Kerri Ana

Category: Commentary

31 Dec
Commentary Free Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Unsolicited Advice Weird

Guide to Crying in Public in Hartford

by Kerri Ana Provost
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[H/T to Curbed  and to anonymous contributors] This hasn’t been the easiest year for many, between elected officials stoking chaos, and then, everyone’s personal drama....
04 Dec
Commentary Cultural Interest Hartford Holiday

A Christmas Carol for Those Who Hate A Christmas Carol

by Kerri Ana Provost
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I have long avoided seeing A Christmas Carol — at Hartford Stage and elsewhere —  because I don’t care for parts of the story. The Tiny...
13 Nov
Access Activism Commentary Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford

Suggestion Box: Nourish or Perish

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Volunteers from Pratt & Whitney, along with KNOX, spent Saturday morning building and installing raised garden beds in a Hudson Street park that has seen...
08 Nov
Commentary Hartford Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation

Learning Curb: #DocklessCars of Autumn

by Kerri Ana Provost
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  The first horseless carriage appeared on Hartford’s streets in the 1890s. Over a century later, though cars spend most of their lives stationary, the...
19 Oct
Access Beyond Hartford Commentary Environmental Interest Faith Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Parks Reader Tip Transportation Weird

Notch Hollow & Quarryville & Bolton Notch & Saqumsketuck & Sagumumpsketuck & Hop River Trail

by Kerri Ana Provost
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In a way, its rise was its fall.
11 Oct
Access Activism Commentary Get Outside Hartford Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Pedestrians ‘Pay It Forward’

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Have you ever heard about those hours-long pay-it-backward chains at coffee drive-thrus and felt both inspired, but a little left out because as someone who...
09 Oct
Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads North Central Connecticut North East Parks Regionalism Weird

Backyard Dunes

by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s maddening how much has already been ruined by what used to count as progress, how many shopping malls and highways have disrupted the natural...
27 Sep
Coastal Connecticut Commentary Fun Geology Long Reads Parks Review

Away from the Coastal Crowds

by Kerri Ana Provost
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There are no signs along Stonington Borough’s main streets that point you to the seaside meadow at the end of what was known as Shinbone...
20 Sep
Access Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford North East North Meadows Parks Sheldon/Charter Oak South Meadows Transportation

Getting Serious About Regionalism

by Kerri Ana Provost
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A flat gray sky and seasonably chilly weather has scared almost everyone back indoors, already. From the wooded area that begins just north of the...
31 Aug
Access Beyond Hartford Commentary Design Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Quality of Life Sheldon/Charter Oak Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Suggestion Box: Some Courtesy

by Kerri Ana Provost
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There are plenty of things to not like about Washington D.C. — the rats scurrying about in daylight, the climate, the density of politicians per...