Daily Nutmeg

Bonsai Trees

Making Like a Tree

The art of bonsai (pronounced “bone-sai”—not “bahn-zai,” the way most of us tend to say it—and literally meaning “plantings in tray”) might seem pretty straightforward. Most people know—perhaps from observing...

Making Like a Tree

The art of bonsai (pronounced “bone-sai”—not “bahn-zai,” the way most of us tend to say it—and literally meaning “plantings in tray”) might seem pretty straightforward. Most people know—perhaps from observing...

Trivia Night at Anna Liffey’s

A Thirst for Knowledge

“What is that? A marmot?” says Guy Townsend, as we scrutinize a photo of a brown, fuzzy animal resembling a beaver. But it couldn’t be a beaver. That’s too easy....

A Thirst for Knowledge

“What is that? A marmot?” says Guy Townsend, as we scrutinize a photo of a brown, fuzzy animal resembling a beaver. But it couldn’t be a beaver. That’s too easy....

from Architecture in Dialogue at Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Let’s Talk

I went into the Architecture in Dialogue exhibit at Yale’s Beinecke Library, which runs through this Friday, December 14, expecting to think about buildings and bridges and feats of engineering...

Let’s Talk

I went into the Architecture in Dialogue exhibit at Yale’s Beinecke Library, which runs through this Friday, December 14, expecting to think about buildings and bridges and feats of engineering...

Joyeüx Noël: Christmas in Canada

Crèche-ing Through the Snow

Brooklyn-based garage rock band The Fleshtones have a song on their Christmas-spirited album Stocking Stuffers called “Canadian Christmas”: I remember a time not so long ago Pushing my way through...

Crèche-ing Through the Snow

Brooklyn-based garage rock band The Fleshtones have a song on their Christmas-spirited album Stocking Stuffers called “Canadian Christmas”: I remember a time not so long ago Pushing my way through...

Long Wharf Theatre, newly renovated

Second Acts

Act surprised. It’s tough to believe that with the new shows coming this week into the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Long Wharf Theatre, we’re already hitting the halfway mark...

Second Acts

Act surprised. It’s tough to believe that with the new shows coming this week into the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Long Wharf Theatre, we’re already hitting the halfway mark...

Seton Gallery at University of New Haven

New Kid Off the Block

When I ask a former student at The University of New Haven if he knows about UNH’s Seton Gallery, he shrugs his shoulders and offers a blank stare in return....

New Kid Off the Block

When I ask a former student at The University of New Haven if he knows about UNH’s Seton Gallery, he shrugs his shoulders and offers a blank stare in return....