I’ve done posts like this before. They are responses to those who say that there isn’t anything to do in New Haven. Because of my role as a State Senator I am at a lot of events that are free and fun in and around the city and my camera goes with me to document […]
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3rd Annual Promise Land Festival – by Gary
The 3rd annual Promise Land Festival was an opportunity for the community to come out ad enjoy beautiful weather and for the children of he community to run, play and smile. That smile is really what events like this are all about The grill is fired up and ready to go Free hotdogs and hamburgers […]
Arts and Ideas Popups (Dixwell & The Hill) – by Gary
The city of New Haven often is the recipient of bad press that ultimately is interpreted as suggesting that the young people in the city know nothing other than how to wreak havoc and disharmony in the community. The Arts and Ideas Pop up Fest which focuses on the neighborhoods and more specifically the […]
San Cosme Mazatecochco Carnaval – Jeffrey Kerekes
As seen on Hamilton Street on Sunday. Here is a video I found on youtube from last year. To read more about the history behind this festival, I found that PDF online from a university in Mexico. The dates don’t match up but the costumes do, so Im not sure if this is the same […]
101 Years of the Orchard Street Shul – Jeffrey Kerekes
Some photos from the celebration of the Orchard Street Shul which was recently restored and now a reviving and active synagogue. This is one of the oldest synagogues in the country, founded 101 years ago. The shul was first met in what was once a private home converted for use for religious services and then […]
The Cherry Blossom Festival – Gary and Chris
Here are some of our fave’s from yesterday’s 41st Annual Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival. On Sunday me, my camera, my wife and dog went to the Cherry Blossom Festival. We ran into Mary Lou Aleskie and she got us thinking about Arts and Ideas. The Festival was a family kind of event. It was […]
Operation Love-A-Fair – Gary Winfield
Jesse Hardy and the JHOP team are at it again. Their mission to help the homeless in the city of New Haven was on full display on Saturday March 8th on the New Haven Green. As the warm of the day melted the snow which has been an ever present part of life in the […]