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Script Notes IV

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Three times last year, I reeled off a series of movie and TV moments referencing New Haven.

Now I’ve recorded enough for a fourth. And while things usually go south by this point in a franchise, I hope you’ll agree: …

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Escape Vehicle

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For a quick but deep escape from the grind, you can’t do better than Madison’s Hammonasset Beach State Park. Of the park’s many attractions—the campsites, the boardwalk, the nature center, the salt marsh—the popular headliner is the two-mile westerly …

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This Week in New Haven (March 25 – 31)

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Yale follows its March Madness loss last night with the best revenge: living well, in this case by experiencing “new dimensions of connection,” a “guided compassion meditation” and the story of someone who “resisted the language of victimization.” …

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Sprung

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A photo essay.

Spring sprang in the dark at 11:09 last night. …

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This Week in New Haven (March 18 – 24)

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A big Monday tides us over ’til a big Thursday and a weekend of fun and profound moments. …

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This Week in New Haven (March 11 – 17)

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As temps top 60 degrees, New Haven is heating up anyway with a great mix of live music and—a week after the parade, following additional celebrations—St. Patrick’s Day. …

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Well Done

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Though it has a good name for a dive bar, The Well is not a dive bar. It’s a wine (and beer) bar with dive bar prices, a circular pad burrowed into the lower level of Yale’s still-new Schwarzman Center. …

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Good and Mad

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A photo/video essay. To see all 14 images/gifs, check out the email edition.

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This Week in New Haven (March 4 – 10)

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March comes in like a lion, with primal roars and a communal pride. …

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Baby Talk

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Laughter outshines tears in the New Haven Theater Company’s production of Cry It Out, at least for anyone who has ever given birth to or cared for a baby. …

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