Even as the city channels Turkey, Syria, Ethiopia, the Alps, Ireland and these entire United States, several local pre-holiday traditions make it feel as if…
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This Week in New Haven (October 27 – November 2)

Amid celebrity appearances and other notable cultural events this week, the zombie elephant in the room is Halloween, which inspires a gutsy retail experiment in a tight space, a…
Find It in Your Art

The trappings of the visuals arts—paintbrushes, pottery wheels, fancy cameras, tiny glass beads—have always made me nervous. “I’m not very artistic,” I say. “It’s not one of my talents.”
The people at the Creative Arts Workshop beg to differ. And …