Category: About Town

On Colony Street in downtown Meriden, Connecticut, local artists teach classes to each other at Gallery 53. The redbrick, three-storyContinue Reading

On a sunny Thursday morning in early March, Central Connecticut State University’s Constitution room buzzes with conversation as a groupContinue Reading

On a temperate, breezy March afternoon I circled the Hartford campus of Trinity College to find Cinestudio. The Cinestudio sign was lit and the brick looked worn but hadContinue Reading

In 1851, a woman took a break from raising six children, including a newborn, to write one of the mostContinue Reading

Four performers wrapped in red satin silk dance as if they were making love to the black chairs in frontContinue Reading

The biting chill of an autumn day in Southington, Connecticut, is melted away once inside the South End Schoolhouse. ThoughContinue Reading

Kick over any proverbial stone in Connecticut and you’ll find a reader: in trains, cafés, bookstores, dorm rooms, work cubicles,Continue Reading

It was day three of the NFL Draft. A prospect out of Central Connecticut State University sat in his family’sContinue Reading

Erika Novak and Drew Darley spend their working days in a studio in Avon, CT surrounded by masterpieces. Decadent vasesContinue Reading