With Valentine’s Day looming, love is in the air. Drifting alongside it are riveting stories and sparkling cocktail conversation, plus a soundtrack to fit the …
This Week in New Haven (January 18 – 24)
For New Haven, MLK Day today isn’t just a day of rest but a day of new experiences. Actually, so’s the rest of the week, where …
This Week in New Haven (December 28 – January 3)
Consider the simple, mind-clearing image above a palate cleanser—which its subject will indeed become this Friday after a night of especially hard partying. …
Five Stars
377 years ago tomorrow, New Haven was founded.
One year ago tomorrow, five major annual happenings converged on a single weekend. …
This Week in New Haven (April 20 – 26)
Big annual happenings in the coming days prompt us to tune up our bikes, pull together favorite outfits, work up strong appetites and keep our…
Looks Alive
You could say the south room of the Eli Whitney barn, located across the street from the famous Whitney museum and workshop that owns it, is “lived-in.” Sawdust marks the spots where file, rasp, radial blade, chainsaw, orbital…
This Week in New Haven (November 24 – 30)
Stuff happens, especially in the days to come. Two face-stuffing traditions preoccupy New Haveners in the beginning and middle of the week, with a…
Crushing It
A print on a wall at the bottom of a staircase. An antique rifle kept racked behind glass. A milling machine thought to be the oldest in America. A plaque hanging inside a white-slatted house. An interior wall that looks …
Meet the Challenge
If Leonardo da Vinci were alive now, he would’ve blown out 562 candles earlier this month, probably using some elegant, ingenious contraption to do it.
Instead, every year around this time, the Eli Whitney…
This Week in New Haven (April 21 – 27)
The city hits an impressive stride this week with four of its annual keystone cultural events happening in as many days. The first of them is distinctively artisanal and intellectual; the…