Jamil Ragland - Midbrow (Page 5)

An Emotional Story, Without The Emotion

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Cinestudio Hartford June 5, 2024 Visiting Cinestudio has become one of my favorite activities, as the college-based theater offers some of the more interesting

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6 Jun 2024 · 3 min read

I Think They’re Pronounced “Yeer-Rosh”

Greek Festival St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Hartford May 30, 2024 The Greek Festival has been an event in Hartford for 50 years, and somehow I’ve always missed it.

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31 May 2024 · 4 min read

When The Saints Came Marching Home

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Hartford May 30, 2024 There are few structures in Hartford as distinctive as the Soldiers and Sailors Arch located on Trinity Street. The Bushnell Park

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31 May 2024 · 3 min read

The Avocado’s In There Somewhere

Dave and Buster’s Manchester May 29, 2024 Dave and Buster’s might not be the first place you think of when it’s time to eat. The chain franchise

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30 May 2024 · 3 min read

The Abstract Feels More Real

Watershed Moments Clare Gallery St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church Hartford May 28, 2024 Watershed Moments, paintings of the Connecticut River’s watershed by Connecticut’s own Diana Rogers on display at

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29 May 2024 · 3 min read

More Than Just A Caning Victim: Charles Sumner The Abolitionist

The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union Mark Twain House and Museum Hartford May 23, 2024 I concede that not many people spend a

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24 May 2024 · 3 min read

The Mountain Comes Alive With Music

Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort Press Conference Middlefield, Conn. May 5, 2023 What do you do at a place like Powder Ridge when there’s no snow on the

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24 May 2024 · 4 min read

The Real Italian Deal, In The Suburbs

Elizabeth’s Bar and Grill Bloomfield May 20, 2024 You can’t go to an Italian place without trying the two Ps — pasta and pizza. So I made sure I

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21 May 2024 · 3 min read

Travelers Come Out At Night — & Hit the Right Note

Over The Rainbow: A Free Concert Presented by the Travelers Chorale Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford May 16, 2024 Life is full of surprises, and I experienced an excellent

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17 May 2024 · 4 min read

Secret Breakfast Ingredient: Family

Aqui Me Quedo Restaurant Hartford May 15, 2024 Aqui Me Quedo (“I’ll Stay Here”) is located on Albany Avenue just a few hundred feet short of where the road

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16 May 2024 · 4 min read

Free, But Still a Servant: The Life Of George Griffin

The Life and Legacy of George Griffin Mark Twain House and Museum Hartford May 14, 2024 The Mark Twain House and Museum hosted “The Life and Legacy of George Griffin,

Jamil Ragland

15 May 2024 · 4 min read

“The Hartford Sound” Is A Real Thing

Jazz 201: Unsung Legends and the Hartford Jazz Scene Hartford Public Library Hartford May 13, 2024 There’s a special sound that only jazz musicians trained in Hartford can perform.

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14 May 2024 · 3 min read

Breakfast Is Other People

Ashley’s Breakfast and Lunch Hartford May 8, 2024 I’ve been going to Ashley’s on Main Street since I was a kid. It was a special treat when

Jamil Ragland

8 May 2024 · 3 min read

All My Sons Goes Out With A Bang

All My Sons Hartford Stage Hartford May 3, 2024 Warning: This review contains significant plot spoilers. There’s so much to say about this wonderful play, but I want to

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3 May 2024 · 3 min read

A Trip to the Big City (Island)

Sea Shore Restaurant & Marina City Island, The Bronx New York April 29, 2024 I am a proud Nutmegger, and an annoyingly outspoken proponent for Hartford and its development. But

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1 May 2024 · 4 min read

Melissa White’s Violin Sings

Strings of Inspiration! Artists Collective Hartford April 30, 2024 Not to toot my own horn, but I’m not just a band geek — I was band president in high school.

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1 May 2024 · 3 min read

Juggler’s Drop Adds To Cirque-us Drama

Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR Hartford April 25, 2024 Seeing BAZZAR in Hartford on an unseasonably chilly evening was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. The commercials for Cirque du Soleil,

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28 Apr 2024 · 3 min read

Booked. What About Books?

Salons at Stowe: Literary Criticism Locked Up Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Hartford April 24, 2014 I went to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center for a discussion titled “Literary Criticism Locked

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26 Apr 2024 · 3 min read