We all know New Haven was so named because it provided a fresh start for Puritan refugees. “Haven” is a significant word. According to the original Noah Webster dictionary of 1828, the word means: (more…)
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Arts Central
What does an arts council do? It counsels on the arts. What’d you expect? In different cities, that can mean different things. Some arts councils become the main presenters and producers of arts events in their communities. Others act as clearing houses for information about what disparate arts groups are doing. Some offer services like the […]
Music Haven Achieves Harmony
The Haven String Quartet’s upcoming “Out of Africa, Into Europe” concert is not the journey you’d imagine. The concert (Feb. 25 at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, then March 6 at SCSU) features the rhythmic “Mu Kkuybo Ery Omusallaba” by Ugandan composer Justinian Tamusuza and “White Man Sleeps” by post-modernist Kevin Volans (who was […]