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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

This Week in New Haven (July 13 - 19)

Fasten your seat belts. Flights of one sort or another—space travel, crowd surfing, wine-tasting and the departure of a long-running exhibit—have us strapping in this week in New Haven. Monday,...

This Week in New Haven (July 13 - 19)

Fasten your seat belts. Flights of one sort or another—space travel, crowd surfing, wine-tasting and the departure of a long-running exhibit—have us strapping in this week in New Haven. Monday,...

Plant life in Edgewood Park

Living on the Edge

Nature doesn’t play favorites when it comes to which plants can go where. But man abides few tenants, plants or otherwise, within the spaces he carves out for himself. Take...

Living on the Edge

Nature doesn’t play favorites when it comes to which plants can go where. But man abides few tenants, plants or otherwise, within the spaces he carves out for himself. Take...

Habakuk by Max Ernst

Conversation Piece

Yale’s architecture is aflutter with birds. Some are phoenixes, some are eagles, though for the most part owls rule the roost. Yet for the last two years, a mysterious newcomer...

Conversation Piece

Yale’s architecture is aflutter with birds. Some are phoenixes, some are eagles, though for the most part owls rule the roost. Yet for the last two years, a mysterious newcomer...

A still from The Goonies

This Week in New Haven (July 6 - 12)

City government—joined by a couple of music clubs, an indie bookstore, an experimental playhouse, a restaurant and an art gallery—is stepping up to help us make the most of summer...

This Week in New Haven (July 6 - 12)

City government—joined by a couple of music clubs, an indie bookstore, an experimental playhouse, a restaurant and an art gallery—is stepping up to help us make the most of summer...

Star-Spangled

Star-Spangled

Old Glory. It seems we tend to appreciate her more during the run-up to July 4, and that includes her aesthetics. Bright with lots of contrast, detailed without being busy,...

Star-Spangled

Old Glory. It seems we tend to appreciate her more during the run-up to July 4, and that includes her aesthetics. Bright with lots of contrast, detailed without being busy,...

Jennifer Ford-Chatfield, owner of Fleur de Lys

Tower of Flower

It was the prevailing symbol of French royalty for more than 500 years. As France battled, bred and cavorted with other peoples around the globe, the symbol spread, too, appropriated...

Tower of Flower

It was the prevailing symbol of French royalty for more than 500 years. As France battled, bred and cavorted with other peoples around the globe, the symbol spread, too, appropriated...