Category: Commentary
19
Jan
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Reproductive Freedom Day of Action
by Kerri Ana Provost
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With the Affordable Care Act under attack, approximately 300 people marched from the Legislative Office Building to the Connecticut State Capitol on Wednesday, following an...
11
Jan
Access Commentary Design Downtown Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Where to Park It (2017 Updated Edition)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s been a minute. Time to update our parking guide. If you are visiting Hartford or are otherwise not sure how to park when you...
05
Jan
Cyclocross Nationals Rolling Along in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships are taking place this week in Hartford’s Riverside Park alongside the Connecticut River. What the heck is cyclocross?...
04
Jan
Access Commentary Community Construction Cultural Interest Design Downtown Get Outside Hartford Parks Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Signs of a New Year
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A number of new signs have been popping up in and around downtown. The one above is mounted on the I-91 pedestrian/cyclist bridge that connects...
28
Dec
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Blue Hills Commentary Community Construction Cultural Interest Downtown Education Environmental Interest Faith Film Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Holiday Music North East North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak Shopping South End Transportation Upper Albany West End
January 2017 Events in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This monthly event listing includes arts and entertainment, civic engagement, academic, cultural, wellness, and other types of activities happening in Hartford during January. There is...
27
Dec
Access Activism Commentary Community Construction Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Faith Free Fun Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip Review Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Best Most Awesome Superlatives 2016
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This has been, in countless ways, a crap year. In terms of Hartford-specific issues, it hasn’t been so bad, but that has gotten drowned out...
20
Nov
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Faith Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Quality of Life Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice Volunteer
Equality March Demands Bridges, Not Walls
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We can “not allow the negative rhetoric of the Trump campaign to dictate how we live our lives,” Tiffany Walker told a few hundred people...
20
Nov
E.J. Dionne Receives Journalism Award, Talks Election at Trinity
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“Bombast and bullying mistaken for strength,” is how Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne described the climate that enabled the recent presidential election. Dionne delivered the talk...
09
Nov
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Community Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Faith Free Hartford Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Regionalism Shopping Unsolicited Advice
2016 Holiday Giving Guide
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Right after the 9/11 attacks, the then President, George W. Bush, urged Americans to go shopping. These things do not come without a price. The...
February 2017 Events in Hartford