portfolio Competition. Reception: Sunday, May 4,

12-2 p.m. with awards ceremony from 2-4 p.m.

Please pass the word on to parents, friends, and

family.

Kehler Liddell Gallery 873 Whalley Ave., New

Haven. 203-389-9555. kehlerliddell.com.

Oil + Water. A group show presenting diverse in-

terpretations of these icons of opposites – oil and

water – by all 25 Kehler Liddell Gallery member

artists. Opening Reception: May 9, 6-9 p.m., plus

a number of events coordinated with Westville’s

annual ArtWalk, May 9 and May 10. On view

through May 25. Thursday- Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.;

Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Fragments: Tragedy and Hope. Featuring works by

mixed-media artist Fethi Meghelli and sculptor

Joseph Saccio. Opening reception: Sunday, June 1,

3-6 p.m. A variety of media narrate the journeys

of these two artists in fragments of the memo-

ries, stories, and magic found at the intersection

of tragedy and hope. Visit our website for this

and upcoming shows. On view May 29-June 29.

Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday,

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Keyes Gallery, Willoughby Wallace Memorial

Library 146 Thimble Islands Road, Stony Creek.

203-488-8702. wwml.org.

Laura Barr / Local Color. An exhibition of recent

work by Laura Barr. Opening reception: May 4,

4-6 p.m. On view April 28-May 24.

New Haven Free Public Library Site Projects Inc.,

133 Elm St., New Haven. 203-376-8688.

siteprojects.org.

Whispering Galleries. Site Projects with the New

Haven Free Public Library as part of Connecticut

at Work, a Connecticut Humanities initiative,

presents Whispering Galleries, an interactive dig-

ital artwork by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse.

A one-on-one experience, visitors will engage w/

the diaries of a New Haven shopkeeper from 1858

in the 3D space of a computer monitor. On view

through August 30. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8

p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

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New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave.,

New Haven. 203-777-3494.

Paintings by William Meddick. Exhibition of

works by local painter William Meddick in-

cludes landscapes, still-lifes, and interiors. All

work is done from direct observation of the

subject matter. On view through July 5. Open-

ing reception: Thursday, May 22, 5-7 p.m. Ex-

hibit open seven days a week, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Ave., New

Haven. 203-562-4183. newhavenmuseum.org.

New Haven Museum’s Popular Wooster

Square Exhibition Extended. The New Haven

Museum’s popular and acclaimed exhibition

Beyond the New Township: Wooster Square has

been extended through May 10. The exhibition

takes an in-depth and often personal view of

the neighborhood’s 18th century beginnings,

the evolution of industry, and the arrival of

immigrants, urban renewal, and historic pres-

ervation. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;

Saturday, 12-5 p.m.; and the first Sunday of

every month, 1-4 p.m. free of charge. Adults

$4, seniors $3, students $2, under 12 admitted

free.

Spectrum Gallery Arts Center Killingworth, 61

Main Street, Centerbrook. 860-663-5593.

spectrumartgallery.org.

Jammin’ Exhibit. Celebrating jazz’s influence

on the arts. Exhibition of painting, sculpture,

photography, fine crafts. New fine art gallery

and artisans store. On view through May 26.

Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday,

11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

West Cove Studio A-Space Gallery, 30 Elm

St., West Haven. 203-500-0268.

westcovestudio.org.

Jim Felice: A Beautiful Thingling/Susan McCaslin:

Coats. Two installations: A circus performance

alongside a meditation on clothing. On view

through May 24. By chance or by appointment.

Free.

Whitney Humanities Center 53 Wall St. New

Haven. 203-432-0670. yale.edu/whc/Gallery-

AtTheWhitney/current.html.

Visions of the Sacred: Puppets and Performing

Arts of South and Southeast Asia. The exhibit is

drawn from curator Kathy Foley’s collection of

Asian religious theater materials. Foley is pro-

fessor of theater arts at the University of Cal-

ifornia Santa Cruz. On view through June 20.

Monday and Wednesday, 3–5 p.m. Presented

in collaboration with the Yale Institute of Sa-

cred Music and the Department of Religious

Studies. Free.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170

Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-432-5050.

peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/tiny-titans.

Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. In 1923

the Flaming Cliffs of the Gobi Desert yielded

one of the great finds of paleontology. En-

tombed within sun-baked sandstone, to the

surprise of all in the expedition, was a collec-

tion of oval-shaped oddities: the first dinosaur

eggs known to science. On view through

August 30. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;

Sunday, 12-5 p.m. $5-$9.

Film9 Friday Film Screening of Gumbo Join us at the Arts

Center Killingworth’s new Spectrum Gallery

for a screening of Gumbo, the first episode of

Ken Burns’ iconic documentary on the history

of jazz. Enjoy Jammin’, the current exhibit of

fine art and crafts inspired by the world of jazz.

7:30 p.m. Arts Center Killingworth, Spectrum

Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook. 860-767-

0742. spectrumartgallery.org.

Galas & Fundraisers3 Saturday Milford Arts Council The Milford Arts Council

invites you to watch the most exciting two

minutes in sports on a giant screen. Tickets

are $35. Purchase tickets at milfordarts.org

or call 203-878-6647. Fabulous Hat Contest,

50/50 Raffle, and other games, Auction items

to include fine art, wines, a cocktail cruise, and

more. Passed hors d’oeuvres, cash bar. Festivi-

ties begin at 4 p.m. Post time is 6 p.m. Milford

Arts Council, Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad

Ave., Milford. 203-878-6647. milfordarts.org.

Kids & Families CFA Hall 287 Washington Terrace, Middle-

town. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

A Celebration of Silent Sounds. Celebrate the

writing excellence of students in Middletown

Public Schools grades 6-12 and hear their win-

ning submissions of essays, short stories, and

poetry from the annual literary magazine Silent

Sounds. Co-sponsored by the Center for the

Arts, Community and University Services for

Education, and the Middletown Public Schools

Cultural Council. May 6. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Guilford Art Center 411 Church St., Guilford.

203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.

Youth Program Open Arts Day. Classrooms will

be open with instructor artists demonstrating

their crafts and offering hands-on art projects

that give a taste of all the Center’s Youth Pro-

gram has to offer, from pottery, painting, and

drawing, and sewing to cultural arts and more.

No reservations or registration are necessary,

and all activities are free. May 4. 1-3 p.m. Free.

JCC of Greater New Haven 360 Amity Road,

Woodbridge. 203-387-2522. jccnh.org.

JCC Youth Theatre presents The Wizard of Oz.

Fun for all ages. Contact Alison Lurie at 203-

387-2522 x. 313 or alisonl@jccnh.org. Sunday,

May 18, 2 p.m. $10.

Musical Folk First Presbyterian Church, 704

Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-691-9759.

MusicalFolk.com.

Music Together classes for Toddlers. Musical

Folk is offering Music Together Classes-a fun

and creative music and movement program for

babies through 5 years old and the grownups

who love them. Classes and demonstrations

are ongoing. Classes in New Haven, Hamden,

Woodbridge, East Haven, and Cheshire. May

1-June 30. Four semesters each year. Call

us to schedule a free demonstration class. 9

a.m.-5 p.m. Eleven-week semester is $227 and

includes a CD and songbook. Each semester

features a new collection of music.

Never Ending Books 810 State St., New Haven.

203-215-5456. forgot2laugh.com.

Forgot to Laugh: Sideshow and Animation Festi-

val. A family friendly mix of live circus acts and

animated shorts. This is also a fundraiser show

for our big FTL Kid’s Table show in November

2014. Games, contests, raffles, and prizes.

May 3. 5 p.m. $5 for children 13 and younger,

$10 for children 14 and older.

Music1 Thursday Javanese Gamelan Music Experience the culture

of Java with beginning students of Javanese

gamelan. The concert will include a prelude by

the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble. 7:30

p.m. $2. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, World

Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-

685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Graduate Recital – Samuel Dickey A graduate

music recital by Samuel Dickey, “Sam Dickey The-

sis Concert.” 9 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the

Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Mid-

dletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

2 Friday Wesleyan Taiko Concert Beginning, intermediate,

and advanced students in the Taiko Drumming

Ensemble perform the thunderous and exhilarat-

ing rhythms of Japanese Taiko drumming under

the direction of visiting music instructor Barbara

Merjan. Several dynamic styles will be showcased,

demonstrating both traditional and contemporary

Taiko repertoire. 9 p.m. $2 Wesleyan students, $3

all others. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, World

Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-

685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Wesleyan Cello Ensemble Concert Wesleyan

cellists perform ensemble and solo music from Jo-

hann Sebastian Bach to Georges Bizet and beyond

under the direction of Julie Ribchinsky. 8 p.m.

Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, The Russell

House, 350 High St., Middletown. 860-685-3355.

wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Graduate Recital — Cristohper Ramos Flores

A graduate music recital by Cristohper Ramos

Flores, “Interactive Sound Maze.” Friday, May 2,

4 p.m.; Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, 12

p.m. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Davison Art

Center, Aslop House, 301 High St., Middletown.

860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

3 Saturday Rachmaninoff The New Haven Oratorio Choir is

thrilled to present one of the great choral master-

works of the 20th century. Rachmaninoff’s All-

Night Vigil, sometimes referred to as “Vespers,”

incorporates texts and chants from the Russian

Orthodox services of Vespers and Matins. This

work rises to exalted heights of choral beauty and

spiritual fervor. 75 minutes followed by recep-

tion. Saturday May 3, 8- 9:15 p.m. $20 general

admission, $15 seniors and students with ID. New

Haven Oratorio Choir, Church of the Redeemer,

185 Cold Spring St., New Haven. 203-248-4416

nhoratorio.org.

Yale Schola Cantorum: Harmonimesse David

Hill, conductor, with members of the Yale Ba-

roque Ensemble, present works by Haydn, Mo-

zart, and Mendelssohn. 5 p.m. Free. Woolsey Hall,

500 College St., New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.

yale.edu/event/yale-schola-cantorum-harmo-

niemesse.

Senior Recital — Benjamin Keeshin A senior

music recital by Benjamin Keeshin, “Soul Ensem-

ble.” 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts,

World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown.

860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Choral-Orchestral Masterworks The Wesleyan

University Orchestra and Wesleyan Concert Choir

present an evening of choral-orchestral music

under the direction of adjunct assistant professor

Nadya Potemkina. 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center

for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys

Ave., Middletown. 860-685-3355.

wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Jerry’s Cabaret – A Veteran’s Salute Jerry Ste-

ichen and his Broadway friends wave the flag at

a spirited cabaret saluting our armed forces for

Memorial Day. New to the New Haven Symphony

Orchestra’s Pops series. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Hamden

Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. 203-

865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.

Civic Orchestra of New Haven Spring Concert

The program features Dvorák’s Symphony in E

minor, Op. 95, often known as the “New World”

Symphony and The Blue Danube waltz by Johann

Strauss. The orchestra will also perform Four Last

Songs composed by Richard Strauss and featuring

Soprano Stephanie Gregory. The orchestra will also

perform Four Last Songs, composed by Richard

Strauss and featuring Soprano Stephanie Gregory.

7:30 p.m. $15 individuals, $10 students and seniors.

Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College streets,

New Haven. 203-287-9174.

civicorchestraofnewhaven.org.

4 Sunday Senior Recital — Adam Johnson A senior music

recital by Adam Johnson, “Welcome to Beckham

Hall” (or, “So Long and Thanks for All the Books”).

3 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Fayer-

weather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Ave., Middle-

town. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Korean Traditional Music Concert The Wesleyan

Korean Drumming Ensemble, under the direction of

Chunseung Lee, performs a dynamic mixture of the

traditional percussion music of Korea, including the

complex and extravagant rhythms of Moon Gut,

Samdo Sulchangoo, Samdo Samulnori, and Daech-

wita, a traditional marching-band style that was

part of the parade for royalty. 7 p.m. $2 for Wes-

leyan students, $3 for all others. Wesleyan Center

for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave.,

Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Jerry’s Cabaret – A Veteran’s Salute Jerry Ste-

ichen and his Broadway friends wave the flag at a

spirited cabaret saluting our armed forces for Me-

morial Day. New to New Haven Symphony Orches-

tra’s Pops series. 3-5 p.m. Shelton Intermediate

School, 675 Constitution Boulevard North, Shelton.

203-865-0831.

NewHavenSymphony.org.

5 Monday Ebony Singers Spring Concert Your spirits will be

lifted by the Wesleyan Ebony Singers who share

their inspirational message of hope through gospel

music under the direction of Dr. Marichal Monts

’85. 8 p.m. $6 general public, $5 senior citizens,

Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni/students, and

non-Wesleyan students. Wesleyan Center for the

Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Mid-

dletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

6 Tuesday WesWinds Spring Concert The Wesleyan Wind

Ensemble, under the direction of Robert Hoyle, per-

forms an exciting array of pieces for winds and per-

cussion. 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts,

Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown.

860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

8 Thursday Annual Organ Romp Wesleyan student organists

perform new music, pop, rock, jazz, and other

unlikely pieces, with other musicians, instruments

and percussion, costumes, video, and more. 10

p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Memorial

Chapel, 221 High St., Middletown. 860-685-3355.

wesleyan.edu/cfa.

9 Friday Toneburst Electroextravaganza Wesleyan’s

Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble,

directed by assistant professor Paula Matthusen,

performs works written by ensemble members.

8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts, World

Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. 860-

685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

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10 Saturday Renee B. Fisher Competition for Young Pianists

– Winners’ Concert This concert features winners

of the Renee B. Fisher Competition for Young Pia-

nists, who all live or attend school in Connecticut.

This includes winners in the elementary, middle,

and high school divisions and best performances

of commissioned works. 7:30 p.m. Free and open

to the public. Neighborhood Music School, 100

Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189.

neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Songs of Neely Bruce Baritone Christopher

Grundy, pianist Neely Bruce, John Spencer Camp

Professor of Music, and featured guest bassoonist

Gary Bennett present a concert of vocal works

by Mr. Bruce (“Volume One” of his songs for low

voice). 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center for the Arts,

Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middle-

town. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

The Yale Guitar Department in Concert The

New England Guitar Society closes its season

with the bright and talented students of the Yale

Guitar Department. 8 p.m. The musicians will per-

form a variety of solo and ensemble works. $20,

$18 seniors, $15 Milford Arts Council members.

Purchase online at milfordarts.org or call 203-

878-6647. Milford Arts Council, Center for the

Arts, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. 203-878-6647.

milfordarts.org.

11 Sunday NMS Greater New Haven Youth Ensembles

Concert All four of Neighborhood Music School’s

auditioned ensembles will perform. (Concert

Orchestra & Concert Band at 2 p.m.; Symphonic

Wind Ensemble and Youth Orchestra at 4 p.m.)

2-5:30 p.m. $10 adults, $5 seniors and children 12

and younger. Tickets available for purchase at the

door. Battell Chapel, Yale University, 400 College

St., New Haven. 203-624-5189.

neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Student Vocal Recital Enjoy the talent of Choate

Rosemary Hall’s vocal students. 3 p.m. Free. Cho-

ate Rosemary Hall, Paul Mellon Arts Center, 332

Christian St., Wallingford. 203-697-2398.

choate.edu/boxoffice.

14 WednesdayRachmaninov Fantastique Two colossal works

equal one blockbuster finale. “Rach. 2,” featuring

extraordinary pianist Ilya Yakushev, marries mu-

sical subtlety and piano pyrotechnics. Symphonie

Fantastique was fueled by Berlioz’s obsession

with an Irish actress and hurtles from moments

of tenderness to tantrums, from visions of suicide

to ecstasy. 7:30-9:30 p.m. New Haven Symphony

Orchestra, Woolsey Hall, 500 College St., New

Haven. 203-865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.

15 Thursday Scene to Song: Studies in Musical Theater 7

p.m. Free and open to the public. ACES Educa-

tional Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St., New

Haven. 203-777-5451. aces.org/schools/eca.

16 Friday Student Music Ensembles Concert Enjoy the

talent of Choate Rosemary Hall’s ensemble stu-

dents. 7:30 p.m. Free. Seymour St. John Chapel.

Choate Rosemary Hall, Paul Mellon Arts Center,

332 Christian St., Wallingford. 203-697-2398.

choate.edu/boxoffice.

17 Saturday New Haven Chorale – Three Cheers for the Red,

White and Blue! Proudly singing the praises of

music ‘born in the U.S.A.’ Surveying the fertility of

America’s vast musical landscape: spiritual set-

tings by Dawson and Hogan; folk-song settings;

contemporary works by Samuel Barber, Randall

Thompson, Frank Ticheli, Eric Whitacre, and

Christopher Theofanis, and more. Join the chorale

in singing our nation’s songs. 7:30 p.m. Adults

$20, seniors $15, students with I.D. admitted

free. Battell Chapel, Elm and College streets, New

Haven. 203-776-SONG. newhavenchorale.org.

20 Tuesday Silk’n Sounds Performances at North Haven

Library The award Winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus

will be performing at the North Haven Public

Library at 7 p.m. The women’s chorus sings a

cappella, bringing its inspiring brand of four part

harmony in the American Barbershop Tradition.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Join us for an enjoyable evening of great music.

Free and open to the public. North Haven Public

Library, 17 Elm St., North Haven. 203-239-5803.

silknsounds.org.

21 WednesdayNMS Jazz Department Recital Come and enjoy

the music as Neighborhood Music School jazz

department students of all ages play for friends,

family, and other students. 7 p.m. Free and open

to the public. Neighborhood Music School, 100

Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189.

neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

24 Saturday Winds Department Recital Wind-instrument stu-

dents from Neighborhood Music School perform

for friends, family, and other students. Please join

us. 4 p.m. Free and open to the public. Neighbor-

hood Music School, 100 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

25 Sunday Student Instrumental Recital Enjoy the talent of

Choate Rosemary Hall’s instrumental students.

3 p.m. Free. Choate Rosemary Hall, Paul Mellon

Arts Center, 332 Christian St., Wallingford. 203-

697-2398. choate.edu/boxoffice.

30 Friday Juke Joint Jazz Juke Joint Jazz plays their own

hard driving and melodic arrangements of the

classic jazz repertoire. Featuring influences rang-

ing from Miles Davis to the Grateful Dead, from

Monk to Funk. The Milford Arts Council also

welcomes guitarist Michael Levine’s wife, Barbara

Levine, who will showcase her artwork on our gal-

lery walls during the month of May. 8 p.m. (doors

open at 7:30 p.m.) $25. Milford Arts Council,

Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford.

203-878-6647. milfordarts.org.

Special Events

Silk’n Sounds New Membership Drive Open Houses Silk’n Sounds, the award winning

women’s a capella chorus in the American Bar-

bershop tradition, is holding open houses on May

6, May 13, and May 27, from 6:30-9 p.m., for

new prospective members. Join us at any or all of

these rehearsals. Come find your voice. Contact

Lynn at 203-623-1276 for more information and

to register. Free. Spring Glen Church, 1825 Whit-

ney Ave., Hamden. 203-239-7104.

silknsounds.org.

2 Friday Drawing in the Gallery Join us at the Arts Center

Killingworth’s new Spectrum Gallery. Spend the

evening participating in this monthly event. Use

the work of Jammin’ artists as inspiration for

sketching or for the start of a new piece. All lev-

els welcome. No instruction. Light refreshments

served. Drop-ins welcome but pre-registration is

recommended. 6:30 p.m. Free. 61 Main St., Cen-

terbrook. 860-767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org.

2-3 Friday-SaturdayArt for Mom: Annual Mother’s Day Show at

Luckey and Merrill Studio The show will fea-

ture whimsical wearables by Owen Sea Luckey,

stunning contemporary jewelry by Kristin Merrill,

and the creative interpretations of guest artist

(painter and printmaker) Richard Carleton.

Opening reception: Friday, May 2, 6-9 p.m. Open

house: Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 181

Main St., Branford. 203-589-6995. luckeyand-

merrillstudio.com.

4 Sunday “Be Our Guest” Fashion Show Silk’n Sounds

is pleased to present a “Be Our Guest” fashion

show at the Knights of Columbus Lodge in Ham-

den. The ticket price includes a buffet luncheon,

the fashion show with clothes provided by Dress

Barn, raffle baskets, and a cappella entertain-

ment. Join us for a fun afternoon. Call Donna

at 203-248-7348 to reserve tickets. 12:30-3:30

p.m. $25 adults, $20 seniors, $10 children 12 and

older. Knights of Columbus Lodge, 2630 Whitney

Avenue, Hamden Ct. 203-248-7348.

www.silknsounds.org

11 Sunday Make-Up for a Magical Mother’s Day Join us

at the Arts Center Killingworth’s new Spectrum

Gallery for complimentary make-up styling with

a professional make-up artist and aesthetician,

to get Mom ready for her big day! Please call

to schedule an appointment. May 11 . 12-2pm;

4-6pm Free. 61 Main Street, Centerbrook. 860-

767-0742. www.spectrumartgallery.org

13 Tuesday May Meeting and Artist Demonstration Carol

Arnold will give a talk and demonstration on

“Achieving a Sensitive Portrait” in oil. A gradu-

ate of Vesper George School of Art in Boston,

Arnold is a member of Richard Schmid’s Putney

Painters in Vermont. Her work has won many

awards including a Certificate of Excellence at

the Portrait Society of America’s International

Portrait Competition in 2011 and 2012. Coffee

and conversation at 7 p.m., followed by business

meeting at 7:15 p.m. and artist demonstration at

7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Hamden

Arts League, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. 203-

494-2316. hamdenartleague.com.

24 Saturday Forgot to Laugh: Sideshow and Animation Fes-

tival A crazy mix of live circus acts and animated

shorts. As a fundraiser show for our big FTL

show in November 2014. Games, prizes, raffles,

and contests. Note: This is our most filthy show

ever. Absolutely no one under 18 admitted. 8

p.m. $10 at the door only. Neverending Books,

810 State St., New Haven. 203-215-5456. www.

forgot2laugh.com.

Talks & Tours

1 Thursday Beckerman Lecture Series: Food for Thought

– Pepin and Middleton World-renowned chef

Jacques Pepin appears in conversation with

WNPR’s Faith Middleton, host of The Food

Schmooze. Pepin, dean of the French Culinary

Institute and creator of more than 20 cookbooks

and 11 cooking shows, will discuss his life in and

out of the kitchen. Prior to the lecture, partici-

pants will enjoy cocktails and Pepin’s hors d’oeu-

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Intimate and Timeless

Call For

Artists Hygienic Art’s Bizarre Bazaar returns for its

tenth year on July 12 & 13 as part of New London’s

SailFest. This festival will feature unconventional

artists and DIY crafters that will create a neoclassical

street fair in addition to the fun events provided by

SailFest, which include the largest fireworks display

in New England. To apply, visit hygienic.org for the

application, rules, and regulations. Initial deadline is

May 16.

Artists The First Street Neighborhood Association

is gathering suggestions for a mural on a large wall

on the southern side of First Street at the corner of

Dixwell Avenue in Hamden. We are looking for artists

to volunteer their time and effort. We will offer our

thanks, some publicity, the materials for the project,

and the enjoyment of having your work displayed in a

public space. For more information, please call Jeffrey

Spalter at 203-843-3069 or send e-mail to Jeffreys-

palter@netzeo.com.

Artists The Milford Arts Council’s Visual Arts Com-

mittee and Milford Trees present Trees, a collaborative

show focusing on and celebrating the subject of

trees. Artists are invited to submit work that presents

their vision of the tree. All mediums and styles are

welcome. Artist Fee: $25 for one piece, $35 for two

pieces. MAC members receive $5 off total fee. For

more information and eligibility requirements, visit

milfordarts.org or call 203-878-6647.

Artists Arts Center Killingworth’s Annual Autumn

Outdoor Arts Festival, October 11-12. Seeking artists in

all media. Exhibit on the Madison Town Green (Bos-

ton Post Road/Copse Road, Madison). Festival partic-

ipants also have the opportunity to exhibit in the new

Spectrum Gallery show in Centerbrook. Prospectus

and registration forms available at artscenterkilling-

worth.org. $70 registration fee. Register early.

Artists, Artisans & Entertainers The Milford Arts

Council is accepting applications from artists, artisans,

food vendors, and entertainers for the 28th Annual

New England Art and Crafts Festival. People inter-

ested in participating may download an application

from milfordarts.org or, to have an application mailed,

call 203-878-6647. The cost for exhibit space is

$200. Space is limited and all applications are juried.

Deadline for entry is August 29.

Artists & Crafters The Show in the Park is a time hon-

ored event held each year in beautiful Center Memo-

rial Park located in downtown Manchester. This year

we will hold the show on Sunday, June 8, from 10 a.m.

until 3 p.m. The show is held rain or shine. The event

is held during “Pride in Manchester Week,” which is a

series of events honoring the heritage of our town and

is well advertised in conjunction with all the events

offered that week. This is a juried show with prize

money in arts and crafts categories. Booth fees are

$75. For more information, please visit manchesterart.

org. or call Carolyn Emerson, vendor coordinator, at

860-432-3561.

Singers The award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus is

looking for new members from the New Haven area.

We invite women to join us at any of our rehearsals

to learn more. We enjoy four part a cappella harmony

in the barbershop style, lively performances, and

wonderful friendships. Rehearsals are every Tuesday

from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Spring Glen United Church

of Christ, 1825 Whitney Ave., Hamden. Contact Lynn

at 203 623-1276 for more information and visit silkn-

sounds.org.

Tattoo Artists The Milford Arts Council Visual Arts

Committee presents Tattoos, a show celebrating the

art and history of ink. Tattoo artists are invited to sub-

mit photos, drawings, and paintings of their work. All

styles are welcome. To be considered, please submit a

high resolution image of work as well as a description

to milfordfac@optonline.net no later than July 18. All

entrants will be contacted. For additional information

and eligibility requirements, visit milfordarts.org or call

203.878.6647.

Services

Art Consulting Services Support your creativity!

Low-cost service offers in-depth artwork analy-

sis, writing, and editing services by former arts

newspaper editor, present art director of the New

Haven Free Public Library, and independent cura-

tor of many venues, Johnes Ruta.

Chair Repair We can fix your worn out chair seats

if they are cane, rush, Danish cord, Shaker Tape,

or other woven types! Celebrating our 25th year!

Work is done by artisans at The Association of

Artisans to Cane, a project of Marrakech, Inc., a

private nonprofit that provides services for peo-

ple with disabilities. Open Monday-Thursday, 8

a.m.-4 p.m. 203-776-6310.

Historic Home Restoration Period-appropriate ad-

ditions, baths, kitchens, and remodeling. Sagging

porches straightened/leveled, wood windows,

plaster, and historic molding and hardware re-

stored. Vinyl/aluminum siding removed. Wood

siding repaired/replaced. Connecticut and New

Haven Preservation Trusts. R.J. Aley Building Con-

tractor 203-226-9933. jaley@rjaley.com.

Japanese Shoji Screens Designed for Connecticut

homes. Custom built for windows, doorways, or

freestanding display, these screene allow beautiful

filtered light to pass through while insulating. For a

free quote, contact Phillip Chambers at 203-888-

4937 or pchambers9077@sbcglobal.net.

Professional Art Installer For residential and com-

mercial work. Over 15 years’ experience in muse-

ums, galleries, hospitals, and homes in New York

City, Providence, New Haven, Chester, etc. Rate

is $30 an hour, no job too small or large. Contact

Mark at (203)772-4270 or send e-mail to live-

paint@aol.com. More information and examples

at ctartinstall.com.203.387.4933, azothgallery.

com, azothgallery@comcast.net.

Web Services Startup business solutions. Creative,

sleek Web design by art curator for art, design, ar-

chitectural, and small-business sites. Twenty-five

years’ experience in database, logistics, and engi-

neering applications. Will create and maintain any

kind of website. Hosting provided. 203.387.4933,

azothgallery.com, azothgallery@comcast.net.

Space

Artist Studio West Cove Studio & Gallery offers

work space with two large Charles Brand intaglio

etching presses, lithography press, and stain-

less-steel work station. Workshops and technical

support available. Ample display area for shows.

Membership is $75 per month. 30 Elm St., West

Haven. For more information, call Info: 609-638-

8501 or visit westcovestudio.com.

Performance Space Elegant contemporary per-

formance space with seating for up to 376 people.

Great for concerts and recitals. Free on-site park-

ing, warm lighting, built-in sound system, adjacent

social hall, and kitchen available. Unitarian Society

of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden.

Call 203-288-1807 x. 201 or visit usnh.org.

Studio Space Thirteen-thousand square feet of

undeveloped studio space available in old brick

mill building on New Haven harbor. Conveniently

located one minute off I-95, Exit 44 in West

Haven. Owners willing to subdivide. Call 609-

638-8501.

The Arts Council provides the job and bulletin board listings as a service to our membership and is not responsible for the content or deadlines.

vres. 5:30 p.m. $25 for JCC members, $30 for

nonmembers. JCC of Greater New Haven, 360

Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2522. jccnh.

org/page.aspx?id=253845.

4 Sunday Talk/Demo with Artist Frank Federico Join art-

ist Frank Federico at Arts Center Killingworth’s

new Spectrum Gallery. He has received numer-

ous awards and has been selected for the Pastel

Society of America Hall of Fame Honoree for

2012 and was a recipient of the PSA Founder’s

Award Best in Show 2013. Federico considers

himself to be a colorist and a contemporary

expressionist. 2 p.m. Free. Arts Center Killing-

worth, Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Center-

brook. 860-767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org.

16 Friday Talk/Demonstration with Andres Chaparro

Join artist Andres Chaparro at Arts Center

Killingworth’s new Spectrum Gallery. Expres-

sionist painter Chaparro will host an interactive

demonstration and discussion on his process of

creating art. His work is rooted in mixed media

with collage and his focus is the intersection of

art and music. 7:30 p.m. Free. Arts Center Kill-

ingworth, Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Center-

brook. 860-767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org.

24 Saturday WESeminar – The Architecture of Wesleyan’s

CFA: Modernism and the Greek Revival This

lecture by Joseph Siry, professor of art and art

history, traces the development of the design

of the Center for the Arts as a response to its

context of Greek Revival architecture on Wesley-

an’s campus, and as an integration of ideas from

earlier and contemporaneous architecture of the

20th century. 1-2 p.m. Free. Wesleyan Center

for the Arts, CFA Hall, 287 Washington Terrace,

Middletown. 860-685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Theater

The House that Will Not Stand Following the mys-

terious death of her white lover, Beartrice Albans, a

free woman of color in New Orleans in 1836, imposes

a six-month period of mourning on herself and her

three daughters. But as the summer heat intensifies,

a handsome bachelor comes calling, a family secret

is revealed, and the foundation of her household is

rocked to its core. April 18-May 10. 20-$98. Student,

senior, and group discounts available. Yale Repertory

Theatre, 1120 Chapel St., New Haven. 203-432-1234.

yalerep.org/on_stage/2013-14/house.html.

The Crucible ACES Educational Center for the Arts’

theater department presents Arthur Miller’s The Cru-

cible. May 1- May 3. 7 p.m. $12. For ticket information,

contact Ingrid Schaeffer. ACES Educational for the

Arts, 55 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-777-5451.

aces.org/schools/eca.

One Acts Presented by the ACES Educational Center

for the Arts theater department. May 8-May 9. 7

p.m. $8. (Tickets available at the door.) ACES Edu-

cational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St., New

Haven. 203-777-5451. aces.org/schools/eca.

A Night at the Improv May 22. 7 p.m. $10. (Tickets

available at the door.) ACES Educational Center for

the Arts, 55 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-777-5451.

aces.org/schools/eca.

Gilbert the Great A Broken Umbrella Theater’s new-

est, original work, Gilbert the Great, celebrates the

extraordinary life of A.C. Gilbert, inventor of the fa-

mous Erector Set. Filled with magic, mania, and more,

experience this site-specific spectacle at Erector

Square. May 23-June 8. For information, visit abro-

kenumbrella.org. Erector Square, 315 Peck St., New

Haven. 203-823-7988. abrokenumbrella.com.

Pippin Pippin tells the story of a young prince on

his search for life’s meaning and significance. Will

he choose a happy but simple life? Or will he risk

everything for a singular flash of glory? Winner

of the 2013 Tony Award for best musical revival.

May 29-June 7. Adults $20, seniors (65 and older)

and all students $15. Choate Rosemary Hall, 332

Christian St., Wallingford. 203-697-2398. choate.

edu/boxoffice.

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stephen chupaska

Whether it’s booking one’s own shows or

silk-screening T-shirts, plenty of musi-

cians outside the mainstream embrace

some aspect of the “do it yourself”

aesthetic. Zach Deputy takes it one step

further. Employing an array of samplers

and musical loops, the Savannah-based

singer-songwriter approximates the

sound of a full on jam-soul band all by

his lonesome. A touring fixture and

music-festival regular, Deputy will be

performing on May 24 at the Katharine

Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Say-

brook. Deputy talked to me from “some-

where near Boca Raton, Florida.”

SC: The show at The Kate is billed as a

“storyteller” show. What can audiences

expect?

ZD: It’s like a combination of … me

talking about my songs and my life. It

turns into a bit of a comedy show. The

thing my fans get out of it is that they get

a clear sense of who I am and how I do

things. They know I’m doing everything

that I’m doing. People are very surprised

to learn that I’m doing all these things

with my mouth. People think I’m doing a

lot of things with technology that I’m not

doing with technology.

SC: What’s that like for you? You don’t

mind pulling back the curtain on that?

ZD: Well, what I do can be really confus-

ing for a lot of people. So, when they get

to see it and understand it, it makes them

appreciate the music more. I feel that

way when I do the band shows. When I

get out there and sing, people say, “Wow.

He can sing like that?” It’s like magic

tricks. If they are looking at the left hand

they can’t see the right.

SC: Was there someone who was doing

stuff with sampling and tape loops that

you used as a lodestar?

ZD: No. What happened with the looping

is that I had this pedal that I was using

for delays, but it had a looping function,

and there was this guy (at a show) that

was using it for looping. I didn’t think

(anything) of it, and one day I went to

go pick up my bass player and he said, “I

can’t play today. I don’t feel good.” I then

told my drummer the show was off. I

called the venue, and the manager picked

up. I then just hung up the phone. I didn’t

want to cancel. I said I was going up

there, bring this pedal and loop stuff like

that that guy (did). The first time I ever

looped it was in front of people, live. Peo-

ple loved it, though I personally thought

the show was horrible. I said to myself,

“If people like it this much, imagine if it

was good.”

SC: So that’s was an interesting way to

approach it.

ZD: Yeah, so I started doing the looping

thing on the side. So, I started doing it on

Tuesdays and Wednesdays and saved

the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday stuff

for my band. Somewhere along the way

the looping stuff got bigger.

SC: What does looping offer you as

opposed to being in a band?

ZD: Well, they both have pluses and

negatives, and I enjoy

the pluses of both.

As a band, you can

write a movement –

never-ending chord

progressions - and

the band all falls in

together. That way,

the rhythm section is

always in line with the

bass. The bass section

can change rhythms,

nonstop, forever. But

the negative to that

is that you have to

rehearse that and

make sure you’re all

communicating on the same page. In

contrast, when you’re doing a loop thing,

you’re kind of stuck in the loop that

you’re making. If you want to change

direction, you need to change an entire

loop. But at the same time, if you want

to change directions and do something

you’ve never done before, you don’t have

to communicate it with anybody. That’s

kind of the catch-22 between looping and

playing in a band. I really enjoy most of

the positives.

SC: So, does that change the way you

write songs?

ZD: No. I write songs and then fit them

into the format. When I write, I don’t

think of the format, and I alter it later. I

consider songwriting a completely differ-

ent process than playing live. There are

songs I couldn’t do with a loop machine

that I could do with a band, and vice ver-

sa. Some songs don’t sound as good with

a band, some songs don’t sound good on

a loop machine.

SC: You do a lot of touring. Does that

affect the songs you write? I noticed

certain songs are set in certain places,

and there are songs about travel and

going home.

ZD: There are some themes that arise

more than others. Being on the road or

longing for home is a constant theme in

my music. My whole life has been where

the rubber meets the road. I’ve just been

gone. It’s a different experience than a

lot of people in America – to be mov-

ing nonstop and not having a chance to

breathe. So, a lot of my songs reflect that

experience.

SC: You ever think, “Maybe I won’t tour

for a year and see what happens?”

ZD: I’ve come really close to quitting. It’s

hard, it’s hard. I’ve come close to calling

it quits and running away like Bobby

Fischer. (Laughs).

SC: You had an album out in 2011. Any-

thing in the works right now?

ZD: I have albums finished now, but I’m

trying to figure out how to market them

and put it out there. I’m trying to put a

label together and put a team togeth-

er. Once I set that up, I want to start

pumping out albums like I’m Tito Puente.

There’s a lot of things about the music

industry that I don’t agree with and I

don’t like. I’m trying to reinvent the wheel

for myself and then try to open the door

for other artists. You lose money (on

albums) and it’s not worth it.

SC: Do you have favorite Katharine

Hepburn movie?

ZD: No, I don’t. I’m a really a bad movie

fan. I only watch the worst movies so I

can laugh at them.

SC: You’re also an avid disc golf player?

What do you like about it?

ZD: Everything. It deprives you of doom

and gloom. Most people think of sports

as a competition thing, but when it

comes to golf, your biggest competition

is yourself. It really teaches you that if

something is bothering you, it’s going to

play out on a disc golf course. It really

is a mirror to your soul. It’s more than a

game to me. It’s gorgeous to watch the

discs fly. It’s amazing. n

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• may 2014 newhavenarts.org • 17

Rock Notes

Zach Deputy.

On songwriting, touring, and disc golfan interview with

zach deputy

Zach Deputy.

cindy clair, executive director,arts council of greater new haven

Spring in Washington, D.C., signals cherry

blossoms and throngs of citizens de-

scending on Capitol Hill to advocate for

numerous causes. In late March, I joined

in the rite of spring to participate in Arts

Advocacy Day, an annual event sponsored

by Americans for the Arts. For the past

six years, I’ve been the Connecticut state

captain for Advocacy Day, which means I

get to play the Pied Piper, leading a mighty

group of arts advocates on congressional

visits. We spent the first day in policy

briefings, listening to facts and figures to

help us make our case on issues ranging

from funding for the National Endowment

for the Arts and arts education programs

funded by the Department of Education to

the importance of preserving the charitable

tax deduction. A glimpse into our requests:

Increase funding of the NEA to $155

million. In FY14, the NEA is funded at $146

million. At this current level, the agency

appropriation amounts to just 46 cents per

capita. Sobering fact: In 1992, per capita

funding of the arts was at 70 cents per

capita.

Preserve the charitable deduction for

arts and culture. As Congress considers

tax reform, there have been proposals to

eliminate or cap the tax deduction for char-

itable contributions. There’s also been

some talk of favoring certain types of char-

ities over others (as if arts organizations

are not true charities). We know such tax

changes would lead to decreased giving.

Not good.

Advocacy Day itself begins with a rous-

ing congressional breakfast, with inspiring

speeches by legislative champions and a

few arts stars to get us revved up to lead

the charge for the arts. This year, our small

band of advocates included the passionate

arts leader Carol Ross, who serves on the

board of Neighborhood Music School and

chairs the board of the National Guild of

Community Arts Education. We schlepped

through the spring snow, made our way

through security, and navigated the tunnels

of legislative office buildings to pay visits

to five congressional offices.

I am pleased and proud to report that

Connecticut has an awesome delegation.

Our incredible Rosa DeLauro has scored an

A-plus on Americans for the Arts’ report

card, based on her voting record in support

of the arts. Our senators have both joined

the Senate Cultural Caucus. In visit after

visit, legislative staffers responsible for the

arts portfolio shared with us their strong

support for arts funding and the role of the

arts in their districts. n

To learn more about important arts issues and how you can add your voice in support of the arts visit americansforthearts.org/advocate.

EXPLORE THE

INFINITE

POSSIBILITIES

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Cheering for the arts in Washingtonnotes from arts advocacy day

member organizations & partners

Arts & Cultural Organizations

A Broken Umbrella Theatre

abrokenumbrella.org

203-823-7988

ACES Educational Center

for the Arts

aces.k12.ct.us

203-777-5451

Adele Myers and Dancers

adelemyersanddancers.com

Alyla Suzuki Early

Childhood Music Education

alylasuzuki.com

203-239-6026

American Guild of Organists

sacredmusicct.org

The Amistad Committee

ctfreedomtrail.org

ARTFARM

art-farm.org

Arts Center Killingworth

artscenterkillingworth.org

860-663-5593

Artspace

artspacenh.org

203-772-2709

Artsplace: Cheshire

Performing & Fine Art

cpfa-artsplace.org

203-272-2787

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript

Library

library.yale.edu/beinecke

Bethesda Music Series

bethesdanewhaven.org

203-787-2346

Blackfriars Repertory Theatre

blackfriarsrep.com

Branford Art Studio

branfordartstudio.com

203-488-2787

Branford Folk Music Society

folknotes.org/branfordfolk

Center for Independent Study

cistudy.org

Chestnut Hill Concerts

chestnuthillconcerts.org

203-245-5736

The Choirs of Trinity Church

on the Green

trinitynewhaven.org

City Gallery

city-gallery.org

203-782-2489

Civic Orchestra of New Haven

conh.org

Connecticut Dance Alliance

ctdanceall.com

Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus

ctgmc.org

800-644-cgmc

Connecticut Guild of Puppetry

ctpuppetry.org

Connecticut Natural

Science Illustrators

ctnsi.com

203-934-0878

Connecticut Storytelling Center

connstorycenter.org

Creative Arts Workshop

creativeartsworkshop.org

203-562-4927

DaSilva Gallery

gabrieldasilvagallery.com

203-387-2539

Elm City Artists, LLC

elmcityartists.com

203-218-3832

Elm City Dance Collective

elmcitydance.org

Elm Shakespeare Company

elmshakespeare.org

203-874-0801

Encore Music Creations

encoremusiccreations.com

Fellowship Place

fellowshipplace.org

Firehouse 12

firehouse12.com

203-785-0468

Fred Giampietro Gallery

giampietrogallery.com

203-777-7760

Greater New Haven

Community Chorus

gnhcc.org

203-624-1979

Guilford Art Center

guilfordartcenter.org

203-453-5947

Guitartown CT Productions

guitartownct.com

203-430-6020

Hamden Art League

hamdenartleague.com

203-494-2316

Hamden Arts Commission

hamdenartscommission.org

203-287-2546

Heritage Chorale of New Haven

heritagechoralenewhaven.org

Hillhouse Opera Company

203-464-2683

Hopkins School

hopkins.edu

Hugo Kauder Society

hugokauder.org

The Institute Library

institutelibrary.org

International Festival

of Arts & Ideas

artidea.org

International Silat Federation of

America & Indonesia

isfnewhaven.org

John Slade Ely House

elyhouse.org

Knights of Columbus Museum

kofcmuseum.org

Legacy Theatre

legacytheatrect.org

203-457-0138

Long Wharf Theatre

longwharf.org

203-787-4282

Madison Art Society

madisonartsociety.blogspot.com

860-399-6116

Magrisso Forte

magrissoforte.com

203-397-2002

Mamas Markets

mamasmarketsllc.com

Marrakech, Inc./Association of

Artisans to Cane

marrakechinc.org

Meet the Artists and Artisans

meettheartistsandartisans.com

203-874-5672

Melinda Marquez

Flamenco Dance Center

melindamarquezfdc.org

203-361-1210

Milford Fine Arts Council

milfordarts.org

203-878-6647

Music Haven

musichavenct.org

203-215-4574

Music with Mary

accordions.com/mary

Musical Folk

musicalfolk.com

Neighborhood Music School

neighborhoodmusicschool.org

203-624-5189

New England Ballet Company

newenglandballet.org

203-799-7950

New England Festival of Ibero

American Cinema

nefiac.com

New Haven Ballet

newhavenballet.org

203-782-9038

New Haven Chamber Orchestra

newhavenchamberorchestra.org

New Haven Chorale

newhavenchorale.org

203-776-7664

New Haven Free Public Library

nhfpl.org

203-946-8835

New Haven Museum

newhavenmuseum.org

203-562-4183

New Haven Paint and Clay Club

newhavenpaintandclayclub.org

203-288-6590

New Haven Preservation Trust

nhpt.org

New Haven Review

newhavenreview.com

New Haven Symphony Orchestra

newhavensymphony.org

203-865-0831

New Haven Theater Company

newhaventheatercompany.com

Orchestra New England

orchestranewengland.org

203-777-4690

Pantochino Productions

pantochino.com

Paul Mellon Arts Center

choate.edu/artscenter

Play with Grace

playwithgrace.com

Royal Scottish Country Dance

Society, New Haven Branch

rscdsnewhaven.org

203-878-6094

Shoreline Arts Alliance

shorelinearts.org

203-453-3890

Shubert Theater

shubert.com

203-562-5666

Silk n’ Sounds

silknsounds.org

Site Projects

www.siteprojects.org

Susan Powell Fine Art

susanpowellfineart.com

203-318-0616

Theatre 4

t4ct.com

203-654-7711

Trinity Players/

Something Players

203-288-6748

University Glee Club

of New Haven

universitygleeclub.org

Wesleyan University

Center for the Arts

wesleyan.edu/cfa

West Cove Studio & Gallery

westcovestudio.com

609-638-8501

Whitney Arts Center

203-773-3033

Whitney Humanities Center

yale.edu/whc

Yale Cabaret

yalecabaret.org

203-432-1566

Yale Center for British Art

yale.edu/ycba

Yale Glee Club

yale.edu/ygc

Yale Institute of Sacred Music

yale.edu.ism

203-432-5180

Yale New Haven Children’s

Hospital, Child Life Arts

& Enrichment Program

ynhh.org

203-688-9532

Yale Peabody Museum

of Natural History

peabody.yale.edu

203-432-5050

Yale Repertory Theatre

yalerep.org

203-432-1234

Yale School of Music

music.yale.edu

203-432-1965

Yale University Art Gallery

artgallery.yale.edu

203-432-0600

Yale University Bands

yale.edu/yaleband

203-432-4111

Young Audiences of Connecticut

yaconn.org

Creative Businesses

Fairhaven Furniture

fairhaven-furniture.com

203-776-3099

Foundry Music Company

www.foundrymusicco.com

Hull’s Art Supply and Framing

hullsnewhaven.com

203-865-4855

MEA Mobile

meamobile.com

The Owl Shop

owlshopcigars.com

Toad’s Place

toadsplace.com

Community Partners

Department of Arts Culture

& Tourism, City of New Haven

cityofnewhaven.com

203-946-8378

DECD/CT Office of the Arts

cultureandtourism.org

860-256-2800

Fractured Atlas

fracturedatlas.org

JCC of Greater New Haven

jccnh.org

Overseas Ministries Study Center

omsc.org

Town Green Special

Services District

infonewhaven.com

Visit New Haven

visitnewhaven.com

Westville Village

Renaissance Alliance

westvillect.org

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Perspectives … Gallery at Whitney CenterLocation: 200 Leeder Hill Drive,

South Entrance, Hamden

Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m. & Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.

Self Ease: Contemporary Portraiture

Curated by Debbie Hesse

Dates: March 17–June 17

Public Reception: May 10, 3-5 p.m.

E-mail your self/portraits to: selfeaze@gmail.com and join the exhibition!

More information at newhavenarts.org

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. GalleryLocation: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St.,

2nd Floor, New Haven

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Artist. Art Therapist.

Artwork and Reflections from Regional Art Therapists

Organized by Debbie Hesse

Dates: Through May 23

Learn more at artistarttherapist.wordpress.com

John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art Location: 51 Trumbull St., New Haven

Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.

Doll-like

An exhibition and community-curated doll collection

Curated by Paul Clabby and Debbie Hesse

Dates: May 14-July 20

Public Reception: Sunday, May 18, 2-5 p.m.

Arts on the Edge Families and children of all ages are invited to join us on Audubon Street

for our annual Audubon Arts on the Edge! Arts on the Edge is an after-

noon of free, family-oriented music, dance, performances, arts and craft

activities and more.

Save the date: Saturday, June 7, 12-5 p.m., rain or shine

#ARTNHV Blog The Arts Council of Greater New Haven is pleased to announce the

launch of our new blog, #ARTNHV. The blog covers all things art in the

Greater New Haven are. Visit artnhv.com today.

The Writers Circle Connect with writing professionals in the Greater New Haven area. Join

us for the third lunch-hour Writers Circle on May 15. For more infor-

mation visit us online at newhavenarts.org or call the Arts Council at

203-772-2788.

Advice from the ACDates: Thursdays, May 8 and May 22, 1-4 p.m. (Location TBD)

Let the Arts Council staff help you find exhibition space/opportunities,

performance/rehearsal space, and develop new ways to promote your

work or creative events and activities. Debbie Hesse, the Arts Council’s

director of artist services and programs, will be available for one-on-one

appointments. To schedule an appointment, call 203-772-2788.

Make.Art.Work.Career Strategies for Visual Artists – Season 2

Monday, May 5, University of New Haven, Saw Mill Campus

“Make Social Work: How to Craft a Do-able Social Media Strategy for

Creative Professionals”

With so many social media options avail-

able, it can be hard to know where to direct

your time and attention. In this workshop

presented by InfluenceExpansion.com

founder Lena L. West, artists will learn how

to get the most out of social media plat-

forms. You’ll be introduced to different types

of blogs and learn what makes them com-

pelling. And we’ll take a look at the visual wonder of Pinterest, and how

you can use it to share your work and drive traffic to your website or

blog. Artists will be lead through Lena’s workbook, 9 Step Social Media

Liberation System, which offers the information needed to craft and ex-

pand a personalized social media plan.

For more info and registration, visit makeartwork.org

Program presented by The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cultural

Alliance of Fairfield County, and the Greater Hartford Arts Council, with support from the

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

Photo Arts CollectiveThe Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of the month at the Ke-

hler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven, at 7 p.m. To learn more,

send e-mail to photoartscollective@gmail.com.

arts council programs

Photo Arts Collective. Eric Litke.

A recent community doll-making workshop led by artist Rashmi Talpade.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Evie Lindemann.

The Arts Paper

Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Eileen Carey.

Arts on the Edge. Photo by Amanda May Aruani.

Perspecitives ... Gallery at Whitney Center.

John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art. Margaret Roleke.