Tag Archives: Wooster Square

Fruit of the Bloom

Blooming cherry blossoms in Wooster Square

What’s a Cherry Blossom Festival without cherry blossoms? It’s still a festival—a bright, vibrant gathering which in New Haven is one of the first signs of spring. Trees don’t always bloom as planned. (Nor do flowers, as the organizers of the annual Daffodil Festival in Meriden in late April will tell you.) But polite festival […]

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This Week in New Haven (April 8 – 14)

A still from Musicwood

Theater in a department store. Brazilian dance music in a library. A Prairie Home companion at Southern Connecticut State University. The great outdoors, up against a wall, at the Yale Environmental Film Festival. (more…)

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To the Dogs

Union Street Dog Park

Once upon a time, the city seemed pretty evenly divided between “cat people” and “dog people.” There was a period when stray cats roamed the streets in packs. There was a time in the 1990s when trendy shoulder-perching pets (more…)

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Betting on the Farm

CitySeed Farmers' Markets

A Hamden woman walks up to a table and gasps as if she’d just seen a ghost. “You have sorrel!” she shrieks, holding her hand to her heart, nearly losing her breath. She had fallen in love at first taste with these gorgeous greens on a recent trip to France. Nearby, carving a path through the […]

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This Week in New Haven (April 9-15)

Reading to a Dog at the NHFPL

Read to a pooch, learn to work like a dog, and trot out your pup for a pet-friendly festival. Plus, some notable film screenings and the start of New Haven Restaurant Week. (more…)

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