Daily Nutmeg

Student and tutor at New Haven Reads

Turning the Page

You might remember a series of commercials from the early 90s featuring adorable young children standing on stage, smiling in the spotlight and exuberantly declaring, “Hooked on Phonics worked for...

Turning the Page

You might remember a series of commercials from the early 90s featuring adorable young children standing on stage, smiling in the spotlight and exuberantly declaring, “Hooked on Phonics worked for...

Clifford Beers Clinic

Hearts and Minds

It’s clear from the moment you walk into the lobby—featuring colorful, soft couches and hand-painted murals—that creating a positive, safe feeling of community is a priority at the Clifford Beers...

Hearts and Minds

It’s clear from the moment you walk into the lobby—featuring colorful, soft couches and hand-painted murals—that creating a positive, safe feeling of community is a priority at the Clifford Beers...

Fantasy of Lights

Head Toward the Lights

A green, smiling dragon and sailboat rock back and forth through ocean waves. A festive train carries candy canes and gifts with bows. A tireless Victorian paperboy throws his newspaper...

Head Toward the Lights

A green, smiling dragon and sailboat rock back and forth through ocean waves. A festive train carries candy canes and gifts with bows. A tireless Victorian paperboy throws his newspaper...

Dr. Darnell Young

Brushing Up

Overflowing bags of Halloween loot—Tootsie Rolls, cherry-flavored lollipops and mini Snickers bars—hang around long after the holiday is over, a daily temptation. Dr. Darnell Young won’t say what his favorite...

Brushing Up

Overflowing bags of Halloween loot—Tootsie Rolls, cherry-flavored lollipops and mini Snickers bars—hang around long after the holiday is over, a daily temptation. Dr. Darnell Young won’t say what his favorite...

CT RollerGirls

Roll Players

You probably have a picture of roller derby in your head that feels very 1970s: a bunch of tough gals with campy, sexually suggestive pseudonyms skating in a sloped circle...

Roll Players

You probably have a picture of roller derby in your head that feels very 1970s: a bunch of tough gals with campy, sexually suggestive pseudonyms skating in a sloped circle...

Stuffed monkey at the CT Children’s Museum

Touch and Go

Costumes, games, puzzles, puppets, playhouses. Bugs, drums, wheel barrows, Lincoln Logs, a maze. Toy planes and trains and trucks and cars, toy toolboxes, a toy piano. And stuffed animals. Oh,...

Touch and Go

Costumes, games, puzzles, puppets, playhouses. Bugs, drums, wheel barrows, Lincoln Logs, a maze. Toy planes and trains and trucks and cars, toy toolboxes, a toy piano. And stuffed animals. Oh,...