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Word Play
Lexicographer Orin Hargraves estimated in 2017 that “the world of English lexicography” is populated by “no more than 100 people.” In the parallel world of Jacqueline Bircher’s play Webster’s Bitch,...
Word Play
Lexicographer Orin Hargraves estimated in 2017 that “the world of English lexicography” is populated by “no more than 100 people.” In the parallel world of Jacqueline Bircher’s play Webster’s Bitch,...
Mex and Match
La Catrina and La Catrina, sister restaurants in West Haven and Milford, are named—and decorated—after a symbol that began in 1912 as an obscure satirical print. After a surge of...
Mex and Match
La Catrina and La Catrina, sister restaurants in West Haven and Milford, are named—and decorated—after a symbol that began in 1912 as an obscure satirical print. After a surge of...
This Week in New Haven (May 13 - 19)
The week begins and ends with beautiful voices, as Saturday spans city and country fun. Monday, May 13 A smattering of concert-only tickets remain for Long Wharf Theatre’s gala celebration...
This Week in New Haven (May 13 - 19)
The week begins and ends with beautiful voices, as Saturday spans city and country fun. Monday, May 13 A smattering of concert-only tickets remain for Long Wharf Theatre’s gala celebration...
Fresh Powder
As far as I’m aware, New Haven has exactly one holiday to call its own: Powder House Day. If these photos from last year’s celebration (and this explanation of the...
Fresh Powder
As far as I’m aware, New Haven has exactly one holiday to call its own: Powder House Day. If these photos from last year’s celebration (and this explanation of the...
Battle Lines
Early in the American Revolution, General George Washington had a 14th colony in mind: Canada. He also had a trusted subordinate eager to test that idea: Colonel Benedict Arnold of...
Battle Lines
Early in the American Revolution, General George Washington had a 14th colony in mind: Canada. He also had a trusted subordinate eager to test that idea: Colonel Benedict Arnold of...
Bee Queen
Lauren Doninger, the proprietor and beekeeper of Yellow House Honey, will often simply watch her bees. Behind the titular house in suburban Hamden, she stops among her wooden hive boxes,...
Bee Queen
Lauren Doninger, the proprietor and beekeeper of Yellow House Honey, will often simply watch her bees. Behind the titular house in suburban Hamden, she stops among her wooden hive boxes,...