For All Adult-Learners
Get a taste of the fall offerings of the President’s College at the University of Hartford with Showcase 2010, September 19, 2010. The President’s College is a non-credit program of short courses and programs in the arts, humanities, and technology for adult learners. Showcase 2010 is a day-long introduction with lectures by professors who will be teaching longer course offerings this fall, plus panel discussions, and lunch. For... [Read More...]
Hartford Treasures On View Thru Sept. 30th
Hartford Public Library has a terrific exhibition from its historic Hartford Collection on view in the library’s ArtWalk Gallery, and in the Hartford History Center itself, an exhibition of the drawings of artists Richard Welling who passed away just last year. Welling chronicled Hartford’s buildings with pen-and-ink drawings for more than 40 years. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public. For more information visit www.hplct.org/hhc. Read More →
FALL ISSUE CELEBRATES CT’s 375TH
Join us as our Fall issue celebrates Connecticut’s 375th anniversary and some of the family businesses that helped it grow and prosper over nearly four centuries. But is the state really 375 years old? Find out in State Historian Walter Woodward’s story “Celebrating Connecticut’s Founding.” Then read on about one of the state’s rare family-owned newspapers (founded 166 years ago); how one of Litchfield’s first families adapted their... [Read More...]
Don’t miss two special farmers markets and farm-to-table dinners
Connecticut Landmarks and Hill-Stead Museum, two of our partner organizations, host farmers markets on Sundays throughout the season and farm-to-table dinners. Ct Landmarks hosts theirs at the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry (the largest farmers market in the state visited by over 70,000 people each season) and Hill-Stead’s is at their site in Farmington. Ct Landmarks presents Dinner at the Homestead (also at the Nathan Hale Homestead)... [Read More...]
CELEBRATE THE STATE’S 375th
The state’s historic museums are celebrating Connecticut’s 375th anniversary! Special tours are offered September 25 & 26 at the Henry Whitfield Museum in Guilford (the state’s oldest stone house). Learn about the Housatonic Valley iron industry at the Sloane-Stanley Museum in Kent on September 18 at 1 p.m.. Visit the Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury on October 10, 2 p.m., to learn about Crandall’s neighbors... [Read More...]
Bruce Fraser. The End of a Life. The End of an Era.
By Walter Woodward, State Historian For the last 30 years, virtually every history program of substance produced in Connecticut could have carried the credit line, “Brought to you in part by Bruce Fraser.” His June 13 death after a hard-fought battle with cancer leaves an unfillable void in the history community. It also marks the end of an era. Bruce became executive director of the Connecticut Humanities Council in 1982, when both the organization... [Read More...]
August 7: The Life and Times of Nathan Hale
On Saturday, August 7th, 10 am to 4:30 pm, Connecticut Landmarks invites you to a symposium on the life and times of Connecticut State Hero, Nathan Hale. Walter Woodward, Connecticut State Historian, will be the keynote speaker; other presentations are by Richard E. Mooney, Kevin M. Sweeney and M. William Phelps. Bruce M. Stave will moderate a panel discussion. The event will conclude with a reception and special tour of the Nathan Hale Homestead,... [Read More...]
NEW THIS ISSUE!
In addition to our new name, we’ve added a new subscription level: Connecticut Explorer. For $50 you support the magazine, receive a subscription, AND special offers from our partner organizations valued at more than $50. It’s a great deal. Go the Subscribe page for details. Read More →
SUMMER ISSUE: Explore the Historic Connecticut Landscape
Join us as we explore the historic Connecticut Landscape in the summer issue. Find out where Tiffany’s found gems, where a cove disappeared, where Connecticut’s Chautauqua was, why mulberry trees caused some folks to make and lose a fortune, where two of our favorite historic lighthouses are (and how you can visit), and more! This is our fourth issue under our new name (from 2002 to 2009 we were called Hog River Journal). The new name better... [Read More...]
WINTER ISSUE WINS AWARD
Our Winter 2009/2010 Built It/Razed It III issue on Modern Architecture received a 2010 Award of Merit from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. The award ceremony took place in the Capitol’s Hall of Flags on April 7, 2010. The issue was supported, in part, by the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. We thank CCT, Mary Donohue for her leadership on that issue, the editorial team, and all of our authors who helped... [Read More...]
