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Nesting at The Green Networking Event
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (1096+ words) Warm, vibrant greens formed a dazzling array of vegetative life. I peered between the leaves of the forest to find " the office breakroom. I was at environmental start-up platform ClimateHaven's quarterly networking event, Green Drinks. Whizzing past my head were…...
Shot Got
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (417+ words) If you shoot in sRGB, he said, you are "committing your subject to mediocrity." Oops. At least I shoot in raw. When Santos and Royce came to Kotowski's shoot, they were clear pros. Santos was "very sweet, very nice, very…...
Die Cast For 2nd Decade Of Elm City Games
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (719+ words) 10-Year Anniversary CelebrationElm City Games71 Orange St.New HavenFeb. 21, 2026 It was the Winter Cotillion. I was, in Mark Casiglio's words, a "down-on-your-luck nobody." But my luck was about to change. Gasps echoed around the room as I revealed that I had…...
This Is Real (High School) Life
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (685+ words) Heathers: The Musical, High School EditionNew Haven Academy Legacy Studios Drama Club444 Orange St.New HavenThu. Feb 19th 2026, 7:00 pmFri. Feb 20th 2026, 7:00 pmSat. Feb 21st 2026, 7:00 pmSun. Feb 22nd 2026, 6:00 pm All the world may be a stage, but some worlds are more conducive to theatrics than others....
"Librarians" Battle Book Bans
1+ week, 1+ day ago (525+ words) The first lines of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 seminal novel about a dystopian American future where books are outlawed and burned appear in the opening of the 2025 documentary The Librarians. "It was a pleasure to burn.It was a special pleasure…...
"Real Moms Having Dinner" Filmed In New Haven
1+ week, 4+ day ago (313+ words) Production trucks, film crews, and camera equipment were spotted outside of a Fair Haven Heights mansion and State Street restaurant last week. The filmmaker's permit lists the video's "product" as WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent…...
Local Music Fest Finds Home at Toad's
2+ week, 3+ day ago (372+ words) Jensen had been talking to Angel Loor about his new music and plans for live shows. That turned into a plan between Loor and the zine to cohost a music festival that would showcase multiple local artists. When it came…...
A Tale Of (Musicians From) Two Cities
2+ week, 4+ day ago (555+ words) TV Sleep, Jeff Mueller, Sandy Clams, and The WhimbrelsThe Cellar on TreadwellHamdenFeb. 7, 2026 It was the kind of crazed innovation I love to see in a visiting band. The guitarists, Joey Wright and Tom McCausland, were performing a set with their…...
Music In The Key Of Unease
3+ week, 50+ min ago (584+ words) Zosha Di CastriMorse Recital HallNew HavenFeb. 5, 2026 Under Johnson Li's deft fingers, the Steinway at Morse Recital Hall came vividly alive on Thursday night. Li, a student at Yale School of Music, performed renowned composer Zosha Di Castri's "Untellable Hour of…...
State Troubadour: Pay Musicians More
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (517+ words) Connecticut's new troubadour has a message he's taking on the road statewide: It's time to pay musicians at least the minimum wage when they perform live. The troubadour, Charlie Widmer, is calling on venue owners, elected officials, audiences, and the…...