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LETTERS LAST CALL ON METRO NORTH It’s closing time for the familiar but ever-more elusive bar cars of the Metro North Railroad commuter trains.

Garvin highlighted the Corner’s peaches and cream-stuffed French toast and an Indian-spiced duck tortilla dish, and Sandra’s collard greens, candied yams and meatloaf.

The show also featured Norwalkbased Mama’s Boy Southern Table & Refuge, especially its espressorubbed ribs.

The DMV says the long wait times — which are between 10 and 20 minutes longer than in our neighboring states of Massachusetts and New York, respectively — may have to do with staffing and budget cuts as well as weather-related closures and cancellations, as well as Connecticut’s REAL ID program for immigrants.

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Across the social media universe of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram GREATEST SMALL and the CITY IN AMERICA like, there is a growing effort to re-brand the city of New Haven as the “Greatest Small City In America” with the hashtag #GSCIA. The effort picked up plenty of steam when longtime resident and Yale’s new president Peter Salovey addressed the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and ended his speech asking the members to “post it, tweet it and tell their friends” on April 24, the city’s then 376th birthday, New Haven, Greatest Small City in America.

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Carousel at Lighthouse Point Lighthouse Point Park is already an ideal summertime destination, located on a strip of New Haven/East Haven beach. But the carousel is a unique element of the Cloth by Gladson landscape. Built in 1916 and Ltd. and ©2013 HMS International acquired by the city of New Haven in 1927, the carousel was restored in the early 1980s and boasts 72 figures on a 60-foot platform. It runs every 20 minutes from noon to 4 p.m., Memorial Day through Labor Day, at 50 cents per ride for park visitors. You can even rent the carousel and its building for weddings and other special events.

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Yale SOM prof and entrepreneur Barry Nalebuff sees the world through a different lens

Mr. Tea Barry Nalebuff, 55, is a professor of economics and political science at the Yale School of Management. A graduate of MIT and Oxford, Nalebuff has consulted for such companies as American Express, General Electric and the National Basketball Association. In 1998 with former student Seth Goldman he cofounded Honest Tea, a company with a premise of transparent labeling, organic ingredients and less added sugar than other bottled tea products. The company became one of the fastest growing enterprises in the U.S., with annual revenues rising to approximately $75 million before it was sold in 2011 to the Coca-Cola Co. NHM Publisher Mitchell Young interviewed Nalebuff for ONE2ONE.

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We’re here in this great new School of Management building at Yale. But you weren’t accepted here as an undergrad, were you?

No, I didn’t get in as an undergraduate. Yale has become much more broad-based in terms of U.S. distribution and international distribution [of students]. Combine that with need-blind admissions and you get a diverse population.

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You’re from suburban Boston. Are you still a Red Sox fan?

So Yale rejected you. Where did you go instead?

When [first baseman Bill] Buckner blew it [his error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series paved the way for the Red Sox downfall], I was like, ‘I just can’t deal with it any more.’ How times do you have your heart broken? But I grew up with Tony Conigliaro, and Carl Yastrzemski, Now they’ve won so much [World Series titles in 2004, 2007 and 2013] people don’t appreciate what it is like to be a Sox fan. The character-building is all gone.

MIT. I was thinking about being a math guy. I had taken classes at MIT as a high-school student. I pretty much completed my math degree in my freshmen year. Princeton also [accepted] me. I liked MIT. I thought it was a great school. And I met my bride there in 1978.

What did your folks do for a living?

My dad is 85 and he just retired this year. He is a hand surgeon. He stopped operating a while back, but has been doing diagnostics.

Did they expect you to become an MD, too?

I think the answer is, I saw how hard he worked.

And how early he had to get up — and I was never a morning person.

You morphed from mathematician to economist. What happened? [Fellow MIT student] Toby Orloff and myself were both viewed as the promising math majors. We had a class and the professor would assign us a problem and Toby and I would split things off. ‘I’ll look for the proof and you look for the counter example.’ I couldn’t find the proof, and he would find the counter example. Next week, ‘I’m going to look for the counter example, you look for the proof.’ He finds the proof I can’t find the counter example. I realized he was going to be an amazing mathematician. And while I was the best mathematician in my high school — maybe even in my state — I was not going to be the best mathematician at MIT. And the world NEWHAVENMAGAZINE.COM

does not need a whole lot of mathematicians [on this level]. When you’re doing math at that level it is not very social. I liked the social aspects of the social science, [where] most of [major research] papers have been co-authored. For a time, MIT was the No. 1 place in the country to graduate in economics. But there weren’t many undergraduate majors — maybe 15 people.

Students were focused on engineering, the tech side. What that meant is we had the world’s best faculty and classes with all these luminaries and there were eight students ( in a class). I had [as a professor economist] Eric Maskin, who won a Nobel Prize; Larry [Lawrence W.] Summers, former Clinton presidency Treasury Secretary and president of Harvard. It couldn’t have been luckier circumstances.

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I was an assistant professor at Princeton and I was doing work on voting theory. Ken Arrow, Nobel Prize winner in economics, said there are two ways societies make decisions: one is through prices and one is through voting. He has a famous theorem that says voting basically doesn’t work.

It is entirely possible there is a voting cycle, if you put A up against B, A can beat B. If you put C against, B, C can beat B, but it can be that A can’t beat C. What you end up with is what matters is the order of how things get voted and not the will of the people.

By choosing which way we make things happen you can manipulate the system to get anything you want.

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If you’re in Ireland where you have Protestants and Catholics and no one in the middle, [voting] doesn’t work. In the United States, where we have lots of people in the middle relative to extremes [voting works]. But by the way, 51 percent still doesn’t work; it turns out 64 percent does. If you require 64 percent to change something, then you can get to a point that is stable [ and democratic].

I guess you should suggest this to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who wants a 51-percent vote to rule in the Senate. So you’re saying that a super-majority is more democratic — but the media and politicians have been positioning a super majority as less democratic – “nothing gets done”.

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’You can have great ideas but if you can’t get the marketing right, the branding right, the people right, the financing right, the production right — any one of those things can kill you.’

Maybe that is why there has been so much pushback on the Affordable Care Act, which passed with 51 votes. But you’re saying if it passed with 60, we wouldn’t be arguing as much?

I think there is a much better claim that it would represent the will of the people. Having said that, we don’t know really know what it passed

by; some might have voted against it knowing it would pass.

place — they were really strong, amazing. They offered me a full-time position at SOM.

How did you get to New Haven?

You said, ‘I came to New Haven and I liked it.’ A lot of people from New Haven, when they get to Boston think they’ve reached the holy grail. There’s another group that wants to be in a place like Princeton — at least community-wise, if not school-wise.

What did you see?

I visited Yale’s political science department for a semester in 1978. I enjoyed New Haven. SOM was a really a kid [having been founded just two years earlier], but they had some of the finest economists. It was a very happening

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There is something in the water in Princeton that led you to have lots of children, and at the time we didn’t have any children. But Princeton is very much a bedroom community. I couldn’t get my wife to visit me in Princeton. What has always been true about New Haven is that it attracts the people who want to make a difference in the world. New Haven has problems, and there are some people who want to run away from the problems. There are other people who love it. In Hebrew, they say Tikkun olam — repair the earth. New Haven attracts people motivated to make things better. I think this is true about the undergraduates, not just the faculty. My favorite bumper sticker is “New Haven: A Town So Small Even You Can be Someone.” In economics we call this a signal theory. New Haven has a polarizing effect on people. Those [who] don’t want to live in the city, they’re not going to come to Yale. If New Haven’s problems are not attractive to you, then you will probably find a place you would rather live in. But if you feel like you might be able to help [then New Haven may be the place for you]. Yale students are much more involved in the community —and that’s one reason I like  them.

When you’re looking at trends or the culture, what has happened that has most surprised you?

If I had understood the importance of search and data I would have bought more shares of Google — that’s for sure. Or cell phones, smart phones.

I would have bought more Apple [stock]. The biggest bias that I see is that students are much more entrepreneurial than ever before. The reason I’m biased is because it didn’t use to be that all the entrepreneurs would come see me, and now they do, because of Honest Tea. But I also think there are more of them. The typical undergraduate now doesn’t want to go into consulting or investment banking. They would like to be their own boss. It’s a good gig if you can get it.

You have been successful in the academic realm, and have had success consulting for many big companies. What made you decide to put yourself to the test as an entrepreneur to start Honest Tea in 1998?

Too often as a consultant you think you have the right answer but the client doesn’t listen to you. You say, ‘I want to try my ideas.’ I’m a big fan of people waiting to be an entrepreneur until

their late 20s. Learn mistakes in somebody else’s business — make sure you have a better network of friends and learning. At Yale, if you get nine out of ten you get an A, well really seven out of ten. In entrepreneurship, you can get nine out of ten right — and the thing you get wrong can kill you. You can have a great product but if you mess up the manufacturing, or if you’ve raised capital and gave control to the wrong parties [the company will fail]. I’ve invested in companies [started] by students. In one case they had a fantastic technology but weren’t good at closing contracts, and didn’t know how to get customers to sign the contract, write the check. In the end the technology was so good they managed to struggle through it. You can have great ideas but if you can’t get the marketing right, the branding right, the people right, the financing right, the production right — any one of those things can kill you.

People have been coming to colleges for decades challenging business and capitalism. Your own undergraduate time frame might have missed some of it?

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In founding Honest Tea, you chose a partner in Seth Goldman, a former student of yours.

We found each other. I had always known him to be a great student, I always wanted to spend more time with him and knew whatever he did would be fun to be part of. He was itching to be an entrepreneur and we came back to ideas we talked about when he was a student. I had just come back from India where I figured out that tea was going to be the right beverage as opposed to orange juice and club soda.

So you had the confidence. What did your wife say?

I always had the confidence. It turned out initially [that] you’re not putting that much at risk, but over time you are. It is a different issue when you start signing loan guarantees for $5 million, and you’re thinking, ‘I don’t have $5 million.’

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Honest Tea was a mission for you, but you decided you had to be a much bigger company and decided to sell to Coke. Why? Some of the best distribution networks were really closed to us because they have Lipton and they vetoed us. Snapple was starting to send out letters to our distributors that they were in violation of their [Snapple-distribution] agreement if they sold our products. It was always ironic to me because they were carrying things like Vitamin Water and Fuse and Sobe and they were much more in [competition] with Snapple. They weren’t tea products but they were going after the same throat, the same bladder. We were going after people who didn’t like Snapple. If you like Snapple, you don’t like Honest Tea. We weren’t losing distributors, but we weren’t getting new ones. We were getting Coke distributors, then they bought Vitamin Water and as part of that they got veto power over any new brands that the distributors’ wanted. So if you wanted Vitamin Water, which

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they all did, Coke was not going to give any permission [to distribute Honest Tea].

So consolidation of brands leads to impeding the growth of new companies?

It is. What you need to make this work is a good number of independent distributors. Enough of the strong independent brands were sold to Coke and Pepsi — Fuse, Sobe, Vitamin Water, Honest Tea. It’s not clear you can do as well with this today. It is even more anti-competitive where they sign up a place like Yale and they say, ‘You’re going to be a Pepsi campus.’ It’s not as if the person who signs that is thinking, ‘Well, there may be this new product I’d like to have an exception for.’

So you had a target consumer — healthy, fair-trade products, etc. What kind of feedback did you get when you decided to sell out?

Some people did give us a hard time, saw us as getting in bed with Darth Vader. Seth did a lot of responding to people’s e-mails and said, ‘Judge us by our actions.’ We’ve gone from buying a half million pounds of organic green tea to seven million pounds. Our bottle costs

have gone from 19 cents to 11 cents, which means we can lower costs and make it more accessible.

Our distribution has gone from 10,000 to 100,000 [retail outlets].

That’s all logical, but isn’t this more of a religious war?

If the product gets sweeter, if there is highfructose sweetener rather than sugar, shame on us. I think Coke did agree that they wouldn’t make products of more than 100 calories per bottle, but there is nothing that could really stop them. But if they did it would be huge negative publicity. Their line was, ‘We don’t want to change you; we’re hoping you will help us change Coke. If we could change them one percent, that would be a big impact on the world.

Coke does all sorts of things that are incredibly impressive in terms of social responsibility — getting rid of plastics, and corn-starch based models, helping with fresh water projects in Africa. But if people have problems with your main products it doesn’t really help with these other things. The argument they have to make ultimately is, ‘We’re going to give people choice’.

But to make that argument you actually have to have a choice. I don’t consider diet as a choice.

You can rail against them or you can help them get better.

That’s something a 50-year-old guy can believe in. What about your 20-year-old students?

For some, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Now everything is fair trade, which wasn’t the case before.

Do you think movements like fair trade and GMO labeling will become the dominant viewpoint?

I don’t know about fair trade. But there is a boycott of Honest Tea now among some people because Coca Cola is on the wrong side of the GMO labeling. My view is if you are in favor of transparency you should let customers make that decision and it is inevitable that we will have GMO labeling. They’re going to lose. They just have a knee-jerk reaction against regulation, especially as they think the science doesn’t support it. And there is one person fighting inside of Coca Cola —and that is Seth.

But we’re looking at some new bottles and you’ve started another beverage company.

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We thought we were making a non-alcoholic version. The government says it is non-alcoholic if it is below 0.5 percent alcohol. We didn’t realize how hard it was and we were selling a lot of it and Lindsay Lohan said she got drunk on the alcohol in Kombucha. That caused people to call Whole Foods in droves and ask how much alcohol was in the Kombucha. Ours apparently had 0.7 percent, above the legal limit. We had records that we sold it at less than 0.5 percent.

We claimed Whole Foods hadn’t handled it right, they said, ‘Do you want to sell Honest Tea here?’ The team couldn’t figure out how to prevent it from doing that again.

What’s the new company’s name?

Kombrewcha, and the tag line is ‘Tickled, Not Pickled.’ It’s located in Brooklyn, the hipster world.

You caused a bit of a stir recently arguing that Yale professors weren’t participating in the United Way annual fundraising drive as much as they should.

Josh Mamis of the United Way sent me nasty letters — they were all trying to defend Yale.

I didn’t see what you said as attacking Yale.

I did implicitly. Quinnipiac was at 30-percent participation rate, University of New Haven was in the 30s. Look at local companies like a Wiggin & Dana [law firm] — it might be in the 70-percent participation rate. It is true that Yale was the United Way’s biggest contributor, so they were very worried about embarrassing Mother Yale. My colleagues’ contribution rates at SOM doubled — the number of people and the dollars. SOM gives as much or more than any other unit of Yale including the [school of] Arts and Sciences, which is ten times our size.

many deans that weren’t contributing and even some schools where the contribution was zero.

Why is this important to you?

Even before this we [SOM] were still the most successful [contributing unit] at Yale. One of the things that encourages is me is that Nationwide matches my gifts. I told my colleagues at SOM, ‘I’ll match you and Nationwide will match me, so that will be three to one.’ That’s one of the things I talked to Peter about, maybe we can match any increase in contributions. We at Yale know if you live here it is obviously important.

But even if you just work here, this is a way of making a difference in our town. It’s not the only way — we know many are generous to other organizations — but we would like to see this. They do things for city youth and homeless shelters, soup kitchens. My view is that either we believe in what the United Way is doing, or we shouldn’t do it all. But the half-hearted approach is a problem. Many of the faculty come in from New York and they’re not connected to this town. But if Peter follows through with his commitment, I think we’ll get another million dollars. 

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Justin Gargano (L) and Mike Fawcett, owners and brewers at Thimble Island Brewery are yet another local brewery expanding as the trend of craft beers continues to grow in popularity throughout Connecticut.

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irst, a turn down a street that seems to take you to the middle of nowhere. The phone guide chirps and we pull into a parking lot edged by overgrown lots, drawn by a trio of jaunty flags.

Could this be the place?

Inside a door and we’re greeted by nautical artwork, a list of craft beers and our goal — freshly made East Haven beer. We’ve made it to our destination: Overshores Brewing, a brandnew outpost on the Connecticut Beer Trail.

Blazing this trail doesn’t require bug spray, sunscreen or sturdy shoes. It does require a designated driver and a thirst for local flavor — the many flavors and styles of Connecticut craft beer. The Connecticut Beer Trail is emerging as an online and real-world destination just as the state’s craft beer industry appears to be taking off.

More than 30 breweries, brewpubs and beer bars will be open in the state by the end of this summer, says Bryon Turner, executive director of the Connecticut Brewer’s Guild. That’s up from barely a dozen three years ago.

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we’ve seen, the number of breweries [that] have received national level recognition — you’re seeing Connecticut getting mentioned more as a destination.”

The Beer Trail was inaugurated in 2011 as a promotional effort modeled on similar state trails for wine and food items. Turner works to promote the Connecticut Beer Trail and maintains its website. Now the site serves as a statewide platform for news on festivals, openings and events such as Connecticut Beer Week (the next one is scheduled to kick off October 13). Bus tours and beer-themed bicycle rides are also on tap.

Become a Beer Trail member on the site to get a card guaranteeing discounts around the state.

Deals include a dollar off your first pint at the Corner Tavern in Naugatuck to 10 percent off the logo merchandise at Two Roads Brewing in Stratford.

“We’re bridging the gap between the consumer and the producer,” explains Turner. “We help get the message out about quality products and help support local businesses.”

The Beer Trail site’s biggest draw may be its news items, alerting suds lovers to new hotspots around the state. This spring two new breweries

opened near New Haven alone: Overshores in East Haven and DuVig in Branford.

Overshores typifies two of the latest trends in craft brewing in our state, Turner explains.

The East Haven suds maker both specializes in a specific style and offers a customer-friendly brewery experience.

Brewery founder Christian Amport and Head Brewer Brian Cox make Belgian beers — strong, malty brews with a wide range of flavors. The Duo’s first bottled product, Belle Fermiere saison, is perfect for summer with a citrusy tang and crisp finish. Next in the lineup is Simpel, a hoppy beer with a lower alcohol content, due this month. The powerful Tripel Brun Belgian strong dark ale is schedule to arrive just in time to warm you up in cooler weather.

Located on Bradley Street off I-95, Overshores’ facility also showcases another trend – the tap room. More than just a counter to sample a few ounces of beer, a tap room operates like a bar, with full portions and an array of beverages.

The tap room at Two Roads in Stratford offers a view of the brewing tanks and food-truck eats in the parking lot. Olde Burnside Brewing in East Hartford opened an outdoor beer garden this spring, serving up a half-dozen Scottish-style brews on draught at tent-covered tables.

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“[Tap rooms] make for a different kind of experience,” Turner said. “I see a trend – not just really good beer but a nice place to enjoy beer.”

East Haven’s Overshores feels more like a stylish lounge than part of a brewery: A polished wood bar stretches across a space illuminated by pendants and sconces. In addition to the house brew, a range of Belgian-style beers from top producers like New Haven’s own New England Brewing and Canada’s Unibroue beckon.

It’s tucked away behind a car dealership and hard to locate from the street. Once inside, however, you’re greeted by the brewery’s signature quirky artwork for quaffs like Gandhi-Bot. Don’t try to figure out what the beers are named for, just get yourself a taste. On tap on a recent day was Galaxy pale ale, 668 Belgian golden ale, GandhiBot IPA, Supernaut IPA and Scrumtrulescent saison. Again, don’t try to say or spell it — just drink it.

The only hint that you’re in East Haven, not Brooklyn, stands on a shelf behind the bar: A candy-colored rank of Foxon Park sodas.

A plank held up by two casks serves as table, or belly up to the bar and watch the brewing process through the windows.

DuVig Brewing Co. set up shop this spring in a Branford plaza with a more traditional tasting room – a tap and a few stools just outside the brewing area. This family-run outfit already has three beers available, all low-alcohol “session” brews with assertive flavors. A malty, satisfying brown ale scored highest with this taster, followed by a crisp pale ale. You can buy the beer in growlers at the brewery after tasting.

With top-ranked local breweries like Two Roads and New England, along with exciting newcomers like Overshores and DuVig, it’s never been a better time to be a Connecticut craft beer fan, Turner says. Beer festivals across the state are increasingly attracting more women and a range of ages and ethnicities, he adds.

In other beer news near the Elm City, New England Brewing in Woodbridge moved and opened a new tasting room earlier this year just down the road from its old location off Amity Road. Finding the new site may be the most challenging part of a local Beer Trail expedition:

“The great thing with Connecticut craft beer, you can have beer freshly made, possibly by one of your neighbors.” Turner said. “We’re seeing people who have a style in mind…and they’re all doing their own unique twist on things.”

Learn more about the Connecticut Beer Trail site at ctbeertrail.net. 

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Hey Nineteen New Haven’s signature event is all grown up now

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They’ll perform five shows June 27-28 on the New Haven Green.

actually connect people, and connect artists with people.

ong before she arrived in New Haven nine years ago to assume the helm of the event, Mary Lou Aleskie admired the International Festival of Arts & Ideas from afar.

“I remember thinking, ‘If you do issues-based art and you do it in a community that is already intellectually engaged, that could be really cool,’” Aleskie adds.

Aleskie arrived in the Elm City in September 2005 from southern California, where she had headed the La Jolla Music Society, producers of the annual La Jolla SummerFest chamber-music festival.

One major difference between Arts & Ideas of 2005, and this year’s event? “In 2005, frankly, we had a bigger budget,” Aleskie acknowledges. “The challenges of the eroding economy and what that has meant for sponsorships and [financial] support more widely have forced us to do more with less.

“I watched the founding of this festival from a distance,” Aleskie recalls. “I thought the idea of an arts-and-ideas festival on a European model was phenomenal. I really believed in contextualizing artistic experiences for everyday people. If art were presented in a way that showed [audiences] how it connected to their lives and their passions — rather than as just an abstract experience — we would be able to 18 J UNE /J ULY 2014

“If you look at the list of corporate sponsors in the first five years [1995-2000], this is like a trip down memory lane,” she says. “Nobody exists any more — Fleet Bank, Lucent Technologies, SNET. This is corporate nostalgia.”

The high-water mark for the Arts & Ideas budget was $3.4 million in 2008. The 2014 event will cost about $3 million.

Another change since 2005 is a broadening of the festival’s footprint. “We actually serve a broader range of people in New England than we did in 2005,” Aleskie says. “In 2005 the majority of the audience came from this community.

Now the majority of the audience comes from Massachusetts to New York.”

“We have not only survived — we have flourished.”

One measure of the festival’s evolution is not budget dollars or audience size, but “growing through distinguishing itself by its ability to attract marquee names — the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Shakespeare Company,” says Aleskie. Arts & Ideas “has had the ability to attract globally important artists. It was a great way to put your stake in the ground.

“So when I was recruited to come here I knew I could deliver an international network of people who would see the [same] promise in this festival that I did,” she adds.

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Another measure of growth is that the New Haven event is increasingly viewed as a model for festival organizers around the globe.

According to Aleskie: “I got invited to make presentations at the Shanghai Festival; I was just invited to the Ibero-Americano Festival in Bogata [Colombia] — so we are now looked to as a model organization.

“Our festival is a model for cultural diversity and audience participation,” she adds. “That wasn’t happening in 2005.”

CNN recently named Arts & Ideas one of its top 50 places to visit in 2014.

The 2013 Arts & Ideas attracted 138,985 attendees to 170 events — 85 percent of which were free to the public. According to a Quinnipiac University study, the event had an economic impact of $34.3 million (hotels stays, restaurant meals and the like) on a budget of $3.05 million.

All important numbers. But when Aleskie take the measure of each year’s festival, what metrics are most important to her to measure the relative success of each year’s event?

“I think it’s really important that we’re able to show our economic value,” she says. “It’s important for people to know what the return on investment is for an organization like this — particularly as we are support by [the public

sector]. But I don’t know that there are numbers that tell the whole story.

“That is a festival that was founded as an economic bridge into the summer, which Yale going away and the end of the academic year,” Aleskie adds. “This was intended as a way that [downtown] businesses [e.g., restaurants, shops] could continue to attract business into the summer. That was the economic basis for founding this festival.

“But even more than that [Arts & Ideas] was founded as a tool for community healing,” she says. “Festivals all around the world have been founded in response to some human need. New Haven in 1995, 1996 was still a place where the downtown didn’t look like it does now, that was reeling from violence. The idea [was] that New Haven could heal itself by coming together to create an international performing-arts festival.”

v “Transformation & Tradition” is an underlying theme of the 2014 Arts & Ideas. But another touchstone is Americana. Explains Aleskie, “A lot of the music on the Green comes from distinctly American traditions. Even La Santa Cecilia [June 28 on the Green, with Nation Beat] is an American ensemble very much transformed by Latin American culture.

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In addition, “We have loved the last few years investing in our relationship to contemporary circus, which is playful and fun and challenging,” Aleskie explains. “So advancing that and making that more available is something we cared about.

So we have [Montreal-based] Traces [which combines traditional, high-flying acrobatic forms with movement from the streets, such as breakdancing, skateboarding and even basketball, here June 24-28], but we also have [Compagnie] Barolosolo [two performances each June 14 and 15 on the Green] and Acrobuffos [five shows June 27-28 on the Green], which is sort of like opera and water-balloon fights,” she laughs. “So it should be a lot of fun.”

Of other programming she views as “inspirational,” Aleskie points to the Yale University Art Gallery’s current exhibition of photographs by Lee Friedlander and Milt Hinton, and the associated performance — titled “Block Ice & Propane” — by Friedlander’s son, the cellist Erik (6/14 at YUAG).

But Aleskie is especially enthusiastic about the U.S. premiere of The Events, Scottish playwright David Greig’s acclaimed, daring new play that poses the provocative question: How far will forgiveness stretch? Winner of the 2013 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, The Events confronts issues of community, tolerance and how to cope in the wake of a traumatic event — in this case a gun atrocity similar to Norwegian extremist Andres Breivik’s 2011 terrorist attacks that left 77 dead. The production (June 24-28 at the Yale Repertory Theatre) features local choirs and a soaring musical soundscape.

“We’re really honored to be hosting the U.S. premiere” of The Events, says Aleskie. “The story focuses on a reverend who survives an atrocity where her choir was wiped out by a xenophobic gun nut. But it’s not about that tragedy; is about what [communities] do in the wake of the tragedy.”

Directed by Ramin Gray, with music direction

by John Browne, The Events features no fewer than seven Connecticut-based choirs, from the New Haven Chorale to the West Hartford Women’s Chorale. Although based on an event in Norway, The Events makes its American debut just 18 months following the December 14, 2012 Newtown massacre that left 27 dead. As such, Arts & Ideas will host open discussions following each of the six performances for audience members, who may or may not have been touched by gun violence, to share their thoughts and feelings.

“For us, it’s a way we can transfer some empathy that might be inspired by the play into our own community,” Aleskie says.

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Assisted living was not something Yale cardiologist Henry Cabin ever thought he would have to think about for his mother.

Even into her late 80s, Cabin’s mother, a retired New York City schoolteacher, continued to maintain a robust social life. She attended concerts, frequented the movies and often went out to dinner with friends.

But at 95, with many of her friends since passing away and her body finally starting to slow down,

Cabin says his mother was no longer the social butterfly she once was.

of the home aides and unless you happen to get a gem it’s really hard to find a personality match.”

“She wasn’t getting out of bed,” Cabin recounts.

“She was in major back pain. It was 4 p.m. and she was still in bed. There were dirty dishes in the sink. It just wasn’t like her.”

Finally making the decision to look into assisted living wasn’t an easy one, Cabin says, but it was ultimately just what the doctor ordered.

“The reality is, even when you use agencies for home aides, you can’t go there every day and check on them. It’s a fantasy that from a distance you can turn your parents over to a stranger,” he says.

Because his mother still lived in her longtime home on Long Island, and both he and his brother lived in Connecticut, they were not able to check in as often as they might have liked.

Cabin says while he and his brother decided to arrange for home care in order to keep their mother in her longtime home, the experiment was short-lived.

However, Coachman Square was unlike anything he had before seen.

“My mother doesn’t like people hanging around,” Cabin explains. “She reads the New York Times every day and does her crossword puzzles and she didn’t want anyone hovering over her. She would just send them home. You go through so many

“I’ve been into nursing homes to visit people — my patients even — and it can be really depressing,” Cabin says. “But everyone is really upbeat here.

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Justin Grady, regional director for Benchmark Senior Living, the largest provider of senior living communities in New England with locations from Connecticut to Maine, says making the decision to transition a loved one from his or her longtime home into an assistedliving community can be tough — not just on the resident but on the adult child.

“It’s a unique business in that the buyer is not the end user,” says Grady. “Often those needs and wants don’t align and for us, it’s about building the relationship with the adult child and the resident.”

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“There is a level of guilt in that, ‘We want to keep Mom in her home; this is where the memories are. How is Mom going to move out of her 15-room home into a tiny apartment?’” he says. “But assisted living allows the adult child to be the son or daughter again rather than the caregiver they have become.”

For Woodbridge resident Paul Rossi, moving his mother into Coachman Square was something he never thought he would have to face.

“We have always been extremely reluctant to [examine the option of] assisted living,” he says.

“Assisted living served a purpose, but not for us.”

While his mother remained physically and intellectually active, as the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia 2011 progressed steadily, her mental and physical stability eroded.

After losing her husband of 60 years in April 2013, Rossi says she went through a difficult period of transition, adding stress to her Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

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“The level of care in assisted living was just not something we could duplicate at home,” he says.

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Like Rossi, Benchmark Regional Director Justin Grady says assisted living can take the heavy weight off the shoulders of the adult child.

“It allows the child to be the son and daughter again rather than the caregiver and it allows Mom to be Mom again,” Grady explains.

Plus, he adds, assisted living can be like “a cruise ship stuck in port. It’s got all of the care and services you need, plus activities and a connectivity to residents,” he says.

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Due to an increase in the number of homecare providers to meet a growing demand and advances in medical and therapy treatments; many adults are able to age in place longer than ever before.

With the average age of admission increasing from 82 years of age to 88 over just ten years, according to Grady, there is a glaring change of assisted daily living, or ADL, needs daily.

In order to help meet these changing needs of an aging population, Grady says Benchmark reinvested $6 million back into the company in 2010 to reconfigure its staffing model.

“We now have a variable staffing model rather than a fixed model allowing to increase staff as needed or back off as needed as a resident ages in place,” he explains.

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“It’s kind of like a marriage, it’s never going to be a perfect fit but the biggest thing is recognizing that need to have that conversation and look at your options.”

For many, making the decision to move a parent out of a longtime place of residence is a challenge.

Milford resident Edward Faruolo, says moving his 91-year-old mother into Seacrest Retirement in West Haven happened suddenly and dramatically.

“You as the child are often not ready to make these decisions and you have to do your homework very quickly because few of us are ever really prepared for that,” he says. “I didn’t know who you should select for this type of thing. I mean, you just keep putting it off and putting it off until the day of reckoning comes.”

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“We know what ‘age in place’ means, and we provide just enough independence to stay safe and secure at home,” KeepMeHome principal Lewis Bower says.

In an effort to help Connecticut’s nursing home industry diversify its services to meet the changing needs of an aging population, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has earmarked $9 million in funds for a nursing home rebalancing project.

A part of the state’s initiative to keep people in their homes longer, the funding supports the state’s Strategic Plan to Rebalance LongTerm Services and Supports.

Through a competitive procurement process, New Haven’s Mary Wade Home received more than $2 million to help develop services for people so they may live safely in the community rather than an institution.

With plans to develop a homemaker companion agency to increase the supply of direct-care workers in New Haven, expand personcentered educational opportunities and establish community navigators to assist people with connecting to local community supports, Mary Wade has established the Mary Wade Community Home Care Program.

“This grant is so integral to the aging community,” explains Joy DeMarchis, Mary Wade’s director of development. “We will be able to connect people to local communities

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Establishing a ‘community navigator’ position, according to DeMarchis, will help to support many elderly residents who are in need of services and do not know where to turn for help.

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Heavy Metal Renaissance The return of a West Haven smithy — 80 years later

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his is a story of inspiration, miracles, mystery and a community’s reverence for its past. It tells of the power of the volunteer spirit when it goes to work for the good of the community.

Have you ever watched a blacksmith at work? There is something hypnotic about the rhythmic arc and swing of the heavy hammer, the percussive sound it makes as it strikes the glowing iron, and the sparks that fly from the mouth of the coal-fired forge. These days, fewer and fewer of us have had the pleasure, but in 1900, the smithy, or blacksmith shop, was a popular gathering place both for children and adults. Is all of this gone for good?

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One local community is out to change all that: West Haven is so proud of its history that it has rebuilt the city’s last working smithy shop, and returned it to life in a new home, right in the center of town.

West Haven happens to be one of New England’s oldest communities. The town originally was a Puritan farming settlement; it then became a shipbuilding center, and later it supplied skilled hands to work in the bustling factories of neighboring New Haven.

In addition, it served for two centuries as home of the popular seaside resort known as Savin Rock.

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During the early years of the nation, most of the villagers relied on local blacksmiths to fulfill their needs for tools and hardware. Many of them went to the smithy of a German immigrant named Charles Hamm, which was located in West Haven’s Allingtown section.

But what is a blacksmith, anyway? These days, the term “blacksmith” is often mistakenly used to describe a farrier, or one who shoes horses. The “black” in blacksmith refers to the black iron with which the smithy works; “smith” comes from the Old English word “smite,” which means “to strike.” Thus a blacksmith is someone who works at striking and shaping black iron.

And just what do they make? In the 19th century, blacksmiths were relied upon to fabricate nails, tools, iron fences, hinges, carriage hardware and a multitude of iron parts and pieces that were vital to life in growing communities.

In 1869, 19-year-old Charles Hamm left his native Germany and fulfilled his dream of emigrating to the United States. He arrived in New York City, lonely and scared, without a friend and without a job. Luckily, someone told him that nearby New Haven had many carriage-making factories, and that it was easy to find work there. Before that day was over, Hamm had arrived in New Haven, found a job, and elected to live a couple of miles away in West Haven. Ultimately, he would take a wife, raise a family and establish a smithy of his own, near the outskirts of the town. That smithy would remain in operation into the 1930s. Charles Hamm passed away in 1940, and his blacksmithing tools were put away and kept in storage by his descendants until recently.

Finally, longtime West Haven residents and Charles Hamm descendents the Francis Meyer family decided that it was time for Hamm’s blacksmithing tools to be given a good home, so that others could fully appreciate a blacksmith’s work and life.

In 2010 they chose the Ward-Heitmann House Museum, since it is the oldest surviving structure in West Haven, dating to 1725, and listed on the National Registry of Historical Places. A deal was struck with Ward-Heitmann House Museum Foundation that the tools would be donated to them, if a proper “home” could be built to house them. This was appropriate, because it is a core mission of the WardHietmann House Foundation to teach local history by visible demonstration.

Soon, the Ward-Heitmann smithy had received its first donation of Hamm’s tools. The smithy would be the only working, public blacksmith shop for many miles around.

Next, the project was set in motion — and that’s when the magic began — and it began with Ward-Heitmann’s vice president, a carpenter named Mike Weber.

One day Weber, who was supervising much of the smithy’s construction, stopped by the nearby Dunkin Donuts. Over coffee, he mentioned the Ward-Heitmann House and the project to some local tradesmen who were there. “We’re building a smithy — you know, a blacksmith shop,” he told them. And with that, the tradesmen followed him to the work site a few doors away, to have a look for themselves. From that chance encounter came the first group of volunteers.

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But they wouldn’t be the last. Another day, a Russian immigrant walked up the driveway of the Ward-Heitmann House, looking for work. He was informed that there was work, but only on a volunteer basis. He decided to stay, and worked for three days applying the sheathing and roof decking to the new smithy.

Little by little, word began to get around the community that a smithy was being built, much to the interest of many West Haveners. Because burning sparks fly and fall, a smithy must have a brick floor. To supply it, interested volunteers

turned out to scavenge scores of bricks from a nearby factory that was being demolished, as well as some leftovers from West Haven’s former city hall that had been razed 40 years earlier. In all, more than 2,500 bricks were collected and cleaned. Afterwards, a group of West Haven High School students — with no experience at all — arrived, prepared the ground, and used those bricks to give the smithy a proper floor.

By now a growing number of townspeople had become aware of this project through newspaper coverage and word-of-mouth, and they became inspired. This inspiration brought an influx of new talent in the form of carpenters, masons, metal fabricators and the like. They seemed to appear from out of nowhere, sometimes at just the right moments.

One local mason, Jack Pickering, jumped at the chance to help: When he was asked to lay the

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brickwork for the forge itself, he readily agreed. Soon the smithy had its centerpiece — another job beautifully done.

A project like this requires significant funding, and donations seemed to come spontaneously, and at just the right times. For example, the beating heart of a smithy is its bellows, which raise the temperature of the fire up to the level necessary for working the metal. However, with the end of the smithy project now in sight, and a group of 500 student visitors about to arrive in just days, the smithy still had no bellows.

Mike Weber was becoming desperate. He had found a motorized bellows in Massachusetts, but the owner wanted $500 for it. The problem was brought to the founders of the Ward Heitmann House. As soon as Mike finished explaining the problem, one of the earliest board members spoke up immediately, “I will underwrite that

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expense.” Now they would have their bellows, and just in the nick of time.

The smithy continued to take shape, much to the great pleasure of the Meyer family. In response they donated more and more of Hamm’s tools and memorabilia to the cause. Next, Bailey Middle School woodworking students constructed and donated the workbenches that would be needed for an effective, working smithy.

Local and state dignitaries were on hand as the ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on June 15, 2012. A pot-luck supper was given in honor of those who had given so freely of their time, that the community might benefit.

Finally, the smithy opened to the public, and those first 500 schoolchildren got to see the forge’s exhibition, right on schedule. To those kids, and to everyone who followed, entering the smithy has been like magically stepping backward into another century.

Mike Weber, “From the first day, our visitors have all had one thing in common: everybody leaves the smithy with a big smile on their face.” This includes the grade-school children who have forged nails and hooks from red-hot metal. It includes West Haven High School metals manufacturing students who are learning metal forging as part of their course of study for entry into the world of industry. And it also includes the Boy Scouts from a local troop, who are pursuing their metalworking merit badges by working at the forge with hammer and anvil.

Everyone enjoys it — the young and the old and the in-between — and all are thankful for the unforgettable experience of participating, one that none of them will ever forget.

And every visitor will leave with a smile on their face, always. For such is the way with the magic of the forge. 

So the smithy is done, and the magic continues; only now it has assumed a different form. Recalls

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In Morris Cove, a bridge to the past

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or many of us, our houses follow the patterns of our lives. Typically this means getting a “real” place to live when we partner off, create space for children, adapt to empty-nesting, divorce or bringing the office home.

For Chuck and Marcella Mascola, their 1989 wedding was the first page of a quarter-century adventure. Chuck’s marketing firm, the Mascola Group, had established itself as a major player in the field, and his success and the basic instinct to create a nest meant desire found resources and only needed a venue to realize a home. Cruising along the shoreline, there was one property the Mascolas loved: a small beach house on Cove

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Street in New Haven’s Morris Cove with some extra land to the side.

Researching the property, the couple found that the house was likely built around the turn of the century as a summer cottage. Old maps unearthed by the Mascolas show that the land to the east of the original cottage had once been the site of a small wharf, but was subsequently filled in.

Screwing up their courage, in January 1994 Chuck and Marcella approached the owner and asked if they could purchase the home and the adjoining lot. Timing being everything, the owner was disposed to sell, and even helped by acceding to terms that allowed a young couple to acquire waterfront property.

Chuck Mascola is a Morris Cove native, and the prospect of coming home to create a home for a full family’s future was a dream come true — a dream they subsequently dubbed “SeaSide.”

With nest in hand, the couple filled their home and lives with twin daughters, Gianna and Lea, in 1998. That’s when the need for more room was made manifest.

Fortunately, the extant wee cottage was set closer to the water than the road, leaving space on the lot to build a substantial addition, which took place in 1999. The final home was built out to 2,500 square feet with addition of a living room, two bedrooms and a playroom.

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the shore have evolved from nonexistent to imposing many layers of local, state and federal regulations on anyone daring to try to build anything. So the new space had to meet 1999 standards for structure and elevation above sea level. This meant the new streetside half of the house is built about 30 inches higher that the existing cottage floor levels.

Luckily for them, the couple worked with a highly responsive builder — Vacolla Home Builders of Stratford — to create a new lower level living space focused on a “beehive” fieldstone fireplace, and the twins’ bedrooms, playroom and bath on the second floor. The open first floor and the cathedral ceilings on the second overcame any sense of tightness, and water views were captured.

The original, older cottage had had enough midcentury remodeling to feel a bit “contemporary” despite its venerable bones, and the Mascolas’ addition presents a more traditional face to the street: Trim, porch and windowscaping appear faithful to Morris Cove’s 19th-century heritage.

Living/dining area: The original stair remains(at left), grandfathered into code compliance, while a new streetfacing family room (right) must be set at the elevated code-compliant height.

Babies were thus given beds, and the couple remodeled the main floor waterside of the home in 2002. A muddled existing waterside first floor was cleaned out, creating sweeping views of the harbor by moving a bathroom, while the tiny Continued on page 40

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Built in 1922, the Tomlinson Bridge across New Haven Harbor had its drawbridge operators find shelter under a Beaux Arts bonnet of copper — salvaged a decade after the bridge’s deomiltion and restored and reinvented as a poolhouse roof by a family in Morris Cove.

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Woodbridge - Unusual private setting on almost 3 acres, vintage brick custom built home in neighborhood of million dollar homes, oak hardwood floors, 2 fire places, 3 plus bedrooms, 3.1 baths, 2 car garage, stone walls and patios, new roof, new windows, new furnace. 629,900. Gena x 203

East Haven - 1835 Greek revival home completely rebuilt in 2010, all systems, wiring, windows, insulation, roof, from top to bottom. 3 beds, 1.1 baths, over 2600 sq ft, garage/barn with loft, columned court yard accessible from kitchen, 16x37 family space and den, a designers home, truly one of a kind! Priced to sell.

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North Haven- Colonial, 4 bedrooms, 2 full bath, nice floor plan with large rooms, eat in kitchen, 2 fire places, hardwood floors, big level yard, 2 car detached garage on a half acre. In between both Quinnipiac campuses. 273,156. Gena x 203

North Branford - Newly renovated 3 bedroom Cape with 2 full baths, new kitchen with granite counters, fire place and appliances, partial finished basement with additional 230 sq ft, brand new over sized two car garage with additional 270 sq ft above garage.

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New Haven- Rare 1 family Colonial on Wooster Square, Fantastic views of park, Interior completely gutted and remodeled, open floor plan, wide plank floors, French country kitchen with exposed beams, first floor bedroom with full bath, 2nd fl master suite with full bath and laundry, total 4/5 beds with 3 full baths, fantastic yard with grape arbor and so much more... Priced to sell. 599,900. Gena x 203

New Haven- Morris Cove, Charming Arts and Crafts style home by the Sea Wall, beautiful wood floors throughout, detailed windows including stained glass in the living room and dining room, field stone fire place in family room, french doors off dining room to deck, custom kitchen, great second floor landing, central air. 211,000. Jeff x 210

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New Haven- Westville, Stately Tudor duplex on almost 1/2 acre across from Yale Bowl. Owners unit has master bath, lovely details include fire place, leaded glass windows, china cupboards in the dining rooms, hardwood floors, natural woodwork, slate roof, updated electrical and furnaces. 439,900. Jeff x 210

Hamden - 4 bedroom Colonial, hardwood floors through out, living room with fire place, dining room, first floor den or 4th bedroom, large eat in kitchen, lower level finished with ceramic tile, 2 full baths, large master bedroom with great closet space, fenced in yard with deck. Priced to sell, 189,900. Gena x 203

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Hamden - 1926 George H. Grey home, later to be Paier school of Art, a stone Tudor with magnificent roof lines has been restored and updated with high end luxury amenities is a mini estate with in ground pool at the end of a cul-de-sac with in the Yale Prospect Hill area. Over 9,000 sq ft with 7 bedrooms and 10 baths, exposed beam ceiling conservatory, library and so much more.... 2,100,000. Gena x 203

New Haven- Turnbridge Crossing, 1 bedroom Ranch unit in small complex with central air, overlooking Quinnipiac River in the Historic District of Fair Haven Heights, off street parking, minutes to 91/95, Yale and down town. Alternative to renting. Price to sell.

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Milford - Wonderful spacious 2 family home just one block from the water, Gorgeous updated apartments in move in condition. 1st floor 1 bedroom unit featuring french doors, bright and open layout and hardwood floors, 2nd floor is 3 bedrooms, with deck, w/d and very open floor plan. Price reduced. 359,900. Katherine x 219

Branford - Beautiful wooded lot on 1.4 acres, approved building lot for single family home with 3 bedroom septic. Off Brushy Plains Road. 140,000.

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in 2008. The windows and siding match the addition’s traditional detailing, but the suite’s interior is remarkably open and fuses sleeping, sitting and bathroom space - with a low wall allowing for in-bathroom viewing of the sleeping space’s TV and fireplace.

The structure was bared, with insulation applied over it. Interior detailing is as modern as the skin is traditional — its hybrid sensibility a perfect reflection of the casual embrace of the sea Morris Cove embodies.

This near two-decade-long home-creation story reflects the devotion of a focused family to provide a lifelong safe harbor by the sea. But it’s the final element of this ensemble that magically transforms the entire site with one completely unexpected gesture.

The living room area is surrounded by light maintaining a cottage but spacious feel.

kitchen was expanded and reoriented to face the water.

agreeably enhanced by the installation of an inground pool.

A large deck, with cedar log-supported pergola and stone patio, followed. This extended the usable space for summertime socializing,

Fulfilling the master plan, the final not-yetrenovated space — the harbor-facing master bedroom — was completely gutted and rehabbed

The starting point is the fact that this is a two-lot property. All the work the Mascolas undertook had maintained the integrity of the second, side lot that had been the site of the now-long-gone wharf. But that side of the house remained inconvenience for boat access until hurricanes Sandy and Irene pumped seawater into the original home’s basement.

Like so many other coastal homeowners, these extreme weather events caused the Mascolas to reconsider their site. So they undertook the filling of the property, raising the ground level

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Summer living under the trellis on the terrace, showing how an artifact of New Haven history is appreciated every day by the Mascolas.

The full complex: new pool and pool house (left),original cottage reborn (center right) with new terrace, pergola and beach view, and the 1999 addition behind the original home, facing the street that transformed a seasonal home into a house for a growing family.

and installing the in-ground pool with granite patio.

Dramatic panoramas of Morris Cove are captured by the extended deck and enjoyed by Lila.

Here is where serendipity transforms a place: every weekday, Chuck Mascola drove into New Haven across the old Tomlinson Bridge, as he had since childhood.

It was an old-school doubleleaf bascule bridge with hinged drawbridges. After many collisions with barges that rendered the drawbridge inoperable, the bridge was completely replaced in 2003 by a vertical lift bridge.

Built in 1922, at a time of Beaux Arts expressionism in civic design, the Tomlinson Bridge had the ornate detailing and materials that reflected the pride of its city — including exquisite gatehouses for the harborwatching bridge-raisers. Belvedereish copper-roofed pavilions sat atop the bridges pivotal pier supports.

These fascinated Mascola.

As he witnessed the demolition of the ancient bridge, Mascola’s imagination was captured by these romantic follies. So a year after they disappeared, he decided to track them down. In a series of coincidences he found that Clinton antiques dealer Jeffrey Bradley had custody of one of the pavilions. But Bradley had a buyer for the piece — in California, no less. But Mascola outbid him, and the rest is history.

The entire roof structure was intact, and the perfectly patina’d copper roof was in good shape, having been safely warehoused. Given that the open side of the site was being raised to pre-empt flooding, the time to act was at hand — so the

Mascolas set about to reinvent the bridge-raiser’s shed as the “little house,” as the family calls it. A fully new foundation and walls were erected to support the relic, and a 60-foot boardwalk now connects the “little house” to the patio.

The waterside folly has many real uses, and maintains the side lot’s independent status. It directly addresses the pool, and a toilet and sink are under the copper bonnet, but a shower is deliciously exposed to view, and is used daily by Chuck Mascola. Fold-out couches allow visitors to find romantic accommodation, and a future woodstove promises extended seasonal utility.

A place was made for history at the Mascolas’ “SeaSide,” and it reincarnates the salvaged object’s connection to the sea. Whimsy can infuse domestic life when it’s planned for — even serendipitously.

When they preserved the integrity of their added lot, when they realized they had to protect against potential hurricane damage by raising its grade, there was no master-planned pavilion perch. But design should embrace inspiration, whether historic or spontaneous or both.

Of course, inspiration can go two ways: Objects can inspire design, but design can inspire our lives, as well. Marcella Mascola, who retired from the Madison Avenue advertising industry, has recently launched Mascola Design to assist other homeowners with their home interior design needs. v

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Everybody’s doing it: According to some watersports experts, paddleboarding may soon eclipse kayaking in popularity in the Northeast.

DIRECTORS oF the BOARD At once vigorous and calming, paddleboarding soars in popularity in Connecticut and beyond

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omewhere along the shores of Long Island Sound in Guilford you will find Gail Kotowski, gliding through the water with passion and a paddle in tow. The average observer would assume she’s leisurely passing the time, though Kotowski probably has other plans in mind.

A seasoned paddleboarder, traveling (paddling) race-winner, fiber artist and lawyer in private practice, Kotowski falls nothing short of impressive. Oh, yeah — and she’s in her 60s.

We’d like to know how she pulls it off.

“[Paddleboarding] is a sport you can take at any level you want,” says Kotowski, who has been paddling for about three years, and before that had an extensive background in surfing.

She explains the activity, commonly referred to as SUP (stand-up paddling), strongly involves core muscle control, and of course balance.

What makes paddleboarding distinctive from other water sports is the experience of both a challenging workout and peaceful relaxation. It feels as though your body is vigorously at work, but your mind is clear and as open as the water. It gives the

sensation of feeling as light as a feather, smoothly gliding over a silky surface. It is all about the scene.

Visualize yourself standing on a long platform (realistically, a wider, more stable and flat windsurfer-like board), with your feet on each side of the board’s center point about shoulderwidth apart, facing the nose of the board.

SUP is comparable to kayaking when it comes to the motion of propelling yourself forward with the help of arm strength and an oar or paddle, but not as strenuous. It’s surprisingly simple, actually, and the view is unbeatable. As

you use only one paddle to propel the board forward, you easily set yourself in motion by switching which side of the board your paddle is on as you grip it with one hand over the other.

“You don’t really realize how much you’re working out when you’re doing it,” says Kotowski. “You’ve got the sun and the water.”

Paddlers have noticed the sport drastically growing in popularity over the last few years, particularly on the East Coast. Though most practitioners — men, women, children and seniors

alike — paddle for leisure, racing has become an increasingly popular phenomenon.

“It’s amazing how over the last four or five years that racing market has just blown up,” says Kim Beaumont, owner of Downunder Kayaking, kayak, SUP and surf shops with locations in Westport and Rowayton. “We get hundreds of paddlers.”

Beaumont says competitors have come from Hawaii, Canada, New Zealand and Puerto Rico, even though racers remain a relatively small piece of market.

Beaumont says that kayaking and paddleboarding are almost “neck to neck” in popularity, recently she notices more paddleboarders than kayakers, explaining that just a few years ago there were few people racing in the state, but now they are “all over the country.”

Downunder’s Beaumont explains that by practicing often, paddleboarders are able to develop more natural form and muscle memory, which helps them paddle more efficiently.

“It is just a matter of propelling yourself,” says Beaumont. “The key is the minute you come up to the standing position, you start paddling.”

As Kotowski puts it, “The water is always changing.”

Your body is actually most stable when it is moving, and being in the center of the board is important.

Turning does require a bit more control. Beginners will cover more ground not by rushing, but by reaching farther out into the water with the paddle.

On the other end of the SUP enthusiast spectrum, we have 23-year-old Nick Kostallas.

Depending on the type of board, which can be for leisure, racing, yoga or even riding waves, a person can decide on more stability, speed or movement manipulation. The types of boards differ in volume, width and length, but most average about 12 feet in length.

“Each year I see more and more people at every race I go to,” says Kostallas.

Kostallas recommends new paddlers go for a bigger, wider board to ease balance.

His thing? Competing in various SUPing races and taking the board out for the occasional surf or fishing trip, when he’s not busy paddling with “dolphins, sea turtles and even sharks,” that is. He has been SUPing for about five years and surfing since he was five.

Downunder Kayaking, among other local shops throughout the Nutmeg State, offers rentals, classes and tours for paddlers of all levels.

“If you’re looking to get a tone, a six pack, arms, legs and back [muscles],” says Kostallas, “paddleboading is definitely for you.”

Kotowski’s secret? It lies simply in keeping up with training core muscles and balance. She recommends utilizing a stability ball, or trying some exercises that involve closing your eyes to get a feel for your body movements.

He explains the sport uses almost every body muscle, “from your feet to your fingertips.”

No matter what the athletic level may be, aspiring paddlers can take lessons if they want to “test the waters.” Everyone’s experience will be different, but the “catch” is never to look down, focus solely on what lies ahead — and literally go with the flow.

Getting a feel for the sport requires little more than a willingness to get wet — and the desire to have fun.

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WOR DS of MO U T H The ACES Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) Vocal Ensemble, performed ‘Just the Way You Are’ by Bruno Mars at the ribbon cutting for the newly reopened Little Theater.

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Ruth Built.” The most popular “moving picture” of the year was the swashbuckler The Sea Hawk. It was just that — a moving picture — as it did not have a soundtrack. That technology was still three years into the future, with the release of The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson.

Ninety years ago, the Little Theatre (as it came to be known) was constructed as part of the “little theater movement,” a national trend emphasizing smaller community spaces for live performance in contrast to glitzy performance palaces hosting spectacles of drama, cinema, dance and music.

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Throughout its long life the Little Theatre served as a venue for live theatrical and music performances as well as a beloved art-film cinematheque. On June 6, the space was formally reopened to the public

by Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), which acquired the theater in 1986.

ACES performed what renovations

The facade of the Little Theatre, newly renovated by the New Haven architectural firm of Svigals + Partners.

it could for use as an educational space, but that mission was constrained both by dearth of physical space and out-of-date technology. So in 2010, fueled by a state construction grant, ACES engaged Elm City architects Svigals + Partners to undertake a comprehensive renovation that eventually would cost about $9 million.

“The renovation needed to serve multiple goals at once, in a very small space,” explained ACES Executive Director Craig W. Edmondson. “The theater required additional support spaces and modern infrastructure, and had to function more appropriately for the

school.”

Thus the newly restored venue will serve two functions: as a “cuttingedge” theater venue, as well as a performing-arts teaching facility.

The renovation was captained by Julia McFadden, AIA, associate principal with Svigals + Partners.

“The renovation needed to serve multiple goals at once, in a very small space,” she explains. “The theater required additional support spaces and modern infrastructure, and had to function more appropriately for the school.

“It was also crucial to preserve as much as possible of the theater’s historic legacy,” she adds. “Though

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the structure was not architecturally significant, its importance to New Haven and the city’s arts community required that the renovation include preservation as a guideline.”

position the floor is the appropriate height for mounting modular audience seating for performances.

When school is in session the floor is moved to the “up” position level with the stage, creating a large uninterrupted space to accommodate acting, dance and movement-based activities.

Construction included razing an older addition in order to build a new one, adding 2,000 square feet to the theater’s original 9,000-squarefoot footprint. The existing foundation walls were replaced, although the renovation plan retained the 16-inch-thick steelreinforced concrete walls and the steel truss roof with timber decking.

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In the theater’s interior, history takes a back seat to contemporary design and the latest theater craft.

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reservation of “important” architecture may embody sustainability and common sense — but it also takes courage. Our culture is defined by acts of creativity and innovation that sometimes fly in the face of conventional wisdom. It’s always easier to wait for others to take the risk, but when it comes to sparing something that can never be replace, hesitation may be the greatest risk of all.

In New Haven, architectural legacies are sustained on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood, block-byblock and even building-by-building basis by those who care enough to act — and dare enough not to hesitate.

Slated for demolition in 2008, PMC Property Group stepped in and salvaged the factory facades built between 1875 and 1910 now called 38 Crown Street in New Haven’s Ninth Square, completing the revitalization of the Elm City’s original nine blocks begun in the 1980s. Photo Courtesy of PMC Property Group, Inc.

The New Haven Preservation Trust was founded in 1961 at the height of the bold exercise in cityplanning hubris known as “urban renewal.” “Make No Small Plans” was the mantra of Daniel Burnham, a 19th-century urban designer whose attitude inspired Robert Moses in New York and others to equate “old” with “bad.” In 1950s New Haven Mayor Richard C. Lee embraced the “urban renewal” mantra and ran with it — creatively leveraging far more federal dollars per capita than any other city in America to effect a fundamental transformation of the city center.

With each new project, old buildings were demolished. Stately homes, hotels and commercial buildings all fell, but New Haven Preservation Trust (NHPT) rose to the defense of the Ives Free Public Library, the New Haven Post Office and Federal Building, New Haven City Hall, the John Davies Mansion, Union Station and multiple private residences and commercial buildings throughout the city. Part of this heroic effort assumed the form of an awards program that highlighted positive examples of preservation. Over 200 various awards were given between 1969 and 2009. Since then, however, the NHPT has not bestowed any awards over the last five years.

When I joined the board of the NHPT three years ago, the awards program was not on the organization’s current agenda. But NHPT

Yale’s ‘A&A’ (Art & Architecture) building was restored by the university and reincarnated as Rudolph Hall, resurrecting the variety of interior spaces that had been completely subdivided for decades until the building underwent comprehensive restoration, facilitated by adding new space in 2008. Photo: Courtesy Yale.

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Preservation Services Officer John Herzan and architect Robert Grzywacz, chair of the Preservation Committee, thought a renewed awards program made sense. They asked me and architectural historian Chris Wigren, deputy director of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, to create a next generation of awards to dovetail with Historic Preservation Month, which is May. This reborn awards program was entitled “Exemplary Acts of Leadership In Preservation: Celebrating the Determination of Those Who Preserve New Haven’s Architecture and Neighborhoods.”

The three projects were a 1828 home in the upby-its-bootstraps Fair Haven neighborhood, an adaptive reuse of abandoned factory buildings into apartments that was the last un-renovated piece of the Ninth Square revitalization and Yale’s Rudolph Hall (formerly known as the A+A Building) which capstones Yale’s intense effort to preserve its extraordinary gallery of Modernist Masterpiece buildings.

Leadership in preservation can assume many forms — but it’s nearly always the product of those who become heroes by acting boldly on a belief in the greater good of their efforts. Whether it’s a family that loves its home and believes in its neighborhood, developers who discern value in abandoned buildings, or institutions that look beyond the bottom line to place aesthetics over expediency, courage is required when conventional wisdom militates against bold action.

The 2014 winners are:

Justin Kimberly House The 2014 Preservation Award is “for houses as outstanding representatives of their period. They exhibit much of their original character and condition by virtue of continued appropriate maintenance or sensitive rehabilitation.” It goes to the 2011 restoration of the exterior of the c. 1828 Justin Kimberly House at 624 Quinnipiac Avenue in Fair Haven on the banks of the Quinnipiac River. The owners are Sean Hundtofte and Bridget Suma.

Fair Haven has experienced generations of sweeping change — from boom to bust and back again. Every economic and social transition New England has endured has been encapsulated within this historic fishing village subsumed in a small city. For good and for ill, economic self-interest whipsaws communities.

But the personal dedication of individual families has long-term benefits that go far beyond any mere resale value alone.

Families like the Suma/Hundtoftes save our history, and offer it up for the common enrichment. As this little home becomes whole, room-by-room, floor over floor, garden-by-garden, the fertilization is not limited to its own property boundaries. Faith in the future is contagious, and it can cure the fear of the unknown and preserve our heritage, place by place.

Recounts Bridget Suma: “We moved to New Haven for what we thought would be a somewhat temporary five to six years and bought the house partially as an investment. However, because of our adventure and emotional connection with this house

— we were married in the backyard on the river!

— our neighbors and the river we will try to make New Haven our home for as long as possible.”

38 Crown Street The NHPT Merit Plaque is to be awarded to “historic buildings that have been authentically restored, or sensitively rehabilitated for adaptive use.” It goes to the last unrenovated building in New Haven’s Ninth Square development district, a privately developed apartment renovation at 38 Crown Street, combining three former factory structures built between 1875 to 1910. PMC Property Group finished the complete preservation/adaptive use project in 2011.

Beyond the preservation of classic factory facades this award recognizes the economic courage it takes to risk in a poor economy. In 2010 at the bottom of the present recession these last few buildings in Ninth Square were in various states of extreme distress, to the point of near-collapse, but a developer was willing to take a risk in a risk-averse environment, and those last threatened parts of the district were brought back from the brink of demolition to become tax-paying, business-housing resources that completed a threatened part of the neighborhood that had managed to defy the odds in the two decades since its original revitalization. 38 Crown Street, as the final product is now called, is a 65-apartment resurrection of near-death structures and was cited by the NHPT as a role model of corporate courage and belief in the value of historic Continued on page 55

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Logan Medland’s Fingers and Toes is a backstage musical set in 1939, about tap dancer Dustin (Toes) MacGrath, and pianist Tristan (Fingers) St. Claire who have managed to talk a major Broadway producer into coming to see their show in two weeks: a boy-meets-girl tap-dance spectacular. But there’s a problem or two: they haven’t written it yet, they don’t have a girl, and they know next to nothing about love. 7:30 p.m. Wed.Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Wed. & Sun. June 4-22 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $42 ($37 seniors, $20 students, $15 12 & under). 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.com.

Crabgrass Puppet Theatre presents The Pirate, the Princess and the Pea. 11 a.m. Fri. July 11 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $12. 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.com.

Charlotte’s Web is the magical tale of what it means to be a good writer and a good friend featuring the much-loved characters created by E.B. White. 1 p.m. July 29 at Katherine Hepburn Theater, Main St., Old Saybrook. $20 ($12 children 12 and under) 860-510-0473, katharinehepburntheater.org.

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The Underpants a wild satire adapted from the classic German play about Louise and Theo Markes, a couple whose conservative existence is shattered when Louise’s bloomers fall down in public. Though she pulls them up quickly, Theo thinks the incident will cost him his job as a government clerk.

Louise’s momentary display does not result in the feared scandal but it does attract two infatuated men, each of whom wants to rent the spare room in the Markes’ home. Adapted by Steve Martin. 8 p.m. Fri. -Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. June 7-21 at Phoenix Stage Company, 686 Rubber Ave., Naugatuck. $22 ($18 seniors).

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Endurance is a funny, physical and moving exploration of how the human spirit can conquer any obstacle with wit,

humor and invention. Trapped in Antarctica with no hope of rescue, the great British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton kept 27 men alive for two years in the most inhospitable climate on earth. Ninety-five years later, in the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression, Hartford insurance man Walter Spivey, struggling to justify his recent promotion and save his employees’ jobs, relives Shackleton’s story. Can one of the greatest leaders in human history inspire him to endure and surmount the sharpest challenges of the corporate world? 7 p.m. Tues., 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Wed., 8 p.m. Thurs & Sat., 3 & 8 p.m.

Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. June 17-29 at Stage II, Long Wharf Theatre, 22 Sargent Dr., New Haven, $55. 203-787-4282, splitknuckletheatre. org.

Waterbury’s Shakespeare Festival presents King Lear. 7:30 p.m.

June 26-28, 2 p.m. June 29 at Library Park, Meadow & Grand St., Waterbury. $15. 203-754-2531, shakesperienceproductions.org.

Fiddler on the Roof the classic story of the Russian milkman Tevye who sees his daughters fall in love in a time of extraordinary change and tells of their universal longings — love, wealth, freedom, God and home. Featuring songs such as “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and “Matchmaker.”

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All Shook Up, the play inspired by and featuring songs of Elvis Presley, takes place in a small town in 1955 where a guitarplaying roustabout comes to town and changes everything with his hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical talent. Featuring songs such as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Wed. & Sun. July 2-27 at Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton. $42 ($37 seniors, $20 students, $15 12 & under). 860-767-7318, ivorytonplayhouse.com.

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Sun. July 18-20 at Performing Arts Center, Mattatuck Museum, 144 W. Main St., Waterbury. $15. ($10 seniors) 203-753-0381, mattatuckmuseum.org.

Crimes of the Heart, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, takes place in the small Mississippi town of Hazlehurst and examines the lives of the quirky MaGrath sisters and their attempt to understand their mother’s suicide years earlier. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. July 19-August 2 at Phoenix Stage Co., 686 Rubber Ave., Naugatuck. $22 ($18 seniors). 203-632-8546, phoenixstagecompany.com.

Saybrook Stage Co. presents Neil Simon’s Rumors, a comedy about four couples celebrating the tenth wedding anniversary of one of their friends. 8 p.m. July 24-26, 3 p.m. July 27 at Katherine Hepburn Theater, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $20.

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Elm Shakespeare Co. presents its annual outdoor production of the Bard — 2014’s offering is Pericles. James Andreassi directs. 8 p.m. August 14-31 Edgerton Park, 75 Cliff St., New Haven. Free. 203-874 0801, elmshakespeare.org.

Continuing Damn Yankees: The Red Sox Version. Just in time for baseball season comes the muscular musical comedy about a Red Sox super-fan who is transformed into a star slugger after he makes a deal with the devil — and his sexy associate, Lola.

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MUSIC Classical Chestnut Hill Concerts presents its inaugural offering of the 2014 summer season, performed by the piano quintet of Jessica Lee and Jesse Mills, violin, violist Mark Holloway, Ronald Thomas, cello and pianist Rieko Aizawa. MOZART Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 379; SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67; BRAHMS Quintet in F minor, Op. 34. 8 p.m.

August 1 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $35-$30. 203-245-5736, chestnuthillconcerts.org.

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The lesson: always quit your day job. 9 p.m. June 18 at Bar, 254 Crown St., New Haven. Free. 203-495-8924. barnightclub.com.

singer Lizzie Long and 73-year-old banjoist extraordinaire Roy Lewis. 7:30 p.m. June 20 at the Ballroom at Outer Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $25-$20. 203-288-6400, theouterspace. net.

Steve Martin is something of a renaissance man: not only a legendary comedian and actor, but also serious art collector and musician. Martin, the banjo player, fronts the Steep Canyon Rangers which includes singer Edie Brickell for the pair’s first tour of bluesy, comedic bluegrass. 7:30 p.m. June 19 at the Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. $89.50-$29.50. 860987-6000, bushnell.org.

Jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves joins forces with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director William Boughton to make beautiful music under the stars on the first evening of summer. 7 p.m. June 21 on the New Haven Green. Free. 203-865-0831, newhavensymphony.org.

Ska legends The Toasters skank back into town for an intimate gig at the Nine, after playing a sold-out performance there last fall. 8:30 p.m. June 19 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $12 ($10 advance). 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

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Popular Ringo Starr needs no introduction. But he and his All Starr Band (which includes guitarist Todd Rundgren) are stopping for an evening in Wallingford where you’ll hear a bunch of hits from his solo career and… what was the name of that band he was in? 8 p.m. June 14 at Oakdale Theatre, 95 South Turnpike Rd., Wallingford. $89.75-$58. 203-265-1501, oakdale.com.Estonianby-way-of-London musician Maria Minerva was an art student

The edgy folk rock of Griffin House has been featured on programs like CBS Sunday Morning and should be up your alley if you like John Mellencamp or Josh Ritter. 8 p.m. June 20 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $25. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

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Canadian identical-twin duo Tegan and Sara have been indie rock darlings for the past decade and have even gained a share of mainstream acceptance, having even opened for the likes of Taylor Swift on tour. 7:45 p.m. June 22 at Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven. $35. 203-624-8623, toadsplace.com.

You can trust Texan Scott H. Biram to use his dusty hollow-body guitar to crank out a rusted, dirty, salty and whiskey-soaked combo of old-time blues, country and bluegrass roots music.

8 p.m. June 23 at Café Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $12 ($10 advance). 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

The Boondocks are a country rock party band from Fairfield County that covers all the modern hits of the genre; it performs as part of the Milford Chamber of Commerce’s Summer Nights

by Harbor Lights concert series. 7 p.m. June 27 at Fowler Field Rotary Pavilion, 1 Shipyard La., Milford. Free. 203-878-0681.

The 18-piece orchestral indie ensemble Mother Falcon hails from Austin and is as comfortable playing in rock clubs as much as it is scoring plays and films. They’ll likely need the whole stage. 8:30 p.m. June 28 at the Ballroom at Outer Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $14-$12. 203-288-6400, theouterspace.net.

Five in the Chamber is a new addition to New Haven’s emerging bluegrass scene, having formed in 2011. Its tight light performances combine original songs with traditional numbers.

10 p.m. June 28 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $6. 203789-8281, cafenine.com.

Original Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine will bring his California Transit Authority to the Palace for the Are You Dense? Music Fest, which raises money for breast cancer awareness and education. Other performers include the Vincent Ingala Band, Mid-Atlantic Title, the Royal Kings, and Mattatuck Fife & Drum Corps. 6:30 p.m. June 28 at Palace Theatre, 100 E. Main St., Waterbury. $35. 203-346-2000, palacetheatrect.com.

Power-punk-emo mainstays Say Anything are hitting the road again in support of new album Hebrews, which will be less than a month old by the time the band stops at the Toad. 7:30 p.m. July 1 at Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven. $22 ($18 advance). 203-624-8623, toadsplace.com.

One of the darkest and most punishing bands of the post-punk era, the Swans are known for its droning, noisy passages and intense live performances. Avant/weird-rockers Xiu Xiu open.

8:30 p.m. July 6 at Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven. $25.

203-624-8623. toadsplace.com.

Neo-new wave alternative band Neon Trees made a name for themselves opening for the likes of arena acts like the Killers.

The chart-toppers are headlining their own tours now, and will hit the Dome at the Oakdale in support of their new album. 8 p.m. July 10 at the Dome at Oakdale Theatre, 95 South Turnpike Rd., Wallingford. $32.50. 203-265-1501, oakdale.com.

Guided By Voices (and its leader Robert Pollard) have been legends of the lo-fi indie rock scene for 30 years and have released countless records. The group makes a rare stop in New Haven on its summer tour. 9 p.m. July 10 at Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven. 203-624-8623, toadsplace.com.

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Prog-rock legends Yes are on the road again, hitting Wallingford on their U.S. summer tour, still fronted by singer Jon Davison, who took over for original singer Jon Anderson in 2008. 8 p.m.

July 11 at Oakdale Theatre, 95 South Turnpike Rd., Wallingford. $79.75-$52.50. 203-265-1501, oakdale.com.

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Multi-instrumentalist and film score composer Andrew Bird crafts a unique brand of pop that incorporates elements of jazz, country, blues and folk music and has played thousands of shows, including Carnegie Hall. He stops in Connecticut to give a rare performance in Bridgeport. 8 p.m. July 11 at Klein Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. $40-$35. 203-2591036, theklein.org.

The Fifth Dimension are responsible for soulful hits of the 1960s and ‘70s that include “Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In” from the musical Hair, and “Up and Away.” The group will play an outdoor show as part of Hamden’s Summer Concert Series. 7:30 p.m.

July 11 at Town Center Park at Meadowbrook, 2761 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. Free. 203-287-2546, hamdenartscommission.org/concerts.html.

Steve D’Agostino’s smooth swing style is perfect for performing songs from the Great American Songbook under the stars for a free summer concert. 7 p.m. July 11 at Fowler Field Rotary Pavilion, 1 Shipyard La., Milford. Free.

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Soprano Marie Masters is one of the emerging international opera singers who will perform a June 27 gala concert, Richard Strauss: A 20th Century Operatic Titan, at Fairfield University’s Quick Center. Masters’ recent credits include Ännchen in Der Freischütz and Pisana in I Due Foscari with Eve Queler and the Opera Orchestra of New York, as well as soprano soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Cleveland Orchestra.

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ith the sounds of arias and bel cantos filling the air, Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts has partnered with Opera Singers Initiative (OSI) for a two-week opera-intensive institute this June. The culmination of that collaboration, known as the OSI Vocal Institute, is a gala Quick Center concert: Richard Strauss: A 20th Century Operatic Titan.

The performance features operatic excerpts by Strauss (1864-1949) and by earlier composers who greatly influenced him, in celebration of his 150th birth anniversary.

Designed for emerging national and international professional opera and classical singers, the OSI Vocal Institute provides vocal training and coaching from master teachers, instructors, directors, and world-renowned master class presenters.

“Having the Quick Center and Fairfield University working together with Opera Singers Initiative is significant on many levels,” says Quick Center Director Gary Wood. “Given the passion for opera in our region, demonstrated by the interest and attendance for our ‘The MET: Live in HD’ opera broadcasts, the OSI Vocal Institute grows the Quick Center’s affiliation to the art form, particularly in a vibrant, handson and personal way.”

7:30 p.m. (reception 7 p.m.) June 27 at Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield. $45 ($60/couple). 203-2544010, quickcenter.com.

King Buzzo is best-known as the wild-haired lead singer and guitarist of the Melvins. He brings his own high-density sludge metal to the Outer Space on his solo tour this summer.

9 p.m. July 12 at the Ballroom at Outer Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $15. 203-288-6400, theouterspace.net.

So long as the Rolling Stones aren’t currently playing massive stadium gigs, tribute band Satisfaction will hopefully keep you, um, satisfied in the meantime. 7 p.m. July 13 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $38-$35. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Brooklyn’s über-hip DIIV (pronounced “dive”) are equal parts driving post-punk and dreamy shoegaze, with a singer who notably resembles a baby-ish Kurt Cobain. Somehow it all works. The band plays an all-ages show in Hamden. 8 p.m. July 13 at the Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $15. 203-288-6400, thespacect.com.

Reggae-ska-funk-rockers 311 have enjoyed a long career that included mainstream success in the mid-1990s and even, a few years ago, annual Caribbean cruises. Don’t let it get you “down.” 7:30 p.m. July 15 at the Dome at Oakdale Theatre, 95 South Turnpike Rd., Wallingford. $35. 203-265-1501, oakdale.com.

Folk rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash brings its intricate vocal harmonies and storied legacy on the road for a summer tour that stops for a night in Wallingford. 7:30 p.m. July 16 at Oakdale Theatre, 95 South Turnpike Rd., Wallingford. $86-$46. 203-265-1501, oakdale.com.

Eyes.” This year the original lineup celebrates 60 years. 7:30 p.m. July 18 at Town Center Park at Meadowbrook, 2761 Dixwell Ave., Hamden.

Free. 203-287-2546, hamdenartscommission. org/concerts.html.

Jones. The group will play an intimate show in Hamden mere days after its debut album drops in July. 8 p.m. July 22 at the Ballroom at Outer Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $25.

203-288-6400, theouterspace.net.

Tom Rush is a well-regarded story teller, expressing his melancholy ballads and gritty blues numbers with an expressive voice and distinctive guitar style. 8 p.m. July 18 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $48-$45. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Original Boston lead singer Fran Cosmo is teaming up with his guitarist son Anton to perform the hits of his classic band.

They’ll stop in Hamden for a free outdoor concert this summer. 7:30 p.m. July 25 at Town Center Park at Meadowbrook, 2761 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. Free. 203-287-2546, hamdenartscommission.org/concerts.html.

New Orleans roots rockers The Iguanas have played with the likes of Alex Chilton and Emmylou Harris. They return to the Elm City for its down-in-the-delta energy. 9:30 p.m. July 18 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $15.

203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

Dancy R&B outfit The Bernadettes cover songs from across the spectrum, from blues to Motown to funk and soul. 7 p.m. July 18 at Fowler Field Rotary Pavilion, 1 Shipyard La., Milford. Free. 203-878-0681.

The gothic folk of Marissa Nadler is characterized by melancholy melodies, esoteric lyrics and the singer’s ethereal, reverb-steeped voice accompanying fingerpicked acoustic guitar. She returns to the area for a sit-down show in Hamden. 8:30 p.m. July 20 at the Ballroom at Outer Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden. $12. 203-288-6400, theouterspace.net.

Country rock trio Puss ‘n’ Boots might not sound familiar, but its lead singer and guitarist is multi-Grammy Award winner Norah

Milford rockers the Rum Runners play an outdoor summer concert to get those feet tappin’. 7 p.m. July 25 at Fowler Field Rotary Pavilion, 1 Shipyard La., Milford. Free. 203-8780681.

Dave Mason brings his Traffic Jam Tour to town to perform classics from the catalogue of his 1960s psychedelic group Traffic — including “Dear Mr. Fantasy” — for a summer concert on the grass. Now who’s bringing the grass? 7:30 p.m. August 1 at Town Center Park at Meadowbrook, 2761 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. Free.

203-287-2546, hamdenartscommission.org/ concerts.html.

One-man band blues slide guitarist Bob Long III performs in a full-body cannonball suit and microphone-wired helmet, allowing him to use his hands and feet to play guitar and drums freely. Perhaps this is the bizarro Daft Punk? 9 p.m. Aug. 6 at Bar, 254 Crown St., New Haven. Free. 203-495-8924. barnightclub.com.

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Stand-up bassist and Waterbury native Mario Pavone presents jazz inspired by the “font stoop music” he heard from Italian, Portuguese and Polish accordions in postWorld War II times. 8 p.m. July 16 at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. $15-$12. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com.

We can’t get the real Talking Heads to play live again, but then again that’s where tribute acts like Start Making Sense comes in. 8 p.m. July 17 at Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven. $14 ($12 advance). 203-624-8623, toadsplace.com.

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life on the sea (e.g., ship portraits, seascapes, fishing scenes). Includes works by Lyme Art Association members and members of the American Society of Marine Artists. June 6-July 27 at Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 1-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 860-434-7802, lymeartassociation.org.

Opening Soulcology: Juried Metals Exhibit features works fabricated from metal, expressively displaying the many techniques used to conform metal into items from the organic to the angular, from jewelry to sculpture, to functional art and beyond. June 6-27 Guilford Arts Center, 411 Church St., Guilford. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily except Sun. Free. 203-453-5947, guilfordartcenter.org.

Art of the Everyman: American Folk Art from the Fenimore Art Museum. Drawn from the renowned collections at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., this exhibition highlights the ways that folk art drove important collectors to pursue objects for their historical resonance—painted portraits, genre scenes, and political emblems offering insight into bygone ways of life — and their aesthetic value — useful and decorative objects reflecting the simplified forms and stylized ornament appealing to a modern eye. June 6-September 21 at Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme. Open 10 a.m.5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $9 ($8 seniors, $7 students, 12 & under free). 860-434-5542, flogris.com.

American Waters is an exhibition of marine art featuring works that highlights aspects of

Plān ‘E(ə)r: A Group Exhibition. June 6-August 4 at Reynolds Fine Art, 96 Orange St., New Haven. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Wed., 11 a.m.6 p.m. Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. Free. 203-4982200, reynoldsfineart.com.

Thistles & Crown: The Painted Chests of the Connecticut Shore. Richly decorated painted chests made along the Connecticut shoreline in the early 18th century. June 6-September 21 at Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $9 ($8 seniors, $7 students, 12 & under free). 860-434-5542, flogris.com.

Two Views: Del-Bourree Beach & James Magner. June 13-July 13 (opening reception 5 p.m. June 13) at Susan Powell Art Gallery, 670 Boston Post Rd., Madison. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wed.-Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sat., noon-3 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-318-0616, susanpowellfineart.com.

New work by Cathleen Mooses and a group portrait exhibition titled Self-Absorbed. With works by Jonathan Waters, Willard Lustenader, Pater Ramon, Karen Dow, Lucy Mink, Susan Carr, Orlane Stender, Mary Jo McGonagle, Shane Smith, Laura Marsh, Philip Lique, Hooper Turner, Farrell Brickhouse, Aspasia

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Anos. June 20-July 26 (opening reception 6-8 p.m. June 28) at Fred Giampietro Gallery, 315 Peck St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. Free. 203-777-7760, giampietrogallery.com.

Black & White: A Members Show. Through June 22 at Wesleyan Potters, 350 S. Main St., Middletown. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun. Free. 860344-0039, wesleyanpotters.com.

Haven & Inspiration: The Kent Art Colony explores the wide range of artistic styles and subjects produced by the art colony’s founding members: Rex Brasher (1869-1960) Eliot Candee Clark (1883-1980), Carl Hirschberg (1854-1923), Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940), G. Laurence Nelson (1887-1978), Spencer Baird Nichols (1875-1950), Robert Nisbet (1879-1961), Willard Paddock (1873-1956) and Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940).

June 22-August 24 (opening reception 2-4 p.m.

June 22) at Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center, 144 W. Main St., Waterbury. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. $5 ($4 seniors, children under 16 free). 203-753-0381, mattatuckmuseum.org.

Waterscapes. Through June 27 at Firehouse Art Gallery, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. Open 10 a.m.4 p.m. Wed.-Fri., noon-2 p.m. Sat. Free. 203-8786647, milfordarts.org.

Steel Garden: Babette Bloch, laser-cut and water jet-cut stainless steel sculptures. June 22-August 17 (opening reception 2-4 p.m. June 22) Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center, 144 W. Main St., Waterbury. Open 10 a.m.5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. $5 ($4 seniors, children under 16 free). 203-753-0381, mattatuckmuseum.org.

Bruce Davidson/Paul Caponigro: Two American Photographers in Britain and Ireland. This exhibition pairs for the first time approximately 150 works by American photographers Paul Caponigro (b. 1932) and Bruce Davidson (b. 1933), enlightened observers of Britain and Ireland in the 1960s and ‘70s. For Caponigro, Ireland and Britain became sites of creative energy to which he returned repeatedly. Davidson brought the same gritty street sensibility that had made his Brooklyn Gang series a sensation.

The exhibition examines the artistic, social and historical forces informing two master photographers as they bring American eyes to enduring landscapes and changing cultural scenes. June 26-Spetember 14 at Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Free.

877-274-8278, britishart.yale.edu.

Creative Arts Workshop Student Show features new work by CAW students of all ages and experience levels. June 29-July 23 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.

From Shore to Sail. July 18-August 10 (opening reception 5 p.m. July 18) at Susan Powell Art Gallery, 670 Boston Post Rd., Madison.

Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Fri., noon-6 p.m.

Sat., noon-3 p.m. Sun. Free. 203-318-0616, susanpowellfineart.com.

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Sail Away. Paintings from Brec Morgan sketchbooks of the artist’s sailing voyage around the world. Through June 15 at Greene Art Gallery, 29 Whitfield St., Guilford. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat., noon -3 p.m. Sun & Mon. Free. 203-453-4162, greeneartgallery.com.

Self Ease: Contemporary Portraiture brings together seven artists who work within the tradition of portraiture. Through June 17 at Perspectives, Gallery at Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Rd., Hamden. Open 4-7 p.m. Tues. & Thurs., 1-4 p.m. Sat. Free. 203-772-2788, newhavenarts.org.

Forced Collaboration II. This unusual exhibition pairs 12 artists (six collaborations) with wildly different visual vocabularies.

The artists are strangers to each other; selected by the curator (Jacob Rhodes) to exchange a finished work and to re-create that work by forcing themselves on it in any way they please. Each artist will display his/her unmolested work on a single wall with the space between them displaying the two adulterated products of the Forced Collaboration. Through June 28 at Artspace New Haven, 50 Orange St., New Haven. Open noon6 p.m. Wed. & Thurs., noon -8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Free. 203-772-2709, artspacenh.org.

Claudia Cron. The guest-curated flat-file show features selected works from the Artspace flat files. Through June 28 at Artspace New Haven, 50 Orange St., New Haven. Open noon-6 p.m.

Wed.-Thurs., noon -8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Free. 203-7722709, artspacenh.org.

New Haven & Beyond: Works by Sharon R. Morgio, Ralph R. Schwartz, Regina M. Thomas, Margaret Ulecka Wilson and Laura Wilk. Paintings in various media in and around New Haven and Fairfield counties, the New England coastline and beyond. Unique collage/mixed media as well as decorative and functional pottery. Through June 28 at Elm City Artists Gallery, 55 Whitney Ave., New Haven.

Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily except Sun. Free. elmcityartists.com.

Fragments: Tragedy & Hope features works by mixed-media artist Fethi Meghelli and sculptor Joseph Saccio. Through June 29 at Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven.

Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sat.-Sun. Free. 203-389-9555, kehlerliddell.com.

Life-Line, works by Kathy Kane. Through June 30 at City Gallery, 994 State St., New Haven.

Open noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Free. 203-7822489, city-gallery.org.

Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. Artifacts from the historic pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. The Knights of Columbus has received from the pope emeritus a white cassock and zucchetto (skullcap) worn during his pontificate. Through June 30 at Knights of Columbus Museum, One State St., New Haven.

Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 203-865-0400, kofcmuseum.org.

Contemporary Art/South Africa features more than 30 artworks produced in South Africa or by South Africans from the late 1960s to the present, a period of immense political and social change. The artists in this exhibition—including Gavin Jantjes, William Kentridge, Santu Mofokeng, Zanele Muholi, Robin Rhode and Sue Williamson — address key aspects of the experiences of South Africans, offering multiple perspectives on their lives, their society and their world.

Through September 14 at Yale University Art Gallery, 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. 203-432-0600, artgallery.yale.edu.

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On May 9, 2011 Donald Jackson writes ‘Amen,’ the final word in the Saint John’s Bible.

Image courtesy Donald Jackson Scriptorium, Wales.

The Word from Across the Ages The Knights of Columbus Museum presents Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible. This exhibition showcases a single work of art: a handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville, Minn. to mark the dawn of the new millennium.

This Bible is monumental in both size and scope: each of its nearly 1,150 pages, filling seven volumes, measures approximately 24 by 16 inches, and the project required 15 years and 23 professional artists and scribes to complete.

The Saint John’s Bible is at once traditional and contemporary: a masterpiece of the ancient crafts of calligraphy and illumination, using silver, gold and platinum leaf, while employing the latest design capabilities of electronic technology.

Five West Coast Artists features the work of five artists central to the Abstract Expressionism movement: David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud and Manuel Neri. Through July 13 at Yale University Art Gallery, 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. 203-4320600, artgallery.yale.edu.

Art in Focus: Wales explores the history of interest in Welsh landscape, ruins and the bardic tradition through oil paintings, finished watercolors, and plein-air sketches in the Center’s collections by artists such as Richard Wilson, Thomas Rowlandson, James Ward, J. M. W. Turner, David Cox, Thomas Girtin, John Martin, John Linnell, William Blake, and Samuel Palmer. Through August 10 at Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Free. 877-274-8278, britishart.yale. edu.

Beauty & Wonder of Nature features works

by Quinnipiac faculty, staff and students and is dedicated to the beauty and wonder of animals and the environment. Through August 29 at Quinnipiac University’s Albert Schweitzer Institute, 660 New Rd., Hamden. By appt. Free.

203-582-3144.

Jazz Lives: The Photographs of Lee Friedlander & Milt Hilton. This exhibition brings together Lee Friedlander’s and Milt Hinton’s extraordinary images that capture the people, spirit, and history of jazz. Friedlander’s photographs of New Orleans musicians were made during a series of visits to the city from the late 1950s to the 1990s. Renowned bassist Milt Hinton’s photos were shot over the course of his musical career, which spanned the 20th century, and offer an insider’s view of the jazz scene. Through September 7 at Yale University Art Gallery, 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. 203-4320600, artgallery.yale.edu.

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rehabilitation work.

This award recognizes both the faith in New Haven of PMC Property Group in accepting the challenge to save those structures, but also all those who worked tirelessly over several decades to save the context for this development: Ninth Square in New Haven.

Rudolph Hall, Yale University The NHPT’s highest honor is its Landmark Plaque For Extraordinary Devotion To Preservation. It recognizes work to save “Buildings or sites of outstanding and enduring architectural and historical significance.” The 2014 award recognizes the Yale Art + Architecture Building (Rudolph Hall) that was completely restored to its original quirky magnificence in 2009.

But more than just this uncompromised act of curatorially precise restoration, the award was intended to acknowledge Yale’s dedication to preserving its Modernist architecture. As NHPT’s Chris Wigren notes: “In the 1950s and ‘60s, Yale University erected a number of important Modernist buildings. It was an optimistic era, which believed that a rapidly changing world needed an entirely new way of building to take advantage of its scientific and technical

progress and meet the needs of its citizens. Yale put itself in the forefront of this movement, bringing prominent architects from around the world and giving them free rein to conduct their experiments. The results were a worldrenowned series of aesthetic successes — even if some eventually proved to be functional or urbanistic failures.”

Recognizing their importance, Yale has embarked on a mission to maintain and restore many of its Modernist buildings. In addition to the A+A building, the university has sensitively renovated Louis Kahn’s Yale University Art Gallery, Eero Saarinen’s Ingalls Rink (a/k/a the Yale Whale) and Stiles and Morse colleges, and is embarking on a renovation of Kahn’s Yale Center for British Art. The university also has converted the former Jewish Community Center, with its façade by Louis Kahn, for the School of Art. And the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript library, with its generous maintenance endowment, will itself undergo an extensive renovation between May 2015 and September 2016.

The renewed awards program dovetails perfectly with the New Haven Preservation Trust’s new website — NewHavenModern.org — which features many of these Yale buildings in its first 30 projects featured, a website that will ultimately grow to include more than 100 Modernist icons, including more of Yale’s unmatched inventory of 20th-century Modern Masterpieces.

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In the Middle Ages, before the advent of the printing press, such Bibles were crafted by hand for daily use in monastic communities, with quality that would endure for generations. The Saint John’s Bible is a modern example of that great tradition, created with the hope and expectation that it will carry on in use for the duration of the millennium.

The exhibition includes original, illustrated manuscript folios on vellum (calfskin) from each volume of The Saint John’s Bible, as well as sketches, drawings, inks and tools used in its production.

June 2-November 2 at Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 State St., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free. 203-865-0400, kofcmuseum.org.

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CALENDAR BELLES LETTRES Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute and the Arnold Bernhard Library at Quinnipiac University present The Lady Sligo Letters: Westport House and Ireland’s Great Hunger. Hester Catherine Browne (1800-78), also known as Lady Sligo, was part of the Anglo-Irish elite that had governed Ireland for centuries. Despite her wealth and social position, she repeatedly demonstrated her concern for the poor who lived on her estate in County Mayo. Lady Sligo lived from 1800-78. Her collection includes more than 200 letters covering the period of the Great Hunger and adds an important new dimension to scholarly understanding of the tragedy. Through April 30, 2015 at Arnold Bernhard Library, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mt. Carmel Ave., Hamden. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, noon-5 p.m. Sun. Free.

203-582-8633, quinnipiac.edu.

Release your inner poet. Time Out for Poetry meets third Thursdays and welcomes those who wish to share an original short poem, recite a stanza or simply to listen. Ogden Nash, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss and even the Burma Shave signs live again. 12:30-2 p.m. June 19, July 17 at Scranton Library, 801 Boston Post Rd., Madison. Free. 203-2457365.

The Poetry Institute of New Haven hosts Poetry Open Mics each third Thursday. Come hear an eclectic mix of poetic voices.

7 p.m. June 19, July 17 at Young Men’s Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., New Haven. Free. thepoetryinstitute.com.

The Narrative 4 Story. Four influential authors and activists (including Ishmael Beah, Colum McCann and Terry Tempest Williams) take the stage to discuss Narrative 4, the global organization they helped found just over a year ago. They will discuss how, alongside students, educators, artists and community leaders, they are leading an effort to shatter dangerous stereotypes and break down barriers through the exchange of stories. Moderated by Executive Director Lisa Consiglio and Newtown High School and SCSU teacher Lee Keylock. 2 p.m. June 29 at Lyman Center, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St., New Haven. Free. 203-392-6154, southernct.edu/lyman.

CINEMA Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien and Mary Astor star in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944, 113 min., USA). In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. Free pizza! 5 p.m. June 26 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free. Registration.

203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

The $3 million blockbuster (in 1944 dollars) Dragon Seed (1944, 148 min., USA) takes place during the second SinoJapanese war when Chinese Jade (Katharine Hepburn), Bryn Mawr accent and all, refuses to accept the Japanese invaders, and headstrong as ever leads the men into battle. 7 p.m. July 1 at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook. $8. 877-503-1286, katharinehepburntheater.org.

Gaslight (1944, 114 min., USA), starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten. Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret which he will do anything to protect, even if that means driving his wife insane.5 p.m. July 31 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free. Registration. 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

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

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’Sauropod Nesting Grounds – Hatching,’ illustration by Luis Rey. Herds of female sauropod dinosaurs called titanosaurs gathered at traditional nesting grounds some 80 million years ago in what is now Patagonia, Argentina. From the exhibition Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies at the Peabody Museum.

Comedian Kevin Fitzgerald possesses the self-effacing bitterness only suburbia can inspire. And as a post-Colonial literary critic who ended up having to teach high school English, Fitzgerald is equally comfortable deconstructing apartheid as he is making fun of your kids. With Derek Toombs, Joe Walsh (no, not that one) and Mike Weiss. 8 p.m. July 3 at Joker’s Wild, 232 Wooster St., New Haven. $15. 203-773-0733, jokerswildclub. com.

CULINARY Consiglio’s Cooking Class Club. Chef Maureen Nuzzo explains and demonstrates how to prepare mouth-watering southern Italian dishes that have been passed down from generation to generation. June’s menu: crabmeat-stuffed Portobello, Wooster salad (greens, craisons, almonds, gorgonzola), swordfish puttanesca over pappardelle pasta, roasted plums with Mascarpone cream. July’s menu: figs with prosciutto and goat cheese, angel hair with roasted garlic and olive oil, grilled salmon with lobster saffron broth, strawberry shortcake. 6:30 p.m. June 5, 12, July 10 at Consiglio’s Restaurant, 165 Wooster St., New Haven. $65. Reservations. 203-865-4489, consiglios.com.

City Farmers Markets New Haven. Eat local! Enjoy seasonal fruits, vegetables, and herbs from local farms including seafood, meat, milk, cheese, handcrafted bread and baked goods, honey, more. WOOSTER SQUARE 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturdays through December 20 at Russo Park, corner Chapel St. and DePalma Ct. EDGEWOOD PARK 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sundays through December 21 at Whalley and West Rock Aves.

DOWNTOWN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays June 18-October 29 on the Green at Temple & Chapel Sts. FAIR HAVEN: 2:30-5:30 p.m.

Thursdays July 10-October 30 at location TBA THE HILL: 11 a.m.2 p.m. Fridays July 11-October 31 at Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St. 203-773-3736, cityseed.org.

DANCE Even though it’s technically the first day of summer, join Neighborhood Music School dance students of all ages for their Spring Dance Concert. 11 a.m. (ballet), 1 p.m. (tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern, dance ensembles) 3:30 p.m. (teen and adult students, ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop) June 21 at ECA Arts Hall, 55 Audubon St., New Haven. $15. 203-624-5189, neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Camille A. Brown & Dancers return to Wesleyan following their sold-out March 2012 appearance with the Connecticut premiere of an excerpt from “Mr. TOL E. RAncE” (2012), as well as the work-in-progress “Black Girl,” which will premiere at the Joyce Theater in New York in 2015. Drawing on Melissa Harris-Perry’s Sister Citizen, the spellbinding photography of

Carrie Mae Weems, and the fantastical imagery depicted in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the multimedia work “Black Girl” depicts the complexities of carving out a positive identity as a black female in urban American culture. 8 p.m. July 11 at CFA Theater, 283 Washington Terr., Middletown. $22 ($19 seniors).

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

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Plan now for the 2014 Branford Festival, a craft and community showcase that’s one of the largest events of its type in the region. Plus food, fun, games, live entertainment, more. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. June 14 on the Branford Town Green. Free.

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The Connecticut Irish Festival, Feis, & Agricultural Fair highlights the best in Celtic dance, sports, music and culture.

Event incorporates NAFC Music and Dance Championships.

The festival has something for everyone — from the best traditional and contemporary Irish music and set dancing, to great food and a 5K-road race to benefit ALS, from cultural and agricultural displays, to children’s activities and rides, as well as an Irish shopping and craft village. Noon-11 p.m. June 28, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. June 29 at North Haven Fairgrounds, Washington Ave., North Haven. $10 in advance, $12 at gate (free for children under 16). ctirishfestivaltickets@gmail.com, ctirishfestival.com.

FAMILY EVENTS Each Tuesday the Yale Astronomy Department hosts a Planetarium Show. Weather permitting there is also public viewing of planets, nebulae, star clusters and whatever happens to be interesting in the sky. Viewable celestial objects change seasonally. 7 & 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Leitner Family Observatory, 355 Prospect St., New Haven. Free. cobb@astro. yale.edu, astro.yale.edu.

Philatelists unite! Young people ages eight to 15 are invited to join the Hagaman Library’s monthly (first Saturdays) Stamp Club. In addition to learning about stamps, attendees learn a lot of history and many other fascinating things from club leader and World War II veteran Judge Anthony DeMayo. 10 a.m. May 3 at Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., East Haven. Free. Registration. 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.info.

Creating Readers Saturdays at 2 Program. A fun, interactive program that engages young readers by bringing books to life using theater, dance and music. Each family that attends receives a copy of that week’s book to take home. 2 p.m.

Saturdays at Connecticut Children’s Museum, 22 Wall St., New Haven. $5. 203-562-5437, childrensbuilding.org.

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Wednesdays at New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St., New Haven. $5. 203-946-8835.

Led by Nelie Doak, Yoga promotes a deep sense of physical, mental and emotional well-being. Classes are designed to help cultivate breath and body awareness, improve flexibility, strengthen and tone muscles, detoxify the body and soothe the spirit. All levels welcome. Bring a yoga mat. 5-6:30 p.m. Fridays at Blackstone Library, 758 Main St., Branford. $10. 203-488-1441, ext. 313, yogidoakie@earthlink.net or events@blackstone. lioninc.org, blackstone.lioninc.org.

NATURAL HISTORY In 1923 the Flaming Cliffs of the Gobi Desert yielded one of the great finds of paleontology. Entombed within sun-baked sandstone, to the surprise of all in the expedition, was a collection of oval-shaped oddities: the first dinosaur eggs known to science. Since the Gobi expeditions fossilized dinosaur eggs have been recovered from sites around the world. From egg to elder, the life histories of dinosaurs is slowly unraveling with each discovery. The exhibition Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies presents that incredible story. With hands-on displays, life-like models, stunning artwork and more than 150 dinosaur eggs on display, Tiny Titans offers a rare and exciting look at the lives of dinosaurs, as well as their living descendants — birds! Through August 30 at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, noon-5 p.m. Sun. $9 ($8 seniors, $5 children). 203-432-5050, peabody.yale.edu.

From Mercury to Earth? A Meteorite Like No Other. For millennia humanity has gazed into the heavens, to the stars and other worlds of our universe. As a species, we have traveled to the moon, and we have recovered pieces of Mars.

Now, for the first time in human history, a fragment of the planet Mercury has been identified, delivered to Earth after an impact on Mercury’s surface blasted the stone into space. Be among the first to view this incredible piece of history. Through

September 2 at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, noon-5 p.m.

Sun. $9 ($8 seniors, $5 children). 203-432-5050, peabody.yale.edu.

making New Haven friendlier and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians. 7 p.m. June 9, July 14 at City Hall Meeting Rm. 2, 165 Church St., New Haven. Free. elmcitycycling.org.

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One of Connecticut signature sporting events is the 2014 Travelers Championship PGA tour event. See top pros such as Sergio Garcia, Jason Day, Zach Johnson and Graham DeLaet play the idyllic TPC River Highlands links. June 19-22 (Celebrity Pro-Am 6/18) at TPC River Highlands, Cromwell. $39 (seniors $29, under 16 free accompanied by ticketed adult). 860-502-6800, travelerschampionship.com.

This year marks the 43rd year of the Joe Namath/John Dockery Instructional Football Camp (almost as long as it’s been since the Jets won a Super Bowl!) for boys ages eight to 18.

Event features morning and afternoon workouts within groups segregated by size, ability and previous experience. Campers learn safe tackling techniques, receive nutritional guidance and participating in a daily running program. July 13-17 at Western Connecticut State University, 181 White St., Danbury. $795 overnight; $495 day. 866-626-2841, joenamathcamp.com.

Cycling Elm City Cycling organizes Lulu’s Ride, weekly two- to four-hour rides for all levels (17-19 mph average). Cyclists leave at 10 a.m. from Lulu’s European Café as a single group; no one is dropped. 10 a.m. Sundays at Lulu’s European Café, 49 Cottage St., New Haven. Free. 203-773-9288, elmcitycycling.org.

The Little Lulu (LL) is an alternative to the long-standing Sunday morning training ride. The route is usually 20-30 miles in length and the ride is no-drop, meaning that the group waits at hilltops and turns so that no rider is left behind. The LL is an opportunity for cyclists to get accustomed to riding in groups.

Riders should come prepared with materials (tubes, tools, pumps and/or CO2 inflators) to repair flats. 10 a.m. Sundays at Lulu’s European Café, 49 Cottage St., New Haven. Free. 203-7739288, paulproulx@sbcglobal.net, elmcitycycling.org.

Tuesday Night Canal Rides. Medium-paced rides up the Farmington Canal into New Haven. May split into two groups based on riders’ speed but no one will be left behind to ride alone. Lights are a must. 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Café Romeo, 534 Orange St., New Haven. Free. william.v.kurtz@gmail.com.

Road Races/Triathlons If it’s the Fourth of July it must be time for the Independence Day 5000 (as in meters, meaning 5K), hosted by the Milford Road Runners (motto: “10K Every Day — Well, Almost”). 9 a.m.

July 4 at Foran High School, 80 Foran Dr., Milford. $25 (free kids fun run). Runbob48@aol.com.

Dip your toe into the world of triathlons with the 26th annual, USAT-sanctioned Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon — a half-mile swim in spring-fed Lake Quassapaug, 10.5-mile bike around the lake finishing with a 5K out-and-back run. 6 p.m. July 9 at Quassy Amusement Park, 2132 Middlebury Rd., Middlebury. $70 USAT members, $80 others. 860-868-0540, patgriskustri.com.

It sounds so romantic — and it is! The Trumbull Sunset Run is a 5K sponsored by the Trumbull Rotary Club. 6:45 p.m. July 25 at Twin Brooks Park, Trumbull. $20 ($15 18 and under) advance, $25 race day. 203-268-5934.

It’s the seventh annual Walnut Beach Ice Cream Run 5K, which promises free ice cream cones to all runners at the conclusion of the race. 8:30 a.m. August 3 at Walnut Beach, 113 East Broadway, Milford. $25 (free kids fun run). 203-878-7738, hitekracing.com/walnutbeach5k.

The Clinton Chamber of Commerce and Shoreline Community Women Inc. host the 17th annual Liberty Bank Bluefish 5-K Elm City Cycling monthly meeting occurs on the second Road Race. 9 a.m. August 16 at Eliot School, 69 Fairy Dell Rd., Monday. ECC is a non-profit organization of cycling advocates Clinton. $18 advance, $20 race day. 860-669-3889, clintonct.

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he antidote to the summer heat this year comes in a dish the size of a softball, piled high with fluffy, feathery shaved ice from SnoJoy Café on Whitney Avenue. SnoJoy’s owners have imported irresistible, not-too-sweet desserts from Taiwan to New Haven and all lovers of frozen treats should make haste to their storefront on days when the mercury soars.

Count this diner as a shaved-ice skeptic: I’ve never enjoyed chipping away at frozen blocks of Italian ice or slurping slushy, sugar-packed treats from the convenience store. Recent tastings at festivals of Del’s frozen lemonade — studded with tart slivers of lemon peel — had begun to thaw my heart, however.

It’s all about the technology. At SnoJoy Café, you’ll see it front and center above the counter.

Servers use a rotisserie-like device cradling a candy-colored block of ice. Crank the handle and your pile of pastel frozen treat mounds up below.

There are no crunchy crystals or brain-freezing slushes in this dessert, only barely sweet, slightly creamy goodness. SnowJoy owners Jolina Li and Nina Xiao brought this particular shaved-ice iteration from Taiwan, along with flavors like mango and taro.

On a recent evening my mango ice ($5.95) surprised with its subtle flavor and light texture.

Despite its imposing size, I didn’t tire of the flavor halfway through or shut down with brain-freeze.

Some miracle of crystal structure keeps the dessert from melting into slush and the low sugar content keeps it refreshing to the last bite.

Ice, ice, baby: Principals Jolina Li (L) and Nina Xiao of New Haven’s SnoJoy Café chill out.

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Shaved ice only 70 calories, for a small cup, while the Honey Brick Toast is a not so low calorie desert.

Also surprising was the patbingsu ($8.95), a supersized Korean treat that combines shaved ice with sweet beans, fresh fruit, ice cream and a slathering of sweetened condensed milk. Tart grapes and chunks of strawberry offset the sweet milk and tender beans for an intriguing meld of flavors and textures. Again, the proportions were perfectly engineered to avoid sugar overload.

Enjoy your dessert inside the café, modern and spacious with ice-blue walls. The friendly staff is happy to educate you about each treat and suggest newbie-friendly flavors.

With tart yogurt emporia on every block and Ashley’s old-school ice cream going strong on York Street, New Haven has a wealth of hotweather offerings this summer. But SnoJoy is worth a special trip for its globalized twist on a summer favorite. SnoJoy Café, 9 Whitney Ave., New Haven (203-752-1888).

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Woodbridge Social manages the trick of housing both intimate, wood-paneled dining areas as well as bar tables facing a wall of windows. I chose a vantage point showcasing the verdant expanse of West Rock Ridge. The view, plus my generously portioned beverage, encouraged lingering and

savoring my meal.

For lunch I chose the lobster roll ($16.95), encouraged by the server. A smallish portion of claw and tail meat arrived coated in butter and piled on a hot-dog bun, a skillful take on the classic Connecticut-style sandwich. The lobster was tender and well-seasoned, blending perfectly with the crispy bun. Who needs mayo and Maine traffic?

Less successful was the slaw served on the side, a bit wan in flavor and not helped by mushy pieces of what tasted like bacon. Bacon doesn’t always make it better, and it would have been nice if the ingredient had been noted on the menu.

Other featured menu items include burgers featuring gorgonzola cheese, fried eggs and yes, bacon. Salads, sliders, tacos and pizza have their own categories in the menu, along with “smalls,” shareable items like seared tuna and cheese-steak egg rolls.

For dessert, a house-made apple crisp ($6.95) delivered full flavor and appealing texture with tender fruit and a buttery crumble topping.

The skilled bar staff and friendly service alone are enough to recommend Woodbridge Social. Add tasty sandwiches and desserts and a view of one of our area’s natural wonders, and you’ve got a winner.

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un fact: Puppetry is an ancient form of theater.

Today UConn in Storrs is home not only to a worldrenowned puppet-arts program, but also to one of the most unusual museums in the world — one dedicated solely to the art of puppetry. While the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) has been around for a while (previously located remotely on UConn’s Depot Campus), BIMP has been newly constructed and relocated to Storrs Center, and incorporated into the new UConn Co-op Bookstore.

BIMP is bright, cheerful and fun. It features three galleries with high ceilings and gleaming wooden floors, as well as performance space. It houses more than 4,300 square feet of happiness and changing exhibitions. Through the museum, one can enter the Co-op, so the new digs can be used for author events or puppetry performances.

Because the facility has location, location, location going for it (have you been to Storrs Center lately?), this is a gem for Husky fans and puppetry enthusiasts of all ages. BIMP hosts workshops, tours, forums and lectures for students and the general public year-round.

UConn is one very few institutions where aspiring puppeteers can pursue an advanced degree. Frank W. Ballard, who joined the faculty in 1956 and began the world-famous fine arts puppetry program in 1965, pioneered the study of puppetry at UConn. Ballard passed away in 2010. Puppeteer and theater historian John Bell directs the museum today.

The museum originally opened in 1996 and displayed dozens of puppets created by Ballard and others. The collection now includes both historically significant puppets and puppets from around the world. You’ll find marionettes, rod and finger puppets, shadow figures and more.

There’s also access (by appointment) to the Kay Janney Library and Archives, a research collection of more than 2500 books, scripts, manuscripts, clipping files, posters and AV materials having to do with puppet theater.

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