Events Calendar

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CALENDAR – January 2026
Location is New Haven unless noted otherwise.
*=Wheelchair accessible
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Saturday, Jan. 3, 10 a.m.–noon
Winter workday in West River Memorial Park. Create trails, protect native trees, pick up trash. Bundle up! Tools, gloves, guidance, and good cheer are provided. Need more information? Text Kathie Hebert 203-506-5125. Snow or rain cancels. Meet at the picnic tables on Marginal Drive near Orlando St., West Haven.

Sunday, Jan. 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
A New Year’s winter walk on the West River trail with the New Haven Bioregional Group. Dress warm. We will follow the trail along the West River at the base of West Rock Ridge, to East Ramsdell St., and return through the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing. (Pre-walk meet at Manjares at 10 a.m. for hot drinks.) Meet at 11 a.m. in the parking lot on the corner of Valley and Blake streets, behind Elm City Montessori and The Well.

Monday, Jan. 5
Deadline for proposals for Women’s and Gender Studies 2026 Conference at Southern CT State University.

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 4:30- 7 p.m.
Trauma-Informed Training Workshop. Understand the impact of trauma. Free. To register, call 203-561-3227. Dixwell Q-House, Room 114, 197 Dixwell Ave.  *

Thursday, Jan. 15, 10:30 a.m.
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Love March. Meet at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 100 Lawrence St.

Thursday, Jan. 15, noon
Annual reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beyond Vietnam speech. New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St.  *

Sunday, Jan. 18, 9 p.m.
It’s a Party! Celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday! Hosted by CT DSA Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color. Dance, organize, get connected! DJ Frizzybeats, Entry, sliding scale $10-$20. Café 9, 250 State St.

Monday, Jan. 19, 8:30 a.m.
Renowned civil rights Attorney Preston Tisdale will be the featured speaker at the 41st annual MLK Day Breakfast. Tickets: $20 and $5 for students. Branford High School, 185 East Main St, Branford.  *

Monday, Jan. 19, noon-4 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Celebration to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave.  *

Monday, Jan. 19, 4-7 p.m.
Poetry at the Peabody to close out the MLK Celebration. Community Open Mic 4-5 p.m., invitational Z Experience Poetry Slam from 5-7 p.m. in the Central Gallery. Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave.  *

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m.
Women’s March. “We will walk out of work, school, commerce because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism!” www.womensmarch.com/. Hartford Free America Walkout, Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford. *

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
CT League of Conservation Voters 2026 Environmental Summit. Advocates, lawmakers, community members to build CT’s environmental movement. Ticket info: www.conservationeducation.org/summit.html. CT State Comm. College Capital Campus), 950 Main St., Hartford. *

Friday, Jan. 30, 5 p.m.
Deadline to apply for a grant from the Greater New Haven Green Fund.

Saturday, Jan. 31, 1-3 p.m.
Hamden Library Seed Library workshop on soils, composting, and seed starting. Rachel Ziesk, presenter. Registration is required and will be available early January. For info and to register: HPLSeedLibrary@gmail.com. Miller Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. *