NHA Drama Hits Its Stride In "Paradise Blue"

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Academy  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | October 19th, 2023

Christopher Samuels as Blue. Lucy Gellman Photos.

At ECA, A Theater Alum Brings Peace Of Mind

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Educational Center for the Arts  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | October 18th, 2023

Dramaturg Amy Boratko and Director Sivan Battat (ECA Drama Chair Ingrid Schaeffer is to their right). Lucy Gellman Photos.

Poets Celebrate A Year Of Community On State Street

Arts & Culture  |  Creative Writing  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Never Ending Books  |  Poetry  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | October 17th, 2023

Photo courtesy Brian Ember.

John S. Martinez Students Bring Salsa To School

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Fair Haven  |  Hispanic Heritage Month  |  John S. Martinez School Lucy Gellman | October 16th, 2023

Alisa Bowens-Mercado: "If you can get a kid up and they're dancing, that gives you an opening to have fun and embrace different cultures." Lucy Gellman Photos.

At Possible Futures, The Necessity Of Killing Joy

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Feminism  |  Nasty Women New Haven  |  Possible Futures  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | October 12th, 2023

Diners, Rejoice: Gioia Springs To Life On Wooster Street

Arts & Culture  |  Culinary Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development  |  Wooster Square Lucy Gellman | October 10th, 2023

Indigenous Peoples' Day Centers Solidarity On The Green

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Arts, Culture & Community  |  Indigenous rights  |  Music  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | October 9th, 2023

"Sabor y Saber" Paints A Portrait Of Self-Love

Arts & Culture  |  Drag  |  Education  |  Hispanic Heritage Month  |  LGBTQ  |  Southern Connecticut State University Lucy Gellman | October 5th, 2023

Graduate assistants Brandon Iovene and David Perez, SCSU junior Jae'la Rivera, Sapphire Bills, senior Elijah Ortiz and Xiomarie LaBeija. Lucy Gellman Photo.

Bibliophiles Boost Banned Books Week

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Education  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | October 3rd, 2023

State Rep. Dominique Johnson. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir, which is next to her, is the most banned and challenged book of 2022. Lucy Gellman Photos.