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This Week in New Haven (June 23 - 29)

This Week in New Haven (June 23 - 29)

A heat wave rolls through, as sparks begin to fly a whole week before the Fourth. Monday, June 23The second and final week of the 2025 International Festival of Arts...

This Week in New Haven (June 23 - 29)

A heat wave rolls through, as sparks begin to fly a whole week before the Fourth. Monday, June 23The second and final week of the 2025 International Festival of Arts...

Sunny Day

Sunny Day

Summer is here, and, just in time, so is the heat. Outside of time is Horse Island, the largest of the Thimbles. Officially uninhabited, at least by people, the island...

Sunny Day

Summer is here, and, just in time, so is the heat. Outside of time is Horse Island, the largest of the Thimbles. Officially uninhabited, at least by people, the island...

Equal Terms

Equal Terms

On January 29, 1864, a “large, well-formed and dignified man” stepped onto a “sort of rude balcony” at Grape Vine Point, where the Mill River meets the Quinnipiac. More than...

Equal Terms

On January 29, 1864, a “large, well-formed and dignified man” stepped onto a “sort of rude balcony” at Grape Vine Point, where the Mill River meets the Quinnipiac. More than...

Close Listening

Close Listening

A number of songs mention New Haven. A number of those aren’t music to my ears. Here are five that are. “Sunday on the West Side” (1998)by Push Kings |...

Close Listening

A number of songs mention New Haven. A number of those aren’t music to my ears. Here are five that are. “Sunday on the West Side” (1998)by Push Kings |...

Lords of the Ring

Lords of the Ring

Like something out of The Lord of the Rings, “Harkness Tower” sounds foreboding enough to match the look of its bearer, a craggy Gothic grimace rising 216 feet over Yale...

Lords of the Ring

Like something out of The Lord of the Rings, “Harkness Tower” sounds foreboding enough to match the look of its bearer, a craggy Gothic grimace rising 216 feet over Yale...

This Week in New Haven (June 16 - 22)

This Week in New Haven (June 16 - 22)

Milestones and throwbacks sustain, while novelties and one-offs percuss. Monday, June 16At 6 p.m., Branford’s Blackstone Library holds a Juneteenth concert featuring the Afro-Semitic Experience, a “jazz, gospel, and world...

This Week in New Haven (June 16 - 22)

Milestones and throwbacks sustain, while novelties and one-offs percuss. Monday, June 16At 6 p.m., Branford’s Blackstone Library holds a Juneteenth concert featuring the Afro-Semitic Experience, a “jazz, gospel, and world...