Gone Dishin'

Gone Dishin’ For Neighborhoods

by | Nov 1, 2007 11:10 am | Comments (1)

dish%20paley%20brooks%20rizzo.jpgNeighborhood Housing Services celebrated a milestone anniversary and launched their latest Neighborhood Revitalization Campaign at the New Haven Lawn Club. All of the neighborhoods that have enjoyed the major impacts and stabilization, as a result of the organization’s work, turned out in force: Beaver Hills, Dixwell/Newhallville, Dwight/Edgewood, Fair Haven, the Hill, West River and Hamden were all in the wonderful grand ballroom. The evening was New Haven at its finest with everyone Dishin’ ‑new homeowners, city officials and residents were rubbing elbows and totally engaged with corporate neighbors, funders, community activists and philanthropists.

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Gone Dishin’ For Fun(ds)

by | Oct 24, 2007 5:00 pm | Comments (0)

john%20and%20catherine%20crawford.jpgIt is impossible to attend more than two, or possibly three, events per school night”, but there is always that opportunity during the months of September and October. Every agency, organization and institution reaches out to friends and family” before the threats of early darkness and hazardous driving conditions arrive and the snowbirds” depart. Each year, the search for creative venues becomes more imperative in the quest to attract the greatest number of possible supporters and donors.

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Gone Dishin’ For Mutuality

by | Oct 15, 2007 8:12 am | Comments (0)

dish%20shenae%20and%20seila.jpgMutual housing is a model of communal ownership of property where an association is formed and each member pays a housing fee to live in the community. The members control the management and governance of the property. The Mutual Housing Associaton of South Central Connecticut has been partnering with non-profit organizations and local and state governments for 15 years to provide high quality, long-term housing for low and moderate-income families. In so doing, they have stabilized neighborhoods and enhanced the quality of lives; currently, the organization is responsible for developments in Ansonia, Branford, Guilford, New Haven and Waterbury. $40 million in investments has netted 217 units under management and 246 units under planning or construction with only 21 employees. All of those accomplishments were cause to celebrate their milestone anniversary at a splendid event at one of my homes away from home — Amarante’s.

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Gone Dishin’ For Rising and Raising Stars

by | Oct 7, 2007 11:48 am | Comments (0)

IMG_0984.jpgThe shoreline was ablaze with stars — those that were rising, as defined by Business New Haven; and those that were raising, as demonstrated by the Kinship Fund. The Dish was thanking the lucky stars that the overlapping events were at Amarante’s and Anthony’s and that the wonderful weather allowed for what may have been the only outdoor Long Island Sound extravaganzas of the Fall season.

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Gone Dishin’ For Hot Times In The City

by | Aug 10, 2007 1:48 pm | Comments (0)

dish%20new%20gar.jpgSummertime and team activities abound well beyond the volleyball nets and baseball fields. Kehler Liddell Gallery mounted an ambitious group show that will be on display
Thursday-Sunday this week. Featured artists include Frank Bruckman, Jason Buening, Rod Cook, Jessica Cuni, Matthew Garrett, Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, Blinn Jacobs, Keith Johnson, Gigi Horr Liverant, Lawrence Morelli, Edith Borax Morrison, J.S. Robinson, Joseph Saccio, Roger VanDamme and Gar Waterman. Gar has recently won commissions for work in several European cities where he and wife, Thea Buxbaum. will spend a good deal of time in the coming months. The artistic and innovative power couple are clearly a neighborhood blessing .

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Gone Dishin’ In the Continuum

by | Jan 14, 2007 10:59 am | Comments (3)

In%20the%20Continuum%20facetoface540.jpgA final dress rehearsal at the Yale Repertory Theatre turned out an incredible audience to see two women tell one story In the Continuum”. Artistic Director James Bundy was visibly excited to present yet another piece of unforgettable theatre and particularly anxious for the leaders of the healthcare, non-profit, faith-based and political communities to have the experience.

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Gone Dishin’ For Direction At The Arts Council

by | Nov 30, 2006 2:05 pm | Comments (0)

Bobbi, Soonil and Barbara.
The professional arts community turned out to meet, greet and welcome the new executive director of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cindy Clair. Orchestrated by multi-talented key staffers, Bobbi Griffith, Soonil Chun and Barbara Feldman, the newly renovated Neighbohood Music School was a perfect venue for the gathering.

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Gone Dishin’ For A Doc Art

by | Nov 8, 2006 4:51 pm | Comments (0)

Alan and Judy Cooper, Lenny and Sue Skope and Howard Toubin.Everyone knows to look for their doctors at a golf course or tennis court on a summer weekend day. Monday night’s artist reception might have been mistaken for a medical convention had it not been for the attendance of the other Elm City friends whom Dr. Alan Cooper has acquired with his vocational and volunteer activities around town.

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Gone Dishin’ For Irregularities

by | Nov 8, 2006 9:50 am | Comments (1)

The 29th Ward at Davis Street School was up and ready by 5:55 a.m. for the first time in at least 30 years After the primary, the mayor may have had a few words with them. At that time, he was forced to waste 20 precious minutes to allow them unalloted time for organization. The monitors were convinced their presence at the old machines made for a historic photo op!

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Gone Dishin’ For Answers, & Smart Growth

by | Nov 3, 2006 3:24 pm | Comments (0)

Dave Hewitt, consultant at RGP, summarizes for one of the discussion groups.Jim Welbourne, librarian of the City of New Haven, and his staff were genial hosts to an action oriented dialogue on economic development” as a follow up to the dynamic United Way kick- off event at which Tom Friedman, author and journalist, discussed the Flat World of the 21st century. Gerry Rosenberg, V.P. at Bayer and chairman of this initiative for United Way, extended a welcome and stayed to participate. A large group assembled, at the Courtland Seymour Wilson branch, to consider the community question, What will it take for the New Haven region to compete in the global economy?”

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