Tag Archives: Toad’s Place

This Week in New Haven (December 17 – 23)

A Christmas Carol (1951)

Magical realism: a genre of storytelling, yes, but also a fair summation of the week ahead. …

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This Week in New Haven (October 22 – 28)

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Trick or treat! Halloween isn’t here yet, but the weekend before Halloween is. …

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This Week in New Haven (December 25 – 31)

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“The most wonderful time of the year,” as the late crooner Andy Williams described it, is almost over. Some final ways to enjoy it: …

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This Week in New Haven (December 18 – 24)

Fantasy of Lights in Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, CT

The sounds of the season—blown through bassoons and concertinas, strung through guitars and violins, channeled through effects pedals and car radios—reach the top of their annual crescendo. …

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This Week in New Haven (October 2 – 8)

Sculpture by Gar Waterman

This week it’s culture high and wide, finished with a splash—or is it a slash?—of Halloween. …

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This Week in New Haven (July 17 – 23)

Ghost (the band)

Returning this week: annual get-togethers, faux Satanists, immigrants (to their gustatory roots) and New Englanders (to theirs). …

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Explosions on the Ground

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Then, it was organic. Now, it’s organized.

When it threw its first show in the Madison Arts Barn on April 20, 2002, Manic Presents was …

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This Week in New Haven (March 13 – 19)

A moment in Moonlight (2016)

Yale’s on break, but New Haven’s not. Gripping film, indie lit, stirring sounds and “ecstatic” dance keep us moving. …

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This Week in New Haven (January 2 – 8)

Sideways + Askew at River Street Gallery, summer 2015

Welcome to 2017, which has dancers, musicians and artists for starters. …

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This Week in New Haven (December 19 – 25)

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As the Christmas season peaks, New Haven’s holiday traditions and its year-round ones—like thinking critically, viewing live performances and finding special joy in food—get twisted up like a candy cane. …

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