There were a lot of things that happened last weekend. Leora Morris opened her production of Women Beware Women at the Iseman Theater (still going on through Jan. 29!), and it was amazing. BAR kept its doors open during the blizzard — which we from Michigan would call a “dusting” — and had a crazy […]
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Winter Street Shooting – Tif Shen
Are These Photos Interesting? – Jeffrey Kerekes
At the time, these might have been pretty ordinary scenes and not something most people would immediately think is of value to document. Fast forward to 2015 and I think these photos are very interesting – The New Haven Hospital no longer exist (now YNHH) but Libby’s does. Help us document The Signs of New Haven […]
Signs of New Haven – An Invitation To Submit Photographs – Jeffrey Kerekes
Anstress Farwell of the Urban Design League invited I LOVE NEW HAVEN and New Haven residents to participate in a project to capture images of the signs of New Haven. Anstress explains: “The concept for the exhibit is to show photographs of New Haven signs. Public interest in “legacy” signs has increased since the debate started […]
Vintanthromobile + Haven Collective – Uma Ramiah
I just love this little shop on State Street in East Rock. It’s like stepping into the most perfectly lighted, carefully curated, tastefully textured, community-celebrating shop of your dreams. New Haven rockstar Melissa Gonzalez is at the helm of Haven Collective/Vintanthromobile, a small business that’s part expertly-curated vintage shop, part pop-up shop (she features new […]
New Haven Ballet’s Shared Ability & Spring Performance – Jeffrey Kerekes
I attended two evenings of Spring Performances of the New Haven Ballet (NHB). You should check them out next year if you missed them. NHB has an excellent community outreach program called Shared Ability which I featured here on ILNH before. It is an amazingly affordable integrated class that many of the dancers come back […]
Grand Vin – Uma Ramiah
In Fair Haven, just near the beautiful Quinnipiac River, is one of the best little wine shops in New Haven. Grand Vin is all welcoming wood floors, twinkly lights, and racks and racks of beautiful bottles from around the world. Grand Vin is big on community – they welcome neighbors from across the city (and […]