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14 Under the Boardwalk West Haven’s summer social gathering place has rich history

16 Spring Into Summer Melissa Nicefaro tell how to make the most of a classic New England summer

21 Waging Peace At Quinnipiac’s Schweitzer Institute students strive to learn to make the world a better place

24 One Year After As Cheshire marks a terrible anniversary, the once-sleepy bedroom community will never be quite the same

26 Urban Oasis On Prospect Street, a hidden gem with a distinguished pedigree

OUR COVER Model Justine Weinberg of North Haven. Hair & makeup by Leanne Harpin. Cover design and typography by Richard Rose. Photography by Steve Blazo. CORRECTIONS: Due to a reporting error, in last month’s ATHOME feature we incorrectly identified the principal of Kevin’s Home Improvement, the contractor that worked extensively on the home. His name is Kevin Donahue. The company’s business phone is 203-239-6441. A photo caption in the June issue of New Haven misidentified a staff member at Marius restaurant. Pictured is Manager Jordan Finley, not Head Chef Tony Venditto. 4

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43 The Times Were a-Changin’ Seven Angels stages a paean to the ’60s

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New Haven Vol. I, No. 10 | July 2008 Publisher Mitchell Young, Editor Michael C. Bingham, Design Manager Larissa Wigglesworth, Design Consultants Richard Rose, Terry Wells, Contributing Writers Brooks Appelbaum, Elvira J. Duran, Joyce Faiola, Michael Harvey, Brittany Galla, Liese Klein, Cindy Marien, Melissa Nicefaro, Tashema Nichols, Ron Ragozzino, Steven Scarpa, Cindy Simoneau, Margaret Waage Photographers Steve Blazo, Anthony DeCarlo, Margaret Waage Administrator Jill Perno Advertising Director Laura Whinfield, Senior Publisher’s Representatives Mary W. Beard, Ronni Rabin, Publisher’s Representatives Cynthia Carlson, Diana Martini, Paula Thompson Business New Haven Advertising Manager Timothy Stanton New Haven is published 12 times annually by Second Wind Media Ltd., which also publishes Business New Haven, with offices at 1221 Chapel St., New Haven, CT 06511. 203-7813480 (voice), 203-781-3482 (fax). Subscriptions $24.95/year, $39.95/two years. Send name, address & zip code with payment. Second Wind Media Ltd. d/b/a New Haven shall not be held liable for failure to publish an advertisement or for typographical errors or errors in publication. For more information e-mail NewHaven@Conntact.com.

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n the dim, misty dawn of our collective youth, July was the most languorous month — Nat King Cole’s “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” And while it still may be marked by its share of “soda and pretzels and beer,” the way we live has changed, and with it so too has the seventh month.

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Since NHM debuted last fall, writer Melissa Nicefaro has carved out a niche as the magazine’s Queen of Discovering Cool Things To Do. In this issue she channels the spirit of summers past — how the warmweather months in New England used to feel, and how we used to play, in a more innocent time. Speaking of more innocent times, before now we hadn’t had the opportunity to report on Waterbury’s estimable Seven Angels Theatre. This month we remedy that oversight, as NHM drama critic Brooks Appelbaum reports on Seven Angels’ production of the musical Flashback: A Trip Through the ’60s. Just remember that the brown acid is not too, specifically, good. Elvira Duran’s HERITAGE profile of the West Haven boardwalk is a bridge to a fondly remembered icon of an earlier era: the glorious Savin Rock amusement park. (Savin Rock’s allure and seamy underside are richly recalled in one of the “non-horror” novels by Stratford native Stephen King: the underappreciated Hearts in Atlantis.) About as far from Savin Rock as you can get is the site of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, which will draw the entire world’s attention to Beijing. Preceeding that event will be an equally momentous (though much less publicized) confabulation: a Musicathlon that will bring together musicians from the Yale School of Music, Beijing’s Central Conservatory and nine other of the world’s leading conservatories. The brainchild of Yale School of Music Dean Robert Blocker, this unprecedented undertaking promises to be nothing short of glorious.

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a responsibility to their fellow citizens and neighbors. I’m driven by the sense of balance — the balance of individual rights and freedoms against our collective obligations to one another. In the sense I’m formed by anything, it’s a middle class background, a cop’s son, [with] values that come from my faith and experiences in this wonderful place. Fifteen years ago the ‘brand’ New Haven was pretty beaten up. Today it’s very diﬀerent. What do you see as most responsible for that shift? I’ve been mayor since January 1994; it is my 15th year [as mayor]. People work together better than they did 15 years ago. In many respects the politics and the life

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Isn’t that an example where the city is bearing the ﬁnancial brunt of regionalism? The greatest way is that the city bears all the burden of providing affordable housing for the entire region and the programs and services that support substance abuse, mental health, sexual predators and huge discharges from prison. It’s a circular game: By providing housing, we attract people with pathologies that need to be addressed. The state provides lots of income to the city. Of course they do. They exempt half our property, they don’t exempt anywhere near [that much of] anyone else’s property. As long as they exempt our property and have us play the role of housing those most

in need, of course they should help support us. Why do we have to use property as the basis for levying taxes? The property tax in this state raises more than the sales and income taxes combined. With the expansion of the [tax-exempt] hospital or the university, we’ll create more jobs and income. Many states rely on income taxes to ﬁnance a larger share [of government]. But shouldn’t Payments in Lieu of Taxes bring in more revenue with the expansion of the hospital and the hundreds of millions of dollars of building now going on at Yale? That’s [PILOT] been at a falling percentage of reimbursement for several years. So the increase in building is being oﬀset by a lower percentage of reimbursement? What’s happening in next year’s budget in absolute dollars and in percentage terms is less [PILOT] for colleges and hospitals. You say, ‘How can that be, considering you see all this construction around the city?’ One of the reasons is the state capped the amount in the program. As we’ve added tax-exempt properties, you need to look no further than West Haven, where [Yale] has purchased the Bayer site [taking] a major taxable asset off the tax rolls. Or

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as a candidate for governor, it’s consistent with my view of fairness and equity. I don’t think the tax structure accurately reﬂects how you measure wealth in the state and extract wealth in a way that does the least harm possible to our economic growth. In a lot of ways there is respect between the cities and towns, but if you measure true collaborations such as [paying for running the city-owned but region-serving] Tweed Airport, there’s not a strong case to be made we’ve accomplished much regionally.

No, I think the governor remains extraordinarily popular in the state. If she chooses to run again she’ll be a formidable candidate.

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It seems as though expectations have been raised by the successes the city has had. Do people feel diﬀerently now? I think as New Haven’s neighborhoods stabilized and people saw investment going up and as folks saw the downtown come alive in a way they had never seen before, and as they saw some of the racial antagonisms in the community end, I think folks became more positive. It created its own surge of investment and activity. It’s reasonable for people to expect the city to get safer, more jobs to grow and for folks to think about why is Route 34 in the middle of the [Yale] campus and why shouldn’t Chapel Street be vibrant east of Church right into Wooster Square? Why can’t the schools do better? I see citizens’ groups that didn’t exist 15 years ago. These are folks that feel an extraordinary sense of ownership and accountability to their neighborhood, and they want to ﬁght for it and make it better. That passion is wonderful, it says people are alive and paying attention and they’re standing up.

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I don’t make a point of trying to promote the issue. We ran our [identity cards for any city resident] program and continue to expand it. It’s gotten wonderful response and some businesses have even agreed to give discounts [to cardholders]. We continue to try to use the card for all residents to access ﬁnancial services and purchasing discounts.

I don’t view it as a matter of becoming a national spokesperson. This had to be a problem when you were running for governor. When I was running in 2006, the card was in the design phase. There were lots of places I get challenged about that, and lots where I got challenged about my position [in support of a union drive at] Yale-New Haven Hospital. I enjoyed engaging people about immigration or the hospital and what those [issues] were metaphors for. It always came back to a set of values — fairness, equity and opportunity and about those rights and responsibilities. We all enjoy the privileges of this society and this state and we have a responsibility to invest in each other. Continued on 33

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There’s no getting away from it — and really no reason to. Few states do summer the justice that Connecticut does. Whether it’s a cold treat, a seafood dinner, a vacation close to home or a free concert, there is no reason to leave this state all July long.

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utes northeast of New Haven, Ocean Beach is a pristine half-mile stretch of sugar-sand beach. There is also a 50-meter Olympic swimming pool, waterslides, an arcade, miniature golf course and a café.

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If you prefer to stay closer to home, Hammonassett Beach State Park in Madison is Connecticut’s largest public beach. With more than two miles of sandy shoreline, there is plenty of room to stretch out and relax in the sun or swim. The park also has more than 500 campsites, a boardwalk, boat launch and showers.

Get Your Salty Dog On Sailors are a breed unto themselves. They eat, breathe and sleep sailboats and with gas prices at heretofore undreamed-of high levels, harnessing wind power makes more sense than ever. Established in 1881, the Yale Corinthian Yacht Club in Branford is the oldest collegiate sailing club in the world. The club is a public sailing facility that is used by the Yale community and also offers lessons to local residents. A twoday intensive class for beginning sailors provides ten hours of teaching from two instructors including chalkboard explanations, sailing demonstrations and on-the-water instruction. Students will learn the basics of sailing: rigging, launching, basic maneuvering, capsize and rescue and landing. After this class, students will be able to enjoy sailing and the open waters on their own. (Well, you’ll need a boat.)

collection of submarine artifacts, including working periscopes, mini-theaters and a gift shop. It is the only submarine museum operated by the U.S. Navy, and as such is the primary repository for artifacts, documents and photographs relating to U.S. Submarine Force history.

One if By Land… If keeping both feet firmly planted on terra firma sounds more appealing, Gillette Castle in East Haddam rises out of the wooded hillside like some medieval fortress. The engineering marvel was built over five years (1914-19) by actor, playwright and creative genius William Gillette. After a hike and 18

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a look around the 24-room ﬁeldstone castle and its built-in couches, table trackway, and woodcarvings, it always feels good to come home to modern furniture and carpeting. The Castle is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day. Staff are available to assist with questions about the Castle interior and its colorful history.

…Two if By Sea Though some folks along the Madison and Guilford shoreline might take issue with this assessment, Ocean Beach Park in New London is renowned as one of the loveliest beaches in the Northeast. About 45 min-

A more advanced class takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, geared toward sailors who have completed the ﬁrst-level class or have had comparable sailing experience. As conditions allow, the course will introduce participants to more advanced theories of sailing, light- and heavy-air sailing techniques, advanced steering techniques and an introduction to racing. For the seasoned salty dog, the Corinthian holds an adult racing seminar. A basic knowledge of racing and smallboat handling experience is expected. Tuesdays at 6 p.m., competitive races for sailors ages 15 and older take place. For more information on programs or class schedules, e-mail sailing@yale.edu or call 203-488-9330. Of course, even on relatively benign Long Island Sound, sailing is still pretty labor-

intensive. You might prefer to kick back and let somebody else do the work. If you don’t much care if you’re on a sailboat or a (gasp!) motorboat, the China Clipper is a 53-foot motor yacht equipped with three staterooms and private facilities, a full galley, washer and dryer and is fully airconditioned. The yacht sails from Captain’s Cove Marina in Bridgeport and offers a variety of cruises that range in length from three hours to a full weekend. Visit thechinaclipper.com for more information.

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At Quinnipiac University’s Schweitzer Institute, students take the job of making the world a better place personally By Steven Scarpa

hen David Ives, an adjunct professor of Latin American studies, philosophy and international business at Quinnipiac University, was 16 years old, his parents received an inheritance sizable enough to take a long trip. The fashion of the time period would have been to go to Europe and take a leisurely tour of the continent.

Instead Ives’ father, a minister, opted to take his family to Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador. Ives most powerful recollection? “I was struck by the poverty,” he says.

Founded in 1984, the institute became afﬁliated with Quinnipiac in 2004, the year Ives became its executive director. The organization has grown from a small but committed group of students and faculty to a body of considerable vibrancy on campus.

The guiding principle at the heart of all Ives’ work is Albert Schweitzer’s reverence for life: “The idea is that we are life that wills to live among other life that wills to live,” explains Ives, quoting Schweitzer. PHOTOGRAPH:

Ives is moved by ‘a moral obligation to make sure that people have basic needs — food, shelter and medical care.’

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It was Brazil that elicited the most vivid memories. Houses were made of corn stalks. A nearby stream served as both a sewer and a source of drinking water. One man whose acquaintance Ives’ family made worked as a human stevedore, earning about $200 a year to support his family. “To be honest, I never got over that,” Ives says. “It wasn’t a conversion like Paul on the road to Tarsus, but when I was talking to my friends about the troubles in the world when I was in college, I kept coming back to that memory.”

In 2004 Ives, who splits his time between New Haven and New York, made the transition from a lengthy career in nonproﬁt humanitarian work to Quinnipiac University in order to head the Albert Schweitzer Institute, an organization dedicated to continuing the famed humanitarian physician’s legacy of international service.

Over the past year the institute earned a regional Emmy award for a documentary on Schweitzer’s life, published a book of essays and presented former President Jimmy Carter with the ﬁrst Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award. The group also sponsors student humanitarian trips to South America and Africa, as well as lectures, classes and locally based opportunities to become involved in humanitarian endeavors.

A few years later, Ives joined the Peace Corps and worked in Central America from 1980 to 1982, a time of political upheaval. While working to improve nutrition among the people there — creating community gardens and participating in education programs — something happened that would change the course of his life. “I held a little girl who died in my arms because she had worms in her lungs from drinking polluted water,” Ives recounts. “It gives me a lot of drive to continue helping people who don’t have anything. There is a moral obligation to make sure that people have basic needs — food, shelter and medical care.” new haven

During the Albert Schweitzer Institute’s 2008 trip to Nicaragua, QU students worked with these curious schoolchildren.

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“If we look at life as something that is study of political science, if the professor wondrous, we would make different is not careful, can be slightly bloodless. decisions about going to war and how we “This has forced me to make sure there is a handle plants and animals,” he adds. human face in my teaching,” Duffy says. Despite being likely the most technologically adroit, connected and savvy generation in history, today’s college students are oddly disconnected from the larger world around them. “It is important to expose young people to these ideas [about revering life],” Ives says. “Most young people don’t have any clue about what is going on in other countries.” Traveling abroad “is a very moving experience for them,” he adds. “One of the theories that I have is that since our students lack contact with the developing world, it takes something special to get their attention. I think that in order to survive in this world you have to have an understanding of how the world works and not be parochial in your outlook.”

Sean Duffy, a political science professor at Quinnipiac for the past decade, has accompanied Ives to Nicaragua during each of the past ﬁve years. He observes that the

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Duffy’s interest in the trips — this year’s outing was to Leon, Nicaragua — has evolved over time. “What I am really interested in is watching the development of the student as much as in what we are doing,” he explains. “When people come back, they come back with a new worldview.” What he has learned is that there is a nearly universal reaction from students upon arriving in the developing Central American nation. “On the ﬁrst day, students are stunned silent when they look at the poverty,” says Duffy. “Over the next couple of days, people are actually angry and confused. By the end of the trip, they are almost always teary.”

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are trying to help. “We are seeing a journey of realization,” Duffy says. Upon return, a common refrain from many students is how difﬁcult is reentry. They ﬁnd it hard to talk to roommates and family. With a new perspective some of the minutia of collegiate life seem, well, minute. “This experience becomes part of who they are,” Duffy says. Farrell Denby and Brittany Enz are two of the some 3,000 students who participated in the institute’s programming this past year. “He has created a large subculture of students who are aware of the larger world,” Duffy said. A senior majoring in public relations and marketing, Denby works for Ives at the institute. Sojourning to Nicaragua this past spring, listening to President Carter’s lectures and escorting survivors of the atomic-bomb attacks on Japan afforded Denby a window onto the world’s turmoil.

The experience often shakes to the core the belief systems of many of the students. “I’ve learned more than I ever thought I On the outside they observe a group of would,” says Denby. “It is kind of corny, people who are happy and loving, without but it has deﬁnitely built character. It all of the amenities that American college makes you look outside of yourself, your students tend to expect. Before long, community and what you know. It forces however, the students begin to observe the you into an uncomfortable zone, being pain and deprivations of the families they where you have never been before.”

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With Ives’ exhortations to advocate for peace, Denby has found himself diverting from his planned corporate career path. “I thought corporate PR was going to be my thing, but my eyes are opened to non-profit PR,” he says. Denby will accompany Ives to Guatemala this summer in an effort to expand the institute’s relationship in that nation. “We are flying by the seat of our pants,” he acknowledges. “We don’t know what to expect.” Enz is a senior majoring in health science studies. Her enduring image of Leon, Nicaragua came as soon as she got off the plane. With no systematic way to dispose of garbage, people must burn it. The stench was unforgettable. “My stomach dropped when I realized that this is how people have to live,” she explains. Ives’ example has also changed Enz’s future aspirations. After a stint in AmeriCorps starting this October, she plans to join the Peace Corps and return to Latin America. “I want to be placed in a hospital,” she said. “Every hand makes a difference.” One has to glance only briefly at the news to know that the work for Ives, and the Schweitzer Institute, will never really be

QU students (l-r) Jennifer Ellsworth, Taylor Ives, Tom Fritz and Annie Mangano atop Sleeping Giant State Park with the Nicaraguan flag.

done. A tsunami in Myanmar sheds a harsh light on the human-rights violations of the ruling junta in that isolated south Asian nation. Poverty still clutches the stomachs of Central America. Ives has a lot to do. He and Duffy are working together on new political science curriculum. On the

home front, Ives’ son, a recent Quinnipiac graduate, is deciding how he can best help the world. So is Ives. “I like to think that some of the work I’ve done has helped people live a little bit better,” he says. “I am pretty comfortable I’ve done that.” v

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Cheshire State Rep. Adinolfi: ‘You just don’t forget something like that.’

By Liese Klein

ights are a little brighter on Sorghum Mill Drive this summer.

Porch lights stay on into morning and laser-tripped ﬂoodlights ﬂicker to life at the slightest movement on driveways and expansive lawns. Neighbors are quick to call police if they spot movement in the dark or unfamiliar cars that linger along this looping road, which makes its way between homes valued at $400,000 or more. More of those

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immaculate homes also contain ﬁrearms: Gun-permit applications have jumped more than 20-fold in Cheshire in the last year, police say. Nights are now brighter on this street because of the dark spot at 300 Sorghum Mill Drive, a vacant lot mostly obscured from view by trees and overgrown shrubs. That’s where the Petit family lived — and most of them died — in a brutal crime that attracted national headlines and changed Cheshire forever.

On a weekday afternoon, Cheshire can seem like a city of women: Middle-aged matrons doing errands, older women chatting about chemo treatments at the Bagelicious deli, a mom with a tattoo on her ankle shepherding a toddler. Police say one such suburban mom, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, was buying groceries with her daughter at the Stop & Shop in Maplecroft Plaza off Route 10 when two career criminals spotted her on the evening of July 22, 2007, and followed her home.

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By 10 a.m. the next morning, HawkePetit and her two daughters were dead — brutalized, doused with gasoline then set on ﬁre. Hawke-Petit’s husband, William Petit Jr., MD, was badly beaten but survived, staggering from the house as ﬂames consumed his family.

The governor also signed a law earlier this year that established a full-time parole board with more access to court and police records. It also spells out for the ﬁrst time a distinct crime of home invasion.

similar crime, it brings everything back and you get angry.”

Perhaps the most ubiquitous casualty in the Petit tragedy has been Cheshire residents’ sense of security.

Joshua Komisarjevsky, 26, and Steven Hayes, 44, were arrested fleeing the house From his Sorghum Mill Drive home a few “Evil came to Cheshire this week and struck and are awaiting trial on capital murder doors down from the former Petit residence, at the very heart of the community that charges. If convicted they could be executed State Rep. Alfred Adinolfi (R-103) sees a we all felt so safe in,” a resident wrote in under Connecticut law. Veteran defense transformed neighborhood. a letter to the Cheshire Herald a few weeks lawyers with extensive experience in death“We are not over it. It will be years — if ever after the crimes. penalty cases have agreed to represent the — if we do get over it,” Adinolfi says. He two men. Of course evil has always found its way notices an increased vigilance and sadness to Cheshire, which borders on comparIt turned out that Komisarjevsky had among his neighbors, especially those who atively gritty communities in Wallingford, grown up in Cheshire a little more than drive past the former Petit property on a Meriden and Waterbury. The leafy a mile from the Petit home, the adopted regular basis. bedroom community has long had its son of a family linked to a famous Russian “I drive by a few times a day — once a day own “unique characters” involved in drugs theatrical director and pioneering modern you stop and say a prayer,” he says. “People and petty crime, says Lt. Jay Markella, dancer. He met Hayes, a career criminal are still being cautious; people are still administrative commander of the Cheshire and drug offender, in a Hartford halfway concerned.” Police Department. house. The Petit home was finally demolished on What changed was a sense of invulnerability May 28 after more than 10 months sitting that many Cheshire residents felt, secluded empty and boarded up. Shrubs and trees in subdivisions carved out of farmland only from the property were dug up to be planted a few decades ago. Even Cheshire’s town The gruesome deaths of Hawke-Petit and in a memorial garden honoring the Petits, motto looks back to a bucolic past: “The her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11according to the Meriden Record-Journal. bedding plant capital of Connecticut.” year-old Michaela, have fueled calls for tougher penalties in Connecticut aimed William Petit now lives in Plainville “Most people had the feeling: ‘This is at repeat offenders. Both Komisarjevsky with his father and has kept his wife and Cheshire, we don’t have crime,’” says and Hayes had extensive arrest records on daughters’ memories alive through charity Markella, who has lived and worked in the drug and burglary charges but no previous work. He has set up a foundation to fund town for 11 years. Many residents didn’t convictions for violent crimes. scholarships for women in science and lock their homes or cars before the Petit help those with multiple sclerosis, which tragedy, he adds. A second home-invasion murder in New afflicted his late wife. Britain this March heightened pressure to Now dozens of women are signed up for establish a “three-strikes” law that would The Republican state representative for the self-defense courses and community groups impose life sentences for three convictions area, Adinolfi has also been an outspoken are actively seeking advice on how to make on violent crimes. backer of the mandatory three-strikes law homes less tempting targets. Despite a tight and says he’s frustrated by the General budget year, the Town Council also voted Despite a petition drive and rallies by Assembly’s intransigence. to fund an additional position to bolster Cheshire residents and strong support the police force of 48 sworn officers. from state Republicans, a law that would “We’ve found a lot of opposition from require judges to abide by “three strikes” the inner cities; in some areas one out of Crime rates have historically been low has gained little traction in a Democrat- six families have people in jail,” he says. in Cheshire, but residents no longer feel dominated legislature with concerns about “People in the smaller towns are looking to immune from societal ills like drug abuse, offenders’ rights. keep [felons] in longer.” Markella says. (Neither the Cheshire accused nor the “We still need a three-strikes law and we’re “Maybe [the Petit murders] did open some man arrested in the New Britain murder getting closer,” Adinolfi adds. “I won’t rest people’s eyes a little bit to make people had anything on their records that would as long as I’m a legislator.” more aware of something that’s already count as even a single “strike,” critics of happening,” Markella says. “Maybe they The recent demolition of the Petit home mandatory three-strikes measures have didn’t want to see what was going on in reopened the neighborhood’s wounds, argued.) town.” Adinolfi says. He was also reminded of his Instead, Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed a law own family’s tragedy, a nephew murdered Markella adds that he expects people to in April that allows, but does not require, a quarter-century ago on Long Island and relax their vigilance a bit as the years pass, judges to send felons to prison for life after thrown down an airshaft. but he hopes residents never again harbor three violent-crime convictions. Judges the illusion that Cheshire is a safe harbor, a “You just don’t forget something like that,” should retain discretion in sentencing, totally crime-free community. he says. “Every time an incident like this Democrats argued in defeating a tougher comes up, every time there’s another “You can’t have that anywhere, anywhere bill. in America,” he says. v

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ove at ﬁrst sight.

– this is the one!’ Larry said, ‘How do you know? You haven’t even been inside.’ But I knew this was it.”

That’s what Sherry Shanbrom felt when she first laid eyes on the elegant red-brick Georgian-style Colonial “It had good ‘bones,’” she adds. revival home at 711 Prospect Street in New No only that — it had a pedigree. It was built Haven a quarter-century ago. in 1925 by prominent New Haven attorney Shanbrom and her husband Larry, who Harrison T. Sheldon (1883-1933), a partner in lived on Court Street at the time, had the law firm of Watrous, Hewitt, Sheldon dreamed of buying a home on nearby & Gumbart (predecessor to the whiteSt. Ronan Street, the Elm City’s most shoe New Haven firm of Tyler Cooper) . prestigious address, but found everything Its architect was J. Frederick Kelly, who on the market there too pricey. during the same decade designed the New Haven Museum & Historical Society on Like most New Haveners, the Shanbroms Whitney Avenue, many features of which had driven along Prospect Street a million share the same architectural language as times before, but never really seen the 2.5the Sheldon home. The Shanbroms say the story home opposite the main entrance to home is considered Kelly’s most important Albertus Magnus College. For one thing, residential work in New Haven. the home is largely obscured from street view by its landscaping. In addition, the During the 1940s the residence was owned grand entryway, graced by 20-foot Doric by Lawrence Tighe, treasurer of Yale columns beneath a hipped roof, faces University, and was later acquired by sideways to the street (in this case, north). Trinity Church on the Green, which used So if you didn’t know it was there, you it as its rectory until about 1980, when they wouldn’t know it was there. sold it to a man who lived there only briefly before being transferred out of state by his But the Shanbroms managed to find it all employer. In 1983 the Shanbroms bought it right. from him, for $150,000. “We looked for a long time,” recalls Sherry When the Shanbroms moved it, the house Shanbrom. Over months of house-hunting had been vacant for two years and was, “We drove around — and I did not get out of as Larry Shanbrom puts its delicately, “a the car for a single house you took me to,” wreck.” His wife uses a slightly different she says, addressing her husband. word: “overwhelming.” “Then, we drove by [711 Prospect Street], Updates? Don’t even go there. “There was and when I saw those arched windows I not one light in a ceiling — it was all wall jumped out of the car and said, ‘This is it 26

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The speakers at left attest to the dualpurpose function of the Shanbroms’ living room this summer. PHOTOGRAPHS:

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Top: Larry and Sherry Shandbrom in the room they added just off the kitchen (rear). Below, the gracious foyer is mostly original (but not the floor tile).

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sconces and fixtures,” he recalls. “There Other characteristics of the house proved was one heating zone for 5,000 square feet, less adaptable. and the only thermostat was in the dining “One of the downsides to buying a home of room. So it would be 70 [degrees F.] down this vintage is that the bathrooms of these here [on the ground floor]; you’d go up to [early 20th-century] homes were very small the second floor and it would be 80, and on [compared to today’s],” explains Larry the third floor it would be 90.” Even with Shanbrom. “We would [and did] renovate the house vacant and home heating oil them, but we couldn’t expand them. And selling for 40 cents a gallon, it cost $3,000 a we really wanted a sybaritic bathroom.” year just to keep the pipes from freezing. So they built one on the second floor, Speaking of pipes, one of the first upgrades adjoining Sherry’s office space. Sybaritic it the couple began was to replace nearly all of the original brass plumbing that was used during construction because much more durable copper was in scarce supply in the U.S. during the 1920s.

is, including both a sauna and four-person Jacuzzi. During warm-weather months the Shanbroms spend much of their time at their seaside home in Milford’s Laurel Beach (although Sherry still works from her Prospect Street ofﬁce). For this summer, the living room has been turned over to now-19-year-old Ben Shanbrom, who uses it for a purpose old Mr. Sheldon would scarcely have recognized — as a rehearsal room for the instrumental “progressive

Sherry Shanbrom is a commercial interior designer (her firm is SZS Interiors Inc.) whose offices occupy half of the Prospect Street home’s second floor. Larry Shanbrom is co-owner of West Haven Lumber, an 81-year-old family business started by his grandfather. Their occupations are not irrelevant to the story of their home. “Larry’s in the lumber business; I [am] a designer,” Sherry Shanbrom says. “So I have access to materials, and he has access to materials. My father was a manufacturers’ rep for a heating and plumbing company, so he rezoned the house for us” into the present seven heating zones for what today (following two additions) is a 5,600-squarefoot structure. One of the Shanbroms’ renovation “rules” has been that only furnishings from West Haven Lumber suppliers could be used. In addition, because Sherry works for commercial clients, many of the materials used in their home renovation are of durable commercial grade. She also designed many of the home’s distinctive furniture and furnishings. One of the recent additions is a former screened-in porch in the rear of the home that was enclosed and made into what Larry Shanbrom refers to as “my room — no phone, no TV.” “And no one but Larry is allowed to go in there,” his wife adds. In other words, a sanctuary. The other addition is right next to it — a 500-square-foot breakfast room right off the kitchen that the couple had built when their first child (of two) arrived, since they didn’t want to leave the infant Benjamin Shanbrom alone behind closed doors in the formal dining room.

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Gena Ruocco-Lockery metal” band, known as Bushwhack, for which he plays drums. So the mountain of guitars, amps, drums, drums, speakers and cables that ﬁll the room aren’t part of the “renovation,” exactly.

Also, despite its abundance of gracious homes, the Shanbroms’ stretch of Prospect Street isn’t nearly as residential as it was when their home was built. Many of the larger houses have been acquired by Albertus Magnus for institutional purposes.

In the end, what sets the Shanbroms apart from other urban adventurers is neither “So it does have a different feel than St. their creativity nor their connections Ronan, which essentially is 100-percent — but their sheer pluck at persevering in residential,” Larry Shanbrom says. a city where the tax burden on the most productive citizens has long ago sent many “It’s really been a work in progress,” he adds. of the Shanbroms’ peers ﬂeeing to the Shanbrom declines to say how much the suburbs. couple has put into the house over 25 years, beyond calculating that the sum is “two or “When we bought the house in 1983 the three times our initial budget.” [annual property] taxes were $6,600,” recalls Larry Shanbrom. “Now we’re But they wouldn’t have it any other pushing $25,000. It’s become ridiculously way. “You have to do it in pieces,” Sherry expensive to live here.” Shanbrom says. “Otherwise it’s just overwhelming.” v

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Ahoy, Matey! The schooner Quinnipiack is a two-masted, gaff-rigged centerboard schooner designed along the lines of a Biloxi, Miss. freight schooner. These shallow-draft ships carried freight along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the late 19th century, making them ideal vessels for the shallow ports of Long Island Sound. The Quinnipiack is 91 feet in overall length. Her deck is 65 feet long and 20 feet wide and provides an cool setting for all kinds of occasions. Originally christened the Janet May, was built in Milbridge, Me. in 1984 and was used for day sails in Bar Harbor. In 1990, she was purchased by Schooner Inc. to replace the J.N. Carter as a platform for that organization’s environmental-education programs. Schooner Inc.’s programs are centered around hands-on learning opportunities including academic programs in the classroom.

of Sail” in New York Harbor. In 1992 the Quinnipiack’s crew captured the bronze medal from the American Sail Training Association in Newport, R.I. Today Schooner Inc. offers academic programs in the classroom, at shore sites and on board the schooner, as well as teacher training, summer camp adventures, public sails and charters, and represents its home port at festivals and other events. During the sailing season the Quinnipiack is berthed at New Haven’s Long Wharf Pier. She is available for public sails, birthday parties and adult sailing outings. Educational sea adventures for adults and children, picnic sails, sunset cruises and pirate sails are held weekly throughout July.

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Do you feel you were able to explain your position?

New Haven is a city of architects — and architectural critics. Does this make these developments more diﬃcult?

It was not a matter of explaining; most people understand the right to organize is fundamental and it was in our interest in the community to have some rules about how that organization takes place. Most people in this city understand that the middle class was largely built on the unionization of the manufacturing industry. Is there a single accomplishment you are most proud of? Not a single accomplishment. In June 1,000 kids graduate[d] [from city high schools]. When I started 500 were graduating [annually]. Whatever our challenges in public safety today, we’re far safer than 15 years ago. Thousands of people still want to emigrate to New Haven. We’re renovating our public housing, and doing a better job managing it. It’s not me — every one one of those things I only had a small finger on. One of your partners over the past 15 years has been Yale, which has become much more engaged in the city than previously. How has that partnership played out? The university acted appropriately out of its self-interest. It couldn’t be the greatest university it could be if the city wasn’t doing well. My interest is self-evident: They’re our largest employer. Yale’s expansion of the residential colleges [from 12 to 14] is an economic multiplier. We’ve gotten away from quid pro quo — we’re invested in the relationship not a particular project. What’s helped us get us through the areas where we’ve had disagreements is relationships. It’s not just a president-tomayor relationship. It’s a richer, a more textured set of relationships. Ten years ago a major Realtor told me that New Haven was redlined by the big investing banks and they wouldn’t go near a big project. Today the Coliseum project will attract five or six solid developers. Do you feel confident that with the current economy that project will go forward? If you look at what’s happened in downtown, look at the suite of developers that have come into the city — most recently with Becker & Becker for Shartenberg, Forest City and Winstanley in Science Park. A sales contract was just signed on the teletheater site with Avalon. There is a strong market for downtown New Haven

I think the city and Yale have benefited from architectural critics. The new biology building that’s going to be built in the parking lot next to the Peabody, [Cesar] Pelli’s the designer [for example]. It’s a marvelous building. Yale got a lot of criticism on the first design, came back, approached it in an entirely different way and came up with a much better project. We benefited greatly by doing something different than Hartford did, in that we focused on rehab. The value of focusing on rehab other than this wonderful language of how these old buildings address each other and the street, is that it’s cheaper to do a rehab than to build a new building. A lot of discussion about economic development in New Haven and in Connecticut is about new technologies and industries. But lots of New Haven people are never going to be part of those plans. The service economy is growing. As the educational and medical institutions grow, it grows a huge service economy. To my point of view, that’s why it was entirely consistent to support the organization of janitors in the city, which occurred a year ago. So people who were able to do service jobs not only earn a decent wage but had access to employer-based health care. To me, employer-based health [insurance] has always been the best way to provide health care, but it’s not a model everyone embraces today. Not everyone is going to hold biotech jobs.

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pend more than five minutes inside with old clothing; they really wanted it to New Haven’s Fashionista boutique go to a good home. We have special stuff and you’ll know that you are not people have held on to and we’re committed in just any run-of-the-mill clothing store. to finding homes for the homeless clothes. With its red carpet, complimentary flutes It’s a real pleasure.” of Champagne for shoppers, and even a 15To Lyon and Shea, vintage clothes are much minute wedding service, Fashionista dares more than mundane swatches of fabric to be different — which is precisely what sewed together; they’re pieces of history. co-proprietresses Todd Lyon and Nancy Shea set out to do when they opened their “We make price tags for the clothing that tag-sale-turned-boutique on March 1. talk about the person who wore it,” explains Lyon (one tag reads, ‘Help! Somebody buy Challenging the same “assembly line” this lifeguard jacket!’) . “We have party clothing from Macy’s or Abercrombie, dresses that haven’t been to a party in 30 Fashionista, housed in a second-story space years. It’s sad.” at 22 Church Street, has racks and racks of unique one-of-a-kind vintage clothing But, fortunately, Shea notes, many fashionfrom all different eras, stuff that Lyon and conscious consumers are drawn to vintage Shea have saved since they were little girls. look because they don’t necessarily want to look like everyone else on the street. “We got crushes on clothes; we can’t get enough of them,” laughs Lyon, 50, of New “People tend to go untraditional and Haven. “People didn’t know what to do unconventional,” says New Havener Shea,

53. “There may be many people who want the same yellow shirt, but there’s a [group] of people who don’t always want to look like the person next to them.” Which is exactly why Fashionista has grown from a once-a-month tag sale out of Shea’s first-floor State Street apartment to a bustling retail store that is marketed solely to an 800-person e-mail list with no other advertising. Memories of the tag sales — borrowing two racks from Christopher Martin’s Thanksgiving charity coat dinner and running around with one mirror because there was no wall space — are in the past. Now Fashionista can bask in open-air windows and a roomy space filled with racks, old furniture and dressing rooms. Shea says that dresses are the most popular selling items for the women and for the Continued on 38

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Two of van Gogh’s best-loved works make their first-ever appearance in Connecticut By Michael Harvey

This summer through September 7 the Yale University Art Gallery is presenting an unprecedented treat: the side-by-side exhibition of two of Vincent van Gogh’s most renowned paintings, “Cypresses” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and “The Starry Night” (Museum of Modern Art, New York) . In conjunction with the exhibit, at 2 p.m. on July 19 YUAG will screen Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh, by Paul Cox. Check artgallery.yale.edu for more information.

n May 1889, after repeated bouts of uncontrolled shouting, hearing voices, and the famous ear-clipping incident, Vincent van Gogh voluntarily committed himself to a private asylum in Saint-Rémy de Provence. The popular notion of this most popular artist is that he was quite mad. He was not. But neither was he your average bourgeois gentilhomme. It is now generally understood that he was probably suffering from some form of epilepsy compounded by an abusive lifestyle and deep-seated insecurity.

Van Gogh didn’t do things in moderation. Whatever it was — falling in love, painting, preaching to the poor — he was the fervent, wild-eyed idealist, much to the dismay of those around him. Van Gogh was born in 1853 in the village of Groot-Zundert in Holland, where his father was the minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. His grandfather was also a clergyman, but three of his uncles were in the art business and it was through “Uncle Cent” that he got his ﬁrst job as an art dealer at Goupil & Cie at age 15.

Captivated by the swirling motion of cypress trees in the wind, van Gogh extended it to the grasses, mountains and sky in ‘Cypresses’ (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

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With ‘The Starry Night’ (Museum of Modern Art), the artist abandoned his experiment with synthétisme to return to painting from direct observation.

He was transferred to London where for a time he prospered and fell in love with his landlady’s daughter. His love was unrequited and he turned to the Bible. He tried studying theology, but failed, and finally offered himself as a missionary among the poverty-stricken coal miners of the Borinage region in Belgium. Wanting to share the depths of their misery, he gave away his clothes and his bed and lived in such squalor that the church dismissed him for being embarrassingly overzealous. He returned home where he quickly formed another disastrous, unrequited attachment to a cousin, and got into such fierce squabbles with his father that the clergyman actually made inquiries about having him committed. In 1882 he moved to the Hague and, encouraged by an artist cousin, he began to paint. Eventually his father discovered that he was living with an alcoholic prostitute and afflicted with venereal disease. So Dad cut off the funds. Back with his family, 36

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now in Neunen, he began painting the he painted many of his most famous works local villagers and created some of the first — “The Sunflowers,” “The Postmaster,” pictures that he is famous for, “The Potato “The Bedroom,” “Café Terrace by Night,” Eaters” among them. “The Yellow House” and “Café by Night,” which is owned by the Yale University Art In 1885 he went to Antwerp to study Gallery and on view as part of the regular painting at the Academy with the financial collection. assistance of his younger brother Theo, who had joined the art dealers Goupil & In October of the same year Gauguin Cie in Paris. True to form, Vincent spent arrived in Arles and for two months all the money on paint, ate nearly nothing the pair worked side by side on their and subsisted on absinthe and cigarettes. paintings. Gauguin felt the imagination Then he contracted a dose of syphilis. was best served by working from memory. Synthétisme, as it became known, allowed The following year, without warning, greater freedom to abstract from nature to Vincent showed up in Paris and moved create an image that was independent of into Theo’s apartment. The city exposed the subject. Van Gogh believed the artist van Gogh to the Impressionists, and to the should paint on the spot, directly from use of brighter, more vibrant colors than the subject. He was willing to experiment, the dark earth tones he had been using in though, and in “The Night Café” tried to the north. He met many artists, including “express the terrible passions of humanity Gauguin and Émile Bernard, whose by means of red and green.” But neither theories of art were to influence his work man lacked for ego and it was not long more than he realized. before their ideas severely clashed. In 1888 he moved to Arles with the hope of Vincent, being Vincent, was insecure, founding an art colony. In just over a year

In ‘The Night Café’ (permanent YUAG collection) van Gogh tried to express ‘the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green.’

loquacious, quarrelsome, drinking and smoking too much and (as evidenced by his letters) convinced he was going mad. Plus he had fallen for yet another prostitute. When Gauguin decided he had enough and started to leave, Vincent snapped and went after him with a straight razor. Rebuffed again, Vincent turned on himself and lopped off part of his left earlobe. He then wrapped it in newspaper and presented it to the prostitute for safekeeping. It was after that he booked himself into the asylum. After a few days he wrote to Theo: “The fear and horror of madness I used to have has already lessened a great deal…I have never been so peaceful as here and in the hospital at Arles.” He wrote objectively about his mental problems and cordially of Gauguin and about the care the patients showed one another. He asked Theo to have his painting “The Bedroom” repaired (it had water damage), but to forget it if the repair cost more than ﬁve francs (can you

imagine?). Perhaps contrite over his fight with Gauguin, or envious of his success, van Gogh took another look at synthétisme. In painting “The Starry Night” he went against his usual practice of only painting on the spot. He took the mountain range from one finished painting, and from another he took the cypress tree. He then freely interpreted the village and church, making it appear more Dutch than French. He was captivated by the swirling motion of the cypress trees in the wind and found it a great leitmotif that he could combine with the shimmering stars that he had painted in an earlier version of the night sky, “The Starry Night,” the year before. By June 25 he writes of the trees near the asylum: “The cypresses are always occupying my thoughts; I should like to make something of them like the canvases of the sunflowers, because it astonishes me that they have not yet been done as

I see them. It is as beautiful in lines and proportions as an Egyptian Obelisk.” In painting “Cypresses” he took the swirling motion of the limbs, which he clearly loved, and once again extended it to the foreground grasses, the mountains and the clouds in the sky. The entire painting moves driven by the brushwork. Van Gogh had returned to his belief in onthe-spot painting, but he carried with him the freedom Gauguin’s theories allowed and from then on they became integral to his vocabulary. By the following spring his health had deteriorated again, and “feeling dazed in the head” he wanted to leave St. Rémy. In May 1890, to be closer to his brother, he moved to Auvers-sur-Oise under the care of Dr. Gachet. Despite a growing glimmer of recognition for his work, his depression only deepened. On July 27 he took a gun into the ﬁelds and shot himself. He was 37 years old. v new haven

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“Mix eras,” advises Shea. “And start small. Start with a scarf tied in an interesting way or substitute a regular belt for a chain link belt. Wears hats or gloves — no one wears those anymore. Mix up anything that’s unusual and have fun.” The emotional bottom line? “You get one compliment, and it starts from there,” she adds. Simply pairing up vintage shirts with jeans or boots could work too, Lyon says. And with prices ranging from the $1 basket to the most expensive rarest finds at $400, customers are sure to find what they want. Fortuitously, plenty of New Havenarea shoppers seem to be daring vintage risk-takers, something that Fashionista’s proprietresses appreciate. “There are seven colleges in New Haven — it’s a college town,” explains Lyon. “I’m a huge fan of New Haven, but it doesn’t have that much shopping. Loads of men shop here because there are very few cool places for them to shop [in the suburbs].” In a way, Fashionista is a lot like the vintage clothing it sells: non-conformist and making its own rules — from the Scotchtaped building permit on the wall, to the handmade construction poster outside the street-level door (“We can make graphicdesigned signs, but there is something so grassroots about construction posters,” Shea explains) to the hobo bindles that customers carry their purchases out the door with. “We have a disgust for the conventional,” says Lyon. “In each path through life, throwing away the rules is what we do.” The $150 wedding service is brand-new, but Lyon, a justice of peace, says it extends the meaning of “full service” to potential customers. (The nuptials package includes 15-minute ceremony by Lyon, outfits from the store, red carpet, Champagne and more.) “This is an accidental shop — we never aspired to do this and we’re learning as we go,” explains Lyon. “But it’s very casual in here and it’s a ball.” “I think five hours here is the record for a [shopper],” Shea says. “People stay and try on everything. It’s fun — come in and enjoy this stuff.” v

ART BY ELVIRA J. DURAN Studio Tuesday is an informal, non-instructional “paint-in” that meets each Tuesday. Come work in a creative environment along with other artists. 9 a.m.-noon July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at Margaret Egan Center, 35 Matthew St., Milford. Free. 203-8786647, milfordarts.org. Maria Taroutina, a doctoral candidate in art history at Yale, presents a gallery talk on Images and the Cold War Legacy. 12:20 p.m. July 2 at the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG), 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-432-0600, artgallery. yale.edu. The Little Faces Are the Real Ones: Miniature Masks from West Africa. Gallery talk by Frederick John Lamp, the Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation Curator of African Art. 12:20 p.m. July 9 at the YUAG, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-4320600, artgallery.yale.edu. Works By Don Ryan Rains. This Stony Creek artist’s works are making their way around Connecticut. A member of the Native American Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux tribe, Rains has been in the U.S. military, worked shaman’s apprentice and is a self-taught artist. His paintings are colorful and captivating, as well as thought- and emotion-provoking. Through July 10 at Visions Toward Wellness Art Gallery, 116 Thimble Islands Rd., Branford. 203535-3203, ashleyalosi@comcast.net. The Arts Council of Greater New Haven presents Cultural Exchange, an exhibition featuring a selection of works painted by art students from the National School of Visual Art in Krakow, Poland. Monika Czepielewska curated the show. Through July 11 at Small Space Gallery, 70 Audubon St., 2nd floor, New Haven. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Free. 203-772-2788, karsenault@ newhavenarts.org, newhavenarts.org.

patterns found in nature through photography. Arabolos employs elements of nature such as grass, trees and pine needles that feature “self-similarity” compositional elements, which are readily identifiable as the same, yet vary in size and scale and exist randomly in space and time. The artist investigates these phenomena by introducing and utilizing symmetry as a tool, thus forcing and creating order out of randomness. Through July 12 at White Space Gallery, 1020 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily (until 7 p.m. Thurs.; Sun. by appt.). Free. 203-495-1200, whitespacegallery.com. In Six Cities: A European Photographic Grand Tour, local photographer Robert Lisak collects telling and evocative details of six major cities: Barcelona, Florence, London, Paris, Prague and Rome. “Engagement with the art, literature, architecture and history of Europe has always been an important part of my intellectual life,” says Lisak. “These photographs are part of my attempt to think about and map my route through that culture.” Through July 12 at Exposure Gallery of Photography, 1 Whitney Ave., New Haven. Open noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Fri., noon-4 p.m. Sat. and by appointment. 203-494-9905, XGPhotography.com. Jeanmarie Conlon is no ordinary woman, but a visionary who has created peace in the form of paintings. Peace Now is a series of works that began following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks when Conlon felt the need to keep hope alive. Two of the paintings included in this series honor a couple of the greatest peacemakers of our time, John Lennon and Gandhi. Through July 13 at the James Blackstone Library, 758 Main St.,

Branford. Open 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.Thurs., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Free. 203-738-9234, jeanmarieconlon@ gmail.com. Painter, educator and master printmaker Dan Welden presents a workshop on Solarplate: Etching Without Acid, an environmentally friendly approach to printmaking. Welden has collaborated with and printed for many artists including, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Eric Fischl, David Salle and Lynda Benglis. He is co-author of the book Printmaking in the Sun. After receiving his BA and MA degrees in the U.S., Welden furthered his education in Europe. Having been the subject of more than 60 oneperson exhibitions, he is known primarily for his hybrid works on paper, combinations of print, paint and drawing techniques. 6-8 p.m. July 18 at Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St., New Haven. $10. 203562-4927, www.creativeartsworkshop. org. Laurence Kanter, Yale’s Lionel Goldfrank III Curator of Early European Art, leads a gallery talk on The Earliest Italian Painters: Art in the Age of Dante. 12:20 p.m. July 23 at the YUAG, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-432-0600, artgallery. yale.edu. Dinah Wells: Watercolor. An exhibition showcasing the watercolor art of Dinah Wells, featuring images inspired by the insect collection at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Through July 24 at Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Islands Rd., Stony Creek. Free. 203-488-8702, librarystaff@ branford-ct.gov, wwml.org. Works on Paper. Juried exhibition of works on paper by Connecticut artists. Works On

CAW Student Show. An exhibition of new artwork by Creative Arts Workshop students of all ages in media including painting, drawing, printmaking, basketry, weaving, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, book arts, photography, and mixed media. July 11-25 (reception 2-5 p.m. July 13) at Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St., New Haven. Open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-noon Sat. Free. 203-562-4927, CreativeArtsWorkshop. org. Lawrence Morelli and Lenny Moskowitz. Lawrence Morelli paints deeply introspective figurative images that verge on the abstract. His paintings seek to contain the imagery of a world constantly unveiling itself before him, leading him down varying paths and on frantic chases to capture fleeting visions. The tension of this struggle is apparent in his large brooding canvases. Lenny Moskowitz seeks simplicity and balance in his tranquil yet colorful landscapes. He returns to familiar vistas seeking inspiration and freeing himself from a preconceived idea of the work in

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Angles on Art presents the Not Quite Right: The Peculiar in Art, a gallery tour with Yale undergraduate gallery guide Elissa Dunn. 3 p.m. July 11 & 18 at the YUAG, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-432-0600, artgallery.yale.edu. Fabric of Life. This exhibition of works by John Arabolos, a professor of design at the University of New Haven and artist-in-residence at UNH’s Seton Art Gallery, is an investigation of “chaotic”

Paper encompasses a broad array of media put on different papers — from regular drawing paper to rice paper and even newspaper. One can find countless works on paper by renowned artists including Cezanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Klee, Seurat, Dali and so on. Generally their works on paper are loosely referred to as “drawings,” but all have unique characteristics. Subject matter is limitless, from representational to the impressionist, cubist or abstract. Through July 24 at Firehouse Art Gallery, 81 Naugatuck Ave., Milford. Open noon-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Free. 203-306-0016, FHGallery@optonline. net, milfordarts.org.

Multi-dimensional people, places and things will pop-up out of books when Paul Johnson turns their pages.

Enjoy a talk with Paul Johnson, pop-up book creator extraordinaire. This is part of a series of workshops presented on developing literacy through the book arts. Watch Johnson pull an exhibition of unique pop-up books — many his own and others by British schoolchildren — from his suitcase in A Suitcase Full of Pop-Ups with Paul Johnson. This promises to be an exciting evening from one of the UK’s leading paper

engineers. Johnson is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in developing literacy through the book arts and as a paper and book artist. He is the author of more than 15 titles. 7 p.m. July 16 at Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon Street, New Haven. Free. 203-562-4927, CreativeArtsWorkshop. org. — Elvira J. Duran

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progress. In the grand tradition of Monet and plein air paintings, his colors and fluid lines reflect the light and season of his surroundings, and the emotional reactions the visual world stirs within the painter. Through July 27 at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. and by appointment. Free. 203-389-9555, kehlerliddell.com. The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme is the first venue for the exhibition Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France. Organized by the Musée d’Art Américain Giverny, this exhibition of more than 50 oil paintings features Impressionist masterworks by American expatriate artists who worked in this small French village made famous by Claude Monet. Through July 27 at the Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $10 ($9 seniors & students, $6 children 6-12, free under 6). 860-434-5542, flogris. org. Works by New Mexico artist Seth Anderson are the subject of Twist & Turn. Influenced by the work of Miro, Klee and Calder, Anderson is fascinated by the power of the line — it drives his work. But what the line looks like and where it goes give rise to the space in-between. He is intrigued by the parallels between his art and the way we move through our daily lives with twists and turns and bumps, which all give rise to a range of emotions and thoughts. He expresses these resulting feelings and reflections with color, texture and shape. July 1-30 (reception 6-9 p.m. July 11) at EO Art Lab, 69 Main St., Chester. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.Wed. & Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sun. or by appointment. Free. 860-526-4833, chester@ eoartlab.com, eoartlab.com.

The artist communicates states of introspection, absorption, isolation, reverie and loss of control. Curated by Jo Yarrington. Through July 31 at Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd., Fairfield. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., noon-4 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-254-4000, ext. 2969, quickcenter. com. The exhibition Pretty Things: Confronting Sensuousness explores the role of sensuousness in contemporary art. Ten artists employ diverse materials in innovative ways to entice viewers with artworks that project a seductive allure. While exploring the potential of rich colors, patterns and surfaces, these works also promote unexpected encounters with subject matter that ranges from the attractions of consumer products to the realms of biography, science and geopolitics. The work of Kelly Bigelow Becerra, Phyllis Bramson, Mia Brownell, Oliver Herring, Grant Lincoln Johnston, Joyce Kozloff, Christi Rinklin and Ben Weiner is on view in Gallery 1, while works by

Jane Rainwater and Cheryl Yun are in Gallery 2. Through August 9 at Artspace, 50 Orange St., New Haven. Open noon-5 p.m. Tues., noon-8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 203-772-2709, artspacenh. org. On view in Artspace Gallery 3 is an installation by Fredo Conde: In Case of Loss Please Return to Paradise. Conde combines painting, drawing and sculpture to collectively form a narrative. The work is the product of Conde’s disillusionment with the excesses of consumerism and subsequent regression into escapism. This mixed-media installation chronicles a fabricated utopia guarded from the advances of consumption and its susceptibility to inevitable fragmentation. Through August 9 at Artspace, 50 Orange St., New Haven. Open noon-5 p.m. Tues., noon-8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 203-772-2709, artspacenh.org. Put Together. Last fall Jeffrey Walkowiak, director of New York’s Sara Meltzer Gallery, visited more than 400 artist studios during Artspace’s Citywide Open Studios

The Story of Porcelain in East Asia. Gallery talk by David Sensabaugh, the Ruth and Bruce Dayton Curator of Asian Art at Yale. 12:20 p.m. July 30 at the YUAG, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-432-0600, artgallery. yale.edu. Paintings on paper by Tom Weaver, chair of the Department of Art at Hunter (N.Y.) College, is featured in this exhibition at Fairfield University. Weaver’s range of painterly means encodes subtle contradictions in his works, which combine the “immediacy of touch” of “pointillist” drawing, glazing technique, blending, scumbling and dripping with “mechanized” devices or repetition, found wood blocks and decorative-pattern rollers. These combination assemblage images are not seamless but rather assert and question their own authority.

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Mari Gyorgyey’s silky rendition of being Lost Above the Banners is on display in the group show Visual Therapy at White Space Gallery in New Haven.

event in New Haven. He selected five artists who articulate concurrent and relevant issues in today’s art world. In Galleries 4, 5 and 7 view the work of those five artists: Brian Huff, Phil Lique, Kari Britta Lorensen, Drew Nemetz and Dorothy Powers. Through August 9 at Artspace, 50 Orange St., New Haven. Open noon-5 p.m. Tues., noon-8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 203772-2709, artspacenh.org. Student Curator Simeon Durham of the Hyde Leadership Academy selected the work of two artists, Andrew Hogan and Robert Knight, from the Artspace Flatfile for his exhibition Things I’ve Seen on view in Artspace’s Gallery 6. Hogan pushes the standards of lighting practices in documentary photography in his series, 12 Images of New Haven at Dusk and After. Knight’s colorful photographs playfully expose the personal space of the bedroom. Through August 9 at Artspace, 50 Orange St., New Haven. Open noon-5 p.m. Tues., noon-8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 203-772-2709, artspacenh. org. The exhibition Behind the Seen: Photographs of Abelardo Morell provides an in-depth look at the role that artworks and monuments play in Abelardo Morell’s major photographic series. Some 40 images are on view, featuring Morell’s work in black and white alongside his newer color photographs, and including 20 of his camera obscura images. The exhibition also features a special camera obscura room, which invites visitors to enter the space of one of the artist’s photographs. Morell is the current Happy and Bob Doran Artist-in-Residence at the Yale University Art Gallery and is creating new work based on the YUAG collections. Several recent photographs made at the museum are on view for the first time. Through August 10 (gallery talk 12:20 p.m. July 16) at the YUAG, 1111 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. 203432-0600, artgallery.yale.edu. Contemporary artistic interpretations of classic comic book heroes will be on view in identity theft: reinventing the comic hero. identity theft poses the question of what happens when Spiderman, Superman, Wonder Woman and other iconic characters are re-imagined by some of today’s best underground and emerging artists. Through the art works on view — paintings, watercolors, found object sculpture, digital renderings and more — the exhibition explores its subject as a means of connecting and complicating the relationship

between hero and viewer. Artists on view include Gris Grimley, Gus Fink, Aaron Kraten, Celeste Rapone, Laura Klein, Dustin Oswald and many more. Through July 11-August 14 at Guilford Art Center, 411 Church St., Guilford. Open noon-6 p.m. daily, noon-5 p.m. Sat. Free. 203-453-5947, mbelden@guilfordartcenter.org, guilfordartcenter.org. Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection brings together more than 80 outstanding works spanning a century of British artistic production, the emergence of watercolor painting in the mid18th century to its flowering in the early 19th century. The exhibition highlights the diversity of British watercolor painting, showing both landscapes and figurative works by some of the principal artists who worked in the medium, including Thomas Gainsborough, Paul Sandby, John Robert Cozens, William Blake, Thomas Girtin, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable. Through August 17 (exhibition tour 11 a.m. July 3 & 31, noon July 12, 2 p.m. July 20) at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.5 p.m. daily except Mon., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-432-2858, ycba.yale.edu. Visual Therapy. Eclectic group show presenting new works from artists Eduardo Guiannattasio of Italy, Iona Citrin, Matthew Hale, Marjorie Jacobs, Katia Levanti, Guido Garaycochea, Jean Alexander Kandalaft, Jane Dell, Karen Racor and several other local and international artists and sculptors. Also, new works by resident artist Denise Parri. July 16-August 30 at White Space Gallery, 1020 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily (until 7 p.m. Thurs.); Sun. by appt. Free. 203-495-1200, whitespacegallery.com. Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) is one of the most significant and admired British artists of the 18th century. Prized by his contemporaries for the originality of his “candlelight” paintings, Wright was also a distinguished portraitist. From 1768 to 1771 he lived and worked in Liverpool. Wright’s success in Liverpool made him the first great British artist to establish a career outside of London. Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool is the first major exhibition to examine Wright’s creative development in Liverpool at the start of the city’s cultural renaissance and growing status as a major world port. The exhibition features some 80 works, including more than 40 paintings and drawings by Wright, as well as works by his circle of friends and pupils in Liverpool. It also provides a look at the city during a period of economic expansion and

CRITIC’S PICK A Sprinkle of Color In Transformations, Nancy Moore mixes media colors and shapes —all working together to create a cohesive and compelling whole.

of crayon, paint and pencil are drawn and painted until a fabric of woven texture appears. Recently, Moore has been shifting her focus from images of animals to the concept of transformation and evolution from animal to human, playing with the idea of shapeshifting and creation myth. Transformation exhibits her eye-catching color-drenched work containing subtle shapes working together seamlessly. The media employed in Nancy Moore’s paintings include crayon, watercolor, colored pencil and graphite. The crayons

are applied within the barest pencil outline of a creature. When the watercolor is laid on top a wax relief or batik effect is created. Layers

political change. Through August 30 (exhibition tour 2 p.m. July 6, 11 a.m. July 17, noon July 26) at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Mon., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-432-2858, ycba.yale.edu. The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with the Yale Program for Recovery and the Community Health and Community Services Network of Greater New Haven, presents Routes, a multimedia group exhibition, which brings together ten artists whose works explore actual and metaphorical maps, networks and pathways. Featured artists include Brooklyn’s Scott Andresen; Naomi Darling and Leila Daw of Branford; Jennifer Jane, Martha Lewis, Lawrence Morelli, Meena Negishi and Steve Tarquino of New Haven; Derek Leka of West Haven; and Jonathan Waters of Stony Creek. Through September 5 at the Parachute Factory Gallery, 319 Peck St., Bldg. 1, New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wed.-Thurs. 203-772-2788, karsenault@newhavenarts.org, newhavenarts.org. Everyday Monuments: Photographs of Jerome Liebling. Monographic exhibition features approximately 50 photographs by American artist Jerome Liebling. Active since the 1940s, Liebling has explored a variety of photographic themes including

A resident of Ridgefield and former editor at Yale University Press, Moore describes herself as a “stealth artist,” having never studied

social-documentary photographs of people and places, poetic images of the relics and physical remnants of literary figures, and photographs of mannequins and corpses. The body of work on display includes representative examples from the many facets of Liebling’s practice. Through September 7 at the YUAG, 1111 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. 203432-0600, artgallery.yale.edu. A noted scholar of eminent American photographer Alfred Stieglitz, Doris Bry is perhaps best known as the agent and confidant of Stieglitz’s wife, the painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Her collection includes photographs by renowned masters such as Irving Penn and Berenice Abbott, as well as intriguing works by lesser-known artists, and includes examples of a wide range of styles and photographic media. From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry celebrates the remarkable collection of more than 200 photographs brought together by Bry and currently on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery. Through September 7 at the YUAG, 1111 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. 203432-0600, artgallery.yale.edu. The Dutch post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh is well known for being a fou roux (redheaded

art formally. In college, she took art courses as independent studies, navigating her way cautiously from blackand-white pen-and-ink drawings into the sea of color under the guidance of professor George Chaplin, a student of Josef Albers at Yale. Through July 17 at River Street Gallery, 72 Blatchley Ave., New Haven. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon., Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-776-3099, kerry@ fairhaven-furniture. com, www.fairhavenfurniture.com. — Elvira J. Duran

madman). Even with a piece of his ear lobe missing, his works include some of the world’s most recognizable, popular and expensive pieces. Some of those works will be on display in New Haven this summer. The Yale University Art Gallery exhibits two of van Gogh’s most renowned paintings, “Cypresses” and “The Starry Night,” side by side for the first time in Van Gogh’s Cypresses and The Starry Night: Visions of Saint-Rémy. Completed in June 1889 during his year-long confinement at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, these two paintings exemplify the work of this modern master at the height of his creativity. Together, they reveal the artist’s vivid and tender vision of Saint-Rémy as he observed the French countryside from his window — by day and night. To ensure a pleasant and unrushed experience for YUAG visitors, free timed tickets will be available at artgallery.yale.edu. Through September 7 at the YUAG, 1111 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. 203432-0600, artgallery.yale.edu. Etchings of the Eternal City: Piranesi’s Rome. The Knights of Columbus’ newest exhibition examines first-edition prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Also on display are two original plates used in the printmaking process. Through November 9 at Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 State St., New Haven.

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Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free. 203865-0400, museum@kofc.org, kofc. org/museum. Claire’s Corner Copia welcomes Original Abstract/Spiritual Landscaping Paintings by Douglas Deveny (its 2008 resident artist) to its walls. Deveny lives in Westville; he attended the Savannah College of Art & Design and earned his art degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 2006. Through December 31 at Claire’s Corner Copia, 1000 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 8 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays (Fri. until 10 p.m.), 9 a.m.10 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun. 203562-3888, info@clairescornercopia. com or doug@douglasdeveny.com, ClairesCornerCopia.com.

Intricate and flowing ribbons and lines make up Seth Anderson’s Line Painting. Part of the exhibition Twist & Turn on view at EO Art Lab through July 30.

More than 150 crosses and crucifixes collected from around the world (where they were used in churches or by individuals) are on loan from the extensive Yvonne Shia Klancko Collection of religious items and displayed for the first time in Crosses & Crucifixes. Exhibition includes an artifact from the Balkans made more than 800 years ago. At Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 State St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free. 203-865-0400, museum@ kofc.org, kofc.org/museum.

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Seven Angels stages an affectionate paean to the Decade That Changed Everything By Brooks Appelbaum

What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding?: The cast of Flashback at Seven Angels Theatre.

rass City theater patrons like laughter, music, nostalgia, history — and doing the twist.

In fact, they will come out in a torrential downpour, as they did on Saturday, May 31 to twist and shout at the Seven Angels Theatre, where a world premiere production took place through June: Flashback: A Trip Through the ‘60s. Many of those in the audience lived through the ‘60s, and they greeted this “retro cabaret” (as the program characterizes it) of songs, dances and snippets of television shows with delighted recognition. Cognitive dissonance alert: The cast members tell the audience right off that they were all born in the 1980s. Using such young performers was a well-

considered choice on the part of Semina De Laurentis, Seven Angels’ artistic director and this show’s co-director and co-writer (with Janine Molinari) . De Laurentis says that many people asked her why she didn’t use baby-boomers in the piece. For her, “It was important to have a young cast because that was the age people were when they were most involved with all that was happening.” In other words, she wanted to create memories for her audience members by recreating their youthful selves onstage. Considering the joyous standing ovation at the conclusion of the performance we attended, she and Molinari (who was also the choreographer) succeeded.

To get to that ovation, De Laurentis and Molinari deeply immersed their young actors in the 1960s. They played tapes of the period’s music, held in-depth discussions of the period’s history and tried, as De Laurentis explains, “to give the actors a sense of how the ’60s evolved.” She points out that the decade’s conclusion was completely different from its beginning, and she wanted this difference to form the arc of the production. In that sense, Flashback comes closer to being a trip, in all senses of the term, than being simply “cabaret.” To help her young actors understand a decade so paradoxical and complex, and so different in many (but certainly not all) new haven

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ways from their own, De Laurentis found an invaluable source in YouTube. There she discovered original performances of many of the numbers she and Molinari hoped to include. Her reason for showing these performances, however, was not to encourage her actor/singer/dancers to try to impersonate outsized talents and personalities such as Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley or James Brown. In most cases, she gave her soloists small segments of songs to perform, rather than whole numbers, as she invited them to “channel the essence of that person.” De Laurentis also asked her cast members to make connections between the most shattering events of the decade (the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King Jr.) and episodes from their own lives that had shaken their trust in an ostensibly safe and benevolent world. Naturally, the catastrophic events of 9/11 ﬁgured prominently in their discussions, as did Hurricane Katrina and the school shootings (Colombine, Virginia Tech) that have multiplied in recent years. Perhaps most of all, the Iraq war resonated with the actors as they were directed to shout over and over, in one of the production’s strongest moments, “Hell, no — we won’t go!” At the same time, explains De Laurentis, the young cast of Flashback — many of whom are in or only recently out of college — had to reﬂect on the yawning gulf between their tranquil day-to-day campus life and campus life during the era of the civil rights movement, student protests, Kent State and sit-ins. A baby-boomer herself, De Laurentis was keenly aware of what she sees as the somewhat bizarre “juxtapositions” of the period, and she wanted this to create a strong theme in the piece. For instance,

she notes that at the same time the serious protests of folk artists were “raising consciousness,” people were watching “silly television shows, game shows — seeking silly escapism.” Americans felt enormous pride when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, she says, but at the same time resented the random cruelty of the draft lottery. She and her cast saw a similar culture clash taking place today. “Now we have American Idol alongside everything else,” she says. In what must have been the most eerie moment of research and rehearsal, De Laurentis recounts, one of her actors said to her, “Things never change, do they?” Flashback: A Trip Through the ’60s rounds out a season that included two other musical world premieres: The Seven Little Foys, written, arranged and co-directed by Chip Deffaa, and Yesterday and Today, produced, directed and conceived by Billy McGuigan. All three pieces are deeply personal. De Laurentis co-created Flashback from her own era. Deffaa’s play is based on a real-life story about comedian Eddie Foy and his vaudeville act, Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys. The playwright not only knew Eddie Foy while growing up in the same New Rochelle neighborhood, but like the Little Foys, Deffaa was a child performer. In his director’s notes Billy McGuigan writes, “My lifelong dream has been to play Beatles music on stage with my friends and family.” Along with these original pieces, Seven Angels also produced Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir, starring De Laurentis as the winning but delusional singer, and Tom Frey as her accompanist. Heading into its 18th season, Seven Angels Theatre is plainly a labor of love, and both of these elements — the labor and the love — are evident in abundance. v

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THEATER 1959 is cool again in Happy Days: A New Musical, based on the longrunning TV hit penned by Garry Marshall, who also wrote the book of the new musical, with music and lyrics by songwriter Paul Williams. Richie, Fonzie, Ralph, Potsie and the whole gang join forces to try to save Arnoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a sock-hoppinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, engines-revvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new musical comedy directed by Gordon Greenberg. Performances 2 & 7:30 p.m. Wed-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri., 3 & 8 p.m. Sat. and 2 & 6:30 p.m. Sun. through July 4 at Goodspeed Opera House, 6 Main St., East Haddam. $71.50-$29.50. 860-8738668, goodspeed.org. The legendary musical Hello, Dolly! is an cheery and irresistible story (book by Michael Stewart) of the joy of living, glittering with unforgettable Jerry Herman songs, shining with loving scenes, and alive with the outsized personality of one of the most

fabulous characters ever to grace the musical stage, Dolly Gallagher Levi. The perfect inaugural production for Seven Angels Theatre and the Palace Theatre Community Summer Stock production, with a community cast of all ages filling the Palace stage. Directed by Seven Angels Artistic Director Semina De Laurentis with music direction by Richard DeRosa. 8 p.m. August 2 & 1 p.m. August 3 at the Palace Theatre, 100 East Main St., Waterbury. $35-$25. 203755-4700, palacetheaterct.org. Half a Sixpence is a bouncy, romantic quintessentially British musical that will leave audiences laughing and wanting more. Adapted from the 1905 H.G. Wells novel Kipps, it premiered in Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West End in 1963. Enjoy the antics of young Arthur Kipps â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Cockney shop clerk who inherits a fortune, flirts with â&#x20AC;&#x153;society,â&#x20AC;? loses everything and ends up happier without. Chock full of lively dancing, memorable tunes (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the House,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the Rainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got To Fall,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flash Bang Wallopâ&#x20AC;?) and more. Great for the entire family. Performances 2 & 7:30 p.m. Wed., 7:30 p.m. Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri., 3 & 8 p.m. Sat. and 2 & 6:30 p.m. Sun. July 11September 19 at Goodspeed Opera House, 6 Main St., East Haddam. $71.50-$29.50. 860-873-8668, goodspeed.org.

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By Michael C. Bingham It would have been nice if it had been called “the ﬁrst music Olympiad,” which is what it really is. But organizers of the 2008 Summer Olympics wouldn’t permit them to use the name. So instead, call it a Musicathlon — which is what will take place this month when the concert halls of Beijing spring to life with the sounds of music — as well as lectures, master classes and related events — during the two weeks leading up to the start of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games (July 9-24). The ﬁrst-ever event represents an historic collaboration between the Yale School of Music (YSM) and Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music, which jointly

will host students from nine other of the world’s most prestigious music schools.

“President Wang and I thought that the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing would be a singular opportunity for the Yale School The brainchild of Yale School of Music Dean of Music and the Central Conservatory Robert Blocker, in tandem with Beijing to come together in presenting a festival Central Conservatory President Cizhao with nine of the world’s leading music Wang, Musicathlon: The Conservatory Music programs,” says Blocker. Festival will bring together students and faculty from the Shanghai Conservatory, The purpose of this unprecedented Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Sibelius international gathering of performers and Academy (Helsinki) , the Royal Academy master teachers is to celebrate music and of Music (London) , Liszt Academy musicianship “in the Olympic spirit.” (Budapest) , Korean National University Explains Blocker of the event’s genesis: “I of the Arts, Sydney Conservatorium, New was in Beijing in 2004 to forge a partnership York’s Juilliard School and the Beethoven with Central Conservatory, and it occurred Institute at the University of Music & to me that with the Olympics coming Performing Arts in Vienna, in addition to up in 2008, we would have a unique the two host institutions. PHOTOGRAPH:

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The Yale Philharmonia will leave its familiar Woolsey Hall digs behind to perform concerts in Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai.

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In addition, Blocker had his own history with the Asian nation. “As a pianist, I had been going to China for many, many years, and I had friends on the [Central Conservatory] faculty and other who I knew there. So [laying the foundation for the Musicathlon] was a natural evolution.” To grow the concept beyond the two seminal institutions, “President Wang and I sat and deliberated over how we might best involve the global representation, if you will,” Blocker says of engaging the other nine conservatories. He allows that it’s not a perfect mix — e.g., there is no representative from South America. “We were looking for schools that had established pretty firm reputations in terms of their graduates and what they were doing [in the professional music realm].” As other conservatories around the globe agreed to participate and the potential impact of the undertaking began to become evident, Blocker thought the effort would be tantamount to a “cultural Olympiad” — which is what he intended to call it, until international Olympic officials nixed the use of the name. A staff member suggested “Musicathlon” as a substitute — “which everyone seemed to like,” Blocker notes. During the festival each of the 11 participating conservatories will present a series of programs at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music as well as the Forbidden City Concert Hall and the titanium-and-glass clad National Center for the Performing Arts. For the July 24 grand finale, students from Yale and Central Conservatory will join on the stage of the National Center to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”). Two alumnae of Yale Opera currently singing at the Metropolitan Opera — Heather Buck and Mary Phillips — will be soloists, and Yongyan Hu, artistic director of the Central Conservatory student orchestra and a former Yale School of Music student, will conduct.

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Classical Join Music Director William Boughton and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra for a summer celebration of all things American in American Earth, including: BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide, SOUSA Liberty Bell March, COPLAND Rodeo, ANDERSON Horse & Buggy and Fiddle Faddle, BARBER Knoxville Summer of 1915. Soprano soloist Samantha Talmadge. There is also be an audience play-along at the conclusion of the concert in which community performers will be invited to join in with their rehearsed musical parts on patriotic favorites including The

Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful and Pomp & Circumstance. 6 p.m. July 12 on the New Haven Green (rain location: Hillhouse High School Auditorium). Free. 203-8650831, newhavensymphony.com. Water, Water, Everywhere! Bring all the little ones plus Dad, Aunt Sally and Grandma, too. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet will take listeners on an imaginative journey from Handel’s Water Music to traditional sea chanties. Everyone will have opportunities to participate in the fun, sing along with the ensemble, and even try the instruments. Following a brief intermission, the quintet will perform “A Little More Water Music” including works by Arnold, Handel, Debussy and more — a program sure to delight the senses. 6-8 p.m. July 15 at Camp Laurelwood, 463 Summer Hill

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World-renowned fiddler Eileen Ivers performs at Wesleyan University on July 24.

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Kwaku Kwaakye (Martin) Obeng from Ghana, West Africa, is a composer, master drummer, dancer and educator who has performed all over the world for the past 25 years. He toured as a drummer and dancer with Ghana’s National Arts Council Folkloric Company and in 1981 relocated to the U.S. where he joined the New Englandbased Talking Drum Ensemble. His ensemble performances marry traditional instruments and rhythm patterns with original compositions, creating a fresh new sound. Joining Obeng in the Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng Band are bassist Wes Brown, guitarist Domine Kanza, drummer Toma Fujiwara, trombonist Bill Lowe

and saxophonist Jimmy Green. 7 p.m. July 2 in CFA Courtyard, Wesleyan University, Middletown. Free. 860685-3355, boxoffice@wesleyan.edu, wesleyan.edu/cfa. Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Dave Dana, Brian Buster and Ken Aldrich. 4:30-7:30 p.m. July 5 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. Free. 203-7898281, cafenine.com. Sunday evening concert on the Guilford Green with the Rob Zappulla Quintet. Bring blankets, chairs and a picnic. 6:30 p.m. July 6 on the Guilford Green, Guilford. Free. 203-453-3890. Sing: A Performance by Siggy Davis. Davis is a truly eclectic artist who has toured and recorded with jazz greats; portrayed numerous notable roles for the stage and in film; and performed musical theater

repertoire including Nunsense, Hair, Butterfinger’s Angel, Beehive and Let’s Pop. In 1996 Davis released her first self-produced album, Siggy Davis Live in Berlin, which inspired a trend of live performance CDs from the Berlin music scene. For this show she will perform her interpretation of jazz and soul standards, a show tune or two and a blues medley. 12:10 p.m. July 8 in Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown. Free. 860-685-3355, boxoffice@wesleyan. edu, wesleyan.edu/cfa. Aeroplane 1929 with The Mountain Movers and Jay Russell. Making their Café Nine debut, Aeroplane 1929 breathes new life into an passel of genres that have stubbornly remained bland over the past few years. A wonderful take on acoustic indie-rock/alternative country, defying easy classification. July 10 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $5. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com. Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Gary Grippo. 4:30-7:30 p.m. July 12 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. Free. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com. Green Street’s monthly guest artist series broke attendance records over the past year with Latina Voices last the fall and Red Hot Blues & Jazz this spring. Now, savor favorites from

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Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul. Eileen Ivers will change the way you think about the violin. Ninetime All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, Boston Pops, musical star of Riverdance and founding member of Cherish the Ladies are only a few of Ivers’ many distinctions. She has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today. 8 p.m. July 24 in Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown. $22 ($17 seniors, $12 students). 860685-3355, boxoffice@wesleyan.edu, wesleyan.edu/cfa.

the big-band era with a few modern classics thrown in. String of Pearls features a rotating cast of up to 15 musicians and a vocalist. There will be room to swing, waltz and tango. 8 p.m. July 18 at Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green St., Middletown. $8 ($5 students & seniors). 860685-7871, gsac@wesleyan.edu, greenstreetartscenter.org. Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Jovan Alexandre Quartet. 4:30-7:30 p.m. July 19 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. Free. 203-789-8281, cafenine. com. The hip band the Squirrel Nut Zippers, performs their signature fusion of Delta blues, jazz and 1930s-era swing that defies categorization. 6 p.m. July 19 on the New Haven Green, New Haven. Free. infonewhaven.com.

Grammy-nominated singer Oleta Adams takes the stage with a performance of her popular hits including the chart-topping “Get Here.” 6 p.m. July 26 on the New Haven Green, New Haven. Free. infonewhaven.com.

Traditional jazz is the cornerstone of modern American popular music. The Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival is the largest festival in all of the Northeast featuring classic jazz. Great bands from around the world perform under four tents/ venues providing entertainment for the whole family and friends. The Sugarfoot band will perform on all three days. July 25-27 at Sunrise Resort, 121 Leesville Rd., Moodus. 800-4683838, sunriseresort.com/jazz.html.

Experience an American rock ‘n’ roll fest and CD release party with perfprmers Seth Adam, Mountain Movers (acoustic) and the Rick Landino Trio. 10 p.m. July 19 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $5. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com. Blues Jam hosted by Rocky Lawrence. 8 p.m. July 20 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. Free. 203789-8281, cafenine.com.

Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by guitarist George Baker. 4:30-7:30 p.m. July 26 at Café Nine, 250 State

For 14 years, Summer Festival Chorus (SFC) members have displayed a passion for the choral arts while exploring a rich assortment of compositions. Members have captivated audiences with their inspiring performances and individual talents under the dynamic direction of Carol Ann Maxwell. The focus of this summer’s repertoire American composers working in the media of pop, Broadway and spirituals: BASS Gloria, HALLEY Wondrous Love, IVES Circus Band, as well as a sparkling array of American spirituals. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest tunes for the Broadway stage will also be performed, as well as several new selections. 7:30 p.m. July 26 at Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield. $20. 203-254-4000 ext. 2577, info@ quickcenter.com, quickcenter.com.

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BELLES LETTRES Summer Lecture Series with Mark Schenker: The Poetry of Walt Whitman. Join literary historian and Yale Dean of Academic Affairs Mark Schenker for a discussion of the Father of Free Verse, Walt Whitman. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon of verse. Schenker will lend his opinion and literary insights to the discussion. Multiple copies of the poetry packets are available at the library. Refreshments follow discussion. 7-8:30 p.m. July 15 at Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Islands Rd., Stony Creek. Free. 203-488-8702, librarystaff@branford-ct.gov, wwml.org. Word of Mouth is a tour de force performance written and performed by James Lecesne and originally directed by Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues). This performance won Lecesne numerous awards including the NY Outer Critics Circle Award and the NY Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance. Sensational events come to life in Lecesne’s testament to the power of storytelling, reminding us why it is important for each one of us to tell his or her own story. 8 p.m. July 17 at CFA Theater, Wesleyan University, Middletown. $20 ($17 seniors, $10 students). 860-685-3355, boxoffice@ wesleyan.edu, wesleyan.edu/cfa.

BENEFITS The Connecticut Kids Classic Golf Tournament will benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut. Tournament includes greens fees, cart, lunch, cocktail buffet, raffle and silent auction, prizes and player gifts. Scramble format. 11:45 a.m. (registration 10 a.m.) July 7 at TPC at River Highlands, 1 Golf Club Rd., Cromwell. $300. 203777-5683, cdimartino@rmh-ct.org, rmh-ct.org.

CINEMA Shadow of the House (USA, 2007, 74 min.). Documentary film about contemporary photographer Abelardo Morell. Screening will be followed by a talk with filmmaker Allie Humenuk. 2

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Explore the essential elements of storytelling as well as the step-bystep construction of a completed, feature-length screenplay. Intro to Screenwriting with Justin Liberman is an intensive three-hour workshop that will get you started on an outline or draft of a script. Event is part of the Project Green Street: Emerging Filmmakers Symposium. 2-5 p.m. July 12 (register by July 7) at Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green St., Middletown. $60 ($50 members, students & seniors). 860-685-7871, gsac@wesleyan.edu, greenstreetartscenter.org. Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh (USA, 1988, 105 min.). Directed by Paul Cox. 2 p.m. July 19 & 26 at the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-4320600, artgallery.yale.edu. Milford will mount its first Independent Film Festival this August. Milford Independent Film Festival: Call for Filmakers is a great opportunity for filmmakers of all ages to showcase their works. The competition is divided into two divisions: under age 18 and over. Each division will be judged separately. Entries will not be judged in a particular genre or category. Each applicant may submit no more than two works, which must not exceed 30 minutes in duration. Entry deadline July 18. Entries will be judged by a media professional(s) selected by the MFAC, Milford Public Library and the Friends of the Library. Cash prizes will be awarded. To enter send entry form, press kit, and $15 for one entry ($10 for second entry) to Milford Independent Film Festival, Milford Public Library, Attn. Arthur Barger, 57 New Haven Ave., Milford 06460. 203-8786647 or 203-783-3290, milfordarts.org.

COMEDY Test your knowledge and have fun doing it at Anna Liffey’s Trivia Night. Teams of from one to five people compete for prize money. Topics range from music to movies, politics to Shakespeare, geology to sports and everywhere in between. A very entertaining night. 21 and older only. 9 p.m. July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at Anna Liffey’s, 7 Whitney Ave., New Haven. $10 per team. 203-773-1776, annaliffeys.com.

Crafty creators display their wares for accolades and sales at the New England Arts & Crafts Festival in Milford on July 5 & 6.

CRAFTS An event that formerly featured “Guilford” in its name, the Craft Expo is one of the oldest and finest outdoor juried craft shows in Connecticut. This year’s edition features works by 170 of America’s best craftspeople and artisans working in media including jewelry, clothing, furniture, baskets, ceramics, glass, wood, metal and more. Gate proceeds benefit the Guilford Art Center’s school and gallery programs. July 17-19 on the Guilford Green, Guilford. $7 ($5 seniors, free members and children under 13). 203-453-5947, mbelden@ guilfordartcenter.org, guilfordartcenter.org.

CRITIC’S PICK The Sands of Summertime Beach-goers will have more than the sand between their toes and calming ocean waves to enjoy in Milford this month. Bring a picnic, your beach blanket, pails and shovels to the Great American Sand Sculpture Competition. Let your imagination run

Many a children’s book character will be brought to life in a super-size style this July on Walnut Beach at the Great American Sand Sculpture Competition.

CULINARY City Farmers’ Market Downtown boasts food from local farms, including organic and pesticide-free salad greens, herbs, flowers, honey, artisan bread and more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 in front of City Hall, Church St. at the Green, New Haven. 203-773-3736, cityseed.org. Chef and co-owner Denise Appel of Zinc and Chow restaurants will discuss technique and ingredients while leading guests through a light dinner and wine selection at her monthly Chef’s Table Dinner. 6 p.m. July 2 at Zinc, 964 Chapel St., New Haven. $55 inclusive. 203-6240507, elizabethciarlelli@zincfood.com, zincfood.com.

In celebration of the nation’s 232nd birthday, Pretty Little Cakes: Frost Your Own Cupcake gives those with a sweet tooth the chance to participate in a supersweet, chocolate-and-vanilla evening of cupcake-decorating resplendent with icing, fruit and artwork. Decorate your own cupcake, and eat it too, based on Grant Lincoln Johnston and Mia Brownell’s artwork in Pretty Things: Confronting Sensuousness. Children and children-at-heart

encouraged to attend. 5-7 p.m. July 3 at Artspace, 50 Orange St., New Haven. $2. 203-772-2709 ext. 10, artspacenh.org. City Farmers’ Market at Wooster Square. Enjoy local food from local farms including seafood, meat, milk, cheese, organic greens, root vegetables, handcrafted bread and baked goods, honey and more. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 5, 12, 19 & 26 at Russo Park, corner of Chapel St. and DePalma Ct., New Haven. 203-773-

wild. Create anything from huge lobsters to fire trucks. Enter as friends, families, clubs or as individuals. Prizes will be awarded. All ages are welcome. Registration is free and open to all. Join the crowds and enjoy a day of looking or sculpting in the sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. July 12 at Walnut Beach, Milford. Free (non-residents pay a $5 parking fee). 203-8786647, milfordarts.org. — Elvira J. Duran

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ODC Dance will make you want to hit the gym with their alluring athletic builds and extremely flexible limbs. Be amazed by some of America’s contemporary choreographers at Wesleyan University July 10 & 11.

23. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 6, 13, 20 & 27 at Edgewood Park, Corner of Whalley and West Rock Ave., New Haven. 203-7733736, cityseed.org. BBQ + Beer @ Chow. Sample a selection of beers while devouring scrumptious barbecue at Chow. 6-7:30 p.m. July 7 at Chow, 966 Chapel St., New Haven. $23 all-inclusive. 203-6240507, elizabethciarlelli@zincfood.com, chownewhaven.com. The Downtown Milford Business Association will be hosting the Milford Farmers’ Market in the heart of downtown. Market features fresh produce, breads, cheeses, seafood and other Connecticut-grown and -raised produce. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 19 & 26 in downtown Milford on River St. between Railroad Ave. and Darina Pl. 203-874-0115, downtownmilfordct.com.

DANCE Harold (Stumpy\) Cromer: Tap Performance. Harold Cromer began his 50-year career as a tap dancer on roller skates at the Hudson Guild in Hell’s Kitchen. He made his Broadway debut with Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman and Betty Grable in Du Barry Was A Lady. Cromer later performed around the world as a member of the well-known song and dance comedy team Stump and Stumpy — appearing in leading theaters and nightclubs with the likes of Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Count Basie, as well as touring with Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and many others. 12:10 p.m. July 1 in Patricelli ‘92 Theater, Wesleyan

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University, Middletown. Free. 860-6853355, boxoffice@wesleyan.edu, wesleyan. edu/cfa. ODC Dance is known worldwide for its athleticism, passion and intellectual depth. The company was formed at Oberlin College in Ohio by Brenda Way. The original group of 16 dancers, musicians, artists choreographers and composers later traveled west in a big yellow bus, relocating to San Francisco in 1976. The company’s three resident choreographers — Way, KT Nelson and Kimi Okada — are in the top rank of America’s major contemporary choreographers and have created a dynamic movement vocabulary over the last three decades that has significantly influenced dancers and choreographers alike. 8 p.m. July 10 & 11 at the CFA Theater, Wesleyan University, Middletown. $20 ($17 seniors, $10 students). 860-6853355, boxoffice@wesleyan.edu, wesleyan. edu/cfa. Kick off the Connecticut Tango Festival ( July 12-20) in style with a Tango Bootcamp, an intensive Argentine Tango course perfect for beginnerlevel dancers or those who want a review. The course is over two days with a total of 12 hours of instruction. No previous experience necessary. Limited enrollment. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m. July 12 & 13 at Dance Dimensions, 3 Quincy St., Norwalk. $90 per day ($150 for both days). 203-543-8099, tangosueno.com/festival.html or dancedimensionsnorwalk.com. Dancers Oscar Mandagaran and Georgina Vargas, along with Cem

Duruöz on guitar, perform in the Tango Passion Show , an intimate evening of intoxicating tango. Experience an exciting show featuring passionate tango dancing, Argentine folkloric dances and the sultry music of the Tango. Afterwards, the floor will be open for social dancing. 8 p.m. (9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. dance) July 18 at Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. $25 show, $15 dance, $30 show & dance. 203-543-8099, tangosueno.com/ festival.html or milfordarts.org. Review the tango bootcamp and tango fundamentals in Tango Essentials. This is a preparatory class for the Argentine Masters’ Workshops. 10-11:30 a.m. July 19 at Ballroom Experience, 215 Pepe’s Farm Rd., Milford. $25. 203-543-8099, tangosueno.com/festival.html or ballroomexp.com. Dance the tango to the sounds of lapping waves at the Walnut Beach Sunset Milonga. This outdoor milonga (dance) will be hosted by DJ Gem. 6-10 p.m. July 19 at Walnut Beach, Milford. $15. 203-543-8099, tangosueno.com/ festival.html. Intensive Tango Workshops with Argentine Masters. Argentine masters Oscar Mandagaran and Georgina Vargas will give a series of fascinating and inspiring workshops bringing their world-class experience and tango spirit to Connecticut. Workshops include a variety of topics: Projection and Intention for the leader and follower (noon-1:30 p.m. July 19), Voleos and Changes of Direction (2-3:30 p.m. July 19), Adornments for Women and Men (2-3:30 p.m. July

20) and Molinetes, Giros, Enrosques: Technique, Connection and Lead (45:30 p.m. July 20). July 19 at Ballroom Experience, 215 Pepe’s Farm Rd., Milford. July 20 at Dance Dimensions, 3 Quincy St., Norwalk. $40 per workshop. 203-5438099, tangosueno.com/festival.html.

FAMILY EVENTS The Yale Astronomy Department hosts a Public Stargazing Session. Twice monthly the department runs a public night during which astronomy buffs can come and peer through one of the department’s many telescopes and have questions answered about the wonders of the night sky. The viewable celestial objects change seasonally, and range from the moon to the planets to nearby star clusters and galaxies. 9 p.m. July 1 & 15 at the Leitner Family Observatory, 355 Prospect St., New Haven. Free. cobb@astro.yale.edu, astro.yale. edu. New England Arts & Crafts Festival. This annual juried festival features over 150 fine Art & Craft exhibits, food court, music, theater, children’s activities and live events. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 5 & 6 on the downtown Milford Green. Free. milfordarts.org. The Shoreline Jewish Festival. An event celebrating Jewish life. Delight in Jewish music from around the world — from klezmer to kosher hiphop — a performance by the Small Wonder Puppet Theater and other fair favorites. Booths include NY Deli, Israeli food, Jewish books, Israeli and local artists featuring Judaica & Jewish

art, crafts for kids and info fair of Jewish groups & organizations. Noon-6 p.m. July 13 on the Guilford Green, Guilford. Free. 203-488-2263, chabad@snet.net, jewishoreline.org. Original Paper Designs: Cut-and-Fold Art. Out of a small piece of paper let a three-dimensional butterfly take shape. In little more than a minute, make a 3-D dragonfly that can perch delicately in the palm of your hand. Learn to create wonderful enhancers for scrapbooks and delightful additions to greeting cards from cut and folded paper. Recommended for children ten and older. 10:30-noon. July 19 at Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford, 1 Milford Point Rd., Milford. $12 ($10 child) non-member, $8 ($6 child) members, $5 seniors. 203-878-7440, ctaudubon.org/visit/milford.htm. Take pART! Children’s Program combines morning gallery and art activities with afternoon movement/ dance (Session 1) or theater (Session 2). Each week concludes with a performance by the participants. For children ages seven to ten. Space is limited. Participants may register for one session only. Register online by July 7 at ycba.yale.edu/education. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 14-18 (Session 1) & 21-25 (Session 2) at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Free.

203-432-2858, ycba.yale.edu. There’s nothing like a Saturday morning treasure hunt. Join 75 quality dealers specializing in 18th-, 19th- and early 20th-century furniture, china, glass, silver, textiles and tools at the Guilford Antiques Festival & Sale. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 26 at Thomas Griswold House Museum, 171 Boston St., Guilford. $5. 203-453-3176.

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LECTURES/ DISCUSSIONS A Talk by David Schorr. For more than 30 years, Wesleyan Professor of Art David Schorr has been teaching the art of printmaking. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this widely-exhibited artist show images and speak about his work and creative process. 12:10 p.m. July 22 in the CFA Cinema, Wesleyan University, Middletown. Free. 860-6853355, boxoffice@wesleyan.edu, wesleyan. edu/cfa. The New Haven Happiness Club welcomes Mark Setton, founder of the Pursuit of Happiness Inc. Setton will present various recent scientific findings on happiness and discuss how these results may impact our daily lives in The Science of Happiness. Setton has studied and published

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Critical Mass. The ride you shouldn’t miss! Participants meet at the flagpole on the New Haven Green at 5:30 p.m. on the last Friday of each month for a slow-paced ride through New Haven streets. The ride ranges from 30 minutes to over an hour depending on weather. After the event, everyone is invited to a potluck dinner at the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop. 5:30 p.m. June 25 at Temple and Chapel streets, New Haven. Free. elmcitycycling.org/.

com, newhavenhappinessclub.ning. com. Global Folkloric Roots: Source of Inspiration for Classical Composers. Long acknowledged as a pioneer of world music, virtuoso performer, brilliant conductor and composer of uncompromising originality since the 1950s, David Amram’s compositions and his unique approach to music are now finding a worldwide audience. He has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works, written many scores for Broadway theater and film, including the classic scores for the films Splendor in The Grass and The Manchurian Candidate; two operas, including the ground-breaking Holocaust opera The Final Ingredient. He is also the author of three books: Vibrations, an autobiography; Offbeat: Collaborating with Kerouac, a memoir. 12:10 p.m. July 29 in Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown. Free. 860-6853355, boxoffice@wesleyan.edu, wesleyan. edu/cfa.

Hikes Stroll through East Rock Park on a Summer Bird Walk with New Haven’s friendly Park Rangers. 8-10 a.m. July 17 at East Rock Ranger Station, Cold Spring and Orange St., New Haven. Free. 203-946-6086, dbarvir@newhavenct. net, cityofnewhaven.com/parks/ parksinformation.

NATURAL HISTORY The Peabody Museum’s latest traveling exhibition celebrates the rich and diverse artistic traditions of Mexico. Developed by the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla., Las Artes de Mexico examines more than 3,500 years of art and culture and of tradition and change across the broad spectrum of Mexican life, from the ancient worlds of the Mayans and Aztecs to the 20th century works of Miguel Covarrubias and Diego Rivera. Through July 19 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. $7 ($6 seniors, $5 ages 3-18). 203-432-5050, yale.edu/ peabody

SPORTS/RECREATION Aquatics Join a Guided Canoe Tour of the 840-acre Charles Wheeler Salt Marsh. Steeped in local history, the marsh

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offers an abundance of birds and other wildlife, beautiful vistas and a chance to paddle and relax. Sign up early as these are popular tours. Bring drinking water and wear shoes that can get wet. Trip routes subject to change due to weather. Advance registration required. 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. July 19, noon-2:30 p.m. July 20 and 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford, 1 Milford Point Rd., Milford. With canoe rental: $25/person, $65/canoe members; $35/$95 nonmembers. Without rental: $19 member, $29 non-member. Advance registration only. 203-878-7440, ctaudubon.org/visit/ milford.htm.

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warm weather and get those base miles up with a weekly two- to three-hour ride up the Farmington Canal Trail. Riders maintain a very moderate (15-17 mph) pace. Participants should bring lights (some may be available for loan) and helmets. 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at the Devil’s Gear Bike Shop, 433 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. 203-7739288, thedevilsgear.com. Elm City Cycling organizes Lulu’s Ride, weekly two- to four-hour rides for all levels (17-19 mph average). Cyclists leave 10 a.m. from Lulu’s European Café as a single group; no one is dropped. 10 a.m. Sundays July 6, 13, 20, & 27 at Lulu’s European Café, 49 Cottage St., New Haven. Free. 203-773-9288, elmcitycycling.org/.

Sunset Hike to Whitney Peak. 6-8 p.m. July 24 at East Rock Ranger Station, Cold Spring and Orange St., New Haven. Free. 203-946-6086, dbarvir@newhavenct. net, cityofnewhaven.com/parks/ parksinformation.

Road Races As part of the Middletown Festival, Citizens Bank presents the Not Your Typical 5K and Half-Mile Family Fun Run. There will be live music and a great post-race party. 6:30 p.m. July 16 at 237 Main St., Middletown. $25-$6. 203481-5933, jbsports.com. Four on the Fourth. Four-mile road race through the hills of Chester. Prizes for participants; festivities for onlookers. 10 a.m. July 4 on Main St., Chester Center, Chester. $25. 860-526-2122, chesterrotary. org/fouronthefourthr.html. Please send CALENDAR information to CALENDAR@conntact.com no later than six weeks preceding calendar month of event. Include date, time, location, event description, cost and contact information. Photographs must be at least 300 dpi resolution and are published at discretion of NEW HAVEN magazine.

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Staging performances ranging from fullorchestral programs to chamber music to solo recitals, the participating Musicathlon conservatories will present a number of programs that showcase their national musical heritage, sometimes melded with other musical traditions. The Sydney Conservatorium will perform works by contemporary Australian composers, and the Shanghai and Central Conservatories will include traditional Chinese pipa and zheng music in their programs. The Sibelius Academy will perform jazz infused with Finnish folk inﬂuences. “Music transcends the geographical and cultural differences and becomes a universal language and the pioneer of disseminating arts of the time,” says President Wang. “The Musicathlon will provide a music platform for communication for the talented young musicians all over the world.”

The concert hall of Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts will be the site of the July 24 grand finale — Mahler’s magnificent Symphony No. 2 (‘Resurrection’).

which charted violinist Isaac Stern’s tour of Theater the group will perform the same China following the Cultural Revolution, program of Bernstein, Dvorák and Saintduring which time China’s Communist Saëns, with Jian Wang as soloist. government attempted to eradicate “Here future artists from around the globe On July 22, in the Forbidden City Concert “decadent” Western classical music. Largely will gather and create ‘musical bridges,’ Hall in Beijing, the Philharmonia through Stern’s encouragement and support, learning about each other’s musical Orchestra of Yale will perform Saint- Jian Wang found his way to the Yale School traditions while discovering shared values Saëns’ Cello Concerto, with virtuoso cellist of Music in 1985, where he studied with and aspirations,” says Blocker. Jian Wang. The Shanghai-born musician renowned cellist Aldo Parisot. was a young student when he appeared in The last stop on the Philharmonia tour Additional information and a complete the 1981 documentary From Mao to Mozart, will be on July 25 in the Shanghai Grand schedule can be found at yale.edu/music/ musicathlon. v

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Chef Joseph Dunleavy and owner Martin Ferrari of Martin’s Riverside bring an eclectic seafood menu and Shoreline ambience to the banks of the Quinnipiac River in Fair Haven.

NEW EATS: Martin’s Riverside

ans of reality TV contests such as Top Chef can appreciate how much goes into a successful dish — ingredients, preparation and presentation all play key roles. Martin’s Riverside in Fair Haven gets all the elements right time and again and brings a great new dining experience to the banks of the Quinnipiac.

Martin’s is for those balmy evenings when seafood and cocktails by the water seem like the perfect choice. Like similar spots along the Shoreline, Martin’s greatest asset is the water, with the added charm of the Quinnipiac’s lively

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community of anglers. Rows of ﬁshing poles can be seen from the restaurant’s patio, along with the occasional struggling striper. Seafood is the perfect match for the riverfront ambience, and Martin’s serves up dozens of options, from cowboy steak to scampi to raw bar favorites. Salads and fresh desserts also shine. The beverage list is ample with several dozen wines offered by the glass as well as a selection of fruity martinis. Martin Ferrari opened the restaurant earlier this year in a building once

occupied by the Stillwater American Bistro, and some of that eatery’s favorites are still on the menu. But Martin’s chef Joseph Dunleavy ranges beyond the usual surf-and-turf to offer specials like a tasty curried scallops and shrimp over rice. Entrée prices average around $20. With its top-notch seafood and charming ambience, Martin’s offers a great option for waterside dining within the city limits. Martin’s Riverside Bar, Grill & Raw Bar, 3-5 Clifton St., New Haven (203-466-2200).

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eviche, or marinated raw ﬁsh, is the only Peruvian dish many people can identify. But a trip to Machu Picchu in Fair Haven offers a much wider view of that nation’s cuisine, which ranges from the seafood of the coast to hearty stews and poultry of the inland regions. Start your meal at Machu Picchu with a warm bowl of roasted corn kernels. These salty morsels offer the yielding crunch of popcorn without the nasty hard bits and will disappear before your eyes. Ceviche in a tangy lime marinade primes the appetite for a main course and comes in all-ﬁsh, allshrimp and mixed seafood versions.

The huge half-chicken entrée can satisfy two and makes for some of the best bird in town with tender, ﬂavorful meat gently spiked with spices. Owner Eduardo Angulo ran a rotisserie chicken joint in his native

Arequipa, Peru, and the expertise shows. Other good bets are lomo saltado, sautéed steak with potatoes, tomatoes and onions, and pan con salchicha, a garlicky sausage sandwich perfect for lunch. Candy-sweet Inca Kola and fruit shakes in papaya and passion fruit flavors spice up the beverage selection and complement the flavorful food. Machu Picchu’s ambience is hardly whitetablecloth and communication can be difficult if you don’t know some Spanish. Getting there can also be a challenge due to bridge closings — your best bet even from downtown is to bypass Fair Haven and approach from Interstate 95. But for a taste of South America right here in New Haven, it can’t be beat. Machu Picchu Restaurant, 101 Farren Ave., New Haven (203-467-7671).

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I came to the U.S. 18 years ago; five years ago I started Rosemary & Sage in Old Saybrook. Then I started a place called My with my brother on State Street in New Haven, but he decided to go back to Israel. What brought you to Hamden? I finally sold Rosemary & Sage and I was looking for a business to open. My friend called me and told me there was a nice spot in Hamden — it’s got a patio and everything. I’ve been here two years. How did you create the menu? I worked in a lot of Italian restaurants when I first got here, in New Jersey and other places. The chefs were right off the boat and I learned a lot from them. So I decided on Mediterranean with an Italian flair. I try to experiment and keep up with trends and customer feedback. For example, I put an appetizer on [the menu], Dalia’s Trio, with baba ghanoush (eggplant purée), hummus and Israeli salad — very Middle Eastern. At first I wasn’t sure it would go, but we can’t keep that in stock. People love it. How would you describe Israeli food? It’s like American food on a smaller scale. Everyone brought their dishes when they came over. Israel just turned 60, so it’s a mixture from Jews that came from all over. Being there, you’re also working with a lot of fish. What is your signature dish?

Mickey Josephs adds a multicultural flair to his Mediterranean dishes at Mickey’s Restaurant and Bar in Hamden.

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he Mediterranean Sea caresses the shorelines of three continents and 21 countries, so when Mickey Josephs calls his food “Mediterranean,” he’s giving himself lots of options. Josephs, 39, has drawn on his childhood memories of growing up with a Moroccan-born mother in Jerusalem, Israel, and his adult experiences cooking in

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Italian kitchens to create an eclectic and ﬂavorful menu at his namesake eatery in Hamden. How did you get into the food business? My brother’s a pastry chef. There was always food around the house — the main thing in the house was the kitchen. In Israel I grew up eating a lot of Moroccan foods with a Middle Eastern inﬂuence. In Israel you have Jews who came from Arab countries, Europe — you just take

Our best seller is our calamari: It’s an appetizer with calamari fried and tossed with tomatoes, cherry peppers, capers. It’s by far our No. 1 seller here. We sell quite a bit of our salmon with Israeli couscous and salad — it’s a combination of hot and cold, which is nice. The spice rub on it brings out the ﬂavor. Sometimes you can do certain things that overpower the dish or cover up the ﬂavor. For the most part, less is more when it comes to food. You’ve really got to balance it well so one thing is not overpowering. You want to create a harmony. What would you eat for a “last meal”? I would say steak. I’m boring. A good steak, something I’d make myself. Start with topquality meat, the best out there. Just grill it on the real charcoal — no gas grill — some salt and pepper and call it a day.

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BEST OF: HOT DOGS With the closing of the Yankee Doodle, New Haven fans of the premium hot dog have to hit the road for their ﬁx. Blackie’s Hot Dog Stand, 2200 Waterbury Rd., Cheshire (203-699-1819). It’s all about the relish

at Blackie’s, a Cheshire institution since 1928. Simple pork and beef dogs are all they make--just tell them how many you want and get a birch beer on the side. Glenwood Drive-In, 2538 Whitney Ave., Hamden (203-281-0604). Top-quality Hummel meat

make the dogs sing at Glenwood, a Hamden favorite since 1955. Spicy relish and thickcut fries complement the toothsome wieners. Mr. Mac’s Canteen, 2004 Bridgeport Ave., Milford (203-874-1515). Chili’s the specialty at Mr.

Mac’s, with locations in both Milford and Monroe. The meatless, beanless chili’s spicy goodness plays off the perfectly cooked dog for fast-food bliss. Fries and other toppings are also excellent. Al’s Hot Dog Stand, 248 S. Main St., Naugatuck (203-729-6229). Wieners with all the toppings

plus shakes, fries and fountain drinks are the draw at this regional favorite. Open late in the summer for al fresco dining after the ball game. Chick’s Drive Inn, 183 Beach St., West Haven (203-934-4510). The perfect snack after a day

at the beach, a Chick’s dog beneﬁts from charbroiling and excellent condiments.

BEST OF THE REST AMERICAN Foe, 576 Main St., Branford (203-483-5896) . The perfect setting for a romantic evening, Foe shines with sublime beef and pasta dishes. A black ﬁg and cherry-glazed duck breast also showcases the chef’s skill with poultry. Lunch and bar menu. Sage American Grill & Oyster Bar, 100 S. Water St., New Haven (203-787-3466) . The tranquil harborfront view sets off skilled seafood and raw bar selections. Excellent seasonal specials and a full bar add to the attractions of this favorite. Foster’s, 56-62 Orange St., New Haven (203-8596666). The chef himself is likely to bring over your meal at this acclaimed newcomer in Ninth Square. Comfort food with cutting-edge ﬂair like llama burgers on toasted brioche.

FUSION CUISINE Bespoke, 266 College St., New Haven (203-5624644). High-end Latin fusion with a ﬂair, wit

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and excellent service. Try the lobster arepa and duck-conﬁt empanada upstairs at Sabor, the inhouse Latin lounge. Fixed-price pre-theater menu serves up three courses for only $29. Friend House, 538 Boston Post Rd., Orange (203795-6888). In a plaza next to Trader Joe’s, Friend House brings together stylish sushi and Chinese and Thai favorites. Best bets are the inventive hand rolls with ingredients like mango, tempura ﬂakes and mint. Formosa, 132 Middletown Ave., North Haven (203239-0666). Creative and beautifully presented dishes with pan-Asian panache. Don’t miss the Szechwan “ravioli,” tender chicken dumplings in a delicate peanut sauce, or Taiwanese seafood specialties. Kudeta, 27 Temple St., New Haven (203 562-8844). Every major cuisine of Asia is represented on Kudeta’s menu, with something for every taste in an evocative interior. Generous and inventive drinks along with good sushi and noodle dishes.

INDIAN Thali, 4 Orange St., New Haven (203-777-1177) . Downtown’s best Sunday buffet, with ample meat and vegetarian selections as well as fresh masala dosa crepes and unusual treats like goat curry and carrot pudding. Zaroka Bar & Restaurant, 148 York St., New Haven (203-776-8644) . Opulent setting for one of the city’s most popular Indian buffets. Enjoy the birayani pilafs, crunchy pappadum crackers and ﬂuffy desserts. Buffet is $7.95 daily ($9.95 on Sunday). Royal India, 140 Howe St., New Haven (203-7879493). Tasty North Indian fare in an intimate setting on Howe’s mini-restaurant row. Nice variety at lunch buffet with fresh bread. Weekday buffet is $7.95, Friday-Saturday is $8.95 and Sunday $9.95. Darbar India, 1070 Main St., Branford (203-4818994). Award-winning shoreline favorite with excellent atmosphere and north Indian classics, run by Royal India owner. Spicy vindaloos and tandooris are a good bet. Friday-Sunday lunch buffet is $9.95. Coromandel, 185 Boston Post Rd., Orange (203-7959055). Great breads and regional specialties from the local outpost of a celebrated Fairﬁeld chain. Try the shrimp in coconut sauce and unusual lentil dessert. Weekday lunch buffet $9.95 ($11.95 on weekends). Swagat, 215 Boston Post Rd. West Haven (203-9310108). A tiny outpost of south Indian favorites near the University of New Haven. Best bets are the masala dosa and many vegetarian dishes, plus the friendly service. No buffet, but open all day and very affordable.

ITALIAN Skappo Italian Wine Bar, 59 Crown St., New Haven (203-773-1394 ) . White trufﬂes and chestnuts are two of the compelling ﬂavors you’ll encounter at this cozy eatery in Ninth Square. A

great place to sample wines and small plates in an unpretentious setting. Tre Scalini Ristorante, 100 Wooster St., New Haven (203-777-3373). Acclaimed pasta, seafood and antipasti in an opulent Wooster Square setting. Also open for lunch. L’Orcio, 806 State St., New Haven (203-777-6670) . Outstanding modern Italian in an intimate setting. You can’t go wrong with the pasta specials and perfectly cooked and seasoned steaks. Roseland Apizza, 350 Hawthorne Ave., Derby (203735-0494). Don’t let the casual pizzeria decor fool you — this Valley favorite makes some serious Italian food. Look for the daily specials and enjoy. Adriana’s Restaurant, 771 Grand Ave., New Haven (203-865-6474). Meat is the thing at this Grand Avenue favorite, especially veal and sausages. Fresh pasta and classics in a formal setting.

MEXICAN Baja, 63 Boston Post Rd., Orange (203-799-2252). An expansive salsa bar and ﬁsh taco entrée appeal to homesick Californians and big eaters. Guadalupe la Poblanita, 136 Chapel St., New Haven (203-752-1017) . Simple, authentic cuisine from Puebla in a down-home atmosphere. Jalapeno Heaven, 40 N. Main St., Branford (203481-6759). Tasty Americanized fare in a cozy setting with excellent margaritas. Long Wharf Taco Trucks, Long Wharf Drive near Veterans Memorial Park, weekdays at lunch. Tacos as they’re served in Mexico — just corn tortillas, meat, cilantro and a spicy sauce — eaten al fresco by New Haven Harbor. Mezcal, 14 Mechanic St., New Haven (203-782-4828). Big portions and wide-ranging menu with lots of surprises. No liquor license. Taqueria Mexico No. 1, 850 S. Colony Rd. Wallingford (203-265-0567) . The best tortas — or small sandwiches — in the area, ﬁlled with spiced meat and accompanied on the weekends by a lipsmacking posole hominy soup. Viva Zapata, 161 Park St., New Haven (203-5622499). Toothsome classics and a killer sangria in a festive pub atmosphere. Open for lunch.

MIDDLE EASTERN Mamoun’s, 85 Howe St., New Haven (203-5628444). Cheap plates of falafel and Syrian-style specialties like stuffed eggplant keep this student favorite hopping late into the night. Istanbul Café, 245 Crown St., New Haven (203-7873881). This critics’ favorite has the best ambience in town and consistently ﬂavorful food. A grilled octopus salad and red lentil soup are standouts, along with lamb dishes. Turkish Kebab House, 1157 Campbell Ave., West Haven (203-933-0002) . Every kind of kebab imaginable, from doner to minced chicken to cubes of lamb, is on tap at this neighborhood eatery. Also vegetarian and seafood options.

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Durante’s Pasta

ummertime is salad time, and nothing makes a salad hearty like some fresh pasta. Only blocks from Route 34 stands a traditional Italian pasta shop that will make your dishes stand out: Durante’s Pasta in West Haven.

pasta is sold to restaurants and wholesalers, explains Amedeo Durante, who runs the shop with his wife, Carmelina. But individual shoppers come from as far as Bridgeport and Waterbury for the spaghetti and cheeseﬁlled frozen manicotti, ravioli and cavatelli.

A local favorite for decades, Durante’s offers a full selection of fresh and dried “People appreciate the product,” pastas at prices that make Durante says. “It’s something you feel like you’ve stepped that they can’t get anywhere. back a decade or two in time. We make it right.” Frozen gnocchi and tortellini Durante’s also sells its own have a silky texture and fresh sauce and well-selected and taste. Even Durante’s simple reasonably priced Italian dried penne is a cut above specialties like tuna in oil. supermarket brands. Durante Pasta, 78 Fenwick St., Much of the store’s dried West Haven (203-387-5560).

Kasbah Garden Café, 105 Howe St., New Haven (203-777-5053) . Moroccan-style lamb and vegetable dishes prevail on the limited but tasty menu. Savor mint tea and baklava outside on the idiosyncratically landscaped patio.

SEAFOOD Lenny’s Indian Head Inn, 205 S. Montowese St., Branford (203-488-1500) . Fried clams praised by national critics and the freshest steamers around make Lenny’s a local favorite. The Shore Dinner covers all the bases with cherrystones, corn on the cob, lobster and steamers. Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale, 1301 Boston Post Rd., Madison (203-245-7289). What it lacks in formality it makes up for in taste — the freshest, crispest fried seafood around. The perfect spot for quick eats after beach or a coastal drive, with an ice cream stand onsite.

view at this West Haven institution, known for its moderate prices and casual atmosphere. All the fried favorites, a full menu of broiled ﬁsh and lobster and the famous split hot dog.

SUSHI Wasabi, 280 Branford Rd., North Branford (203-4887711). Good quality rolls and sashimi at reasonable prices, along with Korean specialties like mandu dumplings and bibimbap rice bowls. The sake ﬂows freely on Monday nights, a favorite with students. Akasaka, 1450 Whalley Ave., New Haven (203-3874898). Unusual specials like baby octopus and blowﬁsh make this veteran eatery worth a visit. Live sea urchin roe and scallops are also a best bet, along with tasty pickled vegetables.

Sono Bana, 1206 Dixwell Ave., Hamden (203-281Guilford Mooring, 505 Whitfield St., Guilford (203- 9922). Fresh fish, inventive rolls and extensive combo options make this a neighborhood 458-2921). Pasta dishes, a stellar chowder and a full range of grilled fish set this Shoreline favorite favorite. Try a fruity saketini with your sashimi apart. And where else can you savor Lazy Man’s “boat” and ask the chef to load up on the catch of Stuffed Lobster as you watch lobstermen at work the day. on the Sound? Miya’s Sushi, 68 Howe St., New Haven (203-777YellowFin’s Seafood Grille, 1027 South Main St., 9760). Unusual combinations like rolls with cheese Cheshire (203-250-9999) . Flavors are light and and Ethiopian spices are the draw at this Elm bright at this fusion eatery, with a menu that City institution. Let go of your preconceptions ranges from cioppino to Asian scallop salad to about sushi with help from some of the beguiling Tilapia St. Tropez. A raw bar and house-brewed infused-sake cocktails. beer round out the offerings. Jimmie’s of Savin Rock, 5 Rock St., West Haven. 9343212. Take the family out and enjoy the boardwalk

Number 1 Fish Market, 2239 State St., Hamden (203-624-6171). Make your own sushi at home with

Amedeo and Carmelina Durante use top-quality ingredients in the homemade pastas at their West Haven shop.

fresh seafood from this market, which supplies many area restaurants. The helpful staff will steer you toward the best quality tuna, salmon, scallops and red snapper; items like sea urchin roe are available.

VEGETARIAN Ahimsa, 1227 Chapel St., New Haven (203-7864774). Wide-ranging vegan fare is featured at this (kosher) eatery that uses no animal products. South Indian-style dals and curries star at the daily $10 lunch buffet, with more offerings at Sunday brunch. Edge of the Woods, 379 Whalley Ave., New Haven (203-787-1055). The natural market offers a superb selection of vegetarian products in addition to a lunchtime buffet with salad bar, hot entrées like lasagna and seitan stir-fry and a colorful array of main-dish salads. Shoreline Diner & Vegetarian Enclave, 345 Boston Post Rd., Guilford (203-458-7380) . Non-veg diner fare along with vegan favorites like a tempeh Reuben with sauerkraut on grilled rye and “Twin Towers” of vegetable strudel. Great place for groups with different dining preferences. It’s Only Natural Restaurant, 386 Main St., Middletown (860-346-9210) . Worth the ride up I91 for award-winning entrées like sweet potato enchiladas, tempeh “crab cakes” and a generous macrobiotic plate. Full slate of vegan desserts including chocolate mousse couscous cake.

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All in the (utterly dysfunctional) family: Jay Zabel (left) and Ron Gagliardi pose with Springfield’s best-known clan at the Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum.

hether you’re 80, 50 or 5, spend- There is a collection of “unorthodox (like the Popeye or Pez case) or related ing two hours at the Barker taxidermy” consisting of seven wall- things (like record players). I really longed Character, Comic & Cartoon mounted heads, sculptures of Seuss’s for my go-go boots as I reconnected with Museum is the most fun you’ll have all “unheard of animals” which he constructed my favorite, “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.” I in his tiny New York City apartment in the got teary gazing at the Three Stooges stuff year. Free fun, at that. early 1930s. Originally, he used real parts of and wished I could add a few tidbits to my While everyone else was trashing their deceased animals his zookeeper dad sent own collection. old lunch boxes, board games, dolls, cards him from Massachusetts. These painted and cereal boxes, Herb and Gloria Barker resin models now cost a few thousand Gumby! Gosh, I always wanted to know were hoarding them. Some 80,000 of these dollars and including the “Tufted Gustrad” how they made him move and I owned one goodies are on display in what is probably and the “Kangaroo Bird.” They are utterly that I slept with (facial imprints the next morning were not attractive) . On display a million-dollar jackpot of everyone’s fascinating. here is the set from the original ﬁrst show. favorites from their childhood. These There also about 40 life-sized cartoon I drooled on the glass cover. Cracker Jack retired toys have been housed in this twocutouts dotting the landscape and there and the tiny prizes that used to come in story converted farm building since 1997, and the museum has doubled in size since. are beloved photo opportunities like Lucy every box are all on display. Meet George waiting for her next patient in “The Doctor Jetson (and Jane, his wife) — Judy and I The ﬁrst lady and curator of this massive Is In.” Lift your legs up high as you pose sang the entire song and didn’t miss one collection is Judy First, who is currently with the Loony Toons conga line as Daffy word! I really want the Dennis the Menace cataloging and inventorying this memor- Duck and Porky Pig strut their stuff in “mischief kit” and wondered if kids ever abilia and whose wit and patience is as white tie and tails. really needed a kit to get into mischief. refreshing as the place itself. At the museum’s entrance is a funhouse There’s a George Bush jack-in-the-box that The museum shares the grounds with the mirror (you know, the kind that makes Judy says everyone keeps asking her to Barker Animation Art Gallery, Fine Art & you look three feet high) . Every morning stuff back in the box. Sculptures, where Director Allison Simcik a wild turkey appears to say hello to the kept me enthralled with her encyclopedic new love of his life in the mirror and pecks My lunchbox was a Roy Rogers model — knowledge of not only her displays, but away at the glass so that she knows what and there it was. Gee, I wonder where that the customers and buyers with whom she he’s feeling. (Judy hasn’t had the heart to thermos is that held my chocolate milk in second grade. I drove home singing the spends time (95 percent of all buyers are tell him that his love interest is himself.) Jetsons song. from Canada or abroad) and the artists whose handiwork is on the wall. Especially There is not one square inch that isn’t Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum, captivating are the newest additions from covered with stuff, and amazingly 1188 Highland Ave. (Rt. 10), Cheshire (203-272everything is very organized by subject Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). 2357, 800-995-2357) Barkermuseum.com. v 62

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bossy pig's demands frazzle a little girl in this hilarious musical about cause-and-effect. Appropriate for grades kindergarten through 4.

For Women By Women

“A Christmas Carol” Saturday, December 6, 2008 2:00 pm, Main Theater

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is the season for merriment and fun! Catch the holiday spirit with this musical interpretation of Charles Dickens’ classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, whose cold heart is warmed after a Christmas Eve encounter with three holiday spirits. Appropriate for grades 1 through 8.

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