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State Rep. Juan Candelaria at WNHH FM.
Juan Candelaria knew many Latinos cringed at the term “Latinx.” Others wanted to make sure that people who identify as neither a man nor a woman have a word that recognizes them.
Continue reading ‘Candelaria: Dems Need "Inclusion" To Hold Onto Latino Vote’
by | Jun 10, 2024 1:23 pm | Comments (0)
James Wyrtzen and the Barnburners on WNHH FM.
For a half-hour, the backroom of Mediterranea transported across time and space, bringing blues-inspired classic rock to the modern age.
The harbingers? Three high school students, who by this point might qualify as veteran performers.
Continue reading ‘Barn Burned; Next-Gen Chords Emerge From Ashes’
by | Jun 7, 2024 2:21 pm | Comments (0)
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Wally's Teo Hernandez, Lucas Hernandez, and Alex Blair perform at WNHH FM.
“Everything’s meant to be broken /
Everything’s meant to pass …”
Alex Blair wrote those words back in junior high or high school; he’s not sure of the exact year, but he knows his heart was broken.
A decade or so later, he was singing those words with brothers Teo and Lucas Hernandez, sliding into pitch-perfect harmony they’ve honed since those school days.
After singing the chorus to the song, called “Hiding Behind The Moon,” Blair, on his Ovation guitar, and Teo, on his Martin, added a newfound twist: a chromatic descent influenced by Blair’s newfound interest in Bossa Nova music.
by | Jun 5, 2024 11:15 am | Comments (14)
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State legislative candidates Nyrell Moore and Johnnie McFadden at WNHH FM.
Nyrell Moore and Johnnie McFadden agree that voters in neighborhoods like the Hill should have a choice when they vote — and they’re presenting themselves as that choice this November.
Continue reading ‘2 Challenge Incumbent Dems For State Seats’
by | May 31, 2024 12:22 pm | Comments (0)
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Sketch Tha Cataclysm at WNHH FM.
Armando Acevedo clicked on a file from his phone. He unrolled a taped-together 10-page scroll. He started rapping the printed lyrics, summoning the insights of a noted 20th century Swiss psychologist married to 21st century beats.
by | May 29, 2024 4:27 pm | Comments (7)
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Seeking Conn.-grown solutions: Comptroller Scanlon pictured Tuesday during a stop at New Haven's Louis' Lunch.
Connecticut needs to pay doctors and hospitals more for Medicaid care. We also need to find a way to pay for it.
Sean Scanlon says he has an idea.
by | May 22, 2024 11:09 am | Comments (13)
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Filibuster-ready if needed: State Sen. Gary Winfield at WNHH FM.
Gary Winfield was ready to talk. And talk. And talk. For hours and hours.
He let his colleagues in the legislature know that he was ready to talk and talk and talk.
So he didn’t need to end up talking. He got the message across — and mission accomplished.
by | May 16, 2024 12:07 pm | Comments (0)
In the back room hookah lounge of the Mediterranea Cafe, Love n’Co gave a sneak peak into their musical take on chocolate and hope, a week before it lands on the band’s first-ever EP.
by | May 15, 2024 11:00 am | Comments (10)
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Data Deep-Divers Jacob Hacker and Jonathan Cohen at WNHH FM.
The economy’s roaring, according to official measures like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
The economy’s ailing, and we’re all hurting, according to the human beings who live in it.
Maybe it’s time for a new way to measure the economy?
by | May 10, 2024 12:15 pm | Comments (1)
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Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. What is Mayor Justin Elicker doing in the above photo?
A. Mixing a scotch whiskey-cream soda cocktail at a $200-a-ticket fundraiser for his 2025 reelection campaign
B. Demonstrating his “What Makes Fizz?” contribution at the ESUMS Science Fair
C. Playing the role of Lumière the maître d’ in an A Broken Umbrella staging of Beauty & The Beast
D. Rehydrating the competitors at an SCSU women’s gymnastics match
E. Serving an ice cream float at a teacher appreciation event at Fair Haven School
by | May 7, 2024 1:51 pm | Comments (0)
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Regicides Lou Mangini, Ruben Ortiz, Frankie Douglass, and Andrew Elliott at the WNHH FM Wall of Shame.
One guy had a stack of pizzas to deliver — on each floor. Another needed to go — badly.
It wasn’t looking good for the third occupant on the elevator.
by | Apr 26, 2024 2:32 pm | Comments (1)
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Ceschi perfomring on WNHH FM's "Acoustic Thursday @ Studio 51."
Like the rest of us, Ceschi, a.k.a. Julio Ramos, had long since emerged from the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic. But he hadn’t forgotten.
Nor had he lost hope.
Fuck your neighbor to survive
Eat your neighbor to survive
We were hiding our faces long before pandemics arrived …
by | Apr 19, 2024 9:04 am | Comments (0)
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Sam Carlson in the WNHH FM studio.
Sam Carlson broke a string as he tuned up his Guild D‑50 acoustic guitar to perform live on radio. But no worries — he had a backup Guild M‑20 with him as well.
by | Apr 18, 2024 12:19 pm | Comments (0)
After a day of driving heavy machinery, Joe Ballaro plugged in his bass, and the show began.
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911 stalwarts Joe Vitale, David Mancini, and Kenya James.
One of the year’s 164,949 emergency calls to New Haven’s 911 center came from a man at the edge of a bridge. Kenya James answered it.
by | Apr 12, 2024 9:13 am | Comments (0)
Charlie Widmer performs on WNHH FM's "Acoustic Thursday @ Studio 51," opening with his new single.
Charlie Widmer didn’t expect people to want to hear “What Do I Need With Love?” Now it’s the first of his songs some people will ever hear.
by | Apr 11, 2024 12:36 pm | Comments (1)
In the backroom lounge of Mediterranea Cafe, among centuries-old hookah pipes and patterned cushions, a fairy rising from the Underworld sang about darkness — and love, too.
by | Apr 11, 2024 11:04 am | Comments (0)
CCA's Charmain Yun at WNHH FM.
Charmain Yun wondered where life would take her next. A voice came to her with the answer.
“I heard something in my heart,” Yun recalled. “The phrase was, ‘Do what’s in front of you.’ At the time what was in front of me were the kids on my stoop.”
Continue reading ‘CCA's New Chief Looks To Build On Anti-Poverty Mission’
by | Apr 5, 2024 12:00 pm | Comments (1)
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Johnathan Moore at WNHH FM. Below: Performing.
Johnathan Moore was ready to add a layer of sound. He reached for the Boss RC 600 loop station pedal and … nothing.
Moore said nothing. He made no excuses. He kept the beat going. He pivoted to a new plan — and the music played on.
by | Apr 2, 2024 4:18 pm | Comments (9)
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Rafael Irizarry at WNH FM.
Rafael Irizarry could afford to spend all day relaxing or hitting the links. Instead he’s running to become the first Latino to represent Greater New Haven in the U.S. Congress.
by | Mar 29, 2024 11:07 am | Comments (0)
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MJ Bones in the WNHH FM studio.
“If love is like an ocean,” MJ Bones was singing, “I’m lost at sea.”
Meanwhile, they sounded right at home, right where they belonged: Performing revelatory original songs on the ukulele, in New Haven.
by | Mar 27, 2024 4:57 pm | Comments (3)
Bridging generations, backgrounds: Rabbi Benjamin Scolnic, Council member Abdul Razak Osmanu.
One night the town erupted in chanting and screaming and accusation. Then a conversation started.
Continue reading ‘Rabbi, Pro-Ceasefire Council Member Seek Common Ground’
by | Mar 20, 2024 4:02 pm | Comments (39)
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Massey at WNHH FM: "Let people do what they want with their money."
Michael Massey found Donald Trump in prison. Now he’s living straight — and running for Congress with a mission to boost the role of fellow ”Urban Black” Republicans in their party.
by | Mar 14, 2024 1:35 pm | Comments (1)
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Author Biederman at WNHH FM, and her new book about a the underbelly of New Haven-Bridgeport's turn-of-the-century abortion trade.
Emma Gill’s severed foot and severed head washed up on a beach. Three boys stumbled across them.
That was in 1898. Might new such discoveries loom as a new era of abortion prohibition looms?
Continue reading ‘Tales From New Haven's Abortion Underground Yield Modern Warning’