September 11 – 18, 2022
Can’t get enough PRIDE? Continue the celebration with FRINGEfest – unofficial PRIDE events hosted by our community partners that offer a variety of fun opportunities to come together as a community and support local LGBTQ-friendly businesses.
We’re continuing to add events as we receive them, so keep checking back for updates!
Sunday, September 11th
Mary Lambert with Aisha Burns in Concert
Sunday, September 11th | Doors: 7:00 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m.
Space Ballroom, Hamden
After shooting into the public spotlight with her hook to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s equality anthem “Same Love,” singer-songwriter and poet Mary Lambert has gone on to release several pop albums combining music and spoken word. Click here for more info.
Monday, September 12th
PRIDE Story Time & Craft
Monday, September 12th | 11:00 a.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Ives
Join us for a PRIDE-themed story time featuring Be Who You Are by Todd Parr and stay for a fun rainbow family craft.
PRIDE Button Making
Monday, September 12th | 3-4:00 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Ives
Help kick off the NHFPL’s PRIDE New haven 2022 celebrations by stopping by the Teen Center to make some awesome PRIDE/LGTQ+ themed buttons with our button maker! open to grades 7-12. No registration required.
Tuesday, September 13th
Stay & Play: PRIDE New Haven
Tuesday, September 13th | 10:30 a.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Fair Haven
Join us for our PRIDE New Haven Stay & Play. All of our books will highlight LGBTQ+ stories, authors, and characters. We encourage attendees to dress to impress in their very best pride-themed outfits! Stay & Play is story-time for children up to five years-old with a caregiver. A half-hour program of stories, singing, and movement is followed by free playtime.
PRIDE Family Gathering
Tuesday, September 13th | 4-5:30 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Stetson
This is a safe space social for the whole family. Mix, mingle, and share. Crafts and light refreshments are provided. Presented in partnership with PRIDE New Haven and the New Haven Pride Center. Open to all ages.
After School Arts: PRIDE New Haven
Tuesday, September 13th | 4:00 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Fair Haven
Join us for our pride-themed After School Arts program and celebrate PRIDE New Haven through the arts. All supplies will be provided. open to teens and tweens.
Film Screening: Pariah
Tuesday, September 13th | 6-7:30 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Wilson
A Bronx teen is looking for real love and trying to find a way to communicate and connect with her family about her hidden identity as a lesbian. Gripping and painful, this film is rated R and viewer discretion is advised. The runtime is 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Wednesday, September 14th
PRIDE Week Storytime
Wednesday, September 14th | 4-5:00 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Mitchell
Join us for a reading of Jacob’s New Dress and make a rainbow craft!
Tie-Dye Pride Shirts
Wednesday, September 14th | 5:30-6:30 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Ives Squared
Make a shirt to show off your pride! We’ll show you how to use markers and rubbing alcohol to make an easy, low-mess, tie-dye effect. Celebrate PRIDE by decorating a shirt using the colors of the pride flag of your choice or just have fun making rainbows!
Thursday, September 15th
Film Screening: Luca
Thursday, September 15th | 4:00-5:30 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Wilson
In Luca, a young sea monster disguises himself as a young boy to feel a part of the human world. Set in the Italian Riviera, Luca is a story of acceptance and the bonds of friendship. This film is rated PG and is 1 hour and 35 minutes long.
Friday, September 16th
Film Screening: Oriented
Friday, September 16th | 2:00-4:30 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library | Ives
Oriented is a feature documentary that follows the lives of three gay, Palestinian friends exploring their national and sexual identity in Tel-Aviv during the Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014. All 13+ are welcome. No registration required.
3rd Annual CT-PAH Pet Pride Social & Dance Party
Friday, September 16th | 4:00-1:00 a.m.
168 York Street Cafe
Connecticut Pets and Handlers returns to PRIDE New Haven for our annual Pride Social & Dance Party! Meet and greet with Pups, Pets, Furries, and Handlers from our local and regional communities while enjoying dance music by DJ PupStar, Pup Robin, and more! No cover. Puppy mosh until 10 p.m. Featuring door prizes and a 50-50 raffle.
Chris Stedman Q&A and Book Signing
Friday, September 16th | 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Strange Ways
Gay author and professor Chris Stedman discusses his new book IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives. Chris Stedman is a writer, activist, and professor who currently teaches in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN. He is the author of IRL and Faitheist, and the creator and host of Unread, named one of the best podcasts of 2021 by the Guardian, Vulture, HuffPost, Mashable, and the CBC. Additionally, Chris has written popular essays for outlets including the Atlantic, Pitchfork, BuzzFeed, VICE, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Washington Post.
Previously the founding director of the Yale Humanist Community and a fellow at Yale University, he also served as a humanist chaplain at Harvard University. In 2018, Augsburg selected Chris for their annual First Decade Award, which recognizes alumni “who have made significant progress in their professional achievements and contributions to the community” ten years after graduating.
Saturday, September 17th
GAYPIN’ pins and Matthew Dean Stewart Candle Pop-Up
Saturday, September 17th | 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Strange Ways
Come support local gay-owned brands GAYPIN’ pins and Matthew Dean Stewart Candle!
Author Visit from Sarah Prager
Saturday, September 17th | 3:00 p.m.
New Haven Free Public Library
Sarah Prager, author of Queer, There, and Everywhere, Rainbow Revolutionaries, and Kind Like Marsha will be visiting the Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. Join us to hear more about her fascinating stories from LGBTQ+ history. Open to all ages!
Eighty Proof T-Party
Saturday, September 17th | 4-8:00 p.m.
80 Proof American Kitchen & Bar (196 Crown Street, New Haven)
Celebrate New Haven Pride 2022 at Eighty Proof American Grill and Bar! Lesbian owned and only opened a few months, this remodeled bar and grill is super chic! Two blocks from PRIDE on the Green, join us at 4 p.m. for great food, drink specials, Women who love Women (and everyone in between)! Sit outside on the patio or enjoy the inside bar! Music will be provided! *Please use side door which enters into our private room! 21+ | Free Entry