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
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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