by | Oct 27, 2022 9:43 am | Comments (1)
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Board of Directors President Anderson: The search is on.
The city’s public library has hired a search firm to find a permanent replacement for the late City Librarian John Jessen roughly five months after the beloved city figure died of cancer.
Continue reading ‘City Starts Search For Next Top Librarian’
by | Oct 26, 2022 8:56 am | Comments (0)
Antonius-Tín Bui
Không Có Gì Bãng Mà Với Con.
Even from the outside of the building, it’s clear that the gallery at Creative Arts Workshop has been transformed, by a gigantic, shimmering web of fabric. The piece is by artist Antonius-Tín Bui, and it’s made from traditional Vietnamese garments, and as a note explains, they are “a safety net of embrace, the promise of renewal, and an undeniable statement of the Vietnamese people’s vibrancy and connectedness throughout past, present, and future generations.” The piece is also a flag welcoming visitors to not one, but two shows at CAW — “Băng Qua Nước: Across Land, Across Water” and “Common,” both running now through Nov. 26, with a reception scheduled for this evening at 5:30 p.m. — that are part of the ongoing Open Source Festival organized by Artspace.
by | Oct 24, 2022 4:12 pm | Comments (3)
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Dresses out, bongs in at 968 Chapel.
The former home of the original Ann Taylor clothing store — which now sports bongs and hookahs instead of upscale womenswear — has changed hands for $2.795 million.
Continue reading ‘Real Estate Roundup: Ann Taylor-Turned-Smoke Shop Building Sold For $2.8M’
by | Oct 21, 2022 9:18 am | Comments (9)
In-house-designed depiction of New Haven's skyline on a wall of Fuss & O'Neill's new 59 Elm St. office suite.
Engineers in the thick of building up the new New Haven set up shop themselves in the center of town.
by | Oct 21, 2022 8:46 am | Comments (12)
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Board Chair Maryann Ott with State Sen. Looney.
Institute Library Executive Director Jan Swiatek won’t have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning for much longer to worry about rain pouring through the historic Chapel Street bookspace’s roof — thanks to a major renovation-funding grant approved by the state.
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by | Oct 20, 2022 11:35 am | Comments (3)
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Dwayne Betts and Nicholas Dawidoff at public library book talk.
What makes a neighborhood unique? What makes a neighborhood “iconic”? What makes a neighborhood, well, a neighborhood?
After eight years of research and 500 interviews for his landmark new book about a Newhallville murder, author Nicholas Dawidoff found the answers to those questions in the many individual voices that — taken together — add up to something rich and profound.
by | Oct 17, 2022 10:45 am | Comments (7)
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Long Wharf Theatre leaders at Audubon St. fest Saturday.
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Bidding adieu to 222 Sargent stage on Friday.
Audubon Street burst into party mode Saturday as Long Wharf Theatre celebrated its move from a Sargent Drive stage to offices downtown — as well as the beginning of a new itinerant model of presenting works across various locations in Greater New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Long Wharf Theatre "Comes Home" To Audubon’
by | Oct 17, 2022 9:08 am | Comments (3)
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Emma Pfitzer Price, Nate Janis, René Augesen, and Dan Donohue.
Edward Albee’s 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a classic of American theater. Its depiction of a middle-aged academic couple at a New England university joined by a younger couple for a night of nonstop drinking seems tailor-made for Yale, where James Bundy, the dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre, directs a revival both respectful and gripping, through Oct. 29. It’s a play full of shifts in sympathy and understanding, as we realize — somewhat uncomfortably — that unlikeable people may have earned their manner from deep hurts and sorrows.
by | Oct 14, 2022 10:00 am | Comments (4)
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Robert Squillaro shows off J. Press's classic three-button roll.
Back in 1902, Richard Press’s Latvian immigrant grandfather Jacobi knocked on the doors of Yale dorm rooms to sell the students custom-made clothing.
Word spread about the stylish jackets with their unpadded shoulders and snazzy vents.
J. Press was born.
Continue reading ‘120-Yr-Old Haberdashery Finds New Home On Elm St.’
by | Oct 14, 2022 9:12 am | Comments (10)
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Grad union backers gather on Hillhouse Thursday.
The sky opened up as the rally rounded onto Prospect Street, drenching hundreds of union-boosting Yalies and their allies as they marched towards Grove.
The downpour did little to dampen their spirits — or their voices. Though it did temporarily change their chant as they called for a union to represent graduate student-teachers.
What was: “What do we want?” “A union!” “When do we want it?” “Now!” transformed into: “Rain, rain, go away! We want to talk to Salovey!”
by | Oct 14, 2022 9:09 am | Comments (0)
The Queen's Artillery
Ascension to the Throne — Wassup and Coronation Day — Sequel to the Queen.
The paintings are as entertaining as they are provocative. It’s not just in the mixed materials that give each of the canvases three-dimensional elements, and bring the clothing to dazzling life, nor is it just in the knowing glances on the subjects’ faces. The titles of the paintings — Ascension to the Throne — Wassup and Coronation Day — Sequel to the Queen — give a clear sense of the inspiration behind the paintings. The old order, the paintings say, is coming to an end. A new aristocracy is coming; one that’s younger, Blacker, and, well, maybe more fun, too.
by | Oct 13, 2022 9:50 am | Comments (20)
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David Agosta with Zinn behind K of C museum on walking tour.
As cars rumbled along a milled-but-not-yet-repaved stretch of State Street behind the Knights of Columbus museum, City Engineer Giovanni Zinn urged the dozen downtown neighbors before him to engage in a little “crazy brainstorming.”
What could — what should — this roadway be when it no longer belongs to cars?
by | Oct 13, 2022 9:39 am | Comments (19)
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Scenes from ULA's Indigenous Peoples' Day gathering Wednesday.
“Our people live without borders,” John Lugo said in Spanish to a small crowd gathered on the corner of Church and Chapel to celebrate both migrants and indigenous people who call this land home.
Continue reading ‘"This Is Our Continent": ULA Honors Indigenous Peoples' Day On Green’
by | Oct 12, 2022 9:16 am | Comments (0)
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Beech Leaf Disease (detail).
Leila Daw’s Beech Leaf Disease may be a work in progress, but in its assemblage it packs a powerful punch.
Continue reading ‘Institute Library Show Gets Into "Waste Management"’
by | Oct 7, 2022 2:36 pm | Comments (1)
100 Crown St.: Sold for $1.4M.
A downtown landlord has purchased a 1903-built Crown Street commercial building for $1.4 million to make room for his realty firm as he builds out the newly opened “bioscience center” around the corner.
Continue reading ‘Property Sales Roundup: Bioscience Landlord Buys "Crownstone" Gem’
by | Oct 7, 2022 9:34 am | Comments (5)
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Rick Altice: As overdoses rise, patients need safe equipment.
A Yale harm reduction-focused healthcare team has its sights set on installing a trio of vending machines around town that would dispense not candy bars and soda, but clean syringes, safe injection kits, and overdose reversal medication.
by | Oct 7, 2022 9:07 am | Comments (2)
Official Trailer - Greatest Radio Station in the World from Cob Carlson on Vimeo.
The broadcaster the New Yorker called “the greatest radio station in the world.” A musician who sounds like three musicians. The history of a certain bivalve in New Haven. The trial of a Black Panther. Climate change and air guitar. Films about all these and more will be finding their way to screens for 10 days this month as the New Haven Documentary Film Festival, now in its ninth year, returns to the Elm City from Oct. 13 to 23, screening feature films and shorts, hosting several musical performances, and featuring a student film competition — 116 films in all.
Continue reading ‘Film Festival Keeps Documentaries In Focus’
by | Oct 6, 2022 2:03 pm | Comments (9)
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Chai's "Rosa Resign" banner above downtown.
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Chai: New Haven's reading failures show need for leadership change.
A third-party Congressional candidate reached to the clouds with a lot to say about public school reading levels — and about New Haven’s 16-term Democratic incumbent.
by | Oct 3, 2022 8:57 am | Comments (2)
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Sunday afternoon found Trumbull Street between Whitney Avenue and Orange Street closed for the Ely Center of Contemporary Art’s first block party — featuring the gallery’s latest shows inside the John Slade Ely House and a bazaar of art, zine, clothing, and food vendors lining the street, serving a steady stream of visitors. As DJ Dooley‑O headed into a festive set outside and the Ely Center filled with voices inside and out, the block party felt true to its name.
by | Sep 30, 2022 9:15 am | Comments (7)
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Ray and Semeghini in front of their new location with faithful friends Chubble and Hazel.
Something new is brewing behind the paper-covered windows of 105 Whitney Ave., and business owners Virginia Semeghini and Eva Ray are hoping you’ll want to come down and be a part of it. Witch Bitch Thrift, the online thrift shopping site that became a cherished Bridgeport storefront has now moved its headquarters to New Haven in the former home of Take 5 Audio. The plan is to continue to foster a community that has its roots in one person’s dream of making a space where she could not only sell thrift clothing and other treasures, but also build a treasured group of supportive friends.
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by | Sep 30, 2022 9:13 am | Comments (1)
Duvall.
Amanda Duvall, of the New Haven-based dance studio Baila Con Gusto, danced a solo salsa on the stage of the New Haven Green Thursday afternoon with a heady mixture of strength and grace. As the music churned out its unstoppable rhythm, a sense of joy and play surged through her, a smile never leaving her face even as the moves became more athletic. Her enthusiasm, it turned out, was contagious. Five minutes later dozens of people, adults and high schoolers alike, would join her and Baila Con Gusto co-instructor Jason Ramos in a dance and history lesson that deepened understanding as it taught steps.
Continue reading ‘Rhythm Exchange Makes Music To Move On The Green’
by | Sep 29, 2022 1:44 pm | Comments (0)
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At one point during the first hour of the evening, a concertgoer turned to this reporter and asked, half rhetorically, “are you here for Yo La Tengo or Japanese Breakfast?” “Both” was a valid answer, as the bill at College Street Music Hall Wednesday night, uniting indie rock veterans with a recent indie favorite, brought together multiple generations of New Haven music fans and showed how two groups can arrive in the same expansive musical territory by different routes.
Continue reading ‘At CSMH, Indie Rockers Japanese Breakfast & Yo La Tengo Meet In The Middle’
by | Sep 29, 2022 9:14 am | Comments (3)
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Eiress Hammond cuts the ribbon.
The jacket, a faded denim with a shaggy grey fur collar and cuffs, was understated, and one of a kind.
It proclaimed, in its singular style, the essence of MINIPNG, which officially opened Wednesday at 77 Audubon St. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Continue reading ‘Up-&-Coming Fashion Designer Cuts Ribbon On Audubon Shop’
by | Sep 27, 2022 8:47 am | Comments (2)
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Jana Russo-Priestley, center, with wife Anne and father Arius.
Jana Russo-Priestly arrived at the Omni ballroom remembering the role that Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) has played in three generations of her family’s history — as well as in two centuries of New Haven’s.
by | Sep 27, 2022 8:30 am | Comments (3)
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Mother Earth at Friday's climate march downtown.
Climate activists broke the chains tying Mother Nature to a model power plant — as part of a youth-led protest designed to galvanize individuals, private organizations, and city government to take action now to save the planet from the ravages of climate change.
Continue reading ‘Climate Rally Frees Mother Earth From Fossil Fuels’