Greetings from Greater New Haven
Soul de Cuba during COVID
1 Elm St. looking toward Broadway
Strange Times: Photos Capture COVID-Era City at the New Haven Museum
114 Whitney Ave. New Haven
203-562-4183
October 13, 2021-March 25, 2022

By most accounts, by the spring of 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic was unraveling our collective sense of political, social and economic “normality.” In March 2020, New Haven resident Roderick Topping began to casually document that new reality. His striking images will be on view in a new exhibit, “Strange Times: Downtown New Haven in the COVID Era,” at the New Haven Museum (NHM) from October 13, 2021, through March 25, 2022. Register to visit the museum here.

Topping emigrated from Scotland as a child and moved to New Haven in the late 1980s with an art degree from Skidmore College. Notably, after 30 years of photography, the moments he captured in the last 18 months reflect a relatable shift in the history of the Elm City. Living most of his adult life downtown, he had always known the area as a bustling hub of students, workers, academics, businesspeople, tourists, and transients, hosting homeless and well-heeled alike. Exciting, and sometimes troubled, New Haven was rarely quiet. “The COVID era changed all that,” Topping says. “For the first time in my memory the city was silent.”
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New Haven Night Market
Ninth Square, New Haven
203-787-4282

The New Haven Night Market is back on October 8th, from 5-10PM in downtown New Haven’s historic 9th Square neighborhood (Orange Street from Center to George), showcasing more of the vibrant New Haven community than ever before!

The New Haven Night Market will include over 60 artists, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations, sharing their curated wares, food, drink, art, music, culture & beyond! Partnering with the event, 9th Square businesses will also be opening their doors, some offering special one-night-only “Night Market Promos” to guests, such as: 20% off all plants at Bark & Vine and 10% off your check at Hunan House! Learn More
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More Events

Milford Restaurant Week
Through October 10, 2021
 
New Haven Fall Restaurant Weeks Remixed
October 3-16, 2021

Spectrum Gallery’s Autumn Arts and Crafts Festival, Madison
October 9 & 10, 2021

Open Source Festival, New Haven
Weekends, October 15-24, 2021

Through October Bishop's Orchard's 150th Anniversary Corn Maze Opens Read More


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