Hartford You MexiCan’t Beat This Great Food Frontera Grill Manchester June 28, 2024 I’ve had the opportunity to try many different kinds of foods and restaurants, but Mexican food remains my favorite. Visiting Frontera Grill in Jamil Ragland 2 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Birthright Made Modern Birthright Cinestudio Hartford June 26, 2024 One of the best ways to beat the summer heat is to retreat into the cool darkness of a movie theater. I ducked into Jamil Ragland 30 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford J‑Lab Rocks The Red Brick Road Mic Amplify Under 21 Open Mic Pratt Street Hartford June 25, 2024 The Amplify Open Mic held on the famous red bricks of Pratt Street in Hartford Tueday night was the Jamil Ragland 26 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford To The Max: A Taste Of The Seafood “Haves” Max Fish Glastonbury June 19, 2024 When I was growing up in Hartford, I always thought of Max Downtown as the ultimate in fine dining. I never went inside, saw Jamil Ragland 23 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Ode To Wet Crows — & Farmer’s Market Dragons Summer Concerts at the Farmer’s Market Connecticut Old State House Hartford June 21, 2024 Friday was the kickoff of the Summer Concert series at the Old State House, which Jamil Ragland 23 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Soap-Dwelling Alien Created At Juneteenth Cartoonist-Kids Confab Juneteenth Workshop Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Hartford June 19, 2024 It’s not often that you can get free lessons from an award-winning cartoonist and writer, but that’ Jamil Ragland 20 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford This Juneteenth, Young People Taught The Elders Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration Bushnell Park Hartford June 16, 2024 This year’s Juneteenth celebration for the city of Hartford took place on Trinity Street in Bushnell Park, where the Jamil Ragland 17 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Never Mind Whodunit Sandra Theaterworks Hartford Through June 27, 2024 The following review contains spoilers. I went to see Sandra at Theaterworks on a Friday evening. The theater was packed, and we all Jamil Ragland 17 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Symphony Can Touch “This” Symphony in the Park Bushnell Park Hartford June 15, 2024 I love orchestral music, and I love being outside. Seeing the Hartford Symphony perform Symphony in the Park at Bushnell Jamil Ragland 17 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Eating In Stereo, He Grabbed For More Water Spice Venue 81 Asylum St. Hartford June 13, 2024 The only Indian food that I’m familiar with is naan, and that’s because I’m obsessed with bread no Jamil Ragland 16 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Finding The Hartford Taste Hartford Taste Hartford June 8, 2024 This year’s Hartford Taste festival, billed as a celebration of the city’s cultural heritage and a fundraiser for CT Foodshare, was held Jamil Ragland 11 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Horror Of The Place 2.5 Minute Ride Hartford Stage Hartford Through June 23, 2024 2.5 Minute Ride is a one-person show about a woman named Lisa, who is making a movie about Jamil Ragland 11 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford When the Sharks Meet The Warhawks Shark Tank Pitch Competition Bloomfield High School Bloomfield June 6, 2024 I hadn’t been back to Bloomfield High School, my alma mater, in at least a decade. What better Jamil Ragland 9 Jun 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford An Emotional Story, Without The Emotion Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Cinestudio Hartford June 5, 2024 Visiting Cinestudio has become one of my favorite activities, as the college-based theater offers some of the more interesting Jamil Ragland 6 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford I Think They’re Pronounced “Yeer-Rosh” Greek Festival St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Hartford May 30, 2024 The Greek Festival has been an event in Hartford for 50 years, and somehow I’ve always missed it. Jamil Ragland 31 May 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford When The Saints Came Marching Home Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Hartford May 30, 2024 There are few structures in Hartford as distinctive as the Soldiers and Sailors Arch located on Trinity Street. The Bushnell Park Jamil Ragland 31 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Avocado’s In There Somewhere Dave and Buster’s Manchester May 29, 2024 Dave and Buster’s might not be the first place you think of when it’s time to eat. The chain franchise Jamil Ragland 30 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Abstract Feels More Real Watershed Moments Clare Gallery St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church Hartford May 28, 2024 Watershed Moments, paintings of the Connecticut River’s watershed by Connecticut’s own Diana Rogers on display at Jamil Ragland 29 May 2024 · 3 min read