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Q&A: Connecticut’s Budget Crisisnew
The CT legislature passed a months-overdue two-year budget last August, but eight months later the state is already $500 million in debt this year.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
04-13-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Jodi Rell
Broadway's Next Big Hit Starts Now with the World Premiere of New Musical 'POP!'new
POP!, the Andy Warhol musical that's world-premiering at the Yale Repertory Theatre this month, takes place as a fever dream inside Warhol's head after the famed artist is shot inside his cavernous work studio The Factory on June 3, 1968.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
12-08-2009 |
Theater
Tom Tomorrow Creates a Kids Book! Yay!new
"I love stepping outside the world of politics, that negativity, so I can do something happy," Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, says in a phone interview from his New Haven work studio.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-13-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
This Year's Rock Documentaries Are Funny, Moving, Exciting and Tragicnew
This year's crop of rock docs bring us talkes about Arthur Russell, the Monks, the '80s New Haven punk scene, the Hold Steady and Scott Walker.
New Haven Advocate |
John Adamian, Christopher Arnott and Brianna Snyder |
06-30-2009 |
Movies
Obama's War on Humornew
It's one of the most talked-about, most written-about subjects of the presidential transition period. It's been argued in editorials, political cartoons and internet screeds. The looming crisis: Barack Obama isn't very funny.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
01-29-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Barack Obama, political humor
Election-Day Setbacks Can't Stop March of Progress for GLBT Communitynew
Yes, a mob of homophobes is still an ugly and common sight. But gay-rights-bashers' bullying tactics don't have the muscle they once did. There are more opportunities for pro-gay forces to fight back and more support when they do.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
11-18-2008 |
LGBT
If I Only Was McCainnew
To be sung to the tune of "If I Only Had a Brain."
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-28-2008 |
Commentary
Fleshtones Frenzynew
Still uncoverted to superock? It's a perfect time to take a good look.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
03-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fleshtones
How Garage Rock Enduresnew
The irony is that while simple four-chord garage rock is now celebrated as an underground, community-driven punk-like movement, in its heyday it birthed more mainstream rock standards than soft-rock or synth-pop ever could.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
02-26-2008 |
Music
Superheroes Without A Causenew
Incredible powers? Today's comic book crusaders have a problem with that.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
01-15-2008 |
Books
Ogle The Wogglesnew
Georgia's gift to garage bands also packs a few surprises.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Woggles
Civil Soulsnew
Michael White's new novel brings interracial romance to a slave-catching saga.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
11-06-2007 |
Fiction
Feathersword Excelsiornew
The "fifth Wiggle" is a comic genius.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-23-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
What's Art Got to Do With Massachusetts' Casino Gamble?new
Casinos do add jobs and tourism, but they also stomp on industry elsewhere -- Connecticut concert halls and stadiums have seen all the best touring acts get sucked up by the deep-pocketed Mohegan Sun.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Are Dan Clowes' Graphic Novels 'Borderline Pornography'?new
Apparently in Guilford, Ct., they are.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Books
