Hello from New Hampshire, Elm Citizens! This week I am very excited to be covering the first-in-the-nation primary (that’s really what it’s called) for the New Haven Independent with fellow reporter Tom Breen. Each day, we’ve been trying to lend a new or funky angle to the news that is going on here, from following Connecticut […]
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Flying High on Escapade – Lucy Gellman
There were a lot of things that happened last weekend. Leora Morris opened her production of Women Beware Women at the Iseman Theater (still going on through Jan. 29!), and it was amazing. BAR kept its doors open during the blizzard — which we from Michigan would call a “dusting” — and had a crazy […]
New Haven As Civic Haven – Gary Winfield
The New Haven Votes Coalition held a meeting at city hall on January 26 to set priorities which include increasing the number of young people participating in public hearings, expanding the scope of the New Haven Democracy Fund, supporting automatic voter registration, making sure ex- offenders know the laws pertaining to their ability to vote […]
Celebrating MLK – Yogasai Gazula
Monday, January 18th was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the Peabody Museum hosted the 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice 2016 event. Below are some photos of the various events and performances that took place on Sunday and Monday. Children write down their dreams underneath the “I […]
Fashion Friday #11 | 2016 Zannette Lewis Environmental & Social Justice Poetry Slam – Ifeanyi
Standout looks from the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day poetry slam at the Yale Peabody Museum
CT Progressives Feel The Bern – Lucy Gellman
Hey New Haveners! Lucy here. Last weekend, I was able to hang out with some of the folks from CT Progressives as they raised money for Bernie Sanders. I was on assignment, and not doing the affiliation thing because I’ll be covering the primary in 2 (2!) weeks up in New Hampshire, but I can […]
Edgerton Park Conservancy – Lucy Gellman
Hello Elm Citizens! Lucy here, back for a little slice of summer — or something like that — as the temperatures drop into the 30s and our super mild winter becomes just incrementally less mild. Earlier this week, on a gloomy afternoon, I dipped into the Edgerton Park Conservancy, tucked away near the Cliff Street entrance […]