Category: Myth Busting
18
Jul
Queen of HYPE: Conversation with Julie Daly
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“It’s my job to help other young people to see why [Hartford’s] cool,” Julie Daly, the Executive Director of HYPE (Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs)...
16
Jul
Stupidity Loses One
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Nearly a year ago, we wrote about the MDC public hearing regarding the potential closing of West Hartford Reservoir to recreation. The impetus for this...
14
Jul
Meklit Hadero: “It’s About Being Tired of Logic”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Meklit Hadero — born in Ethiopia, raised in the United States and now living in San Francisco — played in the theater of Real Art...
12
Jul
Lavender Lemonade at the Kitchen Cafe
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Fuel is needed to propel a steam locomotive. Coal, wood, or oil is burned in the firebox to boil the water. The Firebox Restaurant is...
10
Jul
Commentary Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Food Fun Hartford Holiday Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go
Riverfest 2011
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Riverfest — which has not actually been held on July 4th for years — drew lots of people into downtown Hartford on Saturday evening. The...
08
Jul
ConnectiCon 2011
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A crowd — mainly teenagers — snaked through the Connecticut Convention Center Friday morning as fans of comics and science fiction waited for their turn...
07
Jul
Cultural Interest Film Food Fun Hartford Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Shopping
July Events
by Kerri Ana Provost
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These are just a select few of the events going on through the remainder of July: Tonight Beach Block Party at the Wadsworth Atheneum will...
06
Jul
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Environmental Interest Food Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods North East Quality of Life Regionalism
The Great Food Swamp
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s not accurate to describe Hartford as being a food desert. This term implies that food is unavailable. The obesity rate says otherwise. Instead, we...
06
Jul
Climate Summer
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Eighteen people, ranging from traditional college students to retirees, gathered in a musty basement bordering the Trinity College campus, yet not one was currently affiliated...