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.

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.

Exposure Exhibitions

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

Kent Hewitt Duo

Sage American Grill & Oyster Bar - 100 South Water St. - New Haven (Hill)

7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Jazz, piano and bass.

Grassy Hill Song Circle

First Presbyterian Church - 704 Whitney Ave. - New Haven (East Rock)

8 p.m.

The Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo kicks off Sept. 5 with the Grassy Hill "First Friday" Song Circle