New Haven's Full Weekend Guide: Yale Rep's 'Watch Me Walk,' Eighth Blackbird And The Civic Orchestra

NEW HAVEN, CT — Yale Repertory Theatre begins Anne Gridley's Off-Broadway hit "Watch Me Walk" on Saturday, and the weekend is full of music: the Civic Orchestra of New Haven's "Outrunning Time" at Battell Chapel Saturday, a free Yale Wind Ensemble matinee with Grammy-winning Eighth Blackbird on Sunday and shows all weekend at Cafe Nine. Artists Nicole Eisenman and Craig Zammiello talk printmaking Thursday at the Yale University Art Gallery.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Artist Talk: Nicole Eisenman and Craig Zammiello, Thursday, Nov. 12, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The artist-printmaker and master printer discuss their 2009 Print Catalyst Program collaboration, whose intaglio prints are on view in "Print Catalyst @ 30," followed by Q&A. Free. Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St.
• Docent Tour: In a New Light: Five Centuries of British Art, Friday, Nov. 13, 2 to 2:45 p.m. Volunteer educators lead a conversational tour of the reinstalled collection, from the 16th century to the present. Free; meet in the Entrance Court. Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St.
• Far East, Fuselaje, The Simulators and Heavy Sound & Vision, Friday, Nov. 13, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. A four-act bill. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door; 21 and older. Cafe Nine, 250 State St.
• Outrunning Time: Civic Orchestra of New Haven, Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 p.m. Music Director Nadya Potemkina leads works by Gordon Duncan, Lili Boulanger and Vassili Kalinnikov, three composers whose lives were cut short. Tickets are $20, or $10 for seniors and college students. Battell Chapel, 400 College St.
• Saturday Jazz Jam with Gary Grippo, Saturday, Nov. 14, doors at 3 p.m., music at 4 p.m. One of Cafe Nine's longest-running traditions: a house band plays a set, then opens the stage to anyone who brings an instrument. Admission is free. Cafe Nine, 250 State St.
• "Watch Me Walk", Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m. Anne Gridley writes and performs the Soho Rep production, a funny, biting play about disability, pity and family mythologies, directed by Eric Ting. It runs through Dec. 5; Saturday tickets were $20 to $40 with limited availability as of Tuesday. The 100-minute show contains profanity, ableist slurs, references to suicide, haze, and strobe effects. Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St.
• Yale Wind Ensemble with Eighth Blackbird, Sunday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m. Thomas C. Duffy conducts, with the four-time Grammy-winning contemporary sextet featured in Viet Cuong's "Vital Sines." Admission is free and no tickets are required. Woolsey Hall, 168 Grove St.

Printmakers at the art gallery, a new play at Yale Rep, Eighth Blackbird in Woolsey Hall and live music at Cafe Nine give New Haven a weekend packed with culture.

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