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Big East Tournament Brings Big Bucks To City, But What About Next Year?
The Hartford CourantThe Big East tournament for women's college basketball celebrates a decade in downtown Hartford this year, with a record of drawing tens of thousands of fans, pumping millions into the local economy and showcasing the city on a national stage. But now...Tags: Connecticut Huskies, College Sports, Basketball, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sports
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Shepherd Holcombe: A Passion For Hartford And Its History
The Hartford CourantSome families are peripatetic and don't stay physically close to grandparents, or even parents or the places where they grew up. In a country of immigrants, many do not even know where their ancestors first settled. But some people find themselves,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, New York University, Weather Science, Science and Technology
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Ring in the New Year With Fireworks, Music and Comedy at First Night Hartford
There's almost an embarrassment of riches facing New Year's Eve revelers in the Hartford area this year: ice skating, carousel rides, street performers (pictured) and horse-drawn carriage rides at Bushnell Park; puppets, poetry and improvisational...
Tags: Music Industry, New Year's Day, Entertainment, Music, Improvisational Comedy (genre)
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How to spend a long weekend in Boston
BOSTON - I'm always amazed by how many people who consider themselves travelers have never visited Boston. True, having lived there for most of my formative years, I'm a bit prejudiced, but I've been to almost every city worth visiting and I can...Tags: Oysters, Arts, Dining and Drinking, Monuments and Heritage Sites, John F. Kennedy
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Aetna Arts Week Kicks Off Sunday
The Greater Hartford Arts Council kicks off Aetna Arts Week on Sunday, Nov. 11. The rest of the week, through Saturday, Nov. 17, features free and low-cost arts activities hosted by local organizations. Local artist Anne Cubberly will lead an art...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Arts, TheaterWorks, Aetna Inc.
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Should Governor Malloy Pardon Connecticut Witches?
Alice Young was the first to die at the end of a hangman's rope for something no longer considered a crime. Mary Barnes was the last; her life also ended with a noose around her neck. In between, nine other people were executed in Connecticut for...
Tags: Regional Authority, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Connecticut General Assembly, Government
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Farmers Markets And Stands In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantMarkets & Stands >> Billings Forge: Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 563 Broad St., Hartford. Connecticut-grown vegetables, hydroponic greens, meats, cheese, eggs, jams, baked goods and a tasting table. Food stamps/EBT debit and credit accepted....Tags: Newington, Lebanon, Entertainment, Haddam, Colchester
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Ethiopian Music-Dance Collective Fendika Tours the East Coast, Stopping Twice in Hartford
Fendika, a six-member collective of Ethiopian musicians and dancers, who’ll play at Hartford’s Charter Oak Cultural Center on Oct. 5, produce a full-bodied sound out of few elements. Misale Legesse, a young drummer, taps out rhythms on four...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Flea (music artist), World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, Charter Oak Cultural Center
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Soldier's song
Paul GreenbergI would be late, I would be late, for a very important date. Here it was already 2012 and the war, The War, had started in 1861. Tonight a traveling troupe of musicians from Nashville, Tenn. -- banjo, fiddles and all -- were in town to present a...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Regional Markets Bring Fresh, Local Produce to Unlikely Places
A quarter century ago, Connecticut agricultural officials had 22 farmers markets on their official list. Thanks to a boom in consumer interest in fresh, healthy and locally grown produce and other farm products, that number has soared to 130. In Hartford...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Hartford County
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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. Those are just a sampling of the hundreds of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Regional Authority, Nathan Hale, Insurance
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Taking the Kids: Finding new ways to celebrate July 4th
Sometimes, the anticipation before a big holiday is the most fun. It was for us as we'd get ready to celebrate July 4th, in Evanston, Ill. The day before the big parade, we'd go with the kids to stake out our spot, leaving lawn chairs behind. We'd...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Arts, Long Island, Shrek (fictional character), Entertainment Events
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