Tag Archives: Hamden

This Week in New Haven (May 29 – June 4)

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Between literal parades, a big Saturday may offer the most impressive procession of all. …

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Edge States

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Live From the Edge presented by Long Wharf Theatre exists in finely honed edge states: on the shifting precipice of a set not in stone; near the upper limit of artistic virtuosity; and with the sharpened courage required to express …

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Eco System

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Want to turn Earth Day into Earth days?

Start with this bird’s-eye view of our local eco system, from whatever angles may interest you. …

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TV Networking

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There’s a difference between a sports bar and a TV bar. In the process of trying to please as many fanbases as possible, the former tends to silo its TVs and therefore its patrons into city-states entirely disinterested in one …

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Short and Sweet

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Did you know that humans have been tapping sugar maples to make syrup for at least 8,000 years? Or that sap is 98% water? …

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This Week in New Haven (December 19 – 25)

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Days begin to grow again, as hearts grow three sizes. …

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Plant Therapy

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Dogs Joplin and Gino, their chain collars jingling, are the first to greet me as I enter Anika Stewart and Georgina Gross’s Hamden home, where shelves holding carefully positioned plants climb half the perimeter of the living room. The plants’ …

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Roll Call

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No one has ever logged a perfect game of duckpin bowling, Sandi Thomas tells me. …

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Fall Back

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus

Not every New Haven leaf is a flower. Not yet. But there’s no missing that the…

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Stacks on Stacks

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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 …

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