A brief history of doo-wop in New Haven:
“The Five Satins. Ooooooh!”
Brief enough for you? But such concision lacks the harmony, community, street smarts and nuance that Fred Parris and the rest of The Five Satins were all …
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It’s a Gas
The long-awaited gas station at the Whalley Avenue Stop & Shop supermarket has opened, with seemingly little fanfare. Cars just pull in and fuel up as if the station has been there all the time. And why wouldn’t it have …
Chill Out!
According to weather.com, the hottest day in New Haven history topped out at 103 degrees, measured in 1957. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deems a 106-degree scorcher in Danbury on July 15, 1995, to be the state’s hottest in …
This Week in New Haven (July 8 – 14)
Things have lightened up around town. Sunnier, yes. But we’re also between the big anchoring summer events such as Arts & Ideas and the New Haven Open at Yale. So take this week to just enjoy the extraordinary things Yale …
Grid Luck
We always talk about the Ninth Square, but we call the other eight different things. Nobody says, “Let’s have lunch in the Third Square today.” The Fifth Square, of course, is New Haven Green. The Fourth is essentially Yale. The …
A New Haven Anthem
…with apologies to Francis Scott Key.
Ohhhh, say, can you see…
What if it’s not “Oh, say,” but Old Saybrook? That’s where Yale…
This Week in New Haven (July 1 – 7)
Independence is where it’s at this week in New Haven. Out of the thrall of the interconnected and overwhelming International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which ended Saturday, the city is once again a far-flung and random grab bag of …
Mining Cole
He was the top. He was delightful, delicious, de-lovely. Night and day, he was the one. And he was all that right here in New Haven for a little while in the 1910s.
New Haven has chosen an interesting year …
Make a Break
This school year wasn’t easy. There were “distractions” to overcome, as they say to kids taking Mastery Tests. School was called off for days on end this year, on account of torrential rains, heavy winds and a three-foot snowfall.…
This Week in New Haven (June 24 – 30)
Arts & Ideas remains ubiquitous this week. But you’ll also find plenty to do at year-round institutions like the public library, Artspace and various rock clubs. It’s a festive time of year, with dance and music and circus acts, but …
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