Tag Archives: live music

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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Flower Chords

Meriden Daffodil Festival

This weekend, an excellent place to find New Haven-based music acts is 20 miles out of town at the Meriden Daffodil Festival.

New Haven has long been known for its thriving original music scene, particularly in the pop and rock …

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Doing the Rounds

Christy's On Orange

Behind the bar at Christy’s On Orange, a sign hangs before the drinkers perched on stools, pints in hand:

Enter as strangers, leave as friends.

“Did you see my sign?” asks…

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An Indie Gem

Best Video stacks

Scene from a video store: A young woman steps up to the counter. “Where can I find Cape Fear? I thought it would be in ‘Best of Best,’ but…”

“There’s two Cape Fears,” the manager responds, without a …

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Between the Wines

Cave À Vin Wine Bar

Pick a number, but not just any number. “I would hate to have someone just pick blindly and not love it,” owner Linda Fitzpatrick says of her customers and their wine choices at Cave à Vin.

“Wine can be intimidating,” …

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This Week in New Haven (May 28 – June 3)

River City Extension

It’s a week rich in community, of the musical sort. On Monday, the blues community gathers, on Tuesday a grand folk/rock ensemble passes through town, on Friday a high-energy hip-hop musical theater show hits the Shubert and on Sunday the …

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This Week in New Haven (May 21-27)

Chuck Prophet at Cafe Nine on Wed 5/23

Music, some of which accompanies lyrical images of pratfalls, abounds this week in New Haven. You’ll find power pop, ballet scores, memorial funk, Dylan and the Dead tributes, and suspenseful zombie horror chords. Dig in.

Monday, May 21
Be grateful on …

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This Week in New Haven (May 14-20)

Races at The Space Tonight

Yale calls it a year, and there are smart things to do and say in all corners of New Haven this week, from an opera by Cocteau & Poulenc to new ideas for how local farms can partner with health …

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This Week in New Haven (April 9-15)

Reading to a Dog at the NHFPL

Read to a pooch, learn to work like a dog, and trot out your pup for a pet-friendly festival. Plus, some notable film screenings and the start of New Haven Restaurant Week.…

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This Week in New Haven (March 26-April 1)

Alcest upstairs at Toad's Place, Sunday 4/1

Bingo, Beckett, ballet and belly dancing…

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