Arts Paper
As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.
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A still from the series opener, "70 x 7." HAVENTheSeries Photo.
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Alderman (in cap): “We intend to be a space for this community, telling stories about this community.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Xiomarie LaBeija. Laura Glesby for the New Haven Independent Photo.
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Kendal Driffin and Susan Kulp in The Niceties. The show runs through CCT at Bregamos Community Theater, 491 Blatchley Ave., through Nov. 24.
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Jocelyn Maribel, Allis Ozornia, and Angel Garcia Lopez. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Senior Carizma Buonome, who is studying theater, after casting her mock vote Monday. “I’m so sad I can’t vote this year,” she said. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Bubbles closes out a drag show on the New Haven Green, part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, in June 2021. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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All heads were turned to the front of the restaurant as Diana Ross’s voice escaped the speakers. Over the bright trill of trumpets and a funky bassline, she declared “I’m coming out! I want the world to know/ I got to let it show.” Guests swayed in their seats and tapped their toes, occasionally leaving behind napkins and half-finished drinks to get up and dance.
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CWYC's Alyssa-Marie Cajigas, Addys Castillo, and Ta’LannaMonique “TMo” Lawson-Dickerson. SUBLIME by CLo Photos.
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Maxim Schmidt Photo.
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Angel Dahfay and Kolton Harris. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Participate in democracy. Hold your values close when deciding what candidate you vote for. Above all, exercise your right to vote, and be a proud active voter.
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Awilda Sterling-Duprey: Aesthetics of dis-order. Photo by Chris Gardner. Courtesy of NXTHVN.
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Sora Matta (center) as Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders. Bob (Joseph Pallo) and Randy (Cristian Ortiz) are on either side of them. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Kari Coyle, Harry Coyle, and Jackie Gaudioso-Levita. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Alicia Brown and Lanaya Pickett. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Susan Climard's rendering of her godsons, Emanuel and Elijah. Nelani Mejias Photos.
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Sweets & Sounds Founder Angel Dahfay at last year's Sweets & Sounds Con, held at NXTHVN in the city's Dixwell neighborhood. This year, Creative U takes place on Oct. 11 and 12 between the Canal Dock Boathouse and the Adanti Student Center at SCSU. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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"Mother" Mary Etta Atkinson Joyner. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Liah Sinq's work comes from her altar series. Sunlight & Candlelight runs at CT State Gateway through Oct. 4.
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Perry So photographed in New Haven's Wooster Square Park last year, during his "audition" for NHSO music director. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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The author (photos by both Ortiz and her brother).
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Fatman Scoop performing Friday night, before suffering a medical emergency on stage. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Shiloh Peterson. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Brittney Williams, who runs Brittney’s Famous Alabama Kitchen. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Six-year-old Leilani Bass and her mom, Layza Marrelo. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Kwadwo Adae with the mural. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez and Anabel Hernandez at the Edgewood Park Farmers Market. Julieta Diaz Photos.
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Blanchard Tondo, Annie Gumba, Christy Masamba, Sarah Ngongi, Simon Ngongi, and Luc Fabius Clyde. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Xuxa, Wilmaro and Geiby López on Chapel Street. Julieta Diaz Photos.
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The Ritmo y Son String Quartet. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Baker and musician Naomi Senzer. Alice McGill Photos.
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Malby Rojas in her basement bakery. She is currently looking for her first brick-and-mortar storefront. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The Fourth of July crew. Courtesy Ashley Makar. The second photo is Azhar Ahmed and her son, Kutti. Rachel Peet Photo.
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Semi Semi-Dikoko, David Sepulveda, and Aleta Staton at the Arts Awards. Judy Sirota Rosenthal File Photo with permission from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. The second photo in this story is from the photographer Leigh Busby, used with permission.
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Tabari "Ra" Hashim at a rehearsal for As We Emerge: Monologues of the Formerly Incarcerated in November 2023. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Morand outside of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Lucy Gellman.
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Top: Johnny Rivera and Elena Hogan-Perez. Bottom: The Queen gets her moves on. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Shayla Streater, Amayah Smith, Nevaé Brightly, Lilah Jackson and Santana Brightly. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Remsen Welsh and Shane Quinn. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Jacqueline Soares, Gabby F., Big Freedia, TJ, Khloé Lawson, and Mikayla Williams.
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At first, the tone of the song is solemn and intense, with a slow intro that pulsates. A drum rises, overwhelming the audio, and immediately things feel more hopeful. A voice enters the fray.
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Reese Mcleod, Diane X. Brown, and Nick Wantsala take a moment to pose together in the midst of the celebration. Alisha Martindale Photos.
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Top: The caged ladybugs waiting to be released Bottom: Sun Holland receiving a ladybug. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Mars McCann takes special attention to the Pride flag as they carefully begin to hoist it up during the North Haven Pride Flag Raising Ceremony at the North Haven Public Library.
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Hanan Elkamah. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Dr. Pamela Monk Kelley, Fred Harris, Sophie Edelstein, Lorena Mitchell and Myles Riley. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The family of community activist and former Hill Parents Association President Fred Harris poses for a portrait together in honor of the 40 years he has been serving the Hill Neighborhood. The International Festival of Arts & Ideas held its celebration of the Hill neighborhood last Saturday. Alisha Martindale Photos.
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Heather and Choupette Powell and Patt Patterson (a.k.a. Lou Mangini) at ArtWalk. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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David Shih, Joyce Meimei Zheng, Destyne Miller and Amy Boratko. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Singleton (in baseball cap) and Ashford at a rehearsal Monday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Bitsie Clark at a birthday party at Bregamos Community Theater last year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Jayla Cajigas, Sophia Consolmagno and Francine Van Campen, all third graders at Hill Central Music Academy.
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Kelly Bigelow Becerra during a Zoom call with the Arts Paper.
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When Aleisha Luna started looking at colleges, she didn’t know where to start. For years, her parents had been supportive of her academic career, urging her to “seek horizons beyond anything I could actually see around me.” But when the New Haven student began her search for higher education, it was uncharted territory.
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Azhar Ahmed with Elena's Light Award and certificate of special recognition by Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Rachel Peet Photos
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Harvey Gregory, a pastor at Faith Temple Revival Center on Dixwell Avenue. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Quiala talks about all things Arts & Ideas Festival 2024 at the kickoff reception. Markeshia Ricks Photos.
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Emalie Mayo. Blaq Pearl Photography for Elm City LITFest.
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The members of the New Haven Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. staged a lighthouse themed brunch based on Steve Pemberton's book The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have Extraordinary Impact in the World to honor five organizations that serve as beacons of light in their community.
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Everyday Angels (from left to right) Erica G. Bradley, Kia Levey Burden, Dori Dumas, Juanita Sunday Austin, Regina Mullings and Shaunda Holloway at Possible Futures. Karimah Mickens Webber phots.
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New Haven and Hartford jazz icons and future musical legends unite at NXTHVN for Black History Month. Mindi Rose Englart photos.
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Protesters criticize U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro before IRIS's Run for Refugees 5K. Photos Kapp Singer.
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People dance at a Club C*nt in December. Photos courtesy Zoe Jensen.
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Penelope Stewart. Photos Kapp Singer.
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Zulay Rodriguez at the Wilson Branch Library. Photos Lisa Reisman.
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In Mi Lupita’s warm Grand Avenue kitchen, 54-year-old Yolanda Guzman Elias and her sister Batriz Guzman Elias were making culinary magic, cutting fresh strawberries and slicing thin meat before a morning rush. The smell of dough hung low and thick in the air, wafting from the storefront to its street-facing front door and windows. The bakery was ready for another day.
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Harmony The Valkyrie at Pride New Haven, a block party in the Ninth Square that took place in October. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Some of the artists who made waves this year. Top row: Martha Lewis, Semilla Collective, Eric March. Middlr Row: Vanesa Suarez, Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez, Alasdair Neale and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Bottom: Black Lives Matter New Haven's Ala Ochumare-Harris, MiAsia Harris, and Sun Queen, Roya Mohammadi, Destiny White, Erin Michaud and Jeremy Thanes. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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American Modern Opera Company musicians Jonny Allen, Doug Balliett, and and Miranda Cuckson (left to right) in Danielle Storey's chorus class at Wilbur Cross High School. Photos Kapp Singer.
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Maya McFadden, founder of The Kids Newsroom. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The cast during intermission at a recent performance. The school's next show, a junior performance of The Wiz, is set for May 2024. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Maestro Alasdair Neale and musicians of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra at the organization's opening concert earlier this year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Ale Cruz and Jaylah Jones in the world premiere of Heart. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Artist Kwadwo Adae: “There is gold in each neighborhood. This city is full of kindness. So whatever your favorite thing is, whatever type of organization speaks to you, please patronize those businesses.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Pastor Sampson Denny, who is a faith leader in Stratford. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Tony Kosloski's "Equation of Death" at 51 Chestnut St. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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HSC teacher Amy Brazauski and her foster son, Alex Lopes. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Members of the Tapacamino Colectivo include Fernando Guadarrama, Gregorio Quiros, Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, Maria Puente, and Ik' Balam. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Cayetana Navarro, who now works as the inaugural program manager in the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the Yale School of Medicine. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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A page from Vie Privée et Criminelle d'Antoine-François Derues. Kapp Singer Photos.
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Artist Kwadwo Adae. Anna Fountain Photos.
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Vanesa Suarez with one of the posters from artist Jisu Sheen.
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Kiana Flores on Election Day, outside of the Ward 1 polling place. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Frances "Bitsie" Clark, who turned 92 on Oct. 30. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Silvana Deigan, an artist and activist who has participated in ULA's Día de los Muertos parade for the last four years. In January, her work was featured in El Arte/El sueño/La Realidad de Migrar (The Art/The Dream/The Reality of Migration) at the New Haven Peoples' Center. Elena Unger Photos.
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Destiny White, Erin Michaud and Jeremy Thanes. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Jamie Guite as Beverly Frasier. Fairview runs at CCT through Nov. 19. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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From the blog post "Balagan in Twaneh, July 15, 2023." Text and Photographs by Margaret Olin.
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Shawn and Charlie Lockett. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nohra Bernal, a children's author, reads from "Que Viene El Lobo.” Elena Unger Photos.
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Chef Keem Hughley and Babz Rawls-Ivy. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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The artist Darnell “Sain’t” Phifer. Abiba Biao Photos.
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A performer from the Braata Folk Singers at the 2022 Caribbean Heritage Fest. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Dramaturg Amy Boratko and Director Sivan Battat (ECA Drama Chair Ingrid Schaeffer is to their right). Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Anita Abdinezhad, Bahar Beihaghi, Shadee Vossoughi, Vaneh Assadourian, and Ava Lalezarzadeh in a scene from Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Sivan Battat. Yale Repertory Theatre, October 5–28, 2023. Photo © Joan Marcus.
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Graphics and animation by Carla Costanza.
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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.
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From left to right: ASA Member Joné Mwape, AfroMixer attendee Jeana Noel, and ASA Member Danielle Addy.
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Percussionist Ches Smith and members of We All Break stood before the audience, conjuring that sweet spot where Haitian Vodou drumming and jazz come together. Looking out onto the space, the group began with a melodic a cappella, combining vocal chants from Daniel Brevil with the trio of vocalists at the center.
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Normand Methot in 2014 at the Yale University Art Gallery Mabel Brady Garvan American Decorative Arts Collection, admiring a reinstallation using his original 1970 system for mounting the chair. The photograph lower in the story shows Methot with Nathan Coste, the first Norm Methot Design Apprentice at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop. Sally Hill Photos.
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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.
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Joyce Yang Thursday night. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Streets on Sunday morning. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Riggins at Bregamos Community Theater. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Yale College sophomore Amelia Lee. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Soferet Stephanie Breitsman. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Alyssa Marie Cajigas Rivera Ortiz, development coordinator at the Center and Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Children of Marsha P. Johnson. Musician, organizer and fellow CMPJ Co-Director Erycka Ortiz is to her right. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Top: Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School juniors Giada Thomas, Willie Smokes, and Aniannalis Rivas. Bottom: Lugo's strings students in their first performance of the year. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sylvia Rifkin and Isidor "Izzy" Juda at the Towers in 2021. Lucy Gellman Photos. The last photo in the story is from Lisa Reisman, courtesy of the New Haven Independent.
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Krystal Marquis and Margo Hendricks ("I'm a badge thief!" she joked of wearing author Nicole Jackson's badge during the presentation). Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Demeree Douglas, Jade Streater, Nox Amore, Alana Ladson, Akosua Aidoo and Kaelynne Hernandez. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Barongozi last year at the Folk Fest he and Jisu Sheen mounted at Havenly. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Brennan at Café Flora at BLOOM. "Investing in the arts in schools needs to be something of a priority," he said. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Dishaun Harris, who also goes by "Farmer D." Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Santana Brightly, who later took first place in the "Afro Future, Afro Chic" fashion show. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Joe Rodriguez, president of Puerto Ricans United. The organization, which is run by an all-volunteer board, received funding for its annual day-long festival on the New Haven Green. "When you invest in the arts, when you invest in arts organizations, when you invest in the community, when you invest in people, we all thrive," he said Friday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nzima Hutchings reading Hampton's words. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ana Reyes, the Green Jobs Corps Coordinator at Common Ground High School. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Stewart at Tuesday's dinner. She had high praise for the program, which will begin its second cycle in October. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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As Christopher Rodriguez peered through his viewfinder, he held all of Broadway Island in the palm of his hand. He could capture the magic of small moments, from the sign-adorned light posts to the strolling pedestrians. With a click of the shutter, he froze moments in time, the afternoon sun bringing each photo to life.
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DJ Dooley-O Jackson and Ch'Varda. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ross Kirshenbaum, Maia Brown and Stefanie Brendler of Brivele. Kapp Singer Photos.
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Edmund “B*Wak” Comfort in his studio at 300 Whalley Ave. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Tracie Ormond: "You know, not all people believe servitude has its place, but it does." Juliette Lao Photo.
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The evening also included embodied practice. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Parents and kids waiting in line to receive school supplies. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Abdul Wahab. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Javier Villatoro, who also performs music under the moniker Ene de Nadie. Kamini Purushothaman Photos.
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Ian Alderman, Rachel Alderman, Ryan Gardner, and Ruben Ortiz.
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Noah Brown as Snoopy and Maria Hatje Faggion as Woodstock in Wilbur Cross High School's production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Harmony the Valkyrie. Doaa Ouf Photos.
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Frankie Douglass (center stage, with flowers) at the end of the show. David Judd Photos.
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Ward 14 (Fair Haven) Alder Sarah Miller with the artist Perez, Wanda Vargas, and her son Mateo. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Most of the ensemble is on and around the stage for "Kiss The Girl." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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From left to right: Charlie Rich, Rania Das, IfeMichelle Gardin, Thabisa Rich, Dr. Hanan Hameen-Diop, Kim Weston and Malakhi Eason. Lisa Kaston Photos.
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Angel Ramos (at far left) with coaches and members of CABA. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nicole and Amber Bartholomew-Gordon are the super wife-duo behind Denim Designs. “I’ve always been a DIY person. I like to do things myself. I love creativity and I kind of dragged her into it and it happened by accident,” said Nicole. “We do a lot. So, anything in the name of creativity, basically, is what we do.” Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Detail, Susan Clinard, Holding Memory. Lucy Gellman Photo; all work is by artists in the show.
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A still from Dutch Elm Disease's 2022 film, Katinowit, with Matthew Ford and Kenneth Murray.. Image contributed by Ben Hecht of Dutch Elm Disease.
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A detail of Adae's mural. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Yvonne Alston and Joseph W. Williams Jr. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Hip-Hop artist Ana Tijoux. Kamini Purushothaman Photos.
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Mosa Sadat and Laila Mohammadi with their daughter, Lea. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Amir Glenn Jr.: Contemplative and melancholic. Kamini Purushothaman Photos.
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“I started this show as a way to stay in practice. But there’s also much talent between Connecticut, Boston, Providence, and New York, it’s also a way to cultivate that talent.” Jonathan Crystal Photos.
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City Librarian Maria Bernhey. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nehway and band members performing a little past 2 p.m. on Saturday. The festival in full ran for over eight hours, with over a dozen musical acts. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Jessen's sons, William and Jack, unveiling the portrait of their dad, the late City Librarian John Jessen. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Vanesa Suarez and Camila Güiza-Chavez. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Escoffrey (at stage right) plays at the Shubert Theatre in downtown New Haven during a concert from Monty Alexander in April 2022. Maya McFadden/New Haven Independent File Photo.
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Walker Perry, a.k.a. Le Saint. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Mark Griffin and Al Gamble in Times Like These at NXTHVN. Lucy Gellman Photos. A man is in too much pain to sleep, but the doctor won't see him because his insurance doesn't cover a consultation. In an office across town, a woman has requested a female physician, and listens slack-jawed as she’s denied care. An angel and a devil bicker above her head. In a nearby neighborhood, a woman has just gotten out of prison, and doesn't know where she'll be able to sleep for the night. Who steps in to help? And who leaves them behind? All of these are real-life anecdotes in Times Like These, an interactive, immersive new play from Survivors of Society Rising Theater Company that premiered at NXTHVN last Friday. A collaboration among the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC), Yale Program for Recovery & Community Health (PRCH), and Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, the work interrogates systems that are not working, from mental and physical healthcare to reentry and the carceral state. Over five dozen attended the opening, held in the 169 Henry St. incubator space. The show, which includes audience participation and discussion, will have an encore performance at Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown at 2 p.m. on Friday June 23. Tickets are free; more information is available here. Youins.
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ConnCORP's Juneteenth & 5 Year Anniversary Committee. Jayla Anderson Photos.
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Cast, crew and members of Long Wharf Theatre staff. Nevaeh Lugo Photos.
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Photography by rising Hamden High School senior Maria Ashe. An exhibition of work by students in Wàbi Gallery's Focus Fellowship Program runs at the Mitchell Branch Library, 37 Harrison St., through June 30.
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The Village Drill Team & Drum Corps, helmed by Tayvon Berryman. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Photo Courtesy of the New Haven Independent.
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Rapunzel Jonae Hill doing story time. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Photos Courtesy of the Shubert Theatre.
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Newly minted grad Paris Whitaker, a rising Howard Bison, with her friends Alexa Smith, Kadin Wooten, and Tiara Walters. All four are headed to HBCUs in the fall. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The high school graduates and parents and family members in the back. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Top: Cousins Jazmine and Nijonn Williamson. Bottom: Games unfolded all afternoon. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Angélique Kidjo and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO). Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Artist Joe St. Pierre. Kiomi Rincon Photos.
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A still from "Survivor," choreographed by Hannah Healey and danced by her eighth grade class. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sheree Baldwin-Muhammad. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica principal dancer Tamara Noel. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Val Ruby-Omen and Alex Dakoulas of Strange Ways and Armada Brewing Founder John Kraszewski. Linda-Cristal Young Photos.
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High School in the Community (HSC) freshman Jonaily Colón, who is headed to National History Day finals in Washington, D.C. this month. Lucy Gellman Photo. The image below of Colón with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is courtesy HSC.
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Judy Sirota Rosenthal, who has been taking photographs of New Haven for decades. Photos courtesy of Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor.
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Senior Brianna Suero and Dean of College and Career Services Attallah Sheppard.“Through all this I'm happy to say that I am pursuing in fall of 2023 Housatonic Community College!” Suero said and a sea of claps and waves followed as she walked off the stage. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Patricia C. Vener, who stepped in to help organize when polymer clay artist Nancy Nearing needed an extra set of hands. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Daniel Sbriglio as Whizzer and Andy Friedland as Marvin in FUSE Theatre's production of Falsettos. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Maria Bernhey, who begins her tenure as City Librarian on July 1. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Shafiq Abdussabur, Salwa Abdussabur, Brianna Williams and Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ale Cruz and Trina Kurek on a recent Wednesday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Left to right: Seniors Lillian Palluzzi, Chelle Swaby, Selena Zamora and Kayleigh Householder. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Rosandra Furatado: It gives you a chance to be in someone else's shoes. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Tomitsela Engel-Halfkenny. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Matt Fried Photos courtesy of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.
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Sasquatch with Tea Montgomery. KeQing Tan Photos.
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Aoife Spillane-Hinks is pictured in the top row, three boxes in. Screenshot via Zoom.
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Mildred Ruiz-Sapp in Live From The Edge. The show runs at the Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St. in Hamden, Thursdays through Sundays through May 21. T. Charles Erickson Photos.
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City Cultural Affairs Director Adriane Jefferson, Thabisa, Noah Bloom, and Eben Pariser. Hannah Hurwitz for The Narrative Project.
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Accepting their awards at the Land Trust’s Poetry Post are, from left, Bruna Reppetto Tobias, Jace Rodriguez, and Dana Guadarruma. Land Trust of West Haven Photo.
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Patricio Sosa III (in foreground). From the moment he stepped onstage, he mastered the language and the timing of Shakespeare. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Tagan Engel, Ken Suzuki, Yoon-Ock Kim, Caroline Smith and Christine Kim. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Sandy Fores, Melba Flores, Melba Perez, and Regina Starolis. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Minyoung Kang (piano), Josh Halpern (cello), Tanner Menees (viola) and Kevin Zhu (violin). Lukas Flippo.
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Erycka Ortiz and Alyssa-Marie Cajigas Rivera Ortiz. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Rubén Rodríguez Ferreira. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Elaine Kolb, Yi-Chun Tricia Lin and interpreter Alyssa Kurth from LifeBridge in Bridgeport. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Javy Arias, Gabby, and Isling Morris. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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From left to right: Miriam Cruz, Erin Palmer, Noah Brown, Zara Baden-Eversman and Jahlill Coleman. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Curatorial fellows Cornelia Stokes and Kiara Cristina Ventura. Abiba Biao Photo.
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Photo Courtesy of the New Haven Independent.
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Shenkarr Davis and Taekyung Bennett. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The installation during the winter months at MoCA Westport. Martha Lewis Photos.
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All winning posters lined up on the stage of Lyric Hall. Contributed photo.
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Linda Vauters Mickens’ “Redemption” installed at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art (ECoCA) at 51 Trumbull St. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Paul Wessel: "It’s all intended to divide us in ways that are not helpful and aren’t who we are." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Camila Moreno (front) with Nancy Rodríguez and Alma Martinez in a scene from MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES by Luis Alfaro, directed by Laurie Woolery. Yale Repertory Theatre, March 10-April 1, 2023. Photo © Joan Marcus.
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Presenter Kianjai Huggan, who later won the pitch competition. Olivia Charis Photos.
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Synovia and Andrew Gibson with their sauce, Runny Novs. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Israel Ortiz with his mom and biggest fan, Susana Teran. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Loreen Lawrence. Her sister, Doreen Abubakar, is to her right in the background. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The "Boss Up" Panelists. From left to right: Onyeka Obiocha, Renee Loren, Petah “Jay” Johnson, Leonard Brown, Mercy Quaye and Joshua Jenkins. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Perry So, one of four candidates for music director at the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, will conduct a concert on Sunday, March 10 at the John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). He is pictured here in Wooster Square. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Photographer and filmmaker Lydia Douglas (at left, in the purple) at an opening reception for Seven Lenses at SCSU last month. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Jenny Nelson and Dexter Singleton. Barbecue runs at Collective Consciousness Theatre, 319 Peck St., from March 23 through April 8. Shows run Thursdays through Saturdays only.
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When Angel Dahfay wanted to design her own website, establish a business and organize her first event, she had to learn how to do it completely on her own. Now, she's trying to take what she has learned, invite fellow creatives, and open up that body of knowledge for her peers in Connecticut.
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Constance LaPalombara painting in Tuscany. Photo courtesy Susan LaPalombara. The third photo in this article is also courtesy Susan LaPalombara.
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“We do not know what happened to Roya, but we know that she deserved better,” said Co-Executive Director Jane Dowd.
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Executive Director Mikyle Byrd-Vaughn with Zael. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Tania Miller Tuesday morning at Atticus. "One of the first things I believe is that music is for everyone," she said. "And that's really truly a passion for me. I think about myself as this young kid from a rural place, and I'm in love with classical music. I can translate the humble place that I started into this extraordinary world of expression, of art, of the highest art." Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Cynthia Beth Rubin's Ciliates in the Circular Void, 2020 (in foreground). Her 2020 Drawing Ciliates into Old Cairo Text is pictured at the far left. Lucy Gellman Photos; all artwork by Cynthia Beth Rubin.
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Lucy Nalpathanchil and Leah Penniman. Judy Sirota Rosenthal Photo.
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Martin de Jesus Flores in front of the Bradley Street Bicycle Co-op on December 4, 2021. Ryan Caron King Photo.
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Rafael Feliciano-Roman. Screenshot from Connecticut General Assembly YouTube.
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Tubyez Cropper Wednesday night. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Filmmaker and photographer Lydia Douglas tears up the dance floor during the Cupid Shuffle. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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On the left: Jamel Shabazz' "Father's Day" (1990) and "Honoring The Ancestors." Right: Katrina Goldburn's Lucretia Was Here, 1638 series.
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Manny Camacho and Catherine Wicks as Hamlet(s). Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sun Queen and her goddaughter, Ka'meya Ingram. Ingram's sweatshirt is part of Sun Queen's "Black Girls Are Sunshine" brand. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ryan Sands, William Frank Mitchell, and Jesse Hameen II. Delores Greenlee, the daughter of Monterey owner and proprietor Rufus Greenlee, joined virtually. Marie Sanford Photos.
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Co-emcee Samantha Myers Galberth. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Detail, Jasmine Nikole, “The Present Is The Future.” Made Visible: Freedom Dreams runs at Creative Arts Workshop through March 18. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Juancarlos Soto, interim executive director at the New Haven Pride Center, photographed at the 84 Orange St. space last month. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Owner Hazel Lebron during Saturday's grand opening. Corey Schmidt Photos.
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Elinor Slomba, who worked with artists, arts advocates, Mayor Nancy Rossi and state legislators in drafting a business plan for the West Haven Arts Center. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Thabisa at Westville's 2021 Artwalk. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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ammar Friday night at Artspace New Haven. Their debut album is called “farewell, xx.” Jordan Ashby Photos.
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6th Dimension runs Jan. 28 through March 9, 2023 at the Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London. Pictured is the artist illformative's Adam 9.0. JOËL Cintron Photos.
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Cutting the ribbon on the celebration. From left to right: BLOOM Owner Alisha Crutchfield, City Economic Development Administrator Mike Piscitelli, Stetson Branch Manager Diane Brown, Black Haven Founder and Director Salwa Abdussabur, State Senior Development Specialist Lindy Lee Gold, Filmmaker and Musician Kolton Harris, and City Cultural Affairs Director Adriane Jefferson. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Sayniel Sawmadal and Daniomar Gonzalez. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Jisu Sheen on a recent Friday. Lucy Gellman Photos; all artwork by Jisu Sheen.
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Juancarlos Soto at the Pride Center Friday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Donato Cabrera Tuesday morning at Kaiyden's. He is the first of four finalists to audition for music director at the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ángel Martinez and Carlos Raúl Dufflar. Marie Sanford Photos.
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Dancers at the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade on Dixwell Avenue in June 2019. After taking 2020 through 2022 to rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic, the parade is returning this year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Kenneth Joseph, who has directed the St. Luke's Steel Band since 2011. Founder Debby Teason, who is still the group's liturgical music director, was in the audience. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Bet Calix on bass, Albear Sheffield is pictured on drums in the background.
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Anaily Amaro learning about Bomba for the first time. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Saddi Khali Photo Courtesy of UNIVERSES.
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Gillian D'Costa and Ronald Dorsey, who are both program directors. Both started Daedream almost a decade ago, when they were Francis' students at Mauro Sheridan. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Marin Korenaga. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Third graders from L. W. Beecher Museum Magnet School of Arts and Sciences. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Dakarai Langley at Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School’s Winterfest earlier this year. Maya McFadden Photo.
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Laila Hugley, a fourth grader at Worthington Hooker who has loved music since she was a baby. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Dalontrez Galberth, who plays Wes, and Destinique James, who plays Roxana. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Anthony Murrell of Black Goat Milk Clothiers. Kayla Yup Photos.
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In foreground: Ruby Gonzalez Hernandez’ “A Myth In My Heart, A Stake In Your Hand." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Hosts Lisa Bergmann and Ben McManus welcomed the crowd to the 2022 People's World Amistad Awards honoring its three Amistad Award recipients and celebrating the Unite States Communist Party's 103rd anniversary. Corey Schmidt Photos.
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Ramirez, a self-described science evangelist who is moving from author to entrepreneur. Neha Middela Photos.
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The 2019 Broadway Revival Company of A Soldier's Play. Joan Marcus Photo.
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William Tarrant, a faith keeper and cultural preservation director of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma, on Friday morning. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Diamond Tree: "It’s part of our essence. It’s a part of our soul." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Mitchell Rembert with the in-progress carving of his parents. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Mike DeCarlo traced his blue pencil over the page. Stroke by stroke, the pointy hair and wicked scowl of Sideshow Bob, the high-cultured villain from The Simpsons, began to manifest under his pencil tip. First the light blue pencil for sketching the general shape, then a charcoal one for the defined linework he’s so known for.
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Installation view, To Dissolve into the Hydrocommons, One Drop at a Time. The exhibition, from New York based artist sTo Len, runs in the Seton Gallery at the at the University of New Haven through December 9. Photos by Jessica Smolinski courtesy of Seton Gallery.
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