Today’s Ted Take
by | Jun 5, 2020 5:27 pm | Comments (1)
Arts & Culture
New National Pastime
by | Jun 5, 2020 12:56 pm | Comments (1)
The rookies and the owners say we’re winning
But the old-timers who know the score best
Front Yard Series Points The Way
by | Jun 5, 2020 10:21 am | Comments (0)
Stefanie Clark Harris tuned her guitar in Jenn Stockwell’s front yard and introduced a song she had written recently, during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was about “thinking about so much” with “nowhere to go — nothing to hide from or escape from, but left with yourself,” she said. “That wound up being pretty powerful to me and this is a song about it.”
“Messy” Powers Question Intentional
by | Jun 4, 2020 3:34 pm | Comments (0)
Thomas Breen Photo
Downtown stores closing in March as pandemic hit.
When an emergency hits, it’s not always immediately clear which branch of government has which supreme regulatory powers — by the design of the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Virus Anniversary Song
by | Jun 4, 2020 2:35 pm | Comments (0)
Reinaldo Goeyenechea/ La Voz Hispana
No one knows for certain when we first met, and died
But for our purposes let’s say you arrived
The Glorious Return Of Lord Fowl
by | Jun 4, 2020 10:06 am | Comments (0)
Is Glorious Babylon, the latest release from local rock legends Lord Fowl, a reflection of the past, a glimpse into the future, or a fresh take on rock ‘n’ roll right now? Believe it or not, it happens to be all three.
As the New Haven-based band released its third album, all the scheduled shows to promote it have been cancelled. But the music — according to vocalist and guitarist Vechel Jaynes — marches on.
Today’s Ted Take
by | Jun 3, 2020 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
Musicians Dig Deep For NHFPL Series
by | Jun 3, 2020 10:23 am | Comments (0)
“Let me keep it light and say ‘good to see you!” said Eric Rey, drummer and facilitator of the New Haven Free Public Library’s new Virtual Artrepreneur Series.
As about 20 people joined the Zoom meeting on Tuesday afternoon, his inaugural guest, musician Paul Bryant Hudson, smiled from the meeting’s neighboring window. The two musicians, who have played together many times, quickly fell into a conversation that ranged from the current pandemic, to Hudson’s learning music at his great-grandmother’s knee, to what it is to be a Black man in America today.
Today’s Ted Take
by | Jun 2, 2020 2:18 pm | Comments (0)
The Bargain Goes Coast To Coast
by | Jun 2, 2020 7:59 am | Comments (0)
“West Coast Time,” by The Bargain
The Bargain, safely separated and masked as bandits or raccoons, perform “West Coast Time” just for you. Be well, and The Bargain loves you.
Posted by The Bargain on Monday, April 20, 2020
A guitar delivers a gleaming, precise hook, accented by a shining mandolin. There’s no bass, no drums. They don’t need to be there. The vibe the two instruments make is enough. “I want to live nocturnal / And see the sun rise with open eyes,” the singer’s voice interjects. “Do you know what I mean?”
That’s how “West Coast Time,” the first track from The Bargain’s new EP, The Ammer Session begins, and as soon as it starts, it has moved on somewhere else. “Everyone is asleep / and I’m traveling, traveling on the road,” the singer continues. “It’s the road along the coast / these are the things that mean the most.”
Librarians Question Bucket List Books
by | Jun 1, 2020 1:13 pm | Comments (0)
The NHFPL Facebook Page
Stuck at home in this era of sheltering in place, many have turned back to long-forgotten lists of hobbies they had wanted to try, people they had meant to reach out to, personal goals they had hoped to achieve.
For the past month, five local librarians followed the trend by each setting out to read one book they’d never gotten around to reading. They gathered to discuss their experiences — and found themselves questioning what makes a book worth wanting to read in the first place.
SalonThrive Aims For The Sky
by | Jun 1, 2020 12:17 pm | Comments (0)
The Zoom visit to artist Chris Ferguson’s studio filled up fast, as 20 people joined within two minutes of each other. Ferguson, in his studio next to a painting of an outdoor scene, smiled back.
“Is this where all the masterpieces come from?” someone on the meeting said. Ferguson laughed.
Today’s Ted Take
by | May 30, 2020 11:30 pm | Comments (0)
Ted Littleford
CT Folk Rolls Out Summer Online
by | May 29, 2020 9:01 am | Comments (1)
The hallmark of a good acoustic music show is its intimacy, a feeling of being in a living room among friends. As this week’s CT Folk at Home show with the Meadows Brothers attested, CT Folk has managed to cut out the middleman and bring folk artists directly to the living rooms of the world — as the organization also plots to bring this concert series and the CT Folk Festival and Green Expo, traditionally held Labor Day weekend, online.
Reinaldo’s Corner
by | May 28, 2020 4:28 pm | Comments (0)
National PTSD
by | May 28, 2020 12:18 pm | Comments (0)
Ted Littleford
Wife still asleep all tucked in the bed
Turn on the TV, nearly a hundred thousand dead
Ponybird Returns to Nature
by | May 28, 2020 10:13 am | Comments (2)
Jennifer Dauphinais Photo
Dauphinais at home among the flowers.
In the Crevasse, Munching the Sweet Leaf, and The Hawk’s Nest sound like they might be the titles of new songs by local folk singer-songwriter Jennifer Dauphinais, who performs under the moniker Ponybird.
They are, in fact, the titles of the first three episodes of another Dauphinais project, a YouTube series called “The Cursing Gardener” that follows Dauphinais in her trials and tribulations in connecting with the earth and attempting to cultivate and grow a garden.
A Portofino’s Power Lunch, Phase 1-Style
by | May 27, 2020 3:02 pm | Comments (4)
Thomas Breen photo
Lamont, Elicker polish off mozzarella, tomato, and basil.
Gov. Ned Lamont and Mayor Justin Elicker took advantage of the state’s recent resumption of outdoor, sit-down dining to partake in a time-honored tradition among state Democratic politicos: a power meal at Portofino’s.
Today’s Ted Take
by | May 27, 2020 2:48 pm | Comments (4)
Thou Shalt
by | May 27, 2020 12:06 pm | Comments (0)
Ted Littleford
In a couple of days
Comes the holiday
Photographs Show The City Again
by | May 27, 2020 10:45 am | Comments (3)
Roderick Topping Photos
In one photograph among the six grouped together, the picture is just of a brick wall. But the diagonal light both sparks the existing pattern in the masonry and makes it more complicated. Those strong diagonals then make their appearance again, but this time as an architectural feature. Then it happens again, only now the diagonal is pure shadow, of a spiked fence, with a bicycle and a hydrant to bear witness.
“It was one of those bright. sunny days,” said photographer Roderick Topping of the first image. The light drew his eye to the pattern in the brickwork. But as the photographs in the open-air show at Studio Duda on Wooster Street show, Topping’s eye is drawn to the details of the Elm City nearly everywhere in town he goes. His camera lets us see what he sees; he shows us the city again.
Civvies Serves Looks By Appointment
by | May 26, 2020 10:24 am | Comments (0)
Karen Ponzio Photo
Alyssa Breeden in front of a rainbow display of dresses at Civvies.
Many of us have wrapped ourselves in a fuzzy blanket of nostalgia as we stay home and brace for our next step out into the world, while businesses try to figure out how to reopen in a way that allows us to return to a few of our favorite things and keep in line with Covid-19 restrictions.
The announcement by Civvies New Haven, a vintage store on Chapel Street, on social media last week that they would be opening for private shopping appointments — with the added bonus of 50 percent off all purchases made during those appointments — allowed this reporter to return to two of her favorite things: shopping for vintage clothing and New Haven.
Don’t Die, Stanley
by | May 25, 2020 12:46 pm | Comments (2)
I was going to write that note to my friend Stanley
And all my friends and even acquaintances
Pandemic Stirs Up Eid Traditions
by | May 25, 2020 9:45 am | Comments (6)
Emily Hays Photo
Ihsan, Ismail and Salwa Abdussabur and Ayanna Bakiriddin at the traditional meal, with a pandemic twist.
On the one hand, the family was together and the grilled lamb was so tender it was falling off the bone. On the other, lost opportunities and the dangers of Covid-19 had brought them there.
Today’s Ted Take
by | May 25, 2020 9:33 am | Comments (1)
