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Category: Weird

07 Apr
Access Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford County History Long Reads Rivers Transportation Weird

Beyond Hartford: Glastonbury; or, GALLIVANTED THROUGH GLASTONBURY, GUTTED TO FIND NO GLAWACKUS: CRYPTID’S CORRIDOR NOT CATERED TO BY COACH

by Kerri Ana Provost
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The first documentation of the Glawackus (“Glastonbury” + “Wacky”) was on Friday, January 13, 1939, but from the coverage given by The Hartford Courant, it...
05 Oct
Autumn Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford County Holiday Living Local News Reader Tip Transportation Weird

Must Be The Season

by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s the time of the season when creativity runs amok and maybe slightly unhinged in Old Wethersfield. The Scarecrows Along Main event — also called...
30 Sep
Access Activism Autumn Barry Square Community Cultural Interest Downtown Education Environmental Interest Faith Film Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Holiday Living Local News Long Reads Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak Shopping South West Transportation Upper Albany Weird

A Little Something (October 2023)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Trick-or-treating on a pedestrianized street is always better than that travesty known as trunk-or-treating
29 Nov
Autumn Barry Square Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Faith Film Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Music North East Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Reader Tip Shopping Weird

A Little Something (December 2022)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Coming in December: cryptid storyime, Baraka, improv Xmas romance movies, and winter karaoke
31 Oct
Autumn Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Holiday Parks Weird West End

Happy Halloween!

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford’s Elizabeth Park does the holiday display in a public park correctly. There aren’t advertisements everywhere. They know how to stick to a theme and...
27 Sep
Autumn Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Faith Free Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Holiday Long Reads Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Reader Tip Transportation Weird Women

A Little Something (October 2022)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Cryptids, panties, and a forge. What more could you want?
16 Aug
Access Activism Barry Square Design Downtown Hartford Local News Long Reads Meet Your Infrastructure Progress Reader Tip South Green Transportation Unsolicited Advice Weird

Car-Free Diaries: Week 37

by Kerri Ana Provost
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All I want are simple things. . .
27 May
Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Education Environmental Interest Film Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Music North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Reader Tip Shopping South West Transportation Weird West End

A Little Something (June 2022)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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They really could've spread some of these events around to the rest of the year. Get ready for activity overload.
17 Apr
Cultural Interest Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Weird

New Museum Just Dropped

by Kerri Ana Provost
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You can all stop mourning the Whalers and Constitution Plaza lipstick on a pig Christmas lights now. Hartford has finally received the infusion of top...
29 Mar
Access Activism Asylum Hill Beyond Hartford Commentary Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Reader Tip South Central Connecticut Spring Transportation Unsolicited Advice Weird West End

Car-Free Diaries: Week 17

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Instead of screaming into the void of Twitter, I bring you a weekly highlight reel of what it’s like going places in Greater Hartford when...