March 3, 2021. Words and Photos By Lucy Gellman- "Rasheem Dixon grew up with the Mitchell Library as his safe haven. He sees its potential closure in Mayor Justin Elicker’s proposed “Crisis Budget” as a crisis point itself. Dixon is one of thousands of New Haveners who have come to know the Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library as a second home, after school refuge, zero-cost coworking space, storytime mecca, community connector, and life preserver.
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February 25, 2021 , CT Magazine, by Leeanne Griffin- "Artist Mohamad Hafez gained critical acclaim for his best-known work, UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage, a multimedia installation featuring sculptural recreations of Middle Eastern and African refugees' disrupted lives within suitcases.
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March 2, 2021, by Kathy Czepiel- "Everyone on the brewery floor seems happy, even though it’s a slushy winter morning, they’re all bundled in flannel and fleece and the equipment is so loud it’s hard to talk. Rock and roll is blasting in the background, and there are plenty of elbow bumps and smiling eyes above masks as the first run of brewer Alisa Bowens-Mercado’s BGM—that’s Birthday Girl Magic—Vanilla Porter rolls off the conveyor belt. In addition to being the first Black woman brewer in Connecticut, Bowens-Mercado may be the first Blac
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