The first Friday of the month at 7pm (ok, maybe 7:30 or 8) at The people’s Center poets, artists and young people gather for a thing called Free 2 Spit. Several months ago during the time I was still in the race for mayor I realized the power the presence of a candidate could have. […]
Gary Winfield
New Haven Tree Lighting – Jeffery Kerekes/Gary Winfield
See the full set of photos on our Facebook page
Mayo Giovanni: CT’s Best Kepp Defense – Gary Winfield
This is the second on what I am hoping is a monthly series on hip hop in New Haven. Read the first piece here. Mayo Giovanni or as I first met him, Montese Kane, is a prolific rapper on the New Haven scene. He first came to my attention not for his skills as a […]
BSAY: Showdown – Gary Winfield
I attended the BSAY Presents: The Showdown Saturday night. I hoped to get close to the stage but was in the back row so all of the pictures have a bunch of noise in them because my large aperture lenses are 50, 40 and 16mm and I needed more than that to get the images […]
The Elephant in the Room -Gary Winfield
There used to be this genre of film, seemingly in constant production, where some inner city youths met a tough teacher or coach who changed their lives for the better. Usually the film would introduce the young people…do a bunch of exposition where the audience fell in love with the young people…one of them would […]
New Haven at Night (Where Were These Photos Taken?)- Gary Winfield
My original concept for today’s post was a story about young people in New Haven staying out of trouble and doing something constructive with their time. Things didn’t work out as planned and that post will happen later. Instead on this cold night I put on some warm clothes and went out to see New […]
Day Of The Dead & Living Dead – Chris, Gary & Jeffrey
Day of the Dead [From the press release]. On November 2, 2013 Unidad Latina en Acción hosted the third annual Day of the Dead Parade in Fair Haven. The parade and altar honors all the deceased migrants who have traveled on the train known as “La Bestia” or “The Beast.” Hundreds of thousands of Central American and […]