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 …
This Week in New Haven (May 6 – 12)
The school year is winding down, which means there’s a lot of concerts and performances marking the culminations of several years of study. Thespians at the Yale School of Drama stage full productions of new works by their classmates, as …
This Week in New Haven (April 1 – 7)
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 …
This Week in New Haven (March 11 – 17)
In with the new! The only dinosaurs this week are at Yale’s Peabody Museum, where they ought to be. Elsewhere, all is fresh and forward-thinking. Young singers, progressive jazzmen and socially conscious artists and visionaries lead the charge. Even the …
Be Prepared
Downtown New haven can be a paradise for a pedestrian. There are hundreds of shops, dozens of restaurants, several major galleries and museums, and an entire Ivy League university within walking distance of New Haven Green.…
Thanks for the Ride
Cyclists are psyched.
Conditions for bicycling around town may not be great due to recent extreme snowfalls and turbulent cold winds, but there’s a lot to bike forward to. On April 20, there’s the annual Rock to Rock ride from …
This Week in New Haven (February 18 – 24)
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…
This Week in New Haven (January 28 – February 3)
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 …
This Week in New Haven (January 21 – 27)
It’s a week of peace, community, religious thought, great journeys and social concerns befitting the legacy of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That includes everything from the “Religion and Film” series at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center to a …
In Shirt Supply
There are clothes that suggest a culture, or a region of the country. There are outfits which denote a certain era or outlook. Then there are the sartorial choices that say “New Haven.” Literally.
You’ll always have a lot more …









