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Cicada Spectacle Returns After 17 Years
Sometime in coming weeks, in one of the grand spectacles in all of nature, an insect called the periodical cicada will appear by the millions in much of central Connecticut after spending the past 17 years underground. "It is amazing to see millions and...Tags: Biology, Killingworth, Newington, West Hartford, Suffield
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Stornoway is a Dinosaur Band
Plenty of bands have had strong Yale connections, and play any number of places on campus when they visit New Haven on tour. You might find name acts at the GPSCY Bar, the Yale Cabaret, an undergrad college attic, the “YBC House” on Dwight...Tags: Museums, Entertainment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Music, Yale Cabaret
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Local Bands Play a Big Daytime Gig in Downtown New Haven May 4
A dozen local acts, from punks to bluegrassers to neoclassical dinosaur-song singers, are gathering Saturday (May 4) from noon to 5 p.m. for Kidstock: United Family Musical Festival. The show is held at United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm...Tags: Music Industry, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Early Learning, Music, Arts and Culture
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'On Nature' Group Show At Whitney Center
The Hartford CourantPaulette Rosen has been creating artwork on the subject of birds for years. So it was only natural that when she found a dead bird in her yard, that it would make its way into her work. "I collected it so I could do some drawing. Then it occurred to...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Sculpture, Lobbying, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Stornoway Performs at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History on May 5
British quartet Stornoway return to the Great Hall of the Peabody Museum to perform under the dinosaurs, in support of their latest record Tales from Terra Firma. Catcy indie rock and giant dinosaur fossils? Yes, please. Stornoway May 5, 12:30 p....
Tags: Museums, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Paleontology, Arts and Culture
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Dinosaur-size debt
For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue. But that choice could have far less impact on the Field's future than another...
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January Joiner at the Long Wharf is a 'Weight-Loss Horror Comedy' With a Difference
January Joiner "A Weight Loss Horror Comedy." By Laura Jacqmin. Directed by Eric Ting. Through February 10 at the Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven. (203) 787-4282. longwharf.org Far be it from me to pre-judge, but the marketing...
Tags: Tom Arnold, Weight, Long Wharf Theatre, Judd Apatow, Politics
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Martin Luther King Jr. Lived On at St. Luke's Church Monday, with Classical Strings and Steel Drums
Other cities may have had stuff like inaugurations and parades, but nothing can overpower Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in New Haven. Especially when you place some open-minded violinists in the midst of steel-drum thumpers. The MLK holiday in New...Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Music, Martin Luther King Day
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Our Picks: More Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events
17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice: Jan. 20, noon-4 p.m.; Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, (203) 432-5050, peabody.yale.edu....
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Global Warming's in Your Backyard at Yale Peabody Museum
Seasons of Change: Global Warming in Your Backyard at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History through Feb. 24, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, (203) 432-5050, peabody.yale.edu The sign above a suggestion box just inside "Seasons of Change: Global...
Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Natural Disasters, Asthma, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Twelve Shining Moments from the 2012 International Festival of Arts & Ideas
SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/chris/Documents/Ten%20shining%20moments%20from%20the%202012%20International%20Festival%20of%20Arts.doc I have no doubt that there were several dozen other such moments. I wasn't at every event in the festival, and...
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Visit the Dinosaur Petting Zoo at Yale Peabody Museum on June 18
Show the kids a wicked fun time at the Peabody Museum this week with Australian performing troupe Erth's interactive Dinosaur Petting Zoo. Journey through prehistoric Austrailia as you meet some of the dinosaurs and other animals who lived during that...
Tags: Museums, Science and Technology, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Science, Paleontology
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