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Saturday, January 25, 2025
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Host: Brian Slattery

The New Haven Independent’s arts editor spins local — and only local — platters.

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9:00pm – 10:00pm
Host: Tom Ficklin

10:00pm – 12:00am
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Latino news, views, and music.

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20-Something
Jazz Trio Blossoms

Paul Bass reports.

“People’s History” Hailed

At library-hosted book talk.  Allan Appel reports. 

Linda Kathryn Jackson, 76

One of the first women to join the carpenters union, L. Kathryn loved nature, the color turquoise and science fiction.  Obit. 

Beat & Destroy

Two Atlanta rappers bring a mesmerizing tour to Toad’s.  Chris Randall reports. 

Students, Teachers
Shiver In Cold Classrooms

As district deals with 174 heating-related service requests this month.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Cozy Amid Chaos

Anna Wehrwein’s vibrant depictions of our inner worlds raise questions about how we reconcile with external realities. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reports.

“Halleleujah” Respite

Sought at Hartford food court.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

Sacred Heart Grad, 
Delivery Driver Mourned

After Raviteja Koyadda became city’s first homicide victim of the year, while at work in Newhallville.  Laura Glesby reports. 

Barber On Politics: 
It’s Time To Talk Poverty

Rev calls for moral agenda” that reckons with America’s low-income realities, at Hillhouse Ave. book talk.  Zachary Groz reports. 

Extraordinary Davis Educator Honored

Staff reports.

Legal Notice

Aldermanic Affairs Committee meeting 1/27. Read more. 

Anti-Immigrant Flyers

Found in East Rock and trashed by neighbors, in the wake of Trump executive order blitz.  Laura Glesby reports. 

Warrant: Friend’s Death 
Followed Fight Over Gun

Shaquille Pearson’s family, police gather to mourn homicide, announce arrest.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Fair Haven Alder 
First To File For Reelection

Frank Redente, Jr. seeks a 2nd term repping Ward 15.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Strings & Steel

Make sure the day belongs to MLK, at 13th annual Music Haven-St. Luke’s Steel Band show. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

The Best & Brightest

Of African-American screen actors have one of them days.”  Jamil Ragland reports. 

What About City Clerk,
Registrar & Board of Ed?

Democracy Fund board seeks $ to expand to citywide races beyond just mayor.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Freedom Dreamt

At 29th MLK Day poetry slam.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Pah-Pah-Pah Ba-Buh

Tap-rock crew hosts open rehearsal as part of inaugural dance residency at NXTHVN. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Swimming With The Trash Fish

Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood takes a sculptural dumpster-dive into the lies we’re living through.

Legal Notice

Tax Abatement Committee meeting 1/28. Read more. 

Why They Walked Out

On comedian David Cross. Review Crew’s Fred Noland reports.

Food Delivery Driver
Killed In Newhallville

On Sunday afternoon.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Of Gen Z & “The Rusty Years”

2 conversations that shine a light on the mess we’re in.  Lary Bloom reports. 

Brewery Birthday Bash

Fair Haven’s Armada Brewing turns 8 years old with a bang.  Arthur Delot-Vilain reports. 

Penn Rhodeen, 81

Penn was a music lover and one-time Legal Aid attorney who opposed the removal of the Grand Avenue Bridge.  Obit. 

Synchronicity Set

As Jazz Underground sets up at Three Sheets.  Etai Smotrich-Barr reports. 

Eighth Graders
Pay It Forward

By volunteering to mentor first graders at Fair Haven School.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Downsizing Miss Daisy

A slimmed-down restaging lands just as the world prepares to change again. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reports.

From The Banks Of God’s River

Jamil Ragland reports.

Cleaned Up In Aisle 5

Ribbon cut on extensive renovation at Whalley Stop & Shop.  Allan Appel reports. 

Warrant: Gun Dispute
Preceded Teen Homicide

Police believe Daily Jackson’s killer hated” Jackson’s late friend Uzziah Shell for allegedly stealing a gun from him.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Flying Into LA

For a Black-Bowie glamberds gathering — just as the wildfires hit. Fred Noland reports.

Teachers union prez joins with other groups on state budget, housing fights.  Paul Bass reports. 

Watching, Texting, Praying

NHFD Chief Alston weighs in on LA’s wildfires.  Paul Bass reports. 

By $150K, for one of its four legal contractors.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Suspect Arrested
For 2023 Homicide

Thomas Breen reports. 

Dancer. Teacher. Culture-Bearer

Elaine Peters dies at 70. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Young Man Sings “Old Man”

At warmed-up Winter Blues Fest.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

Legal Notice

Education Committee meeting 1/22. Read more. 

City Stands For LGBTQ Freedom

Laura Glesby Photo

Erycka (with Alyssa-Marie, both of the Children of Marsha P. Johnson): "Our fear and anger deserves a healthy place to be felt."

Queer rights advocates and city officials gathered at the New Haven Pride Center Friday to send a resounding message: that no presidential executive order can erase the reality of transgender people — or dim New Haveners’ commitment to protecting queer rights and safety.

Continue reading ‘City Stands For LGBTQ Freedom’

State St. Parking-To-Housing Plan Advances

Newman Architects rendering

The latest design for 450-ish apartments planned for State St.

Zachary Groz photo

Newman Architects' Paul Santos: Looking for mix of traditional and modern.

(Updated) A development team’s plan to build nearly 450 apartments atop a publicly owned parking lot on State Street inched forward — with a second community meeting, a refined design and an estimated price tag of $125 million.

Continue reading ‘State St. Parking-To-Housing Plan Advances’