August 27th, 2025, The Arts Paper, by Sebastian Wilds- The following citizen contribution comes from Sebastian Wilds, who is a member of Six Figure DJs. Last Wednesday, Connecticut witnessed something that had never been done before at this level: The MixOff.
Wednesday | September 3, 2025
August 21st, 2025, The Arts Paper, by Jarelis Calderon- Under a canopy of string lights and an open evening sky, people from all walks of life gathered on a wide, outdoor patio, drawn together by the rhythms of salsa music pulsing through the warm air. The class was free, open to anyone willing to move, and filled with nothing but good energy. That was the scene on a recent Tuesday, as New Haven salsera, beer brewer and Renaissance woman Alisa Bowens-Mercado led “Salsa Under the Stars” on the Westville Central Patio.
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August 28, 2025, The New Haven Independent, by Mona Mahadevan- "More than three dozen Westville residents packed Coogan Pavilion to demand that city officials and police officers step up enforcement against rule-breaking smoke shops. Frustration ran high Wednesday night as neighbors questioned why well-known problem stores are still open for business. Westville Alders Adam Marchand, Richard Furlow, and Amy Marx joined city Health Department Director Maritza Bond and Assistant Corporation Counsel Michael Pinto in fielding complaints.
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Thursday | March 14, 2024
The New Haven Indpenendent- "The view of a mountain in Sichuan, China is breathtaking, though not for the usual reasons. Photographer Roy Money doesn’t train his camera on the usual kind of tourist pictures — the highest peak, the widest vista, the prettiest temple. Instead, he has an eye for the beauty in the details, the shape of the land, a mat of vegetation, curls of fog. Pictures of famous vistas might make us want to go there.
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The New Haven Independent- "Skateboarders young and old envisioned stairs, an awning, and 24/7 lights as they met with city officials to map out a plan for a $250,000 renovation of their park. City officials invited the skateboarders to the public meeting Wednesday night at Edgewood Park’s Coogan Pavilion to dream and scheme about the upcoming renovation, which comes out of an $800,000 state grant (from federal American Rescue Plan Act money) the city has received for upgrades throughout the park. The skate park is set
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"Scientologists will have to pay taxes after sitting on plans to resurrect Ron Hubbard’s spirit inside the deteriorating doors of a former furniture store — now that the city revoked the church’s tax-exempt status. Acting City Tax Assessor Alex Pullen informed the Church of Scientology of Connecticut, Inc. in a notice dated Feb.
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Wednesday | November 29, 2023
"Penrhyn Cook’s series of photographs, Holiday Reflections, are absorbing enough in their own right. Colorful and festive, the images are just askew enough to warrant a closer look. Are we looking at double exposures? What do we make of the giant fruit and a rainbow on a city block? In the context of Kehler Liddell Gallery’s annual holiday show — titled “Deck the Walls” and running at the Westville space through Dec.
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Monday | November 27, 2023
October 30, 2023, by Karen Ponzio- "The last weekend of October finally gifted the city a warm and sunny Saturday, but nowhere was it hotter than Westville, where a two-day neighborhood event — part of the artist-led City-Wide Open Studios — encompassed everything from galleries, creative collectives, and private residences to Edgewood Park and even pods on Central Avenue. At 11 a.m.
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November 1, 2023, by Brian Slattery- "Two photographs by Marjorie Gillette Wolfe hang in the front of Kehler Liddell Gallery, at 873 Whalley Ave. in Westville. They’re both of hedges, and the way Wolfe composes the image, the eye is drawn to the plant life, without worrying too much about where it is. We can see the similarities in the forms of the plants, the spacing between them.
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Wednesday | September 6, 2023
August 31, by Kraig Binkowski- "A blurry chandelier dissolves into the flimsy outline of a staircase against a backdrop of swirls of rich brown. This ink drawing—one of many similar works lining a narrow hallway inside Beth El–Keser Israel—depicts details from artist Anna Bresnick’s trip to Venice and Murano, a neighboring island known for its glassmaking. The artist’s travels inform many of the works in this series, and throughout the solo exhibition, Anna Bresnick: Four Stops Along an Artistic Path, which closes on Sunday, Sept. 3.
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