New Haven “Black Book” Opens Armed Teacher Debate It was just a read-through of a scene, without a costume or stage blocking, but the switches in writer and actor Austin Dean Ashford’s tone of voice were more Brian Slattery 7 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven The Decemberists Make it Better The Decemberists brought May to a magnificent start on Saturday night when they returned to College Street Music Hall for the fourth show of their 2024 A Peaceable Kingdom North Karen Ponzio 6 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Artists Take Time To Breathe Unbothered, a new exhibit in a coworking space in downtown New Haven, features works by Juliana Chavarria, Lauren Clayton, Shaunda Holloway, Kimberly Klauss, Melida McKenzie-Alford, Shanna T. Melton, Aisha Nailah, Brian Slattery 3 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven “Hadestown” Keeps Up The Fight Orpheus is smitten with Eurydice before they even speak. Hermes, Orpheus’s wingman, helps him work up his courage to ask her out. “Orpheus,” he warns, “don’t come on Brian Slattery 2 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Ceschi Keeps Hope Alive Like the rest of us, Ceschi, a.k.a. Julio Ramos, had long since emerged from the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic. But he hadn’t forgotten. Nor had Paul Bass 28 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Waxahatchee Rises Waxahatchee Toad’s Place New Haven April 25, 2024 “I’ve been yours for so long / We come right back to it.” It was a refrain I’d heard maybe Dereen Shirnekhi 26 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Hip Hop Artists Are No Imitation “Hello several people, rap professionals, and various cool people,” said Sketch Tha Cataclysm from the Three Sheets stage, as he and fellow New Haven hip hop stalwart Mo Niklz hosted Brian Slattery 25 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Artists Create Connection Amid Struggle “Observe,” Omola Studio’s second installment of APRiL (Artists Prospering Really is Limitless), features works by De, Kulimushi Barongozi, Kaelynne Hernandez, Miguel Mendoza, and Rex Morris. The first iteration happened Brian Slattery 22 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Sam Carlson Plays Right On“Tine” Despite broken string, at the tiniest of tiny desks. Paul Bass 19 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Split Coils Grinds The Hookah Lounge After a day of driving heavy machinery, Joe Ballaro plugged in his bass, and the show began. “We are lost and a long way from found,” sang J. Russell, lead Dereen Shirnekhi 18 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Charlie Widmer Finds A Need For“Love” Charlie Widmer didn’t expect people to want to hear “What Do I Need With Love?” Now it’s the first of his songs some people will ever hear. Paul Bass 12 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Artist Finds Holiness In The Ruins It’s the shape of an ancient Middle Eastern cityscape, verandahs and towers, arched doorways and windows like peeping eyes. But it’s not anywhere near the Middle East; it’ Brian Slattery 12 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Orange Street Goes To Hell In the backroom lounge of Mediterranea Cafe, among centuries-old hookah pipes and patterned cushions, a fairy rising from the Underworld sang about darkness — and love, too. Hell Fairy is made Dereen Shirnekhi 11 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Ghost Funk Orchestra, Marco Benevento Achieve Liftoff In front of a packed house that was ready to have fun, two touring acts — the New York City-based Ghost Funk Orchestra and the Woodstock, N.Y.-based Marco Benevento Brian Slattery 11 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Deadpan Yoga La Práctica (The Practice) — the latest from Argentinian writer/director Martín Rejtman — is the story of a yoga instructor’s interactions with students old and new as he maneuvers his Karen Ponzio 9 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven From Cameroon, With Futuristic Hope A triple bill at Cafe Nine on Saturday Night featured a stunning set of music from Blick Bassy. Born in Cameroon and now living in France, the 50-year-old Bassy has Brian Slattery 8 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Cellist Doesn’t Miss A Beat Johnathan Moore was ready to add a layer of sound. He reached for the Boss RC 600 loop station pedal and … nothing. Moore said nothing. He made no excuses. He Paul Bass 5 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven “Local” Lunch At IKEA After a single bite, I realized I had ordered the wrong entree at IKEA. The “veggie balls” were a blank slate: a mush of chickpeas, carrots, peppers, and other veggies Laura Glesby 5 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
