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by Levin and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus last May. The U.S. military has not had a presence on the Yale campus since 1970, when the ROTC chapter was disbanded amid antiVietnam War protests.

9Wi^ M_j^ZhWmWbi BRANFORD — Mirza Baig, of Marlborough, Conn., pleaded guilty to bank fraud for his role (with others) in a scam to steal millions of dollars that were destined to go into automatic teller machines in retail locations such as convenience stores and gas stations throughout the Northeast.

At his March 2012 sentencing Baig faces up to 30 years in prison and has agreed to pay $1 million before his sentencing, which may include a restitution order of the whole $4.8 million.

Former NECDS chief executive Joseph Sarlo, former chief executive of NECDS, former GM John DeMilo and Gary Vestuti, an NECDS employee, all have pleaded guilty to similar charges and await sentencing.

HWYa Ed[ Kf \eh j^[ =h[[d J[Wc NEW HAVEN — Union Station may be expanding as a transportation hub as Metro North has decided to officially accept bicycles with the installation of new bike racks on the M-8 railcars. There are thirty of an expected 400 new cars already online. Like Internet service, the bike racks were an afterthought on the new $750 million M-8 trains.

Metro North succumbed to what it calls a “very vocal” bike-riding community.

Cyclists have been bringing their bikes on board Metro North trains for years, but without racks they are not completely welcome by Baig walked away with $2 those that say chain grease million before getting caught. rubs off on their pant legs The Domestic Bank of or that the bikes have posed Rhode Island ultimately lost a safety issue in case of $4.8 million in funds that evacuation. The federal it supplied to NECDS New government-controlled and England Cash Dispensing of -subsidized train service Branford, where Baig worked. Amtrak does not allow bicycles.

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HW_bheWZ_d] j^[ <[hh_[i ESSEX — Robert Bell, president of the Valley Rail Road Co., says he may want to take over the historic but endangered (by threatened state transportation budget cuts) the historic ChesterHadlyme and Rocky HillGlastonbury ferries.

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OWb[ Bel[i Meha_d] Ceci NEW HAVEN — Yale University has again been selected by Working Mother magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies” in the nation. Yale received its top score due to the high representation of women in its workforce, earning high marks for child care, benefits and work-life programs.

Women comprise 50 percent of executives, 46 percent of senior management and 57 percent of all Yale managers. At the highest level, four of the nine officers are women. Last year, 214 women were promoted into management positions and 172 were trained through the management program, Managing at Yale, comprising 75 percent of all attendees.

JWYab[ :kcc_[i5 DANBURY — In the becareful-whatyou-wish-for category, feminists can rejoice (or maybe not) in Connecticut’s entry into the International Woman’s Football League (IWFL). The IWFL has awarded a new team franchise to businessman and women’s football coach Gary Peloso for the Connecticut Wreckers. The

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I^[bb Ä i^ I^eYa[Z WEST HAVEN — The invasive sea squirt, Styela clava, has been discovered along the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Bridgeport Harbor. It poses a significant danger to Connecticut’s $30 million

shellfish business, according to field research by Carmela Cuomo, head of the marine biology program at the University of New Haven, and her students.

The migration of the non-native pest, sometimes called an Asian clubbed tunicate, southward threatens farming of bivalves such as clams, mussels, scallops and oysters in Long Island Sound.

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My friends from childhood joke about it today because there are some common themes that I use now. One is being overly creative and inventive. If you remember Estes rockets, we had a neighborhood [rocketry] contest when I was eight or nine. Rather than go buy the kit, I had to design my own from scratch. It was about six feet tall and I designed a number of engines to go into it. The rest of the kids would go get a kit; I had to build my own from scratch. I have give a little credit to my dad, who today at 85, still works with his hands and builds things from scratch.

My father is a builder, carpenter, never [worked for] a large organization, but he pays close attention to detail.

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You grew up around here?

Yes in Orange, maybe three miles from here. I went to Amity High School.

Where did you go to college?

Trinity.

[Interrupts] That’s not where guys who build rockets typically go, is it?

I remember taking a test my high school senior year that would determine what you will be when you grow up. One question was, ‘Would you like to be an astronaut?’ Absolutely. I remember that one distinctively. But the result of that test was a very clear answer: ‘You’re going to go into business.’ I majored in economics, I found the philosophy of business to be most exciting but I played football and baseball there as well. What I found intriguing and still do today is that g\fgc\ make business run, whether it’s inside a company, relationships with a customer or the acquisition of a new customer. The decision-making process I just love — the way groups of people come together to make decisions and drive things forward.

I’m frustrated by our government’s inability to do that — not even the specific details of the outcome but the process of getting to the decision, which I think is creating more damage.

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Well, in business environment there’s a boss and it’s not suppose to be adversarial.

In lawmaking the process is adversarial.

I played baseball and asked if I would be interested in playing on the team.

That whole theme is the basis of what I think is the cultural change that should occur. It doesn’t have to be adversarial; I think leadership sets the tone for the culture. That’s what happens in successful corporations: You’ll see someone like a Jack Welch; he built GE through Zlckli\. A culture of quality, a culture of progress, of technology — and we’re missing that. The most important thing leadership can do is build culture.

I got the job. You wonder why you get picked and you learn that the commonalities [among] people have a lot to do with decisions. I was at Andersen two years to the day and went to found my first company at [age] 24. My mentor there was Bill Green, a manager then, today [chairman of the board]. He runs Accenture. He wasn’t the softball guy, but I think if I didn’t play baseball I probably wouldn’t have gotten the job there.

What did you do after college graduation, and what was the job market like for a new college grad?

What did you learn at Andersen Consulting?

We graduated in ’82 and we were lucky.

The economy wasn’t great, but at that time someone like Andersen Consulting [now Accenture, PLC] preferred liberal arts students, which got them to the [Trinity] campus. I can remember going to the interview. I was this green liberal arts student, [thinking] ‘Why should I get a job? I didn’t major in accounting.’

In the interview the [subject of the company] softball team came up and [the interviewer] happened to be the coach.

So about thirty percent of the interview was about the softball team. He saw that

So you were basically a sports recruit?

I learned a few lessons. I think people get caught up in the wrong things [in business and in life]. People put rules on people. There are certain rules, but there really aren’t that many [that matter]. You can accomplish many goals if you don’t have to have limitations. [At Andersen] I bought a car; it was a Z28 Camaro, the last year of the old style. It was orange.

Everyone in the new [Andersen recruit] class said, ‘You can’t go to a client with that car.’ I said, ‘Why not? It’s my skills and talent that matter.’ Ultimately it became more accepted for me and it

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Small projects, but people would say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually selling.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Apparently that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good enough because you left after two years.

When we started our ďŹ rst company, we were 24 years old, Gary Martino and I, we both left [Andersen] on the same day.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the CFO here now.

So at 24 you started a company that eventually went public. How did you decide what you wanted to do?

It was IMA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Information Management Associates. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what we were going to do. At Andersen we consulted to implement computer systems on IBM System 34 and 36 [then known as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;minicomputersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;]. We were billing out at $40, $50 an hour and ďŹ gured we could do this on our own and maybe eventually build some software in a category. We created a relationship with [software maker] JD Edwards; they were a $6 million company.

We distributed their products and we made a lot of money and we invested it into the development of a [business] that we were part of inventing: sales and marketing automation, which for us morphed into â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;call centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; software, investing all the money in the business.

How did you build the business?

All of us were programmers; we had that background at Andersen. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the best programmer but I understood it pretty well. We started doing a bunch [of software programming] ourselves and then hired [additional programmers].

There are a lot of good ideas in the world, but often people misunderstand a good idea from the standpoint of executing.

Becoming a successful business, and a business with a good idea â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re two different things. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not often that the best product makes it to the top.

But at a certain point did you say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is what I want to doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;?

We were out there consulting and my eyes are open all the time. I love inefďŹ ciencies in big companies; I was shocked by it.

Coming out of Trinity I assumed the corporate world was efďŹ cient. You think there is all this money ďŹ&#x201A;opping around [so] you ďŹ gure these people must have their act together. So youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking

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around and saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is ridiculous,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and then having no fear of creating and changing. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind telling them that. I learned the art of communication from Bill Green and how to take a group of starched white-shirt government contracting business people and send the message, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do something different than what you expect me to tell you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; What are some of those â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;communicationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rules?

There are few themes: Be succinct, be honest, acknowledge where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong and make sure there are some areas where you are wrong. People like the simplicity of hearing someone who is real. A lot of people over-talk the situation, [but] there is only one line in a bullet [point].

I mean that metaphorically and literally.

When you have a PowerPoint you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need every word in the English language.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with a smart audience, [so]

treat them that way. Shove less in; create a theme. If there are two things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to accomplish, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hit them with 15.

At IMA you were building call-center software and that was a business area that was booming. Why did you want to go public?

We were at about 450 employees, and we were in Shelton. We went public in 1997. I was 37; that was year 13 [of the company].

A lot of people think IPOs [initial public offerings] are outcomes. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fancy ďŹ nancings. There is a big element of marketing and awareness that gets generated. We were about $39 million in [annual] sales and for me it was a stepping stone to get to $100 million-plus.

Good for the customers, good for the employeesâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;ŚBut it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn out good. The company eventually folded and was sold off in pieces.

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to run into issues around the end of ’98, ’99. The Internet began to change things, but I think the world got ahead of itself too. There was the outside thing that it changed and how it changed us. On the outside it hurt [our customers in] the call center marketplace. In a period of two quarters, about 15 of our call center customers, their market caps [stock market value] went from a collective of $15 billion down to $2 billion. Corporations that were hiring them started saying, ‘The Internet is here — we’re going to hold off on our decision-making.’

So you got caught in the Internet changing the world. What did you think was happening?

Most of us didn’t know and I think I went along with the majority, which was then that the Internet was moving so quickly it would change business forever, hl`Zbcp. The reality was it did [change business forever] — but not as quickly as everyone thought. As a leader you have choices. I think I made a mistake at the time and said IMA had to jump onto that fast-running river and we went off and invented the next new rocket [a new reverse-auction Internet business].

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What was happening to you personally?

You hadn’t had the experience of shrinking a company or laying off people before.

Not pleasant. I’m a really good grower; I’m not a good ‘shrink’ CEO. Everybody has skills. There is time for leadership and vision on the offense; on defense it’s a time for execution and operational excellence. I have that, but in the growing mode better than the shrinking. One mistake I made was to throw offense at defense and by trying to take advantage of this Internet river.

Instead of trying to find a sustainable plan?

Exactly correct. I learned a lot of lessons and one is about focus. You take a hill: You own a hill and make sure you own that hill before you decide to tackle another hill.

So you were going to create an Internet company?

I said we’re going to create a platform where buying and selling could happen other than the call center. I was afraid the Internet was replacing the traditional telephone interaction, but the reverse auction was a stretch. If the Internet was going to take over the world in two years maybe I would have been right. The reality is the call center is still around.

Did you have critics at the time saying you’re off the deep end?

In a tech company, if you’re that size and you’ve done well, we had good support for what we were doing. We could have a used a little more criticism. At Tangoe we have a great board that way and as a good CEO you have to seek [criticism].

But you were young, smart and scientific.

Exactly. Your 30s can be the most dangerous years in your professional life.

In your 20s you befn you’re immature.

In your 30s, especially in tech, there are an awful lot of people who think they can’t make mistakes. The reality is you’re just young enough to make a lot of them, and you haven’t seen enough to have the experience. There are a few philosophies I’ve promoted hard at Tangoe from the beginning. One is: ‘Ask for forgiveness, not permission.’ That means when you’re growing at 30, 40, 50, 60 percent per year, if you take too long to provide autonomy [to employees] in decision-making at every level of the company, you can’t grow that fast. You have to expect [your employee] are going to make some decisions you might not have wanted them to make. You can’t fire them for that, or you can’t have that culture.

Now Tangoe is pretty big — 850 employees.

Aren’t people afraid to make mistakes?

The key is to do it when you’re small, and we’ve done a good job acquiring companies. It is amazing what you can do if you get out and communicate openly with people in person. Let’s say someone makes a mistake. It’s important to respond appropriately. It’s important to not criticize them for making the mistake, but applaud them for making the mistake because they supported the culture of ‘Ask for forgiveness, not permission.’

Can a manager down two or three levels [from senior management] do that, too?

Yes, because I’ve been doing it with them and they’ve been doing it with others since we’ve been tiny. As long as your majority acts that way, your culture will remain. It’s a little tricky when you buy a company with 50 or 100 employees, because they already have a culture.

The companies you sell to aren’t like Tangoe; they have a different culture?

They’re the global 5000 — typically more than a $1 billion in revenue. But we were a get-it-done company from the beginning.

There were three or four of us when we were breaking into the market, and someone would say, ‘How can we propose this project — we don’t have the depth

of expertise?’ Same way as when I was in college or at Andersen: I would study and research more than anybody and only accept quality.

Let go back to IMA starting to melt away.

What did it feel like to you?

I was probably feeling better than most of the people around me. Stuff happens. You can dwell on where you are or you can always maximize your situation. It’s just business. I have made it my life because I enjoy it, but the almighty green is just the scoreboard on the field.

How long after IMA closed up that you started up again?

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Immediately. It was an overlap. A few people had left the reverse-auction company and started the idea with a different model, and I invested in it.

When I came back from selling one of the divisions and did my workout [of IMA], at that time is was down to two people and it was going to close its doors. I took it over, [recapitalized] it, got some investors and basically invented this [business] model in 60 days. What I liked was the dynamics around cost management in telecom. Where there is a lot of money there is a lot of waste — and in this area more waste than most. The details of how it was managed smelled to me of computer software. I thought, ‘I’ve stumbled onto something,’ and I was excited.

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Today there are a lot folks who are out of work and want to become entrepreneurs.

Can you give them some advice?

People have a hard time translating their business value proposition. If you work in a company with certain goals [and I want to sell or get you to invest], I have to align with those goals. I have to listen enough to know what they are. I have to align my proposition and I have to articulate it in a way you totally understand and believe — and you have to like me. A lot of people think of their business myopically. They think it’s so great, so transferring that idea to someone else’s value proposition is where they fall down.

Where did you first get money to start Tangoe?

In the beginning it was angels [individual investors], and it didn’t hurt that I was writing a check as well. We were only a $1 million company, which is pretty small when we received our first venture capital funding [from Edison Capital]. My track record helped, [and] although there were a lot of challenges there was a lot of success as well.

Is there something state government can do to make a difference to help build a company like yours?

They’re little drops in the bucket. The state helped us with some training dollars.

We’re a $100 million company; $12,000 in training credits is not going to move the meter to influence us. I’m not sure what the state can do to influence us to hire. Connecticut Innovations, which is [the state’s quasi-public technology] investment arm, that’s different. If you invest $2 million or $3 million, in a [startup] company, that’s different.

What about government creating a culture of business growth and success?

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When you listen to the words used in government, it’s about cuts or spending.

The words ‘investment’ and ‘return’ don’t get used that much. It bothers me that we don’t look at how we deploy those dollars. That doesn’t mean I’m against entitlements. As a taxpayer, I wouldn’t mind a little thinking about playing a little offense here. Take some dollars and do some really cool stuff with an opportunity for payback.

Back to Tangoe. What fears do you have to keep your business?

My thought process in the last ten years is to avoid the things that went wrong.

Don’t create dependency on any one thing. Have a value proposition that works in good markets and bad. In tech, either you lead or you die. I know that’s a harsh comment, but if you don’t run your business with that in mind, you might not make the right moves to expand.

So how has going public changed things?

My theme [to managers] is, we’ve put a scoreboard on the field. Every minute of every day you get to watch the scoreboard and the world will tell us how we’re doing.

But it’s still basically lead or die. It’s the same philosophy, but we have a better balance sheet and ability to execute our strategy. I played sports all my life. If you’re playing a game and you have a scoreboard and the stands are full, it does get a little more exciting. It’s a little more pressure, but we c`b\ pressure. It’s kind of cool.

So where is Tangoe in five years?

Running Tangoe, I can’t tell you where the company will be] by timeframe. I’m not supposed to — that’s a ‘forward-looking statement.’ But I believe our market supports a company that is over a billion dollars in revenue and I have our team thinking the next stop is $500 million in revenue. We’re a little over $100 million [now].

The recession of ‘08-’09?

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We grew right through that. No impact, because we’re saving people money.

Having come back from failure now with 850 employees, is it time to crow?

I have a couple of big weaknesses still.

One is I don’t look back well — good or bad. That’s probably why I did well after IMA [because] I didn’t dwell on it. But I’m not big on celebrating, either.

What kind of car do you have now?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you want to give me a kiss?â&#x20AC;? Wujcik asks Eddie, a grey-and-white-striped cat she sees once a week for half an hour at the Jerome Home in New Britain, the independent and assisted-living facility where she lives. Eddie usually complies but on this day heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distracted by a photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equipment.

Eddieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner, Terri Jennings, cradled the cat for reassurance as Wujcik, a bespectacled lady with white hair seated next to her, gently stroked the fur ball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love cats,â&#x20AC;? the elderly woman says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They know when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re upset and they can tell when you like them.â&#x20AC;?

A few minutes later, Wujcik leans over and gets her kiss, as Eddie emits a low purr.

Eddie and another cat owned by Jennings are the only feline members of the Wags & Tails program at Jerome Home, where a half-dozen dogs also interact with residents, and occasionally a pot-bellied pig and a llama stop by for a group visit.

Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend is by far the most popular creature for this kind of work, according to the Delta Society, a national organization that tests animals for volunteer duty in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities, and provides liability insurance for animals and handlers registered in its Pet Partners program. $ORIS 7UJCIK VISITS WITH FELINE FRIEND %DDIE EACH WEEK @4UESDAYS ARE IMPORTANT

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Ninety-ďŹ ve percent of Pet Partners are dogs, says Delta spokesperson Bill Kueser.

The other top three therapy animals are cats, rabbits and miniature horses. Llamas, alpacas, donkeys, mules and domestic birds are among the rest.

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As of this September there were 406 Delta-registered animals in Connecticut.

Only ten were not dogs, and they included a cat, cockatoo, llama and several horses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the best therapy pets are from shelters,â&#x20AC;? says Sally Sizer, a Connecticut evaluator for the Delta Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What really matters is their temperament.â&#x20AC;?

Animals are assessed by different criteria, depending on the species, and testing often includes dropping objects behind an animal to observe its reaction and having several people hug or brush it at the same time.

Delta-registered felines need to wear a harness attached to a leash, and enjoy sitting quietly on a towel covering a strangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t obedience-train cats but you can expect them to like people,â&#x20AC;? Sizer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the years, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked with cats that have worked with autistic children and older people with cataracts. Cats give them a really nice tactile experience, especially long-haired cats.â&#x20AC;?

Therapy llamas need to be trained to climb stairs, but apparently do not need potty training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They do not go to the bathroom in a health-care facility,â&#x20AC;? Sizer explains.

Birds must sit on their handlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoulder or hand and take a treat without injuring the feeder.

Because rabbits can â&#x20AC;&#x153;fall down deadâ&#x20AC;? from fear while being tested, Betsy Quitko, another Delta evaluator, always has â&#x20AC;&#x153;a long consultationâ&#x20AC;? with owners beforehand to discuss the risks.

Some species are off-limits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Delta does not certify reptiles or ferrets, lions and tigers and coyotes,â&#x20AC;? says Sizer, who has tested animals belonging to retirees as well with teenagers seeking to meet school community-service requirements and even â&#x20AC;&#x153;kids as young as ten if they can prove to me they can control the animal.â&#x20AC;?

Both Sizer and Quitko say the desire to â&#x20AC;&#x153;give back to the communityâ&#x20AC;? is a common theme among owners seeking to register pets as animal-assisted therapy animals.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly true for Jennings, a veteran animal rescuer who initially wanted a therapy dog. When medical problems intervened, she Delta-registered an 18-pound rescued cat named Dog, and started volunteering at Jerome Home. She is assigned to just three or four residents at a time, often for months, for one-on-one visits with Dog or Eddie, who she found in a ditch when he was around three weeks old. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ďŹ rst thing is theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all gaga over the critters, which is good for conversation and something pleasant to talk about,â&#x20AC;?

Jennings says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That can segue into conversations about family, life and death.

People who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember what they had for breakfast can remember the 12 cats they had when they were seven, and they tend to remember my catâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name more than mine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people get better and move on,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people pass.â&#x20AC;?

George Moore, who visits several Trumbull nursing homes with his Moluccan cockatoo, Sammy, is motivated by a desire â&#x20AC;&#x153;to bring a little joyâ&#x20AC;? to the residents. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;stay-at-home dad,â&#x20AC;? Moore new haven

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has several other parrots but only Sammy seemed suited for the job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the type of cockatoo they call a love sponge,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is like a bottomless pit when it comes to wanting affection.â&#x20AC;?

After training Sammy to wear a harness and passing the Delta evaluation with ďŹ&#x201A;ying colors, Moore and the cockatoo began their volunteering in 2006. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At ďŹ rst, people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real bird,â&#x20AC;? Moore says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, depending on the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kneel down and let them pet Sammy. One woman, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 103, waits in the lobby every day, and asks, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Is the bird coming today?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Moore believes Sammy enjoys the attention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I get satisfaction that I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m bringing something to brighten up somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day that really no one in Connecticut can do except for me.â&#x20AC;?

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Outside each location, they allow people to pet and groom, but not ride, the horse.

GrifďŹ n and Yankee also perform old Westtype tricks for their audiences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I pretend Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a horse thief, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try and knock me over,â&#x20AC;? says GrifďŹ n, a AAA dispatcher from Branford who also pens Western novels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pretend Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been shot, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll roll me over with his nose until I get up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know who gets more out of it, the patients or us,â&#x20AC;? GrifďŹ n adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just such a wonderful feeling to see smiles on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces.â&#x20AC;?

Delta registered animals need to be re-evaluated every two years. As of September, Sammy was the only bird on its Connecticut roster.

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McConnell, who trained Joya by gaining the animalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trust, realized her mustang had â&#x20AC;&#x153;this special way with peopleâ&#x20AC;? a few years ago at a fundraiser for a therapy school in New Hampshire. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A very debilitated woman in a wheelchair kept looking at Joya, and she walked over and put her head in the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lap,â&#x20AC;? McConnell recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ ngers were all gnarled up but when she reached out to pet Joya, her ďŹ ngers seemed to relax. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly think that Joya feels as if sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing something by making someone feel good. You can just see it in her face, a calmness and a peacefulness.â&#x20AC;?

GrifďŹ n had a similar experience, when a nursing home resident began stroking and talking to Yankee. Seeing tears streaming down her aideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face, he found out the woman hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spoken in months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People write about the beneďŹ ts and the anecdotal stories, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very little research to show that animalassisted therapy actually works,â&#x20AC;? says Donna Latella, an associate professor of occupational therapy at Quinnipiac University and a therapeutic riding instructor at High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Center in Old Lyme. She does therapy work with a dog and several horses, including a 36-inch miniature horse she brings to Orchard House, an adult day care center in Branford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You see that it works when you see somebody smile and see improvements.â&#x20AC;?

According to Alice Lee, activities director at Peregrineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing in Clinton, a residence for Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patients where Yankee and Joya, the horses, sometimes visit: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pet therapy calms the residents and makes them feel warmer, softer and more secure.â&#x20AC;? Therapy dogs and rescued chinchillas, guinea pigs and rabbits from the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm at the Waterford Country School also visit the facility,

which has three resident cats and a coop full of chickens.

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Kate Nicoll knows ďŹ rsthand about the close connection between humans and other animals. A few years ago, while recovering from partial paralysis caused a spinal cord virus and observing how attentive her Husky dog was to her nerve pain, the social worker took an online course about animal assisted therapy. She subsequently founded Soul Friends Inc., a non-proďŹ t organization in Wallingford providing clinical and educational programs for children to promote â&#x20AC;&#x153;the healing beneďŹ ts of the human-animal bond.â&#x20AC;? Animals in the programs include dogs, horses, rabbits and guinea pigs.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who would think a guinea pig can help people relax and slow down?â&#x20AC;? says Nicoll, who wrote a curriculum including guinea pigs for children struggling with trauma and loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They eat fast, think fast and go to the bathroom fast.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done some research, presented at an international conference about interactions with therapy dogs to increase eye contact with people and to increase body awareness,â&#x20AC;? Nicoll says. Other studies are examining how children with trauma and loss and anger issues can improve their outlook and peer connections by working with therapy animals.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most powerful experiences I ever had was with a guinea pig.â&#x20AC;?

It occurred during a therapy session where Nicoll compared the creatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;anxiousâ&#x20AC;? instincts to â&#x20AC;&#x153;what can happen when we get into scary situations and our bodies can take over,â&#x20AC;? and a child blurted out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So you mean when my dad hit my mom I got scared and peed in my pants? Wow, I feel so much better now.â&#x20AC;?

Relaxed guinea pigs also are helpful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re comfortable, they grind their teeth, which sounds like purring, and they kind of sit there and let you pet them,â&#x20AC;? Nicoll says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing how teenage boys will wait for the guinea pig to get the carrot. They learn patience, respect for personal space and boundaries,

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In 2007, Cynthia Conrad did research on the effects of animal-assisted therapy in around 230 Connecticut long-term care centers. At that time dogs were most common visitors, along with a few cats, guinea pigs and other animals including a llama. Conrad, who now heads the Department of Public Management at the University of New Haven, wondered whether the human (owner) contact or animal contact was most beneficial to residents.

“It seemed to be the animal,” she says. “A lot of people had dogs and cats when they were younger, and it was nice to have that connection again.”

Conrad describes the visits as “remarkably effective in a lot of ways, in relaxing patients, giving them something positive and kind of bringing them out of their shell.”

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In the hallways at Jerome Home, Jennings often is stopped by residents “begging me for a visit” with the cat in her stroller.

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“It incorporates the whole idea that if you’re in an environment surrounded by living creatures, you’re going to be happier,” she explains.

Rita Nadeau-Breive, Jerome’s director of therapeutic recreation and volunteer services, says there is a waiting list to see the cats and she and Jennings are developing a program to encourage more cat owners to participate in the Wags & Tails program.

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Conrad advocates the Eden Alternative, a form of long-term care with “lots of animals and plants to make the facility full of life.

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Weathered desks arrayed in neat rows in a university classroom to seat the students who will soak up the next lesson a professor delivers.

These accessories of higher education have changed remarkably little over the decades. So too is the presence of some students, who may have begun their university journey decades earlier before career, family or life itself derailed the best-laid plans.

Today, an increasing number of â&#x20AC;&#x153;nontraditionalâ&#x20AC;? college students are returning to area college classrooms to complete educational journeys begun long ago. Here are the stories of four of them. donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily belong to young college kids, but of some quite older. Them too, with a hell of a past.

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Meet Patricia Gigola: resident of West Haven; employee of Sikorsky Aircraft; mother of three; motivated college student at the tender age of 64.

Gigola, who works in the United Technologies Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) library, is in her second semester at the University of New Haven, where she enrolled this summer. She is studying for an associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, possibly in sociology or criminal justice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Simply put,â&#x20AC;? Gigola explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;there is a time for everything. I just kind of jumped into the happy lane.â&#x20AC;?

Gigolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education trajectory has not exactly been conventional. In 1966 she dropped out of high school to get married and bore a child at age 19 (with two more to follow). Over the ensuing years family obligations took precedence.

Three decades after her marriage, in 1996, her husband died following a sixyear battle with colon cancer. When her mother also became sick in 2000, and then her father in 2007, Gigola was consumed with family priorities.

Her life revolved around caring for her loved ones, which shaped her role as her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;go-toâ&#x20AC;? person, she explains. Although times were hard, she was nonetheless affected in a way that would eventually lead her to the desire of continuing her compassion for a cause.

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Now, following the drama and heartache of recent years, Gigola is ready to focus on herself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to go back to school to learn and learn and learn,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my secret passion. It always has been. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ten years ago the eagerness [to get an education] was there, but I still had all that mess to think about,â&#x20AC;? Gigola adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have all that mess anymore.â&#x20AC;?

With hopes of serving not only his future, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just say to yourself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m but the lives of many others, the 51-yearsupposed to do,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always said old Gagne has since January 2010 been thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always going to be an opportunity taking classes toward a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree and here I am. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to look back at Albertus Magnus College. His area of and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I n`j_ I did it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; People will say, concentration: leadership. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Are you out of your mind?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I just feel when I sit in that chair, when I sit in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leadership is going to be so important in those classrooms, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just so comfortable.â&#x20AC;? the future,â&#x20AC;? says Gagne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And to do things the right way and set the right example, Gigola isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure where her life will take and to keep integrity and accountability in her now; she just wants to be able to help an organization, leadership is key.â&#x20AC;? others, even it is only in small ways.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until 1999 that Gigola completed her GED in order to be eligible for college. With motives of personal enrichment and a degree that she hopes will open doors, In 2001 she enrolled at the University of Gigola says she never places numbers on New Haven to study photojournalism. things. Life is an ongoing journey.

Her interest in photojournalism, she says, stemmed from her passion to tell stories â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ gured life out yet,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If through images. She attended UNH anyone tells you they have, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re full of for one academic year until her mother it.â&#x20AC;? became sick, then withdrew to care for her.

Gigola explains when she was younger, she decided she just wanted to get married and have a baby. She said there was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;voidâ&#x20AC;? that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ t the school crowd right; she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t identify then with college-bound students.

Gagne says he wants to be able to reach out to college students aspiring to lawenforcement careers to teach them the â&#x20AC;&#x153;right way of doing things.â&#x20AC;?

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Gigola was cleaning out her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house when she came across family graduation photos â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which triggered an epiphany about her own education. When she realized she was the only one of her siblings who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t graduate from high school, her learning passion was kindled anew.

The affable Gagne says he has hopes of teaching and getting a position as an adjunct professor beyond his career in law enforcement.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I closed that page in my journal and opened this one,â&#x20AC;? she recalls, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and it had ďŹ reworks and ďŹ&#x201A;ags and champagne and bubbles.â&#x20AC;?

Gigola realized she could ďŹ nally fulďŹ ll her desire to become a student. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just said to myself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;All right, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not ďŹ nished,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to be 64? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a number. I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anybody should put a start and ďŹ nish on anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character or enthusiasms.â&#x20AC;?

With hopes of new knowledge â&#x20AC;&#x153;sinking into her spongeâ&#x20AC;? and waiting for it to expand, her desire to share what she has to give as far as experience is a driving motive.

She acknowledges that part of her fear is retaining information. But then she reďŹ&#x201A;ects on the challenges sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faced already, and tells herself sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still standing. As far as new challenges on campus, she jokes sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get lost. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about it.

She says standing in front of the UNH campus, she was overwhelmed and hoping she could do as well as she wanted to.

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political science, religion, philosophy, cultural anthropology, strategic management, organizational psychology and more. It is a 33-credit program designed for students who are willing to strengthen the organizations and communities they lead through lessons “rooted in ethical values.”

Gagne attends classes with students from all strata of society and a wide age range, though most are over age 30. It makes for a highly stimulating intellectual atmosphere, he says.

Gagne attributes the roots of his encouragement to a fellow police officer, Anthony Cuozzo, who had enrolled in the program and praised it often.

“It was a combination of being able to use the master’s to teach, as well as learn a whole lot more about what I practice every single day,” Gagne explains. “And knowing it was something that would make me a better police chief. It seemed to be a very good fit or me.”

“While the demands are significant,” he says, “so are the rewards.”

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Likewise 61, Shelley Kawai of Norwalk can relate.

Kawai is in her seventh year of teaching art at Holmes Elementary School in Darien. Since 2008, she has been attending graduate school at Wesleyan University aiming for an master’s in liberal studies with an emphasis in art.

Kawai takes not only art courses, such as watercolor and monster drawing (drawing on an extremely large scale, forcing artists to “loosen up”), but has extended her learning to science as well (including courses on subjects like the biology of birds and marine mammals). Kawai wants to incorporate science with her teaching of art because the two subjects overlap with regard to the physiognomy of creatures as art objects. Students can get a better sense of the world they draw by learning about it.

Some of Kawai’s courses are immersion courses requiring demanding research papers and field reports. But she has found that the more she pushes herself, the more she can do.

“I don’t think too much about failing,” “People at my age in the field of education Kawai says. “You can’t get overwhelmed are on the verge of retirement, and I just started,” says Kawai. “So it’s kind of funny. by the big picture. If you think about the long range, it seems impossible.”

I think they feel old. I still feel young because I’m still learning.”

Kawai came back for her master’s, but she gained so much more.

Kawai’s enthusiasm reflects both excitement about learning and a peace of The best part of returning to school in Between her new knowledge and mind that she is continuing her education. mid-like, Gagne says, is having a keener classroom experience, Kawai says she has She speaks softly as she humbly jokes appreciation for higher education, as learned what she is capable of. about her brash decisions as a young well as being more open-minded and Kawai has come to believe that people can college girl (she was originally from enthusiastic. reinvent themselves, and that no one is California but packed up for New York When Gagne was a college student at ever too old to learn.

City on a whim). But she has a powerful the University of New Haven back in “When people get older,” Kawai observes, inner voice. the early 1980s, going to school was more “they get bored. If you expand yourself and When Kawai first attended grad school about getting the degree. After years of try to get educated, it opens up a whole real-life experience, Gagne appreciates that for art at Hunter College and later New new world for you. It’s something that York University in the early 1970s, her he can integrate his practical experience people just don’t think about.” will power had its limits. She says school with his current studies.

Kawai says that her husband and daughter became a “drudge” the first time around, “While it was not something I had to do, are supportive of her new endeavor. She but once she left and came back she now it was something I wanted to do,” Gagne laughed at the fact her daughter (who sees it quite differently. says. just graduated from college herself) could “I dropped out because I thought, ‘Why do Regarding his time in the classroom, the relate closely to her experiences, sharing I need this?’” she says. “So I’m doing it chief says conquering the work is all about with her the rigorous agenda of the college now and find that I gained so much more disciplining himself and knowing how to student. than I would at that age, because after life structure his time. He says he tries to stay Kawai plans to continue teaching and experiences, you understand things better ahead because the curriculum involves learning, promising to be a life-long and you can relate to things better than “quite a bit” of work. He acknowledges that learner. when you’re in your 20s.” some of the writing and research can be “You can draw anything,” Kawai says. “It’s Notwithstanding her rekindled demanding, requiring a delicate balancing hard, but it’s up to you to be creative ambition and fresh opportunities, Kawai act with his other responsibilities. within those bounds.” acknowledges that the grad school Gagne says attending college now is no environment is very intense. But she feels less challenging than it was three decades better equipped to handle it now because ago — but in different ways. When he she knows how to manage her time better was younger, a full course load and the and not worry so much about getting to temptations of a social life were difficult “the end.” to balance. Now the challenge is balancing s time passes by, when do people stop She says the presence of students of a demanding job and raising a family in to smell the roses? When do they all ages makes her classes stimulating, addition to studies. reflect on their life goals, accomplishments enriched by perspectives of different and decisions? When do people pause and Gagne says he does find learning easier, people who bring different perspectives dwell on what was missed or fulfilled? though, in part due to a lifetime of to the discussion. Though the majority of knowledge that he can integrate with his people in her program are teachers, Kawai $POUJOVFE PO 45 new lessons in the classroom. says they hail from diverse backgrounds.

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None of us build our cars, we do not add onto them nor do we expect where we live to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;traded inâ&#x20AC;? on a regular basis to get a better model. (At least not lately.)

But over enough time, most homes do acquire many owners. When it was built in 1868, a Stick Style house on Clinton Street in Fair Haven was clearly a familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point of pride. But, sometimes life intervenes even for those who believe fervently in the permanence of possessions, and a host of other owners intervened over the last century.

Then again, sometimes homes are reborn as prized possessions. Often reviviďŹ cation can span multiple owners. When New Haven architect Chris Williams spotted this house in 1989 (a time of cresting hope in Fair Haven), he and his wife, Mary-Beth Coffey, could see beyond the dilapidation to the potential: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were looking for a historic house that was not â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;newly renovated,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This house needed considerable work. We gutted most of the interior and reconďŹ gured portions of the plan to [create] two two-bedroom apartments.

We installed new plumbing, wiring, interior ďŹ nishes and cabinetry.â&#x20AC;?

But the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exterior proved to be an even greater challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The front porch was totally missing and we re-constructed it to its original design,â&#x20AC;? says Williams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition to ďŹ nding miscellaneous railing parts among the weeds in the back yard, I contacted an elderly women living in East Haven who had a childhood photograph of herself sitting on the porch steps that included the original railings.â&#x20AC;?

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photographic evidence and obtained a grant from New Haven Preservation Trust to assist in the funding of its complete reconstruction, including fence..

The hollow core metal front door was replaced by a pair of carved antique doors from the collection of local antiquarian Bob Rubenoff.

This full-on renovation took place as Fair Havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing market took a nosedive in the early 1990s and architect Williams felt the sting of the building industry slump. There was precious little architectural work to fund completion of the renovation.

Ultimately it made sense to sell, and that sale was followed by another in the piggyback â&#x20AC;&#x153;ďŹ&#x201A;ippingâ&#x20AC;? of the house to new owners during the resurgent home values during ďŹ rst decade of the new century.

Those owners fell fully in love with the home.

Sarah Miller, an editor at Yale Press, and husband Lee Cruz, who works at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, already lived in Fair Haven, in a condo, and wanted the open-ended occupancy of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;family homeâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not something to be traded in but, just as Chris Williams realized, a

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So in June 2008, at the crest of another housing boom, Miller and Cruz jumped in and bought their family home.

Miller recalls that the owners who succeeded Williams and Coffey had not quote felt the love. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The outside was quite deteriorated, had not been painted in ten-plus years and exterior repairs had not been done,â&#x20AC;? she recalls.

assuming occupancy the couple set about completing the renovation begun two decades before. In 2009 Miller and Cruz embarked on an extraordinary restoration of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exterior. Additionally they created a full landscaping plan for the yard that was executed in 2010. And in the full measure of time, Cruz and Miller

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YYY The exterior renovation was not just a “paint job,” but a carefully crafted and painstakingly considered effort. Lee’s brother Sam Cruz led a family assault on getting it just right. The New Haven Preservation Trust was enlisted for help in color selection, after which samples were created and reviewed.

Virtually every detail was authenticated. Clear cedar was used for all new work, the front door architect Williams had salvaged was completely renewed, and the predictable repairs required after the 20-year interval since its last maintenance were executed.

The work was so exquisitely executed by contractor Claudio Encalada down to caulk selection, decorative painting highlights and trim replication that Cruz and Miller applied for and were granted a Connecticut historic tax credit.

The landscaping was also done with care by landscape designer Chris Ozyck — replacing lead-contaminated topsoil, and providing for perennial beds as well as a family vegetable and herb garden.

A patio and elevated grassy area made outdoor living civilized. The steps and edging used salvaged bluestone curbing from Quinnipiac Avenue. Even the driveway was infused with the essence of Fair Haven, replacing generic blacktop with crushed clam shells.

there are always repairs to be made, and the potential for enhancement is always on the horizon — perhaps creating an office in the attic or a second-floor deck over a one story wing with a river view. The Cruz/Miller clan is indeed in it for the long haul.

The couple’s uncompromising efforts were recognized by the New Haven Preservation Trust’s awarding of a date plaque to the property this summer, a program any thoughtful building restoration project may apply for.

All these moves polished a faded home to live up to the hopes and dreams of a couple who are venturing into family creation (beyond dogs Rey and Zoe as well as Bibi the parrot).

The bright smiles of baby Pablo were welcomed home last March. Pride in ownership, commitment to the historic integrity of this building and to the future of Fair Haven were deeply important to Miller and Cruz when they decided that this was their family home.

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tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly not necessary to be an expatriate in order to fully empathize with the characters in Anton Chekhovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s K_i\\ J`jk\ij. But it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt.

When New Haven audiences ďŹ rst see Sarah Ruhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new translation of Chekhovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story of displacement and loss at the Yale Repertory Theatre, they will also be seeing (or sensing) the work of director Les Waters, associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, previous collaborator with Ruhl on <lip[`Z\ and @e

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Waters notes that his wife, Annie Smart, the productionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designer, coined the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;K_i\\ J`jk\ijĂ&#x2039; Syndrome.â&#x20AC;? Smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea captures that familiar habit of people at one time in life or another â&#x20AC;&#x153;to ďŹ x all our hopes on one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; case, of course, getting to Moscow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then everything will be ďŹ ne.â&#x20AC;?

Waters enlarges on the idea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I certainly know people who have convinced themselves that if this one thing would happen then everything else will fall into place and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in a happier life,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived in this country now for 15 years, and sometimes when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m frustrated or unhappy I think it would all be much better if I just went back to London. But my brain takes into account that my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; has gone over the past 15 years. And I think that thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the heart of the play â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the strong belief

that you can return to some place youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve left when actually you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Echoes of return reverberate through Yale Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of K_i\\ J`jk\ij. As a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the play had its West Coast premier last April, and Waters has brought all but two of the same actors to New Haven. (Yale School of Drama students Brian Wiles and Josiah Bania have joined the current cast.)

Waters views this return to the production with a sharpened fascination with the script and the staging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become even more interesting to me about the material is how double-sided it is,â&#x20AC;? the director explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both tragic and comic, often simultaneously.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been increasingly struck by the fact that you can view the play through any characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes, that they are all of equal strength, that they are fully envisioned. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraordinarily rich and complicated, and the situation for each

character is important. I think I knew that before I went into rehearsal,” he adds, with characteristic modesty and understatement. “But the rehearsal process really brought that to the fore.”

Waters does not generalize about his directorial approach. However, he calls himself something of a “research freak,” and says he and the dramaturge at Berkeley amassed numerous details “about the period, and about how an army functions in these little towns, so as to be sure that all of the actors are in the same place with the knowledge that they have.”

In K_i\\ J`jk\ij, that knowledge goes far beyond facts about Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Says Waters, “This play has a lot of offstage history, since it opens both on the occasion of the youngest sister’s birthday and the first anniversary of the father’s death” — a father the audience never meets, but who looms large in the lives and memories of Olga, Masha and Irina. “So in rehearsal there was talk about grieving and a lot of talk about denial, about how you push things aside.”

Waters especially values the fact that Ruhl’s translation “sounds like people speaking. I certainly went into the project hoping that we would come up with something that sounded like ordinary people talking in a room. I’ve always been perplexed when I’ve seen Chekhov and it’s seemed that these people are living in a ballroom; it’s sometimes seemed rather overblown and inflated.”

When Waters and his cast were working in Berkeley, on “a very irregular thrust stage,” it was relatively natural to create the sense of restlessness and provinciality that the script demands. Moving to the large proscenium arch at Yale Rep creates “its own particular demands,” says the director. “Once you start working with that, a kind of physical language starts to develop. So the challenge is to maintain the sense that these people live in rather small rooms.” In a typical Chekhovian paradox, Waters says that working with the actors here as opposed to working with them on the Berkeley stage is “both exactly the same and completely different.”

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In describing how he has handled the challenge of the Yale stage, Waters modestly defers to the skill of his cast.

“I have a wonderful ensemble,” he says.

“These people are extraordinary in that all of them seem to be appearing in the same play, which actually is quite difficult.

So they bring connections with each other and a kind of appetite to fill the relationships in the play. The details the actors have found, in particular the three sisters and their brother — such as who’s on whose side, the different relationships they had with their father and their mother — begin to develop as you are just moving people around in the space.”

For Waters, K_i\\ J`jk\ij is “one of the saddest plays ever written — I mean it doesn’t make me cry, but it doesn’t resolve.” And yet, he notes, Ruhl’s translation has the audience “leaning forward in the end.” True to Chekhov’s world, Ruhl and Waters both create a moment here in which hope defies hopelessness, whatever the truth may be.

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hen it comes to relaxation, one imagines lying on a beach under a palm tree, or lounging on a hammock swaying gently in the summer breeze. Some might even imagine that the closest thing to relaxation is just a break from a hectic life — a i\Xc break.

Some of us just need guidance or peace.

Well, this mental and physical clarity might be right around the corner. Other times, we may have to look a little further.

Esposito is a certified Reiki master teacher and holistic coach who offers different forms of natural healing with guided meditation classes, personal Reiki sessions and certification classes, aromatherapy, holistic coaching, reflexology, EFT (emotional freedom technique), intuitive readings and classes on creating healthy relationships. She evens leads classes on something called Angelspeake (more on that below).

Diane Esposito, through her four-yearold Wallingford home business Personal Harmony & Health, explains her clients will come in and ask themselves, “What am I hungry for?”

Esposito also has an office at the Durham Naturopathic Health & Wellness Center.

She urges them to “Move to the heart of healing,” as she puts it.

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“What some people get from church, other people get from [Esposito’s] types of therapy,” explains Diana Yates of Wallingford, who has been doing Reiki for more than 30 years, and working with Esposito for more than six months.

What exactly does Esposito do? Reiki is just one of the therapies she practices.

Reiki involves the channeling the recipient’s energy by means of touch to activate the body’s natural healing processes and restore physical and emotional well-being. Esposito offers individual sessions for clients, who leave feeling relaxed and physically balanced with peace of mind.

North Havener Lisa Burton, 48, says the Reiki sessions in tandem with meditation helped her to feel more grounded and centered with clearer thought processes and direction.

“I’ve learned to really trust my intuition,” says Burton. “And I do believe that each of us has all our knowledge and answers within us. I think we have all the answers

but we need somebody to help us tune into them.â&#x20AC;?

Esposito says she tries to customize each session, addressing what each client needs most, integrating a blend of different healing arts into single session. During Reiki, for example, she might incorporate aromatherapy or holistic coaching into the session.

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Esposito explains that instead of waiting for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad situation,â&#x20AC;? people come in to maintain their strength and visit whenever they need to relax.

Yates praises the classes, which she says give her a direction for assisting herself in overcoming difďŹ culties and stress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her classes have helped me to be able to focus on what is necessary for me in the area of personal growth,â&#x20AC;? says Yates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She seems to be able to help people see and think more clearly, and give them a sounder, clearer direction of what they need to do to bring happiness in their lives.â&#x20AC;?

A class that sparks particular interest is the Angelspeake class, where Esposito helps clients get in touch with themselves through their higher, or spiritual, sources of guidance.

The class involves people writing letters to themselves, as if the guidance was from a higher source, in which they address their hopes and fears in a process of letting go and reclaiming inner peace.

Maureen Cullen, who started seeing Esposito about two months ago, says she attended her ďŹ rst Angelspeake class wanting to improve every aspect of her life, from relationships to ďŹ nancial goals, and was looking for spiritual growth. She says she has grown because she knows

she has help and â&#x20AC;&#x153;loving supportâ&#x20AC;? she can turn to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was ready for it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;says Cullen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was open. When Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confused about something or am questioning, I can go inside.â&#x20AC;?

Burton says the Angelspeake class allowed her to quiet her mind and free her from distraction, helping her to tap into another â&#x20AC;&#x153;energy sourceâ&#x20AC;? for inspiration.

Espositoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients range widely in age.

Some are struggling with divorce or anorexia; others simply just want to relax and become more in touch with themselves.

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She says she â&#x20AC;&#x153;weaves the pieces together,â&#x20AC;? referring to the different practices put forth by different teachers of various healing arts.

Esposito shows people how to â&#x20AC;&#x153;take it and live it, dance with life anyway.â&#x20AC;?

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Actor, director and producer 'UY -ASTERSON will present an exploration of works by Dylan Thomas. In a spellbinding performance that earned Masterson the Stage Best Actor Award at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival, these stories are brought to life with the actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trademark physicality, a style reminiscent of his acclaimed greatuncle, Richard Burton. Talkback with the performer to follow. Q N 0DUPCFS BU UIF :BMF $FOUFS GPS #SJUJTI "SU $IBQFM 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF britishart.yale.edu.

Clear Vision Productions presents the seventh annual &UN 'IRL S .IGHT /UT for women 21 to 81. Event features a martini bar, wine tasting, food sampling, entertainment, fashion, ďŹ tness, health and wellness, dancing and prizes including two Caribbean giveaways. Portion of proceeds beneďŹ t Carolineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Room, a non-proďŹ t co-founded by WTNHTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jocelyn Maminta dedicated to creating designated privacy rooms in neonatal intensive care units in hospitals nationwide. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 0BLEBMF 5IFBUFS 4 5VSOQJLF 3E 8BMMJOHGPSE BU EPPS , fungirlsnightout.com.

Junior Achievement hosts its second annual 0ARTNERS IN !CHIEVEMENT fundraising breakfast. Hear from children, educators and volunteers from local schools JA programs on ďŹ nancial literacy, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship. B N 0DUPCFS BU /FX )BWFO -BXO $MVC 8IJUOFZ "WF /FX )BWFO "ENJTTJPO GSFF EPOBUJPOT UP CF TPMJDJUFE

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CINEMA Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers star in 3TAGE $OOR (1937, USA, 92 min.). A boardinghouse full of

aspiring actresses and their ambitions, dreams and disappointments.

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The twin sister of a callous wealthy woman murders her out of revenge and assumes the dead womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity in $EAD 2INGER (1964, USA, 115 min.).

Bette Davis and Karl Malden star.

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#ONSIGLIO S #OOKING #LASS #LUB. Chef Maureen Nuzzo explains and demonstrates how to prepare mouthwatering southern Italian dishes that have been passed down from generation to generation. Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu features asparagus wrapped in prosciutto, penne vodka, ďŹ let mignon gorgonzola and apple cobbler with vanilla gelato. Q N 0DUPCFS BU $POTJHMJP T 3FTUBVSBOU 8PPTUFS 4U /FX )BWFO 3FTFSWBUJPOT consiglios.com.

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New members are welcomed to the Blackstone Library 3ECOND 4UESDAY "OOK #LUB. The group meets on the second Tuesday to discuss a preselected book. Books available for loan in advance of discussion.

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EXPOSITIONS, FAIRS & FESTIVALS Award-winning Native American ďŹ&#x201A;utist Joseph FireCrow is among the many musicians, artisans and exhibitors scheduled to participate in the biennial (AMMONASSETT &ESTIVAL. Rich variety of activities that families, archeology buffs, and people interested in Native American culture can enjoy. B N Q N 0DUPCFS BU )BNNPOBTTFUU #FBDI 4UBUF 1BSL .BEJTPO GSFF BOE VOEFS facebook.com/pages/ Hammonassett-Festival/114270435046

Release your inner poet. 4IME /UT FOR 0OETRY 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. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4DSBOUPO -JCSBSZ #PTUPO 1PTU 3E .BEJTPO 'SFF

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The Wesleyan Dance Department hosts its &ALL &ACULTY $ANCE #ONCERT "rtist in Residence Iddi Saaka, in collaboration with Associate Professor of Dance Nicole Stanton, will share an evening of solo and duet performance/ collaborations with guest artists. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 1BUSJDFMMJ 5IFBUFS )JHI 4U .JEEMFUPXO wesleyan.edu/cfa.

The Hagaman Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s .EW &ICTION $ISCUSSION 'ROUP reads 5IF 'BMTF 'SJFOE by Myla Goldberg. Leaders of a mercurial clique of girls, Celia and Djuna reign mercilessly over their followers. One afternoon they decide to walk home along a forbidden road.

Djuna disappears, and for 20 years Celia blocks out how it happened.

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public viewing of planets, nebulae, star clusters and whatever happens to be interesting in the sky. Viewable celestial objects change seasonally. Q N 5VFTEBZT BU -FJUOFS 'BNJMZ 0CTFSWBUPSZ 1SPTQFDU 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF cobb@astro.yale.edu, astro.yale.edu. #REATING 2EADERS 3ATURDAYS AT 0ROGRAM. 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 weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book to take home. Q N 4BUVSEBZT BU $POOFDUJDVU $IJMESFO T .VTFVN 8BMM 4U /FX )BWFO 203-562-5437, childrensbuilding.org.

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HORTICULTURE The Peabody Museum and New England Wild Flower Society cosponsor .ATIVE .EW %NGLAND 3HRUBS. The many species of native New England shrubs display a wide variation in size, shape, color and in characteristics of their bark, ďŹ&#x201A;owers and fruits. Instructor William Moorhead introduces students to about 50 species growing in this region.

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LECTURES Nationally known medium and director of the New England School of Metaphysics %LAINE +UZMESKUS discusses â&#x20AC;&#x153;Connecticut Ghosts.â&#x20AC;?

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MIND, BODY & SOUL Led by Nelie Doak, 9OGA promotes a deep sense of physical, mental and

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emotional well-being. Classes are designed to help cultivate breath and body awareness, improve ďŹ&#x201A;exibility, strengthen and tone muscles, detoxify the body and soothe the spirit. All levels welcome. Bring a yoga mat.

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NATURAL HISTORY Mystic Aquarium celebrates !FRICAN 0ENGUIN !WARENESS $AY The African penguin became endangered in 2010 and the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population has decreased by an alarming 60 percent over the last six years. The aquariumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30 African penguins serve as ambassadors for their wild counterparts by helping resident trainers and scientists better understand the species and the threats it faces in the wild. Meet a penguin trainer, see penguins paint, cheer on penguins as they race, participate in penguin themed activities and more, all included with aquarium admission.

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mysticaquarium.org. .ATIONAL 'EOGRAPHIC #RITTERCAM 4HE 7ORLD 4HROUGH !NIMAL %YES is a 6,000-square-foot traveling exhibition developed by the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C. Crittercam is a scientiďŹ c videoand data-gathering tool safely worn by wild animals, offering researchers insights into animal behavior and

)NVASION OF THE "LOODSUCKERS "EDBUGS "EYOND. How do you identify bedbugs, lice, mosquitoes, ďŹ&#x201A;eas and other bloodsucking arthropods? This family-friendly multimedia display will include interactives, giant models, preserved and living specimens, ďŹ lm footage of blood feeding and signage that explores where and how they live.

Visitors will learn about the complex evolution of their mouthparts that enables blood feeding and how these organisms differ from other household pests. Large-scale photos and specimens will compare and contrast them with common lookalikes such as spiders, mites, beetles, millipedes and silverďŹ sh. 5ISPVHI +BOVBSZ BU :BMF 1FBCPEZ .VTFVN PG /BUVSBM )JTUPSZ 8IJUOFZ "WF /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N EBJMZ OPPO Q N 4VO TFOJPST DIJMESFO

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SPORTS/RECREATION Birding "IRDING BY %AR Birdsong can be an amazing aid to ďŹ nding and identifying birds. Instructor Frank Gallo will introduce the basics of birding by ear, using sound resources as well as the tips, tricks, and even pitfalls to identifying birds by sound. Is that an oriole or a tanager singing? Q N 0DUPCFS BU $PBTUBM $FOUFS BU .JMGPSE 1PJOU .JMGPSE 1U 3E .JMGPSE ctaudubon.org.

Canoeing Join the Connecticut Audubon Society on a 'UIDED #ANOE 4OUR of the Charles Wheeler Salt Marsh in Milford. Steeped in local history, the marsh hosts an abundance of birds and other wildlife, beautiful vistas and a chance to paddle and relax. Bring water and wear shoes that can get wet. Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS BU $PBTUBM $FOUFS BU .JMGPSE 1PJOU .JMGPSE 1U 3E .JMGPSE QFSTPO DBOPF QFPQMF

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Cycling Elm City Cycling organizes ,ULU S 2IDE, weekly two- to four-hour rides for all levels (17-19 mph average).

Cyclists leave at 10 a.m. from Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s European CafĂŠ as a single group; no one is dropped. B N 4VOEBZT BU -VMV T &VSPQFBO $BGÂą $PUUBHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF elmcitycycling.org.

The ,ITTLE ,ULU (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 inďŹ&#x201A;ators) to repair ďŹ&#x201A;ats.

B N 4VOEBZT BU -VMV T &VSPQFBO $BGÂą $PUUBHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF paulproulx@sbcglobal.net, elmcitycycling.org.

4UESDAY .IGHT #ANAL 2IDES. Mediumpaced rides up the Farmington Canal into New Haven. May split into two groups based on ridersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; speed but no one will be left behind to ride alone.

Lights are essential. Q N 5VFTEBZT BU $BGÂą 3PNFP 0SBOHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF william.v.kurtz@gmail. com. %LM #ITY #YCLING monthly meeting occurs on the second Monday. ECC is a non-proďŹ t organization of cycling advocates who meet to discuss biking issues in New Haven. Dedicated to making New Haven friendlier and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

Q N 0DUPCFS BU $JUZ )BMM .FFUJOH 3N $IVSDI 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF elmcitycycling.org.

Road Races/Triathlons Proceeds from the second annual 4ANGER &IT FOR &AMILIES + 2UN 7ALK will beneďŹ t Middlesex Hospital and the American Red Cross. T-shirts to ďŹ rst 350 registrants; goody bag and medal to all ďŹ nishers. B N 0DUPCFS BU 5BOHFS 0VUMFUT 'MBU 3PDL 1M 8FTUCSPPL BEWBODF BGUFS

tangeroutlet.com/ tangerstyleďŹ tness Sweat for a good cause â&#x20AC;&#x201D; feathered but ďŹ&#x201A;ightless friends! Proceeds from Mystic Aquariumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ fth annual 0ENGUIN 2UN 7ALK, a 5K run and twomile walk, will beneďŹ t the endangered African penguin (African â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who knew?). B N 0DUPCFS BU .ZTUJD "RVBSJVN $PPHBO #MWE .ZTUJD BHFT UISFF jdtrahan@comcast. net, mysticaquarium.org.

Join the throng for the 21st running of the 'REAT 0UMPKIN #LASSIC a four-mile road race, health walk and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fun run. T\Proceeds from the event, which typically attracts 600 to 700 runners, beneďŹ t the Trumbull High School Scholarship Foundation.

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Spectator Sports "OSTON "RUINS VS .EW 9ORK )SLANDERS For the third time ever the NHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Islanders host a preseason game at the home of their American Hockey League afďŹ liate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ rst time the opponent has been the reigning Stanley Cup champs.

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CRITICâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PICK City-Wide Open Studios Turns 14 New Haven artists take center stage this month as City-Wide Open Studios dominates the gallery scene.

Gallery Talks/Tours The Yale University Art Gallery invites families to learn more about works of art in 3TORIES AND !RT. Tales of distant times and faraway lands inspire children of all ages to view art in new ways. Yale students and YUAG staff relate folktales and myths from across the globe to works of art in the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection. All ages welcome, and drawing materials will be provided for older children. Q N 0DUPCFS BU UIF :BMF 6OJWFSTJUZ "SU (BMMFSZ $IBQFM 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF artgalleryinfo@yale.edu. *OHAN :OFFANY ! 1UESTION OF .ATIONAL )DENTITY Martin Postle, assistant director for academic activities at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art discusses the new art exhibit +PIBO ;PGGBOZ 3" 4PDJFUZ 0CTFSWFE 8PSLT CZ +PIBO ;PGGBOZ

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Exhibitions: Opening "EING 0RESENT is an exhibition of prints and paintings by Connecticut artists afďŹ&#x201A;icted with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease who use their art to express themselves and manage their illness. 4FQUFNCFS /PWFNCFS PQFOJOH SFDFQUJPO Q N Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4VNOFS .D,OJHIU $SPTCZ +S (BMMFSZ "VEVCPO 4U OE n PPS /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N XFFLEBZT 'SFF newhavenarts.org

*OHAN :OFFANY 2! 3OCIETY /BSERVED. Among all major artists working in 18th-century England, none explored more inventively the complexities of Georgian society and British imperial rule than Johan Zoffany (1733â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1810).

His work provides an invaluable and distinctive appraisal of key British institutions and ediďŹ ces: the art academy, the Court, the theater, the families of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie and the burgeoning empire.

Co-organized by the BAC and the Royal Academy of Arts, London. 0DUPCFS 'FCSVBSZ BU UIF :BMF $FOUFS GPS #SJUJTI "SU $IBQFM 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N 5VFT 4BU OPPO Q N 4VO 'SFF britishart. yale.edu.

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Artspaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th annual $JUZ 8JEF 0QFO 4UVEJPT (CWOS) event will run October 12-30, with three consecutive weekends of studios open to the public. CWOS unites artists from all over Connecticut to celebrate their practice, share their creative process, and showcase the vitality and diversity of New Haven as a creative hub.

CWOS has drawn thousands of visitors to explore New Haven and

discover the artists, galleries and treasures of the Elm City. Unquestionably Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading visual arts event, CWOS celebrates contemporary art in all its myriad forms.

Art dealers and curators from the region and beyond have used CWOS as a platform to discover new artists, plan upcoming shows and acquire art.

As one of the largest open studios programs in the country, CWOS connects hundreds of local artists with the greater New

#ON LA -EMORIA, an exhibition of works

by Cuban artist Reynier Ferrer links literature with visual arts. The artwork is the result of years of exchanges between the artist and his renowned exiled uncle, Edmundo Desnoes, author of .FNPSJFT PG 6OEFSEFWFMPQNFOU. 0DUPCFS /PWFNCFS PQFOJOH SFDFQUJPO Q N 0DUPCFS BU "SUF *OD (SBOE "WF /FX )BWFO 0QFO OPPO Q N XFFLFOET 'SFF arte-inc.com.

Creative Arts Workshop (CAW) presents its 43rd annual #ELEBRATION OF !MERICAN #RAFTS %XHIBITION AND 3ALE, ďŹ ne contemporary crafts by more than 300 artists from across the country.

Ceramics, decorative and wearable ďŹ ber, jewelry, furnishings, blown glass, handmade toys and more. 0DUPCFS %FDFNCFS BU $"8 )JMMFT (BMMFSZ "VEVCPO 4U /FX )BWFO B N Q N XFFLEBZT VOUJM Q N PO 5IVST

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Exhibitions: Continuing 0ASSAGES is a collection of paintings, collages and archival prints by Connecticut artist Janet Sorokin.

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Haven community and beyond.

City-Wide Open Studios is a program of Artspace, a Connecticut non-proďŹ t organization presenting local and national visual art, providing access, excellence and education for the beneďŹ t of the public and the arts community.

Events include: â&#x20AC;˘ Erector Square Weekend. Featuring 100 artists in the former

The artwork of Yale MFA (1998) Clink Jukkala is highlighted in the new exhibit %VEN )F AND %SPECIALLY 7HEN. 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS BU (BMMFSZ * 'SFE (JBNQJFUSP "NFSJDBO 'PML "SU 1FDL 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N 5VFT 'SJ 'SFF fredgiampietro.com.

â&#x20AC;˘ Passport Weekend. Private and group studios normally closed to the public will be open both days.

Studio demonstrations, talks and performances.

Artist-designed passport stamps for adventurous explorers, prizes for frequent ďŹ&#x201A;iers. Plus free guided bike tours of New Haven. 0DUPCFS 8FTU )BWFO /PSUI )BWFO )BNEFO â&#x20AC;˘ Immersive, site-speciďŹ c installations. 0DUPCFS BU $PPQ $FOUFS GPS $SFBUJWJUZ $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO " MJTU PG BMM QBSUJDJQBUJOH TUVEJPT JT BWBJMBCMF PO cwos.org

$ALTON 'HETTI S 5NIQUE 0ENCIL 3CULPTURES. Self-taught artist Ghetti meticulously carves pencils into minutely detailed works of art. 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS BU -PSJ 8BSOFS (BMMFSZ .BJO 4U $IFTUFS 0QFO B N Q N .PO 8FE B N Q N 5IVST

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The exhibition 4HE %XACTING %YE OF 7ALKER %VANS uses new scholarship to examine the post-Depression era work of photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975), who captured a place in American social, cultura, and artistic history with his unforgettable images of the Great Depression. 0DUPCFS +BOVBSZ BU UIF 'MPSFODF (SJTXPME .VTFVN -ZNF 4U 0ME -ZNF 0QFO B N Q N 5VFT 4BU Q N 4VO , ďŹ&#x201A;ogris.com.

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Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demonstrations throughout the complex.

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For her second Kehler Liddell show, %MILIA $UBICKi presents a new series of abstract paintings that investigate the distance between collective memory and perceived reality. Painter "LINN *ACOBS takes issue with the space that art occupies, presenting new abstract minimalist works from the Counterpoise Series, Tie Rod Ribbon Series and a newly conceived wall installation. 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS BU ,FIMFS -JEEFMM (BMMFSZ 8IBMMFZ "WF /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N 5IVST 'SJ B N Q N XFFLFOET 'SFF kehlerliddell.com.

The .EW (AVEN 0AINT AND #LAY #LUB -EMBERS 3HOW features more than 100 works by artist members of the club in virtually all manner of painting, mixed media and sculpture. 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS BU +PIO 4MBEF &MZ )PVTF 5SVNCVMM 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N 8FE 'SJ Q N XFFLFOET 'SFF elyhouse.org.

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-IXED 3IGNALS !RTISTS #ONSIDER -ASCULINITY IN 3PORTS. Artist include photographer Catherine Opie, who focuses on the dramatic spectacle of high school football, photographer Hank Willis Thomas, who deconstructs the ways in which race and sexuality are exploited to brand and market male athletes, and Joe Solaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s video works, which assume an outsiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective on football. 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS BU &[SB $FDJMF ;JMLB (BMMFSZ 8BTIJOHUPO 5FSS .JEEMFUPXO 0QFO OPPO Q N EBJMZ FYDFQU .PO VOUJM Q N 'SJ 'SFF weselyan. edu/zilka.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, the Yale University Art Gallery presents 2EMEMBERING , a rumination on the events of that day. Included are works by Yvonne Jacquette, Nathan Lyons and Judith Shea, as well as a special installation of 8PVOEFE $JUJFT, Leo RubinďŹ enâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acclaimed series of photographs. 5ISPVHI /PWFNCFS BU UIF :BMF 6OJWFSTJUZ "SU (BMMFSZ $IBQFM 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N XFFLEBZT FYDFQU .PO VOUJM Q N 5IVST Q N 4VO 'SFF artgallery.yale.edu.

-ETAMORPHOSIS is a collaboration between photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum and Suzhou embroiderers featuring silk embroideries based on Ketchumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographs of American

nature. Exhibition features the international debut of the six-foottall embroidery â&#x20AC;&#x153;Graceful Branch Movementâ&#x20AC;? just completed by Zhangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Suzhou Embroidery Art Innovation Center in China. 5ISPVHI %FDFNCFS BU .BOTm FME 'SFFNBO $FOUFS GPS &BTU "TJBO 4UVEJFT (BMMFSZ 8BTIJOHUPO 5FSS .JEEMFUPXO 0QFO OPPO Q N EBJMZ FYDFQU .PO 'SFF wesleyan.edu/mansďŹ eld.

Exhibition of new works by Connecticut artists 3HARON "UTLER AND *EFFREY $ETRANI. 5ISPVHI %FDFNCFS BU (BMMFSZ BU 'JSTU /JBHBSB #BOL $IVSDI 4U UI 'M /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N .PO 8FE B N Q N 5IVST 'SJ 'SFF fnfg.com. %XCAVATIONS 4HE 0RINTS OF *ULIE -EHRETU features prints that evoke the rise and fall of civilizations. This traveling exhibition represents almost a decade of intensive engagement with printmaking and is the ďŹ rst show dedicated to the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prints. 5ISPVHI %FDFNCFS BU UIF %BWJTPO "SU $FOUFS 8BTIJOHUPO 5FSS .JEEMFUPXO 0QFO OPPO Q N EBJMZ FYDFQU .PO SFDFQUJPO BOE HBMMFSZ UBML Q N 0DUPCFS 'SFF wesleyan.edu/daac.

'ERTRUDE "ELL IN -ESOPOTAMIA is a collection of letters, maps, books, intelligence reports and photographs (many by Bell herself) to document her extraordinary life. The exhibition is curated by Robert Myers, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $POUJOVFE PO 40

'OLDEN %AR BY +AREN 3HAW FROM THE EXHIBITION 2ULES OF #ONVERSION AT (ASKINS ,ABORATORIES IN .EW (AVEN

The O. C. Marsh Fellows Program Scott Wing, Carl Zimmer kick off the 22nd season!

Renowned speakers Behind-the-scenes tours Cocktail receptions â&#x20AC;˘ Conviviality

create!

Info and brochure: peabody.yale.edu â&#x20AC;˘ 203-432-5099

YALE PEABODY MUSEUM 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven www.peabody.yale.edu

ENROLL NOW in visual art classes and workshops for adults and young people

CREATIVE ARTS WORKSHOP 80 Audubon St New Haven 203.562.4927 www.creativeartsworkshop.org

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CKI?9 Classical As part of Yaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Horowitz Piano Series, virtuoso "ORIS "ERMAN performs works

by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Schoenberg. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO music. yale.edu.

The ďŹ rst installment of the 2011-12 edition of .EW -USIC .EW (AVEN features performances of David Langâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $IFBUJOH -ZJOH 4UFBMJOH and 4XFFU "JS Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale.edu.

0ETER &RANKL *ANNA "ATY Yale School of Music faculty artists Peter Frankl, piano, and soprano Janna Baty perform song cycles by Schumann and De Falla. Violinist Ani KavaďŹ an and cellist Ole Akahoshi join to perform Shostakovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4FWFO 3PNBODFT PO 1PFNT PG "MFYBOEFS #MPL and excerpts from Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 'PMLTMJFEFS and /FVF 'PMLTMJFEFS. Also, Ivan Fischerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s &JO %FVUTDI +JEEJTDIF ,BOUBUF with Allan Dean, trumpet. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu.

John Ferguson and Bishop William Willimon lead a (YMN &ESTIVAL With the Yale Camerata, Marguerite L. Brooks, conductor. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8PPMTFZ )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu.

Join the New Haven Symphony Orchestra for -OZART S #LARINET featuring soloist David Shifrin.

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Thomas C. Duffy directs the 9ALE #ONCERT "AND in a performance of music by Berlioz, Grainger and Vaughan Williams, as well as Ticheliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4ZNQIPOZ /P (with Eric Barry, tenor).

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Toshiyuki Shimada leads the undergrad 9ALE 3YMPHONY /RCHESTRA WEBER 0CFSPO Overture, RINSKY-KORSAKOV 4DIFIFSB[BEF, more. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8PPMTFZ )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO TUVEFOUT

shubert.com. *ORY 6INICOUR HARPSICHORD performs music of J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Couperin and Rameau. Q N 0DUPCFS BU :BMF $PMMFDUJPO PG .VTJDBM *OTUSVNFOUT )JMMIPVTF "WF /FX

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The Yale School of Musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier vocal ensemble, 3CHOLA #ANTORUM performs a program of cantatas and motets by J.S. Bach and family. Masaaki Suzuki directs. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4U .BSZ T $IVSDI )JMMIPVTF "WF /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu.

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music presents ,OVE 3ONGS ,UTE 3OLOS ,AMENTS -USIC FROM TH #ENTURY %UROPE Soprano Emma Kirkby and lutenist Jakob Lindberg perform music of Bacheler, Danyel, Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;India, Johnson, Kapsperger, Lawes, Monteverdi, Morley and Strozzi. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Passionate, uninhibited and spellbindingâ&#x20AC;? is how 5IF *OEFQFOEFOU described the "RENTANO 3TRING 1UARTET HAYDN 4USJOH 2VBSUFU JO % .BKPS 0Q BEETHOVEN 4USJOH 2VBSUFU JO ' .BKPS 0Q SCHUBERT 2VBSUFUUTBU[ JO $ NJOPS 0Q 1PTU % GINASTERA 2VJOUFU GPS 1JBOP 4USJOHT 0Q (with Ignat Sozhenitsyn). Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO TUVEFOUT

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Yaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Horowitz Piano Series presents -IKHAIL 2UDY in a performance of music of Scriabin and Stravinsky, plus a multimedia performance of Mussorgskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1JDUVSFT BU BO &YIJCJUJPO featuring projected animations of Kandinskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sketches and watercolors from his original 1928 staging. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO TUVEFOUT

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Under the baton of guest conductor Peter Oundjian, the 9ALE 0HILHARMONIA perform ADAMS 5SPNCB -POUBOB BRUCH 4DPUUJTI 'BOUBTZ (with Soo Ryun Baek, violin); TCHAIKOVSKY 4ZNQIPOZ /P JO $ NJOPS Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8PPMTFZ )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu.

Salt Marsh Opera performs Belliniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ,A 3ONNAMBULA Since its 1831 debut, the workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glittering bel canto transcends the implausibility of a plot where an innocent peasant girl sleepwalks in and out of compromising situations.

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Great Organ Music at Yale presents +EN #OWEN performing music of Liszt, Mendelssohn, DuprĂŠ, Karg-Elart and Wagner on the world-famous Newberry Organ. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8PPMTFZ )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale.edu.

Under the artistic direction of Doris Yarick Cross, Yale Opera presents &ALL /PERA 3CENES including scenes from a variety of works. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO TUVEFOUT

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Music Havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quartet-in-residence, the (AVEN 3TRING 1UARTET, presents a concert featuring silent horror ďŹ lms with live musical accompaniment.

Scenes from classic horror ďŹ lms such as 'BVTU 1IBOUPN PG UIF 0QFSB %SBDVMB and a new hand-drawn ďŹ lm from awardwinning animator Glenda Wharton. The HSQ and guests will accompany the ďŹ lms with original music by local New Haven composers as well as Philip Glassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4USJOH 2VBSUFU /P .

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The ,INDEN 3TRING 1UARTET the Yale School of Musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduate quartet-inresidence, performs. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu.

In all the world, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no spectacle quite like the Yale Symphony Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s !NNUAL (ALLOWEEN 3HOW Trust us on this one. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8PPMTFZ )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF CVU BEWBODF UJDLFUT POMZ

Popular Bring your axe or just your ears to the 2OBERT #ROTTY -EMORIAL *AM a tribute to the recently departed area music legend. Q N 0DUPCFS BU $BGÂą /JOF 4UBUF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF cafĂŠnine.com.

Yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UIBU !L 3TEWART. See the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year of the Catâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time Passagesâ&#x20AC;? guy in a rare small-club show. Q N 0DUPCFS BU $BGÂą /JOF 4UBUF 4U /FX )BWFO cafĂŠnine.com.

9ELLOW $UBMARINE is, of all things, a Beatles reggae tribute. Q N 0DUPCFS BU %BOJFM 4USFFU %BOJFM 4U .JMGPSE danielstreetclub.com.

OMG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (ANSON on their Musical Ride Tour 2011! Charlie Mars opens the all-ages show. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 5PBE T 1MBDF :PSL 4U /FX )BWFO BEWBODF toadsplace. com.

Singer/songwriter *ACKSON "ROWNE

who along with contemporaries such as the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt helped to deďŹ ne the California rock sound of the 1970s, comes to the Brass City for a solo acoustic show. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 1BMBDF 5IFBUSF & .BJO 4U 8BUFSCVSZ palacetheatrect.com.

Under the baton of Music Director Thomas C. Duffy, the 9ALE *AZZ %NSEMBLE presents its fall concert, featuring music of Eddie Sauter and Bill Finnegan. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4QSBHVF )BMM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu. +ATH "LOOM comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. Q N 0DUPCFS BU Q N 0DUPCFS BU $BGÂą /JOF 4UBUF 4U /FX )BWFO cafĂŠnine. com.

The legendary ,EMONHEADS perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Shame About Ray.â&#x20AC;? The Shining Twins and New York Rivals open.

Q N 0DUPCFS BU %BOJFM 4USFFU %BOJFM 4U .JMGPSE danielstreetclub.com.

One of the pioneers of Southern rock, the #HARLIE $ANIELS "AND has been making music for more than four decades, earning multiple Grammys, an Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award and induction into the Grand Ole Opry. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 1BMBDF 5IFBUSF & .BJO 4U 8BUFSCVSZ palacetheatrect. com.

Wesleyan hosts a lecture on &USION AND h#ONFUSIONv 0ROBLEMS WITH -USICAL (YBRIDITY IN 3OUTH )NDIA Niko Higgins studied Karnatak vocal music with T. Viswanathan at Wesleyan. A PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at Columbia University, Higgins will analyze the socio-cultural impact of ideas from South Indian classical music, ďŹ lm music, Western rock and jazz. Q N 0DUPCFS BU $'" )BMM 8BTIJOHUPO 5FSS .JEEMFUPXO 'SFF wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Something wickedly cool this way comes: The Haven String Quartet presents an evening of silent horror ďŹ lms (including 1931â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $RACULA, with Bela Lugosi) with live musical accompaniment October 29 at Firehouse 12.

.OAH "AERMAN 4RIO Pianist Baermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trio (with bassist Henry Lugo and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza) present a musical tribute to Baermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentor, National Endowment for the Arts â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz Masterâ&#x20AC;? Kenny Barron, who performed a sold-out concert at Wesleyan in July. The group will interpret Barronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compositions as well as standards that Barron frequently played by Victor Lewis, Billy Strayhorn and Richard Rodgers. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 3VTTFMM )PVTF )JHI 4U .JEEMFUPXO 'SFF wesleyan.edu/cfa.

As part of Wesleyanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35th annual /BWBSBUSJ 'FTUJWBM faculty vocalist B. Balasubrahmaniyan is joined by Artist in Residence David Nelson on NSJEBOHBN and violinist K.V.S. Vinay for a performance of 6OCAL -USIC OF 3OUTH )NDIA Q N 0DUPCFS BU $SPXFMM $PODFSU )BMM 8BTIJOHUPO 5FSS .JEEMFUPXO TUVEFOUT TFOJPST

wesleyan.edu/cfa.

4HE 7EAVER S 3ONG Â&#x2C6; "HAJANS OF .ORTH )NDIA Vocalist and guitarist Stan Scott celebrates the release of his new album of North Indian devotional songs. He is accompanied by Harshal Tole on tabla, Steve Gorn on bamboo ďŹ&#x201A;ute, Kedar Naphade on harmonium and the Rangila Chorus. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8PSME .VTJD )BMM 8ZMMZT "WF .JEEMFUPXO 'SFF wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Renowned for their ďŹ ery, energetic live shows is the pride of Nashville, Tenn.: 2ED With Brian (head) Welch, Echoes the Fall and Icon for Hire. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 5PBE T 1MBDF :PSL 4U /FX )BWFO BEWBODF

toadsplace.com.

SoulRican Entertainment presents an /LD 3CHOOL "LOCK 0ARTY featuring popular groups from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s including Ray Goodman & Brown, Blue Magic, Harold Melvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blues Notes, GQ, Mellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sa Morgan, Black Ivory, Force MC, Dynamic, Superiors, Soul Generations, Ladies of Sky, Alyson Williams and Persuaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Review.

Q N 0DUPCFS BU 1BMBDF 5IFBUSF & .BJO 4U 8BUFSCVSZ palacetheatrect.com.

In support of his newest release, $POUBDU contemporary jazz star "ONEY *AMES comes to the Lyman Center.

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lyman.southernct.edu.

From deep in the Appalachia of Weaverville, N.C., comes the authentic country blues of -ALCOLM (OLCOMBE. Q N 0DUPCFS BU $BGÂą /JOF 4UBUF 4U /FX )BWFO cafĂŠnine.com.

Hear â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guitaristsâ&#x20AC;? ()PVTUPO 1PTU). That would be Roomful of Blues and Fabulous Thunderbirds veteran $UKE 2OBILLARD and band, touring in support of their newest release, -PX %PXO BOE 5PSF 6Q Q N 0DUPCFS BU ,BUIBSJOF )FQCVSO $VMUVSBM "SUT $FOUFS .BJO 4U 0ME 4BZCSPPL katharinehepburntheater.org.

In performing the award-winning compositions of its guitaristleader, the -IKE "AGGETTA 1UARTET displays an intense focus on group interaction, fearless improvisation and a too-seldom-heard patience in their interpretation of each song.

Q N 0DUPCFS BU 'JSFIPVTF $SPXO 4U /FX )BWFO ďŹ rehouse12.com.

As singer and songwriter for the Lovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spoonful, *OHN 3EBASTIAN wrote some of the songs that helped deďŹ ne the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do You Believe in Magic?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Have To Be So Nice,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daydream,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer in the City.â&#x20AC;? Q N 0DUPCFS BU ,BUIBSJOF )FQCVSO $VMUVSBM "SUT $FOUFS .BJO 4U 0ME 4BZCSPPL katharinehepburntheater.org.

Sacred Music. Q N 0DUPCFS BU #BUUFMM $IBQFM $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF music.yale. edu.

The 3TEEL 7HEELS are truly an Americana band, rooted in musical styles that explore the territories between blues and bluegrass, old-time singalongs and foot-stompinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ďŹ ddle tunes. Q N /PWFNCFS BU $BGÂą /JOF 4UBUF 4U /FX )BWFO cafĂŠnine.com.

World *OY (ARJO ,ARRY -ITCHELL A member of the Mvskoke Nation born in Tulsa, Okla., tenor saxophonist Joy Harjo combines storytelling, poetry and indigenous song in her musical duo with Grammy Award-winning producer/ guitarist Larry Mitchell. Harjoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works blend traditional rhythms and singing with jazz, rock, blues, hip hop and her heartfelt poems, which have been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. Q N 0DUPCFS BU $SPXFMM $PODFSU )BMM 8BTIJOHUPO 5FSS .JEEMFUPXO TUVEFOUT TFOJPST

wesleyan.edu/cfa.

Pandid Ravindra Goswami, sitar, and Ramchandra Pandit, tabla, perform "ANARAS 3OUL -USIC .ORTH )NDIAN #LASSICAL -USIC FROM "ENARAS. Presented by the Yale Institute of

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EDIJ7=; Auditions Auditions for staged reading of selected scenes from Neil Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5IF (PPE %PDUPS, a warm and thoughtful comedy based on Anton Chekhov short stories.

Cast of ďŹ ve women and ďŹ ve men, ages 17 and up. Beginners welcomed. Q N 0DUPCFS BU UIF 8BMMJOHGPSE 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ / .BJO 4U 8BMMJOHGPSE 1FSGPSNBODF EBUFT Q N /PWFNCFS Q N /PWFNCFS

Staged Readings Set in the British Oriental headquarters on the banks of the Tigris River during the 1920s, -ESOPOTAMIA dramatizes the creation of Iraq, the violent insurrection of 1920 and Gertrude Bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Machiavellian political maneuverings. Actress Kathleen Chalfant will give a staged reading of the play based on the career of archaeologist, arabist, diplomat and spy Bell. Directed by Evan Yionoulis, written by Robert Myers. Followed by a Q&A with cast, writer and director.

Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8IJUOFZ )VNBOJUJFT $FOUFS 8BMM 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF yale.edu/ whc/galleryatthewhitney.

Cabaret

Dame.â&#x20AC;? Q N 4FQUFNCFS Q N Q N 4FQUFNCFS Q N 4FQUFNCFS BU UIF 1BMBDF 5IFBUFS & .BJO 4U 8BUFSCVSZ palacetheaterct.org.

4HE -ARVELOUS 7ONDERETTES a musical featuring songs from the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;50s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s, set in 1958 at the SpringďŹ eld High School prom. Written by Roger Bean.

Musical arrangements by Brian William Baker; orchestrations by Michael Borth. Q N 8FE 5IVST Q N 'SJ 4BU Q N 8FE 4VO 4FQUFNCFS 0DUPCFS BU *WPSZUPO 1MBZIPVTF .BJO 4U *WPSZUPO TFOJPST TUVEFOUT VOEFS

ivorytonplayhouse.org.

-ARISOL by Jose Rivera is a play centered around Marisol Perez, a young Latina living alone in a dangerous Bronx neighborhood while working as a copy editor for a Manhattan publisher.

A senior project in Theater Studies for Cleo Handler-Jedrlinic and Timmia Hearn Feldman. Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS BU 8IJUOFZ )VNBOJUJFT $FOUFS 5IFBUFS 8BMM 4U /FX )BWFO 'SFF 3FTFSWBUJPOT yaledramacoalition.org.

Set in Mayfair, London in 1929, 2OPE tells the story of two university students who have murdered a fellow student as an expression of their supposed superiority. Based loosely on the Leopold & Loeb murder case. Stephen DiRocco directs. Q N 'SJ 4BU Q N 4VO 0DUPCFS BU UIF &BTUCPVOE 5IFBUSF 3BJMSPBE "WF .JMGPSE TFOJPST TUVEFOUT

milfordarts.org.

Created by Kate Attwell and Nina Segal, HUNDREDYEARSPACETRIP documents two female astronauts on a mission to Alpha Centauri, the star system nearest and most similar to our own â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a mere 39,900,000,000,000 kilometers distant. Over the course of one hour, ďŹ ve performers explore the meaning of space travel, of pregnancy, of aging, of letters, of communication, of time, of distance, and of the unquenchable human desire to leave something behind to be remembered once we are gone. Q N 4FQUFNCFS Q N 4FQUFNCFS BU UIF :BMF $BCBSFU 1BSL 4U /FX )BWFO yalecabaret.org.

The Southern Connecticut State University theatre department and Crescent Players present 3TREET 3CENE, a Pulitzer prize-winning play by Elmer Rice. The play takes place on the front stoop of a New York City brownstone and in the adjacent street in the early 20th century. It studies the daily and complex lives of the people living in the neighborhood and their sad, often tragic interactions. Sheila H. Garvey directs. Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS BU -ZNBO $FOUFS GPS UIF 1FSGPSNJOH "SUT $SFTDFOU 4U /FX )BWFO TFOJPST

southernct.edu/lymancenter.

Based on the Ingmar Berman ďŹ lm, 0ERSONA tells the story of Elizabeth, a young nurse living on an island, who is charged with caring for an actress who has lost the ability to speak. She slowly becomes so enwrapped in her patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story that the two womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identities begin to merge. Alexandru Mihail directs. Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS BU UIF :BMF $BCBSFU 1BSL 4U /FX )BWFO yalecabaret.org.

'IRLS .IGHT is a hilarious musical that follows ďŹ ve friends in their 30s and 40s during a wild girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night out at a karaoke bar. Together they reminisce about their younger days, celebrate their current lives and look to the future. Featuring classic anthems such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Every Woman,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Say a Little Prayer,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Will Survive,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girls Just Want to Have Fun.â&#x20AC;? Q N 0DUPCFS Q N Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4IVCFSU 5IFBUFS $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO shubert.com.

Opening 3OUTH 0ACIl C the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical set on a tropical island during World War II. Songs include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some Enchanted Evening,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Nearly Was Mineâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;There Is Nothinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Like a

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&ELA , the 2010 Tony Award-winning musical, tells the true story of the legendary 1970s Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti, in a production featuring Felaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own soulful Afrobeat rhythms.

Choreography by Bill T. Jones. Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4IVCFSU

5IFBUFS $PMMFHF 4U /FX )BWFO shubert.com.

4HE 4IMID *ESTER ! .IGHT OF )MPROV #OMEDY 3ONG featuring Shakesperience Productionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; resident actors and special guests together with the audience in a series of improvisational scenes and standup comedy. Q N 0DUPCFS BU 4IBLFTQFSJFODF 1SPEVDUJPOT #BOL 4U 8BUFSCVSZ shakesperienceproductions.org.

Amy Herzog, author of "GUFS UIF 3FWPMVUJPO, makes her Yale Rep debut with "ELLEVILLE. A story of young Americans Zack and Abby who have the perfect ex-pat life in Paris: a funky bohemian apartment in up-and-coming Belleville, a stable marriage, and Zackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noble mission to ďŹ ght pediatric AIDS. But when Abby ďŹ nds Zack at home one afternoon when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be at work, the questions and answers that ensue shake the foundation of their seemingly beautiful life. Anne Kauffman (8F )BWF "MXBZT -JWFE JO UIF $BTUMF) directs. 0DUPCFS /PWFNCFS BU UIF :BMF 3FQFSUPSZ 5IFBUSF $IBQFM 4U /FX )BWFO ZBMFSFQ PSH The pulsing swing music of 1930s Harlem lives on in !IN T -ISBEHAVIN

a rollicking, Tony Award-winning musical revue. The musical brings to life the world of jazz great Fats Waller through songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Misbehavinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honeysuckle Rose,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Joint Is Jumpinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter.â&#x20AC;?

Richard Maltby directs. 0DUPCFS /PWFNCFS BU -POH 8IBSG 5IFBUSF 4BSHFOU %S /FX )BWFO longwharf.org.

Continuing 4HREE 3ISTERS is the portrait of a family grappling with the bittersweet distance between reality and dreams.

Transplanted from their beloved Moscow to a provincial Russian town, three sisters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; schoolteacher Olga, unhappily married Masha, idealistic Irina â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yearn for the city of their childhood, where they imagine their lives will be transformed and fulďŹ lled.

This new version of the classic play is

by Sarah Ruhl who teams with director Les Waters (whose collaborations include &VSZEJDF at Yale Rep and *O UIF /FYU 3PPN on Broadway). (See preview this issue.) 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS 6OJWFSTJUZ 5IFBUSF :PSL 4U /FX )BWFO yalerep. org.

The Irish Repertory Theatre production of -OLLY 3WEENEY, by Brian Friel. Blind since infancy, Molly Sweeney knows the world only through touch, sound, taste and smell. But when she is goaded into an operation to restore her sight by her husband and doctor, she sees for the ďŹ rst time all the glory and harsh realities of the life she lives. Charlotte Moss directs. 5ISPVHI 0DUPCFS BU -POH 8IBSG 5IFBUSF 4UBHF ** 4BSHFOU %S /FX )BWFO longwharf.org.

A jazzy Hollywood musical, #ITY OF !NGELS is an ingenious spoof of 1940s Hollywood and whodunit ďŹ lms with side-by-side stories about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;realâ&#x20AC;? world of a detective ďŹ ction writer and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;reelâ&#x20AC;? world of his ďŹ ctional gumshoe hero. Music by Cy Coleman, choreographed by Peggy Hickey. Darko Tresnjak directs. 5ISPVHI /PWFNCFS BU (PPETQFFE 0QFSB )PVTF .BJO 4U &BTU )BEEBN goodspeed.org.

7hj 9Wb[dZWh $POUJOVFE GSPN 37 Franke Visiting Scholar at the Whitney Humanities Center, and Miriam Ayres of New York University. 5ISPVHI %FDFNCFS BU UIF (BMMFSZ BU UIF 8IJUOFZ )VNBOJUJFT $FOUFS 8BMM 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO Q N Q N .PO 8FE PS CZ BQQPJOUNFOU 'SFF yale.edu/whc/galleryatthewhitney. ,IFE ,IBERTY AND THE 0URSUIT OF (APPINESS is a three-part exhibition that draws upon YUAGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection of American paintings, decorative arts and prints to showcase the diverse and evolving American experience from the time of the settlements of the late 17th century to the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Columbian Exposition in 1893. 5ISPVHI %FDFNCFS BU UIF :BMF 6OJWFSTJUZ "SU (BMMFSZ $IBQFM 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N XFFLEBZT FYDFQU .PO VOUJM Q N 5IVST Q N 4VO 'SFF artgallery.yale.edu.

8 2AY 6ISION &ISH )NSIDE /UT an exhibition that showcases black-andwhite digital prints and exposes the inner workings of ďŹ sh. 5ISPVHI +BOVBSZ BU UIF :BMF 1FBCPEZ .VTFVN 8IJUOFZ "WF /FX )BWFO B N Q N EBJMZ OPPO Q N 4VOEBZT TFOJPST DIJMESFO GSFF VOEFS

peabody.yale.edu.

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with Haskins Laboratories, presents 2ULES OF #ONVERSION !RTISTS %XPLORE %NCODED AND %MBEDDED ,ANGUAGE, curated

by Carol Padberg and Debbie Hesse.

Featured artists include Amaranth Borsuk, Qian Lin, Karen Shaw, Jeanne Criscola and Laurie Frick. 5ISPVHI +BOVBSZ BU )BTLJOT -BCPSBUPSJFT (FPSHF 4U UI 'M /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N 8FE 'SJ 'SFF newhavenarts.org. !ROUND THE 7ORLD, an exhibition of photography by David McCarthy. On view will be images from France, China, Guatemala, England, Canada, Costa Rica, Amsterdam, New Haven and beyond. 5ISPVHI +BOVBSZ BU $IFTUOVU 'JOF 'PPET 4UBUF 4U /FX )BWFO 0QFO B N Q N XFFLEBZT B N Q N 4BU 'SFF davidmccarthymedia.com.

BOBBY VINTON: LIVE IN CONCERT November 12 November 4&5

January 20 - 22

Gi Cer t ft ifica Ma k t e s e holid gift- ay givin e-z! g

* February 10 & 11

“Theater goers agree” - a visit to Waterbury’s Show Place, the Palace Theater can be habit forming! * April 13 & 14 THE OFFICIAL BLUES BROTHERS REVUE Featuring Wayne Catania & Keron Lafferty as Jake & Elwood * March 24

* May 22 - 24

JOHN TESH: BIG BAND LIVE! * May 10

* these shows go on-sale Nov. 10th Palace Theater Box Office 100 East Main Street, Waterbury, CT 06702 203-346-2000 • www.palacetheaterct.org Sponsored by

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WORD S o f MO U TH NEW EATS: Plan B Burger Bar

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ur ďŹ rst few minutes at the new Plan B Burger Bar location in Milford were spent admiring the lighting above our table â&#x20AC;&#x201D; trendy Edison bulbs in an unusual, spiky ďŹ xture with a bulbous metal stem. A change of perspective revealed that the ďŹ xture had a bloodthirsty inspiration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an industrial meat hook.

4HE SKY S THE LIMIT -ANAGER !SHLEY "LAIN AND CHEF *OHN "RENNAN WANT BURGER LOVERS TO MALE 0LAN " THEIR 0LAN !

That meeting of carnivorous and quirky has helped propel the Plan B mini-chain into a Hartford-area favorite. Judging by the quality of the food and drink on offer in the Milford location, our local Plan B should attract an equally enthusiastic following.

Staking a claim between a take-out burger joint like Five Guys and a more formal dining experience, Plan B also draws fans of craft beer with its extensive draft and bottle offerings.

Mondays are the nights to sample rare quaffs, with a half-price deal on bottled beers. The restaurant offers only American craft beers on draft, a selection somewhat limited in scope by Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retrograde liquor laws but still appealing to those willing to range beyond Bud. Cavernous but well-designed, the new Plan B manages to ďŹ t a range of dining experiences into the same space. A youthful crowd staked out the bar on a recent night, not far from a quiet formal dining area. A section of booths up front offers informal yet conversational spaces that manage to feel convivial thanks to a soundtrack that ranges from Johnny Cash to the Ramones. Sociable servers in black T-shirts complete the casual ambience.

Quality ingredients shine from the ďŹ rst appetizer, with meaty portabella fries ($7.99) set off perfectly by a cornmeal crust and two dips. The horseradish aioli lacked bite but chipotle ranch was warming and creamy. A bottle of inky Weyerbacher Tiny imperial stout helped balance the starter with its roasted richness and sweet ďŹ nish.

Overwhelmed by a full page of burger choices, I opted for a ďŹ&#x201A;ight of three sliders ($13.99), each better than the last.

Pesto and roasted red pepper adorned the

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Italian Job, a chicken burger also topped with fresh mozzarella. Angus beef took center stage in the Tavern Classic, relatively unadorned but satisfying with its topping of lettuce, tomato and â&#x20AC;&#x153;special sauce.â&#x20AC;? Also outstanding was a tender and ďŹ&#x201A;avorful salmon burger with a tangy onion and corn spread.

The toppings on each burger came in perfect proportion and boldfaced the ďŹ&#x201A;avor of the patties to perfection. Lightly perfumed trufďŹ&#x201A;e fries came with them in a modest serving that managed to enhance without overwhelming; even the basic fries were crisp and boasted full potato ďŹ&#x201A;avor.

Beans were the base of the eateryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearty veggie burger ($9.99), which held its own with versions at other pubs in the area without earning raves.

Punctuating the dish with style was a crunchy slab of half-sour pickle.

At our serverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suggestion, we ďŹ nished with the decadent Log Cabin Fever Roll ($5.99), layers of banana sponge cake enrobed in a fudgy maple mousse.

Although a bit dense from refrigeration, the dish was winning with salted caramel and candied walnuts adding textural and ďŹ&#x201A;avor contrast.

With Cee-lo singing in the background and a vibrant buzz coming from the bar, Plan B felt like the perfect place to unwind from a workday with some quality food and drink. Beer and burger lovers should make this new eatery their Plan A if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re anywhere near the Post Road.

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EDITOR’S PICK: Cumin India #UMIN )NDIA PROPRIETOR 2AM #HAUDHARY SCORES WITH .ORTH )NDIAN CLASSICS AS CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA FOREGROUND AND VEGETABLE HAKKA NOODLE

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former IHOP in Hamden is possibly the last place in the world that comes to mind as a good location for an Indian restaurant — the iconic peaked roof suggesting sugary excess more than subcontinental spice.

But the entrepreneurs behind Cumin India on Skiff Street are making it work, drawing crowds with top quality and challenging fare.

If you can get past the lightly disguised IHOP profile, you can probably get used to Cumin’s décor, a curious blend of earthtone stucco and patterned carpet.

3TRANGE BREWS #ASK 2EPUBLIC The restaurant’s layout also PROPRIETOR #HRISTIAN "URNS recalls the pancake house, with booths lined up along the window divided by a central phalanx of tables for family-style dining.

All doubts subside, however, once the dishes start coming. Owner Ram Chaudhary, a veteran of several Hartford-area eateries, scores with North Indian classics like chicken k`bbX dXjXcX and

eXmiXkkXe bfidX, a subtle mélange of vegetables and nuts in a creamy sauce. Other well-done staples include a complex YX`^Xe YXik_X, consisting of chunks of eggplant blending with tomato and curry spices for a sophisticated take on the veggie classic.

Cumin’s Nepali chef also brings expertise in lesser known cuisines of South Asia with dishes like gobi Manchurian, fried cauliflower in an chile-spiked glaze. Of particular note are dishes under the “Indo-Chinese” header on the appetizer menu: ;X_` gXgi` ($7.95) brings together crunchy wonton-like nuggets with savory chickpeas and potatoes in a tangy tamarindyogurt sauce flecked with cilantro.

The combination shouldn’t work but it does, making for a cooling, satisfying start to any meal at Cumin.

Another Indo-Chinese item, Chili Paneer ($10.95), would be at home $POUJOVFE PO 45

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Same great food & original cocktails.

Our meticulously composed small plates provide our guests with a premier dining experience while offering seasonal American selections in the heart of New Haven Our signature cocktails incorporate fresh fruits, herbs, house made infusions and modern cooking techniques all for the sake of deliciousness.

Our guests can also enjoy an extensive wine list with over 27 wines by the glass, specialty beers and a vast selection of spirits.

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JUST A TASTE: PaciďŹ co Restaurant and potato swathed in expertly fried dough, perched atop a puddle of salsa sweet with raisin and tomato. A single empanada as a portion seemed a bit paltry, but the dish is ďŹ lling and more than enough to whet the appetite.

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Another classic starter is ceviche: New Haven diners can choose from a range of interpretations of this staple of ďŹ sh cured in citrus. PaciďŹ coâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guatemalan version holds its own with a tomatoey broth and silky cubes of avocado.

A condiment again stole the show in a lunchtime order of tilapia with a crust of ďŹ&#x201A;aked plantain. The ďŹ sh beneďŹ ted from gentle cooking and complex spicing but was upstaged a bit by the pungent and spicy corn salsito topping.

The shrimp enchilada accompanying the dish was savory and sparked by an herbal green mole.

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he new kids get all the attention, but a clutch of veteran restaurants downtown keep plugging away, adding depth and interest to a New Haven dining scene in constant ďŹ&#x201A;ux.

One of these relative old-timers that offers consistently tasty Nuevo Latino fare is PaciďŹ co, perched above a leafy block on College Street.

Vivid colors and exposed brick give PaciďŹ co the vibe of a Caribbean getaway, an ambience enhanced by its elevation above street level. Trees and plantings soften the raw concrete of a modern structure across the street and high ceilings give the restaurant an airy feel, although the painted railings near our table could have used a touch-up.

The attentive servers were quick to bring a starter of fresh bread, a crumbly and intensely ďŹ&#x201A;avored slice of a focaccia-like loaf perfectly accented by tomato-based purĂŠe that tasted of the sun. A sweet mojito is the cocktail of choice, hinting of Havana with its blend of rum, energetically muddled mint and lime juice. By opting for the ďŹ xed-price lunch ($16.95), diners can sample PaciďŹ coâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fare and splurge a little on the extensive cocktail and wine list.

For a starter, I went with an empanada, the hearty ďŹ lled pastry of Latin America that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up on local menus enough for my taste. PaciďŹ coâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take delivered with rich chunks of beef

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Luckily, a beautifully presented and obscenely creamy coconut sorbet was presented for dessert. With its jaunty garnish of mint and a fried tortilla strip, the dessert sent us home on a high note.

Although PaciďŹ coâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior paint job and some menu items could use refreshing, this downtown staple is well worth a visit for affordable and tasty cuisine.

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Is it an ongoing process where delayed realizations familiarly pop up every now and then, or a sudden epiphany?

Michael Jacobs, 60, president/CEO of the major New York City book publishing firm Abrams Books, will tell you it’s both.

A man who stored the thought of continued education in the depths of his mind for more than 40 years, who let the idea of going back to school surface only infrequently, took a sudden life turn.

Back in 2009, on a flight home from his father’s funeral, Jacobs saw an advertisement for an academic program at Yale. He was struck with the haunting notion that “It’s now or never” — and finally took it to heart.

“When the opportunity becomes clear to you, you need to act on it,” Jacobs says.

And so he did, which is why he’s now attending his sixth semester in Yale’s Eli Whitney Student Program, which mainly serves “non-traditional” students. Jacobs enrolled for the spring 2009 semester aspiring to attain what has eluded him the first time around the higher-education merry-go-round: a degree.

Every Wednesday Jacobs commutes from Westchester County to attend two classes: a history seminar at 9:25 a.m. and a philosophy class at 7 p.m.

Jacobs says he hasn’t decided on a degree yet; he just wants to pursue subjects he’s been interested in a more “focused” fashion.

Before Jacobs’ climb up the career ladder and years spent as a husband and father to two children (now 21 and 18), he says he dropped out of college (American University in Washington, D.C. after having transferred from St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia) in 1970 after part of his

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on a Szechuan restaurant menu, with cubes of springy cheese set off by al dente green peppers, onion and tomato spiked with an assertive soy-tinged sauce.

On another recent visit, Cumin’s Shrimp Biryani ($15.95) took center stage, blending beautifully tender basmati rice with vegetables and shellfish packing a ginger punch. Other favorites are the vindaloo dishes, meat or vegetables swimming in

sophomore year, telling himself he would take a three-month break to figure things out. Those three months turned into more than three decades.

Jacobs confesses that he doesn’t retain information as well as he once did, so he has become a more disciplined note-taker — he has to work harder at it.

Jacobs says he always wanted to go back, but life and work obligations always stood in the way. But his desire for intellectual stimulation never abated through the years.

However, he is not unlike the younger students when he gets hyper and stressed for midterm and final exams.

“[Learning at the university level] is about inquiry,” Jacobs explains. “Trying to ask questions; questions to which you don’t necessarily have the answers yet.

[Education] sometimes takes you down paths you didn’t even know you wanted to go down and leads you to other paths.”

As a corporate CEO, Jacobs doesn’t see education as a means to advance professionally, but as a way to step out of his comfort zone, meet new people, broaden his knowledge and breathe in the rigorous Yale intellectual atmosphere.

Given his real-life experience, Jacobs feels he can be a mentor to some of his fellow students, whom he characterizes as “smart, curious and interested.”

Since his return to the classroom, Jacobs says he feels very “present” in the experience of learning. He also is more serious and focused as a student, as he is no longer trying to figure out who he is.

“It’s pretty invigorating,” says Jacobs.

“There’s no doubt that I feel different, and the kids wonder what my story is.”

Like college students a third his age, Jacobs confesses he is sometimes tempted to procrastinate. Although he isn’t still pulling all-nighters like he was “way back when,” he is still cramming at “crunch time.”

Considering that some of his professors are younger than he is, Jacobs says he doesn’t have as much physical energy to keep pace with his “reasonable cognitive ability,” which he says is still quite acute. a soupy scarlet curry. Don’t let the “red sauce” appearance fool you: vindaloo opens with a fruity sweetness that quickly shifts into vinegary tartness, followed by a slow burning barrage of chili heat.

Calibrate your order’s spiciness with care.

“Part of the experience is challenging myself to see what I’m capable of,” Jacobs says. “I try to sort of mix my interests.”

Obviously the social dimension of the college experience is very different for Jacobs the second time around, but he says he has made a whole new group of friends, nearly all of whom are considerably younger than he.

Jacobs says he will sometimes try to engage another student with whom he thinks he will get along, and gain a “study buddy.” After class he will hang out, read, work or have a coffee, seeing as he has about a 90-minute commute back home to Westchester County. But he doesn’t complain.

Jacobs says he spends most of his weekends reading and writing, or completes work the day of the class.

He finds himself gravitating toward subjects he’s always been interested in, such as landscape, poetry and literature.

“I’m a pretty inquisitive, curious person by my nature,” he says. “I don’t know if I bore easily or I just want to know more things.”

He notes his experience is “kind of lifechanging.” He is fulfilling a yearning to discover and put himself to the test.

His future plans revolve around expanding his world through new knowledge, people and places.

“I thought it wasn’t possible with my life,” he explains. “But then I realized, you’re either going to do it or stop taking about it.

So I found a way to make it happen.” splendid end to any meal at Cumin. Made from milk, kulfi serves up vivid flavor and a pleasant crunchy texture in lieu of ice cream’s smoothness. The dessert melts slowly on the tongue and the creamy ground nuts linger to damp down the fires of vindaloo.

Mop up your entrée with breads ranging from the cracker-like gXgX[Xd, addictive with a topping of onion, tamarind or mint chutney, to pillowy eXXe enhanced by a scattering of fresh garlic and oil.

The exterior may still scream pancake house, but Cumin’s unusual dishes and skilled chefs have truly brought something fresh to Hamden’s dining scene.

Listed on the menu simply as “pistachio ice cream,” flavored kulfi ($3.95) is a

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rene took a toll on most of us, including those at East Havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shore Line Trolley Museum, but life is getting back â&#x20AC;&#x153;on trackâ&#x20AC;? again thanks to tireless museum volunteers. This gem for all ages operates the Branford Electric Railway, the oldest continuously operating suburban trolley line in the U.S. as well as a National Historic District. The trolleys are back to a normal schedule and ready for the holidays â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Halloween and Christmas.

The nonproďŹ t, which draws more than 20,000 visitors a year, is found just off the East Haven Town Green, three minutes from Rt. 1 or I-95. When you arrive, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll purchase a ticket in the Sprague Building, named after Frank J. Sprague, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Father of Electric Traction.â&#x20AC;? There are displays and hands-on exhibits in the building, and nearly 100 vintage vehicles on the grounds.

Explains Director of External Affairs Kathy Slinsky, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hold many special events for the public throughout the year and trolleys are available for private charter as well. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supported by memberships, donations and admission, and encourage active volunteers.â&#x20AC;?

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and operating street railway equipment,â&#x20AC;?

Slinsky says.

The museum carries visitors on a journey back to the early years of the 20th century.

Some cars are in storage awaiting repairs and some are currently undergoing restoration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many can be observed while the work is being done,â&#x20AC;? says Slinsky.

Trolleys stop often outside of the Sprague building. Once you step aboard, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll step backward â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the turn of the 20th century â&#x20AC;&#x201C; before automobiles and buses.

With rattan seats, hardwood detailing, growling electric motors and squealing steel rails, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been transported back in time instantly. Looking outside from within the trolley cars, the views are spectacular â&#x20AC;&#x201D; salt marshes and the hamlet of Short Beach are among the ďŹ nds. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ride to the main rail yard where you can tour the vintage cars in the collection.

Between now and yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end are three special events. Running October 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30, the Pumpkin Patch takes visitors on a trolley to a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin. This is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;nonspookyâ&#x20AC;? event with toy train layouts, coloring books and refreshments. Fare is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6 for kids.

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The Haunted Isle kicks life (or death) up a notch as a trolley carries passengers down the tracks to the gate where only the intrepid dare enter. The Haunted Isle is rated â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spookyâ&#x20AC;? and is recommended for adults and mature kids. Good walking shoes are advised as you will traverse a wooded path with turns and twists. Starting September 30, the Haunted Isle is open Friday and Saturday evenings. The ďŹ rst trolley leaves the museum at 7 p.m., the last at 10.

Admission is $10, and express tickets can be purchased online at _Xlek\[`jc\%fi^% The next special event is Christmas trolley rides with Santa, who appears starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving and then on December weekends. Families can ride cozy, heated trolley cars to visit St. Nick, and every child can sit with him to share his or her wish list. There are operating toy trains to watch, cookies and hot chocolate, trolleys decorated with holiday ďŹ nery, and every child receives a gift. The hours are 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and fares are $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and $5 for kids.

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