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Chen Art Center Gallery

November 28, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Chen, Chen, Chenge... New Britain November 2023 CT museum visit #509. Without checking, I'm going to say that almost all of our state's colleges and universities have at least one public art gallery. Some have multiple, and heck, there's Yale with two internationally acclaimed art museums. Well, Central … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, ccsu, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Hartford County, New Britain, Not Really a Museum Museum

Graham Thompson Preserve

November 27, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Crackers! Graham Thompson Preserve, Litchfield Land Trust, Litchfield November 2023 I swear something weird happens to me every November in Litchfield. For several years running now, I reserve a turkey at Bunnell Farm in town and of course plan some CTMQ'ing around that trip. This usually involves some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield, Litchfield County, litchfield land trust

Middlefield’s Town Seal

November 21, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Bang-Bang Write-Up Middlefield's Town Seal I really don't have much to say here other than Middlefield's town seal is seen through a gun sight. And I think that's pretty weird since, to me, it appears that the town is in someone's crosshairs. And that being the case, Middlefield's seal suggests that someone is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, New Post Tagged With: Middlefield, Middlesex County

Squire’s Tavern

November 21, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Not Quite a Hitchcockian Tale Barkhamsted June 2023 I know this person doesn't exist, but if, somehow, at some point in the future you are this person, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you, Barkhamsted Superfan, have read or will read my droning on yet again about how attractive I find your little northern town. And I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Barkhamsted, barkhamsted historical society, Creepy Dolls, Free Museums, historic house, historic house museums, Litchfield County, Town History

Coginchaug Cave

November 20, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Chaugging Along Coginchaug Cave, Durham November 2023 I'd been to this fake cave before, way back in 2008 when it was right along the Mattabesett Trail. In fact, it was on the main trail for many decades, until a 2021 reroute put in onto the "Coginchaug Cave Connector" trail. This reroute is an excellent one, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, CFPA Hikes, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Caves & Dens, Durham, Middlesex County

Lacroix’s Homemade Ice Cream

November 17, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

This Place is Mint Lacroix's Homemade Ice Cream, Plainville November 2023 That's right, November. I went and had some ice cream in November. I'm not sure if Lacroix's plans to keep winter hours, but why not? Other than the fact there's no indoor seating? And ice cream is cold? And winter is cold? Or it used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hartford County, Plainville

Book Review: new haven noir

November 16, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

NwahNoir new haven noir, Anthology Collected & Edited by Amy Bloom (2017) I'll admit to some personal bias up front: I was pretty stoked to read this book. Proper noir is one of my favorite genres for one, but throw in the "everything takes place in New Haven written by people who are or were intimately familiar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: books, Connecticut Books, Connecticut Fiction books, New Haven

Durham Pest House

November 15, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

A Pox On You All The Pest House, Durham September 2023 While a lot of what I uncover and research and seek and find in Connecticut is a solo effort, sometimes that's just not good enough. So I very much appreciate when helpful readers come to my aid. (Allow me to take a moment to lament the death of Twitter. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Durham, Middlesex County

Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary

November 14, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Wedged Woods Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary, Southington October 2023 I've walked a few of these weirdly wedged-in trails before, and they always amaze me. Wedgewood in Southington is wedged in an oblong patch of woods behind backyards of an oval neighborhood. It's as amazing as it is weird that it exists as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Hartford County, Southington, southington land conservation trust

Loos Center for the Arts

November 13, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

They're Not Booing, They're Saying "Looooooos!" Woodstock October 2023 The story of how I was able to see the Gallery at the Loos Center is the story of the Gallery at the Loos Center. Not that the Loos Center and its art gallery aren't fine and respected venues in the Quiet Corner... but really, that's not the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Free Museums, Private School, Rarely Open, Windham County, Woodstock

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