Super Bowl Sunday morning was the 7th Annual Run for Refugees. The run benefits IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services). The morning was cool and foggy but the gym where registration took place quickly filled with runners, friends, families and spectators. Some had a special runner they were there to watch or encourage. Everyone seemed […]
T.R.D.S. “Chapter One” Winter Showcase – Gary Winfield
On Saturday February 1 2014 the Tia Russell Dance Studio students performed in a showcase at Co-op High School in New Haven. The showcase, “Chapter One”, was a display of the talents of the young people involved, the support of their parents and friends and hard work of their instructors. Some of the dances when […]
Judging The Chocolate Festival – Gary Winfield
On Saturday I was a judge for the Valentine Chocolate Festival. Before the event began at 1pm myself and two other judges arrived to sample 22 entires to the contest all of which had as an ingredient – chocolate. Samples are brought to the judges. Judging a chocolate contest doesn’t sound like anything more than […]
MLK Day in New Haven – Gary Winfield
Martin Luther King Day in New Haven means activity. There are many things to do and I was fortunate to get to several of them. Come with me as I travel between events at Wexler Grant school, Hard Street with some seniors and the Peabody Museum. The day started off at the Wexler Grant school […]
The Inauguration – Gary Winfield
On the first day of 2014 New haven inaugurated its first Mayor in 20 years. That mayor, Toni Harp, would also be the first woman mayor and the 50th mayor in the city’s 375 year history. For more please check out the Facebook Gallery
BiP: The Mix Tape – Chris Randall and Gary Winfield
The event was a free viewing of a film by BiP hosted by Channel 1. In BiP’s words it is ” raw, crudely put together, sometimes painful, sometimes celebratory. It’s bursts of action too fast to register and then a lot of dead silence between those bursts.This is me unfiltered.” The event drew a huge crowd […]
Dr. J and Company – Gary Winfield
Happy New Year! As we enter the new year I thought about doing a post more in line with that annual reality but realized that my content of the last two weeks was very much in the vain of ‘it’s the end of the year so…‘. Instead, here is a brief look at Dr. J […]