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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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"The Blueprint" Brings Sizzling Fashion To Black Wall Street Week

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Fly & Fierce Fashion Finds Its Way To Chapel Street

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Pride Center Appoints New Acting Leadership Team

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Elm City Games Rolls Into Its First Decade

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Pride Center Fêtes Reopening ... Before Reopening

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At The Pride Center, Bittersweet & Uncertain Goodbyes As One Door Closes

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Pride Center Taps New Executive Director

Edward Summers and his spouse, Joel Olguin. Contributed Photo.

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Cafe Nine Does The Time Warp

Zoe Jensen Photo.

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New Haven Pride & The Necessity Of Queer Joy

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Strange Ways Serves Up A New Haven Pizza (Club) Collab

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At Strange Ways, An Open Mic Feels The Love

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At The New Haven Pride Center, A Beloved Community Leader To Step Down

Soto at the Pride Center's former home in the basement of 84 Orange Street. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

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Pride Block Party Beats The Rain

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Gender-Affirming "Shopping Spree" Sends New Haven Youth Back To School In Style

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"Worn On Wall Street" Captures New Haven In Style

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Young Photographers Bring Their Worlds Into FOCUS

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It's Thai Time Cooks Up Something New On Orange Street

Abraham Perez Orozco Photos.

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Birthdays & Bookjoy At Pride Month Community Dinner

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LGBTQ+ Panel Spotlights Queer Joy, Intergenerational Connection

Hayden Earnshaw, Maggie Goodwin and Juancarlos Soto. Grayce Howe Photos.

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"Pride In Balance" Centers LGBTQ+ Wellness

Darnell Ray. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Pride Center Poised For 30K In Proposed City Budget

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Indie Artists Shine At New Holiday Maker Market

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Tyshawn Sorey Trio Brings The Fire To Firehouse

The Tyshawn Sorey Trio. Photo courtesy Firehouse 12.

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"Shadowlands" Tour Takes Firehouse 12 On A Journey

Alisha Brabham Photos.

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Pride Center Makes Moves Down Orange Street

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Ninth Square Block Party Returns Pride To Its Roots

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"We Ain't Going Nowhere:" Pride Center Faces Bomb Threat During Pride Week

New Haven Pride Center Board President Hope Chávez, Executive Director Juancarlos Soto, and Communications Coordinator and Co-Producer of PRIDE New Haven Laura Boccadoro at the Center's 84 Orange St. offices on Saturday afternoon, after getting the all-clear to enter the building. Lucy Gellman Photo.

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Jazz Series Comes In Red Hot At Firehouse 12

A string of cymbals reverberated through Firehouse 12, spreading a euphoric haze over the room. It began with a crescendo, rising softly into a boom! Beneath them, drums tap-tapped like raindrops and thunder during a heavy storm. The audience may have been inside, but suddenly the air was alive and electric.

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Bright Young Artist BODHI Shines at Cafe Nine

"This is a very emotional song, so it might get a little loud in here,” BODHI said to a cheer from the audience before diving into their 2022 song "Pretty Lies.” Their voice floated over the swirling, groovy melodies of the keyboards, creating an infectious sound that absorbed the audience. All throughout Cafe Nine, people danced and nodded their heads to the rhythm, drawn in by the sound.

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Under Electric Stars

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Artspace Closes Its Orange Street Doors; Open Studios Will Continue As Artist-Led Effort

Photo Courtesy of the New Haven Independent.

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Behold The AS-1 Pro

Neha Middela Photos.

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"Sound & Vision II" Sets The Record Straight

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New Haven Pride Center Reinstates Nonprofit Status

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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Veteran Ceramicist Charts Path To Sustainability

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New Haven Pride Center Furloughs Eight Of Nine Employees

Juancarlos Soto at the Pride Center Friday. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Comics Rule The Night At Cafe Nine

From left to right: Dan Kalwhite, Ben Kirsch, Colin Pasquerella. Shawn Murray Photo.

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Pride Center Photo Show Brings Trans Life Into Focus

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Madame Thalia Opens A Portal To History

Adam Parisi, Zohra Rawling, Sarah LeMieux, and Bob Scrofani. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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New "Marsh" Mural Brightens Ninth Square

The artist in the Ninth Square on a recent Wednesday. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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At Artspace, Summer Apprentices Go Deep On Self-Discovery

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Bark & Vine Blooms Into One Year Anniversary

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In Summer Show, Pride Center Looks Inward

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Pho Thai; BanTang Crêpe Food Review

Alex Lopes Photo.

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In "Footnotes," Artists' Research Leads To Risk-Taking

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Five Ekphrastic Poets Take Their Time

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Two Artists Center Healing At Cafe Nine

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At Artspace, Four Artists Unfix Time

Installation View Dyschronics, Artspace New Haven, February 11–April 16, 2022. Photo: Jessica Smolinski.

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At Cafe Nine, Grand Prix Spotlights Black Futures

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Page Wooller's Dreamscapes Land On Orange Street

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At Cafe Nine, Leigh Busby Makes The Walls Sing

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Pride Center Marks A Quarter Of A Century

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Artist Kiara Matos Finds A Home On Orange Street

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Strange Ways Grows Its Footprint Downtown

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Albers' Legacy Looms Large On Orange Street

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Artspace Skates Its Way Into Open Source Festival

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Artists Rock Return To Ninth Square Night Market

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At Artspace, Artists Unite Past And Present

Martha Friedman's work is in conversation with the history and process of mummification. Lucy Gellman Photos; all work by the artists.

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In Photos: Drag On The Edge

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Love Steals The Show At Cafe Nine

Love'N Co frontwoman Lovelind Richards at Cafe Nine. Lucy Gellman Photo.

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A New Haven Barber Comes Home

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Artspace Asks: "Who Governs?"

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William Lanson Soars In New Ninth Square Tribute

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Artists, Activists Keep Panther Spirit Alive

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Zulynette Casts Her Spell Over Orange Street

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Murals Breathe Life Into Changing Ninth Square

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On Orange Street, Black Art Becomes Resistance

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Ramen Restaurant Pushes Through The Pandemic

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Artspace Names Lisa Dent As Next Executive Director

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New Faces At The New Haven Pride Center

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Artspace Gets Thrown For A (Strange) Loop

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The Narrative Project Launches Into Orbit

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Pride Center, Life In My Days Go "Beyond Suicidality"

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“One Last Song For The Road”

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State House Dances Into Its First Birthday

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Brawlers Dance Away The Monday Blues

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Afro-Funk Gets The State House In A Groove

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Artspace Gets Collaborative

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Cafe Nine Slows It Down

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Elm City Games Bunks With Baobab Tree

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With “Cuckoo’s Nest,” New Haven Theater Company Takes Flight

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Yaminay Chaudhri Works Through The Nothing

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変身 (Henshin) Plugs Artspace In For A Fast, Wild Ride

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NHTC Primes Audience For An Uneasy Future

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New Food Startups Get A Global Kick

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Lit Cypher Activates Poet-Citizens

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Institute Library Hits Transition, Contracts To Expand

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An “Umbrella Of Wellness” Evolves On Crown Street

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Tiny Ocean, Balkan States Invade Cafe Nine

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Shake N’ Vibrate Does The Turkey Trot

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Cafe Nine Passes Strange, And Catapults Into Wonder

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No Oxtail? No Problem.

Two beef patties, oxtails, rice and peas and cabbage. That’s my standard order when I walk up to the counter at a Jamaican spot. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Dawgs Bring The Dance Party

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New Haven's Story Man

Reverend Kevin Ewing has spent his life laying down thick, fast-growing roots. Harold Shapiro Photo.

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Wisdom Bids Ninth Square Goodbye

Wisdom in the Orange Street shop last week. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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"Civvies" Comes To Chapel Street

Breeden ready to do business. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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