New Haven

Artist Rolls With The Temporary

After decades of printmaking, Barbara Harder revels in embracing the accidents. “I’m trying to make things the way I’m making them,” she said, but “sometimes I almost like

Artist Questions The Questions

The show of artist Amira Brown’s work, up now at the Mitchell Branch Library in Westville through the end of the month, doesn’t have a title, nor do

A Journey Into Alice Coltrane’s Spiritual Jazz

Album Club dives into Journey in Satchidananda, at Never Ending Books.

Action? In Chekhov?

Kapelye Makes It​“Nu Haven Style”

“Turetskaya,” the opening number on the Nu Haven Kapelye’s new album, Nu Haven Style — to be officially released the day of the klezmer orchestra’s annual concert at Congregation

First Youth Shakespeare Fest Marks Dramatic Success

Cast members of Elm Shakespeare Teen Troupe’s production of Henry V burst onto the stage in a rush of sound and energy. “O, for a muse of fire that

Long Live The Beehive Queen

There are three things you can count on in December: stores jammed with holiday shoppers, roads jammed with holiday travelers, and Christine Ohlman jamming though The Beehive Holiday Blowout at

Some Painted,Some Panted

Music and visual art both went live Wednesday night at Cafe Nine when Color in Sound, an event organized and curated by local artist Andres Madariaga, brought together three musical

How An Artist Sparked An Institution

The two friends in Ann Lehman’s sculpture — we only know they’re friends because the title tells us so — appear as though they’re deep in the middle of

“The Truth Is Out There”

Ken Grimes’s pieces in “The Truth Is Out There” partake of the style of cartoons, woodblocks, and also — thanks to the associations from the X‑Files reference in the

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.

“The Salvagers” Finds Hope In The Cold

When we first meet Boseman Salvage Junior (Taylor A. Blackman), he’s shoveling snow, and turns it into a dance. The labor he’s doing can’t take away from

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

From The Kolkata Brassworks To A New Haven Gallery, Artists Explore The Meaning Of Home

The photograph of a brass worker in Kolkata encompasses the weight of history and the immediacy of the present; it’s an image from decades ago, but it’s plausible

Walls Decked With Photographic Reflections

Penrhyn Cook’s series of photographs, Holiday Reflections, are absorbing enough in their own right. Colorful and festive, the images are just askew enough to warrant a closer look. Are

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