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
Hartford Booked. What About Books? Salons at Stowe: Literary Criticism Locked Up Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Hartford April 24, 2014 I went to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center for a discussion titled “Literary Criticism Locked Jamil Ragland 26 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Post-Hot Pot Waddle Hungry Pot Korean BBQ and Hot Pot The Shoppes at Buckland Hills Manchester April 23, 2024 After experiencing the earth-shattering crunch of Korean fried chicken a few weeks ago, I Jamil Ragland 25 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford A Watershed Moment On Earth Day Bulbs and Bulbs: An Earth Day Event and Celebration Hartford City Hall Hartford April 22, 2024 Despite the importance of Earth Day, it often feels like there isn’t much Jamil Ragland 25 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Emotional Tank Emptied This-Ability Gallery Opening UCONN Health Center Farmington April 18, 2024 The therapeutic nature of art has been well documented for thousands of years, but often presented from the perspective of Jamil Ragland 21 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Inconsistency Mars Sanctuary City Sanctuary City Theaterworks Hartford April 18, 2024 An expectation of consistency is what I walked in with to Sanctuary City, which I went to see at Theaterworks last night. Unfortunately, Jamil Ragland 18 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Terrarium Flex: Date Night At The Shopping Mall Co-Working Space Date Night Downtown-Make Your Own Succulent Terrarium Globe WORK_SPACE Manchester April 16, 2024 “Succulent” was always a word that I associated with food until yesterday. That’s when I Jamil Ragland 17 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford I Scream, You Scream For Community: A North End Scoop Lulu’s Ice Cream Cafe Hartford April 15, 2024 When the weather finally gets nice in Connecticut, there’s one thing that comes to mind before breaking out the short Jamil Ragland 16 Apr 2024 · 3 min read