Hartford Charmagne Tripp Returns To Form In The Living Room The Living Room Series Presents: Charmagne Tripp and The High Theaterworks Hartford March 14, 2024 I’ve known Charmagne Tripp for several years, because I’ve been friends with her Jamil Ragland 15 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Clothes, Cops, & Weddings No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor Real Art Ways Hartford March 11, 2024 The clothes we wear say a lot about who we are. But instead of focusing on culture or Jamil Ragland 14 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Swanky Steakhouse Doesn’t Cut It Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar West Hartford March 11, 2024 As you’ve read before, dear reader, I’m pretty content eating Cheesecake Factory. But there’s another Jamil Ragland 11 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Come For The Art, Stay For The History (And The Historian) Spring Art Exhibit Garmany Visitor Center Elizabeth Park Hartford March 7, 2024 When I go to galleries, I’m usually self-guided and left to contemplate the artwork by myself. That’ Jamil Ragland 8 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Inside Mussel Bag Job Hook and Reel Cajun Seafood and Bar Hartford March 6, 2024 Hook and Reel Cajun Seafood and Bar in Hartford has a great deal for the seafood enjoyer on a Jamil Ragland 7 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford PBS Runs Armenia Through The Dull Machine Armenia, My Home Connecticut Public TV premiere; streaming on PBS I guess you could say that I have a fraught relationship with the idea of a homeland. I’m an Jamil Ragland 5 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Fathers, Sons And Chicken Wings At Hartford Stage The Hot Wing King Hartford Stage Hartford Through March 24, 2024 We got an extra day of Black History Month this year, so I celebrated by going to see the Jamil Ragland 1 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Happy Joe Young Day A Night of the Arts: A Black History Month Event Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services Center Bloomfield Feb. 28, 2024 Although I’ve lived the majority of my life Jamil Ragland 29 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford I Breakfast, Therefore I Am … Not Hungry? Blue Plate Kitchen West Hartford Febr. 28, 2024 What is a breakfast food? Simple enough question, but there are as many different answers as there are people to ask. Is Jamil Ragland 29 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford Running With The Wolf Pack Hartford Wolf Pack vs. Bridgeport Islanders XL Center Hartford Feb. 21, 2024 My last hockey game was back in the 1990s. Obsessed with the movie The Mighty Ducks 2, I Jamil Ragland 22 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford A Garlic Aioli Revelation Sorella Hartford Feb. 19, 2024 Despite its central location in Downtown Hartford, I’d never been to Sorella before. I chose a great evening to visit, as the noontime rush Jamil Ragland 20 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Flying Spaghetti Monster, & The Spirit Of Space Leave No Trace Clare Gallery Fransciscan Center for Urban Ministry Hartford Through March 15, 2024 Clare Gallery has become one of my favorite galleries in Hartford thanks to the friendly Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Split Decision At The Sports Bar XL Center Sports Bar & Fanatics Sportsbook Hartford February 16, 2024 I love sports, and I love food, so checking out the newest sports bar in Hartford was a no-brainer. Jamil Ragland 16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford The Black History Past Is Present “I’m Black and I’m Proud” Black History Month Meet and Greet Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services Center Bloomfield Feb. 14, 2024 Black History Month, by its very Jamil Ragland 15 Feb 2024 · 4 min read
Hartford We’ll Always Have Casablanca Casablanca Cinestudio Hartford Through Feb. 15, 2024 I’d heard about Casablanca so many times. I’ve seen all the references and parodies, but never the movie itself. When I Jamil Ragland 14 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford Sip While The Sun Sets; Just Don’t Wing It At The Mall Happy Hour Market Grille Manchester Feb. 7, 2024 Market Grille is one of those restaurants that I’ve always noticed during my trips to the mall but assumed was too Jamil Ragland 9 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford People Are The News The Stories Behind the Big Stories of 2023 Elmwood Community Center West Hartford Feb. 8, 2024 Until about two weeks ago, I didn’t consider myself a journalist. I’ve Jamil Ragland 9 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford Garbologists Fails To Kill Its Darlings The Garbologists TheaterWorks Hartford February 6th, 2024 WARNING: THIS REVIEW SPOILS THE BIG TWIST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! The Garbologists is a two-person play that tells the story of Danny Jamil Ragland 7 Feb 2024 · 3 min read