Tag Archives: Westville

This Week in New Haven (October 11 – 17)

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Step outside, inside, up and around, and not just while learning a few new moves.

Monday, October 11
At 1 p.m., an Indigenous Peoples’ Day event celebrates “indigenous peoples from Turtle Island and beyond” outside City Hall (165 Church St, …

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This Week in New Haven (September 6 – 12)

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The big race is today, but things really speed up over the weekend. …

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Bringing It Back

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In the front room at Lyric Hall Antiques and Conservation, a 400-year-old mirror is undergoing surgery. Whole passages of its gilt frame—florid segments that cross the mirror like vines—are missing and have to be carefully recreated, then gilded to match. …

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Sound Effect

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A photo essay. To view higher-quality images, check out the email version.

A little after 7 p.m. last Friday, the winds of change swept through…

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This Week in New Haven (May 3 – 9)

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Things begin with a pop or two, and that’s before Artwalk makes its triumphant return. …

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Delicacy, and Delicacies

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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. …

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On the Edge

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Cycling south from the top of Yale Avenue takes advantage of one of the nicer designated bike routes in New Haven. You’ve got…

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Neighboring

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Home to a historic village, a public library, old factory buildings, art studios and galleries, Edgewood Park, Hopkins School, the Yale Bowl, the Yale Golf Course and…

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Old West

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The small business district of Westville Village, which came of age in the second half of the 19th century, is special in part because its long history as a center of industry and commerce is still visible today—a fact that …

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Household Name

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Experience a different kind of cabin fever with this story from 2017.

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