I never got over Brontosaurus excelsus (“noble thunder lizard” for those of us who don’t speak ancient Greek). I don’t know when I first visited Yale’s Peabody Museum, probably at age 4 or 5, but that ginormous dinosaur floored …
Diplomatic Mission
From the outside, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike looks like an ordinary office building. …
Lost & Found
The concept of college students traveling abroad to expand their horizons isn’t some 20th century idea that took hold after the invention of the airplane and the Eurail Pass. It’s been happening for centuries, as is shown in the new …
The Art of William Congdon, Redeemed
Thank heaven that William Congdon converted to Catholicism in 1959. If he hadn’t, New Haven might not have gotten this rare and remarkable retrospective of his work.
The Sabbath of History: William Congdon/Meditations on Holy Week is not only a …
Shocked Into Fitness By Big Food
A man is staring at a row of spoons. Arranged vertically like a 3D bar graph, each row of spoons demonstrates how much sugar is found in various beverages, from juice boxes to cans of ice tea and bottles of …
Enlightened by Eli
Bill Brown is joining time, space, bits of woods and New Haven history before a room of field-tripping fourth graders. …