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May 4, 2020 9:46 am
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Patrick Dalton croons over a stuttering soul beat, a warm wah bass beneath his voice. “Blues came and they knocked you to the floor, took your face away,” Dalton sings. “Tell me everything’s gonna be OK, tell me everything.” Ceschi sings over flutes and pastoralia: “But these days seem darker and these nights seem longer, like I’m waiting for the Nothing or a god or something stronger.” Daniprobably puts down the guitar and picks up synthesizers.
It’s just the beginning of Waiting on a Sunrise, Vol.1, a scintillating compilation by some of New Haven’s hardest-working musicians, making new sounds for a good cause.
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Maya McFadden |
May 1, 2020 3:05 pm
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Steady stream of customers at Sandra’s Next Generation.
Miguel and Sandra Pittman have figured out how to keep their popular soul food restaurant hopping during the pandemic — and picked up some ideas for how others, too, can adapt when the state gradually reopens.
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Brian Slattery |
May 1, 2020 10:06 am
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Cinema Stare.
“Hum and the Glow,” the title track from the new album by the New Haven-based Cinema Stare, charges out of the gate, a bright flash of guitars, bass, and drums. As the drums settle into a galloping roll, the singer’s voice is full of promise, even he’s singing about a kind of malaise. “I met you in a rainy suburb where just walking down the street,” he sings, “feels like every step moves further back through the 20th century / And not in the most romantic way.”
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Allan Appel |
Apr 30, 2020 1:37 pm
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Hannah Cooperstock in the documentary.
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New Haven’s Holocaust Memorial.
When the community of Holocaust survivors in New Haven raised a memorial to their dead – the first on public land in America – they numbered about 250 strong.
That was 1976. The founders went out to the community, especially the schools, to tell their stories to young New Haveners.
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 30, 2020 1:09 pm
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Steve “Stezo” Williams, the New Haven-born rapper, dancer, and producer who made his mark on hip hop history in the late 1980s, died Wednesday evening.
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 30, 2020 10:22 am
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Kit Ingui, managing director of Long Wharf Theatre, had a question for state legislators on Wednesday afternoon about the strategy to reopen the state, whenever that should happen.
“How can we be considered as a reopening plan is crafted?” she asked. “How can we receive some guidance and support that helps us ensure the health of our artists and patrons so we can invite them back into our space?”
The answer, from State Rep. Dorinda Borer: “Any suggestions from you would be more than welcome.”
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Brian Slattery |
Apr 29, 2020 9:53 am
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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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Karen Ponzio |
Apr 28, 2020 10:06 am
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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.
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.
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Karen Ponzio |
Apr 27, 2020 10:08 am
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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.
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Thomas Breen |
Apr 24, 2020 6:18 pm
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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.
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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Brian Slattery |
Apr 24, 2020 10:05 am
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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.
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Gregory Gagliardi |
Apr 24, 2020 10:03 am
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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.
