Events for September 6th, 2008

Italian Language Breakfast with Signora Anna

Skappo Italian Wine Bar - 59 Crown St. - New Haven (9th Square)

Start the weekend with a smile dining with Signora Anna.

What Up Funk

Daniel Street Club - 21 Daniel St. - Milford

7 p.m.

The What Up Funk band has amazed audiences on a national and local level with it's driving high energy performances and dance addictive repertoire.

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.

Connecticut House Mob

Elevate Lounge - 215 Crown St. - New Haven (Theater District)

DJs Robert LaFrance and Nate Sherwood play house music, blending minimal, progressive, tribal and electro beats.

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.

Johnny I. Band

Chas' Place - 157 Broad St. - Meriden

Bluesy rock.

Legion of Jerry, In The Dark

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

Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead tributes.