New Haven - Midbrow

Stop! … Thief?

Frank Critelli was looking for lemons and toilet paper at Stop & Shop. He wasn’t looking to steal anything. Honest.

Paul Bass

1 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Hit The Bowl, Mac

Liz Grace picks up the recipe for plant-based mac & cheese from a vegan-trending Soul Greenery.

Liz Grace

22 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Through A Glass, Brightly

At Kehler Liddell Gallery's "overtones" and "bold as Love" shows.

Brian Slattery

22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

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

Hey Erector Square: Who You Calling Meat Face?

Amelia Ingraham's "MeatFace" captures the vibe of the artwork being put together in studios where workers once produced America's erector sets.

Brian Slattery

21 Oct 2024 · 8 min read

“Falcon Girls” Portrays Adolescence On The Wing

Hilary, a middle-school student, has just moved to Falcon, Colorado. She wears all the wrong clothes, says all the wrong things, and most of the other students are ready to tease her for it, except one, who reminds them to ask themselves what Jesus would do.

Brian Slattery

18 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

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

Prints From The Underground

It’s a transfixing stare, made more intense by the medium. A woodcut hearkens back to an earlier time — and, in German Expressionism, an earlier mode of expressing anxiety.

Brian Slattery

16 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Sew Tasty

Liz takes matters, and pants, into her own hands.

Liz Grace

15 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Human Animals Watch One Last Doc

Prairie dogs have a word for “human.” They talk about us in a language with nouns, adjectives, and variable dialects — even though, to most of us, their words sound like unintelligible squeaks.

Laura Glesby

14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

“Open Studios” Steps Into West Haven

Inside Susan Clinard’s Gilbert Street studio on Sunday afternoon, the West Haven space was full of New Haven faces.

Brian Slattery

14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

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

Musical Acts Buzz The Stacks

Dan Greene, sometimes of the Mountain Movers, cast a dislocating spell on a rapt audience at the Institute Library Saturday night, with a tremolo guitar and his echo-drenched voice.

Brian Slattery

14 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Island On My Mind

The diptych, by Robert De Matteo, offers two shapes that strongly echo each other, but are from quite different models.

Brian Slattery

11 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

City Gallery Opens Wide For Open Studios

Rita Hannafin’s Float hangs in the midst of City Gallery’s latest show on Upper State Street, a quilt of bright, shifting colors, surprising shapes, dynamic contrasts, and ultimately, cohesion.

Brian Slattery

10 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Three New Albums Put The Heart On The Line

“Good Morning Heartache,” the opening track on Christian Sands’s latest album, Embracing Dawn, begins with a warm, gently unfolding gesture from the piano, an easing into consciousness.

Brian Slattery

9 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

Kale & White Bean Soup, Seasoned With Math; Cash Preferred

In which Liz pays a visit to the Swedish Baker, and comes out rich in soup.

Liz Grace

7 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

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