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Jun 25, 2021 10:16 am
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Erik Elligers (r.). Mat Crowley (l.).
The audience applauded even the sound check for the New Haven-based Goodnight Blue Moon, as four members of the seven-piece band — Erik Elligers on guitar, Mat Crowley on mandolin, Nancy Matlack on cello and banjo, and Vicki Wepler on violin, with all four providing vocals — regaled a crowd of about 70 on Thursday night, in the latest of Best Video’s run of outdoor shows since the weather warmed up in April.
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Jun 21, 2021 8:38 am
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Ceschi.
Ceschi, Phat A$tronaut, and Siul Hughes stood together on the stage of the Space Ballroom Friday night, near the end of a triple bill that marked the reopening of the venue since Covid-19 shutdown restrictions were lifted. A packed house stood close to the stage in front of them.
“I was very hesitant” to put on the show, Ceschi (a.k.a. Julio Ramos) said. “I didn’t know if people wanted to do this. Obviously you do.”
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Jun 14, 2021 8:50 am
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Schlesinger.
Best Video’s transformation into a steady outdoor club continued on Friday evening with sets by two bands with different angles on their music, but a common commitment to psychedelia and a mission to transform the space into something else.
New Haven’s first in-person criminal trial since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic ended before attorneys had a chance to present opening statements.
Back in court: prosecutor Pat Griffin, defense attorney Paul V. Carty.
A quest began Tuesday to find six impartial jurors to decide the fate of a 34-year-old man who was shot in a confrontation with the police inside a convenience store.
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May 28, 2021 8:43 am
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Spit-Take.
A dirty guitar chord echoed across the Best Video parking lot Thursday evening, summoning the crowd of a couple dozen to attention. The guitar came from Tim and Matt Rowe, opening for Spit-Take, continuing the cultural center’s practice of providing a stage for New Haven’s live music scene as the area emerges from the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic,
Walter L. Morton IV, a rising millennial star in Hamden’s civic life, is resigning from the Board of Education to deploy overseas with the National Guard.
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May 24, 2021 8:52 am
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Alexis Robbins, Cliff Schloss, and Dylan Olimpi McDonnell.
When Suzannah Holsenbeck and Robb Blocker were organizing a party for their children this year, they knew exactly where to turn to provide the entertainment: The International Festival of Arts and Ideas Arts On Call program.
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May 3, 2021 9:19 am
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Zombii.
This past Saturday was the first of many things: the month of May, new state-level bar and dining guidelines, and a return to live music for two local bands at The Cellar on Treadwell. Local trio Zombii shared a bill with the Manchester-based Johnny Mainstream for a punk-punctuated night on the patio at the Hamden venue.
This yard sign popped up throughout Spring Glen — while neighbors simultaneously fought online against multifamily housing.
Marissa Dionne Mead moved to Hamden’s Spring Glen neighborhood five years ago after spending the first part of her life in cities like Middletown and New Haven. The suburbs were new to her, but now that she had kids, it seemed like the right place to settle down.
