Hartford A Blues Gale Wind Blows Through Infinity Music Hall Eric Gales Infinity Music Hall Hartford Nov. 19th, 2023 I’ve been surprised by the lack of pandemic-inspired media over the last couple of years. I expected several television shows, Jamil Ragland 20 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Why The “Saints” Came Marching In When Two Worlds Met: Through European Eyes Stanley-Whitman House Farmington Nov. 16, 2023 The European colonization of the Americas is one of those world-altering events in history. There were nearly Jamil Ragland 17 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford The Trombone Sings at Black Eyed Sally’s Dr. Emmett Goods Black Eyed Sally’s Hartford Nov. 15, 2023 The trombone is not the first instrument I associate with jazz music. I’d seen trombones as part of Jamil Ragland 16 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford A Trip to the Emerald Isle, by Way of Hartford Music Mondays: Celtic Sounds Parkville Market, Hartford Nov. 13, 2023 “Make sure you come back, if you want to go even further down the rabbit hole.” That’s what Carol Jamil Ragland 14 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Conventioneers Toy With Memory Trek Manchester Comic and Toy Convention Army and Navy Club, Manchester, Conn. Nov. 12, 2023 I’ve been a Gundam fan since Gundam Wing premiered on Cartoon Network almost 30 years Jamil Ragland 13 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford Death Be Not Cowed Riverfront Poetry Series Real Art Ways Hartford Nov. 8, 2023 When one of my friends died during the pandemic, I couldn’t bring myself to go to his wake. He Jamil Ragland 9 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford A Gipsy (Kings) Journey At The Bushnell Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 7 There’s a difference between thinking you don’t know something, and knowing you don’t know Jamil Ragland 8 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
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
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