When the tattoo artists at Lovecraft need a bit of inspiration, they often look to their walls. Each of the four inkers has a dedicated work room, and, in a sense, three of those rooms are themselves inked.…
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Fall-In
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
—from The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus
Not every leaf in New Haven is a flower. Indeed, most aren’t. Not yet. But there’s no denying the…
Head for the Hills
New Haven is blessed to be surrounded by cool climbing places. Within city limits there are the East and West Rocks. Then, not far beyond, is a formation whose very name seems less rocky, more comfy: Sleeping Giant.
Hikers don’t …
Big & Tall
The Sleeping Giant is one of the enduring icons of Southern Connecticut, a slope of hills which forms the shape of a prone, lain-down body. In the late 1980s, local arts activist Jeff Burnett concocted a festival called “Waking the …