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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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This Week in New Haven (April 22 – 28)

Wayne Escoffery

It’s New Haven’s 375th birthday this week, and the soundtrack is jazz. The week offers such stellar practitioners of the artform as Willie Ruff (speaking about the links between line-singing in…

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This Week in New Haven (April 1 – 7)

Edible Book Tea at Creative Arts Workshop

Sorry, but not one of the items listed below is an April Fool’s prank. There really is that much to do in New Haven this week. You can hear Paul Giamatti speak, watch one of the most acclaimed documentaries of …

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This Week in New Haven (February 18 – 24)

Dada

Last Monday’s column alerted readers that the major snowstorm (“Nemo,” if you insist) could impact some events in the New Haven area and indeed it did. The storm fall-out continues to…

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Cocoa Buffs

An entry at the Valentine Chocolate Festival

This year, there are a few reasons besides Valentine’s Day that give you cause to make sure there’s some chocolate around the house. Recovering from a massive snowstorm, various political speeches about the state of the city or the state …

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This Week in New Haven (February 11 – 17)

Mary Poppins at YCBA

The city got clobbered with snow Friday and Saturday, which led to the cancellation of several notable events planned for the weekend. The coming week looks much more benign; nonetheless, it’s a timely reminder for readers to double-check with the venue …

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This Week in New Haven (January 28 – February 3)

Revelers at Flights of Fancy during winter 2012

Even on the coldest days of the year, even on quiet weekdays, even on Super Bowl Sunday, the vibrant cultural scene of New Haven gives you good reason to get out of the house. This week, as January turns into …

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This Week in New Haven (January 7 – 13)

Grimm Generation

Enjoy the music. It flows from dance to original contemporary blues to blues/rock to New Orleans R&B to acoustic noodlings. There’s also music to be found in the Latin poetry of Ovid and the tranquil yet provocative paintings and prints …

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Making Like a Tree

Bonsai Trees

The art of bonsai (pronounced “bone-sai”—not “bahn-zai,” the way most of us tend to say it—and literally meaning “plantings in tray”) might seem pretty straightforward. Most people know—perhaps from observing Pat Morita’s character Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid—that bonsai …

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