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 […]
This Week in New Haven (April 8 – 14)
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…)
To the Dogs
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…)
Betting on the Farm
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 […]
This Week in New Haven (April 9-15)
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…)