Tag Archives: Sprague Hall

Requiem for a Pizza Joint

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Dark wooden tables carved with decades of initials, doodles and sports allegiances. Cinnamon toast. Pizza slices. A seemingly perpetual stream of ’80s power ballads on a tinny radio. …

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This Week in New Haven (September 10 – 16)

Tim Palmieri at Pacific Standard Tavern

Like the carousel at its end, this week goes round in a glittering swirl of color and contour. …

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This Week in New Haven (September 11 – 17)

New Haven Pride Block Party 2015

Memorial, literary and other reflections mingle with unvarnished fun this week in New Haven. …

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Be Prepared

Downtown New Haven

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.…

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This Week in New Haven (February 18 – 24)

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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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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 …

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This Week in New Haven (January 14 – 20)

from The Women by Dorothy Powers

Bob Dylan (in a “theatrical biography” at Lyric Hall), Robert Johnson (whose seminal blues style is feted by guitarist Rocky Lawrence), Radu Lupu (the renowned pianist)…

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This Week in New Haven (December 10-16)

Alastair Sim in A Christmas Carol

Take a breather from holiday gift-shopping and resolution-writing. Christmas and New Year are still weeks away. While we wish you a happy Hanukkah, enjoy the sheer variety and wintry dazzlement on tap in New Haven this week. School’s still in …

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This Week in New Haven (May 7-13)

Beauty and the Beast

Art trumps life in town this week, with a founding Situationist artist visiting Yale, two fashion show charity events, the wondrous Westville ArtWalk and all that jazz.

Monday, May 7
The Situationist International group which began in the late 1950s …

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