Fine & Performing Arts Events

The Four Rivers Speech Tournament will be on January 24 in the John Anglin Performing Arts Center in Hansen Hall. Time is TBA.

ECC Theatre is proud to host the Four Rivers Speech Tournament featuring local high school talent competing in performance events.

This display will be in Hansen Hall Room 121, the Art Gallery, from January 30 – February 13.

From printmaking to drawing, from digital art to painting, from design to ceramics, ECC Art & Design Faculty inspire students and the community with their view on the world. Visit the gallery to see the world through our art faculty’s eyes.

All are invited to meet some of the artists at the reception on February 6, from 5-7 p.m. in the Art Gallery.

All are invited to meet some of the artists at the reception on February 6, from 5-7 p.m. in Hansen Hall Room 121, the Art Gallery.

From printmaking to drawing, from digital art to painting, from design to ceramics, ECC Art & Design Faculty inspire students and the community with their view on the world. Visit the gallery to see the world through our art faculty’s eyes.

Friday, February 14 • 4 p.m. • HH 105

Pianist Lindsay Garritson has performed throughout the United States and abroad since the age of four. She has appeared as soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Texas), Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal), Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica Barra Mansa (Brazil), the Yale Philharmonic Orchestra, and the European Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

This display will be in Hansen Hall Room 121, the Art Gallery, from February 26 – March 19.

Visiting Artist Day: TBD

Charles Clary’s work stems from the loss of both mother and father due to smoking related cancers in February of 2013. Their passing left a deep void in his life that led to his interest in “Memento Mori,” or the act of coming to terms with ones own mortality, and “Memento Vivere,” or remembering to live. Through this investigation he came to terms with the trauma of his childhood and lack of memories.

East Central College, through the Film and Lecture Series, presents the documentary, 13th, on Thursday, February 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the John Anglin Performing Arts Center in Hansen Hall.

This 2016 American documentary by Ava DuVernay explores the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. It is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished

The MSHSAA One Act Play & Reader’s Theatre Festival will be on March 11 in the John Anglin Performing Arts Center in Hansen Hall.  Time is TBA.

ECC Theatre is proud to host the MSHSAA One Act Play & Reader’s Theatre Festival. A unique opportunity featuring top high school talent from across the state. Admission is free and schedules are available online.

The film “Cléo from 5 to 7” will be shown on Thursday March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Walt Theatre in Downtown New Haven.

Agnès Varda’s Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) is a French New Wave film that follows a young pop singer who wanders across Paris while awaiting the results of a medical test.

This display will be in Hansen Hall Room 121, the Art Gallery, from March 30 – April 8.

Reception: April 8 • 5 – 7 p.m.

Come see the best of this year’s artwork from area high schools!

The Riverside Short Film Festival will be held April 3-4 at the Walt Theatre in Downtown New Haven. This event is hosted by Downtown New Haven. Films and times are TBA.

A poetry reading will be held on Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. in HS 100. This event is co-hosted by the Film and Lecture Series and the English Department.

East Central College, through the Film and Lecture Series, presents the documentary Night and Fog on Tuesday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the John Anglin Performing Arts Center in Hansen Hall.

Holocaust Remembrance Day
A 1956 French documentary short film directed by Alain Resnais, made 10 years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. The title is taken from the notorious Nacht und Nebel (German for “Night and Fog”) program of abductions and disappearances decreed by the Nazis on December 7, 1941.

Thsi display will be in Hansen Hall Room 121, the Art Gallery, from April 22 – May 7.

Reception: April 30 • 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

End the school year by visiting this showcase of our ECC art students’ work. Chosen from numerous entries, the works in the show were selected because of the quality of the works and the ideas engaged in the work. Come join us to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our students!

East Central College, through the Film and Lecture Series, presents the documentary, A Great Day in Harlem, on April 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the John Anglin Performing Arts Center in Hansen Hall.

Presented with the East Central College Jazz Clinic
On a summer morning in 1958, photographer Art Kane assembled a remarkable array of leading jazz musicians in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood for a group picture.

Friday, May 1 • 4 p.m. • HH 105

Family musicians Paul, James, and Matthew Thompson and Sara Edgerton join forces to present a diverse and intriguing selection of music for flutes, cello, and piano. The concert will feature music by contemporary British composers Dave Heath and Gavin Bryars, and will also include selections of music from the Baroque and Classical eras. Sara, Paul, James, and Matthew will repeat this concert on tour with performances in London and Manchester, England in May and June 2020.