Tag Archives: Toad’s Place

Stacked Deck

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New Haven really stacks up. For example, in this city, you don’t have to work too hard to find a good stack of food. Vito’s sandwiches are reliable and comforting. Meat & Co.’s are complex and gourmet. (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (November 28 – December 4)

Photo by Robert Lisak

With two dance parties, two art openings and two venues meriting two listings apiece, twice is clearly nice this week in New Haven.  (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (November 21 – 27)

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Though it isn’t a religious moment, this Thanksgiving week makes excellent use of churches, whose acoustic gifts are thanks-worthy indeed.  (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (October 31 – November 6)

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If you were out and about over the weekend, you saw Halloween hijinks rise with each descent into night. That continues for one more evening, before (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (August 29 – September 4)

Odyssey Festival

Jazz and blues provide the cool, urbane soundtrack to a week marked by warm, country-style experiences.  (more…)

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Stringing Along

Rohn Lawrence

When Rohn (“Ron”) Lawrence isn’t playing in Lilly’s Pad at Toad’s Place, he’s hopping on planes to Texas, California, Florida and virtually anywhere his guitar is demanded. Shredding for over 50 years—closer to 60 if you count (more…)

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For the Record

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“I don’t know why we didn’t give up,” Frank Sacramone said last night with a laugh, his dark mop still damp with sweat. Sacramone’s Bethany-based progressive metal band, Earthside, had just finished a (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (March 7 – 13)

Earthside, photographed by Ian Christmann

The marching orders are pretty tight this week, between heady exhibits and technical concerts. Or they’re pretty loose, between a weeklong farce and a freaky Friday. (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (January 4 – 10)

Wee Gee Was Here by Will Lustenader

Watchers have a lot of lookers to see; listeners have a lot of sounders to hear; and the two camps have more than one reason to get together, this week in New Haven.  (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (December 14 – 20)

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Serenity or tragedy? Cheer or angst? Cookies or death-duels? The choice is yours this week—or not. Unlike in a certain of-the-moment space saga, New Haveners aren’t forced to choose between light and dark. We can have ’em both.  (more…)

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