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Unsettling In

Unsettling In

We have expectations of our furniture: that it will be comfortable, sturdy, beautiful, useful. But if the underlying concept were “perverted”—“turned away from what is right or good; corrupt; improper;...

Unsettling In

We have expectations of our furniture: that it will be comfortable, sturdy, beautiful, useful. But if the underlying concept were “perverted”—“turned away from what is right or good; corrupt; improper;...

Sound Mind

Sound Mind

It’s a rainy Sunday afternoon, and Chris Della Ragione has been lowering the needle over jazz and reggae records, filling Elm City Sounds with warm, analog music because he suspects...

Sound Mind

It’s a rainy Sunday afternoon, and Chris Della Ragione has been lowering the needle over jazz and reggae records, filling Elm City Sounds with warm, analog music because he suspects...

Mia Katigbak and Maggie Bofill

Knock Knock

Nora is back. On her way out the door 15 years ago, the heroine of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play A Doll’s House (1879) may have overturned the single armchair we...

Knock Knock

Nora is back. On her way out the door 15 years ago, the heroine of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play A Doll’s House (1879) may have overturned the single armchair we...

Seers

Seers

Some numbers carry more value than others. Some carry more weight. The number “2020” might conjure up clear vision or hindsight, impending elections or the future in general. It’s a...

Seers

Some numbers carry more value than others. Some carry more weight. The number “2020” might conjure up clear vision or hindsight, impending elections or the future in general. It’s a...

Bravo

Bravo

From the back of the cello section in London’s Royal Philharmonic to the conductor’s podium of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton has held onto a few basic ideals:...

Bravo

From the back of the cello section in London’s Royal Philharmonic to the conductor’s podium of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton has held onto a few basic ideals:...

Sam Burton, owner of Grey Matter Books

Brace Your Shelves

A few of the shelves at Grey Matter Books, a two-month-old shop on York Street near Elm, are still empty, but that’s because owner Sam Burton is still looking for...

Brace Your Shelves

A few of the shelves at Grey Matter Books, a two-month-old shop on York Street near Elm, are still empty, but that’s because owner Sam Burton is still looking for...