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 […]
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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 […]
Hill Youth Engagement – Gary Winfield
Sometimes it is the simple things which have the most impact. Raymond Wallace is concerned about New Haven’s children and while he has ideas about what can be done through programs he isn’t waiting for large scale funding to do his work. The front man for Guns Down Books Up, Wallace does big things like […]
Mothers Demand Action – Gary Winfield
Mothers Demand Action has been holding vigils in New Haven to bring communities together and spur them to action concerning the issue of gun violence. In New Haven the issue has been a primary focus of many for some years now and it has come to be all too often that the announcement of not […]