http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/section.cfm?uid=64 Copyright 2009 New Haven Advocate TheOtherRoom.com CFML RSS Generator Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST en-us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15549 We were a strange trio of pilgrims as we arrived at the Istanbul airport. There was the 30-ish tall, dark Turkish Imam, Ibrahim Sayar; the 60-ish American Episcopalian, Chuck; and the 70-ish Viennese-born Catholic, me. Ibrahim leads the local chapter of the world-wide Dialogue Movement, which includes... By Eva Arnott http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15549 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 3:52:01 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15553 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 Music: Take Our Word for it Two awesome live music choices tonight, if either is your bag. NYC folk/alt-country/indie rock outfit Pablo returns to The Space (295 Treadwell St., Bldg. H, Hamden; 203-288-6400, thespace.tk ) at 7 p.m., playing with Grogan Social Scene and What's... By Alison Geisler http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15553 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 3:52:03 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15457  Books: Bring the Thunder! WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18 Two chances today to catch up with Gary Vaynerchuk, the social media guru who shook the snobbery out of wine tasting with his passionate, down-to-earth video blog, winelibrarytv.com (in which he uses a Jets spit bucket and describes flavors... by Alison Geisler & Kathleen Cei http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15457 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 1:34:21 PM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15352 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5 Music: Still Cryin' for Ryan Back in 2004, a dude with an acoustic guitar, a sweet voice and super spiky hair broke into the pop music scene. Ryan Cabrera brings his brand of pop rock to The Lansdowne (179 Crown St.; 203-285-3939, lansdownect.com ) tonight. He's grown... By Alison Geisler http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15352 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:52:01 AM CST http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15278 THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 Theater: Sweet Transvestite It's the show that won't die about the undead that won't behave. The Rocky Horror Show has become a new Halloween tradition, doing the "Time Warp" and damning Janet afresh every autumn. A full stage version runs through Nov.... By Christopher Arnott http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15278 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 1:37:38 PM CDT http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15201 ARCHITECTURE: Bound for Stories When the word "unbound" is used in a lecture on architecture, it makes us feel unsafe. To some, the word "modernism" brings a similar discomfort. Vikram Prakash speaks on "Modernism Unbound? The Chandigarh Urban Lab" (thank goodness... By Christopher Arnott http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15201 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:55:57 AM CDT http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15096 On a chilly October evening, the wind moans through an ancient burial ground where the spirits of Tunxis Indians wander by moonlight. In the distance, screams can be heard of a woman hanged for witchcraft in 1663. Welcome to a haunting in Connecticut. There's no shortage of graveyards in the Nutmeg... By Chandra Niles Folsom http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15096 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:55:57 AM CDT http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15097 You're standing on a wooden platform 70 feet in the air. It's kind of like being in a lazily-built treehouse, what with there being no walls and all. A metal clothesline-looking wire stretches out, linking to another wooden platform you can hardly see in the distance. You're wearing a... By Mike Sembos http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15097 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:50:03 AM CDT http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=14871 To understand the trip up Mt. Washington, imagine you’re doing laundry in the basement, and on your way back up the stairs, you realize they have weathered and split. They’re creaky and you aren’t sure you can trust them. They’re covered in dirt and spiders, and someone has... By Jane Rushmore http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=14871 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 9:49:15 AM CDT http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=14870 Nobody is really sure exactly who invented the game or when, but kickball became American kids’ game of choice sometime around 1940. Who doesn’t recall kicking that big red ball and (hopefully) watching it fly across the dusty schoolyard playground? However, the game is not just for... By Chandra Niles Folsom http://www.newhavenadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=14870