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.

First Friday

New Britain Museum of American Art - 56 Lexington St. - New Britain

Featuring live jazz performed by the Davis Quartet.

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.

Pop to the Present: New Questions, New Responses

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - 600 Main St. - Hartford (Downtown Hartford)

A sequel to the widely appreciated exhibition "Picasso to Pop," this exhibit features paintings, sculptures, collages, prints, installations and more.

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.

"Changes in Our Land"

Bruce Museum of Arts and Science - 1 Museum Drive - Greenwich

ONGOING: "Amistad: A True Story of Freedom"

Recounts the Africans' struggle for freedom following their 1839 revolt aboard the Amistad.