http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/ It's Your Town. Read All About It. en marcia.chambers@yale.edu Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T12:42:26+00:00 http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/the_plot_thickens_at_the_puppet_house/ http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/the_plot_thickens_at_the_puppet_house/#When:12:42:26Z It was just like real-life community theater in Stony Creek this week as the ongoing saga of the now-vacant Puppet House unfolded with a surprising last-minute plot twist.It all began when a theatrical trio presented a proposal to the Stony Creek Association on Tuesday. The trio, led by Branford resident Susan F. Clark, outlined their hopes to transform the Puppet House into a community theater, reminiscent of the days when Orson Wells performed there.  The 1903 venue has gone through several transformations—from a silent movie house, to a theater, a girdle factory and a puppet stage. It was shuttered by the town in 2008 because of code violations, and has been up for sale in recent months.Potential new savior emerges, stage right. Arts 2012-02-10T12:42:26+00:00 http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/a_different_take_on_music_and_lyrics/ http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/a_different_take_on_music_and_lyrics/#When:16:22:56Z If words and music go hand in hand, what was so different about Yale Band Director Thomas C. Duffy’s recent presentation, “Words Into Music” at the Blackstone Memorial Library?In this case, the words and music were not created as a typical musical pair, but rather the melding of a literary element to a musical one.  Arts 2011-05-05T16:22:56+00:00 http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/thursdays_means_jazz_on_the_branford_green/ http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/thursdays_means_jazz_on_the_branford_green/#When:19:06:29Z The second annual free Branford Jazz on the Green series kicks off this Thursday, July 1, as a prelude to the long Fourth of July weekend. Arts 2010-06-25T19:06:29+00:00 http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/from_afghanistan_to_stony_creek/ http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/from_afghanistan_to_stony_creek/#When:17:02:08Z Three years ago Hannah Baldwin was asked to hang 16 of her large paintings of Afghanistan, including a portrait of Hamid Karzai in that country’s embassy, in Washington. She was hoping she might eventually get paid for them and even asked if Halliburton company might want to buy them. Arts 2009-07-17T17:02:08+00:00