NEW HAVEN, CT — Yale Repertory Theatre begins Anne Gridley's Off-Broadway hit "Watch Me Walk" on Saturday, and the weekend is full of music: the Civic Orchestra of New Haven's "Outrunning Time" at Battell Chapel Saturday, a free Yale Wind Ensemble matinee with Grammy-winning Eighth Blackbird on Sunday and shows all weekend at Cafe Nine. Artists Nicole Eisenman and Craig Zammiello talk printmaking Thursday at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Outrunning Time: Civic Orchestra of New Haven, Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 p.m. Music Director Nadya Potemkina leads works by Gordon Duncan, Lili Boulanger and Vassili Kalinnikov, three composers whose lives were cut short. Tickets are $20, or $10 for seniors and college students. Battell Chapel, 400 College St.
Saturday Jazz Jam with Gary Grippo, Saturday, Nov. 14, doors at 3 p.m., music at 4 p.m. One of Cafe Nine's longest-running traditions: a house band plays a set, then opens the stage to anyone who brings an instrument. Admission is free. Cafe Nine, 250 State St.
"Watch Me Walk", Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m. Anne Gridley writes and performs the Soho Rep production, a funny, biting play about disability, pity and family mythologies, directed by Eric Ting. It runs through Dec. 5; Saturday tickets were $20 to $40 with limited availability as of Tuesday. The 100-minute show contains profanity, ableist slurs, references to suicide, haze, and strobe effects. Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St.
Yale Wind Ensemble with Eighth Blackbird, Sunday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m. Thomas C. Duffy conducts, with the four-time Grammy-winning contemporary sextet featured in Viet Cuong's "Vital Sines." Admission is free and no tickets are required. Woolsey Hall, 168 Grove St.
Printmakers at the art gallery, a new play at Yale Rep, Eighth Blackbird in Woolsey Hall and live music at Cafe Nine give New Haven a weekend packed with culture.