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Star-Crossed Acrobats Take Romeo & Juliet To New Heights

Star-Crossed Acrobats Take Romeo & Juliet To New Heights

The 7 Fingers, an acrobatic and theatrical company, was about to begin its performance of Arts & Ideas’ Duel Reality, a circus-like retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, when

Eleanor Polak

24 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Rhythms Cross Continents

Rhythms Cross Continents

As Ukrainian, Haitian musicians perform on the New Haven Green for the Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Brian Slattery

21 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Always Morning Brings The Heat

At the onset of the summer’s first heat wave, the beat and the vocals were heating up inside as a new project took the de facto stage in a

Dereen Shirnekhi

21 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

“I Won’t Miss My Human Form”

“I Won’t Miss My Human Form”

Dying in hospice. Shedding the uniform known as your body. Name-checking Milford. All these topics and more flew through bar after bar of hip hop, as six acts from near

Brian Slattery

19 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

“Open-Mic Surgery” Successful

“Open-Mic Surgery” Successful

When Brian Robinson entered the side room of Never Ending Books, he greeted everyone seated there as if they were old friends, and most of them probably were. Robinson’s

Eleanor Polak

19 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

The Fire This Time: Baldwin’s Words Woven Into New Jazz Performance

What would you do to keep your reality intact? This was the question posed by composer, conductor, and jazz pianist Kevin Harris to a crowd of hundreds gathered in the

Eleanor Polak

18 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

At Arts & Ideas Fest, Multitudes Contain Lear

At Arts & Ideas Fest, Multitudes Contain Lear

Compagnia de’ Colombari’s production of King Lear at University Theatre — whose first performance was part of Friday night’s big kickoff for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas

Eleanor Polak

18 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Ebony Hillbillies Hit The Green

A pairing of two bands steeped in traditional music — Cécilia and the Ebony Hillbillies — showed the ways in which having deep roots in a particular musical style can lead to

Brian Slattery

17 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

G Flip’s Gonna Need A Bigger Stage

“Is anyone in love in the audience?” G Flip asked the packed house at a sold-out show at Space Ballroom on Wednesday night. There were a few vigorous nods, and

Brian Slattery

14 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Artist Dives Into The Dangers Of Banned Books

Artist Dives Into The Dangers Of Banned Books

The pieces at first look just like abstract collages, but soon, fragments of meaning emerge. The shape of lips. A pattern of shadows. Finally, letters and words, but not enough

Brian Slattery

14 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Bleachers Are The Boss Of The Bowl

Bleachers Are The Boss Of The Bowl

Milling around the floor-level seating area at the Westville Music Bowl on Friday night, I had no particular idea what I was in for. I had come to review a

Mark Oppenheimer

10 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Pride Was A Mosh Pit

Pride Was A Mosh Pit

The room was a sea of tattoos, fish nets, and dyed hair as three bands almost entirely composed of queer people performed at Witch Bitch Thrift. Their songs about acceptance

Leo Slattery

10 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Three’s Harmony

Three’s Harmony

“Everything’s meant to be broken / Everything’s meant to pass …” Alex Blair wrote those words back in junior high or high school; he’s not sure of the exact

Paul Bass

7 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Me & Mom

Me & Mom

The photo is of Adil Mansoor when he was a child, in Pakistan. The scene was a family celebration, and a relative, on a lark, dressed the boy in a

Brian Slattery

6 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Musicians Lend A Hand

Musicians Lend A Hand

Chloe, of the Hartford-based band Cvmrats, told stories about deceased friends and the difficulties of being mistaken for a train hopper, but everyone at Cafe Nine on Tuesday night knew

Brian Slattery

5 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Russian Munsters Swarm Downtown Bar

Spooky sounds emanated from Cafe Nine Saturday night. Instead of sending shivers up spines, it kept a crowd smiling and shuffling from side to side for a nonstop hour. The

Paul Bass

3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Stories Told Through Song

The music room in Never Ending Books at 810 State St. was cluttered but homey. A collage of brightly-colored abstract art and painted records decorated the walls, which were lined

Eleanor Polak

3 Jun 2024 · 1 min read

Piaget Crashes Tha Cataclysm

Armando Acevedo clicked on a file from his phone. He unrolled a taped-together 10-page scroll. He started rapping the printed lyrics, summoning the insights of a noted 20th century Swiss

Paul Bass

31 May 2024 · 1 min read