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.
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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Breakout sessions from each of the panelists were also part of the afternoon. Here. poets José B. González and Frederick-Douglass Knowles II talk to attendees. Asher Duke Photos.
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Tavares Bussey: “When I tell you, I am excited to get up in the morning and come to work, because I get to have a hands-on impact on the thing that gets them [students] up in the morning. That makes them want to be creative." Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Tiessa Hills carries the vocals for "On The Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship." FUSE's performance of Songs for a New World runs at Bregamos Community Theatre, 491 Blatchley Ave. in New Haven, on Friday, January 6 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, January 7 at 3:00 p.m., Saturday January 14 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, January 15 at 3:00 p.m. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Luis Luna, one of the co-producers on "Abolition Transmission," speaking at a recent launch event for the show at Possible Futures bookspace. A, who also works on the show, asked not to be photographed. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Readers Saturday. Miranda Jeyaretnam Photos.
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Inez Alvarez and Lorrice Grant on Tuesday morning. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Stilts performer Melissa Craig creating a grand display of beauty during the cocktail hour. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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“The argument now is like, human rights are debatable. I just don’t think that’s the case," Biao said. Lucy Gellman.
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A giant puppet celebrating Art Perlo, who passed last year at 74 years old. Saturday, his wife Joelle Fishman honored his legacy. Idalys Torres Photos.
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Gold (Sharmont "Influence" Little) with Red (Stephen King) and Green (Jason Phenix Hall). Photo courtesy of the West Side YMCA and M.A.D. Content.
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Patrick Smith, who has taught at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School since 1998. Pictured in the background is student Paris Bland. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Emcees Sparkle Diamond and Dolores Dégagé Hopkins at a 25th anniversary celebration for the New Haven Pride Center in November 2021. Tuesday, Hopkins said that board member Kishorn Henry-Walker, Diamond's alter ego, has been incredibly supportive. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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U.S. Attorney Vanessa Avery. In the background, from left to right, are Director of Youth Services Ala Ochumare, Deputy Director Juancarlos Soto, and Marketing and Development Manager Laura Boccadoro. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Author Rosamond White, reading from her book Home: Where Is Home? Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Natalie Quiroz-Duran and Chaplain, a Connecticut State Police Comfort K9 Dog. Contributed Photo.
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Judge Clifton Graves and composer Joel Thompson. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Top: LWT Associate Artistic Director Rachel Alderman and Assistant to Artistic and Managing Directors Jessica Durdock Moreno. Carter Marberry and Mistina Hanscom Photos. Bottom: Members of artistic leadership and the artistic ensemble on the Claire Tow Stage. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Adam Parisi, Zohra Rawling, Sarah LeMieux, and Bob Scrofani. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Rachel Massaro (in purple) with her kids and Clement during a ritual smudging. Danielle Campbell Photos.
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Detail, Susan Clinard's Wishing Tree. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Arnold Hunter, one of about two dozen participants at an Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade Committee Meeting last week. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Jason Ramos and Amanda Duvall of Baila Con Gusto CT. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Strike participants marching. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Tracey Twitty-Philpot and Michael Twitty. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Members of Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental (MCAC). To watch attendee Veronica Conde's entrance, check out the videos below. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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A moment from New Haven's Puerto Rican Festival in August of this year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.
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Bryan Terrell Clark as Jack the Bear and Sydney James Harcourt as Jelly Roll Morton. Jeremy Daniel Photo.
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Jehloni, La'Nece Onassis, and Xiomarie LaBeija. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Anniya Taylor-Beam, Yamilet Ramirez Rosas and Matthew Judd. All of them are seniors at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Dot Mitzvah welcomes attendees. Linda-Cristal Young Photos.
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Members of New Haven Pride Center staff with Pedro Julio Serrano. From left to right: Erycka Ortiz, Pedro Julio Serrano, Juancarlos Soto, Jahnice Cajigas, and Patrick Dunn. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Semi-Semi Dikoko with David Sepulveda and Aleta Staton at the Arts Awards in December 2012. Judy Sirota Rosenthal Photo with permission from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.
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Staff of the New Haven Pride Center. Very back row: Joseph DiMaggio and Val Ruby-Omen. Middle row: Erycka Ortiz, Ta'LannaMonique Miller, Jahnice Cajigas, Ala Ochumare, Aron Alber, Suyane Oliveira, and Azula. Bottom: Laura Boccadoro, Juancarlos Soto, and Patrick Dunn. Lucy Gellman Photos. Gilbert Baker's rainbow flag made its way slowly up the Green's flagpole, its stripes flapping against a smear of blue sky. At the mic, Rashawn Lee leaned in, his voice cutting through a thick humidity that had settled over the crowd. We are a family! Like a giant tree! Branching out toward the sky! he belted. As the words sailed over the grass, ears seemed to perk up across the space, hanging onto each word. As they watched the flag rise from below, attendees and New Haven Pride Center staff saw both the beginning of a celebration, and a moment that might save someone's life. That belief in queer visibility defined PRIDE New Haven's now-annual flag raising, held Monday afternoon on the New Haven Green. As roughly two dozen gathered for the event, it doubled as a kickoff to the week-long celebration, which features 25 events over eight days. They include keynote conversations, justice-focused panels, culinary tutorials and tastings, multiple drag and burlesque performances, a concert at the State House, and day long celebration on the New Haven Green. The festivities run through Sunday Sept. 18; read more about them here and get a full schedule here. Throughout, both speakers and NHPC staff have woven in reminders that PRIDE started as a riot, from panels on Black queer feminism, disability, fatphobia, and rainbow capitalism to performances of drag artists at the margins of their own form. For the first time ever this year, a "fringe fest" will be running parallel to PRIDE, with participants including Strange Ways, 80 Proof Kitchen & Bar, Artspace New Haven and the New Haven Free Public Library.
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Work at the Armory Community Garden in summer 2020. Allison Hadley File Photo.
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The class on College Street. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Research papers on deadline. Running up against the clock while holding a part-time job. Rapid levels of anger boiling over as my anxiety reaches its stress limit.
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Arden Santana (at center): “We knew immediately who we were,” she said of the night the three became "The Elements of Abundance." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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BLMNH co-founders Sy Frasier and Sun Queen standing besides volunteer members from Mu Sigma Upsilon, Sigma Lambda Upsilon, Lambda Alpha Upsilon and Lambda Upsilon Lambda. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Ashanti Troutman, who will be a sophomore at the school, and incoming freshman Ava Newton. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Seven-year-old Latae Hammie, who wants to be a firefighter when she grows up. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Mauro Diaz-Hernandez. Amelia Stefanovics Photos.
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Lisa Yarbor and members of St. Luke's Steel Band. Kimberly Wipfler Photos.
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Hossna Samadi.
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Shamar Sheppard, Erin Trimble, Marlo Rose Johnson, Barbara Vereen, Alaysha Clark, Babz Rawls-Ivy, and Avery Roberson. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Hollis Ngai introducing his podcast project. Screenshot from the event.
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A former president of the American Library Association (ALA) and veteran of guiding libraries through transitions has been tapped to lead the New Haven Free Public Library for the next six months. As she comes into the system, Maureen Sullivan is focused on meeting and retaining staff, centering the library’s educational role, and making sure the city knows just how vital its public library system is.
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Longtime participants Allie Perry and Ginger Chapman. Abiba Biao Photos.
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Yale students lying down on the Cross Campus field. Abiba Biao Photos. A sea of Yale University students packed Cross Campus last Friday, enjoying the spring weather while learning about environmental advocacy.
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Barista Spencer Knoll during a quiet moment. Jadan Anderson Photos.
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WNHH Community Radio · Arts Respond With Lucy Gellman | Lunarfest 2022: Year Of The Tiger
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Photographer Herve Locus at The Devil's Gear Bike Shop last Friday. Store co-owner Johnny Brehon said he hopes to do pop-ups every few weeks going forward. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Members of the rally. Adrian Huq Photos.
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Alma Mendoza Photos and Video.
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From left to right: Shawn Murray, Tricia D’Onofrio, and Beau McDowell. Sam Hadelman Photos.
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Your Queer Plant Shop Co-Founders Anika Stewart and Georgina Gross, who are partners in both life and work. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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From left to right: Rafael Ramos, Eddie Padilla, Jose Apache Rivera and Marco Ayuso. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Saldi (at right) with a customer earlier this year. Lisa Reisman Photo, with permission from the New Haven Independent.
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Tracey Massey in her upstairs studio. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Roberts, at center. Nia Riles-Mathis and Hyclis Williams are on either side of him. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Photos courtesy of Michele Moore. At left: Coaches Gary Moore Sr., Darrell Brown, and Michele Moore.
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ala ochumare, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter New Haven, and Mayor Justin Elicker. Elicker said that NHPS Superintendent Dr. Iline Tracey told him that the district will be making the investigation public by Monday June 21.
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Panelists from The LAB @ Long Wharf Theatre via YouTube screenshot. Pictured Top Row (Left to Right): Salwa Abdussabur, Isaac Bloodworth, and Onyeka Obiocha. Bottom Row (Left to Right): Ro Godwynn and Nico Wheadon.
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Clockwise from top: Twain House Director of Public Programs Jennifer LaRue, Frank Rizzo, Jacob Padrón and Melia Bensussen. Crowdcast screengrab.
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Top row: Artist Molly Gambardella, Mariachi Academy of New England students, Lou Mangini with Photographer Johnathon Henninger. Middle Row: Amira Brown, artwork by Althea Rao, musician Stephen Gritz King. Bottom row: Musician Fernanda Franco, Teaching artist and West Haven Council Member Trenée McGee, and Hanan Hameen. They are among the first 146 recipients.
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Photo courtesy Xiomarie LaBeija. This is the first installment in 2018’s “Queen Of The Week” series, which we will be running each Friday during Connecticut’s PRIDE celebrations this September. Last year’s installments, in order, profiled #NHVDrag, Robin Banks, Malaya Love Nations, and Tiana Maxim Rose. Xiomarie LaBeija cocked her hips just slightly and put one leg in front of the other. Creamy white leotard. Crinkly gold cape. A corset to keep everything in just so. Brown curls cascaded past her shoulders, caramel at the tips. She had the room on the edge of its seats, and she was just getting started.
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Mariame Kazadi, Divine Mahoundi, Deyana Al-Mashhadani, Gladys Mwilelo, and Kendall Brent contributed reporting.
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"One of those silent heroes." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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"We can actually have a roof reconstruction without looking for a hole,” said museum director Sandra Malmquist Wednesday.
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State Rep. Robyn Porter was one in a packed lineup of speakers to speak at a #SaveSCOTUS rally Tuesday evening. She challenged those at the rally not just to call their legislators, but to reach out to family members and friends in other states and urge them to call their legislators as well. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Chris Murphy: “We have a big fight ahead of us." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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John Martin: "Transportation is a fight that I'm proud to be a part of." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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URI's Kelechi Eleanya with the median-turned-garden. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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“It’s an open conversation between us and the kids,” said Easy Breezy Director Alex Fargeorge. “We still do all the activities other camps do...it’s tailored to their needs.” Karen Marks Photos.
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Ash Cruz, who is a published poet, works through what he would depict if he'd been at Stonewall in 1969. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Gladys Mwilelo: “Tearing families apart is like switching off a light on someone who is looking for direction at night." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Artist Kwadwo Adae: “If our mothers, sisters, daughters are oppressed, how are any of us free?” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Mrs. Jeffie Frazier: "We are so powerful—we’re just not together. Please come together. That’s a blessing for me if you would.”
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After years of planning, renovation, and funding from the Elm City Innovation Collaborative and City of New Haven, Ives Squared will open at the New Haven Free Public Library on June 27. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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“You couldn’t get more Fair Haven if you paid for it,” Cruz said to a few chuckles from staff. “Which we did." Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Check it out on our Youth Arts Journalism Initiative blog!
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While both National Trails Day and its smaller Connecticut arm have taken place since 1993, this is the first year for the Newhallville Learning Corridor to participate in CT Trails Day. The event was sponsored by New Haven Friends of the Farmington Canal Greenway. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Kiki Lucia looked out onto a sea of young faces. 60 pairs of wide eyes looked back. Red leotard. White gogo boots. Big earrings that caught in the light. A rainbow flag turned superhero cape smoothed out around her arms and shoulders.
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Stephannie Salters was one of the first to experience this year's new "Yoga In Our Cities" Initiative, a collaboration between 108 Monkeys and Breathing Room Yoga Center. In the background is 108 Monkeys Founder Peg Oliveira. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Mark Firla: “We want to make sure that people understand that there’s no stigma, that this is something that we’re happy to do and we want to make use of. That we care about each other, and we want to make sure—not only that the kid’s not hungry, but that parents have less to worry about.” Lucy Gellman Photo.
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New Sphinx , 2016. All photos courtesy Kyle Kearson.
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“This is really a true example of what Kevin and I had hoped to build in this storytelling community,” Kevin Walton's wife, Karen DuBois-Walton, had said as the event got underway Monday night. After each story, Walton would return to the front of the room to add questions and moderate for a few minutes. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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"I’d want women to know that they’re not alone," said panelist Keesa Figgs Desilva in an interview before the panel. During the panel, she added: "Let's bring these women home." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Actor and writer Kelley Knight at Thursday's The Commons. At the inaugural event last month, she said that she practices her craft because "I’ve found that if I don’t, it will kill me. It’ll kill my soul, it’ll kill my spirit. " Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Young dancers from Ice The Beef Youth at a march for jobs last year. Thomas Breen File Photo for the New Haven Independent.
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Students came out from all corners of the state for the march. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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"When you suddenly realize the trees have names and they have characters the way that you walk around New Haven is very different. You’re like: “Oh, that’s an elm tree!” “That’s a sycamore!” “That’s a sweetgum!” You realize they have personalities." Misha Semenov Photo.
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Willie Gary, Meridaliz Delima, and Mykell Rivera pitch New Haven Leaders before judges. Stephen Urchick Photos.
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Lori Martin: "It troubles me every day that there is being food thrown away and we have people that could use food. That match we all can make together." Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Melissa Gonzales: “I didn’t want to be quiet about it.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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DJ Dooley-O keeps the beat coming. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Ife Michelle Gardin and Steve Fontana. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Maafa: Ghosts of the Atlantic II , 48 x 36 in. Acrylic/mixed media on canvas. Photo courtesy WCGMF.
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Dancers from the Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute Dragon and Lion Dance Team stunned during the parade. Toward the end, one scaled a pole to "eat" a head of lettuice. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Westvillian Travis Carbonella, or King of Mardi Gras 2018? Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Nour Alzouabi gets ready to hit the pavement. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Carlton Highsmith, with Margot Copeland, Erik Clemons and members of the KeyBank team. Jeff Hubbard is standing in the suit and purple tie. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Tracy Carter: “I’m here because women rock, I’m here for women’s rights.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Pamela Monk Kelley: "We need to learn more about our history.” Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Hewad Hemat, an Afghani who came to the U.S. with his family in 2014, on a Special Immigrant Visa. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Lior Trestman and Sawyer Christmann help each other get the hard-to-reach spots earlier this year, as they paint a community mural at the vacant Strong School. For me, this image has always reflected what The Arts Paper stands for: Supporting community members to civically-oriented work—and doing that work ourselves—with small but steady hands. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Kennya Adams-Martin and Camille Ansley at a "Cedar Hill Paint Party" earlier this year. It was there that they decorated the first little free library. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Judy Alperin, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, led a tour of the permises earlier this week. The room to which she's gesturing will soon be a fitness center and TRX climbing wall. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Southern Connecticut State University’s first “social justice” president wants to know more about the community in which his university is located—and is asking the community to learn more about SCSU in return.
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Pinos' wife, holding their son Brandon: Thank you so much. Kelly and Nelson Pinos pictured in back. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Nelson Pinos and Jesus Morales Sanchez at the event Thursday. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Lugo (fist raised) and Jesus Morales-Sanchez at a ULA protest right before Thanksgiving last month. ULA Photo.
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The winners at the ceremony. Art Perlo Photo.
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Every year, I fall victim to the December cookie infatuation that sweeps through our country. It doesn't matter that Christmas is not my personal holiday. Any month-long celebration of a food group (Yes! I consider cookies to be a food group!) can't be ignored. Food for me is an expression of love. The beauty and diversity of cookies, and the sheer number that it is possible to bake, make them the perfect vehicle for spreading the love far and wide.
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Marc Camille: Albertus will be a meaningful partner. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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The cats fuel up before a day of being watched, petted, and cooed at. Mew Haven Photo.
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Rubin: Should the city pay for a rehab? Lucy Gellman Photos.
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The Lineage Group co-founder Malcolm Welfare: We want to elevate black artists. Naomi Santiago photographs.
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City Librarian Martha Brogan out on the library's Ives Branch patio, which faces out toward Elm Street and gives an elevated view of the city. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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A photograph from last year's vigil for the victims of the Orlando shooting. No photographs were allowed at Tuesday's event. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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Baristas Xiaoxiao “Connie” Kang and Rose Zeng. The Wangs, who own the cafe, asked not to be photographed. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Diane Brown on her way to receive an "I Love My Librarian" award. Markeshia Ricks for the New Haven Independent.
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Five pounds of all purpose flour. Three eggs. One teaspoon of baking soda and the juice of one quarter lemon, squeezed at the peak of freshness. Three sticks of butter. A basement kitchen safe from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, with enough vegetable oil to feed a small army.
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Suarez leads the charge. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Majesty Whitaker, Venovia Charon, and Phoenix Clare. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Wordmaster Tom Zingarelli hands out prizes to The Stellar Spellers, as well as several other recepients. Lucy Gellman photos.
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Ana María Rivera-Forastieri and Mario before the packed house. Courtesy Immigrant Bail Fund/Brett Davidson.
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Connecticut contra dance legend Billy Fischer gathered up his microphone’s cable. He waded out into the crowd milling on the dancefloor of the Whitneyville Cultural Commons in Hamden.
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The following is a citizen contribution submitted by Esther Rose-Wilen, garden education coordinator at the New Haven Land Trust.
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In a living room nestled deep in New Haven’s Dwight neighborhood, a financial plan was hatching. M. smoothed out pink polar fleece and checked a sequin to see if it was sewn on tight enough. Beside her, Elizabeth Nearing googled prices on beds for infants, drawing out a sort of list in the air with her second finger. She checked Etsy, then Pinterest, then Etsy again. $150 seemed like a reasonable number.
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Rabbi Herb Brockman with Nury Chavarria earlier this year. Paul Bass for the New Haven Independent.
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Making music is a great way to feel my cultural identity in ways I don’t get from going to a synagogue. I’m always reaching out for new people to play! - David Chevan
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Hausladen with Kassandra Leiva and Misha Semenov. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Banks performing at Dragapalooza earlier this year. Lucy Gellman Photo.
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The candidates in place. Christopher Peak for the New Haven Independent.
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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.
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You're a party planner at Yale University, in search of a new caterer for your next event. You’d love for them to be a fresh face, reflective of the diverse city in which you live. So you go online to a google map, and search all of the city’s restaurants owned by people of color, until you’ve found just the right one.
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Abduladhim Al-Ani, with Vivian Smith and Herb Mermelstein. Lucy Gellman photos.
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Pastor Juhye Hahn at Sunday night's prayer vigil for Marco Antonio Reyes Alvarez. Lucy Gellman photo.
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Norman Clement leads attendees to First and Summerfield UMC.
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