Category: Holiday
06
Jan
Photos from the Three Kings Day Parade
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Mayor Segarra waves hello as the parade wraps up in Pope Park.
04
Jan
Kings and Camels
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Three Kings Day (or El Día de Reyes) — January 6th — is celebrated as the day that the magi brought gifts to baby Jesus....
29
Dec
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New Year’s Eve
by Kerri Ana Provost
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My favorite part of New Year’s Eve is pure schadenfreude: watching people dressed for Hawaii stumbling about New England in the dead of winter. I’m...
26
Dec
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Top Stories of 2010
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here are the top twelve items of interest on Real Hartford, judging by which posts were read the most and over the longest period of...
24
Dec
Happy Holidays
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Oh, Harriet! All gussied up like this– people will talk!
17
Dec
Lights, Window Displays, Action
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Because it’s often my route to work, I have seen the lights in Bushnell Park plenty during the daytime, which is to say, I have...
12
Dec
All the Holiday Spirit You Can Handel
by Kerri Ana Provost
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At one time Handel’s music was considered “profane and subversive,” which is something I do not remember learning during high school choir when we would...
09
Dec
Faith in Lights on Thin Ice
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Weeks ago, the City’s Director of Communications sent a flurry of emails regarding the Festival of Light. Short attention spans combined with a scheduling disaster...
03
Dec
Trees & Stuff
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you are looking for all the sparkly twinkle lights in Hartford, they are in Avery Court. The opening of the 37th Annual Festival of...