A short trip to Two Roads Brewery, 1700 Stratford Avenue, Stratford, CT, was a pleasant trip. A $5 tour of the facility also allows you to sample a variety of their beer offerings and was certainly worthwhile. They have a food truck outside because of stupid licensing/legislative issue, they cannot serve food inside so eat […]
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New Haven Feeds The Homeless – by Gary Winfield
The Downtown soup kitchen is shut down for two weeks and again Jesse hardy and friends are stepping in to fill the gap. Here are some images from the effort on Monday.
Town Hall: Justice, Civility, and Active Citizenship -Tif Shen
A very moving town hall at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Moderated by Professor Crystal Feimster of Yale University. It was an event featuring artistic expressions by high school students, and discussions among the audience.
Caribbean Heritage Festival – By Gary Winfield
On Sunday in Goffe Street Park a splash of color, music and good vibes arrived in New Haven. The second annual New Haven Heritage Festival had arrived and I was there for a small part of it: Some of the people who worked to bring the festival back for a second year Elaine Peters teaches […]
Summer Reading at Stetson Branch Library – Uma Ramiah
The Stetson Branch library is its own little beautiful world in a strip on Dixwell. Brightly colored and chock full of books of all kinds (with a focus on African American literature and history), the librarians love and promote reading (of course), learning and community. Summer reading starts this month, kids can sign up at […]
Street Scenes – Jeffrey Kerekes
Candids from downtown New Haven.
C. Cowles & Company Factory – Tif Shen
Two weeks ago I had the chance to visit the old factory of C. Cowles & Company, on the corner of Water and Chestnut. They have been operating in New Haven in 160 years and they are now moving their operation to North Haven. While the place could use a bit of dusting, its historical […]