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by | Apr 29, 2020 12:32 pm | Comments (0)
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Greg Sherrod Lets Out The Pandemic Blues
by | Apr 29, 2020 9:53 am | Comments (0)
A cowbell counts off the beat at the beginning of “Rockstar,” from Greg Sherrod’s new album Do You Feel It? A sleazy guitar line falls in. Sherrod lets out a “huh!’ like the great soul singers of yore, and the band creates a big, thick groove. Sherrod’s voice, rich and gritty, describes a woman playing guitar while nodding to music heroes of the past. “She’s got Jimi’s fire, and Miles’s blue,” Sherrod sings. “And when she plays guitar, she’s too cool for school / But I feel like a rock star when I’m with you.” It’s a song designed to start a party, and it does.
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by | Apr 28, 2020 11:46 am | Comments (1)
Local Musicians Get A Virtual Stage
by | Apr 28, 2020 10:06 am | Comments (0)
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The three organizers (and this reporter) at our Zoom Meeting/interview
With all of the city’s venues, stages, and gathering places closed due to Covid-19, New Haven’s various communities have been longing for a way to get together and share talent, vibe and ideas. Anthony Allen has found a way to do that through his website At Home in New Haven, a virtual space set to provide participants with a variety of entertainment, instructional programs, and more.
Eugenics Find Shifted Biographer’s Focus
by | Apr 27, 2020 12:21 pm | Comments (15)
Neil Proto on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
Author Neil Proto went to Yale’s library to start researching the life of A. Bartlett Giamatti, the 39-year-old Italian-American with New Haven roots who became the Ivy League university’s first non-Anglo-Saxon president.
He came across a statement that stunned him — and steered him in an unpredictable direction.
Fashionista Stitches It Together
by | Apr 27, 2020 10:08 am | Comments (2)
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Todd Lyon and Nancy Shea at Fashionista.
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Fash-made masks.
While Covid-19 restrictions have inspired many to become more resourceful for the first time in their lives, Todd Lyon and Nancy Shea are continuing to practice what they have preached for 15 years through their partnership in Fashionista Vintage and Variety: reuse, repurpose, recycle.
Over $132K Distributed To Local Artists
by | Apr 24, 2020 6:18 pm | Comments (3)
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City arts czar Adriane Jefferson at Friday’s Zoom briefing.
The city and the Arts Council have distributed over $132,000 in grants to 326 local artists, freelancers, and small nonprofits so far in an effort to keep New Haven’s creative economy afloat during the Covid-19 crisis.
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by | Apr 24, 2020 5:07 pm | Comments (0)
Library Keeps City Reading During Pandemic
by | Apr 24, 2020 1:38 pm | Comments (2)
Anna Oppenheimer (pictured) checked out the seventh Wizard of Oz book electronically from the library.
Before the pandemic hit, Cyd Oppenheimer visited the library every Wednesday when dropping off her kids off at Hebrew school. When libraries closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, Oppenheimer had to find another way to meet her family’s need to read.
The library — now in virtual mode — again became her source.
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Your Six Feet Or Mine?
by | Apr 24, 2020 12:18 pm | Comments (2)
Dismal Toast
Here’s to the docs and the nurses, the cops and the medics
The cashiers and the clerks and the factory workers
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by | Apr 24, 2020 11:49 am | Comments (0)
Music Venues Go To Washington
by | Apr 24, 2020 10:05 am | Comments (2)
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College Street Music Hall on its opening night in 2015.
College Street Music Hall and Space Ballroom, as well as Cafe Nine, are among more than 800 music venues and promoters across the country asking Congressional leadership for aid in getting through the shutdowns engendered by the Covid-19 outbreak.
Volksgeist Captures Zeitgeist
by | Apr 24, 2020 10:03 am | Comments (0)
Piano music plays and blurred images cross the screen. Laid out in chronological order are the nine singles released by enigmatic R&B singer Frank Ocean. The images slowly fade, and the steadfast voice of YouTuber Philip Damico begins.
“it’s been four long years since the last Frank Ocean album,” Damico says. His voice, much like Ocean’s latest single and topic of his video, “Dear April,” is calm and unnerving. The screen shifts. Gone are the nine images, with the only remainder being “Dear April’s” cover and Damico’s voice, doing what he has done for 61 prior videos, his formal introduction. “In this video, we’re going to take a closer look at the song’s instrumental, lyrics, and vocals to better understand what makes it a unique entry into the Frank Ocean musical catalog,” Damico says. And just like that, we’re off.
Reinaldo’s Corner
by | Apr 23, 2020 9:10 pm | Comments (1)
As UN high commissioner for human rightsk I join the hand-washing campaign … I am an expert at hand-washing.
Microhistories Connect Pandemic To Past
by | Apr 23, 2020 10:23 am | Comments (4)
Courtesy New Haven Museum
Medical personnel in what was then New Haven Hospital, 1916.
Getting itchy in isolation? Consider the story of Jorgen Tonnessen, cooped up in the lighthouse on the breakwater of New Haven Harbor with a co-worker slowly, and then suddenly, going mad. What might travel look like as we move out of lockdown? There’s precedent in the polio outbreak of 1916 — which turned out to be “a prelude to the worldwide Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918,” writes Jason Bischoff-Wurstle, director of photo archives at the New Haven Museum.
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by | Apr 23, 2020 10:17 am | Comments (0)
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by | Apr 22, 2020 12:37 pm | Comments (0)
Three Bands Make A Virtue Of The Virtual
by | Apr 22, 2020 10:42 am | Comments (0)
Rachel Sumner’s face beamed as she beamed in on Instagram. “Hello, hello, hello!” she said. “Hi Nancy! Hi Tom! Hi Dave!”
The Somerville, Mass.-based musician was the headliner — and in this case, the opener — for a triple bill including the New Haven-based Lys Guillorn and Mercy Choir. The three were supposed to have been part of triple bill at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night. With the pandemic-induced shutdowns, playing on that State Street stage was impossible. But it wasn’t impossible to play.
Pride Center Pivots Towards Virtual Support
by | Apr 21, 2020 3:14 pm | Comments (0)
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Drag artist Loosey LaDuca records a virtual drag story hour video.
Video-recorded drag queen story hours to promote LGBTQ+-friendly children’s books.Online safe spaces for queer youth to share stories and get advice about sheltering in place at home.Advocacy for the repeal of a decades-old federal policy that discriminates against gay man who want to donate blood.
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Elm City Crossword: Station Turns 100
by | Apr 21, 2020 12:00 pm | Comments (5)
Union Station, a New Haven architectural gem and transportation lifeline, turned 100 this month. A planned celebration had to be postponed because of the pandemic. In the meantime, celebrate along with Aaron Goode by taking a ride on a crossword he put together for the occasion.
Miss Kendra Helps Kids Deal With Covid-19 Fears
by | Apr 21, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (1)
Miss Erinn, a representative of the Miss Kendra Programs, beams over jaunty yet gentle piano music. She speaks directly into the camera. “Oh! Hello! I’ve been waiting for you! Wow, it’s so good to see you. Do you know what time it is?”
“It’s Miss Kendra Time!” children say. Miss Erinn’s smile gets even bigger. “It’s Miss Kendra Time,” she affirms. Without losing her welcoming tone, she continues. “Today we’re going to be talking about the coronavirus and the way that it has been affecting all the kids and families around this community and all over the country — even all over the world.”
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Gratitude Goes Viral
by | Apr 20, 2020 5:16 pm | Comments (0)
(With gratitude to Good Night Moon.)
To give yourself over to sleep at night
And to wake into the morning light
The Cellar Does Distance Dinner And A Show
by | Apr 20, 2020 10:21 am | Comments (0)
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Eric Vikmanis delivers.
Pete Mould, co-owner of The Cellar on Treadwell in Hamden, was seeing the crowds at his bar and concert venue grow steadily — until the Covid-19 outbreak.
Since the government-mandated closings and alterations of businesses in Connecticut, Mould and his partners Shari and Eric Vikmanis have found a way to keep their patrons coming back for more, albeit at a distance, with The Cellar Presents: Dinner and a Show. This Friday night event pairs curbside pickup of the best of the club’s bar food and drink with live streamed shows on Facebook by bands that have performed or were to have performed at the venue.
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Steve Rodgers Sounds The Alarm
by | Apr 20, 2020 10:15 am | Comments (0)
“Invisible Forces,” a new song out from Steve Rodgers, begins with a flurry of driving percussion and a guitar that sounds a bit like a siren. An organ lays down a pulsing rhythm. And then there’s Steve Rodgers’s voice, in harmony with itself. The lyrics — and the images from the accompanying video — are pulled from the headlines about the Covid-19 outbreak.
“This is not somewhere else’s battle,” he sings. “This time it is every human’s war / The swords in our hearts start to rattle / Against these invisible forces.”
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by | Apr 19, 2020 4:53 pm | Comments (0)
