He was born in 1799. He made civil rights history. And he tried to make more. …
The Note Book

Researching family history for the publication of her parents’ love letters was interesting and fun, Hamden author Jill Snyder says. It was also healing. …
Tending Bars

Saffiyah Shahid’s soaps, known as SAFfyre’s Herbal Butters, aren’t pillow-shaped buns in factory white but rather decisively angled ingots veined in purples and reds and golds. …
Solo Six

Cardboard is, according to artist Henry Klimowicz, “a valueless material.” Yet what he does with it belies the statement. …
Delicacy, and Delicacies

Tucked into little bird’s nest pastries and featured in authentic Damascan-style ice cream, pistachios are a key ingredient at the new Pistachio Café in Westville. …
This Week in New Haven (January 4 – 10)

Memories bubble up through choral swells, questions with answers, natural heritage and a familiar first. …