Lucy Gellman

Mikayla Stallings leaned over a sheet of paper, a pen placed gingerly between her fingers. A single braid fell gently over her arms.

Lucy Gellman Photos. Standing before an altar strewn with flowers, Arvia Walker and Juanita Sunday gathered armfuls of chrysanthemums, purple

Top: New Haven Pride Center Communications Coordinator Laura Boccadoro, Development Coordinator Alyssa -Marie Cajigas Rivera Ortiz, Youth Services

Just off Harrison Street, universes were opening page by page. In one, Jacob twirled through the dress-up corner of his classroom, shimmying into a sparkly pink gown and matching tiara.

Over 200 people gathered, prayed, wept and danced at a candlelight vigil for Fatman Scoop last Friday night in Hamden, exactly a week

The blocks of color sit side-by-side, so clean and bright against each other that they could be woven.

Terence Okwuosa still remembers the day Professor Peter Bonadies asked him about the 10-story building going up across the street.

brought that sound—and a gratitude that became infectious—to Lawrence Street Thursday night, during the second iteration of “Thursdays at the Plaza.” Held on Lawrence Street between State and Mechanic Streets, the plaza is a one-month pilot aimed at activating the space and calming traffic in the area.

Just off Whalley Avenue, the burst of color catches a viewer off guard. Ducks swim and dive across a two-dimensional pond, bobbing in a spray of squiggly white ripples.

(NHSO) this month. As he kicks off rehearsals for the season opener this week, he is thinking about the role music plays in building community—and how the organization can better serve New Haven in its 130th year.