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Silas Finch at his workstation

Finder‘s Keepers

An aged pair of beige high heels sits atop New Haven sculptor Silas Finch’s workstation, their insoles covered in rose thorns collected, cut and placed by tattooed fingers. A 1930s...

Finder‘s Keepers

An aged pair of beige high heels sits atop New Haven sculptor Silas Finch’s workstation, their insoles covered in rose thorns collected, cut and placed by tattooed fingers. A 1930s...

Little Miss Sunshine

This Week in New Haven (March 24 - 30)

Good things come in twos this week in New Haven. A movie double-feature with behind-the-scenes star power whets appetites for a two-day film festival later in the week. A first...

This Week in New Haven (March 24 - 30)

Good things come in twos this week in New Haven. A movie double-feature with behind-the-scenes star power whets appetites for a two-day film festival later in the week. A first...

"The Leave-Taking" by Margaret Lyster Chamberlain

Poetic Injustice

A skeletal, exhausted-looking man dressed in rags leans over a spade, preparing a hole in the ground. To the left, his wife hunches over a small bundle in her arms,...

Poetic Injustice

A skeletal, exhausted-looking man dressed in rags leans over a spade, preparing a hole in the ground. To the left, his wife hunches over a small bundle in her arms,...

Bringing It Back

Bringing It Back

A secondhand wonderland is mounting a second coming in New Haven. Nifty Thrifty, an online retailer of curated vintage clothing established here in 2010, moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2012....

Bringing It Back

A secondhand wonderland is mounting a second coming in New Haven. Nifty Thrifty, an online retailer of curated vintage clothing established here in 2010, moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2012....

Alicia Valentino

Contemporary Impressionism

Professional image consultant and New Haven native Alicia Valentino knows closets. More precisely, she knows what to do with what’s in them. She can transform a random jumble of button-downs...

Contemporary Impressionism

Professional image consultant and New Haven native Alicia Valentino knows closets. More precisely, she knows what to do with what’s in them. She can transform a random jumble of button-downs...

Bill Contois and son

Speak Easy

The corner of Nicoll and Eagle Streets in East Rock seems mostly unremarkable, occupied by a tidy, old brick building, the upstairs levels respectfully residential. But intrigue peeks out streetside,...

Speak Easy

The corner of Nicoll and Eagle Streets in East Rock seems mostly unremarkable, occupied by a tidy, old brick building, the upstairs levels respectfully residential. But intrigue peeks out streetside,...