The bell rings, and it’s a blur of high tops and backpacks on a Thursday afternoon at New Haven Academy on Orange Street. Some of the Inaugural class of New Haven Future Fellows has arrived, and they have things to …
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In Service
On the third floor of a Newhallville house, abandoned for years, JoJo watches her crew members rake piles of refuse—toys and newspapers and old clothes—into garbage bags, tossing them out the window to an industrial-sized dumpster. Her hard hat…
Wagin’ Cajun
It’s the kind of spot where a few hours can slip by with little notice, measured only in glasses of caramel-colored sweet tea (or your favorite wine or beer; it’s BYOB). The walls are wine-red, framed vintage posters of jazz …
A Lot Has Changed
There’s a shining, silver chess set sitting out in the sun, on a folding card table. Sure, it’s out there for the kids, but a couple of grown men sit down for a nice afternoon game, and they’re welcome to …
Where There’s Smoke
Fran Squillo Vessichio is the “mayor” of State Street. Ask anyone. Or at least, ask any member of the daily and seemingly unending stream of friends, neighbors and passersby visiting her shop on State Street. Located between Bishop and Edwards, …
Home-Cooked Dining Out
This is Cuban soul food. Home cooking. The meals and dishes and sides of plantains, rice, beans and stewed meat someone’s grandmother used to make, back when. In this case, Jesus Puerto’s grandmother.
“This is the food Jesus ate as …
A Light On Her Feet
Even (or perhaps particularly) when clad in ballet shoes, Mnikesa Whitaker is not to be messed with. “I’m focused on instilling a sense of discipline and work ethic into the girls. That’s what dance is about, and that’s what I’m …
For Pet’s Sake
It’s a truly cavernous warehouse space, but it’s not just wares that are housed here. Indeed, 75 Hamilton Street is full of life: wags, barks, nips, growls and tugs. This is the home of A Dog’s Life, an impressive canine …
Letting Your Hair Down, or Up
We’re a down-to-earth crew, we New Haveners. Our fair city is just big enough to feel urban yet small enough to be locally focused, home-grown, and low-key. But let’s admit it: we’re also a drop dead fabulous bunch. So if …
An Apple-Carrot-Ginger a Day
If you’ve seen the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, you might well have been tempted to forsake all solid foods plus fats, sugars, salts, carbs—all the fun stuff—for a full on, pureed, juiced-up cleanse. If you haven’t seen …
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