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Before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, a wisp of a girl easing herself into a seat and refusing to budge when a white passenger demanded her place. Sitting her ground for the greater good.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Old School Ink

Jake Ness gets tattooed. Corey Hudson Photos.

Collective Consciousness Gets "Fresh"

A still from last year's season at CCT. Courtesy CCT.

CWOS Gets Ready To Party ... And Fact Check

Rendering for Brainwashed . Courtesy Artspace and Zeph Farmby.

Drag By Daylight

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PRIDE Kicks Off On Inclusive Note

Arts & Culture | Culture & Community | LGBTQ | New Haven Lucy Gellman | September 16th, 2017

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A History Reclaimed, One Queen At A Time

Daniel Eugene Photo.

Friday Flicks: PRIDE Version

Tangerine (2015)

Refugees Get "Unpacked" At Artspace

A detail of Maher's piece of "baggage" and accompanying recording. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Small Stage, Big Sound

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Don't Hesitate, Nominate!

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On Chapel, Fairytales Regain Their Power

Friday Flicks: TIFF 2017, Day 1

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Out Of The Shadows, Onto The Page

Soto advocates for Yale University to become a sanctuary campus at a protest last year. Paul Bass for the New Haven Independent.

Sounds Like Liberation

Nasty Women On Film

A new citywide film festival is seeking to get very nasty — and cede the floor to female and immigrant voices in the process. As Trump repealed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Tuesday, it was making the case for greater diversity and more local voices in Connecticut filmmaking — and hoping to hear from more New Haven artists.

Art Will Find a Way

Andrew Burbank looked out on his fellow Chapel Haven students, staff, and community members.

College Street Turns Two

The Decemberists perform at College Street Music Hall. Photo courtesy College Street Music Hall.

The Revolution Will Be Harmonized

Arts & Culture | Music | Music Haven Lucy Gellman | September 1st, 2017

Friday Flicks: Patti Cake$

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Playing In The Park

Jamison and Johnson as the titular characters in The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet . Mike Franzman Photo.

The Sandwich Of A Lifetime?

The D. Wayne Johnson. Lucy Gellman Photo.

Artists Get A Political Leg Up

Arts & Culture | Politics | arts administrators Lucy Gellman | August 28th, 2017

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Friday Flicks: Wind River

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Musicians Rally For Marco

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Art Thou a Man?

Johnson and Jamison as Romeo and Juliet. Mike Franzman Photos.

At Site Projects, Fellows Light The Way

Jazz legend Jesse Hameen II with some of the summer fellows. Site Projects Photo.

An Archive Of Movie Madness

Upson pulling CED VideoDiscs at The Archive. (Thomas Breen photos)

Space Vessels

A view from the installation. Stephen Urchick photo.

Elm Shakespeare, Looking Good At 22

Arts & Culture | Edgerton Park | Theater | WNHH Arts Council | August 17th, 2017

On Thursday night, Elm Shakespeare will open its signature summer show in Edgerton Park, bringing William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to life for thousands of New Haveners.