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4 Connecticut Spots That Are Still Haunted in the Summertime
I've always been fascinated by homes, buildings, and forests that have a dark and mysterious energy. Connecticut is loaded with places that have a long history of odd and unexplained activity. Sure, it is hot as hell outside, but the ghouls don't take summer break, and it does not need...
Best Waterbury Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants in CT
Waterbury, Connecticut, boasts a rich and diverse food culture, with the best Waterbury Hole-in-the-Wall restaurants offering unique and authentic dining experiences. This article highlights three such gems: Brenda’s Kitchen & Deli, La Cazuela, and Top O’ the Mornin’. Each of these establishments exemplifies the creativity and dedication that make Waterbury’s culinary landscape so exciting and varied. They truly are one of the best Hole-in-the-Wall restaurants in Waterbury.
New Haven Pizza Crawl: 4 Essential Pizzerias
Pizza lovers who travel to New Haven, Connecticut are transported to a time when America was a raging industrial center – a time when coal fired ovens the size of small trucks churned out pizzas by the hundreds to the hungry working masses. The best New Haven pizzerias still...
Stop & Shop recalls chicken over missing allergen on label
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Stop & Shop is recalling a poultry product after an allergen was left off the label. The 7 oz prepackaged Italian breaded chicken cutlets could be missing the milk allergen on the label, the company announced on Friday. The chicken is under the company’s private brand. The recall applies to […]
Get in the groove with a flurry of outdoor summer music festivals to close out July
Jazz, blues, folk and even modern American classical sounds just keep blasting in the open air in July. The weekend of July 26-28 in particular offers a nearly infinite variety of sounds at half a dozen established Connecticut festivals from the Black-Eyed & Bluesfest in Hartford to the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Washington and folk, rock and jams throughout the state. There is also two weeks ...
Stretch Your Dollar: National Ice Cream Day & more
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — We are heading into the weekend looking for sweet deals for you and your family!. We’re stretching your dollar this “Freebie Friday” starting with National Ice Cream Day on Sunday!. It’s a free Dilly Bar at participating Dairy Queen locations. Free...
Hundreds Fill The Green … To Read!
Nose deep in books on the Green, roughly 800 young New Haveners were transported to watching a Bronx street performer bust a move, to visiting a second-floor apartment in a Russian mining town, to spending some time with the Cat in the Hat — all as part of an annual “read-in” downtown.
At the Movies: ‘Twisters’ & ‘Oddity’
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — To be honest, the only thing I remember about Jan de Bont’s “Twister” is the cow. Well, and Van Halen’s song for the soundtrack. But here we are, close to 30 years later, with “Twisters.”. Daisy Edgar Jones fills...
The Pizza Files with Taste of New Haven: Ozzy’s Apizza Comes to the Elm City from LA and More Saucy News
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Connecticut’s Morning Buzz Guest Host Laura Hutchinson recently met with Colin Caplan, founder of Taste of New Haven, to discuss the latest in the world of pizza. Caplan, a well-known, local ‘pizza guru,’ shared exciting news about the grand opening of Ozzy’s Apizza, a New Haven-style pizzeria coming to East Rock Market, in New Haven. “Ozzy’s Apizza is returning home from LA and will open on August 2nd. It’s going to be a standout in the East Rock Market on Nichols St.,” Caplan announced.
Taco Festival Returns for Fourth Year
Taco-lovers are heading back to the Guilford Fairgrounds as the New England Taco Festival returns for its fourth year on July 27 and 28. The festival, billed as a one-of-a-kind event, spans over two days, bringing music and entertainment, along with the eponymous tacos. Thousands and thousands of tacos, according to organizers who note that the vendors will offer over 100 different kinds of tacos — everything from carne asada, shrimp tacos, barbacoa, and birria tacos to tacos al pastor, tacos de pescado, and chorizo tacos, and more.
It’s all the big things this week in CT from blink-182 to Phish to Jerry Seinfeld
The 1960s British teen idol Peter Noone is now a septuagenarian. So is Vicki Lawrence, who has been playing one (“Mama”) since the 1970s. Also in Connecticut this week, a Sammy Hagar/Loverboy tour recalls the 1980s. Southern California skate punks blink-182 evoke the 1990s and 2000s. Then there’s Phish, whose jams have gone on for decades. The music goes round and round right up to ...
Open Mic Surgery Keeps It Weird
Bill. E. Basquitte Ball. Alice McGill Photos. Bill. E. K, alternatively known as Bill. E. Basquitte Ball, flipped through a colorful display of papers piled into a manila folder, on the backs of which he had scribbled his poems. He introduced his piece “Secret Saccharine” and began to read.
Win tickets to ‘Twas the Night Before by Cirque du Soleil
Listen to Anna and Raven all this week at 9am for your chance to win a pair of tickets to opening night on November 29th of ‘Twas the Night Before by Cirque du Soleil. ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil is a Christmas themed show inspired by the joy of giving and the wonder of the holiday season, with something for everyone in the family to enjoy. Whether you are a child of 5, 50, or 95 years old you are sure to be wowed by incredible acrobatics and a heart-warming story this season at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT, for a strictly limited engagement, November 29 through December 8, 2024.
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