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    Dec 9, 2012 |Column| Hartford Courant

  1. 'Culture Commerce' An Artful Alternative To The Mall

    The Hartford Courant
    As much as I love shopping, the holiday mall crawl can get old quick, even for me. Luckily, there's an alternative to big-box stores, crowded parking lots and long lines. It's called "culture commerce" — retail lingo for shopping stores in...

    Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gardens and Parks, Museums, Mark Twain, Travel

    2. Oct 29, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  2. The Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford Remembers Prohibition in Connecticut

    For months, CPTV solicited prohibition-era photographs and memorabilia from Connecticut residents for <em>Prohibition: Connecticut Goes Dry</em>, an original documentary airing soon. To celebrate, they've teamed up with the Connecticut Historical Society, Glastonbury's Pond House and Manchester's own purveyors of contemporary moonshine, Onyx Spirits, for a night of flapper dresses, fedoras, speakeasies and food. After downing some creative moonshine cocktails and grub, attendees, who'll catch the first glimpse of the documentary, will get to wander through the museum and gaze at other historical CT ephemera. Seating's limited, so get on the phone, flappers.
    For months, CPTV solicited prohibition-era photographs and memorabilia from Connecticut residents for Prohibition: Connecticut Goes Dry, an original documentary airing soon. To celebrate, they've teamed up with the Connecticut Historical Society,...

    Tags: Documentary (genre), Glastonbury, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture

    3. Oct 16, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  3. Plan Ahead: 6 Good Upcoming Shows Near Hartford

    Why wait until the last minute to get your act together? Here are six events at least a week out to get you started.
    Why wait until the last minute to get your act together? Here are six events at least a week out to get you started. 1) Chicago, Oct. 25-28, The Bushnell, Hartford, (860) 987-5900, bushnell.org. 2) The Toasters, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., $10-$15, Arch Street...

    Tags: Brian Setzer, Palace Theater, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Jerry Springer

    4. Aug 14, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  4. The State of Connecticut Has an Array of Valuable and Strange Artifacts

    Painting of George Washington: $20 million. Two-headed calf: $2,000. Iconic industrial statue: $1.5 million. New Haven church records covering 138 years: $2,550. Documents of a disgraced governor: $500,000.
    Painting of George Washington: $20 million. Two-headed calf: $2,000. Iconic industrial statue: $1.5 million. New Haven church records covering 138 years: $2,550. Documents of a disgraced governor: $500,000. Those are just a sampling of the hundreds of...

    Tags: Museums, Government, Old State House, Prospect, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)

    5. Aug 10, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  5. Voting On For State's Best Tourism Site

    From the Mark Twain House and Museum to the Coventry Regional Farmers Market, state residents have chosen 10 finalists in the #CTFanFavorite tourism campaign online. Now the voting starts to pick a fan-favorite. From July 17 to 31, the Connecticut Office...

    Tags: Westport Country Playhouse, Huey Lewis and the News (music group), Social Media, Museums, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)

    6. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Thief of historic documents sentenced to prison

    Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme unraveled last summer.
    Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme...

    Tags: Thomas Paine, Al Pacino, Francis Scott Key, Justice System, Theodore Roosevelt

    7. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Historic document thief sentenced to 7 years in prison

    Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast.
    Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast. The 64-year-old...

    Tags: War of 1812, John Adams, New York City, Theft, Abraham Lincoln

    8. Jun 8, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Home, Sweet Home: Picking Your Spots

    <strong>Diana's Pool</strong>
    Diana's Pool One of the must-see attractions in eastern Connecticut is Diana's Pool in Chaplin, along the beautiful Natchaug River. This fishing, kayaking and hiking spot is also popular as a destination because of its sheer beauty. An almost rite of...

    Tags: Concerts, Westport Country Playhouse, Theater, Old State House, Little Theatre of Manchester

    9. Sep 30, 2011 |Story| Hartford Courant

  9. A Poet's Legacy: The Wallace Stevens Walk

    Among Hartford's literary luminaries over the past two centuries, Wallace Stevens is right there: That is, wholly within the shadow of Mark Twain.
    Special To The Courant
    Among Hartford's literary luminaries over the past two centuries, Wallace Stevens is right there: That is, wholly within the shadow of Mark Twain. Twain is the subject of constant scholarship, essays and books. Stevens is the poet some Connecticut...

    Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Poetry, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes

    10. Feb 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Descriptions of some of the stolen documents

    A four-page personal handwritten letter from John Jay Audubon to Gideon B. Smith, dated May 18, 1843, taken from the Connecticut Historical Society. A single-page letter from Marie Antoinette written in French on Oct. 2, 1784, taken from the...

    Tags: Abraham Lincoln, John Jay, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Karl Marx, Arts and Culture

    11. Oct 27, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Savedoff pleads guilty in historic document case

    Less than four months after a Maryland Historical Society employee uncovered a cultural property heist called "truly breathtaking" by national archivists, one of the men charged in the scheme has pleaded guilty.
    Less than four months after a Maryland Historical Society employee uncovered a cultural property heist called "truly breathtaking" by national archivists, one of the men charged in the scheme has pleaded guilty. Jason James Savedoff, 24, admitted...

    Tags: Defendants, Justice System, Canada, Crime, Law and Justice, Museums

    12. Aug 16, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Archivists scramble after men accused of stealing historic documents

    On an invitingly bright summer day, the reading room at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania starts filling up nonetheless as soon as the doors open: professors, Ph.D. candidates and amateur genealogists alike stream in to spend hours perusing the yellowed letters and faded land records, the presidential papers and everyday ephemera that are stored in the group's vaults.
    On an invitingly bright summer day, the reading room at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania starts filling up nonetheless as soon as the doors open: professors, Ph.D. candidates and amateur genealogists alike stream in to spend hours perusing the...

    Tags: Personal Data Collection, Justice System, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), New York, Crime, Law and Justice

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