by | Jul 8, 2015 3:19 pm | Comments (0)
“Quinnipiac River Oyster Boats,” oil on canvas.
Westville’s very first artist-in-residence did right by New York City’s Lower East Side, Hoboken, New Jersey, downtown New Haven and Yale University, and especially Fair Haven’s bridges, boats, and beautiful riverine settings.
Yet Angeles Martinez, who lived in Westville and painted in a studio in Westville for six weeks, didn’t paint any scenes of Westville.
by | Jun 12, 2015 3:50 pm | Comments (1)
Paul Bass Photo
Nature erupted outside outside another New Haven school Friday, where fourth-graders Kamiyah Emery and Sasha Cohen Cox spread the word about the right time to taste the nectar from the honeysuckle they’re tending.
Continue reading ‘New Edgewood Habitat Nurtures The Kids—& The Birds & Bees’
by | Jun 9, 2015 8:18 am | Comments (2)
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James Jeffrey as Prince Hal and Jamari Linen as Falstaff.
Arguably the most Shakespeare-saturated K‑8 school in the New Haven system is one whose theme is science and technology.
Continue reading ‘Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears A Crown, Dude’
by | Jun 8, 2015 8:49 am | Comments (11)
“Welcome to Harp Alley,” Mayor Toni Harp said with a laugh.
Continue reading ‘Harp Opens Campaign HQ Where She Lost Before’
by | Jun 5, 2015 11:56 am | Comments (2)
Police arrested one man and are looking for two others in connection with a shooting and “probable attempted robbery” that occurred near the Yale Bowl Thursday afternoon.
by | Jun 4, 2015 11:55 am | Comments (0)
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“Saving the Sound” means, in part, working on the waterways that run through New Haven.
by | May 29, 2015 12:09 pm | Comments (26)
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The city’s vision for Whalley and Dayton.
“Do not smirk,” snapped the developer. “I sat here and respectfully listened to your presentation, Matt.”
“I’m not smirking,” responded the city’s development chief.
by | May 26, 2015 7:42 am | Comments (8)
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Coming to residential avenues: a second “Snogo.”
Encourage neighbors to grab shovels to help an elderly Quinnipiac Avenue neighbor avoid a fine. Send a mega-snowblower to hit neighborhood streets, not just downtown. And have people move their cars first to the even side of the street — then maybe the odd.
Continue reading ‘With Summer Coming, City Gears Up For Snow’
by | May 22, 2015 2:32 pm | Comments (5)
Markeshia Ricks Photo
Friends of Lyric Hall lifted their bid paddles and their forks to raise some cash for the restored century-old former Vaudeville theater.
by | May 22, 2015 1:09 pm | Comments (20)
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Annex neighbors toast (with sparkling cider) to the store defeat.
The state rejected Roshan Patel’s efforts to sell booze in the Annex neighborhood, not because of all the complaints from neighbors — but because New Haven had reached a little-known state-calculated limit for the number of liquor stores allowed within its boundaries.
Meanwhile, across town, a Westville Village landlord who beat Patel out for the last permit (by one day) has since seen her own plans dashed, and may end up opening her liquor store instead … over in the Annex.
Continue reading ‘City Hits Liquor Limit; Patil Wins, Patel Loses’
by | May 19, 2015 3:36 pm | Comments (5)
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Atkinson, Furlow, Williams confer at zoning board.
Upper Westville neighbors celebrated taking one step toward the end of a protracted fight against a poverty landlord — and the possibility that they convinced at least one zoning board member to see it their way.
by | May 18, 2015 11:45 am | Comments (0)
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United Illuminating crew members started felling trees in Edgewood Park Monday — a day after nature started the job for them.
by | May 18, 2015 11:43 am | Comments (11)
Markeshia Ricks Photo
What a difference two years make.
by | May 14, 2015 11:50 am | Comments (0)
“For me, the concert does have this feel of culminating,” said clarinetist David Perry of the Second Movement Series. “I’ve had this experience with a number of different pieces, of ‘how on earth did this person know that everybody was going to connect to that moment in this piece of music?’ and I think that’s what we’re going for on this one. Having had that experience of seeing the things that you can’t see, and also the things that you know exist that you can’t see. It’s like a pain up close … but you pull back and see all this beauty. It sounds cheesy, but I think music has this amazing potential to bring people together, and that’s what we were aiming for with this series.”
Continue reading ‘Second Movement Brings Golijov’s Visions To Life’
by | May 12, 2015 12:03 pm | Comments (4)
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There was a buzz in the air. Visitors were coming, lots of them. Like a family hosting out-of-town guests, Westville’s community engine of businesses, residents, and volunteers revved up to roll out the neighborhood’s annual Artwalk festival, held over Mother’s Day weekend.
Continue reading ‘From The Aesthetic To The Ecstatic At Artwalk 18’
by | May 11, 2015 5:21 pm | Comments (9)
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This locust tree has another week to remain standing — before it and a couple of dozen other orange-tagged aboreal Edgewood Park denizens get the axe.
by | May 8, 2015 1:03 pm | Comments (0)
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Bowens, at left, with teachers Hall and Rodriguez.
Salsa’s coming to Westville — not the sauce, but the equally spicy Afro-Caribbean rhythms of Alisa’s House of Salsa.
by | May 8, 2015 1:02 pm | Comments (22)
Markeshia Ricks Photo
The next time you think of going around that school bus with the stop sign out … don’t.
by | May 7, 2015 4:48 pm | Comments (6)
Paul Bass Photo
A new floor of wood chips will cover the vacant lot that used to house Delaney’s at the crossroads of Westville Village, as the dream of rebuilding the popular restaurant and tap room there has been put on hold.
by | Apr 23, 2015 1:40 pm | Comments (2)
Markeshia Ricks Photo
Ominous clouds and the threat of rain didn’t hold back the people gathered at Edgewood Park for a walk. It just meant they had to walk a little faster.
by | Apr 17, 2015 12:30 pm | Comments (0)
Artist Photo.
“Nona’s Pasta,” oil on linen.
Pasta primavera. Turkey sausage. Oven-roasted potatoes. Crème brûlée. Prosecco .
Menu items for a sumptuous, hearty meal? Certainly. At Kehler Liddell Gallery on Whalley Avenue, they also happen to be courses in a visual feast that Artist and long-time Westvillian Frank Bruckmann is serving up in his newest show, aptly titled Breaking Bread. The exhibition — 18 of his very painterly oils — is paired with a set of Marjorie Gillette Wolfe ‘s panoramic photographs, titled The Whole Wide World. The double-bill runs through April 26.
by | Apr 16, 2015 3:43 pm | Comments (1)
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The mayor had arrived, but the ceremonial ribbon whose cutting would mark the opening of Neville Wisdom’s new Westville business, Neville Wisdom LLC, (NW), had not yet been made.
by | Apr 10, 2015 1:50 pm | Comments (0)
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Performers outside Manjares Cafe.
“Failure is not an option,” as the famous tagline from Apollo 13 goes. For the group of close-knit Westville friends who put on Permission to Fail, a series of monthly open-mic performance events, failure is not even recognized.
by | Apr 8, 2015 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
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“Cafe,” oil on board.
Constance LaPalombara has painted hundreds of cityscapes of New Haven, and not a single human being is any of them. Sometimes New Haven is not even recognizable in them.
by | Apr 7, 2015 2:29 pm | Comments (1)
A design for a Cinderella-caliber fantasy dress has lain dormant in Neville Wisdom’s sketchbooks and on his mock-up boards for three years now. It starts simply: a silken, almost sweetheart neckline in a deep blue, the color of something you’d want to dive into at the first hint of summer.
Then the magic begins: a tightly wrapped, ruched bust in the mildest tan, a seductive sliver of midsection, and a hip-hugging skirt, punctuated by large, light pockets and clean blocks of blue and tan.
Every season, Wisdom stopped to gaze at it and then, with a sigh, flipped the page.
But 2015 had a different scent in the air. Wisdom had just finalized plans to open his new store in Westville. More of his fashions were popping up on women around town. And something was going to change when he went to the fashion storyboards.