Now that the International Festival of Arts & Ideas is over, you’d think things would be quiet this week. But it’s still summer, which means (more…)
This Week in New Haven (April 21 – 27)
The city hits an impressive stride this week with four of its annual keystone cultural events happening in as many days. The first of them is distinctively artisanal and intellectual; the (more…)
This Week in New Haven (March 17 – 23)
Winter hands the baton to spring this Thursday, heralding warmth, color and vitality. St. Patrick’s Day gets those vibes going a little early with music and good cheer, which are (more…)
This Week in New Haven (December 23 – 29)
Christmas falls right in the middle of the week this year, with a handful of belated holiday goings-on helping it last through the weekend. Music, lights, big meals and cookies: ’tis the season. (more…)
Poetic License
If you’ve ever caught a Wednesday open mic night at The Space performance complex, 37-year-old performance poet Devlin Grunloh likely closed out the evening, reading just before last call. In 10 years, Grunloh has (more…)
Big Bang
The Space—the rare all-ages concert stage that can attract national acts, and even rarer for being in the middle of Connecticut—just sort of happened. The venue, which serves food and non-alcoholic beverages, occupies the center of an industrial lot off Treadwell Avenue in Hamden. The much-glitzier The Outer Space and Spaceland Ballroom (pictured above during […]
This Week in New Haven (August 19 – 25)
Change is nearly constant this week. A major new railroad station officially opens as the field of women’s tennis stars at the New Haven Open at Yale narrows daily. Long Wharf hosts a radical reimagining of a classic play in the midst of freshman orientations at colleges around the city, and a music festival that’s […]
This Week in New Haven (July 1 – 7)
Independence is where it’s at this week in New Haven. Out of the thrall of the interconnected and overwhelming International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which ended Saturday, the city is once again a far-flung and random grab bag of cultural delights. Yes, there are fewer events overall than when a festival is in town, […]