Daily Nutmeg

Rabbi Schneur Wilhelm outside the Joyce and Sol Happiness Hall at Woodmont-Chabad

Staying Power

During the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot, observed for eight days in September this year, it’s customary to erect a fragile temporary dwelling—a sukkah—for eating daily meals and even sleeping....

Staying Power

During the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot, observed for eight days in September this year, it’s customary to erect a fragile temporary dwelling—a sukkah—for eating daily meals and even sleeping....

New Haven Free Skool interior

Open-Ended

“How do we get the barriers between communities dissolved?” Kenneth Reveiz says. “Physical space is a great way of doing that.” At first blush, the New Haven Free Skool appears...

Open-Ended

“How do we get the barriers between communities dissolved?” Kenneth Reveiz says. “Physical space is a great way of doing that.” At first blush, the New Haven Free Skool appears...

Enzo and Carmel Valentino of Valentino Tailors

Strong Suit

While chatting with Enzo Valentino (pictured left, above), owner of Valentino Tailors in Hamden, I can hear the sounds of scissors on fabric and the gentle hum of a sewing...

Strong Suit

While chatting with Enzo Valentino (pictured left, above), owner of Valentino Tailors in Hamden, I can hear the sounds of scissors on fabric and the gentle hum of a sewing...

Keys on Kites

Pigment of Imagination

Coincidentally, Keys on Kites Tattoo manager and piercing guru Mati Vee is obsessed with keys. Vee says it began when he was a child and found a skeleton key in...

Pigment of Imagination

Coincidentally, Keys on Kites Tattoo manager and piercing guru Mati Vee is obsessed with keys. Vee says it began when he was a child and found a skeleton key in...

Music Haven photo by Kathleen Cei

This Week in New Haven (October 14 - 20)

Music, astronomy, theater, charity, food, empowerment, visual arts and film, in that order, sate the senses and engage the intellect this week, reminding us why New Haven is such a...

This Week in New Haven (October 14 - 20)

Music, astronomy, theater, charity, food, empowerment, visual arts and film, in that order, sate the senses and engage the intellect this week, reminding us why New Haven is such a...

"Studies of Herb and Dorothy Vogel" by Will Barnet

Collecting Calls

Why does a person start collecting art? To make money, perhaps, or to show the world one’s impeccable taste. Or maybe to support a beloved artist and to share that...

Collecting Calls

Why does a person start collecting art? To make money, perhaps, or to show the world one’s impeccable taste. Or maybe to support a beloved artist and to share that...