Category: Commentary
25
Sep
Our World
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Suggested listening: How to Save a Planet You can begin with any episode, but this week’s edition — Black Lives Matter and the Climate —...
24
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Hartford Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation
“I Don’t Know How To Explain To You Why You Should Care About Other People”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The phrase that seems to most sum up 2020 is this: “I don’t know how to explain to you why you should care about other...
01
Sep
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in August 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There were at least two incidents in August, just in Connecticut, in which a motor vehicle was used as explicitly as a weapon. A teenage...
29
Aug
Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford Myth Busting North East North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Summer Upper Albany West End
A Little Something (September 2020)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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[For those who do not get the Real Hartford newsletter, a quick explanation: I used to produce a monthly event calendar, and as much joy...
23
Aug
Beyond Hartford Commentary Connecticut Freedom Trail Covid-19 Cultural Interest Food Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads No Drama Weather Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Review Shopping South Central Connecticut Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice Weird
Weird Travel
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s not that I was eager to see New Haven, specifically. I needed any change to my scenery, only had one day off, and for...
15
Aug
Access Activism Commentary Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Myth Busting Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Tired of Prayers and Promises
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If I end up mowed down by some reckless driver on a road that the City of Hartford has neglected to fix, don't waste time...
07
Aug
What’s this? What’s this?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s a sharrow. A sharrow is: (a) a shared lane marking (b) a portmanteau of “shared” and “arrow” (c) a portmanteau of “shitty” and “arrow”...
06
Aug
Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Long Reads Parks Weird
Silent Siren
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Ahhh, the good ol’ days. When a typical Saturday morning in the city meant listening to the civil defense sirens blaring (or not) in Hartford. ...
04
Aug
Access Asylum Hill Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Hartford History Long Reads Parks Quality of Life Summer
Asylum Hill Bath House
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before having a tub in one’s home was the norm, public bath houses were the place to go. Hartford had a few. One was recorded...
A Little Something (October 2020)