May 23, 2020. It’s an Olympic year once again, and if the coronavirus manages to stay out of the way, Hartford will serve as host for a precursor to the Olympic competition, as the United States prepares to determine who will make the U.S. team and represent the nation at the Tokyo Olympiad later this year.
Read MoreHartford Stage partnered with the Hartford Public Library four years ago to create a program inviting Hartford residents to attend shows at the theatre, free of charge. Through the innovative Library Pass Program Hartford residents with an adult or teen library card can reserve a two-ticket pass per eligible show from any of the seven library branches in the city. Since its inception, nearly 2,000 Hartford residents have enjoyed free performances at Hartford Stage.
Read MoreResearchers followed thousands of people 50 and older over a 14-year period discovered that those who went to a museum or attended a concert just once or twice a year were 14 percent less likely to die during that period than those who didn’t.
Read MoreThe reference to University of Connecticut football was succinct and unflattering. “They can’t draw anybody to games, they have no natural rivalries and they’re not very good,” said Peter Roby, former Athletic Director at Northeastern University. “Is that what people want?”
Read MoreIf someone who has contributed significantly to the arts in Connecticut is your hero, there is an opportunity to extend that status to the entire state. The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards honor and celebrate Connecticut residents who are doing extraordinary things in the arts.
Read MoreBaseball fans in Connecticut turn their attention to the West Coast this week, as the traditional “hot stove league” Winter Meetings get underway. While much of the interest will focus at the major league level, there will be plenty of action at the concurrent minor league baseball meetings
Read MoreThe depiction of female characters in animated films may affect the body image of young girls who watch them in a more complex way than previously thought, a new study by a University of Connecticut doctoral student has found.
Read MoreThere’s good news and plenty of other news in an ambitious study of the arts community in Greater Hartford, initiated by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the Connecticut Office of the Arts last year and released in final form this spring.
Read MoreMusic takes center stage in communities all across Connecticut – and throughout the world – this Friday. On June 21, eighteen chapters in municipalities throughout Connecticut will be coordinating Make Music Day — more than any other state.
Read MoreWhen is an FM radio station not an FM radio station? When it is a translator station, permissible under Federal Communication rules. There will soon be WDRC-FM stations on the dial, with vastly different formats at 102.9 and 103.3.
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