Hamden’s Weekend Guide: Live Music, An Applique Workshop And More

HAMDEN, CT — Space Ballroom on Treadwell Street books three straight nights of live music, from indie-pop duo Hovvdy on Thursday to a Saturday bill with noise-rock veterans A Place To Bury Strangers. Saturday also brings classics scholar Sarah Ruden to Miller Library and a hands-on applique and embroidery workshop at the Eli Whitney Museum.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Hovvdy, Thursday, Nov. 5, 8 p.m. (doors 7 p.m.). The band plays with Christian Lee Hutson. The show is all ages. Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St.
• Psycroptic, Friday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.). The metal band headlines with Inferi, Cognitive and Summoning the Lich. The show is all ages. Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St.
• Mythic and Powerful Women in the Classical World, Saturday, Nov. 7, 10:30 a.m. Hamden resident Sarah Ruden, the classics scholar and translator who in 2008 became the first woman to publish a full English translation of Vergil's "Aeneid," gives a lecture tied to Hamden High School's upcoming "Iphigenia 2.0." Registration is required. Miller Memorial Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave.
• Applique & Embroidery, Saturday, Nov. 7, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Visiting artist Alexandria Couch leads a one-day workshop for adults and multigenerational teams, who design and hand-sew their own applique ornament. Materials are provided, and the price is $45. Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop, 915 Whitney Ave.
• ADULT. / A Place To Bury Strangers, Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m. (doors 7 p.m.). Oliver Ackermann's post-punk and noise-rock band shares the bill with ADULT., with Lunacy opening. The show is all ages and standing room only. Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St.

Three nights of music on Treadwell Street, a classics lecture and an afternoon with needle and thread make for a busy weekend in Hamden.

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