New Haven “Neverending Poetry” Moves From Open Mic To The Page On the last page of the new poetry anthology Never Ending Poetry — a celebration of the first year of Open Mic Surgery, the poetry reading series that happens almost every Brian Slattery 27 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Buffalo Nichols Embodies The Blues Buffalo Nichols Cafe 9 New Haven Sept. 23, 2023 Saturday night was a great night for blues. As rain pattered on the windows of Cafe Nine on the corner of Lisa Gray 26 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Artist Births A New Sky Field Notes from the Empathic Universe Work by artist Saya Woolfalk, organized by Kalia Brooks NXTHVN, 169 Henry St., New Haven Through Nov. 19. The central figure in Birthing a Brian Slattery 26 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Frame + Frame + Frame + Frame In group show, sequential artists tell a story. Two narratives are laid out on the wall. They follow at first familiar forms, a plucky young person setting out on a Brian Slattery 22 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Greil Marcus Finally Finds, Tells The “Secret History” Legendary culture writer opens up at launch of annual writer-award fest. A rumination on the question of why people write — delivered by legendary culture writer Greil Marcus — that took in Brian Slattery 21 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Visual Artists Face, & Don’t Face, AI One wall of the gallery is a long stack of lively faces, the energetic style matching the animation in the faces. They match their subject, a clown in the old-school Brian Slattery 20 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Wax Artist Makes It Look Natural New Haven gallery show highlights an ancient, exquisite art. “Wax” City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven Through Oct. 1. Aglow has been given the right name. It’s an Brian Slattery 19 Sep 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 Toad’s Place Rocks In Memory Of Rohn Lawrence Toad’s Place on York Street lit up as a cadre of jazz musicians gathered to pay homage to one of New Haven’s own axe men extraordinaire, Rohn Lawrence, Lisa Gray 7 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven You Talkin’ To Me? Screening Prompts Reappraisal Of Taxi Driver Four decades later, the question is called: What was the point, in the end? Brian Slattery 6 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 Exhibition Takes Art To New Dimensions Tea Montgomery’s installation greets the visitor who enters the art show at the Lab at ConnCORP for 6th Dimension, an Afrofuturist festival running in New Haven and Hamden now Brian Slattery 31 Aug 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 Yale Art Gallery Crosses The Atlantic While the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) undergoes renovations, the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) has volunteered to host a selection of their paintings in an exhibition entitled “In Eleanor Polak 25 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Three Bands Bare Their Gritty Hearts On Wednesday three rock bands — Cabins, East!, Pyramid Rose Band, and headliner Laney Jones — brought loud guitars, driving drums, strong vocals, and a lot of heart to a rapturous audience Brian Slattery 25 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 Elm Shakespeare Makes Merry “Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English,” says Mistress Quigley, played with cheeky humor by Martine Fleurisma in Elm Shakespeare Company’s Eleanor Polak 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
New Haven Raucous Bluegrass Flows From Missouri To New Haven As Lindley Creek takes the stage at Cafe Nine. Click here to continue reading Brian’s review. Brian Slattery 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
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