A brief history of doo-wop in New Haven: “The Five Satins. Ooooooh!” Brief enough for you? But such concision lacks the harmony, community, street smarts and nuance that Fred Parris and the rest of The Five Satins were all about when they formed in New Haven nearly 60 years ago. When the rock-nostalgia club Bopper’s ruled the downtown […]
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It’s a Gas
The long-awaited gas station at the Whalley Avenue Stop & Shop supermarket has opened, with seemingly little fanfare. Cars just pull in and fuel up as if the station has been there all the time. And why wouldn’t it have been? Whalley’s got car dealerships, auto parts stores, car washes, auto repair garages… Is it […]
Chill Out!
According to weather.com, the hottest day in New Haven history topped out at 103 degrees, measured in 1957. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deems a 106-degree scorcher in Danbury on July 15, 1995, to be the state’s hottest in its history. Okay, so it’s not 106 out there right now—yet. But July is traditionally the […]
This Week in New Haven (July 8 – 14)
Things have lightened up around town. Sunnier, yes. But we’re also between the big anchoring summer events such as Arts & Ideas and the New Haven Open at Yale. So take this week to just enjoy the extraordinary things Yale has to offer even at a slow time of year. Singing! Live theater! And yes, […]
Grid Luck
We always talk about the Ninth Square, but we call the other eight different things. Nobody says, “Let’s have lunch in the Third Square today.” The Fifth Square, of course, is New Haven Green. The Fourth is essentially Yale. The First, Seventh and Eighth we think of as shopping districts, while the Ninth is largely […]
A New Haven Anthem
…with apologies to Francis Scott Key. Ohhhh, say, can you see… What if it’s not “Oh, say,” but Old Saybrook? That’s where Yale (more…)
This Week in New Haven (July 1 – 7)
Independence is where it’s at this week in New Haven. Out of the thrall of the interconnected and overwhelming International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which ended Saturday, the city is once again a far-flung and random grab bag of cultural delights. Yes, there are fewer events overall than when a festival is in town, […]
Mining Cole
He was the top. He was delightful, delicious, de-lovely. Night and day, he was the one. And he was all that right here in New Haven for a little while in the 1910s. New Haven has chosen an interesting year in which to honor songwriter and bon vivant Cole Porter. It’s not the centennial of […]
Make a Break
This school year wasn’t easy. There were “distractions” to overcome, as they say to kids taking Mastery Tests. School was called off for days on end this year, on account of torrential rains, heavy winds and a three-foot snowfall. (more…)
This Week in New Haven (June 24 – 30)
Arts & Ideas remains ubiquitous this week. But you’ll also find plenty to do at year-round institutions like the public library, Artspace and various rock clubs. It’s a festive time of year, with dance and music and circus acts, but this week is also tinged with social consciousness. There’s a poetry reading in honor of […]
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