Events for September 5th, 2008

Firehouse 12 Friday Happy Hour

Firehouse 12 - 45 Crown St. - New Haven (9th Square)

Visit Firehouse 12 on Fridays and enjoy great specials. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres from Chestnut Fine Foods and 1/2 off Drafts from 4 - 7 p.m.

Happy Hour at The Corner Pocket

The Corner Pocket Cafe - 501 Boston Post Rd. - Orange

Unwind and chill out at The Corner Pocket's happy hour, with an open bar, free food and pool from 5 p.m.-7 p.m for only $20.

Beres Hammond & Harmony House

Toad's Place - 300 York St. - New Haven (Dixwell)

8 p.m.

Over the course of a 30-year career, Beres Hammond has poured his smokyy-sweet voice into funked-up reggae jams, fusion soul tunes and dancehall breakthroughs.

American Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Yale University Art Gallery - 1111 Chapel St. - New Haven (Theater District)

Selection of fine arts, furniture, glassware, pewterware and more, from the 17th through the 20th centuries. artgallery.yale.edu.

The Federal Art Project in New Haven: The Era, Art and Legacy

New Haven Museum and Historical Society - 114 Whitney Ave. - New Haven (Yale University)

Documents, artworks, photographs of and sketches for murals and other public art pieces, from the 1933-34 Public Works for Art Program (PWAP), the first of several New Deal programs that offered work relief to unemployed artists.

Van Gogh Saint Remy Exhibit

Yale University Art Gallery - 1111 Chapel St. - New Haven (Theater District)

Van Gogh's famous paintings from his time at the asylum in Saint-Remy displayed together for the first time.

Fly Away Fly Away

Artspace New Haven - 50 Orange St. - New Haven (9th Square)

Installation by William Downs, involving small drawings all put together and verging on the surreal or abstract.

The Bernadettes

Johnny Ray's Restaurant - 1015 Bridgeport Ave. - Milford

Rhythm & blues.

Exposure Exhibitions

Fine Art Photography by local, national and international fine art photographers.