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This Week in New Haven (September 22 – 28)

Brentano Quartet

There’s more than one “new” in New Haven this week. On Tuesday, a local musical institution-in-the-making makes its debut; Thursday, a short-run play gets its stateside premiere…

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This Week in New Haven (August 12 – 18)

Wayne Escoffery

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. The New Haven Jazz Festival swings through town this week, and tennis rackets will be swinging fast and with great precision starting Friday at the…

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This Week in New Haven (May 13 – 19)

"Columbus in the New World" at Yale Center for British Art

This week in New Haven begins with the jamming Alpaca Gnomes and ends with the klezmer band Nu Haven Kapelye, with jazz and punk and symphonies in between. There’s a high school youth…

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Uncommon Wealth

Edwardian Opulence at the Yale Center for British Art

The first item you see when visiting the Yale Center for British Art’s lush, lustrous new exhibit Edwardian Opulence is a fancy “bodice, skirt and train” dating from 1900-1903, created by the eminent Paris fashion firm House of Worth.…

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Lost & Found

from The English Prize at YCBA

The concept of college students traveling abroad to expand their horizons isn’t some 20th century idea that took hold after the invention of the airplane and the Eurail Pass. It’s been happening for centuries, as is shown in the new …

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This Week in New Haven (October 29 – November 4)

The Music Tapes

The happy haunting grounds of New Haven are a fine place to find yourself at the end of October. There are several earth-friendly events to dig this week, from graveyard tours to gardening tips. Indigenous peoples of Paraguay (discussed at …

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This Week in New Haven (June 11-17)

Eshu Bumpus

Many shades of Green color New Haven’s cultural calendar this week. The New Haven Green is the subject of a new documentary, the site of the public library’s Summer Reading Challenge kick-off, and the center of the swirling, multi-venue International …

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This Week in New Haven (Feb. 20-26)

New Haven Library Mardi Gras Party

Happy Presidents’ Day! Check out what’s going on in New Haven this week, including a Mardi Gras gala fundraiser at the New Haven Free Public Library and Little Ugly (pictured here) at Stella Blues. …

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