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New Haven Budget Panel Unveils Report
New Haven's Blue Ribbon Budget Panel--convened last year to study the city's budgetary process...
 07/02/2009By Betsy Yagla
Arse & Hide Beers: The international festival of bottoms and bottles.
I always write about how Arts & Ideas is a FESTIVAL, damn it, in a fine mainly European tradition...
 07/01/2009By Christopher Arnott
Mr. Franken Goes to Washington
The Minnesota Supreme Court has spoken , and it looks like Al Franken will finally be seated in the...
 06/30/2009By Ann Lewinson
Happy Birthday, America!
The fucking United States of America, that is! Before anyone gets angry and writes in that we're,...
 07/02/2009By David Riedel
June Events
Just wanted to make not of two local events coming up in June that have some gaming focus. This year's...
 05/29/2009By Scott Niblock
Together Through Life dispatch #9 - Studying The Art of War
In August of 2006 a person who uses the handle "Peggy Day" on the website expectingrain.com...
 04/24/2009By Scott Warmuth
Links
Morning Fix: 7/2/09
Here are some stories happening around Connecticut and the rest of the world
On The Cover
Peace, What is it Good For?
Coming to terms with war in the Obama era
 By Alan Bisbort
News
White Firefighters Win Bias Case
Black leaders say New Haven 20 victory is a setback for civil rights
 By Betsy Yagla
The Great Health Care Waiting Game
Lawmakers "fix" health care by studying it — and planning to make a recommendation in two years
 By Andy Bromage
Math Comprehension
The tale of New Haven's 800 missing students
By Betsy Yagla
Locals Rock the Vote
Iranians living in Connecticut on the recent election and its aftermath
 By Chandra Niles Folsom
Heath Care for Idiots
The obvious argument that Obama's public health insurance plan is just wrong
By Phil Maymin
Fourth of July
4th of July Fireworks
Here are some places to celebrate the Fourth, no matter where you live in Connecticut
Arts & Theater
At Play in Waterford
The O'Neill Center camps out once more
 By Christopher Arnott
Sharpen That Pencil
A local author writes a novel in three days — and gets it published
 By David Riedel
Misted Over
Henry C. White pastels at the Florence Griswold Museum
 By Stephen Vincent Kobasa
Time and Time Again
Jonathan Larson's 1990 musical about a poor, frustrated composer makes sense for today
 By Debra Kirouac
Eats
Lighten Up
The Lime Light offers standout Thai dishes, once you get over your prejudices
 By Brian LaRue
Food Find: 07/02/09
Ten Penny Ale from Olde Burnside Brewing Co
 By Betsy Yagla
Deluxe: 07/02/09
Your weekly foodie fix.
 By Kathleen Cei
A Weed by Any Other Name
A resurgence in foraging — finding and cooking with wild plants — is sprouting up all over the area
By Diana Mellon
Savage Love
Savage Love: 7/1/09
Dying is easy; monogamy is hard
 By Dan Savage
Music
How to Become a DJ
The local scene is hard to break into — with a handful of DJs taking up most spots — but it's not impossible
By Adam Bernard
Stuck in a Corner With...Kevin M. Hodge!
The guitarist from Brava Spectre at the Space July 2
 By Kathleen Cei
Local CDs: 07/02/09
Ill and Bad Apples reviewed.
 By Brian LaRue
CD of the Week: Eugene McGuinness
Eugene McGuinness Eugene McGuinness (Domino) Twenty-two-year-old Eugene McGuinness may look too...
 By Brianna Snyder
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Event Listings
THE WEEK: 07/02/09
Your weekly guide to getting out.
 By David Riedel and Alison Geisler
Film
Chicago Vice
Cinematic crimes from Michael Mann and Woody Allen; plus rock-'em sock-'em robots
 By Ann Lewinson
Cars
Tesla Plugs In
Jump-starting battery cars with cash
 By Jim Motavalli
Around The State
Soup Kitchen, or Picnic?
The activists of Middletown's Food Not Bombs insist they're simply sharing their food, not feeding the hungry
 By Daniel D'Ambrosio
Cloudy Sky
When Milford's health department closed down the Olive Tree Hookah Lounge over "health concerns"...
 By Sean Corbett
Most Popular Articles
Trial By Fire
How firehouse politics in New Haven put our civil rights on the line
 By Betsy Yagla
Money: The Root of All Evil
Money and how it got that way
 By Alan Bisbort
Is Our Children Learning?
Often is the question asked: Are New Haven's new schools making kids smarter?
 By Betsy Yagla