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Arnott’s Art Happenings for Sept. 7 – 13

Flame (Waka Flocka). Witch (Cruck). Ghost (Handsome). Staying inside (Somewhat Off the Wall). A mystical Cat Power. And we just had Sweatshirt (Earl, Sunday Sept. 6 at Toad’s). Feels like autumn already.

Monday, Sept. 7

May the earth lie lightly upon our valiant enemy”

The classic French-made war film Grand Illusion, directed by Jean Renoir, opens a series of Interpreting Film Masterpieces” screenings 6:30 p.m. at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. Free.

Get to the Point Gets to The Point”
Another special Get to the Point” revue at Cafe Nine (250 State St.), hosted by the guy who creates these listings, Christopher Arnott. (You could label this item chutzpah” or conflict of interest” if you choose, or you could just trust me that not much else happens in New Haven on Mondays.) The special attraction this month is a performance of all the songs, and some of the narrative, from Nilsson’s classic fable The Point, about a roundheaded kid named Oblio who is banished by the rulers of his pointy-headed hometown and has to roam around the Pointless forest. The tunes will be played by Dean Falcone, Joe Scalia, Rick Mealey, Paul Belbusti, Frank Critelli, Lys Guillorn, Tom Hughes, Mark Mirando, Dick Neal, and Shellye Valauskas. There will also be the usual readings, stories, myths, fairy tales, and other sharings. 8 p.m. No cover charge. (203) 789‑8281.

Tuesday, Sept. 8

WFF

Waka Flocka Flame, the fast-rising rapper from Atlanta who at one point was prepared to throw his hat into the 2016 U.S. presidential race, is at Toad’s Place (300 York St.; 203 – 624-TOAD). His hit albums include Flockaveli and the new Flockaveli 2. Opening acts for the 8:30 p.m. show are MarBar & Baasick and Benny Z & Greg Knight.

Keyed Up
Cafe Nine offers two keyboard-playing pop singer/songwriters, Cristina Harris and Jessy Griz, plus the unique chamber jazz ensemble of Sarah LeMieux. 8 p.m. 250 State St. $5.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

In the Write Company
The Company of Writers, which offers seminars and workshops as well as opportunities for members to share their work and cultivate their individual voices,” offers a Wednesday class 7 p.m. tonight through Nov. 18 at The Grove, 760 Chapel St. (203) 676‑7133. Tuition is $475.

Witch-a-Sketch

Locals Crunk Witch, Ceschi, Sketch the Cataclysm, and Zanders are at Cafe Nine, 250 State St. 9 p.m. $5.

Let the Funk In
UConn’s frisky Funky Dawgz Brass Band returns to BAR for a free 9 p.m. show, also featuring Broca’s Area. 254 College St.

Thursday, Sept. 10

Con-seeded
The documentary 1913: Seeds of Conflict is shown and discussed by its director Ben Loeterman 6:30 p.m. at Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. The film explores a time at the end of the Ottoman Empire when there was relative harmony between Arabs and Jews” and what exactly set the stage for the coming century of unrest.” Free. (203) 436‑2553.

Alloy Lens

The amazing Alloy Orchestra, which creates original scores for old silent movies, is performing one of its soundtracks — to the seminal Russian avant-garde feature Man With a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov — live at 7 p.m. in the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The film and the Alloy Orchestra (which includes Roger C. Miller of the legendary Boston punk band Mission of Burma plus Ken Winokur and Terry Donahue) will be introduced by scholar John MacKay. Free.

Under the Savage Sky
Barrence Whitfield and the Savages rock Cafe Nine at 9 p.m. with opening act The 509ers. $12, $10 in advance.

Voice and Noyes

Big national tour of The Voice alum and Pity Party” hostess Melanie Martinez, Handsome Ghost (aka Boston-based electro-popper Tim Noyes) and Connecticut’s own Sarah Barrios 8 p.m. at the College Street Music Hall, 238 College St.

Friday, Sept. 11

Settle Down, Kids

Important Cafe Nine show: national indie stars And the Kids (a female rock trio from Northampton, Mass.) plus New Haven-based Ports of Spain and local orchestral folk” mavericks Olive Tiger. 9 p.m. $10, $8 in advance. 250 State St.

One of Her Nine Lives
Maverick singer-songwriter Cat Power is playing solo at College Street Music Hall, with opening act Willy Mason. 8 p.m. 238 College St. $45.

Saturday, Sept. 12

Mad Max and Interstellar Kick Off the Academic Year

What a Lovely Day: A One-Day Conference on Mad Max: Fury Road and Interstellar is a multidisciplinary meeting about more than meets the eye in the Mad Max movie series. The conference is co-sponsored by Yale’s Film and Media Studies department, the Yale Film Study Center, some of the university’s History of Art scholars, Public Humanities at Yale, the Films at the Whitney series, the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale, and benefactor Paul L. Joskow. According to the organizers (on the “Call for Papers” page of its website), “let’s just say that these two films denote the warped edges of contemporary blockbuster filmmaking, and let’s just say that as different as they are, something might be gained from smashing them into one another for a day. The format we have envisioned is nearly as bonkers and topsy-turvy as the films. We’ll begin the day with a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road; we’ll end with a screening of Interstellar; and we’ll squeeze 4 panels in between. How? Each panel will be four 10-minute presentations and 20 minutes of Q&A. No need for setup, no time to marshal evidence. Just give us the argument.” At the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. (203) 432-0670.

This Land is Her Land
There’s a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. for Mary Lesser’s multi-media “American Landscape” exhibit at City Gallery, 994 State St. (203) 782-2489.

Incarceration and Art
Artspace’s two-day conference concerning the images and themes of its incarceration-themed Arresting Patterns Conference—“race, criminal justice, artistic expression and community”—takes place today from 2 to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. The Arresting Patterns exhibit remains at Artspace (50 Orange St.) through tomorrow, Sept. 13.

Wall That and More
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven’s uplifting annual “Somewhat Off the Wall” fundraiser is a cocktail party where, when your ticket number is called, you can take a piece of art off the gallery walls and keep it. This year’s event, with works donated by dozens of local artists, is held at The Gallery at EleMar, 99-107 Shelton Ave., New Haven. (203) 772-2788, http://www.newhavenarts.org.

Zero, Excitement
The sibling dance/pop act Mission Zero is at Cafe Nine (250 State St.) at 9 p.m. with The Excitement Gang and The Screw-Ups.

Sunday, Sept. 13

Blocked
There’s a Multicultural New Haven Block Party from noon to 4 p.m. in the courtyard of Yale’s Kline Biology tower, 219 Prospect St. It’s sponsored by the Yale Office of Diversity & Inclusion, but is open only to the Yale community. (203) 432-9667.

Art of the New
The reception for the New Member exhibit at Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., is 3 to 6 p.m. Artists include Laura Barr, Roy Money, Liz Antle-O’Donnell, Jaime Ursic and Kathleen Zimmerman.

The other exhibit at Kehler Liddell Gallery is Mexicans,” photos from a recent visit to Mexico by photographer Sven Martson. It opened Sept. 10, and shares its opening reception today with the gallery’s New Members exhibit. 3 to 6 p.m. 873 Whalley Ave.

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