Jamil Ragland - Midbrow (Page 6)

Yes, I’m “Bored of the Negro Problem”

HartBeat Ensemble’s production of Jimmy and Lorraine: A Musing, which chronicles the friendship of famed African-American writers James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry, brings two of the giants of American literature to a present day...

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21 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

The Hell We’ve Allowed Ourselves To Fall Into

Photographer Peter Brown has transformed a harrowing experience into a mind-bending display of resilience and recovery with Memories Misused at Real Art Ways.

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20 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

TheaterWorks Season Opens With A Promising Extinction-Level Event

Fever Dreams tells the story of Zach and Adele, two lovers who have absconded away to a cabin in the woods for a weekend of passionate sex and food. Eventually Adele’s husband, and Zach’s former best friend, Miller shows up, and a series of revelations rock Zach’s world

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20 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

How We Mourn Four-Legged Family

Death is inevitable for all living things. Humans have a wide range of ceremonies across cultures and religions that lay out strict rules for what to do with other humans who are dead. But what about our pets?

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18 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Megalopolis: A Mega Mess

Major studios spent years telling Francis Ford Coppola “no” when he tried to get Megalopolis made. The movie spent decades in development hell before Coppola spent $120 million of his own money to make it, financed by his winemaking business.

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16 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

A Walk On The Wild (And Creepy) Side

There’s nothing like a nice walk on a crisp fall day, and Wethersfield has turned the fall tradition into a walk on the wild side with its annual “Scarecrows Along Main” celebration and competition.

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9 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Calm And Escape At The Art Show

It’s not often that I get two great experiences at one location, but I was fortunate to find that in addition to offering fascinating talks, the Lucy Robbins Welles Library has a gallery space where they display the creations of local artists.

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9 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Vintage Photo Detective Is On The Case

By day, Erik S. Hinckley is an unassuming assistant town planner for the town of Newington. By night, he’s a detective, working to solve mysteries over a century in the making.

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8 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Undoing The Joker

Let’s get this out of the way: Joker: Folie à Deux is not a good movie. It meanders for two hours with no real point. It gives Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (played as well as she could by Lady Gaga) nothing to do but fawn over Joker.

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7 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

A Gift To End The Season

Thanks to the beautiful weather we’ve had this month, it felt like summer was going to last all year long. All good things must come to an end though, and Gifted Horses gave the last lunchtime concert performance the season.

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6 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

An Old Oak Tale

He was our guide on a tour of the notable trees that make the Kim Arboretum at Elizabeth Park in West Hartford their home.

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2 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Artists Warn Us The Clock Is Ticking

After the shocking flooding that tore through Western Connecticut just a few weeks ago, it’s more apparent than ever that climate change does not only mean a few warmer days here and disaster over there.

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2 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Burying The Lee

Lee is a biopic about Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, one of the best-known photographers of the Second World War.

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1 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Yes, That’s A Harp in Downtown Hartford

I was not expecting to see a full-sized harp when I stopped by for the latest concert in the Old State House’s Summer Series.

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29 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

Freedom Achieved Through Other Means

The Nutmeg Pulpit is a celebration of the history of Black churches in post-Revolutionary War Connecticut

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26 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

Americana Pie

Anne Marie Menta Trio Audio Feed Connecticut Old State House Hartford Sept. 24, 2024 Summer is officially over, but the Summer Series continued at the Old State House with the

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25 Sep 2024 · 3 min read

The Two Should Have Remained as One

Transformers One Apple Cinemas Xtreme Hartford Sept. 23, 2024 Transformers One serves as the origin story for perhaps the two most famous Transformers in history: Optimus Prime and Megatron. However,

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25 Sep 2024 · 4 min read

Talk About A Bargain

Hartford’s Audio Feed concert series moved back indoors this week with The Bargain performing at the Old State House Food Court.

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25 Sep 2024 · 3 min read