Tag Archives: Westville

Home Addition

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Vintanthro Modern & Vintage has been a Westville staple since 2018, selling well-preserved dresses, belts, suits, boots. But there wasn’t a lot of room to carry the things that dress up homes: tables, chairs, lamps, kitchenware and more, with the …

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Old-Timers

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A time traveler from New Haven’s colonial days would barely recognize it today. …

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On the Edge

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Cycling south from the top of Yale Avenue takes advantage of one of the better designated bike routes in New Haven. You’ve got…

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Specifically General

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Just a few short months after deciding that Westville could really use a general store, Alex Dakoulas opened one…

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This Week in New Haven (December 6 – 12)

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Fine arts, performing arts and seasonal arts span tchotchkes, Tchaikovsky and chainsaws. …

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This Week in New Haven (November 22 – 28)

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New Haven’s Thanksgiving Week traditions—impudent live music, delightful model trains, locavorous gift shopping—return. …

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This Week in New Haven (October 11 – 17)

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Step outside, inside, up and around, and not just while learning a few new moves.

Monday, October 11
At 1 p.m., an Indigenous Peoples’ Day event celebrates “indigenous peoples from Turtle Island and beyond” outside City Hall (165 Church St, …

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This Week in New Haven (September 6 – 12)

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The big race is today, but things really speed up over the weekend. …

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Bringing It Back

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In the front room at Lyric Hall Antiques and Conservation, a 400-year-old mirror is undergoing surgery. Whole passages of its gilt frame—florid segments that cross the mirror like vines—are missing and have to be carefully recreated, then gilded to match. …

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Sound Effect

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A photo essay. To view higher-quality images, check out the email version.

A little after 7 p.m. last Friday, the winds of change swept through…

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