After trying spine poetry at home, I set out to see what I could build elsewhere. Starting at Grey Matter Books on York Street, I realized that curating a stack of books whose titles could add up to a …
Open Season

Need a pumpkin spice fix but want to skip the chains? Check out these homegrown options.
Announced with cheerful signage, Claire’s Corner Copia’s pumpkin spice drinks feel perfectly at home in a place named for a cornucopia. The Pumpkin …
More Power

If you’ve ever consumed a Doonesbury comic, a John Mellencamp album, a Bret Easton Ellis novel, an East Rock Brewing Company beer or a New Haven Pecha Kucha night, chances are you’ve…
Rack ’Em Up

There’s a subtle addition to the décor at the Atticus Bookstore Café. Pass by too quickly when scanning the shelves for the latest hip college-town reading materials and you’ll miss it. Thanks to its large windows and tidy arrangement of …
This Week in New Haven (November 19 – 25)

It’s Thanksgiving Week—traditionally a time when major institutions and colleges shut down for several days while everyone heads home for festive family gatherings. This being New Haven, however, there is still…