Hartford Apocalypse at Arch Street: The Omen Meets George Clinton P(X3) Arch Street Tavern Hartford Dec. 14, 2023 The organ may not be the first thing you think about when the world is ending. But at Arch Street Tavern Jamil Ragland 15 Dec 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford Christmas On the Rocks Goes Down Smooth Christmas on the Rocks ‘23 Theaterworks Hartford Through Dec. 23, 2023 Sitting in the big Santa chair that welcomed visitors into TheaterWorks made me feel like a kid again, excited Jamil Ragland 13 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Reed Right Chamber Music Showcase Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford West Hartford Dec. 5, 2023 I played the clarinet for six years. I was first chair in my highschool band, and Jamil Ragland 11 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Sister Act Brings Fire & Sass Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy ActUp Theater Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Hartford Through Sunday, Dec. 10 I’m gonna cut to the chase: Go see ActUp Theater’ Jamil Ragland 8 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Reviewer Takes The Reins Self-Curated Exhibit Jean Burr Smith Library Conn. State Community College Middlesex Dec. 7, 2023 This painting particularly caught my eye. So I decided to feature it in an exhibition. Initially, Jamil Ragland 8 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Pin-Up Girls Salutes The Troops The Pin-Up Girls: A Musical Love Letter The Playhouse on Park West Hartford Through Dec. 23, 2023 There’s nothing like community theater. I’ve had fun at the big, Jamil Ragland 4 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford The Art Of The Xmas Tree Festival of Trees and Traditions Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford Through Dec. 10. Decorating the Christmas tree is one of those holiday traditions that unite families and build lasting memories. The Wadsworth Jamil Ragland 1 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Stained-Glass Revelation: Heaven is Other People Stained Glass Windows Jubilee House Hartford Nov. 29 When I was kid, I once locked myself in the closet and prayed. I decided that I would stay there, in total Jamil Ragland 30 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford Music Smothers A Musical Moulin Rouge: The Musical Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 25, 2023 Beautiful people parading around half-dressed. A score of certified hits. Eye-popping sets and world class performers. What Jamil Ragland 27 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford The Artist Who Chooses the Artists Broadens The Landscape Changin’ Seasons: A Juried Art Exhibition Gallery 66 New Britain Through Jan. 13, 2024 Do you know your local arts curator? I’ve made it a point to learn the Jamil Ragland 22 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Back On Campus, New Encounters Invoke Old Friends We Find Ourselves in This Place Austin Arts Center Trinity College Hartford Nov. 20, 2023 The current exhibit at the Austin Arts Center, We Find Ourselves in This Place, features Jamil Ragland 21 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford A Blues Gale Wind Blows Through Infinity Music Hall Eric Gales Infinity Music Hall Hartford Nov. 19th, 2023 I’ve been surprised by the lack of pandemic-inspired media over the last couple of years. I expected several television shows, Jamil Ragland 20 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Why The “Saints” Came Marching In When Two Worlds Met: Through European Eyes Stanley-Whitman House Farmington Nov. 16, 2023 The European colonization of the Americas is one of those world-altering events in history. There were nearly Jamil Ragland 17 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford The Trombone Sings at Black Eyed Sally’s Dr. Emmett Goods Black Eyed Sally’s Hartford Nov. 15, 2023 The trombone is not the first instrument I associate with jazz music. I’d seen trombones as part of Jamil Ragland 16 Nov 2023 · 2 min read
Hartford A Trip to the Emerald Isle, by Way of Hartford Music Mondays: Celtic Sounds Parkville Market, Hartford Nov. 13, 2023 “Make sure you come back, if you want to go even further down the rabbit hole.” That’s what Carol Jamil Ragland 14 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford Conventioneers Toy With Memory Trek Manchester Comic and Toy Convention Army and Navy Club, Manchester, Conn. Nov. 12, 2023 I’ve been a Gundam fan since Gundam Wing premiered on Cartoon Network almost 30 years Jamil Ragland 13 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
Hartford Death Be Not Cowed Riverfront Poetry Series Real Art Ways Hartford Nov. 8, 2023 When one of my friends died during the pandemic, I couldn’t bring myself to go to his wake. He Jamil Ragland 9 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford A Gipsy (Kings) Journey At The Bushnell Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 7 There’s a difference between thinking you don’t know something, and knowing you don’t know Jamil Ragland 8 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
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