Here’s some March Madness for you: Yale is out, but UConn is so in that they just embarrassed the team that embarrassed Yale. For fans who root for both the Bulldogs and the Huskies, it’s a kind of revenge. But it’s also a sign of how dominant the UConn men’s basketball team are this year. […]
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Script Notes IV
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: This release is more Rocky IV than Phantom Menace. (more…)
Escape Vehicle
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 beach, where the sand seems impossibly fine for Connecticut’s scratchy coast. But just to the east, […]
Works in Progress
I had never fully considered the social and cultural content of the color pink until I saw Sheila Levrant de Bretteville’s 1974 broadside Pink. Designed for an American Institution of Graphic Arts exhibition, de Bretteville’s piece examined the color from a feminist perspective. She invited women from all walks of life to submit statements and […]
This Week in New Haven (March 25 – 31)
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.” (more…)
Taco Standing
Milford’s Don Rene Taqueria says its tacos “must be considered in any discussion of our state’s best.” Challenge accepted. This small restaurant along the Milford Green felt spare and open, with moody dark tables and leisurely ceiling fans. It doesn’t have a liquor license, so diners are encouraged to BYOB. As for service, the word […]
Mystery Book
Tucked away among the collections of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library lies one of the world’s most mysterious manuscripts (more…)
This Week in New Haven (March 18 – 24)
A big Monday tides us over ’til a big Thursday and a weekend of fun and profound moments. (more…)
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