“Pronounced Ah-Beetz” Exhibit at New Haven Museum
- Website:https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/education/current-exhibitions/
- Description:
Exhibit Hours:
Wednesday – Friday, 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday, 12 to 5 pm.
From Frank Pepe’s original hat to celebrity-signed pizza boxes (including Gwyneth Paltrow and Yogi Berra!), if you love the crust, the crunch and the char of New Haven apizza, or simply have strong views on what comprises a good pie, you’ll find something to feed your personal pizza passion in the new exhibit “Pronounced Ah-Beetz,” open now at the New Haven Museum (NHM) through October 2027.
“Pronounced Ah-Beetz” examines the fun, the flavor and the history of pizza, including its origin as an affordable means of feeding workers in the fields of Italy, and how it became the food of the poor in the U.S. The Italian migration to New Haven gave way to Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana, which gave birth to Sally’s Apizza, while a mile away Tony’s Apizza became Modern. How these three establishments became among the most iconically loved pizza restaurants in the country is a major focus.
While the exhibit highlights the “Big 3” original apizza spots in New Haven, it also extends through the family tree of New Haven pizzerias to present a picture of family, food and community that includes a host of other local pizzerias, including: Ernie’s, Zuppardi’s, BAR, Zeneli’s, Olde World, and the Big Green Pizza Truck, among others.
For more information, please visit https://www.newhavenmuseum.org/education/current-exhibitions/
- Event Dates (if applicable):Through October 2027
- Organization Name:New Haven Museum
Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders: The forgotten history of Westport’s suffragists and their fight for women’s right to vote
- Website:https://www.suffragistswestportlibrary.org/
- Description:
The Westport Library has opened its CTH funded exhibit “Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders: The forgotten history of Westport’s suffragists and their fight for women’s right to vote” online.
“Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders” uncovers for the first time the career and political triumphs of suffragists who made Westport home, and also honors over 50 Westport women, many of whose given names and identities are nearly forgotten.
These wives, widows, mothers, sisters, and daughters ventured out from their parlors and onto the streets to fight for voting rights.
Together, they crisscrossed neighborhoods canvassing for votes, delivered soapbox speeches at factories and participated in meetings, fundraisers, rallies and parades to champion the ideology of “Our Vote, Our Future”.
- Organization Name:The Westport Library
Virtual Westport Museum for History and Culture
- Website:https://virtualhistorywestport.org/
- Description:
Explore the ways Westport Museum comes together with our community to create programming at home. Collection highlights, author talks, oral history and more video content await!
- Organization Name:Westport Museum for History and Culture
House on the Hill: The Changing Face of the Bruce Museum
- Website:https://www.houseonthehillexhibition.com/
- Description:
The Bruce Museum’s history is a rich tapestry of personalities, objects, art, ideas, and community. At the center of it all is a building; a mass of stone, steel, wood, and glass that formed the basis for the institution we all cherish and love today. My passion for this history has led me down a path to learn the minutia about the people and the place. Through the words and images of this exhibition, I am pleased to share some of those details with you. As the Museum embarks on its ambitious expansion plan, it is important to see the progression of change that led to this pathway for an exciting future.
Timothy J. Walsh, Collections Manager
Caption: Colored pencil drawing of the Bruce Museum by architect Albert A. Blodgett, 1939. Bruce Museum collection.
- Organization Name:The Bruce Museum
