Category: Beyond Hartford
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...
06
Jul
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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...
13
Jun
No Kangaroos Were Killed in the Making of this Art
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A jet-lagged Shaun Gladwell reassured Wadsworth Atheneum patrons in early June that the dead kangaroo featured in one of his videos was roadkill — already...
01
Jun
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A Guide to Getting What You Need for Growing Your Own
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Lack of imagination is what creates limitations for people. We observe this in folks who see cities as mere expanses of concrete and asphalt. These...
05
May
Flipside
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On a recent Saturday groups of residents volunteered to clean scattered areas around the city. These annual (or semi-annual in some spots) events, besides achieving...
22
Jan
Headline Fail
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s one unfortunate side effect of the Courant and Fox-61 merger: more inaccurate headlines. A story published in the Courant today, reprinted from FOX CT,...
20
Jan
Want Some Hate Speech with Your Coffee?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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My work revolves around rhetoric. Since that word gets thrown around in such a negative way, let me explain better. I teach argumentative (or persuasive)...
05
Jan
Hello Governor
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“Shared sacrifice” was a phrase Governor Malloy repeated during his inaugural speech. He spoke to the need for being fiscally conservative and played to the...
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...