New Haven

Artists Make Light

For a split second, the kid is in the hands of gravity, but you just know he’s going to be all right. Maybe it’s the matching pajamas that

Mystery (Train) Revisited

A subdued Mystery Train took off Tuesday from WNHH FM’s studio. Veteran blues performer Brandt Taylor offered that quiet, howling-at-the-moon, lament-evoking acoustic version of Paul Butterfield’s hard-driving electric

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

Artist Trashes Never Ending Books

That’s the point of a new exhibit.

Our Lady Of The Snacks

It’s a famous picture, of a girl peeking into a window, and seems almost like a happy accident, a case of the photographer being in the right place at

Do Try This (Recipe) At Home: Tandoor’s Kheer

Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass, The Audiobook

“When we were, like, 15, 16, me and my best friend Trig used to go record shopping. And it was weird. Our local record store had this counter with all

Rocking Out While The Sun’s Still Out

Turkey Vulture — a metal/punk duo of Milford-based couple Jessie May (vocals, guitar) and Jim Clegg (drums) — typically spend Sunday afternoons entertaining their two toddler sons. So when May growled

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

The Sound Waves

The History of Sound: Stories By Ben Shattuck Viking July 9, 2024 306 pages It’s ae long story. And 12 short stories. Ben Shattuck tells those dozen stories in

Artists Paint An Ailing Planet In Vivid Color

They’re eyes, but they’re taking in a universe of shifting shapes and colors. The piercing structures of the irises only accentuate how the rest of the eyes are

Three Albums Welcome The Young Guard

Short chords from electric piano and synthesizer set the mood, contemplative but with a pulse. “Estoy aquí / ya estuve allá / ya fui feliz / y acaba mal,” Ene de Nadie croons

Do Try This (Recipe) At Home: Choupette’s Crêpe

Artist Makes The Mythology

Ralph Levesque’s Match Maker, at first glance, looks like religious art, from the halo encircling one of the figures to the positions of the figures in relation to each

Photography Show Sees Through Younger Eyes

Bethany Edwards’s The Eye of the Beholder is both formal and relaxed. It’s formal in the staged positioning of the two subjects, the way that (it appears) they