These photos are of Sunday’s Afrogalactic Tea Party at Bloom. The party was one of the scheduled events for the 6th Dimension Festival, a city-wide Afrofuturist arts festival. The Afrogalactic Tea Party featured performances from Finn the Scientist, Johnathan Moore, and Lola Siyonbaba. Check out the calendar of upcoming events for the rest of the […]
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The Biggest New Haven Pizza Festival Yet
The New Haven Pizza Festival has officially grown into a signature New Haven event. The festival’s proper name is Apizza Feast and is pronounced ah-BEETS feest. It almost rhymes! The annual event celebrates the city’s rich pizza heritage, which is often considered one of the birthplaces of American pizza. The New Haven Pizza Festival of […]
Chalking it up to Art at Co-Op High
Today is Park(ing) Day! Parking Day happens annually on the third Friday of September in the United States and around the world. People typically partipate by occupying curbside parking spots for the entire day with temporary installations to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets. Between 2008-2012 there were many New Haven parking spaces […]
Photos of the 2023 CT Folk Fest and Green Expo
This CT Folk Fest and Green Expo is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year! Here are some of my favorite highlight photos of their annual signature evert which takes place in Edgerton Park. All of these photos were taken during the 2023 Folk Fest and Green Expo on September 9. Visit CT Folk’s website for […]
2023 New Haven Labor Day Road Race
Here are some highlight photos from the 46th annual New Haven Labor Day Road Race, also know as the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race. You can find out more about info on the road race website here. There is a link at the bottom of this post to an expanded album with over 1300 […]
New Haven and Hamden’s Afrofuturism Festival Opening Reception Inspires
These photos are of from the opening reception for the 6th Dimension Festival at The Lab at ConnCorp. more info from the festival’s press release: “Scheduled from August 26 to October 28, 2023, the 6th Dimension Festival brings Afrofuturism to Connecticut. Curated by the Arts & Culture organization Cultured AF and its founder Jaunita Sunday. […]
Help the Umbrella Unlock $500,000
A Broken Umbrella Theater is working to create an exciting new community arts hub in Westville, named The Umbrella. They’ve been awarded a $500,000 grant from CT Humanities to help make The Umbrella happen. There is a 20% match stipulation which means that they need to raise $100,000 to unlock those funds. This is where […]