New Haven Tyshawn Sorey Trio Casts Spell On Firehouse 12 Did you hear thunder Friday night or see lightning? Probably not, unless you were one of the lucky few to attend the sold-out Tyshawn Sorey Trio show at Firehouse 12. Karen Ponzio 4 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Pizza Pairs With Jazz Wednesday night’s luminous lunar display recalled the opening line of “That’s Amore”: “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…” so it seemed apropos that Karen Ponzio 30 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven FiFac’s House Makes A Home On the day after Thanksgiving, many scattered through stores to find the best prices on holiday presents. Others settled into couches to catch college football. A select few found themselves Karen Ponzio 27 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Zines Create Scene Tiny Ghosts Haunting Small Things, The Band Plays in Front of a Big Audience, and Cars Go Too Fast (and our road design encourages it) are not titles you might Karen Ponzio 13 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Latinio/Iberian Film Fest Offers Honest Lens On Photog Who Changed History The Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale — a.k.a. LIFFY — commenced Monday night with a screening of the documentary film Una Mirada Honesta/An Honest Look, the story Karen Ponzio 1 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Open Studios Heats Up Westville The last weekend of October finally gifted the city a warm and sunny Saturday, but nowhere was it hotter than Westville, where a two-day neighborhood event — part of the artist-led Karen Ponzio 30 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Xiu Xiu And Mountain Movers Mesmerize The Space Ballroom doubled up on the musical magic Monday night as the mind-blowing and meditative Mountain Movers shared a bill with longtime purveyors of passion and intensity Xiu Xiu. Karen Ponzio 25 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Barn Raised To “Amplify The Arts” The soul-stirring sculptures of Linda Mickens, both large and small, anchored one corner of the Eli Whitney Barn. Across the room, Michael Jackson’s iconic Off the Wall album cover Karen Ponzio 16 Oct 2023 · 6 min read
New Haven Best Video Scares Up Spooky Movie Screenings For some people October means autumn is here, bringing with it pumpkin everything, apple picking, and sweater weather. For other people October means only one thing: it’s time to Karen Ponzio 4 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven boygenius Bowls Over New Haven Westville Music Bowl said so long to the summer and another full season of outdoor concerts with their closing show last night, headlined by none other than boygenius, a band Karen Ponzio 2 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven CT Folk Fest Sweetens The Heart Highway philosophers, bossa nova and a NYC harpist-singer-writer added new texture and kept the mood vibrant at New Haven’s 30th annual CT Folk Fest and Green Expo. Karen Ponzio 11 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Codefendants Take The Stand — To Launch “Crime Wave” Tour Sunday night was the hottest night of the week, literally and figuratively, as Space Ballroom hosted the first Northeast U.S. show featuring Codefendants, described as a “genre fluid musical Karen Ponzio 5 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven How To Keep Rocking When The Mics Fail “I don’t know about you guys, but it’s been a Friday,” said Julie Smith as she introduced local favorites Big Fat Combo, who were performing their scheduled patio Karen Ponzio 30 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven AcoustiQueers Fill Black Box With Song The Black Box at Witch Bitch Thrift echoed with music, laughter, and an ever-present sense of community as AcoustiQueers made its premiere at the event space on Saturday night. A Karen Ponzio 23 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Sound Bath Sundays Set Tone For Mindfulness If asked where one might go in New Haven for a moment or two of meditative stillness, few people would suggest Crown Street, known for its bustling and crowded restaurants Karen Ponzio 7 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Psychedelic Do Ho Down Orchestra Walks “The Tightrope” Click here to read Karen’s full review. Karen Ponzio 26 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
