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The New Haven Museum staff and their community partners have reinterpreted the Amistad story in an exhibition that takes a new angle on the familiar story of the Amistad.   The 1839 Amistad Revolt was led by 53 West African captives who were being trafficked from Havana's slave markets on the schooner La Amistad after being kidnapped from their homeland. For nearly 19 months in New Haven, the Amistad captives worked closely with anti-slavery activists who formed the Amistad Committee and connected with networks of engaged citizens to organize and fundraise for their legal defense.   The New Haven Museum exhibition, “Amistad: Retold,” centers the people who led the 1839 revolt and their collective actions to determine their own lives. It also focuses on New Haven as the site of their incarceration and abolitionist organizing.    My guests for this episode are award-winning historian, writer, and filmmaker Dr. Marcus Rediker, Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh, and Joanna Steinberg, the New Haven Museum's Director of Learning and Engagement. Dr. Rediker will present, “Rethinking the Amistad Story” at the New Haven Museum on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 6 p.m. This is a rare local opportunity to meet the historian whose work transformed the understanding of the Amistad revolt and was central to the recent re-interpretation of the New Haven Museum exhibit, “Amistad: Retold."   Don't forget to register for Dr. Rediker's upcoming lecture on April 3rd at the New Haven Museum-the link with further information is here: https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/50304-2/   Be sure to visit Dr. Rediker's  website at www.marcusrediker.com/ for information on his 2012 book The Amistad Rebellion, An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Rebellion published by Penguin Press.    To watch his award-winning film about visiting Sierra Leonne, Ghosts of Amistad, go to the website www.ghostsofamistad.com   ----------------------------------------------- We have a serious funding gap for 2025. You can help us continue to tell the important stories from Connecticut's history by donating a fixed dollar amount monthly. It's easy to set up a monthly donation on the Connecticut Explored website at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/gratingthenutmeg/ We need and appreciate your support!   Subscribe to get your copy of our beautiful magazine Connecticut Explored delivered to your mailbox or your inbox-subscribe at  https://simplecirc.com/subscribe/connecticut-explored    If you are looking for fun and interesting things to do around the state, our magazine and bi-monthly enewsletter will fill you in! Subscribe and sign up for our free enewsletter at our website at ctexplored.org   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at www.highwattagemedia.com/   Follow GTN on our socials-Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky.   Follow host Mary Donohue on Facebook and Instagram at WeHa Sidewalk Historian. Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Thank you for listening!  

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This year, Michael Morand, director of community engagement for Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, was appointed New Haven's official city historian. We return to our conversation with him about bringing New Haven's history to life and the exhibit he collaborated on at the New Haven Museum. The exhibit includes years of Michael's research as part of The Yale and Slavery Research Project documenting Yale's historical ties to slavery. The exhibit, which is on view until March, 2025, is called Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery. Guest:  Michael Morand: Director of community engagement for Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and New Haven's official city historian. You can read about Michael Morand's role as New Haven's official city historian on CT Public's website. Special thanks to our intern Frankie Devevo. This episode originally aired on September 11, 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This year, Michael Morand, director of community engagement for Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, was appointed New Haven's official city historian. We talk with him about bringing New Haven's history to life and the exhibit he collaborated on at the New Haven Museum. The exhibit includes years of Michael's research as part of The Yale and Slavery Research Project documenting Yale's historical ties to slavery. The exhibit, which is on view until March, 2025, is called Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery. Guest: Michael Morand: Director of community engagement for Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and New Haven's official city historian. Disrupted is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Of the two commercial airports in Connecticut, the smaller of the two gets relatively little mention. Tweed-New Haven Airport, which straddles the New Haven-East Haven border, has been in business for nearly a century, when it was just a dirt landing strip. The history of the airport, and its namesake Jack Tweed, are told by the Director of Photo Archives for the New Haven Museum, Jason Bischoff-Wurstle.

  Have you ever discovered that one of your favorite places is being renovated? Like your grandmother's kitchen, your favorite restaurant, or even a museum, and you worry that the charm or the appeal of the place might be gone after the renovation? Podcast editor Patrick O'Sullivan and Producer Mary Donohue went to just such a place, the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale in New Haven. We had both been to the museum many times before the pandemic. But, the newly-reopened Peabody Museum is not just better, it's fantastic!   The massive dinosaur and prehistoric fossil collections in the Burke Hall of Dinosaurs are what every schoolchild remembers from a fieldtrip.  The renovation has created new space for exhibiting more of its cultural, anthropological, and other scientific collections, including never-before displayed artifacts and contemporary art. For example, one intriguing  new area was the History of Science and Technology gallery that included Yale's first microscope — purchased in 1734. Just this summer, the Hall of the Pacific has opened with artwork, photographs and artifacts that celebrate the cultures of Pacific Islander communities.   With a $160 million dollar bequest, they've increased the size of the museum from 30,000 to 44,000 square feet, added 5 classrooms, new galleries and a study gallery for faculty and students to use. The space is bright, inviting and provides visitors a place to sit down or bring lunch. Maybe the two things that will have the biggest impact in the future is that the museum is now completely free to visit. They have also worked hard to correct old, outdated information as well as to interpret the artifacts in a way that acknowledges their history more fully and authentically.   The guest for this episode is David Skelly, Director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History and Yale Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.   Our thanks to David Skelly and Steven Scarpa, Associate Director of the museum's Marketing & Communications Department for making arrangements for the podcast recording as well as a fabulous tour.   Don't forget that the museum admission is now free! You can reserve timed entrance passes on the museum's website to help you plan your visit. https://peabody.yale.edu/visit   And once you're in New Haven, don't forget that the Grove Street Cemetery from Grating the Nutmeg episode # 186 is just blocks away - or check out the New Haven Museum's new Amistad gallery!   ------------------------------------------------------ Can you spare $10 a month to help support the new voices, research, and books we feature on Grating the Nutmeg? It's easy to set up a monthly donation on the Connecticut Explored website at ctexplored.org   Click the donate button at the top and then look for the Grating the Nutmeg link. Thank you!   Subscribe to get your copy of Connecticut Explored magazine delivered to your mailbox or your inbox-subscribe at ctexplored.org.   We've got issues coming up on food, celebrations and the environment with places you'll want to read about and visit.   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at https://www.highwattagemedia.com/   Follow GTN on our Facebook, Instagram and Threads pages.

It's the oldest town green in North America – one laid out in grid format and continuously maintained since colonial days. The New Haven Green has acquired many secrets in its nearly 400-year existence, including hidden cemeteries, historic churches, famous political visits, and its very purpose for existence. Learn the enchanting history behind one of CT's classic locations from Jason Bischoff-Wurstle, Director of Photo Archives at the New Haven Museum.

  It's Spring in Connecticut and this episode is part of our celebration of May as Historic Preservation Month. Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven is the first planned cemetery in the country. The design of Grove Street Cemetery in the 1790s pioneered several of the features that became standard like family plots and an established walkway grid. It is also one of the most beautiful places in Connecticut and is designated as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. It is on the Connecticut Freedom Trail.    Executive Producer Mary Donohue's guests are Michael Morand and Channing Harris. Michael Morand is Director of Community Engagement for Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. He was just appointed the official City Historian of New Haven and currently chairs the Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery. Channing Harris is a landscape architect. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New Haven Preservation Trust and on the Board of the Friends of Grove Street Cemetery. At the cemetery he's been involved with replanting the next generation of trees, enhancing the front border garden, and assisted with the certification of the cemetery as an Arboretum.   Make a day of it in New Haven with a visit to Grove Street Cemetery and perhaps the New Haven Museum or the newly-reopened Peabody Museum. The Cemetery gates are open every day from 9-4. For the times and dates of the 2024 guided tours, go to the Facebook page of the Friends of Grove Street Cemetery. For more information on joining the Friends or volunteering, go to their website at https://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/become-member   -------------------------------------------------   Subscribe to get your copy of Connecticut Explored magazine delivered to your mailbox or your inbox-subscribe at ctexplored.org.  You won't want to miss our Summer issue with new places to go and lots of day trip ideas!   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at https://www.highwattagemedia.com/   Mary Donohue is an award-winning author, historian and preservationist. Contact her at marydonohue@comcast.net    and follow her Facebook and Instagram pages at WeHa Sidewalk Historian.   Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Help us produce the podcast by donating to non-profit Connecticut Explored at https://ctexplored.networkforgood.com/projects/179036-support-ct-history-podcast-grating-the-nutmeg   image:  Henry Austin Papers (MS 1034). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

This hour, we preview several historical exhibits spotlighting local artists, many of whom were touched by the Pop Art Movement percolating just over the border in New York. This includes prolific artist couple Leo Jensen and Dalia Ramanauskas. We'll explore what it means to be an artist in community — in Connecticut or New York — and how Pop Art changed that. 1 of 6The exhibit "Avant Colony: Unearthing the Westbrook Gallery" is currently running through March 31 at Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New HavenEric Litke / Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven2 of 6Saturday Night: New London, ca 1935, is on view in "Beatrice Cuming: Connecticut Precisionist," through May 26 at Lyman Allyn Art Museum.Provided / Tanya Pohrt / Lyman Allyn Art Museum3 of 6Bell Buoys on the Dock, ca. 1937, is on view in "Beatrice Cuming: Connecticut Precisionist," through May 26 at Lyman Allyn Art Museum.Provided / Tanya Pohrt / Lyman Allyn Art Museum4 of 6Leo Jensen (1926–2019), Baseball Machine, 1963. Painted wood, mixed media kinetic sculpture, 90 x 76 x 23 in. Collection of the Artist.Provided / Florence Griswold Museum5 of 6Leo Jensen (1926–2019), The Lure of the Turf, 1963. Wood, steel, 90 x 63 x 22 1/2 in. Collection of the Artist.Provided / Florence Griswold Museum6 of 6Leo Jensen (1926–2019), Secrets of a Home Run Hitter, 1964. Polychromed wood and mixed media assemblage (electric), 39 x 40 x 8 in. Collection of the Artist.Provided / Florence Griswold Museum February 4 – March 31: Avant Colony: Unearthing the Westbrook Gallery at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven February 10 – April 14: Art in Play: Leo Jensen at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London   February 20 – May 19: Fun & Games? Leo Jensen's Pop Art at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme "Dalia Ramanauskas: As We Embark" just wrapped up at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, and an exhibit dedicated to William Kent is in the works at the New Haven Museum. GUESTS: Eric Litke: Museum Assistant, Yale University Art Gallery Amy Kurtz Lansing: Curator, Florence Griswold Museum Tanya Pohrt: Curator, Lyman Allyn Art Museum Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are they pirates, profiteers or legitimately authorized extensions of George Washington's almost non-existent American Navy? We'll find out with guest historian Eric Jay Dolin, author of Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American RevolutIon. Dolin will underscore an element missing from most maritime histories of the American Revolution: a ragtag fleet of private vessels — from 20-foot whaleboats to 40-cannon men-of-war helped win the war, including some 200 from Connecticut. Armed with cannons, guns, muskets, and pikes, thousands of privateers tormented the British on the Atlantic and in bays and harbors on both sides of the ocean.    Eric Jay Dolin is the author of sixteen books, including Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, a topic we look forward to exploring in an upcoming episode of Grating the Nutmeg. Rebels at Sea was awarded the Morison Book Award for Naval Literature, conferred by the Naval Order of the United States, and was a finalist for the New England Society Book Award.  His forthcoming book, to be published in May, 2024, is Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World. Dolin lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.   Thanks to my guest Eric Jay Dolin. To find out more about his work, go to  www.ericjaydolin.com.   Today's episode is the second in our 2024 series on Connecticut's maritime history-I hope you've had the chance to listen to episode #180 on Colonial Connecticut and the West Indies. If you love these seafaring tales, you'll find dozens of stories to read on our website at ctexplored.org under the Topics button here: https://www.ctexplored.org/travel-transportation/   Eric Jay Dolan's presentation at the New Haven Museum is now available on their YouTube channel was part of New Haven250, an ongoing series of programming developed to complement America250. Culminating with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the series will highlight inclusive, local, and lesser-known stories, connecting past and present. Follow their Facebook page to find out more about upcoming programs.   Watch the taped presentation by author Eric Jay Dolan on the New Haven Museum's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpELt9K7u2TcAx6JHlsD62w/videos     ---------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to get your copy of Connecticut Explored magazine delivered to your mailbox or your inbox-subscribe at ctexplored.org     This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at https://www.highwattagemedia.com/   Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history.        

Connecticut parents are confused over a new law on Kindergarten eligibility. The South Fork Wind project enters its final stages. And a new exhibit at the New Haven Museum documents black history in the city.

John Mills, an independent scholar and president of the Alex Breanne Corporation (a Connecticut-based non-profit researching the lives of the enslaved), will present “Individuals of Connecticut's Colored Regiments” at the New Haven Museum on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 6 p.m. The free event will also stream on FB Live.

Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone was made phenomenally more valuable when the telephone switchboard was invented. George Willard Coy doesn't get nearly the same name recognition as Bell, but his invention catapulted phone usage globally. It all started with humble, home-made components in a building in New Haven and grew to become the Southern New England Telephone Company and also brought about the first telephone directory and telephone poles. Hear the story from the Photo Archives Director of the New Haven Museum, Jason Bischoff-Wurstle.

Jeffrey Nichols is the Chief Executive Officer at The National Civil War Museum, and has over 25 years of museum experience. Jeffrey has held several leadership roles at various museums, including the Mark Twain House & Museum and Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest. Jeffrey's passion for history began during his college years in Connecticut, where he studied history and got his start at the New Haven Museum in his home state. Now, Jeffrey now leads The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a commitment to preserving and sharing the stories of the Civil War era. In this interview, Jeffrey shares the role of history museums, connecting history to today, and the business of non-profit.    The Role of History Museums "People believe that museums are trustworthy." Now more than ever, museums are recognizing the importance of engaging their audiences beyond traditional methods. With traditional history lessons becoming less prevalent in classrooms, museums are stepping up to fill the gap and provide immersive, experiential learning opportunities that can't be replicated in a textbook. Jeffrey understands the significance and works to ensure that his museum is not only teaching history, but also creating an emotional connection to the past. Jeffrey emphasizes that by sharing both sides of a story and highlighting the true scale of an event, museums can create a more complete understanding and visitors will see more of the significance. By presenting a balanced narrative, visitors gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of past events and develop a much stronger perspective on these events.   Connecting History to Today "Museums and historic sites strive to broaden one's perspective." The study of history serves a multitude of purposes. Jeffrey shares that history educates us on our past mistakes, and gives us a benchmark to relate to current events. Not only this, but experiencing something like The National Civil War Museum builds critical thinking skills by allowing visitors to learn about history in a multi-dimensional way.  Jeffrey emphasizes that history is never black and white, much like the nature of the information we get in our world today. Jeffrey believes that by teaching history and fostering critical thinking skills, new and existing generations can develop the ability to analyze more complex situations, comprehend these diverse viewpoints, and make informed, strong decisions.   The Business of Non-Profit  “Having some business sense is important.” Jeffrey shares that getting his MBA while working at the Mark Twain House & Museum allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of strategic thinking and acquire new skills to help grow the business, which proved to be especially valuable when facing the challenges of growing a non-profit organization. By thinking in different directions, Jeffrey has been able to successfully contribute to the growth of The National Civil War Museum since his arrival.  One of the challenges Jeffrey has faced is the marketability and advertising of the museum experience. Due to the severity and importance of the exhibits in the museum, guests don't take selfies or post about their experience on social media very often, but rather resort to word-of-mouth referrals. To help balance the gap, Jeffrey has built a digital platform for marketing, using the resources made available to him to help grow and attract guests to the Museum, such as adverts and easily accessible information on their website.   To connect with Jeffrey, you can find him on LinkedIn. To learn more about The National Civil War Museum, visit their website here.  This podcast wouldn't be possible without the incredible work of our amazing team: Scheduling and correspondence by Kristen Karaliunas Summary by Mason Nichols Video editing by Abigail Giganan   To connect with AttractionPros: attractionpros@gmail.com

This month on Live Culture the tables get turned as Yale Quantum Institute Manager Florian Carle interviews Martha Willette Lewis about her work in the exhibit The Quantum Revolution: Made In New Haven, up now at the New Haven Museum. The show features Martha's original notebook drawings and artifacts from the quantum labs at Yale University, where Martha was artist-in-residence.To find out more about The Quantum Revolution visit here https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/39692-2/ In the second half, things shift back to normal and disentangle, as Martha interviews visual artist and writer Brahna Yassky about her new memoir Slow Dancing With Fire: A Memoir of Resilience, a story of rebuilding a new life after the previous one is suddenly and painfully destroyed. Brahna started writing this memoir thirty years after literally catching on fire, an event which altered the course of her destiny. As an emerging young painter in New York City, she lived her dream, supporting herself painting full time. At night, she attended openings, cultural events and clubs. In 1982, a flame burned 55% of her body, including her painting arm. She spent months in the burn unit, and the next year in physical and occupational therapy. As Brahna healed, her priorities shifted from the aspiration of art-world fame to more collaborative creative interactions. She worked as an art therapist in a hospital program for abused children, in nursing homes and in schools. She did large-scale public projects for The New York City Department of Health and joined The Guerrilla Girls, a women's artist-activist collective, fighting injustices in the art world. She has turned her life experiences into a film and now this book. Slow Dancing With Fire: A Memoir of Resilience is available now through Shanti Press. About the Author: Brahna Yassky won honorable mention for the 2018 Doheny Prize from the Center for Fiction and finalist for the 2019 Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize. Her essays have been published in The Plentitudes Journal, The American Writers Review 2020 (San Fedele Press), Wired, Salon, The Independent, among others. Trained as a visual artist at California College of the Arts and San Francisco State University her work has been widely exhibited, including The Bali Purnati Center, MOMA, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Hudson River Museum and The Painting Center, NYC. More about Brahna can be found here https://www.brahnayassky.com/

Republican state representative, Anne Dauphinais recently criticized Governor Lamont over his vaccine and mask mandates comparing him to Adolf Hitler. She's not the first politician to reference Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to criticize public health rules in the pandemic. Today, we talk about why these analogies are harmful. Avinoam Patt, Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut joins us. Do these references and jokes in popular culture point to the need for better Holocaust education? Later, we're going to talk about a really interesting story that brought an anthropologist and an archaeologist together after Superstorm Sandy. To learn more about this story, register for this free virtual event “Forensic Analysis of the Lincoln Oak Skeletal Remains,” hosted by the New Haven Museum. GUESTS: Avinoam Patt - Director for the Center of Judaic Studies at the University of Connecticut. He is also the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies Dr. Nick Bellantoni - emeritus, Connecticut State Archaeologist Dr. Gary Aronsen - research associate and manager at Yale University Biological Anthropology Laboratories Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday, August 26, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson For most homes are the place of familiar settings, of comfort, of safety. Homes should not threaten, they should welcome us into our Safe Place of protection, of pleasant harbor. But for some, homes extend their humanity into the future. Homes provide a place of expression, hope, even risk in their innovation and vision. Throughout the last 150 years homes went beyond the extension of their occupants' values and aesthetics into the world of architectural, social and technological aspiration. For some, homes became laboratories of experimentation in “New” hope and possibility. Homes offered salvation to their owners, the civilization and architectural vision that could transform the way humanity makes buildings. Homes have always been the lab rats of architecture. Their size, the control their builders had upon their outcome meant homes could project all the possibilities we invested in them. But like most experiments, these transformative attempts fail. We are seeing new trial balloons, right now, based on the same human desperation to make the “New” – even if in this effort happens in the oldest structure that humans built, our homes. Home Page welcomes Taunton Press's Peter Chapman and the New Haven Museum's Jason Bischoff-Wurstle and others to steak about these and of Salvational Homes: Container Homes, Reproduction Homes Living Roof/Buried Homes Tiny Homes, 3D Printed Homes Rammed Earth Homes Net Zero Homes Pressure Treated Wood Homes Urethane Foam Homes Dymaxion Homes Usonian Homes

Thursday, July 22, 2021, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson We have all been in our homes and our neighborhoods more in the last year and a half than we have since World War 2. Now flights are back to 2019 levels, the highways are choked, but what about those places where we live? Not our homes, but our neighborhoods. What was this part of the world like before cars? Planes? Internet? Were neighborhoods families? Were communities just us, not a governmental institution? Was our separation from the world a return to life before these transporters? If so, what does that mean for us, now? Do you think we have changed to understand our localvore reality, or we slide back to simply bypassing our home town in favor of distant appeal, or has our neighborhood become more that what surrounds our home, but a place that we live? This month HOMEPAGE extends the idea of “home” beyond the four walls of our dwellings. fter these eighteen months of both isolation and local connection going to change the definition of home to include those around us? Or has sequestration terrorized us to with hold faith beyond self-protection? HOME brings in four perspectives on what a home is beyond where we live: Steve Grathwohl is the principal of westport property management and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, a nonprofit developer of affordable housing, and is a member of the Affordable Housing Committee in Fairfield. Jason Bischoff-Wurstle is the Director of Photo Archives at the New Haven Museum, but he is also a lover of the history of home, and was a Board Member of the Board of The New Haven Preservation Trust NHPT. Jason's exhibit “Daymarks 1872” highlights New Haven's social history. Jason is also a WPKN fixture. Steve Mouzon is an architect, urbanist, author, blogger, and photographer from Miami. He founded the New Urban Guild, which helped foster the Katrina Cottages movement. Steve Mouzon opened his own architecture firm in 1991 and produces a number of town-building tools and services. He has derived A Living Tradition is a framework for a new type of pattern book that is principle-based instead of taste-based and therefore contributes to the creation of new living traditions. Steve is also a principal of the New Urban Guild in Miami.

Jason Bischoff-Wurtle from the New Haven Museum joins us to talk about New Haven History. We learn about the most famous New Haven paintings, clocks, and corsets. Mostly clocks. So many clocks.

Imagine a creative life that unfolds in layers, fueled by your happiest memories of connection and belonging. Two-time business owner Alisa Bowens-Mercado has taken many a plunge into uncharted waters, making history while removing obstacles in the path for others. Hear how she is changing the game for craft brewing in Connecticut, and what "rhythm" has got to do with it. Bowens-Mercado will be joined in conversation by Randi McCray, co-founder of the Urban Collective, in a Q&A for aspiring entrepreneurs, followed by a brief ceremony to entrust artifacts from the two brands Alisa has built (so far!) into the collection of the New Haven Museum.LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

Jill Snyder’s parents carried on a long-distance courtship through letters. After her mother’s death, Snyder found these letters, and compiled them into a book, called Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters. This hour, Snyder joins us to talk about her family’s story. It’s a lens into the lives of African Americans in the Northeast before the start of World War II. Snyder tells us why it’s especially important for Black families to document their own family history. Jill Snyder will be giving a virtual talk at the New Haven Museum on February 10, 2021, at 6 p.m. Viewers can watch the talk live on the New Haven Museum’s Facebook page. The presentation is based on Snyder’s book, Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters, which is available for purchase by emailing info@newhavenmuseum.org or calling 203-562-4183, ext. 119. GUESTS: Jill Snyder - Author of Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters Nora Galvin - Certified professional genealogist based in Northeast Connecticut Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired February 5, 2021. Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jill Snyder’s parents carried on a long-distance courtship through letters. After her mother’s death, Snyder found these letters, and compiled them into a book, called Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters. This hour, Snyder joins us to talk about her family’s story. It’s a lens into the lives of African Americans in the Northeast before the start of World War II. Snyder tells us why it’s especially important for Black families to document their own family history. Jill Snyder will be giving a virtual talk at the New Haven Museum on February 10, 2021, at 6 p.m. Viewers can watch the talk live on the New Haven Museum’s Facebook page. The presentation is based on Snyder’s book, Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters, which is available for purchase by emailing info@newhavenmuseum.org or calling 203-562-4183, ext. 119. GUESTS: Jill Snyder - Author of Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters Nora Galvin - Certified professional genealogist based in Northeast Connecticut Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired February 5, 2021. Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jill Snyder’s parents carried on a long-distance courtship through letters. After her mother’s death, Snyder found these letters, and compiled them into a book, called Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters. This hour, Snyder joins us to talk about her family’s story. It’s a lens into the lives of African Americans in the Northeast before the start of World War II. Snyder tells us why it’s especially important for Black families to document their own family history. Jill Snyder will be giving a virtual talk at the New Haven Museum on February 10, 2021, 2020, at 6 p.m. Viewers can watch the talk live on the New Haven Museum’s Facebook page. The presentation is based on Snyder’s book, Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters, which is available for purchase by emailing info@newhavenmuseum.org or calling 203-562-4183, ext. 119. GUESTS: Jill Snyder - Author of Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters Nora Galvin - Certified professional genealogist based in Northeast Connecticut Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jill Snyder’s parents carried on a long-distance courtship through letters. After her mother’s death, Snyder found these letters, and compiled them into a book, called Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters. This hour, Snyder joins us to talk about her family’s story. It’s a lens into the lives of African Americans in the Northeast before the start of World War II. Snyder tells us why it’s especially important for Black families to document their own family history. Jill Snyder will be giving a virtual talk at the New Haven Museum on February 10, 2021, 2020, at 6 p.m. Viewers can watch the talk live on the New Haven Museum’s Facebook page. The presentation is based on Snyder’s book, Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters, which is available for purchase by emailing info@newhavenmuseum.org or calling 203-562-4183, ext. 119. GUESTS: Jill Snyder - Author of Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters Nora Galvin - Certified professional genealogist based in Northeast Connecticut Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday, November 28, 2019, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson A LIVE, real-time podcast, intended to accompany feasting and preparation for feasting on our one fully secular, non-football-reflated national holiday: Thanksgiving. The reality is that these celebrations usually happen in a home, and share domestic life with friends, relatives and strangers. But that is not the full story. Before there was today”s Thanksgiving, there was a very different time. Before the mass-marketing hype, NFL games, Butterball Turkeys and Ocean Spray Cranberry Jelly – not to mention mini-marshmallows roasted over squash. How did we celebrate, 100 years ago? Two hundred years ago? How did Native American Culture feast and celebrate before they were invaded? What happened after 1620? How did humans use their homes to celebrate Thanksgiving in each of those eras? Home Page has two thoughtful historians of America and Pre-America Live On-Air to talk to us about how we have done Thanksgiving through the centuries: William Hosley is a cultural resource development and marketing consultant, social media expert, historian, writer, and photographer. He is passionate about local history and historic preservation and has developed a deep attachment to dozens of places worth caring about. He was formerly Director of the New Haven Museum and Connecticut Landmarks, where he cared for a chain of historic attractions. Prior to that, as a curator and exhibition developer at Wadsworth Atheneum. Bill has studied, lectured and advised museums and heritage destinations around the country. Bill has also served as a content specialist for PBS, BBC, and CPTV film documentaries. Dr. Donal Rankin is Yale-trained surgeon and Emergency Medicine Physician who retired a few years back from Bridgeport Hospital. His interests now focus on Indian American culture and tradition and archaeology for the Friends of the Office of State Archaeology (FOSA). Dr. Rankin has participated in numerous digs and at present deliver the Connecticut Archaeology Road Show with Gary Nolf, one of the founders of FOSA. He has given talks on the Universe, local history, slavery, and the abolitionist movement. He is a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and Madison Post 79 of the American Legion.

      Say the name Wilbur Cross and most Connecticans think of a parkway. Wilbur Cross the man, however, was a Connectican of extraordinary accomplishment. Born in 1862 in the factory village of Gurleyville, he became a world-class scholar, author, educational reformer, founding Dean of the Yale Graduate school, and, starting at age 68, a popular four-term governor who guided Connecticut through the worst years of the Great Depression.  In this episode, state historian Walt Woodward sits down at the New Haven Museum with poet and publisher David Wilk, whose City Point Press recently reissued Cross's 1943 autobiography Connecticut Yankee: An Autobiography of Wilbur L. Cross, to discuss Cross's remarkable nineteenth and twentieth century life.  As a bonus, we include a reading by David Wilk of Wilbur Cross's 1936 Thanksgiving Proclamation, regarded then and now for its eloquent invitation to thankful reflection. 

What do you think of when you hear "New Haven?" Yale University? The New Haven Green? IKEA? How about the beach? Today we’re taking you on a trip to the beach in New Haven! Morris Cove on the east shore of New Haven Harbor is a world apart from the rest of the city. A sandy beach, an armed attack by the British, a vanished amusement park, and the summer home of the New Haven Museum all come to light in this episode of Grating the Nutmeg. We’ll hear from Jason Bischoff-Wurstle, director of photo archives and Ed Surato, librarian for the New Haven Museum about why Morris Cove was called the “Newport of Connecticut.” Learn about one of the most interesting summer day trips in Connecticut, and plan to attend Morris Cove Day on June 9, 2018. Find out more about Morris Cove Day at morriscoveday.wordpress.com. For more information about the Pardee-Morris House, visit newhavenmuseum.org This episode was hosted and produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  This episode was sponsored by attorney Peter Bowman, helping the seriously injured and holding distracted drivers accountable for their actions. More at bowman.legal. And Connecticut Humanities, co-publisher of Connecticut Explored magazine.  Visit cthumanities.org.  

It’s mid-October, which means that it’s just about time for Home Movie Day, an annual celebration of amateur films and filmmakers that takes place at the New Haven Museum this Saturday, October 21st, from noon to 4 p.m. On today’s show, host Tom Breen is joined by Yale film archivists Brian Meacham and Molly Wheeler, who are the organizers of the New Haven instance of this international event, as well as by Yale University Art Gallery museum staffer Rachel Mihalko. The four dive into the actual work itself that film and media archivists do: what are the tools and materials they work with, what are the challenges they encounter and the solutions they provide, and what is the broader social value of film and media preservation in the 21st century.

oday on "Artbeat" host Daniel Fitzmaurice interviews photographers Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein. As all states have their own character, so, too, do their capitol buildings. New Haven Museum’s newest exhibit, “Capitol America,” includes photographs of the nation’s capitol buildings, many of them sites of both architectural beauty and historical conflict. A project by New Haven professional photographers Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein.

A celebration of the adventure, fun, and excitement of a road trip along the byways and back roads of America. Featuring the stories of the diners, motels, gas stations, and roadside amusements that are featured in Road Trip!, the New Haven Museum’s exhibition on view through June 15, 2017. Visit ctexplored.org/shack-attack/ for photos and more information on Connecticut’s roadside eateries, and listen to episode 10, “Poets & Patriots in Stonington,” for our visit to the Sea Swirl in Mystic. This historic preservation story is supported in part by Connecticut Humanities.

Welcome to This Day In Erector Set History as your host Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time-travel back to Christmas in 1916 when the A.C. Gilbert Company of Erector Set fame was pitching "Brik-tor," a new toy that they were marketing by trying to organize engineering clubs for boys to rival the Boy Scouts. Meanwhile, over at Shartenberg's Department store, they're selling Jordans, not the sneakers, but Ned Jordan's new auto-mobile where the trick was he manufactured nothing but assembled the vehicle from parts bought from other companies.

Welcome to This Day In Appliance-Buying History as Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time travel you back to Christmas time 1916 when the United Illuminating Company was eager for the housewives of New Haven to put away their washboards and instead invest big time in their whole array of new electrical appliances, including a washing machine that put clothes through the wringer, and, yes, an electric vibrator to relax with after the wash is done.

Welcome to This Day In Christmas-At-The-Front History as your time-traveling host Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum go back to 1917. America had just entered the war in Europe and the writers of a Saturday Chronicle article declare that the gifts Connecticut boys on the front lines in France are receiving are a darn sight better than what they experienced as young young soldiers in the Civil War.

Welcome to This Day In Christmas Shopping History as your host Allan Appel and co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum travel back to when all the action was not at the tree on the Green, but at Toyland and Toyville and the great displays put on by Malley's, Shartenberg's, and the fabled and long gone department stores of mid-20th century Chapel Street, the epicenter for gift-buying in the Elm City.

Hide that wreath! Don't give that present! And for God's sake go to work and don't make merry. Such pagan and "Pope-ish" thngs were frowned upon and legislated against by our Puritan forbears in ye olde New Haven. Why, Christmas is not mentioned anywhere in Scripture, so why celebrate it? Such now Scroogie insights emerged in the first of our holiday week of broadcasts with your host Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum on This Day In New Haven History.

Hosts Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum chat with Center Church's acting minister, Kevin Ewing; church historian Michelle Georgevich; church clerk Nancy Mellone; and one of the church's deacons Demeka Anderson about Thanksgiving at Center Church.

On this episode, host Dan Fitzmaurice talks with curator Mary Donohue and the exhibitions team behind Celebrating the Great American Road Trip, a new exhibition at the New Haven Museum anchored by large-scale photos from Richard Longstreth’s book, “Road Trip: Roadside America, From Custard’s Last Stand to the Wigwam Restaurant.”

Welcome to This Day In Selling The Seats History as your host Allan Appel and co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time travel back to 1849 when rental of church pews figured as a big part of the revenue of our town's ecclesiastical establishments.

Welcome to This Day In Crime Spree History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time-travel back to a shaken Elm City when a string of robberies of Yale students followed soon on by several murders of what one letter writer called "impressive and horrible ferocity" ignited an early debate about the deterrent power of public hanging, which is what they called capital punishment in 1849.

Welcome to This Day In Fencing History as your host Allan Appel and regular time-traveling co-pilot, Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum, learn to cut and thrust as we acquaint ourselves with the Angelo system of sword exercise, all the rage in 1834 New Haven when fighting with swords was being transformed from a military pursuit to a sport.

Welcome to This Day In Mud-Slinging Political History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time-travel back to the mid-terms of 1834 when New Haven Whigs called rising Democratic star Martin Van Buren a "mole," a mammal related to the rat, and whole lot worse.

Welcome to This Day In Dental Pain History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time travel-back to that pre-anesthesia year of 1834 when excessive consumption of Halloween sweets could land you in the feared dentist's chair.

On this episode host Dan Fitzmaurice talks to Mary Donohue,Amy Durbin and Julia Morrow of the New Haven Museum about the educational work the museum and Pardee-Morris House do in the New Haven community, and exhibitions that are current and upcoming at the museum.

Welcome to This Day In Halloween Vandalism History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time-travel back to 1911 when the adults had not yet convinced the kids that tricker-treating for sweets would make a good substitute for some serious juvenile mischief, which included burning down an old house in Westville.

Welcome To This Day In Taft Hotel History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time-travel back to 1911 as the newest and most modern hotel in our town and maybe all New England is not only ready to greet guests, but also to burn up their garbage in a large newfangled incinerator.

Welcome to This Day In Leaf-Burning History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time-travel back to 1911 when autumn leaf-burners are advised not to start the conflagrations in the streets where the Model Ts and the other new "machines," that is, automobiles full of gasoline might themselves ignite.

Welcome to This Day In At Least I Voted For McGovern History as your host Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time travel back to 1972 when anti-war liberal George McGovern was going up against Richard Nixon in the presidential election of 1972. Then, as now, the city's labor unions sent out the flyers and knocked on the doors, especially members of the United Auto Workers, but it wasn't enough. Nixon carried Connecticut, and every other state except Massachusetts.

On today's episode of Deep Focus, host Tom Breen talks to Brian Meacham, Molly Wheeler, and David Pilot about Home Movie Day New Haven 2016, hosted Saturday 10/15 at the New Haven Museum. During the second half of the show Breen welcomes fellow WNHH host and Inner City News CT editor Babz Rawls Ivy for a review of Ava Duvernay's new Netflix documentary, 13TH.

Welcome to This Day In Harbor History as your host Allan Appel and co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time travel back to 1955. The era of modern urban redevelopment is just gathering steam, and if more business is to come to town, the main channel in the harbor must be deepened 40 feet.

Welcome to This Day in Cigar Dispensing History as your host Allan Appel and fellow time traveler Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum travel back to the heyday of the tobacco industry in Connecticut and how an amazing "cigar slot machine," that is, a vending machine might be counted as a new New Haven entrepreneurial first.

Welcome to This Day in Disease Prevention History as your host Allan Appel and co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle from the New Haven Museum travel back to 1908 when medical authorities were proud of new measures to control tuberculosis. Yet were Elm City public health officials ignoring another killer, pneumonia, which just last year had killed nearly 12,000 people in neighboring New York.

Welcome to This Day In Jack O' Lantern History as your host Allan Appel and fellow time-traveler from the New Haven Museum, Jason Bischoff-Wurstle check out the styles of pumpkin carving in fashion in the Elm City of 1908.

Welcome to To This Day In Aurora Borealis History as your host Allan Appel and time-traveling co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum take you back to 1908, when the non-electrified skies over New Haven were perfect for checking out the Northern Lights.

Welcome to This Day in Ooops, I May Have Jumped To Wrong Conclusions History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum time travel back to 1876. That's when a citizen calling himself or herself Dynamite got very concerned that our town might blow up because Winchester armory-bound wagons full of powder were seen on busy streets and being hauled by carelessly smoking drivers. Could Dynamite really see or know what was in those barrels? Officials responded that it was not powder, all is safe, don't worry, be happy. But who was right?

On this episode Lucy Gellman talks to Jason Bischoff-Wurstle, photo archivist at the New Haven Museum, about New Haven's culinary culture during its founding and up through the American Revolution.

In 1954, 32-year-old Al MArder was arrested in New Haven along with several others under the Smith Act for allegedly working to overthrow the US government. After a lengthy trial, during which he was defended by the celebrated civil rights lawyer Catherine Roraback, he was acquitted. Hear Al tell in his own words what he was fighting for and what it feels like when the full power of the state, federal, and local government is aimed at you. This is the full length interview, recorded at the New Haven Museum on April 14, 2016. 

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guest is Laura Macaulso, curator of “An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man,” an exhibit at the New Haven Museum in New Haven, Connecticut. This week’s discussion is a little … Continue reading →