New Haven Chopped Glass & Palm-Sized Homes This weekend was the turn of artists at Willow Street's Marlin Works complex to invite the public in for Open Studios. Karen Ponzio 21 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Go Fish, Yale Film Archive The 1994 film Go Fish opens in a classroom where the teacher asks the class to make a list of “women that you think are lesbians or that you know are lesbians.” Karen Ponzio 17 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Artists Get Amplified A multicolored fabric sculpture created by Kat Wiese seemed to float between the trees that framed one entrance to the Eli Whitney Barn. Karen Ponzio 14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Post-Punk Legends Bring Nostalgia, Rebirth October opened with a one-two punch as the dreamy double bill of the Psychedelic Furs and The Jesus and Mary Chain turned College Street Music Hall into a post-punk version of heaven. Karen Ponzio 2 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven One 13-Foot Slice Please The subject of pizza is always on the minds of New Haveners, whether it’s deciding what kind to order and where to order it from or what makes the Karen Ponzio 9 Sep 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven French Film Series Turns Institute Library Into Le Cinema The Institute Library became le cinema Thursday night as its French film series — “Bonsoir, Mes Ami(e)s!” — began with Beauty and The Beast (also known as La Belle et Karen Ponzio 30 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven A Gem Called Wanda, Rescued What’s an arthouse film? Not unlike the cult film, it can draw in a certain type of cinephile that searches for an experience unlike the one you get from Karen Ponzio 13 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven From LA To New Haven: Ozzy’s Apizza Brings It All Back Home New Haven-style apizza arrived in East Rock Market last weekend as the East Coast outpost of a super successful Glendale, Ca. location. Wait — New Haven apizza from L.A.? Yes, Karen Ponzio 11 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven “Apology From Hades”: Three Bands Make Sunday Sweeter Sunday nights find most people in the throes of anticipation of the week ahead, often lamenting the freedom of the weekend that they are leaving behind. Last night at Best Karen Ponzio 8 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Joy Resounds Samara Joy wowed the crowd at College Street Music Hall Wednesday night with her powerhouse vocal stylings aspart of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. A rising star in Karen Ponzio 27 Jun 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven The Decemberists Make it Better The Decemberists brought May to a magnificent start on Saturday night when they returned to College Street Music Hall for the fourth show of their 2024 A Peaceable Kingdom North Karen Ponzio 6 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Deadpan Yoga La Práctica (The Practice) — the latest from Argentinian writer/director Martín Rejtman — is the story of a yoga instructor’s interactions with students old and new as he maneuvers his Karen Ponzio 9 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Shandy Lawson Sings Stories A chair and a guitar. A table holding an old-fashioned radio. A vase full of purple flowers. A teacup and saucer. Was this a scene from an oft-told tale or Karen Ponzio 25 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven The End Of The Art World Thursday night the Yale Film Archive added two new jewels to their Treasures series: a new 35 mm print of Daisies, the 1966 Czech New Wave film directed by Vera Karen Ponzio 8 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven The Thing Is… With a new month comes a new Best Video movie series, and the March madness at the film and cultural center in Hamden has everything to do with horror and Karen Ponzio 6 Mar 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Lost Tribe Performs, Screens Diaspora Stories The Hartford-based Afro-funk fusion ensemble The Lost Tribe returned to Best Video on to screen the completed three-part series Diaspora Stories: Hartford a year and a half after sharing a Karen Ponzio 27 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Ross Gay Incites Joy Ross Gay practiced what he preaches last night at Possible Futures, as the poet, essayist, and teacher offered a grateful crowd a selection of his work encompassing joy and tenderness Karen Ponzio 21 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven James Ivory Pays A Visit Friday night’s installment of Yale Film Archive’s The World of James Ivory series offered another type of double feature: a viewing of the 1965 film Shakespeare Wallah, followed Karen Ponzio 12 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
