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
Hartford More Than Just A Caning Victim: Charles Sumner The Abolitionist The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union Mark Twain House and Museum Hartford May 23, 2024 I concede that not many people spend a Jamil Ragland 24 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Mountain Comes Alive With Music Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort Press Conference Middlefield, Conn. May 5, 2023 What do you do at a place like Powder Ridge when there’s no snow on the Jamil Ragland 24 May 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford The Real Italian Deal, In The Suburbs Elizabeth’s Bar and Grill Bloomfield May 20, 2024 You can’t go to an Italian place without trying the two Ps — pasta and pizza. So I made sure I Jamil Ragland 21 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Travelers Come Out At Night — & Hit the Right Note Over The Rainbow: A Free Concert Presented by the Travelers Chorale Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford May 16, 2024 Life is full of surprises, and I experienced an excellent Jamil Ragland 17 May 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Secret Breakfast Ingredient: Family Aqui Me Quedo Restaurant Hartford May 15, 2024 Aqui Me Quedo (“I’ll Stay Here”) is located on Albany Avenue just a few hundred feet short of where the road Jamil Ragland 16 May 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Free, But Still a Servant: The Life Of George Griffin The Life and Legacy of George Griffin Mark Twain House and Museum Hartford May 14, 2024 The Mark Twain House and Museum hosted “The Life and Legacy of George Griffin, Jamil Ragland 15 May 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford “The Hartford Sound” Is A Real Thing Jazz 201: Unsung Legends and the Hartford Jazz Scene Hartford Public Library Hartford May 13, 2024 There’s a special sound that only jazz musicians trained in Hartford can perform. Jamil Ragland 14 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Breakfast Is Other People Ashley’s Breakfast and Lunch Hartford May 8, 2024 I’ve been going to Ashley’s on Main Street since I was a kid. It was a special treat when Jamil Ragland 8 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford All My Sons Goes Out With A Bang All My Sons Hartford Stage Hartford May 3, 2024 Warning: This review contains significant plot spoilers. There’s so much to say about this wonderful play, but I want to Jamil Ragland 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Melissa White’s Violin Sings Strings of Inspiration! Artists Collective Hartford April 30, 2024 Not to toot my own horn, but I’m not just a band geek — I was band president in high school. Jamil Ragland 1 May 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Juggler’s Drop Adds To Cirque-us Drama Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR Hartford April 25, 2024 Seeing BAZZAR in Hartford on an unseasonably chilly evening was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. The commercials for Cirque du Soleil, Jamil Ragland 28 Apr 2024 · 3 min read