Category: Cultural Interest
09
Sep
New on the Block
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Recognize this building? This was, until recently, the location of the Hartford Public Library’s Park Street branch. Who knew the space actually had windows?! It’s...
08
Sep
Barry Square Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Faith Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Holiday Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks South End Summer Transportation West End
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 40)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Whether gathering in Pope Park for the weekly soccer game or in Elizabeth Park for High Holiday services, people were still in abundance this week...
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
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads New England Regionalism Rivers
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...
27
Aug
Asylum Hill Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Local News No Drama Weather West End
Farmington Ave Art in Process
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What heat? Muralists were still at work this week, out in the sun. West End resident Deka Henry has been painting the side of this...
25
Aug
Cultural Interest Downtown Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting Parks Summer Transportation
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 38)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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People managed to find time to do things besides prepping for the “storm” and sitting indoors, watching the rain for half of the last week.
18
Aug
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 37)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hope nobody is tired of carnival! The West Indian Independence Parade (with the standard live show following) wrapped up a week of celebration. It’s much,...
13
Aug
Cultural Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Meet Your Infrastructure Transportation
Street Murals in Frog Hollow
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Although the Courant erroneously referred to Babcock Street and Capitol Avenue, and Flower Street and Capitol Avenue, as “two major intersections,” this does not detract from...
11
Aug
Access Commentary Community Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 36)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This week the Courant published a hard truth, and what those of us reading the hard data for awhile already knew: Hartford’s vaccination rate, besides...