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Dicks Photography’s sea life images popular on social media
Ryan Dicks has a knack for making people on his boat feel like the world has stopped turning. When he invited two of The News Tribune’s reporters on a photography excursion one cloudless June afternoon, he motored out halfway between Browns and Defiance points before spotting some breaching porpoises and turning the engine off. It seemed like the boat went from 60 miles per hour to zero in a few seconds. Suddenly, the earth felt still. “It’s pretty epic out on the water,” Dicks told the reporters. “One of the surprising things is, except on a weekend that’s like 80 degrees, there just aren’t any boats out here.” For the…
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Former Owner Of Popular Hamden Music Venue Releasing New Album
HAMDEN, CT — The previous founder and owner of The Room / Space Ballroom in Hamden is returning to the New Haven new music scene with a new album and a release concert subsequent month. Stephen Peter Rodgers, who was also the frontman and co/songwriter for the 1990s-2000s indie rock band Mighty Purple, is releasing his new album “Speck On A Clover” on Unfinished Hearts Records. The album release concert will get position on Friday, May perhaps 13 at The State Home at 310 State Avenue in New Haven. Rodgers, who operated The Room / Area Ballroom for 15 several years, experienced to change his general public title from Steve…