The sounds of a small orchestra drift down from an open window above one of the parking lots at Erector Square. It’s Friday afternoon, and already the light is fading. But upstairs at Music Haven, the fun is just getting …
Pressing Business

Dexterity Press is a suitable name for the fine art press Jeff Mueller runs out of an Erector Square studio, in part because of the deftness required to print with Mueller’s 1905 Chandler & Price press. …
This Week in New Haven (January 14 – 20)

A life-sized board game, a man divided 69 ways, a total lunar eclipse—and that’s just the weekend. …
Behind the Music

Kevin Chapin makes his living shaping slabs of spruce and maple into beautiful forms. But Chapin isn’t a sculptor, exactly; he’s a luthier…
This Week in New Haven (October 23 – 29)

Fictional frights like monsters meet factual ones like climate change, though Halloween itself is yet to come. …
This Week in New Haven (January 16 – 22)

Aching remembrances of a hopeful figure, defiant responses in the face of despair and overdue acknowledgment of marginalized people…
This Week in New Haven (October 24 – 30)

With this year’s Halloween falling on a Monday—next Monday—some of your best bets for scary fun happen the weekend before. …
Major Props

A photo essay.
“One lantern, one set of Erector pieces, three coat trees, 17 trunks, eight moving sewing machines, six stable sewing machines, three sewing machine heads, 1,000 pounds of books…
This Week in New Haven (May 9 – 15)

This week, weekdays are for introducing us to new and renewed things, while the weekend puts the “fun” in fundraisers. …