Hartford 50 Cent Goes 50 – 50 “Excuse me, what are you writing?” I looked up from my notepad. A short Latina with bright eyes and wavy brown hair was standing over me. I was sitting on Jamil Ragland 14 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford Willie Mann Turns Karaoke Night Into Soul History Night I enjoy singing, even though I’m not great at it. But more than that, I enjoy the pleasant surprise of hearing a regular person blow me away with their Jamil Ragland 11 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The Steel-Drum Sound Of Independence Reinterprets Pop Classics At The Old State House Hartford has a long history of reinventing itself. It was a literary hub and the richest city in the United States in the late 19th century, a booming industrial center Jamil Ragland 7 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The Person In The Portrait: Seeing Through Frederick Douglass’ Eyes Frederick Douglass stands next to Harriet Tubman as the only people I describe as heroes. They demonstrated enormous courage even when they didn’t have to. Both had escaped slavery, Jamil Ragland 4 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Open Mic Drops To The Next Generation I’ve worked as an educator for most of my adult life. One of the great pleasures of tutoring and teaching is watching students grow in skill and confidence. That Jamil Ragland 28 Jul 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Cosplayers Battle AI, Studio Villains Am I going to take pictures of struck cosplay? I pondered the question as I waited in the line that snaked through the Hartford Marriott’s parking lot for ConnectiCon Jamil Ragland 24 Jul 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford This Means Something — Right? I like experiencing art randomly. If an exhibit or event catches my eye, I don’t research it or the artists, I just go in blind. That was how I Jamil Ragland 21 Jul 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford A Night Of Free Jazz Finds Warmth In The Fires The temperature was supposed to hit a toasty 88 degree at 6 p.m. when the six-week, and 56th annual, Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz concert series would kick off Jamil Ragland 19 Jul 2023 · 2 min read
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