Hartford 50 Years Down: Wadsworth Celebrates Hip-Hop Gardens and Galleries | Celebrating Hip-Hop at 50 The Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Nov. 2, 2023 When “Ms. Fat Booty” by Mos Def came on, I knew it was my type of Jamil Ragland 3 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford How Porcelain Packs History Into A Small Package A Walk Through Dresden: Eighteenth Century Meissen Porcelain with Vanessa Sigalas Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Nov. 1 My biggest takeaway from a fascinating lecture Dr. Vanessa Sigalas gave at the Wadsworth, Jamil Ragland 3 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford How A Guyanese Painter Brought Me Home To Hartford Color and Identity: A Visual Conversation Clare Gallery, Hartford Oct. 19-Dec. 3, 2023 I was looking for some color on a particularly dreary day when I found out about an Jamil Ragland 1 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Lizzie Almost Buries the Hatchet: A 2nd Take On A Murder Musical Lizzie: A Rock Concert in 40 Whacks Theaterworks Hartford Through Oct. 29 There is a long history of America’s obsession with murder. Shows like The First 48 and other Jamil Ragland 26 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Quick: Who Is “AD” The Attacker? Sea Tea Improv’s Family Show Sea Tea Comedy Theater Hartford Oct. 22 I had to think fast — and not insult the kindergartener in the audience. I was in the Jamil Ragland 25 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Getting Down, Dirty & Drunk With Mark Twain R‑Rated Twain Mark Twain House Hartford, Conn. Oct. 19 Mark Twain is well known for his classic literary novels, but I didn’t know that his talents extended into Jamil Ragland 24 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The More Things Change … Running For Office: Candidates, Campaigns, And The Cartoons Of Clifford Berryman Exhibit Connecticut Old State House, Hartford Through Nov. 11 One constant runs through American politics: Everyone thinks that their Jamil Ragland 11 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford Community Reigns On A Puerto Rican Parade Puerto Rican Parade and Festival De Coqui Main Street, Hartford Oct. 8, 2023 What does it take to make a community? Shared culture is a start. A common language. Customs Jamil Ragland 9 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Black History, Both Lost and Found, at the Old State House Why Hartford’s Ethnic Heritage Matters Today Connecticut’s Old Statehouse 800 Main Street, Hartford Do you know who Catharine Freebody was? If you’ve never heard that name, you’ Jamil Ragland 6 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford No “Doubt”-Fire: You’ll Love This Musical Mrs. Doubtfire Bushnell Center for Performing Arts 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford Through Oct. 8 The word “classic” gets thrown around a lot when referring to something outstanding from the past. Jamil Ragland 5 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Is That A Whale Up On That Wall? The Power of the Elements: The Forces Within Us Mallett Art Gallery 950 Main St., Hartford Through Nov. 1 I looked at the painting Purple Haze and saw whales. I Jamil Ragland 2 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Twain House Hosts A Worthy Paws (Cause) Mark Twain was an accomplished author, a fierce critic of injustice, and an adopted son of the city of Hartford. Twain was also an animal lover. He routinely kept cats Jamil Ragland 26 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The Shoe Fits: Cinderella At The Bushnell “Is ballet for me?” That’s one of the questions on the homepage for The World Ballet Series’ production of Cinderella. When I saw that the show was coming to Jamil Ragland 22 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Monday Night Tootball Hartford Jazz Orchestra Elicit Brewery Manchester, Conn. Sept. 18, 2023 This may have been the first time I’ve gone to a bar on a Monday night for a reason Jamil Ragland 19 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Royalty’s Ghost Comes To Hartford What happens to us when we die? Cultures across time have attempted to answer that question, combining the beginning of all things with the end of our mortal lives in Jamil Ragland 18 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Bella’s Bartok Beats The Post-Pandemic Blues It was an interesting concert — and that was before Jack Skellington showed up. But allow me to take a few steps back. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Jamil Ragland 8 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford A Little Rain Can’t Ruin A Great Surprise At last, the summer heat seemed to have broken. That influenced my decision to take the bus to my latest review instead of an Uber. The heat had been so Jamil Ragland 28 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern As I’ve written before, I try to go to arts events with no prior knowledge or expectations. I like being surprised and I feel that it gives me a Jamil Ragland 18 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
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