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War and Peace

War and Peace

Monday is Memorial Day, and New Haven is packed with memorials year-round. Between 1887 and 1905, three separate monuments were erected to honor the Civil War, and they’re all still standing. There’s the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument atop East Rock …

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Pictures of Health

Part of "The Art of Healing" at Smilow Cancer Hospital

Dealing with cancer is an undoubtedly difficult task, one in which a positive support system of friends, family and a trusted medical team is critical.

For patients at Yale-New Haven’s Smilow Cancer Hospital, there’s fine art to ease their troubles …

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Have a Seat

Outside Yale University Art Gallery on Chapel Street

The bistro tables are in bloom.

Lunchtime temperatures haven’t quite stabilized. On several days this past week it was plenty cloudy and chilly at 1 p.m. But, should you so desire, there are ample outdoor dining opportunities downtown. That goes …

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A Shore Thing

Enjoying a beer at Lenny's Indian Head Inn

It’s tempting to start with the fried clams at Lenny’s—crisp, buttery exterior housing the freshly caught bivalves within; crunchy, salty and slightly sweet, too.

Or with a cold Narragansett beer on a warm day, condensation on the outside of the …

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This Week in New Haven (May 20-26)

Howard Platt and Jarlath Conroy in A Couple of Blaguards at Long Wharf

Here’s all the dirt. Yalies tramp across New Haven Green Monday, kicking up dust in caps and gowns, then vamoose for parts unknown. A couple of Irishmen who were so poor as kids that they had to eat dirt for …

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Head for the Hills

The "Castle" at Sleeping Giant State Park

New Haven is blessed to be surrounded by cool climbing places. Within city limits there are the East and West Rocks. Then, not far beyond, is a formation whose very name seems less rocky, more comfy: Sleeping Giant.

Hikers don’t …

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Showrunner

The stage during a recent Manic-produced show at BAR

I first heard about Mark Nussbaum in high school when I was dating a guy in a band. I kept hearing about the shows some kid from Guilford named “Manic Mark” was booking, and was impressed by how ambitious an …

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Two-Street Way

Sidewalk down Howard Ave

A walk down Howe and along Howard takes you from downtown to down-to-the-sea-in-ships. It brings you past the old YMCA, wellness centers, the walls outside the highway and ultimately to the waterfront. This is one of those walks that …

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Down to Earth

Van Wilgen's Garden Center in North Branford

If there is one thing Connecticut residents want after a cold and gray New England winter, it’s a bit of color to reinvigorate our weary souls, and our landscapes, too.

Now’s the right time to officially trade mittens and insulated …

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This Week in New Haven (May 13 – 19)

"Columbus in the New World" at Yale Center for British Art

This week in New Haven begins with the jamming Alpaca Gnomes and ends with the klezmer band Nu Haven Kapelye, with jazz and punk and symphonies in between. There’s a high school youth…

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