Connecticut Book Awards Tell State's Story in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Illustration

Connecticut Book Awards Tell State's Story in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Illustration

History - real and imagined - dominated the 2019 Connecticut Book Awards, announced Sunday by the Connecticut Center for the Book, a project of Connecticut Humanities. Winners included some well-known literary names, and others not (yet) instantly recognizable. The awards recognize and honor books with specific ties to Connecticut.

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Start-up Companies from Seven Countries Land in Hartford’s Urban Hub, Seek to Advance by Working with Local, National Industries

Start-up Companies from Seven Countries Land in Hartford’s Urban Hub, Seek to Advance by Working with Local, National Industries

Upward Labs, Connecticut’s first pilot lab for tech companies creating the future of smart buildings and aged care, is hosting an interactive demonstration of its inaugural cohort’s technologies on October 22, 2019. Upward Labs Demo Day: The Experience invites the public to participate in a live exhibition of the first cohort’s tech solutions in action, allowing attendees to experience a tech-enabled urban hub in which to live, work, and play.

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