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Thursday, April 17, 2025
9:00am – 11:00am
Host: Babz Rawls-Ivy

11:00am – 12:00pm
Host: MarceyLynn Jones

Not just a talk show! Community pioneer's stories that you can't google! non-googlable truths.

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Host: Paul Bass, Editor of the New Haven Independent

The New Haven Independent’s editor talks government, politics and current events with local newsmakers.

1:00pm – 3:00pm
Host: Tye Edge

Intimate conversations about the human condition

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Host: LA VOZ HISPANA DE CT

Latino news, views, and music.

4:00pm – 5:00pm
Host: Cliff Furnald

5:00pm – 7:00pm
Host: Babz Rawls-Ivy

7:00pm – 8:00pm
Host: Jazz Haven with Stan the Man

8:00pm – 9:00pm
Host: MarceyLynn Jones

Not just a talk show! Community pioneer's stories that you can't google! non-googlable truths.

9:00pm – 10:00pm
Host: Paul Bass, Editor of the New Haven Independent

The New Haven Independent’s editor talks government, politics and current events with local newsmakers.

10:00pm – 11:00pm
Host: Cliff Furnald

11:00pm – 12:00am
Host: Tom Ficklin

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Freedom Struggles & Holy Week

The latest Faith Matters column, from Shalom UCC New Haven’s worship coordinator.  Rev. Allie Perry reports. 

Piano Lessons At Stetson

Thanks to new partnership between Neighborhood Music School and Dixwell branch library. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Let’s Give A Shit
About Trans Rights

Kathryn Parkman catches 50-state Here To Pee Comedy Protest Tour; in between laughs, reflects on how she takes bathroom access for granted. 

Schools Showdown

State defies Trump anti-DEI order; ed aid for low-income students at stake. CT Mirror’s Jessika Harkey & Lisa Hagen report.

Reviewing Myself
In “Mud Follies”

At HomeHaven’s annual talent show.  Lary Bloom reports. 

Sign Of The Day

Paul Bass reports.

Supt. Dives Deeper 
Into Potential Staff Cuts

As district faces expected $23M budget deficit for next fiscal year.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Love Notes For Roya

Two years after her death.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

“Radiohead”

New single from Rosalíe tells timeless tale of love and heartbreak.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

Peace Award Honors 
Arrested Protester

Promoting Enduring Peace (PEP) gives inaugural Dorothy Day award to Mahmoud Khalil.  Allan Appel reports. 

Legal Notice

Tax Abatement Committee meeting 4/22. Read more. 

“Free For All”

Shubert, PBS, library team up for screening of new doc all about public libraries.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

A Feast For The Senses

Silent films, soup, and acoustic tunes keep Volume II bustling.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

On The Grid

An artist of Ugandan background explores the geometry of heritage.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

Joint Community Development/Health & Human Services Committee meetings:

What’s A Digraph?

Troup kindergarteners learn to put sounds together.  Maya McFadden reports. 

EP Sends IRIS SOS

Performed on WNHH FM Paul Bass reports. 

Nail Art Goes To Space

At Mitchell Library workshop.  Abbey Kim reports. 

Murals In Progress

Their evolution is part of the point in Dream” exhibit.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

Smashing Piggies

Loose change flows at a piggy bank exhibit. Nora Grace-Flood reviews.

HUMP! Dump

Dan Savage’s not-so-amateur film fest turns 20. Frederick Noland reports.

Trump Cuts Come 
For Humanities, Libraries

The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Wake Up!

Fascism scholar Jason Stanley warns centrist and MLK liberals” of just how dangerous these times are, as he gets ready to move to Canada.  Allan Appel reports. 

Ten Years,
Tin Musings

Ely Center celebrates a decade with group shows.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Betting Big

On making people care about a new runaway-train predatory industry.  Paul Bass reports. 

New Moms Take A Breath

In penultimate session of maternal health program at the Q House.  Lisa Reisman reports. 

DeLauro, Dems Try Again 
To Expand Child Tax Credit

Rep. DeLauro, Sen. Bennet take lead in introducing bill to bump up $$ for families with young children.  Jonathan D. Salant reports. 

Grandma Knew ...

… how to make a killer tembleque. Reinaldo reveals the secret.
Liz Grace reports. 

Robo Squad
Awarded In Hartford

Cynthia Scheetz reports.

Overheard at the Zine Scene

Jisu Sheen reports.

Pardon Helped
Future Come Into Focus

Local para describes moving past her decades-old record.


Maya McFadden reports. 

Tong Slams Avelo 
Over Deportation Contract

Thomas Breen reports.

Cambodian Genocide
Survivor Visits Hillhouse

Kate Goodwin and Glenda Reyes report.

Arrested Yale Cop 
Seeks Release From Custody

In child pornography case.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Let ‘Em Pee

Guv, Teamsters meet up on Wallace St. to advocate for warehouse workers protection bill.  Allan Appel reports. 

A Concert Turns Into A Party

Jamil Ragland reports.

Legal Notice

(Revised) Finance Committee meeting 4/9. Read more. 

On Passover & Redemption

A Faith Matters column from the leader of Congregation Mishkan Israel.  Rabbi Daniel Schaefer reports. 

Quick To The Cut

Friends and strangers hang out and film at a pop-up community event.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

Slow Burns

Paul Bass reports.

Final Beam Frames Dixwell Dream

Laura Glesby photos

ConnCORP leaders, including Erik Clemons and Carlton Highsmith, celebrate the final beam...

... which bears Kim Harris's signature among many others, as Nina Silva photographed.

As the final beam of ConnCAT’s future health-job-childcare hub rose on Dixwell Avenue, Kim Harris and Julia Ficklin each thought of generations past and generations to come.

For Ficklin, that beam meant a longtime dream of her late husband, Alder Tom Ficklin, clicking into place.

For Harris, it meant a trove of resources for the children she teaches starting to materialize.

Continue reading ‘Final Beam Frames Dixwell Dream’

Ed Board OK's $$ Amid Custodial Mess

Maya McFadden File Photo

Andrea Downer, the only school board member to vote no on new ABM agreements.

The Board of Education signed off on paying one contractor an additional $220,000 for custodial work that another contractor walked out on.

Meanwhile, the city’s public school district has closed its search and is now reviewing bids for a new part-time custodial crew to start next year. 

Continue reading ‘Ed Board OK’s $$ Amid Custodial Mess’

Avelo To Tong: Try FOIA

Markeshia Ricks file photo

AG Tong: "It is clear all they intend to do is take state support and make money off other people’s suffering."

Avelo’s CEO told the state’s attorney general that he can see a copy of the budget airline’s deportation contract — if he submits a Freedom of Information Act request to the relevant federal agency.

Continue reading ‘Avelo To Tong: Try FOIA