Arts and Ideas is in the middle of its annual run in New Haven. The festival is a great opportunity to experience shows exploring different ideas and also to see the arts come alive. It runs until Saturday and there is still much left to participate in. I will be at several of the events […]
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Celebrate Our Dixwell
Below are images from Celebrate our Dixwell a pop up festival which connects to the Festival of Arts and Ideas. Several years ago these pop ups were begun to connect the larher festival to parts of the New Haven community that Arts and Ideas didn’t seem to necessarily reach. They have become a signifier of […]
Africa Salon – Uma Ramiah
This past weekend, Yale and New Haven hosted the first ever contemporary African arts and culture festival: Africa Salon. It was a gathering of some of the most interesting visual, musical, literary, fashion and film artists working on and around the continent, including what was likely one of the liveliest concerts Yale’s Battel Chapel has […]
Student Quartet Concert at Claires
There are times when shooting one event a week becomes difficult with my duties as a state senator and trying to maintain some sort of a normal life. This week was looking like one of those times when I was told about an event at Claires. It turns out that New Haven again lives up […]
A Busy Weekend – Gary
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 […]
Salt ‘N Pepa – Chris Randall and Jeffrey Kerekes
This is a fast time lapse from 4pm to 6:30 pm. There were many more people after 7pm. The green was packed from front to back as well as along the main corridors on the left (along Temple Street) and right (along Church). It was amazing how many people there were. Chris Randall Photo Chris […]