A photo essay. To view all 10 images, check out the email edition. …
Going Fourth

America’s 246th birthday happens Monday, and we’re RSVPing yes.
In the meantime, we might head to…
Public ’Works

Summer’s first fever has broken, and the rain that broke it is projected to finish in time for Sunday’s Fourth of July fireworks over East Rock Park.
Three bits of wisdom from experience…
Blasts from the Past

An exploding firework is loud and sudden.
But a photo of one is quiet and still…
This Week in New Haven (July 2 – 8)

This Fourth of July, American patriotism takes center-week, with a finishing flourish too. …
Have a Peak

A photo essay.
Marking the peak of East Rock, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument also marks the spot where the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show launches, with …
Free Time

Philosophers consider independence a “negative” liberty—a “freedom from,” as opposed to a “freedom to.” Of course, in practice, when you’re freer from this, you’re generally freer to that. …