Austin Street Inn

05/11/2024

28 years ago, Sharon Lovett Graff, Diane Pacl, and I created the first ever Westville Village Annual ArtWalk Festival. The weather deities have smiled ad given us a perfect day to celebrate community, creativity, and possibility. I hope that you can make it over to make or buy art, Mother's Day gifts, or just enjoy the offerings of our fabulous small-town neighborhood in New Haven. Check out the activities at www.WestvilleCT.org.

Stop by and visit Gar and Frank and Heidi's art on West Rock Ave, make spin art and Mother's Day cards and remember that sharing community supports the rest of our complex and sometimes difficult worlds.

03/27/2023

Over the next 30 days we are hoping to raise $7,500 from 75 donors to receive a matched amount from the Sustainable CT Match Fund. This will give us $15,000 to run an enriching Green Jobs program for our teens this spring! We need the 75 donors to receive the match, so any amount is appreciated.

Make an impact TODAY by donating here: https://www.patronicity.com/project/solar_youth_green_jobs_park_improvement_project #!/ or spreading the word to help us reach more potential donors.

03/27/2023

02/04/2023

As the Afro-Semitic Experience — the band headed by pianist Warren Byrd and bassist David Chevan exploring Black and Jewish religious music and the connections between them — readies for a year of concerts and recordings, it also finds itself marking a big anniversary: The band played its first concert, at Congregation Mishkan Israel, 25 years ago. https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/afro_semitic_experience_25_years

02/04/2023

Bobbi Wilson, 9, took it upon herself to start a one-girl extermination campaign to hunt for the invasive spotted lanternflies that were ravaging her New Jersey neighborhood last summer. A neighbor reported her to the police, reflecting the larger dialogue on racial profiling and the treatment of Black children across the U.S. Wilson's efforts to eradicate the bugs has been widely praised, landing her collection in the archives of the Yale Peabody Museum. She hoped her story would empower young aspiring scientists. "We can make a difference, too," she said. Read more: https://nyti.ms/40sIbgk

10/23/2022

Puppet Building Workshops at Coogan Pavilion in Edgewood Park…..

•COME and CREATE with FRIENDS, FAMILY or WITH COMMUNITY at LARGE
•WORK that FUN MUSCLE
•DO SOMETHING SILLY and FUN
•GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY and SLIMY
•STORE PROJECTS at COOGAN
We have all the art supplies needed!

Stop by tonight 5-9pm!