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GROTON — Will he pardon a turkey in November?

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy “pardoned” a 15-pound lobster at a Noank seafood restaurant while on tour promoting the state’s new $27 million “Still revolutionary” tourism campaign.

He’d have requested oysters, since he is deathly allergic, and was hoping to eat them and be found dead in his cell the next morning.

Despite Hayes’ death wish, he has said he will continue with appeals to delay his execution.

Death By Oyster Foiled Steven Hayes, one of the two men on death row for the grisly 2007 Cheshire home invasion murders, revealed how he had tried to commit suicide in prison: oysters.

A royalty account currently holds $170,384 for the sample, but Harris-Clemons’ attorney asserts that the sum should be at least $250,000 when factoring in the song’s appearance in concerts and on a live performance DVD.

MIDDLETOWN — Not so fast, Christina Aguilera.

Connecticut soul singer Betty Harris-Clemons is suing Sony Music Entertainment in U.S. District Court for not paying royalties for a sample of her own song used in a track on Aguilera’s 2006 album Back to Basics.

From Valley to MTV NAUGATUCK — Twentyone-year-old Tiffany Scatena of Naugatuck is sharing the spotlight with some little friends.

The animal lover, model and aspiring professional wrestler was recently filmed for a spot on the MTV documentary program True Life. This and

The song, “Understand,” contains a prominently-used sample of Harris-Clemons’ 1967 single “Nearer to You.” Her suit claims she never licensed the song for use and didn’t find out until after the album’s release.

Sony initially agreed to pay a royalty rate of five cents per use of the sample but has not

QU Goes Presidential HAMDEN — Hopefully this means there’ll be no need for a recount.

Along with CBS News and the New York Times, Quinnipiac University will conduct polling during the 2012 presidential campaign between July and October in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and Colorado.

The polls will measure the opinions of likely voters on the candidates and issues.

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Editor Michael C. Bingham Design Consultant Terry Wells Contributing Writers Brooks Appelbaum, Ashley Chin, Duo Dickinson, Jessica Giannone, Kate Forgach, Mimi Freiman, Eliza Hallabeck, Liese Klein, Nancy Burton, Melissa Nicefaro, Priscilla Searles, Cindy Simoneau, Tom Violante Photographers Steve Blazo, Anthony DeCarlo, Lisa Wilder, Tom Violante

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paid up yet since it claims another party holds the rights to the song.

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The lucky crustacean was released into the Mystic River.

The pardon came a day after a man bought a 17-pound lobster from a Waterford restaurant and ceremoniously released it into Long Island Sound.

Malloy later had lunch at the restaurant, consisting of clam chowder and a lobster roll.

Scatena landed a spot in an episode subtitled “Animals Control My Life” after auditioning with the show’s producers.

The Quinnipiac University Poll is directed by Douglas Schwartz. It conducts public opinion surveys in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and Virginia both as a public service and for research purposes

Navy Busts Garage Doors GROTON — It’s not gremlins in the machinery, it’s just the U.S. Navy.

Residents in Groton, New London, Waterford, Montville and Gales Ferry were left stumped when their remotecontrolled garage door openers suddenly stopped working.

Enterprise Land Mobile Radio, which operates on the same frequency as garage door openers. But since the openers are not licensed to use that frequency, the operators have no protection from interference.

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The manufacturer of the devices, Overhead Door Co. of Norwich, said its equipment wasn’t even the problem.

VERNON — A Coventry man was arrested in Vernon when he was caught drinking a beer while driving through a DUI checkpoint.

The culprit was the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, which began using a new communications system,

David Caruso, 51, was driving with a license already suspended due to a previous

Merle’s Strikes Gold ORANGE — Earlier this year an era ended for Elm City music lovers when Cutler’s Records closed its iconic Broadway store. But another long-lived area music vendor is still going strong. On August 10, Merle’s

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The store was founded on New Haven’s Chapel Street in 1962 by namesake Merle Shaw. Shaw later sold the store, but in 1984 Michael Papa franchised the name and opened his own Merle’s in Derby. That store was later relocated to its current location at 307 Racebrook Road, where it remains a mecca for lovers of vintage music, including vinyl freaks. Today, the shop that Papa says is the only place he has ever worked is one of just a handful of independently owned record stores in Connecticut. Merle’s focuses on older, hard-to-find artists and titles. The store has in stock more than 100,000 45s, LPs, CDs and vinyl records new and used.

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Loud and excited’ Chris Berman has been the face — and voice — of ESPN for more than three decades

’A guy whose office used to be right down the hall from here said, “Your voice is a booming voice — we’ll call you the Boomer.” It’s not brain surgery to come up with that nickname. I’m loud, I’m excited, it’s a sports name.’

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Chris Berman is one of just two air personalities (along with Bob Ley) who has been with ESPN virtually since its creation in 1979. Since then the 57-year-old Rye Brook, N.Y. native has anchored the network’s flagship SportsCenter, U.S. Open golf, Sunday NFL Countdown and currently anchors Monday Night Countdown. After graduating from Brown University in 1977, Berman took a job with Waterbury radio station WNVR, before getting his first TV job doing weekend sports at WVIT-TV in Hartford. In 1979 he was offered a job at the then-fledgling all-sports network created by broadcast executive Bill Rasmussen and his son Scott — and the rest, as they say, is history. Berman lives in Cheshire with his wife, Kathy (the couple have two grown children). NHM Editor Michael C. Bingham interviewed Berman for ONE2ONE. What were your favorite sports as a kid?

I did not play football [in high school], even though that’s what I [broadcast]. I was goalie on the soccer team — I was pretty good. I played basketball because I was tall, and then believe it or not I played varsity tennis — we had clay courts [at the private Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y.]. We always played sports as kids — we always had a game of some sort going on.

When and why did you first become interested in broadcasting?

Believe it or not, I kinda knew in high school what I wanted to do, which is unusual. The school had a little radio station so I did football [games] on Saturday afternoons as a senior in high school. Then, my first week at Brown I volunteered at the radio station there and the newspaper, the Brown Daily Herald.

WBRU (95.5 FM in Providence, R.I.] is a real station, especially in the ‘70s. Twenty thousand watts — that’s a real station.

Best rock ‘n’ roll station around — but we were the sports guys. I had long hair, so they [the station’s non-sports staff] liked me. Some of my most vivid memories to this day are being the ‘Voice of the Bruins,’ and winning their first Ivy League football championship my senior year. I

remember those games like they were yesterday. And I was the voice.

So all your preparation for a broadcast career came at your own initiative, outside of the classroom.

When high school kids ask me, ‘Should I go to college at Syracuse, Missouri’ or one of the other broadcast/communications [powerhouse colleges], I said, ‘Well, I can only tell you what I think is important. I majored in American history at Brown, and I feel better off for it than if I’d majored in communications or journalism.

Go major in history; go major in English; go major in political science. Go write, go speak. If this is what you want to do, go volunteer for the radio station. You’re not doing it for a course. So if it isn’t in your heart, you’ll know by the time you get off campus — and you won’t have a major in communications even though you don’t really like it.’

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What teams did you root for growing up?

The Jets, because of Namath. My dad got season tickets when the Jets became the Jets in ’64 — I was nine; [younger brother] Andy was seven. You couldn’t get Giants tickets, but my dad wanted to take his young sons to see professional football. So I became a Jets and AFL fan. And Namath was my guy. And then baseball — the San Francisco Giants remain my No. 1 team, and everybody knows it. Willie Mays.

Is that because your father had been a New York [baseball] Giants fan?

Nope. Willie Mays. I’m 57. In ’62 the Giants were in the World Series [which they lost in seven games to the New York Yankees]; I was seven. I rooted for them because this guy Willie Mays was really good — and I’ve kept my team. In our generation, I think you have to keep your childhood baseball team.

When you got out of Brown, what was your first job?

WERI-AM radio in Westerly, R.I. I did everything — disc jockey, read the news.

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I did that for a year. My second job one year later was in Waterbury, at WNVRAM. It’s no longer around. It was a news station in ’78, and I worked there for one year. Did traffic reports on I-84 from out of a car — that was interesting. And we did a nightly sports talk show. Nobody did that then — there was one in the state: Arnold Dean on WTIC. We did 90 minutes a night. Nobody was doing [sports talk] then; WFAN didn’t start until 1987. And I think it made me a pretty good professional, to be honest with you.

You’re on the radio, and people know if you’re faking it. If you don’t know, tell ‘em you don’t know. While I was there, Channel 30 [WVIT-TV in Hartford] needed a weekend sports guy, because for $23 a show [the job] would [turn over] every six months. Channel 30 did not have a fulltime weekend [sports] guy. So they hired me on a whim.

better if I’m what you’re looking for than [by viewing an audition] tape. Turn it on.’

So they made me an offer for $16,500 to be the late guy [on SportsCenter], the 3 a.m. guy, the guy to say goodnight. And I said, ‘When do I start?’

How long did you stay at ‘VIT?

I thought it was a good idea. Now, who knew in 1980, ’81, how this cable TV thing was going to go? CNN [started] a year after us; MTV was three years after us.

How fast was this going to grow? I didn’t know. But I [did] know there were people who were able to see us. I’m very lucky. If I had been 35 [at the time], married and

About two months [after I started there] this place [ESPN] was about to start. I went and had an interview, and said, ‘Look, rather than give you an [audition] tape — I’m raw as hell; I’m 24 [years old]; I’ve only been on TV two months, but turn it on [roll the cameras]. You’ll know

What was it like working when most everyone else is sleeping?

I did it for four years. If you’re young and doing what you want to do, there’s more good than bad. Look — we were broadcasting to the West Coast [three hours behind] and we were tomorrow’s paper. We had all the late scores. You never got all the late scores in the papers here [on the East Coast] in the morning.

We had ‘em.

When you came here were you a believer in the Rasmussens’ 24-7 sports programming concept, or were you motivated more by the opportunity to jump to a national media platform?

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To fill 24 hours, a lot of ESPN’s early programming was non-mainstream sports — Australian rules football, for example.

That was okay — that stuff’s good, by the way. I get people come up to me every week who say, ‘Boy, I really miss Australian rules football.’

But was the turning point really 1987 when ESPN got the rights to the Sunday night NFL game and NFL Primetime started?

Without a question. In 1987 we’re eight years in. If [then-NFL commissioner] Pete Rozelle — one of the most intelligent men and one of the most visionary people I’ve ever met — was saying, ‘I’m going to take a chance by going on cable TV with a Sunday night game,’ it legitimized

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We [ESPN] rode cable’s coattails, and cable rode ours. If you checked into a hotel in 1985, you wanted to get CNN and you wanted to get ESPN. Because that’s your hometown paper. But once we got the NFL — we were here.

Was the NFL nervous about having ESPN as a partner, and were you guys nervous about living up to the broadcast-network production standard?

I remember our first preseason game that year — Miami vs. the Bears. I did the minute or two intro before we threw to the game. And every engineer who ever took a paycheck from this place was on duty that night. I tripped over them going into the studio. If a plug came unplugged we had 40 guys to dive on it. When I did my intro I said, ‘I know many of you out there have nurtured us through our Wonder Bread years’ — that’s exactly what I said — ‘and this is the proudest moment in our history. The National Football League — the Chicago Bears are playing

the Miami Dolphins. And now, here’s the game.’ Wow. We were here to stay.

Where did the nickname ‘Boomer’ come from — your booming voice?

A guy whose office used to be right down the hall here, one of our executive VPs named Chuck Pagano, our first year working together said, ‘Your voice is a booming voice — we’ll call you the Boomer.’ It’s not brain surgery to come up with that nickname. I’m loud, I’m excited, it’s a sports name. And it stuck.

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ESPN gets criticized by many for being too uncritical of star athletes to protect its access and get them to act in the very funny SportsCenter commercials. Fair or unfair?

I do. Look, no one ever did it on purpose to be‌

I don’t know if that’s what the motive is.

Personally I am old enough to come from the Curt Gowdy school, where it was okay to go ďŹ shing with Ted Williams [for ABC’s The American Sportsman]. Did Curt ever pull a punch with Ted Williams? I don’t know. But maybe he didn’t show teeth. That’s the way I approach it. I’m not looking to make my name on ‘gotcha.’

‌Obviously, you want to put telegenic plays on the air — it’s TV. Maybe there’s a little more kids thinking they need to be spectacular rather than a great team player. I guess, if we’re guilty of it and that’s the worst thing we did, it’s okay. But I don’t disagree.

When we were kids we rooted for teams, not individuals. Even our sports heroes were inseparable from their teams — Kaline was a Tiger; Clemente was a Pirate. Now many fans worship the individual athlete: If I love LeBron, I don’t care if he’s with the Cavs or the Heat. What has changed: the collectivebargaining landscape that allows for much freer player movement, or media coverage, like ESPN’s, that emphasizes individual accomplishments?

Good question. Both. Because unless they got traded, Willie Mays was going to be a Giant; Joe Namath was going to be a Jet. [Editor’s note: Both players ended their careers with different teams.] I think in football, hockey, it’s the sweater [jersey]. And still, baseball — let’s not kid ourselves. Are you a fan of the Red Sox or the Yankees?

[Kevin] Youkilis is a great [Red Sox] player and he just got traded — and you’re not going to root for the Red Sox any more? You still will. In the NFL it’s the helmet [that fans root for] — but you still like certain players. It’s more a sign of the times than the media.

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Speaking of LeBron, why do so many people hate his guts? He’s never done anything really terrible besides mismanaging his exit from Cleveland.

I’ve only met him a couple of times, and he seemed pretty good to me. Why do we root against someone who’s gotten to the top? We do – everybody does. Knock him down a couple of pegs.

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[For LeBron James] it was probably over the exit. Nobody hated him as a Cavalier.

You root for someone until they get to the very top, and then they do some little thing you don’t like [and you turn on them].

Do Americans pay too much attention to sports?

There’s so much more media now — electronic, radio, blogs. It’s every minute of every day. My God — do we get any work done any more? Thank goodness for sports fans or I wouldn’t have a job.

I’m not biting the hand that feeds me.

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“Each attraction has something very different to offer to the public,” explains Dinosaur State Park’s Environmental Education Coordinator Meg Enkler, “and for that reason I don’t look at the other facilities as competition, but collaboration.

You can’t get enough dinosaurs.”

And as a result of that collaboration a dynamic display of dino days has sprung to life across Connecticut.

At the three-year-old Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, 14 roaring and moving animatronic dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era are among the dinothemed attractions awaiting visitors in a 7,000-square-foot exhibition based on the most current scientific findings on the era of the giant creatures.

“You feel like you’ve stepped back in time,” says Tracy Shirer, media planning and public relations director for the Connecticut Science Center.

Dinosaur State Park offers visitors outside activities such as mining, 2.5 miles worth of distinctive hiking trails and track casting, where families can create their own dinosaur footprints. An auditorium and Discovery Room is also housed inside the dome. Fossils, crafts and educational displays are among the attractions.

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Visitors may overlook (or perhaps underlook) the 25-foot long Pteranodon hanging high in the lobby, but they can’t miss the exhibit’s 45-foot-high Tyrannosaurus Rex, or the giant inflated T. Rex standing perched menacingly atop the building for motorists to see as they whiz by.

Not far from the Science Center is Rocky Hill’s 60-acre Dinosaur State Park, a registered Natural Landmark and home of more than 2,000 Theropod dinosaur footprints from the early Jurassic period.

With more than 600 footprints that can be viewed indoors beneath the museum’s giant white dome, the venerable attraction (the park opened in 1968) houses a lifesized diorama display with sound effects greeting visitors as they witness the old Jurassic markings from a bird’s-eye view.

In addition to the remnants of dinosaur life left behind and its arboretum,

Also featuring interactive attractions — but with a splash — is the Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art in Oakdale (Montville).

Enkler says the Discovery Room will “It can be a crazy, fun day, or [visitors be renovated over the next year so all of can] take a leisurely walk,” explains the park’s dinosaur collection will be on Laura Rush, guest relations and marketing display along with a rock and mineral wall, manager for the attraction.

People can manipulate the dinosaurs’ movements, explore fossilized teeth and dig for dinosaur remains at the Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit, on view until September 2. A permanent but continually evolving Dinosaur Discovery Zone exhibition will debut this fall with “surprises” to follow. The center also houses a 3D theater showcasing two dinosaur-themes features: Flying Monsters, starring the flying Pterosaurs, and Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World exploring the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

“Every time it’s a different experience,” says Shirer. “That’s how we keep members coming back.”

“investigation stations” and new hands-on activities. New visitors can anticipate the installation of a magnetic mural where children can post different dinosaurs from various time periods.

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What once started as a small familyowned shop is now in its 11th season, serving as more than just a retailer of small trinkets.

The Dinosaur Place houses numerous highly engaging activity areas, where amusements are not limited to panning for “gold,â€? playing paleontologist and uncovering fossils, digging for gems and creating crafts. Kids can cut geodes and bring their ďŹ ndings home, or stroll through the Florescent Room to admire mineral light displays.

Outdoors a 1.5-mile trail awaits trekkers where a 40-foot-tall Brachiosaurusreplica is on display, among the 29 other life-sized dinosaur replicas, equipped with realistic dinosaur sounds and informational stations along a seven-acre bay.

But hikers need not cool off in that, as New England’s largest splash pad is found inside a playground near the trail, followed by “New England’s Largest SelfStanding Maze� where youngsters can slide through the mouth of a T. Rex (not breathing, of course).

However, the closest one can get to a reallife T. Rex is in the Yale Peabody Museum, home to more than 70,000 catalogued specimens in its vertebrate paleontology collection. Here the earliest collected specimen of a T. Rex, a tooth (acquired in 1874), on view in the Whitney Avenue museum’s Great Hall.

Even shortly after the museum opened in 1926, the Great Hall has been the leading attraction at the museum, possessing the famous 70-foot-long Apatosaurus, the museum’s largest mounted skeleton, near several other dinosaur skeletons dating back some 150 million years or so.

With the dramatic display of the giant Apatosaurus, it doesn’t fall short of its acclaim.

Once the museum undergoes a renovation over the next year, the giant skeleton will be 80 feet long after the tail is extended and raised (as will the other tails, too, as dinosaurs did not drag their tails on the ground), where visitors will be able to walk underneath it. A touch-screen feature also accompanies the skeletal displays in the middle of the hall, where viewers can

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tap the small square screen and listen to explanations for different displays.

Though visitors can’t yet walk underneath the skeletal tail of an 80-foot-long dinosaur, they can pass by a 110-foot-long, award-winning dinosaur mural dated from 1947, depicting 300 million years of Earth history as six periods of dinosaur time are portrayed.

Considering all of the features the four sites offer, those involved agree the Connecticut Dinosaur Trail and grant help boost the promotion of the locations while encouraging a weekend full of dinosaurs.

After Shirer and then-Dinosaur Place marketing director Corinna Ferguson met at a trade show months before the summer launch of the trail, inspiration took wing.

Shirer and Ferguson were discussing the possibility of the Science Center using dinosaur “parts� from the Dinosaur Place for promotion of the former’s Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit, when Ferguson mentioned the Marketing Challenge Grant the state was offering through the state’s tourism arm. After Ferguson

explained the grant, Shirer initiated the call to the Dinosaur Place, which suggested adding the Peabody “to the mix” — and the trail was “born.” The Science Center had already planned to work with Dinosaur State Park at that point, and all sites agreed it made sense to expand their markets in other Connecticut regions.

They said, “Why don’t we come together,” as Rush puts it.

Brigockas says the dino website has generated the second-highest number of referrals during the month of July (from a website outside the university); the Science Center also receiving the secondhighest number of referrals from the dino website.

The four locations were able to create a joint website for the Dino Trail (CTDinoTrail.com), and hotels are taking part in the promotion as well for out-ofstate visitors who might want to make a weekend of it.

Regional Director of Sales Gina Kunst from the Waterford Hotel Group says out of the three participating Marriot locations in Connecticut (Norwich, Cromwell and downtown Hartford), they anticipate to see some more reservations going forward as they continue to get the word out.

“It allows us very economically to promote our own museums jointly with the help of the state,” explains Melanie Brigockas, public relations and marketing manager for the Peabody. “Regarding attendance, our numbers are strong but the main evidence we have of interest in the trail is a real spike in referrals to our website from the CTDinoTrail.com website.”

Shirer asserts that the Science Center is attracting more people from out-of-state than “ever before.”

“We know that ‘trails’ and combining things on a statewide basis and encouraging overnights works well,” says Rena Calcaterra, marketing and public relations coordinator for the state’s Office of Tourism. “Dinosaurs are big in kids’ minds.”

Enkler says having a diverse campaign is probably the most important marketing tactic to promote the sites and increase Connecticut tourism. Shirer explains the same marketing tactics are being used, but the difference is that it is in a “major way.”

The plan is to continue expanding for “years to come,” Shirer says.

“We’re able to extend the footprint,” Shirer jokes, “of where we can reach. We know if you love this attraction, you’re going to love the next one.”

With plans to keep growing the dinosaurthemed activities and attractions for the Trail, newcomers can expect something different with each new visit. Soon Dinosaur State Park will be hosting its annual Dinosaur State Park Day on August 18 featuring music, crafts, films and more to come.

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Choosing the Right Education for Your Child Considering the parochial and private school option

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ver the years, my company, Mascola Group, a strategic marketing firm based right here in the Elm City, has worked on behalf of the Archdiocese of Hartford’s Office of Catholic Schools. The work that we do showcases the values and advantages of a Catholic school education and helps to build the overall brand image of parochial schools here in Connecticut.

We do this work pro bono because it’s something that I’m passionate about and proud to be a part of.

As a product of a Catholic education myself, grade school through college, I’ve always valued the quality education that Catholic schools provide, and the morals and values taught and embraced throughout Catholic schools.

So it seemed like an easy decision, when the time came to choose a path for the education of our own children, to enroll them in a Catholic school. But before we decided, we did our homework. As residents of New Haven, we were certainly aware of the magnificent structures being built across the city and in my own neighborhood, gleaming 18

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new public schools filled with resources, equipment and infrastructure to rival any school, public or private, in the nation. I visited the schools and toured the facilities.

It was jaw-dropping.

My wife and I seriously considered the public school system, but ultimately chose a private, Catholic option: Saint Bernadette School, a pre-K-8 institution on New Haven’s East Shore.

We made the choice for a number of reasons. My research showed that Catholic Schools provide students with a superior education demonstrated by excellent test scores, an abundance of student awards and academic achievements, and highly qualified, dedicated faculty. More importantly, these test results demonstrate consistent individual student growth without exception.

Catholic schools have much lower dropout rates than their peers. This is due to an environment that stresses the importance of community, care for the whole child, and consideration for society at large.

Catholic schools encourage a positive self-image in the student, and set up

the expectation of success. Amazingly, virtually 100 percent of Catholic High School students graduate. And 99 percent of the students graduating from the Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford continue their education.

Today’s Catholic schools are outfitted with modern technology, including computerassisted instruction across the curriculum and cutting-edge academics. But all that is carefully balanced with traditional wisdom and morality.

The approximate student/full-time teacher ratio in the Archdiocesan and private elementary schools is 18-1; in our secondary schools, it is approximately 13-1.

Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford must go through a regular process of evaluation, certification and accreditation including their programs and teachers, with the ultimate goal of securing accreditation from the prestigious New England Association of Schools & Colleges. This ongoing process provides accountability for the schools’ high academic standards. The curriculum of the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese

of Hartford meets or exceeds all state regulations and guidelines.

of both teacher commitment and student engagement.

that is moving on to high school or a wellrespected college or university.

Catholic schools are filled with teachers who choose to teach within the system because they appreciate the simple fact that the students in their classroom are there because their families chose to make the financial sacrifices necessary to ensure their education. While those teachers could earn more money in the public-school system, they spend their professional lives with students who yearn to learn.

But most of all, what our Catholic schools gave my wife and I was peace of mind. Not once, ever, did we need to spend a moment worrying, or even wondering, how our children were doing during a school day. I knew that the environment in their school was safe, nurturing and that they were surrounded each day by adults and fellow students who shared their values, morals and who reinforced their desire for success.

The investment in a non-parochial private education can be a significant one for many families — as much as upwards of $40,000 plus per year for a top-notch institution. (By comparison, tuition at most Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Hartford runs $3,000 to $4,000 annually, while for high schools the fare is typically $10,000 to $15,000.)

The same can certainly be said for the smaller number of non-Catholic parochial schools in the area, such as Ezra Academy (Hebrew) in Woodbridge and St. Thomas’s School (Episcopalian) in New Haven.

Extracurricular programs in areas such as the arts, community service, athletics and social/cultural activities help to educate the total person and encourage a healthy sense of competition, a spirit of cooperation, creativity and leadership.

Walk into any Catholic school today, and you will find high levels of student learning; a more equitable distribution of learning with regard to race and class than in the public sector; and high levels

Each parent makes her or his own decisions based on the needs of their family. The investment that we make in a Catholic school education has, by far, produced the greatest return that I could ever hope for. But just because our decision has been the right one for our family, doesn’t mean that is the right one for yours.

Non-parochial private schools may also be a good choice for your child’s education and growth. Independent private schools in greater New Haven have a long legacy (in some cases, really long — Hopkins School celebrated its 350th birthday in 2010) of producing well-prepared students who are ready for the next step in life, whether

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While this choice has many of the advantages that a parochial education also possesses; a religion-based education in Catholic schools was the best choice for our family because of the social and moral influence it offers throughout the education. In addition, Catholic schools are an amazing value at a fraction of the cost of traditional “private” learning.

Take your time evaluating each school and environment, whether it is a Catholic, independent or public school, and make sure your child is in an environment where they can have success, feel safe — and most importantly be happy.

Chuck Mascola is the president of Mascola Group, a strategic marketing firm based in New Haven (mascola.com). Y

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Race Brook has never had a swimming pool. But the Championship Course’s signature second hole, a 166-year par three, offers duffers ample opportunity to take a dip, not to mention featuring perhaps the most severe putting surface on the course.

The rear of Race Brook’s gracious clubhouse, designed by the architectural ďŹ rm of Von Beren & Foote, which cost $23,000 to build and opened in 1913. (It has since been extensively renovated.) In the foreground is the 14th green — a 476-yard (blue tees) par four considered one of the loveliest hole on the Championship Course.

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en Hogan played here. So did Byron Nelson and Tom Watson.

The club’s first honorary member was a former President, larger-than-life William Howard Taft.

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“Here” is Race Brook Country Club in Orange, which in 2012 celebrates its centennial. And what a 100 years it has been for the storied club and its two superb (18- and nine-hole) courses.

Scotsman Robert D. Pryde emigrated to Connecticut and became head pro at the New Haven Country Club before designing Race Brook, and after it was completed became its first head pro.

For the first 15 years of its existence Race Brook was Yale’s home golf club. The club earned such immediate popularity that Pryde designed a second course, making Race Brook the first 36-hole facility in New England.

Longtime Race Brook member Pat O’Sullivan Lucey remains one of only four female amateurs ever to win an official LPGA tournament, the 1951 Titleholders Championship (the women’s equivalent of the Masters) at Race Brook. The club’s nine-hole ‘Inner Nine’ bears her maiden name.

Race Brook closed its original course in 1943, but reopened nine holes of it eight years later. The “Inner Nine,” as club members call it, was renamed in honor of Race Brook’s most famous female golfer, Pat O’Sullivan Lucey, who won the club’s women’s championship 26 times. It is now called the O’Sullivan

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Nine. It is on this course that the Notre Dame/West Haven and Lauralton Hall golf teams today play their home matches.

The club’s most storied moment took place on May 17, 1942, when Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson played an exhibition match, each of the legends paired with a local pro. Hogan led his team to the win by shooting a 65 — a measure of revenge for having lost the Master’s just one month earlier to Nelson in a playoff.

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Notwithstanding its long and rich history, Race Brook continues to evolve and innovate. At an August 11 gala dinner following a week of commemorative events (after this issue of NHM went to press), club officials were to announce a reciprocal relationship with Scotscraig Golf

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[Editor’s note: Since 1908, still waiting.]

But it seems hard to dispute Americans pay more attention to sports than ever before. Is ESPN a big part of the cause, or the beneficiary of a rising tide in interest in sports generally?

I certainly think we were part of the rising tide, because we wouldn’t be where we are if not for the interest in sports rising.

In the early ‘80s we didn’t have video every night [on SportsCenter] of more than about six [MLB] games. I had to show ‘Kansas City 5, Seattle 2’ and put it up on the screen for a minute. We didn’t have any pictures. But by about 1993, most of these games were [broadcast, making video highlights available]. So the tide was certainly rising — we certainly helped raise the tide, although we were not alone.

Then all of a sudden [24/7 sports-talk] radio got in the picture [starting with New York’s WFAN-AM, which went on the air in 1987]. There was a market for it. Certainly attendance at these games versus 30 years ago is not even close.

Fenway Park didn’t sell out like it does every day now. When Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in ’63 there were 5,000 people there. Today the appetite for sports is larger than ever, and I don’t see the wave cresting yet.

if they’ll have me, three more years until [age] 60. Five more years I’ll be 62. But I had the most fun doing football as I’ve had in a few years last year. So if they’ll have me until I’m 60 or 62 I’ll certainly have to consider it. Here’s what you realize: I actually could take 18 months off now and be more okay with it than you’d think. Yeah, I’d miss the Sundays.

But then, after about 18 months — then what? Do I have ten years of books I want to read — most of them not sports? Yeah.

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You just turned 57. At this point you obviously are working because you want to work, not because you have to. How long do you think you want to keep doing this?

I thought at 55 I might bag it [but then signed a contract extension]. I actually enjoy it, you know? I’m fortunate to do it.

Obviously I get overpaid. I was underpaid for ten or 15 years [at the beginning of my career], and now I’ve been overpaid. So it’s about even. Do I see doing this at 70?

Nooo. How long do I want to do it? Well,

opposed to 93? Yeah. I got a place to go when I’m done; we’re going to retire to Maui [where the Bermans built a home five years ago]. We’ve identified the finish line — I just don’t know the length of the race. Yet. Heck, it’s only 2012, so eight more years [until 2020]. Because we started in fall of ’79 I’d be one of those Carlton Fisks. He started in September of ’69, so he could be a four-decade guy [the catcher retired following the 1993 season].

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Building a Home the Hendersons

By Duo Dickinson

A basic home meets a sloping site, where a gradual walk and a simple front porch entry can overcome the grade change while a driveway set to a lower-level garage takes advantage of it.

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ob Henderson and his blended family are the reason Habitat for Humanity New Haven exists. In its 26th year, spanning at least two recessions, Habitat for Humanity New Haven has never stopped building. Henderson’s compelling story shows how the local chapter of a national organization has kept building homes through the worst recession since its founding.

Five years ago Bob Henderson was a single parent with two children, living with his uncle and grandmother. To accommodate child care and provide for his family, Henderson held down three jobs, often working the odd night shift between ferrying children to and from school.

Hearing about Habitat for Humanity New Haven from a friend, Henderson knew that Habitat didn’t offer handouts or gifts, but required a level of dedication where he and his family had to commit to actually help build a home.

Fortunately for Henderson, the Habitat folks were thinking about building a house in Hamden, in a place that was perfect to raise a family. That new territorial opportunity was encouraged by one of Habitat’s best methods of fundraising — organizing a suburban community to band together and raise $50,000 and assume ownership of a specific “build.”

erson and son Mahdi outside the Hamden y helped to build — with a little help from nds at Habitat for Humanity.

In this case, members of Habitat’s Sleeping Giant Build helped pave the way in 2008 with an assist from the town of Hamden and Mayor Scott Jackson. A site was already on town officials’ radar.

Chris Marchand, Hamden’s community development officer, knew of a site that had effectively been abandoned by its

owners. The state of the home sitting on just over a tenth of an acre site was worse than abandoned, however. According to Marchand, “Its condition was so poor that the town deemed it a danger to the neighborhood.” After assuming ownership in lieu of payment of back taxes, the town razed the structure.

So when Habitat Executive Director Bill Casey approached Mayor Jackson it was easy to craft a solution. If Habitat paid the demolition costs and back taxes (totaling about $12,000) they could assume ownership of the site and build a house with and for Bob Henderson and his family. “It was a win-win for everybody concerned,” notes Casey. Sleeping Giant Build set about to raise $50,000 and volunteered to take a lead position to build the Henderson home.

Habitat has a prototype home design, finetuned over the last 15 years to fit a typical Hill or Newhallville site. Here the site was a similar size (50 by 100 feet), but it dropped a full six feet in elevation front to back. A new design had to be created that accommodated that slope, and that topographical characteristic also made possible a rare feature for a Habitat home: a garage. That feature also fit the nature of the other homes in the neighborhood.

The house itself fits the classic Habitat model: three bedrooms, 1.5 baths, an open first-floor living and kitchen space with bedrooms on the second floor. But here the foundation of the house had to be slipped into that hillside. A custom design was drafted (donated by my office) that accommodated all the various zoning setbacks, the slope of the hillside, and incorporated the donated engineering skills of Tom DiBlasi, who was able to

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An open interior allows for all the accoutrements of family life to be displayed, and for the usefulness of the interior to be far greater than its apparent size.

create a home that was safe and sound and simple enough to be constructed by volunteers.

After two years of qualification and building, along with hundreds of other volunteers and dozens of corporate sponsors, Henderson and his two children moved into the home. Since taking occupancy some two years ago, Bob’s life has changed. “It’s gotten better,” notes a smiling Henderson.

Beyond pride of ownership and a solid financial investment, Henderson’s new home helped to make possible the creation of a new family. After living there for a year with his girlfriend, Jakeyta, Bob married her and their combined family could officially expand with the daughter they had together with Jakeyta’s other child and Bob’s two children.

Getting them out of a makeshift imposition on relatives and split job responsibilities, the Hendersons’ new home has created a safe harbor for a fully blended family. By the time they moved in, two of their children were old enough

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to live outside of the home and a year ago Bob’s son moved on to college, leaving a family of four comfortably housed in this 1,200-square-foot house.

toddler years, Bob and Jakeyta have begun to think about enhancing their home by finishing the basement and working on the yard.

With the advent of the single new place to call home for his new family, Bob Henderson was also able to make his work life both more regular and more rewarding. He has been promoted to a lead painter at Yale University, managing a crew of ten, and has found that having the new home helped to “get me the opportunity to do this, providing both a time and a place for my family.”

These hopes and dreams are unremarkable for most of us in the comfortable state of Connecticut. The Nutmeg State has a national reputation as being one big “bedroom community.” But those of us who live here know that there are those without bedrooms to sleep in. Working families that simply can’t find a safe place to live in the country’s richest state are desperate for a place to call home.

The project has been so well received by the town that Habitat and Hamden have coordinated their mutual interests again.

The Maselli Farm recently became a town park and had an unoccupied 19th century farmhouse that was a perfect candidate for a sensitive renovation by Habitat. It should be occupied late this year after that renovation project is completed by Habitat volunteers.

New Haven has its share of “housing” funded by every level of government. But sometimes the private sector offers the flexibility and can-do spirit that connects with those who have the desire to invest the time and energy that Habitat for Humanity embodies. Sweat equity may be old-fashioned and exhausting, but in a world where “credit default swap equities” on single-family American homes nearly crashed the world’s economy, it just could be that what is old is true again: Home is where the heart (and hands) are. Y

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help build the home they will live in all promote “ownershipâ€? of a Habitat home on every level. A home is a personal possession, but it’s also an abiding commitment to a family, a community and to the kind of ďŹ nancial responsibility most hard-working homeowners know well.

The Habitat Story in New Haven The classic Habitat home-building scenario is familiar to almost everyone: Donations, volunteer time and most importantly applicants that commit to

When applicants complete 400 volunteer hours of service and successfully navigate a deep ďŹ nancial vetting they become eligible to purchase a house. The applicant plays closing costs, but the mortgage carries no interest. Families who would not have the wherewithal to qualify for a traditional mortgage are given ďŹ nancial counseling, ongoing support in learning the ins-and-outs of maintaining a home and paying all the bills beyond mortgage payments and taxes. This was true even in the “go-goâ€? ďŹ rst decade of the 21st century, where banks proved to be less successful at determining who could handle the responsibilities of owning a home than a group of diligent volunteers.

Even with large amounts of donated materials and many thousands of hours of volunteer labor, each house costs in excess of $120,000 to build, independent of land costs. The mortgage that the homeowner

assumes is interest-free, and a typical Habitat home has a price tag around $90,000. Habitat’s fundraising subsidizes both these costs and the overhead of the organization whose ofďŹ ces are on Union Street in New Haven.

The ďŹ rst 15 years of Habitat New Haven’s existence were focused on rehabbing existing homes in two neighborhoods: the Hill and Newhallville communities. The last decade has seen a dramatic expansion not only in the type of building Habitat does, but also in the communities it serves.

By focusing on building new homes Habitat has been able to increase its quantity of safe, affordable, single-family homes to between six and eight per year, compared to two or three annually in its ďŹ rst decade of existence. This year Habitat is hoping to go beyond those numbers, despite the current economic climate. Not only has the number of homes increased, but Habitat New Haven now draws volunteers and ďŹ nancial support from more than 20 towns that surround New Haven and has built homes in Wallingford and Hamden. — D.D.

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’Ride on the merry-go-round, ride a mile for a nickel!’ James Snyder and Teal Wicks in Carousel at Goodspeed Musicals.

Doing Rodgers & Hammerstein Up Right Characters come into vivid focus in stunning Carousel

Carousel the best musical of the 20th century — I’ve never been able to warm to the characters and their plights.

Carousel, music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Dances by Agnes de Mille. Directed by Rob Ruggiero. Choreographed by Parker Esse. Through September 29 at Goodspeed Musicals, 6 Main St., East Haddam. 860873-8668, goodspeed.org.

Why does Julie give up her job for a carousel barker she knows nothing about — other than that he’s bad news for every girl in town? Why does she stay with him, despite his abysmal treatment of her?

Why does Billy persist in being such a stubborn loser? And why on earth are we asked to believe that, as Julie explains to her teenage daughter, when someone you love hits you very hard, you might not feel the blow at all?

By BROOKS APPELBAUM

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n the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I have never been fond of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.

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It is a testament to Rob Ruggiero’s stunning production, playing at Goodspeed Musicals through September 29, that not only are these annoying questions banished, but the entire story is made clear, the characters sympathetic, the tragedy heartbreaking, and the final warmth so palpable that I literally didn’t want the experience to end.

Ruggiero’s first strokes of genius come during the musical “Prologue” (often referred to as the “Carousel Waltz”).

Here he and his scenic designer, lighting designer and sound designer (Michael Schweikardt, John Lasiter, and Jay Hilton, respectively) create at least three coup de theatres that are both beautiful to watch and do more to reveal the background of this specific community and these specific people than pages of dialogue. (And yes, you will delight in a spinning carousel on Goodspeed’s tiny stage — just wait!)

By the time Julie Jordon (Teal Wicks, perfectly cast) and Billy Bigelow (James Snyder, stunning in every way) have their first real scene together — a scene that brings them to the glorious “If I Loved You,” and the kiss that seals their love, it’s perfectly evident why these two mismatched people have tragically found each other. The scant dialogue that can raise irritating questions instead, under Ruggiero’s guidance, serves to enhance our

sympathy for the irresistible chemistry between them.

Carousel’s plot (based on Ferenc Molnár’s 1909 play, Liliom) is close to classical tragedy, but the balance between darkness and light must be calibrated with great care. Achieving this balance is one of Ruggiero’s greatest strengths. As just one in many instances, he has directed Carrie Pipperidge (Jenn Gambatese, a Connecticut favorite and deservedly so) to serve as both a foil for the strong, sober Julie, but also a dear and devoted friend. Gambatese’s wide eyes, warmly beautiful voice and impeccable timing contrast tellingly with Teal Wicks’ slim stature, shy strength and sweetly tender sound. The affection between these young women — who are so helpless in this small community of rough fishermen and all-powerful factory bosses on the Maine coastline of 1873 — creates a crucial dimension to this production.

Two other principal female characters stand out: Cousin Nettie Fowler (played beautifully by Anne Kanengeiser) and Mrs. Mullin (a pitch-perfect Deanne Lorette), owner of “Mrs. Mullin’s Carousel.” As Nettie, Kanengeiser manages to be both motherly and playful,

encouraging the community to welcome summer (“June Is Bustin’ Out All Over”) and organizing the annual clambake (“A Real Nice Clambake”). Most importantly, Kanengeiser sings the classic “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” and where many directors have given into the temptation of making this a showcase for an operatic voice, Ruggiero directs the song as a scene, and familiar music emerges as fresh and moving.

Mrs. Mullin is one of the ostensible villains of the piece; she and Nettie are of an age, but Mrs. Mullin refuses to acknowledge her appropriate role in the community, and her actions set one dimension of the tragedy in motion. Yet thanks to Ruggiero’s vision, we also see Mrs. Mullin’s humiliation and pain.

This production uses original dances by Agnes de Mille, and choreographer Parker Esse, dance captain Beth Crandall and the entire ensemble are terrific. Notably, the complex and haunting ballet performed

by Louise (Eloise Kropp), Julie’s and Billy’s young daughter, provides a terrific argument for character developed through movement alone.

The strongest reason for this production’s remarkable success, however, is Ruggiero’s

clarity about Billy Bigelow: This is Billy’s story, and no mistake. As soon as one grasps this fact, any 21st century dismay — primarily at watching a wife refuse to leave her violent and domineering husband — disappears. And James Snyder creates a Billy with charisma, pain, complexity, confusion and glimpses of sweet sexiness to spare. In his hands, Julie’s attraction to him is inevitable, and Teal Wicks gives Julie the core of strength that tells us she is with this man because she understands and loves him just as he is.

Billy’s “Soliloquy” must be the high point of the show, and Snyder’s delivery is in every sense poignant and extraordinarily powerful. Yet he never allows us to listen to the musical notes at the expense of the words and emotions. If we haven’t been on his side before, we are now, and nothing this Billy can do will pull us away from him. Billy’s centrality brings the story, the music and the emotional impact into crystalline unity.

Richard Rodgers once said that Carousel was his favorite of all the musicals he wrote. He must have had something like this production in mind.Y

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For a time Gov. William Leete concealed Goffe and Whalley in the cellar of this Guilford home in 1661.

Here Come the Judges First-time author resurrects the legend of New Haven’s notorious ‘regicides’

The Great Escape of Edward Whalley & William Goffe: Smuggled Through Connecticut by Christopher Pagliuco. The History Press, 144 pps. (soft). $19.99.

By MICHAEL C. BINGHAM

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oday the names of the principals of one of the most compelling tales of “olde” New Haven are recalled mainly in the (confusing) street signs at the intersection of Tower Parkway and Broadway directing motorists to choose among “Whalley Ave./Goffe St./Dixwell Ave.” But those names represent far more than the three boulevards radiating west and north from the Yale/Broadway district: Edward Whalley, William Goffe and John Dixwell were notorious “regicides” — three of the 59 judges who signed the death warrant of King Charles I, whose beheading on January 30, 1649 was the culminating event of the English civil war and the beginning of the 11-year “interregnum” of parliamentary and military rule under Oliver Cromwell. It ended with the restoration of Charles II to the throne on May 29, 1660.

In The Great Escape of Edward Whalley & William Goffe, the saga of the Three Judges is told ably by first-time author Christopher Pagliuco of Ivoryton, who

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teaches history at Hand High School in Madison.

The end of the Commonwealth proved only the beginning of an adventure that would consume the remainder of the lives of Whaley, Goffe and Dixwell.

The opening chapter is titled “Hot Protestants,” which to conservative middle-aged dudes might summon the specter of Michele Bachman or Sarah Palin in a tank top. But the term simply refers to Puritans, who were hot under the collar (at least) because they suspected that Charles (who had married the Frenchborn Catholic Princess Henrietta Maria) was, if not himself a secret Catholic, at least sympathetic to the cause of dreaded “Popery.” As Pagliuco writes: “English Catholics had a history of butchering Protestants in England; abroad, the Catholic (sic) and Protestants were busy slaughtering one another across Europe in the Thirty Years’ War (1618-48).”

Charles’ autocratic ways, feuds with both the English and Scottish Parliaments and pursuit of religious policies that sparked the antipathy of reformed groups such as the Puritans led to not one but two civil wars, the second of which cost Charles not just his throne, but his head. Colonels Whalley and Goffe signed Charles’ death warrant, as did MP John Dixwell. But come the Restoration 11 years later, that

warrant would prove the regicides’ own death sentence.

The penalty for such treason: …You shall be hanged by the neck, and being alive shall be cut down, and your privy members to be cut off, your entrails to be taken out of your body, and, you living, the same to be burnt before your eyes, and your head to be cut off, your body to be divided into four quarters, and the head and quarters to be disposed at the pleasure of the king’s majesty.

Well — that ought certainly to teach them the error of their ways. To avoid this ghastly fate Whalley and Goffe fled to New England — first Boston, then Hartford and then New Haven Colony, where they came under the protection of colony co-founder John Davenport.

Before long agents of the crown came looking for the pair, so Davenport arranged to hide them outside of town in cave (“Judges’ Cave”) on the side of the rocky promontory we know as West Rock.

Dixwell arrived in New Haven later (it is not known exactly when or how) and lived a long and fairly normal life under the alias James Davids. In a house at the corner of today’s College and Grove streets Dixwell was hosted by an elderly childless couple. When the husband died, Dixwell married the new widow, but she herself passed away within a month of the wedding.

Whalley and Goffe are surprised by a prowling cougar (lower center) while living in a cave on West Rock in the mural ‘Pursuit of the Regicides’ by Karl Anderson (1939).

“Not surprisingly,” Pagliuco writes, “Dixwell shunned employment and social interaction in New Haven. Residents frequently wondered about the quiet, mysterious man who seemed to have clothes and books above the normal social class.” He lived until 1689 here and is buried behind Center Church.

Whalley and Goffe were not so fortunate.

When the pursuit of them by agents of Charles II became too hot to handle, the pair were forced to flee again — first to the home of a sympathizer in Milford, and thence to the isolated frontier town of

Hadley, Mass., where for the better part of a decade they were harbored in the home of the Rev. John Russell (Pagliuco surmises that Davenport himself may have made this arrangement.)

While none of the three New Haven regicides were ever caught, neither were they ever to return to hearth, home and family in England. Some time in the mid-1770s Goffe wrote in a letter to his wife that Whalley (who was ten or 15 years older than Goffe) was “now with God,” having suffered an apparent stroke some time earlier. It is not known where

or when Goffe left this earth (Pagliuco suspects that he may have returned to Hadley) nor where his remains are interred.

But their story ought to live forever, at least in New Haven. Pagliuco does justice to the legend of the Three Judges in the richly sourced and illustrated volume, which ought to be required reading for high-school history students in and around New Haven. Until it is, the names Whalley, Goffe and Dixwell will remain known to few New Haveners aside from confused motorists. Y

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Call to Artists Amateur photographers who live in greater New Haven area are invited to submit photographs illustrating “What I Love About New Haven.â€? Submitted photos should highlight and visually portray the essence of New Haven’s culture, scenery, entertainment, lifestyles, etc. as seen through the artist’s lens. Prizes will be awarded to one winner in each of ďŹ ve age groups.

Photos will be accepted through October 1. Winning photographs will be used by local, amateur creative writers to create a work of poetry that will be used to inspire the lyrics for the Greater New Haven Community Chorus’ 50th anniversary commissioned choral work.

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Pastels and watercolors by Jay Bright are on view at the New Haven Lawn Club through September 3.

Opening The Palladio Virtuel exhibit presents a groundbreaking new analysis of the work of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio by Peter Eisenman, renowned New York architect and Charles Gwathmey Professor-in-Practice at the Yale School of Art & Architecture.

It represents the culmination of ten years of study of Palladio’s villas by Eisenman. August 20-October 7 at Yale School of Architecture Gallery, 180 York St., New Haven. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. Free. 203432-2292, architecture.yale.edu.

Watercolors by Mickey Kavanagh includes still-lifes, landscapes and abstracts. August 27-October 7 at Atticus Bookstore CafĂŠ, 1082 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon-Thurs, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-776-4040, attitusbookstorecafe. com.

and a series of watercolors related to them. The sculptures were created out of commonplace objects that the artist collected. August 29-September 30 at Yale School of Art, 32 Edgewood Ave., New Haven. Open noon-6 p.m. daily except Tues. Free. 203-432-2600, art.yale. edu/gallery.

Simonides is an exhibition of photographs by Norman McBeath.

August 29-October 7 at Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St., New Haven. Open 3-5 p.m. Mon. & Wed. Free.

203-432-067, yale.edu/whc.

Spatial Encounters in Work by Riley Brewster, Jan Cunningham and K. Levni Sinanoglu. Curated by Steven DiGiovanni. August 25-September 22 at the Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. Free. 203-562-4045, institutelibrary.org.

The Yale School of Art presents Hardware Seda, Hardware Silk, an exhibition of new work by Brazilian conceptualist and sculptor Jac Leirner.

Exhibition comprises an ensemble of hanging, freestanding and wallmounted sculptures, as well as a group of polychrome wooden oor pieces

Light and Dark is a juried exhibit in which artists explore the contrast between light and dark as opposites or as an expressive and important means of composition, such as in shading or shadowing. August 30-September 28 at Firehouse Art Gallery, 81 Naugatuck Ave., Milford. Open noon-4 p.m. Fri.-Sun. 203306-0016, milfordarts.org.

Collectively Independent is an exhibition of ďŹ ne-art photography by Paier College of Art artists. September 2-26 at Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Island Rd., Branford.

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Matthew Garrett: Recent Photographs and Gerald Saladyga: Landscapes 2009-2012. September 6-October 7 at Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thurs.Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Free. 203389-9555, kehlerliddell.com.

New paintings in acrylic and watercolor

by Kathy Kane. September 6-30 at City Galley, 994 State St., New Haven. Open noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Free. 203-7822489, city-gallery.org.

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today, this exhibition surveys the most critical and experimental currents in performance from around the globe over the last decade. Segments of the exhibition featuring video, film and photography by artists including Marina Abramovic, William Kentridge, Clifford Owens and Laurie Simmons.

September 7-December 9 at Ezra & Cecile Zilhka Gallery, 283 Washington Terr., Middletown. Open noon-5 p.m. daily except Mon. Free. 860-685-2695, wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Linda Yoshizawa’s artwork reflects the mixing of two cultures – Japanese and American. Her nature-inspired drawings are symbols of both yearning and peace.. September 7-29 at Reynolds Fine Art, 96 Orange St., New Haven.

Open noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., noon6 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Free. 203-498-2200, reynoldsfineart.com.

The Art & History of the American Steel-String Guitar, curated by John Thomas. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon., Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., noon4 p.m. Sun. September 8-January 11 (opening reception 5-8 p.m. September 15) at River Street Gallery, 72 Blatchley Ave., New Haven. Free. 203-776-3099, fairhaven-furniture.com.

Andrew Raftery: Open House offers a detailed commentary on contemporary definitions of home, family, and interpersonal relations. With swelling lines and precise flecks, Raftery uses the age-old technique of copperplate engraving to create thoroughly contemporary scenes. In his series of five prints, the artist depicts a range of couples and families viewing a house for sale. It took Raftery more than six years to conceptualize and complete the series. Exhibition includes architectural models, figure models and more than 50 working drawings.

September 14-December 9 at Davison Art Center, 283 Washington Terr., Middletown.

Open noon-4 p.m. daily except Mon. Free.

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Hard Works: The Art of Gordon Skinner. September 20-October 19 at Da Silva Gallery, 897-899 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Free. 203-387-2539, westvillegallery.com.

The annual New England Landscape Invitational & Society of Connecticut Sculptors Show celebrates artwork by Lyme Art Association member artists and select invited artists. September 28-November 10 at Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., 1-5 p.m. Sun. Free.

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Jasper Cropsey’s ‘Dawn of Morning, Lake George’ (1868) is on view at the Florence Griswold Museum as part of the exhibition On Hudson: Highlights from the Albany Institute of History & Art. Continuing The Connecticut Pastel Society presents its 2012 Signature Members Exhibition. Through August 22 at Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., 1-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 860-434-7802, lymeartassociation.org.

Nomi Silverman: Mud Flat Drawings and Hands of Caravaggion: Ink Drawings by Barry Svigals. Through August 25 at A-Space Gallery, 30 Elm St., West Haven. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fri.Sat. 203-500-0268, westcovestudio.com.

Reflections and Undercurrents: Ernest Roth and Printmaking in Venice, 1900-1940. Exhibition includes 95 works of Ernest David Roth (18791964). Through August 26 at Mattatuck Museum, 144 W. Main St., Waterbury.

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., noon-5 p.m. Sun. $5 ($4 seniors, under 16 free). 203-753-0381, mattatuckmuseum. org.

Really Kool Art features works in multiple media by five local artists.

Through August 30 at Elm City Artists Gallery, 55 Whitney Ave., New Haven.

Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily except Sun. Free. 203-922-2359, elmcityartists.com.

Jay Bright: Pastels & Watercolors is an homage to Hockney and Derain.

Through September 3 at New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven. Free. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Free. 203-777-3494, nhlawnclub.com.

MondoExpressionism features artwork

by Elisa Vegliante. Through September 8 at Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm St., New Haven. Open noon-8 p.m. Mon., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues.-Thurs; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fri.-Sat. Free. 203-387-4933, azothgallery. com.

This exhibition of whimsical bronze sculptures, Mara Sfara: Mythology and Magic, inaugurates the museum’s

Roof Sculpture Court. Through September 9 at Mattatuck Museum, 144 W. Main St., Waterbury. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. $5 ($4 seniors, under 16 free). 203-753-0381, mattatuckmuseum.org.

Through September 23 at Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $9 ($8 seniors, $7 students, free 12 & under). 860-434-5542, flogris. com.

Maria Morabito & Lambert Edelmann is an exhibition of abstract paintings and prints. Through September 14 at Gallery 195, First Niagara Bank, 195 Church St. 4th Fl., New Haven. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays (until 6 p.m.

Fri.) 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat. 203-772-2788, newhavenarts.org.

Flossing the Lot is a site-specific installation involving a variety of shaped, spandex banners hung off metal rings and attached to the surrounding walls with free parts allowed to blow and billow in the wind.

Through September 30 at Artspace, 812 Chapel St., New Haven. Open noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Thurs. noon-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Free. 203-772-2709, artspacenh.org.

Encompass is the title of the ninth annual Arts Council of Greater New Haven members’ show. Through September 14 at Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, 70 Audubon St. 2nd Fl., New Haven. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Free. newhavenarts.org.

In cooperation with the William G. Congdon Foundation, the Knights of Columbus Museum presents an exhibition of paintings by American artist William Congdon, together with a series of Lenten meditations written in the 1960s by Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Through September 16 at Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven.

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free. 203-8650400, kofcmuseum.org.

Marine Art Exhibition showcases marine paintings by members of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA). Through September 22 at Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., 1-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 860-434-7802, lymeartassociation.org.

On Hudson: Highlights from the Albany Institute of History & Art, an exhibition of 59 works that examines both the history and the symbolism of the Hudson River Valley, which shaped America’s culture for three centuries.

Oi Fortin’s solo art exhibition of monotype prints. Through September 30 at 360 State Street Gallery, New Haven.

Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free. 203-8603600, newhavenarts.org.

Robert Adams: The Place we Live — A Retrospective Selection of Photographs. Exhibition traces Adams’ engagement with the geography of the American West. Through October 28 at Yale University Art Gallery, 111 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.5 p.m. daily except Mon. (until 8 p.m.

Thurs.), 1-6 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-432-0600, artgalleryinfo@yale.edu.

The Technical Examination of Early English Panel Painting explores Tudor painting techniques and analyzes the condition of key panel paintings of oil on wood. It also represents the first stage of an international research project devoted to the study of early English panel paintings conducted by the Yale Center for British Art in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, London. Through December 9 at Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 203432-2800, britishart.yale.edu.

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ONSTAGE Cabaret Auditions Cabaret Children’s Theatre seeks energetic musical comedy performers for all ďŹ ve productions of its 2012-13 season. These are children’s shows performed by adult actors. Those interested are required to have strong individual personalities that are able to handle both dialogue and music, as well as engage and connect with kids.

Applicants must ďŹ ll out the online audition form and attend the open call audition. 5-9 p.m. September 6 at Downtown Cabaret Theatre, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. 203-576-1636, dtcab. org.

Act 2 Theatre Company will hold an open call for the Stephen Schwartz and John Caird musical, Children of Eden. Ages nine years old and up may audition. 7-10 p.m. September 7 at Act 2 Theatre, Albertus Magnus College, 700 Prospect St., New Haven. 203-773-8584, act2athome@comcast.net.

One actress brings an entire town to life as she recounts the tale of a rural Ohio community dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy, a gang of nervy kids on the cusp of adulthood, and a grieving young girl who may or may not have discovered a terrible power in ‌ the K of D. Written by Laura Schellhardt. 8 p.m. August 16-17 at Summer Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. $40-$25. 203432-1567, summercabaret.org.

An original work of puppet theater inspired by Japanese folktales, Of Ogres Retold is set in a shaded forest where tall, slender trees pierce the black sky, spirits dance in the shadows, orgres lurch across moonlit plains, and otherworldly creatures roam free. Conceived and directed by Adam Rigg. 8 p.m. August 18 at Summer Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. $40-$25. 203-432-1567, summercabaret.org.

Fairy tales come to life in the most unexpected ways when a sullen beast

and a wary young girl wander down the path that connects “once upon a time� to “happily ever after.� Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings weaves seven tales into a theatrical tapestry that scales the heights of a child’s imagination — then plunges them into the depths of grown-up fears. Margot Bordelon directs.

8 p.m. August 19 at Summer Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. $40-$25. 203432-1567, summercabaret.org.

Dinner Theater Consiglio’s restaurant continues its Outdoor Garden Theater season with The Return of Count Fangula, an interactive Italian musical comedy which tells the hilarious love story of an Italiano vampire and the very attractive and very wacky daughter of Mama Aglio, owner of a sprawling garlic farm deep in Calabria, on which is held a threeday musical festival called Garlicstock.

The audience joins in the fun as they sing, clap and dance along to oldies.

Doors open 6 p.m. Saturdays through

September 1 at Consiglio’s Restaurant, 165 Wooster St., New Haven. $65

203-865-4489, consiglios.com.

Opening Under the artistic direction of James Andreassi, the Elm Shakespeare Co. presents its production of the Bard’s epic Macbeth under the stars in the unmarched setting of Edgerton Park.

8 p.m. August 16-19, 21-26 & August 28-September 2 at Edgerton Park, 75 Cliff St., New Haven. Free. 203-3931436, elmshakespeare.org.

The colorful world of Aesop’s fables is brought to life in the musical Don’t Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf. Book by Carol Lynn Wright Pearson. Music by J.A.C. Redford. 11 a.m.

August 17 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $12. 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.org.

Stories in My Pocket Too presented

by Little Theatre of the Deaf. Signing

The music of the Four Seasons comes alive in Jersey Boys, which commences a two-week Shubert run September 25.

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and stories, fun and fables. 11 a.m.

August 24 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $12. 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.org.

All Shook Up is a musical inspired by and featuring songs of Elvis Presley such as “Heartbreak Hotel,� “Jailhouse Rock� and “Don’t Be Cruel.� 8 p.m.

August 17-18, 24-25 at Connecticut Cabaret Theatre, 31-33 Webster Square Rd., Berlin. $30. 860-829-1248, ctcabaret. com.

Shakesperience Productions present Richard III, William Shakespeare’s story of two warring families battling for the crown. 4 p.m. August 25 at McLaughlin Vineyards, 14 Albert’s Hill Rd., Sandy Hook. $15 ($10 under 12). 203-754-2531, shakesperienceproductions.org.

Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon is a spoof in the tradition of the best of Agatha Christie mysteries set in a country manor house in the 1930s.

8 p.m. September 8, 14-15, 21-22; 2 p.m. September 9, 16 at Phoenix Stage Co., 686 Rubber Ave., Naugatuck. $22($18 seniors). 203-632-8546, phoenixstagecompany.com.

American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose is a new play by writer and performer Richard Montoya. With Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza,

he co-founded Culture Clash, the country’s most popular Chicano/Latino performance troupe, As Juan JosÊ feverishly studies for his citizenship exam, his desperation to pass takes him on an odyssey through U.S. history guided by a handful of unsung citizens who made courageous choices in some of our nation’s most trying times. Shana Cooper directs. September 21-October 13 at University Theatre, 222 York St., New Haven. Tickets TBA. 203432-1234, yalerep@yale.edu.

The latest interactive work by Anonymous Ensemble, Liebe Love Amour! is a theatricalized “live ďŹ lmâ€? of a search for an understanding of the phenomenon of love, inspired by the iconography of actress and singer Marlene Dietrich and director Erich von Stroheim. The audience’s stories become part of the fabric of the piece as they help guide the spontaneous “choose-your-own-adventureâ€? narrative, which is told by performers Jessica Weinstein, Emanon Farrell and Liz Davito. 8 p.m. September 22 at the CFA Theater, 283 Washington Terr., Middletown. $23 ($19 seniors). 860-6852695, wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Jersey Boys is the Tony Award-winning musical tale about Rock & Roll Hall of Famers the Four Seasons — Frankie

one to wear, one to wash, one to rest bras are all any girl needs!

Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi — and their story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.

Includes hits “Sherry,� “Big Girls Don’t Cry� and “Oh What a Night.� 7:30 p.m.

Tues.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 2 & 7 p.m. Sun. September 25-October 7 at Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven. $107-$47. 800-228-6622,.

Set at a Catskills resort in 1960, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Featuring Songs of Neil Sedaka is the comic story of Lois and Marge, two friends from Brooklyn in search of good times and romance over one wild Labor Day weekend. The score includes Neil Sedaka classics “Where the Boys Are,� “Sweet Sixteen,� “Calendar Girl� and of course the title song. 7:30 p.m.

Wed.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m.

Wed. & Sun. September 26-October 14 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $40 ($35 seniors, $20 students, $15 under 12). 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.com.

Continuing Based on Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Trist, the musical Oliver tells the ever-popular story of the boy who dared to ask for more. Score includes “Food, Glorious Food,� “Consider

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Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Wed. & Sun. through September 2 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $40 ($35 seniors, $20 students, $15 under 12). 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.com.

The Bikinis: A New Musical Beach Party. The 1960s girl group is bringing back the sun, fun and all the songs they sang on the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore — all to raise money to save Sandy Shores Mobile Home Beach Resort. Songs include “Yellow PolkaDot Bikini,� “Heat Wave� and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.� Through September 2 at the Norma Terris Theatre, 33 N. Main St., Chester. $43. 860-8738668, goodspeed.org.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel tells the tragic love affair of Billy Bigelow, a swaggering carnival barker, and July Jordan, an innocent young millworker. Featuring much-loved songs such as “If I Loved You,� “You’ll Never Walk Alone,� and “June Is Busting Out All Over.� (See review this issue.) Through September 23 at Goodspeed Opera House, 6 Main St., East Haddam. $75.50-$31.50. 860-8738668, goodspeed.org.

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MUSIC Classical Chestnut Hill Concerts celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Claude Debussy (18621918) with four August concerts of French chamber music by Debussy and his contemporaries. The third of these, collectively titled Debussy and His World, will be performed by Jennifer Frautschi and Xiao-Dong Wang, violin, Dmitri Murrath, viola, cellist Ronald Thomas and Mihae Lee, piano. DEBUSSY Violin Sonata; RAVEL String Quartet in F; RAVEL Violin Sonata; DEBUSSY String Quartet. 8 p.m. August 17 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $30-$25. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Chestnut Hill Concerts celebrates Debussy and His World. Final performance of series will be performed

by Paul Huang, violin, cellist Ronald Thomas, and pianists Mihae Lee and Benjamin Hochman. FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1; RAVEL Piano Trio in A Minor; DEBUSSY “Iberia” (from Images for orchestra, transcribed for piano 4 hands). 8 p.m. August 24 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $30-$25. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Yale Collection Concert Series kicks off the new academic year with Kuijken, Legene and Haas, a recital by Wieland Kuijken, viola da gamba, Eva Legene, recorder, and harpsichordist Arthur Haas. 3 p.m. September 23 at Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, 15 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven. Tickets TBA. 203-432-4158, music.yale.edu.

Popular Blues @ 9 presents the B. Willie Smith Band. Many consider B. Willie Smith to be quite simply the best blues-based band to come out of Connecticut — ever. 9 p.m. August 18 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $12. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

Candye Kane is one tough cookie.

Having performed worldwide for presidents and movie stars, released ten CDs on six record labels, logged millions of international road miles and countless awards, Kane has proven to be a true survivor as she scrambled her way to the top of the roots music heap, creating a world-renowned reputation spanning two decades. 9 p.m. August 21 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $15. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

This summer the newly launched Madison Beach Hotel is making a cultural splash at its new seaside home with the “Grassy Strip Music and Art Series,” a weekly festival celebrating first-class musical performers and regional artists and craftspeople.

Singer/songwriter Amber Rubarth performs with a full band. Rubarth, who

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The 2012 Chestnut Hill Concerts celebrate Debussy and His World, four performances of chamber music

by French composer Claude (18621918) and contemporaries such as Ravel, Fauré and Franck.

has become a fixture in New York’s indie scene, was named “No. 1 Best of NYC Songwriter” by Deli Magazine and grand prize winner of NPR’s Mountain Stage New Song Contest. 6-9:30 p.m.

August 23 at Madison Beach Hotel, 94 W. Wharf Rd., Madison. Free. 203-245-1404, madisonbeachhotel.com.

The Beatles tribute band Mystery Tour performs as part of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 summer concert series. 6:30 p.m. August 23 at Vece Gazebo, Pierson School, 75 E. Main St., Clinton. Free. 860-669-3889, clintonct.com.

Debbie Davies is truly one of the blues guitar greats of our time, exhibiting virtuosity that’s been compared to immortals like Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Davies and her all-star band take listeners down to the Delta and up through St. Louis to Chicago without ever leaving New Haven. 9 p.m.

August 24 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $15. 203-789-8281, cafenine. com.

Listeners of Brian Olive (exGreenhornes guitarist and Soledad Brothers multi-instrumentalist) will recognize a number of musical touchstones in his new release, Two of Everything (Night Tripper-era Dr. John, Exuma, early Funkadelic, Canned Heat, West Coast psych, etc.) but the end result is completely Olive’s own — an insanely dynamic, soulful, psychedelically rich summer album perfect for intergalactic flight, night visions or voodoo rituals. 8 p.m. August

26 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $10 ($8 advance). 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

Direct from London come ‘80s pop legends The Fixx (“One Thing Leads to Another,” “Red Skies”). 6-9:30 p.m.

August 30 at Madison Beach Hotel, 94 W. Wharf Rd., Madison. Free. 203-245-1404, madisonbeachhotel.com.

Philly-bred indie rockers Circa Survive come to York Street. Touche Amore, Balance & Composure and O’Brother open. 7 p.m. September 13 at Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven. $23 ($20 advance). 203-624-8623, toadsplace. com.

Multi-platinum, Grammy Awardwinning producer/guitarist Pete Anderson is most widely known as the musical partner to Dwight Yoakam, whose records he produced/arranged/ and played on from 1986-2003, resulting in sales of 25 million and counting. Pete is also well known as a pioneer in the roots-rock genre and was an early champion of the Americana movement. Now he’s hitting the road and stopping in the Elm City with an all-new blues band. 9 p.m. September 13 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $10. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

Yale’s Ellington Jazz Series kicks off the 2012-13 season with the Mingus Big Band, described by Time Out New York as “the hippest big band in the universe — robust, earthy, sanctified.”

8 p.m. September 14 at Sprague Hall,

470 College St., New Haven. Tickets TBA. 203-432-4158, music.yale.edu.

The Young Dubliners are touring in support of their second release on 429 Records: Saints & Sinners, the band’s first collection of original material since 2005’s critically acclaimed Real World. 8:30 p.m. September 18 at the Outer Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $16 ($13 advance). 203-288-6400, theouterspace.net.

Garrison Keillor calls them “the best Cajun band in the world.” Bob Dylan said “That’s my kind of music!” Who inspires so much enthusiasm and love?

BeauSoleil, who blend zydeco, Tex-Mex, western swing, blues, New Orleans traditional jazz and Caribbean calypso into one irresistible musical gumbo.

7:30 p.m. September 19 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $35. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Billboard magazine said it best: “Long before Alanis and Jewel, there was a breed of singer/songwriters whose earthly anthems of soul-searching, heartache and joy touched souls in a way few can muster today.” Who were they talking about? Karla Bonoff, whose songs have been recorded by Linda Rondstadt and Bonnie Raitt, among others. 7 p.m. September 23 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $35. 877503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band is an 11-piece ensemble led by husband-wife

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team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi.

Formed in 2010 when the couple decided to set aside their successful solo careers and join forces, Tedeschi Trucks Band has been touring the globe and accruing fans and accolades in the process. Fronted by Trucks’ signature slide-guitar sound and Tedeschi’s pliant, honey-to-husky voice, TTB (as fans know them) delivers a hearty roots-rich musical mix with the power to renew your faith in live music. 8 p.m.

September 28 at Palace Theatre, 100 E. Main St., Waterbury. $80.50-$35-50.

203-346-2000, palacetheatrect.com, ctlyricopera.org.

World Vocalist Ustad Farida Mahwash, the only woman to receive the title of “master” in central or south Asia, is celebrated around the globe for her exquisite approach to poetic ghazals (folk songs). Artistic director and rubab (double-chambered lute) virtuoso Homayoun Sakhi creates an acoustically rich crossroads for sawol-jawab (an interplay of questions and answers), exploring traditional and contemporary Afghan melodies on the inaugural tour of Voices of Afghanistan, which includes the musicians of the Sakhi Ensemble on tabla, harmonium, doyra (frame drum) and tula (flute). 8 p.m. September 28 at Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. $22-$6. 860-685-3355, wesleyan.edu/cfa. Y

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CALENDAR BELLES LETTRES The Mystery Book Club meets the first Wednesday to discuss a pre-selected book. Books are available for check out prior to the meeting. 3-4 p.m. August 1, September 5 at Blackstone Library, 758 Main St., Branford. Free. 203-483-6653, blackstone.lioninc.org/booktalk.htm.

New members are welcomed to the Blackstone Library Second Tuesday Book Club. The group meets on the second Tuesday to discuss a preselected book. Books available for loan in advance of discussion. 6:45-8 p.m.

August 14, September 11 at Blackstone Library, 758 Main St., Branford. Free.

203-488-1441, ext. 318, blackstone.lioninc. org/booktalk.htm.

The New Fiction Group discusses The Legacy by Katherine Webb. Two sisters share one heartbreaking secret — and a past that cannot stay buried forever. 3 p.m. August 20 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free.

203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

Release your inner poet. Time Out for Poetry meets third Thursdays and welcomes those who wish to share an original short poem, recite a stanza or simply to listen. Ogden Nash, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss and even the Burma Shave signs live again. 12:30-2 p.m. August 16, September 20 at Scranton Library, 801 Boston Post Rd., Madison. Free. 203-245-7365.

The Poetry Institute of New Haven hosts Poetry Open Mics each third Thursday Come hear an eclectic mix of poetic voices. 7 p.m. August 16, September 20 at Young Men’s Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. thepoetryinstitute.com.

The Victorian Secrets Discussion Group ponders Charlotte Bronte’s classic Jane Eyre. Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre leads a lonely life until she finds a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls at night. What is the sinister secret that threatens Jane and her newfound happiness? 3 p.m. September 24 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free. 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

Multitudes: A Celebration of the Yale Collection of American Literature, 1911-2011. Founded in 1911 when Yale College graduate Owen Franklin Aldis donated his library of first editions of American fiction, drama and poetry to the Yale Library, the Collection of American Literature is one of the most important of its kind. Exhibited materials reveal areas of bibliographic strength and new development while illustrating the collection’s depth and eclecticism. Through October 1 at

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the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St., New Haven. Free.

Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri., noon-5 p.m. Sat. 203-432-2977, beineckelibrary@yale.edu.

How Is a Book… illustrates how a book evolves from idea to ink-onpaper. Drawn from the archives of the Beinecke’s collections of children’s literature, exhibition will show visitors the many stages a (pre-digital) book goes through on its journey from inspiration to the hands of the reader.

Through October 1 at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St., New Haven. Free. Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri., noon-5 p.m.

Sat. 203-432-2977, beineckelibrary@ yale.edu.

BENEFITS The Face of Mercy is the aptly titled 40th anniversary gala for the Mercy Center at Madison. Cocktails by the sea, hors d’oeuvres, live auction, Face of Mercy recognition awards, dessert, coffee — the whole shebang. WTNHTV’s Jocelyn Maminta emcees. 5:30-7:30 p.m. September 22 at Mercy Center, 167 Neck Rd., Madison. $75. 203-245-0401, mercybythesea/org.

CINEMA Hugo (2011, 126 min., USA, PG). Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station becomes ensnared in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Martin Scorcese directs. 2 p.m. August 17 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free. Registration. 203468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

Miss the old, good Lindsay Lohan?

Then come see The Parent Trap (1998, 127 min. USA, PG). Identical twins, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together. Dennis Quaid co-stars. 8:30 p.m. August 21 at Madison Beach Hotel, 94 W. Wharf Rd., Madison. Free. 203-245-1404, madisonbeachhotel.com.

The animated classic Tangled (2010, 100 min., USA, PG) is about the magically long-haired Rapunzel, who has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her she is about to discover the world for the first time and who she really is. 8:30 p.m. August 28 at Madison Beach Hotel, 94 W. Wharf Rd., Madison.

Free. 203-245-1404, madisonbeachhotel. com.

Clark Gable and Ava Gardner star in Lone Star (1952, 94 min., USA). Will Texas be independent or a U.S. state?

Ex-President Andrew Jackson recruits cattleman Devereaux Burke to travel through hostile Indian land, find Texas hero Sam Houston and persuade him to support annexation. In exchange, Burke will gain a contract to sell beef to U.S. forces during the war with Mexico sure to follow statehood. 5 p.m. August 30 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227

Kwame Anthony Appiah, will deliver the 26th annual Alfred P. Stiernotte Lecture, “The Value of Studying Philosophy,” at the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center, September 4.

Main St., East Haven. Free. Registration.

203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

Main St., Waterbury. $68. 203-346-2000, palacetheatrect.com.

American icon Robert Forrest is dead.

As the nation mourns, reporters converge on his hometown. Among them is a journalist who discovers that Forrest’s widow might have saved her husband. Or did she prevent a fate beyond the country’s worst imaginings?

Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star in Keeper of the Flame (1942, 100 min., USA). Directed by George Cukor. 2, 4 & 7 p.m. September 25 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $8. 877-5031286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Billy Winn began his comedy career at the original Treehouse Comedy Club in Westport 24 years ago hosting Connecticut’s first comedy Open Mic Night. He has parlayed that natural comedic ability into a comedy career that spans all the major media. He’s a regular on Chaz and AJ’s morningdrive show on WPLR (99.1 FM). 8 & 10:30 p.m. August 25 at Joker’s Wild, 232 Wooster St., New Haven. $18. 203-7730733, jokerswildclub.com.

COMEDY Every Wednesday evening Joker’s Wild opens its stage to anyone who wants to try standup comedy — from brandnew comics to amateurs to seasoned pros. As Forrest Gump might say, each Open-Mic Night is kind of like a box of chocolates. 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Joker’s Wild, 232 Wooster St., New Haven. $5.

203-773-0733, jokerswildclub.com.

Comedian Kevin Hart has burst onto the scene as one of the most versatile comedy actors in film and television.

Last September, he released Laugh At My Pain, a feature film version of his comedy tour (under the same name), which grossed more than $7 million. This summer he is on the road with his new tour, “Let Me Explain.” 7 p.m. August 25 at Palace Theatre, 100 E.

Earlier this year Joker’s Wild hosted sold-out shows by Andrew Dice Clay.

Now comes the Diceman’s longtime opening act, Michael (Wheels) Parise.

The pair go back more than 20 years to performing at Pip’s Comedy Club in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. 8 & 10:30 p.m. August 31-September 1 at Joker’s Wild, 232 Wooster St., New Haven. $18.

203-773-0733, jokerswildclub.com.

CRAFTS Calling all knitters and crocheters!

Meeting last Tuesdays, the Hagaman Library’s casual Knitting Circle is open to all who want to share tips and show off new projects. 6-8 p.m. August 28, September 25 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free.

203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

CULINARY Consiglio’s Cooking Class Club. Chef Maureen Nuzzo explains and demonstrates how to prepare mouthwatering southern Italian dishes that have been passed down from generation to generation. August’s menu includes calamari salad, spinach salad with strawberries in a warm balsamic dressing, chicken Amalfi and mascarpone cheesecake with a biscotti crust. For September: grilled shrimp with tomato basil salsa, baked mozzarella, lobster ravioli and chocolate lava cake. 6:30 p.m. August 23, September 13, 20, 27 at Consiglio’s Restaurant, 165 Wooster St., New Haven. $65.

Reservations. 203-865-4489, consiglios.com.

City Farmers Markets New Haven. Eat local!

Enjoy seasonal fruits, vegetables, and herbs from local farms including seafood, meat, milk, cheese, handcrafted bread and baked goods, honey, more.

WOOSTER SQUARE: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at Russo Park, corner Chapel St. and DePalma Ct. EDGEWOOD PARK: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays at Whalley and West Rock Aves. DOWNTOWN: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesdays on Church Street at the Green. FAIR HAVEN: 2:30-6:30 p.m.

Thursdays July 12-October 25 at Quinnipiac River Park.

THE HILL: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fridays July 13-October 26 at Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St. 203773-3736, cityseed.org.

DANCE A collaborative New York-based artist alliance led by the choreographic vision of Israeli-born Zvi Gotheiner, ZviDance creates stirring works that meld movement genres into a distinct dance vocabulary that has immersed crowds into the depths of the human experience for more than two decades. At Wesleyan, ZviDance presents the Connecticut premiere of the interactive piece Zoom (2010), which shatters the wall between the audience and performers by inviting people on stage, and integrates audience cell-phone photos and texts into real-time video collages projected into the theater. 8 p.m. September 14-15 at CFA Theater, 283 Washington Terr., Middletown. $23-$6.

860-685-3355, wesleyan.edu/cfa.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Shuck this: The 38th annual Milford Oyster Festival features music (headlined by Kansas — the band, not the state), arts and crafts, fabulous food, folks and fun.

And oysters! 10 a.m.-6 p.m. August 18 at Shipyard La., Milford. Free. 203-878-5363, milfordoysterfestival.com.

Odyssey: A Greek Festival is one of Connecticut’s largest Hellenic festivals celebrating Greek food, music and culture. Festivities include live music, dancing, marketplace vendors, kids’ area, church tours and lectures. Noon-10 p.m. August 31-September 2, noon-8 p.m. September 3 at St. Barbara Greek

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Orthodox Church, 480 Racebrook Rd., Orange. Free. 203795-1347, saintbarbara.org.

The 70th annual North Haven Fair is bigger and better than ever. Agricultural exhibits, animals galore, rides, magic, juggling, contests (including tractor pull and skillet toss), comedy and lots of music (including teen pop sensation Beau Badrick and country star Kiley Evans. 5-10 p.m. September 6, 3-11 p.m. September 7, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. September 8, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. September 9 at North Haven Fairgrounds, Washington Ave. $10 (under 12 free accompanied by adult). 203-239-3700, northhaven-fair.com.

The Eastern States Exposition is New England’s sixstate fair. It’s a New England extravaganza with topname entertainment, major exhibits, the Big E Super Circus, the Avenue of States, New England history and agriculture, animals, rides, shopping, crafts, a daily parade and a Mardi Gras parade and foods from around the world for 17 glorious days during New England’s most colorful season. September 14-30 at 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, Mass. Most exhibits & buildings open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. $10 advance ($8 ages 6-12). 413-205-5049, thebige.com.

If it’s September it must be Durham Fair time. One of Connecticut’s oldest (93 years and counting) and largest harvest festivals has so much to see and do — from a midway with rides and games to music (Kellie Pickler and Sister Funk, to name just two) to animals (including penning and pulling contests) to exhibits (don’t miss the giant pumpkins!) to classic fair food fare. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. September 27-29, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

September 30 at Durham Fairgrounds. $15 ($13 seniors, under 12 free). 860-349-9495, durhamfair.com.

FAMILY EVENTS Each Tuesday the Yale Astronomy Department hosts a Planetarium Show. Weather permitting there is also public viewing of planets, nebulae, star clusters and whatever happens to be interesting in the sky.

Viewable celestial objects change seasonally. 7 & 8 p.m.

Tuesdays at Leitner Family Observatory, 355 Prospect St., New Haven. Free. cobb@astro.yale.edu, astro.yale.edu.

Philatelists unite! Young people ages eight to 15 are invited to join the Hagaman Library’s monthly (first Saturdays) Stamp Club. In addition to learning about stamps, attendees learn a lot of history and many other fascinating things from club leader and World War II veteran Judge Anthony DeMayo. 10 a.m. August 4, September 1 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free. Registration. 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

bringing books to life using theater, dance and music.

Each family that attends receives a copy of that week’s book to take home. 2 p.m. Saturdays at Connecticut Children’s Museum, 22 Wall St., New Haven. $5. 203562-5437, childrensbuilding.org.

LECTURES Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, will deliver the 26th annual Alfred P. Stiernotte Lecture, “The Value of Studying Philosophy,” at the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center.

Appiah is often called a postmodern Socrates because he asks probing questions about identity, ethnicity, honor and religion. His book, Cosmopolitanism, is a manifesto for a world where identity has become a weapon and where difference has become a cause of pain and suffering. In his latest book, The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, Appiah lays out how honor propelled moral revolutions in the past—and could do so in the future. 5:30 p.m. September 4 at Quinnipiac University School of Law Center, 275 Mt. Carmel Ave., Hamden. Free. 203-582-8652, Quinnipiac. edu.

MIND, BODY & SOUL Led by Nelie Doak, Yoga promotes a deep sense of physical, mental and emotional well-being. Classes are designed to help cultivate breath and body awareness, improve flexibility, strengthen and tone muscles, detoxify the body and soothe the spirit. All levels welcome. Bring a yoga mat. 5-6:30 p.m. Fridays at Blackstone Library, 758 Main St., Branford. $10.

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Calendar Continued from 41 NATURAL HISTORY Big Food: Health, Culture & the Evolution of Eating is a collaboration between the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at the Yale School of Public Health, and the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Multimedia exhibition begins with the neuroscience of appetite, genetics of obesity, and how food and energy are stored in the body.

It will examine behavioral choice in nutrition and exercise as well as the influence of social, environmental and cultural settings. Visitors will investigate our origins as huntergatherers; explore societal pressures such as the progressive growth of portion sizes; tackle media influences on food preferences; and consider serious health consequences that have increased the burden of chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. Through December 2 at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, noon-5 p.m. Sun. $9 ($8 seniors, $5 children). 203-432-5050, peabody.yale.edu.

SPORTS/RECREATION Canoeing Join the Connecticut Audubon Society on a Guided Canoe Tour of the Charles Wheeler Salt Marsh in Milford. Steeped in local history, the marsh hosts an abundance of birds and other wildlife, beautiful vistas and a chance to paddle and relax. Bring water and wear shoes that can get wet. 10:45-1:15 p.m. August 18, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. August 19, 9:30 a.m.-noon September 15, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. September 16 at Coastal Center at Milford Point, 1 Milford Pt. Rd., Milford. $25/person, $65/canoe (3 people)

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members, $35/$95 others. 203-878-7440, ctaudubon.org.

Cycling Elm City Cycling organizes Lulu’s Ride, weekly two- to four-hour rides for all levels (17-19 mph average).

Cyclists leave at 10 a.m. from Lulu’s European Café as a single group; no one is dropped. 10 a.m. Sundays at Lulu’s European Café, 49 Cottage St., New Haven. Free. 203-773-9288, elmcitycycling.org.

The Little Lulu (LL) is an alternative to the long-standing Sunday morning training ride. The route is usually 20-30 miles in length and the ride is no-drop, meaning that the group waits at hilltops and turns so that no rider is left behind. The LL is an opportunity for cyclists to get accustomed to riding in groups. Riders should come prepared with materials (tubes, tools, pumps and/or CO2 inflators) to repair flats. 10 a.m. Sundays at Lulu’s European Café, 49 Cottage St., New Haven. Free. 203773-9288, paulproulx@sbcglobal.net, elmcitycycling.org.

Tuesday Night Canal Rides. Mediumpaced rides up the Farmington Canal into New Haven. May split into two groups based on riders’ speed but no one will be left behind to ride alone.

Lights are essential. 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Café Romeo, 534 Orange St., New Haven. Free. william.v.kurtz@gmail. com.

Elm City Cycling monthly meeting occurs on the second Monday. ECC is a non-profit organization of cycling advocates who meet to discuss biking issues in New Haven. Dedicated to making New Haven friendlier and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

7 p.m. August 13, September 10 at City Hall Meeting Rm. 2, 165 Church St., New Haven. Free. elmcitycycling.org.

Road Races/Triathlons In the 21 years since it began, Stratford’s MADD Dash 5K has raised more than $125,000 for the Fairfield County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Another beneficiary is the runners themselves — the Short Beach course is absolutely flat, fast and scenic. 9 a.m. August 18 (8:15 kids fun run; 8:50 two-mile walk) at Short Beach, Stratford. $17 advance, $20 day of race ($5 fun run). 203-374-6433, msrunningproductions@yahoo.com.

Liberty Bank sponsors the 15th annual Bluefish 5K Road Race. A USATFcertified single-loop course through the back roads of Clinton. 9 a.m. August 18 at Jared Eliot Middle School, 59 Fairy Dell Rd., Clinton. $16 ($20 day of race). 860669-3889, clintonct.com/roadrace.html.

Crosby Commons hosts the fourth annual Wesley Village Road Race, a 5K road race and fun walk. 9 a.m. August 25 at Crosby Commons, 580 Long Hill Ave., Shelton. $20 advance/$25 day of race. 203-225-7980, wesleyvillage-ct.org.

As Connecticut road races go, this one’s the big Kahuna: the 35th annual Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race, a/k/a the national 20K men’s and women’s championship, with $41,550 in prize money. Also, 5K and half-mile races in children’s, men and women, wheelchair and Clydesdale divisions.

Sponsored by the NewAlliance Foundation Inc. 8:15 a.m. (kids’ race 8:40) September 3 on New Haven Green. $50 advance 20K; $30 5K; $9 ½ mi. 203481-5933, newhavenroadrace.org.

If you’d like to go through life bragging that you competed in a triathlon (and who wouldn’t?), you could do a lot worse than the Dave Parcells Madison Triathlon. For one thing, it seems semido-able: a half-mile swim, followed by 13 miles on the bike and a three-mile road race. For another thing, it benefits the Madison Jaycees. 7 a.m. September 8 at Surf Club, Madison Town Beach,

Surf Club Rd., Madison. $85. 860-6691354, madisonjc.com.

It’s the 15th annual Hammerfest Triathlon, challenging participants with a half-mile swim, 13.5-mile bike race and four-mile run (distances approximate). 7:30 a.m. September 16 at Owenego Beach Club, 40 Linden Ave., Branford. $75 USA Triathlon members, $85 non-members. 203-488-8541, hammerfesttriathlon.com.

Spectator Sports New Haven Open at Yale is the former Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament. No. 2-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, a Wimbledon finalist this year, joins No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki, who has won the New Haven event four times.

Thursday through Saturday sessions to be broadcast live on ESPN2. August 17-26 at Connecticut Tennis Center, 45 Yale Ave., New Haven. $91-$15/session (packages available). 855-464-8366, newhavenopen.com.

Pro football comes to New Haven County when the Connecticut Bearcats, defending champions of the New England Football League, host the Tri-State Bulldogs. 6 p.m. August 25 at Veteran Field, 128 Bull Hill La., West Haven. $7 (under 12 $3). ctbearcats.com.

Pro football comes to New Haven County when the Connecticut Bearcats host the Western Mass. Warriors in a New England Football League set-to. 6 p.m. September 22 at Veteran Field, 128 Bull Hill La., West Haven. $7 (under 12 $3). ctbearcats.com.

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EDITOR’S PICK: Insomnia Cookies rying times call for cookies. But this cookie lover has been burned.

Most recently I threw out most of a package of expensive, all-natural chocolate chips that turned rock-hard and tasteless almost as soon as they were opened. Chips Ahoy quality at four times the price. And who wants to heat up the house at this time of year by baking, especially when you can guarantee you’re going to overeat?

So the arrival of Insomnia Cookies on Chapel Street got me interested, if still skeptical. After all, even bakery cookies often disappoint — stale almost as soon as they’re displayed.

Insomnia is a small chain that has found its niche on college campuses with convenient locations, late hours and easy online ordering. This outlet is on the same block as Yale’s art school and only a few blocks from the freshman dorms, so it’s likely to prosper.

A first look inside Insomnia’s tiny shop wasn’t promising. Formerly a camera shop, the storefront is small and impersonal, and the cookie display consists of a crowded plate of treats on a counter, reminiscent of Subway.

Expectations were low.

But upon ordering, Insomnia’s secret was revealed. Those sad specimens on the counter were only for show: The real goods were kept warm and gooey in some kind of cookie-oven safe below the counter. When the treasure box is opened, you get a hit of that irresistible fresh-baked smell and a look at some much more toothsome-looking treats, the chocolate chips gleaming and molten.

But would they taste as good as they looked and smelled?

In some cases, even better. First of all, it would take a team of soccer moms all day to come up with the array of flavors on offer, some that would blow a cookie-lover’s mind.

Tops on my list was the double chocolate mint ($1.25), with neon-green chips studding an intense chocolate

At Chapel Street’s new and welcome Insomnia, Cedric Emery and his accomplices turns out cookies that are simply monstrous (in a good way!).

dough. The disk was crisp to the teeth with a chewy finish and strong cocoa flavor. Best of all, the mint chips left a refreshing aftertaste, almost as if you’d brushed your teeth while eating dessert.

somewhat discordant flavors to my taste. On the sweetest side, a peanutbutter-cup cookie ($2.50) brought together deep nutty flavor and the silky richness of candy.

Pretty much the perfect cookie.

Best of all, order a sampler ($16) with one of each variety.

Oatmeal ($1.25) was a close runner-up, with a beautiful soft and chewy texture rich with oats and raisins, far from the bricklike versions sold elsewhere. It was a bit sweet to be a health food, but satisfying and perhaps a smidge less sinful than the other varieties.

For those who need constant stimulation, the S’mores Deluxe might be your poison, with a crisp-chewy texture flecked with marshmallow but

When it comes to such easily overindulged treats as cookies, sometimes there is something better than homemade. A box of Insomnia’s best helps satisfy your cookie cravings with only a limited hit to your budget — and waistline Insomnia Cookies, 1143 Chapel St., New Haven (203-772-7822), insomniacookies.com. Y

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or a fresh, healthy and affordable meal, you can’t beat Middle Eastern street food. Now a Hamden chef has brought his take on desert cuisine to New Haven’s Audubon district and is packing the house with his top-notch Israeli specialties.

Sababa is Chef Mickey Josephs’ new eatery on Whitney Avenue, opened in a former taco shop squeezed into a sliver of a storefront across from Taft Cosmetics. Sababa (which means “cool” in Hebrew) allows diners to customize plates of falafel and shawarma, meat roasted on a spit and shaved into savory chunks.

Josephs also offers a high-end take on Israeli food at his Mickey’s in Hamden and more traditional sandwich fare at the nearby Mickey’s Express at 9 Whitney. To check out Sababa, don’t be scared off by that section of Whitney’s thicket of parking meters — turnover is frequent and you’ll often get some “leftover time.”

Your first job is to pick a canvas — either a white or whole wheat pita or a platter. Then pick your protein: Vegetarians and meateaters alike will love Sababa’s crispy balls of fried chickpea falafel in a sandwich ($4.50).

This omnivore loved the chicken shawarma platter ($8), tender shards of seasoned bird, well spiced and not at all greasy, unlike many local versions. A ribbon of herbal tahini sesame sauce was the perfect complement, along with a bright splash of South American chimichurri sauce.

Fortify your dish with some of the two dozen salads and sides, a sampling of as many as you want included with the price.

My favorite was an outstanding baba ghanoush that elevated roasted eggplant spiced with sesame and herbs. Instead of the usual squishy paste, this version had an appealing texture with chunks of smoky eggplant and a vibrant sesame tang.

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lively with lots of citrus and the earthy undertone of quality beans. Roasted cauliflower also held its own in a savory al dente preparation. Less successful was a limp slaw of cabbage and other vegetables in a muddled vinaigrette.

Photos:Lisa Wilder

JUST A Taste: Sababa and Katalina’s Jessica Fritz shows what’s cookin’ at Sababa (the name is Hebrew for ‘cool’).

Tying the plate together was the impeccably fresh Israeli salad, chunks of tomato and cucumber blended with Romaine and parsley to invigorating effect.

Mop up the leftovers with a warm whole-wheat pita, yeasty and tasting just out of the oven.

Moroccan carrot salad, pickled vegetable medley and tzatziki sauce looked promising, but will have to wait for my next platter.

Sababa’s main drawback is its size: Four tables with barely a dozen seats in a narrow space, along with a mini counter. So your best bet is probably to take your shwarma or falafel to go and walk up Audubon.

One stop could be dessert at Katalina’s bakery, a new cupcake shop making waves with flavors like Almond Joy and the “Bulldog,” a raspberry and cayenne pepper concoction.

My favorite was the lemonlavender, tart and vegetal with bright specks of purple and an ethereal vanilla frosting.

Katalina’s also features buttery brownies, homemade lemonade and iced tea and vegan trail-mix bars for the butter-averse.

Take your feast to the shady pocket park at the intersection of Trumbull and Whitney.

There await lots of benches and even a birds-eye view of Yale’s Berzelius secret society, its blank-faced tomb framed by lovely landscaping.

With its new culinary landmarks and established favorites like Caseus and Clark’s Dairy, the greater Audubon district is becoming a dining destination all its own.

Sababa, 21 Whitney Ave., New Haven (203-776-7482), sababafalafel.com.

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NEW EATS: Restaurant X full of empty bottles by the bathroom and a poster falling off the wall also signaled lessthan-engaged management.

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t’s this diner’s latest obsession: Makeover shows like the Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible. On the show, celebrity chef Robert Irvine parachutes into a failing restaurant and revamps the menu, staff and interior. Lots of publicity and some increase in business usually follow for the lucky eatery.

We survived our visit with no ill effects, but will steer well clear of Restaurant X in the future.

So what are the lessons to be learned from Restaurant X? First, you need some passion and direction to make your mark in New Haven’s food scene, as seen in successful entrepreneurs like Denise Appel (Zinc), Bun Lai (Miya) and Prasad Chirnomula (Thali, Oaxaca Kitchen). If you don’t believe in what you’re doing and you’re not willing to bring us something new, invest in cattle futures, not a restaurant. If you want to run a nightclub, don’t diversify into a restaurant unless you plan to bring it.

Well, this diner has seen her share of failing restaurants in nearly five years on the Elm City food beat. And many seem to make the same mistakes in the same locations.

So let’s play “Restaurant Impossible: New Haven,” using the recent opening of a new establishment in a troubled location downtown.

We’re not going to name the restaurant: We vowed at the start of New Haven magazine to support our local businesses, not knock them down. As seen in many of the makeover shows, there are real people behind restaurants, many with heartbreaking family and financial struggles that play out behind the scenes.

However, with New Haven’s ongoing effort to brand itself as a first-class dining destination, we need to start getting tough on the underachieving. Would-be entrepreneurs might also learn that it’s not enough any more to just hang out a sign and slap some protein on the grill.

Our visit to Restaurant X started with a bang — the percussive beat of the Jackson 5 blaring from a speaker right near our heads. This was supposed to be an upscale establishment, judging by the prices, but the soundtrack for much of the time was strictly 1970s Top 40 at top volume.

Fail.

We were handed menus — crude cardstock printouts with visible smudges and smears. Nothing whets the appetite like a dirty, amateurish menu. But hold that appetite — many of the items on the menu weren’t available. No soup of the day. Only one of three beers advertised on tap. Only one of the eponymous six varieties of appetizers listed on a paper printout.

Although short, the menu also didn’t make sense as a statement of the chef’s point of view. Were they aiming for a specific regional cuisine or type of protein? Hard to tell with items ranging freely across continents and from surf to turf. No story to tell, no unifying theme to help

diners select what the chef does best.

Most of the food that arrived was good, despite some shocking shortcomings.

Here’s a non-negotiable: If nearly a third of the shellfish on a platter don’t open, servers should take it back, apologize and take it off the bill. After all, shellfish that remained closed after cooking can be a health hazard. We got some replacements, but no acknowledgment of the risk, and no break on the dish’s price.

Likewise inauspicious was what I discovered when I dropped something during dinner — a veritable carpet of crumbs and food scraps under the table. A pile of boxes

Second, service is key in the “new New Haven.” Only established mainstays like the pizzerias and Louis Lunch can get away with surly or clueless staff. And New Haven diners — at least those with money to spend — have limited tolerance for servers who look cool but can’t remember your order or can’t pronounce items on the menu.

Third, remember that diners have so many choices in New Haven now that you can’t afford to overlook the superficial. Worn-out furniture, holes in the floor and visible trash don’t add to your atmosphere. They just make diners unlikely to return.

If you look like you’re failing, you probably will. And you won’t be alone. Y – Liese Klein

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n Hawaii they call it Hoe he’e nalu, but here we say standup paddle surfing (SUP) or standup paddle boarding. Whatever the sport’s called, it’s a fast growing water surf activity and an awesome workout.

One reason we’re seeing more and more SUPs is the ease and convenience of doing it yourself. “It’s easy to deploy. You can put it on your roof, carry it by yourself and throw it in the water anywhere and get on it,” says Paul von Maffei, owner of Action Sports, with locations in Branford and Old Saybrook. “It’s very stable and not tricky at all to paddle around.”

Secondly, paddle boarding is a great form of exercise. “You literally exercise your arms, your shoulders, your waist, your midriff and your legs all at the same time.

It’s not like you’re sitting in a kayak and working your upper body — that’s it,” von Maffei explains.

There’s not a lot to learn, either. “There are some fundamentals you should know and there are people who give lessons, and if you get lessons certainly you’re better prepared for what may or may not be there,” says von Maffei. “But in calm water you can just get out there and someone who’s been on it can give you some pointers.

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mini-“race” course, not one fell in. “It’s a very stable thing. If it’s in flat water, there shouldn’t be too much problem keeping their balance.”

rest a little bit and go out again. If you want to go from Point A to Point B as fast as you can, you’re going to be fatigued in 30 to 60 minutes.

To get started, you need three things: the board, a lifejacket and a paddle. At Action Sports, boards start at $799 and go up to $1,300. Like all things, says Action Sports’ owner, “If you get something decent, you’ll be a lot happier a lot longer.”

Von Maffei believes this is just the leading edge of what is positioned to become a very popular sport. “In California they’re everywhere, and they’re a year or two ahead of us.”

Price is in part a function of size. Women require less flotation performance than men, and a higher level requires a bigger (hence, more expensive) board.

Paddles come in a variety of materials and prices. The ones Action Sports stocks are $159 to $199. Most are made of carbon and hence saltwater-proof so they won’t corrode like aluminum ones.

You also need a lifejacket. One type is inflatable and straps to the waist, but the easiest one is a lightweight, shortwaisted PFD (personal flotation device) designed for freedom of arm movement.

Connecticut law states that one must have a PFD on a SUP. Since you can’t really tie a PFD to the board, you’ve got to wear it.

“That solves that!,” von Maffei says.

How long you stay out on the water depends on where you go and how hard you’re pushing yourself. If you’re just paddling around, you can go up rivers or along the shoreline for an hour and then

“The beauty of it is you can go anywhere — it’s much easier than a kayak that needs two people to put on a roof,” says von Maffei. For an SUP, you need a roof rack that is sufficient and, because they’re long — 10.5 to 12.5 feet — you need back and front tie-downs. If you don’t have a roof rack, you can use a foam-padded one.

Boards can be rented for about $80 a day or $200 a week.

For the athletic person, an SUP is an effective aerobic workout with the added enjoyment of being outdoors and on the water rather than in a basement on a treadmill. Some people even do yoga on it. And, “It’s definitely green from the standpoint that there’s no motors on it,” he adds. SUPs can also be used for surfing.

“You paddle out from the beach and then surf in on it. It’s a humungous board so it will definitely zip along on minor waves,” von Maffei says. Action Sports offers trials on Wednesday nights at Harvey’s Beach in Old Saybrook. Visit actionsportsct.com. Y

Take a risk every so often.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?

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