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Printmaker Ramón Vargas Ártiz Master Classes At ECSU
Printmaker Ramón Vargas Ártiz of Havana, Cuba, an artist in residence at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, will conduct two master classes on reduction printmaking, a technique using a single plate, each day on three consecurive...
Tags: Eastern Connecticut State University
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Studies Suggest There Are Far More Campus Rapes Than The Official Numbers Indicate
It's the stuff of a hideous higher-ed Halloween nightmare: sexual assault, campus fear, rape-culture environments, an ugly federal lawsuit against a prestigious institution, and an ongoing national crisis of violence against women. Earlier this month,...
Tags: Florida State University, U.S. Department of Education, Criminals, NPR, Laws
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Printmakers Network of Southern New England At Eastern Connecticut State University
The Printmakers Network of Southern New England will be exhibited at a new show at the Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St. in Willimantic, in celebration of the organization’s 20th anniversary. The show, “Score...
Tags: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Eastern Connecticut State University
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Designer Ann Pedro's jewelry on display at Windham Textile and History Museum in Willimantic
Connecticut jewelry designer Ann Pedro's steampunk creations (pictured) get center stage at the Windham Textile Museum all the way through August. It's part of the museum's upcoming focus on steampunk (additional programs arrive on June 16 and 23). Head...
Tags: Museums, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Arts and Culture
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Connecticut Receives $9.7 Million In Grants For Community Health Centers
The Hartford CourantConnecticut is getting $9.7 million in federal grants for community health centers as part of a series of capital investments related to federal health care reform. The Affordable Care Act includes $9.5 billion to expand services nationally over a five-...Tags: Investments, Torrington, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Waterbury, Health
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Local Hero: Eastford Man First Union General To Die In Civil War
The Hartford CourantGen. Nathaniel Lyon died at the right time. Raised in eastern Connecticut, the 43-year-old West Point graduate was killed while commanding the Union forces at the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Mo., on Aug. 10, 1861. He became the first...Tags: Union (Tolland, Connecticut), Native Americans, Social Issues, Bushnell Park, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Novel Approach: Author Salman Rushdie at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic
Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie (pictured) will appear at Eastern Connecticut State University to kick off the college's Annual Arts and Lecture Series. He has led an illustrious, nearly forty-year-long career in literature, which recently hit a...Tags: Salman Rushdie, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Eastern Connecticut State University
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Windham Schools: Moving In The Wrong Direction
The Hartford CourantFive years ago Windham had a blue-ribbon school. The small, blue-collar community in eastern Connecticut, which includes the city of Willimantic, had a nationally recognized urban elementary school and Windham schools were considered to be among the best...Tags: Social Issues, Students, Academic Progress, Dannel P. Malloy , Politics
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Brawl Breaks Out During Human Trafficking Ransom Exchange
wpix.comA wild brawl broke out at a quiet Greenwich strip mall Sunday morning as a group of baseball bat-brandishing relatives attempted to rescue three victims kidnapped from Texas and taken to Connecticut. The incident began when the U.S. Immigration and...Tags: WPIX, Greenwich, Texas, Immigration, Crimes
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Sex-Offending Teacher Asks to be Castrated
KTLA NewsWILLIMANTIC, CT ( KTLA) -- A school teacher from a Willimantic magnet school was given 13 years in prison after being caught having repeated sexual encounters with a 15-year-old student. Adam Friedman, 46, of Newington, received his sentence Thursday...Tags: Assault, Crimes, KTLA, Hebron (Tolland, Connecticut), Newington
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The Last Green Valley's Walktober
The first Walktober event I did was a trip to Creamery Brook Bison farm in Brooklyn. Watching bison thundering across the farm fields of Connecticut and kicking up a dust cloud that dimmed the bright autumn sun is something that will stay with me forever....Tags: Railway Transportation, History, Woodstock (Windham, Connecticut), Columbus Day, New York City
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