Between literal parades, a big Saturday may offer the most impressive procession of all. (more…)
Tag Archives: Hamden
Edge States
Live From the Edge presented by Long Wharf Theatre exists in finely honed edge states: on the shifting precipice of a set not in stone; near the upper limit of artistic virtuosity; and with the sharpened courage required to express genuine heterodoxy. The “fusion theatre” performance, a non-linear showcase of work written, adapted and performed […]
Eco System
Want to turn Earth Day into Earth days? Start with this bird’s-eye view of our local eco system, from whatever angles may interest you. (more…)
TV Networking
There’s a difference between a sports bar and a TV bar. In the process of trying to please as many fanbases as possible, the former tends to silo its TVs and therefore its patrons into city-states entirely disinterested in one another. I prefer a TV bar. A good one has only a few screens carrying […]
Short and Sweet
Did you know that humans have been tapping sugar maples to make syrup for at least 8,000 years? Or that sap is 98% water? (more…)
This Week in New Haven (December 19 – 25)
Days begin to grow again, as hearts grow three sizes. (more…)
Plant Therapy
Dogs Joplin and Gino, their chain collars jingling, are the first to greet me as I enter Anika Stewart and Georgina Gross’s Hamden home, where shelves holding carefully positioned plants climb half the perimeter of the living room. The plants’ stems are maroon, light green, deep green, and their tendrils snake among the shelves, winding […]
Fall Back
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. —The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus Not every New Haven leaf is a flower. Not yet. But there’s no missing that the (more…)
Stacks on Stacks
After trying spine poetry at home, I set out to see what I could build elsewhere. Starting at Grey Matter Books on York Street, I realized that curating a stack of books whose titles could add up to a poem was definitely more challenging when I didn’t know the inventory—and when there was so very […]
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