A lush/hard, light/dark photoshoot with poet, organizer & activist Elizabeth Larkin at the Institute Library
Books
Books – by Mike Franzman
if you enjoy books, New Haven has bookstores, museums, libraries, & reading rooms aplenty… Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and its huge stacks and rows of books a close up look at some of the volumes at Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Beinecke’s rare Gutenberg Bible, the first bible printed with moveable type the […]
Ryan Bond’s got Taphophilia – Jeffrey Kerekes
Taphophilia – noun a love of funerals, graves, cemeteries “My obsession with epitaphs began in 2001 when my friend Natalie took me to a local cemetery to see the famous grave of “Midnight Mary.” And so began Ryan’s passion for cemeteries and epitaphs resulting in his recently published book, Taphophilia: A collection of Connecticut Epitaphs. The […]
New Haven Reads- Yancey Hitt
New Haven Reads is a wonderful organization that I volunteer for. They have a book bank, a collection of donated books which are free for members of the community. And also, they have a volunteer tutoring program, which is what I participate in. New Haven Reads tutors over 500 kids a week of all ages, […]
Educated Burgher At A Crossroads – by Mike Franzman
Educated Burgher closed for business on Friday, June 13. Said to reopen under new management in a few weeks, it is uncertain whether things will look, taste, and ‘feel’ the same. Til then, here is a celebration of Educated Burgher, as it was. Educated Burgher’s reknowned neon sign, now dark, awaiting new management a […]