Category: Activism
24
Sep
What’s This on Wethersfield Avenue?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What it takes to get a flexpost-protected bicycle lane on one side of the street is (*checks notes*) multiple pedestrian fatalities and one gruesome recent...
22
Sep
Activism Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford History Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers Transportation
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 42)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We need a weekend after the weekend. Such a blur of events, but the one that too many people missed and should have prioritized was...
21
Sep
Beginners’ Guide to the Car-Free Life: Welcome
by Kerri Ana Provost
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When you’re in Connecticut but West Coast wildfire smoke gets in your eyes, you must be feeling motivated to do something to slow the rate...
20
Sep
Activism Construction Cultural Interest Design Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Reader Tip Transportation
Where’s the Lie?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I guess not everyone is a fan of the incoming Frog Hollow roundabout. Or, perhaps this was a statement about the DOT’s attitude toward vulnerable...
17
Sep
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Getting It Done in Frog Hollow
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It only takes tenacity, muscle, and the ability to do small amounts of fundraising to make a difference. Last Saturday, the Trinity College Men’s Squash...
15
Sep
Activism Cultural Interest Downtown Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer Transportation West End
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 41)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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ConnectiCon, Hartford Pride, the Amistad, sea shanties. . . and that’s only a slice of what was going on last weekend. The parks were popping. Volunteers...
03
Sep
Market Street Mural-in-Progress
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Micaela Levesque is working on making another non-descript building in Hartford less boring. The side of Community Renewal Team (CRT) is being painted with the...
01
Sep
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Beyond: Quabbin Reservoir
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you struggle with the ability to hold many complex, and at times contradictory emotions at once, visit Quabbin Reservoir. That’ll cure you. It’s in...
29
Aug
Access Activism Behind the Rocks Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Faith Food Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Transportation West End
A Little Something (September 2021)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here is the curated event calendar for August September. As always, check with the venue/organizer to ensure that details have not changed: ADD TO CALENDAR...
08
Jul
A+
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Bravo to Elizabeth Park for drawing the line. Now, can we all stop with this creepy gender reveal garbage?