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Apr 8, 2022 9:25 am
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Lewis.
Here Come Swords. I Married a Ranger. Heaven Has Claws. Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It. All through the pandemic — and for years before that — these curious titles were hiding in plain sight on the shelves of the Institute Library, before being plucked off by a staff member, volunteer, or patron for inclusion in “Cover Story II: Return to the Stacks,” the latest art exhibit in the Chapel Street library’s gallery that invites viewers, once again, to judge books by their covers, though this time with a twist.
How much would buying an ice cold Corona on-scene contribute to the experience?
This year’s attendees of Hamden Fest may get to find out for themselves, thanks to a proposed amendment put forward by Hamden’s mayor to allow for the sale and distribution of alcohol at town celebrations on a case-by-case review basis.
Sewell-Poole, at center, with officials at "More Amour" ribbon-cutting.
Kimberly Sewell-Poole watched stylishly dressed pedestrians pass by her new storefront window — and thought back to SoHo. Her new building’s exposed-brick interior recalled boutiques she loved while growing up in Baltimore.
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 7, 2022 8:53 am
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Sounds and Scenarios.
At Stella Blues on Wednesday night, four bands — three of them based in Connecticut, supporting headliners Sounds and Scenarios from Boston — unleashed four sets of rock, ranging from heavy to thrashing to atmospheric, that all had one thing in common: a commitment to emotional directness and honesty.
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 6, 2022 1:03 pm
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McDonald: Ready for the digital age.
With a new team and vision in place, Anthony McDonald begins his second year running New Haven’s historic Shubert Theatre with an eye fixed on the future as more people venture back out to public events.
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 5, 2022 8:58 am
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The colorful digital artwork on the walls brought sparks of light to the space at Never Ending Books. In one piece, swirls of darkness and fluorescence together ripped across an undulating landscape. In another, the dark forms of buildings, lit from within by explosions of brightness, melted into one another, suggesting vastness and a riotous amount of life. In still another, the forms of leaves and pale branches draped across the view of a passing stream. They and many others are part of visual artist and musician Shula Weinstein’s show “The Sun Rises on a Coastal Town,” running now at the State Street spot for the next few weeks.
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Maya McFadden |
Apr 4, 2022 9:15 am
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Monty Alexander performs alongside T.K Blue.
Arriving at the show with my folks.
My dad leaned over from the left and pointed to the stage, where Jamaican Jazz pianist Monty Alexander was holding down his piano keys on particular notes and chords to emphasize them.
“Jazz is made up of accents,” my dad informed me.
To my right side my I heard my stepmother hum the words to a Bob Marley tune.
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Colin Roberts |
Apr 4, 2022 9:04 am
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Courtesy Pure Noise Records
With two sold-out shows at Space Ballroom on May 20 and 21, and a new album on the way, Connecticut hardcore stalwarts With Honor might be entering a new era.
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 1, 2022 9:03 am
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Wolf.
Laura Wolf, surrounded by a cello, a mixer, an interface, and an array of pedals, eyed the crowd who had come to Best Video Thursday night. “I’m not much of a stage talker, but you can ask me questions after the show.”
At the end of her set, a few musicians in the audience did just that, asking for a tour of her setup and swapping information about gear, because in the world of making music with acoustic instruments and effects, Wolf — who opened for Dave Scanlon — had figured a few things out.
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Lisa Reisman |
Mar 31, 2022 12:38 pm
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Jordan's bacon and bbq hot dog.
A bacon and BBQ hot dog transported this correspondent to the right-field bleachers of Yankee Stadium, with a ball launched from the bat of Aaron Judge soaring into the sky on a mild August evening.
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Brian Slattery |
Mar 31, 2022 9:14 am
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Acorn.
It’s just a picture of an acorn, but the lens makes all the difference. Under Matthew Garrett’s eye — and, apparently, his phone — the seed becomes a landscape of detail. The bed that it lies on brims with life. It’s a study of an intricate surface we don’t pay attention to very often, but given its subject, it’s also an image about possibility, the chance for vast growth.
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Laura Glesby |
Mar 30, 2022 1:06 pm
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As the sun set, the playlist of mid-2000s slow emotional pop inside B Natural Kitchen made the experience of eating a “Warm Market Bowl” by the College Street window feel like a moment straight out of a rom-com — while the bowl itself offered respite from the chilly wind outside.
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Mar 30, 2022 9:06 am
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Jonathan Milberger, Michael Larocca, Kaelen Ghandi.
“Eighteen years of doing it and we’re still doing it,” Bob Gorry, founder of the New Haven Improvisers Collective, said from the stage of Cafe Nine. “The pandemic stopped us for a bit, but we’re back.”
He was referring not only to the NHIC workshops that have begun again at Never Ending Books, but to the fact that, on Tuesday night, he was again hosting musicians, and performing himself, for a night of improvised music at the music-scene anchor on State and Crown.
Published illustrations (above) by New Haven's Merle Nacht (pictured below), subject of a new career retrospective at Merwin's Art Shop.
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One summer day in 1985, the illustrator Merle Nacht boarded a Metro-North train at Union Station, and carried with her a big dream and a portfolio of anxiety.
Her goal was to arrive where few freelance artists ever find themselves: on the list of regular cover artists for the prestigious New Yorker magazine.
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Kimberly Wipfler |
Mar 29, 2022 1:03 pm
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Arturo Morales adds the meat fresh off the stove to make the Buffalo chicken burrito, a special on Tomatillo's menu.
I bit into a Buffalo chicken burrito, cooled it off with a sip of mango-coolada smoothie — and my taste buds were reminded, amid a cold late-March afternoon, about what to expect from the summer flavors up ahead.
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Karen Ponzio |
Mar 28, 2022 9:24 am
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Nirvana performing at The Moon on Whalley 1991, a show promoted by Pinto.
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Fernando Pinto: From the Moon and Tune Inn to Cafe 9.
Music promoter Fernando Pinto entered Blue State Coffee on a sunny morning with a bag of flyers under his arm as he finished up his walk around the city to hang them up at his usual spots.
“I know all of them,” he said — though he is still finding more spots, even after 40 years of booking and promoting shows throughout New Haven. As he celebrates that anniversary, two shows in particular are on Pinto’s mind, and on those flyers he is posting.
