Hello, New Haveners! Happy almost 2016! As I write this from my family’s kitchen in Detroit, Michigan, I am overwhelmed with a new affection — and appreciation — for the Elm City that I didn’t ever think I’d have. Don’t get me wrong. I liked the city from the moment I rolled in on an […]
Lucy Gellman
Party! Like Music Haven Can – Lucy Gellman
Happy almost end of 2015, New Haveners! I’m back just for a short post this week, still floating from Music Haven’s sublime and festive Winter Performance Party last week, the first under the tenure of new Executive Director Mandi Jackson. If you have a chance to get to attend one of this organization’s performances, go: […]
Ode To The Institute Library – Lucy Gellman
Earlier today, I was on a (rare) excursion out of the office with a single goal in mind: start stocking up on holiday reading now, so I can start fictionfest 2015 as soon as 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve rolls around and I have a few days off from work. I headed down Chapel Street […]
Happy Hanukkah Y’all! – Lucy Gellman
Hello Elm Citizens! Lucy here. This week, I was caught up producing a special episode of my food show about latkes on WNHH Radio, which called, of course, for a lot of beta testing in the kitchen. So much so, actually, that I still feel a little like a potatoey ball of vegetable oil. While […]
Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra – Lucy Gellman
Hey New Haveners! Lucy here, for a short post this week. I recently discovered the Yale Medical Orchestra, a group of around 50 musicians who also happen to be doctors, researchers, translators, and students at Yale’s Medical School downtown. And let me tell you, I am obsessed because they are outstanding. Here are a few […]
Thankful For My Team – Lucy Gellman
As I am writing this, getting ready to leave the office and head home for my last test run of an onion-and-collard stuffing (don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it!), I have music playing in one ear, am monitoring the WNHH radio stream in another, and am thinking hard about how much I have to […]