Like the trees in many of our homes, a precious and beautiful “star” tops this Christmas week. …
This Week in New Haven (March 16 – ?)

Normally, we spend our Mondays highlighting things to see and places to go in the week ahead. …
A Flying Start

Alasdair Neale is the first to acknowledge that some people find classical music—well, stuffy. …
Sonic View

In the “letter scene” of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, based on a book by Alexander Pushkin, the young and inexperienced Tatiana composes a heartfelt letter…
This Week in New Haven (December 18 – 24)

The sounds of the season—blown through bassoons and concertinas, strung through guitars and violins, channeled through effects pedals and car radios—reach the top of their annual crescendo. …
Good to Hear

Every day, we brush sixteenth notes across our teeth, drum rhythms into our cellphones, tap songs onto our keyboards.
Though it also makes music using some strange instruments, the Yale Percussion Group is…
This Week in New Haven (September 18 – 24)

The first part is pretty dreamy, while the second is pretty yummy. …
This Week in New Haven (February 17 – 23)

Wet snow in various stages of falling and sticking and melting turned New Haven into a persistent concrete marshland over the past several days. Just a touch of snow is forecast this…
This Week in New Haven (October 1 – 7)

Some of the major events of autumn kick off this week: Open Studios, the Columbus Day festival and the young, vibrant FITWEEK. Knock yourself out!…
This Week in New Haven (March 19-25)

Monday, March 19
Australian animator Dennis Tupicoff screens and discusses some of his short films, including Dance of Death (a crass TV variety show hosted by “Don Death”), The Darra Dogs (Tupicoff’s memories of childhood pets), His Mother’s Voice (a …