Category: Cultural Interest
21
May
Oozing Charm
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Columbia Street is one of those places that manages to look stunning year round, even in those weeks of winter when everything else manages to...
17
May
Unhidden Gems: Min Min Myanmar Market
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Instead of talking about the recent coup and related violence in Myanmar, or Hartford’s Karen refugees, I bring you photos of some of what you...
17
May
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Nurturing Possibility
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Over the last year, Hartford has apparently rebranded itself as a place that has public art — and not just sculptures on a weird raised...
15
May
More Public Art
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It seems the public art trend is unstoppable. This was spotted on the Capitol Avenue sidewalk, with a nearby message (not pictured) pleading for people...
12
May
Clay Arsenal Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting
Living Monument
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The first phase of Joe Gaylor‘s “Living Monument” at the Ann/Main/Albany intersection was completed last December, with photographs placed over boarded up windows on the...
09
May
Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods North East Parks Sheldon/Charter Oak
Building The World We Want
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Stimulus check burning a hole in your pocket? Unexpected tax refund? There are so many ways you can put this back into the community. Sustainable...
08
May
Today in Public Art
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s what has bloomed on the Connecticut State Capitol lawn in the Frog Hollow neighborhood.
06
May
Literacy Spreading
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Another new free library popped up recently. This one is on Asylum Avenue near the intersection of Woodland Street, by the bus stop. Use the...
05
May
Tentville Cleared
by Kerri Ana Provost
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During the pandemic, more and more people set up their tents on this space, where they were unlikely to be hassled. Meditate on what it...
04
May
Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers Spring Transportation
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 23)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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