Today’s Cartoons
by | Jun 18, 2020 9:41 am | Comments (1)
Reinaldo Goeyenechea/ La Voz Hispana
Arts & Culture
Co-op Graduates 150
by | Jun 17, 2020 8:40 pm | Comments (2)
Courtney Luciana Photos
Rowan Huber and Stephen Hankey at Wednesday’s commencement.
Cowbells rung, gold glitter was thrown, prom dresses were worn after all, and students were riding large (in limos and party buses) to graduation for Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School drive-through commencement ceremony for its 150 graduates.
Community Lights The Night For Stezo
by | Jun 17, 2020 12:23 pm | Comments (1)
Brian Slattery Photo
A new mural on Route 1 at the New Haven-West Haven border marked the spot for a candlelight vigil in honor of hip hop pioneer Steve “Stezo” Williams, who was born and raised in New Haven and died in April at the age of 52.
Yale Rep Cancels 2020-21 Season
by | Jun 16, 2020 12:12 pm | Comments (1)
Live productions will not take place at Yale Repertory Theater or the School of Drama, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Musicians Bring Back The Past
by | Jun 16, 2020 10:22 am | Comments (0)
Ed Canas Photo
Dooley-O.
Dooley‑O drops an anthem for the Elm City. Miracle Legion returns to the backyard. The Mountain Movers go to space.
As the pandemic hit the global pause button, New Haven’s musicians have been digging into their vaults to make the music of the past available again, from live recordings to studio mixes from decades ago, making what’s old new again.
No Suburban Rezoning — No Justice!
by | Jun 15, 2020 1:27 pm | Comments (24)
The panelists at Thursday’s affordable housing discussion.
Showing up to a Black Lives Matter rally in an overwhelmingly white suburb like Weston is nice.
Turning out to that town’s zoning meetings and supporting the construction of dense, affordable, multi-family housing would make more of a difference.
Interspecies Communication
by | Jun 15, 2020 1:26 pm | Comments (1)
I’m sick of these darn birds
That keep on talking to me without words
Varick Church Prayer, Protest, and Peace March, June 14
by | Jun 15, 2020 1:26 pm | Comments (0)
Maya McFadden Photo
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Poster Project Keeps Dixwell Strong
by | Jun 15, 2020 11:01 am | Comments (1)
Maya McFadden Photo
“We are responsible, strong and safe,” said Dixwell resident and neighborhood organizer Fred Christmas, whose vision to recognize and thank his neighborhood celebrated Saturday.
Pine & Iron Steels Itself Through Pandemic
by | Jun 15, 2020 10:25 am | Comments (0)
Wise Old Moon — playing the kind of music that would order a shot of bourbon with its beer, all cowboy chords and a telecaster twang — took the digital stage on Friday, presented by Pine & Iron, New Haven’s premiere axe-throwing venue, to raise money via digital tip jar for the Connecticut Food Bank, whose resources have been stretched thin after months of high unemployment and food insecurity on the part of many, many Connecticut residents.
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HSC Student Shoots No-Shoot Doc
by | Jun 12, 2020 3:19 pm | Comments (3)
Airiqa Hoheb hit on a discovery: Police spend seven times longer in training on how to shoot than on how not to shoot.
Today’s Ted Takes
by | Jun 12, 2020 11:02 am | Comments (1)
Roller Coaster
by | Jun 12, 2020 11:01 am | Comments (0)
Feels as if everything’s moving fast
Although the mornings sweet and slow
City Gallery Reopens With Pictures Of Daily Practice
by | Jun 12, 2020 10:50 am | Comments (1)
Brian Slattery Photo
Bush.
A tree’s roots crawl across a sewer grate. A fetching white bird named Murphy cocks its head for the camera. Stars unfold over a wire fence.
These and many other photographs by New Haven-based photographer Joy Bush comprise “Where I Go Is What I See” — the first exhibition for City Gallery’s reopening from quarantine on Saturday, June 13. The photographs are selected from pictures Bush has taken on daily walks of about four miles for the past five years.
“It became a practice for me,” Bush said, of “figuring out what I wanted to show.”
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Cafe Take: Constitutional Interpretations Pave Way For Brutality
by | Jun 11, 2020 2:18 pm | Comments (2)
Police brutality is supported by “antiseptic” language in the Constitution and by several Supreme Court decisions, according to criminal law professor Ekow Yankah.
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Ely Center Strides With The Times
by | Jun 11, 2020 10:20 am | Comments (0)
Qrcky (l.) and S. Darius Parker (r.)
Anxious; Loud .
Two online exhibitions at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art speak to the up-to-the-minute concerns of our time, and the deeper problems that have always been with us.
Reinaldo’s Corner
by | Jun 10, 2020 1:18 pm | Comments (0)
And Now It’s Time For A Musical Interlude
by | Jun 10, 2020 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
This morning definitely one of the most beautiful ever
At least from this tiny perspective never
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Free As Birds Takes A Musical Polaroid
by | Jun 10, 2020 10:15 am | Comments (0)
Clenn Plannetts starts off alone, but it doesn’t take long for the bass and drums to fall in. “You don’t belong to anyone,” he sings, though in the first verse it’s about a dog. Rudeyna dips into a tropicalia vibe, and falls into lush harmonies with herself. Mooncha hits the club floor while Stefanie Clark Harris gets swoony.
The continuing parade of New Haven-based musicians is part of Waiting on a Sunrise, Vol. 2, from fellow musician Alex Burnet’s new digital-only label, Free as Birds. Like the first volume, it listens almost like a snapshot of how New Haven’s musicians are doing during the Covid-19 pandemic — and how they’re getting ready for whatever’s next.
8th Billboard “Masked Up”
by | Jun 9, 2020 3:48 pm | Comments (0)
Maya McFadden Photo
The eighth and final billboard was put on display Tuesday for the city government’s Covid-19 “Mask Up” campaign on Middletown Avenue.
Today’s Ted Takes
by | Jun 9, 2020 3:22 pm | Comments (0)
Drone’s Eye View Of A BLM Message
by | Jun 9, 2020 10:20 am | Comments (1)
Contributed Photos
Jada and Madison (Maddy) McAulay (pictured) started a neighborhood Black Lives Matter chalk event to turn West Elm Street into “West BLM Street” for a day.
Vintanthromodern Tags a Sale for Charity
by | Jun 9, 2020 10:15 am | Comments (1)
Karen Ponzio Photos
Corina and her very New Haven find.
“Should I buy this shirt?” Maria Corina asked me as she held up a slate gray T‑shirt that had the words “New Haven” across it, along with a picture of the city’s skyline.
It was the first time we had both been out shopping with a friend present, in person, in a very long time.
It was also the first time for this type of shopping experience at Vintanthromodern, a vintage store that had decided on a hot Saturday afternoon to hold its first tag sale in the back parking lot of its Westville location. Not only would it give customers a chance to get back to what they love — shopping for vintage deals — but it would also be a fundraiser, with Vintanthromodern donating fifty percent of sales to a cause aligned with social justice and equality.
Sanctuary Kitchen Brings Homs Home
by | Jun 8, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (2)
Sumiya Khan and Chef Nour.
We were supposed to have a food processor and did not. But thanks to the right ingredients provided by Sanctuary Kitchen, and expert guidance from Chef Nour, we were able to create flavors from the city of Homs, Syria right in our own kitchen.
Bomba Dance Party Ends Day Of Protest
by | Jun 6, 2020 2:17 pm | Comments (3)
Maya McFadden Photos
Protesters ended Friday’s 5,000-person Black Lives Matter march with an hour of singing, dancing, and celebration set to the sounds of bomba, a music of resistance.