The Glass Menagerie will be performed in the historic Thomaston Opera House, showing February 27, March 4, 5, 11, 12 at 8pm and February 28, March 6, 13 at 2pm. Check out the article about […]
Nutmeg Chatter Spotlight: 02232015 Thomaston
Art at Ives 2016!
The nonprofit Friends of the Ives will present the first “Art at Ives, Juried Fine Art & Crafts Show” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 11 […]
02042016: The Art of Family
The kids and I drove south on Route 8 to the sound of the thump, thump, thump of a generic dance club song that wound up on the station my daughter had […]
January 24: Through an Artistic Mirror
In the second week of January we said goodbye to the family Christmas tree without the pomp and circumstance that brought the lavish decoration into the household. We could have found it […]
Five Easy Pieces
My brother Patrick was smart. That’s not the only quality Patrick possessed, he was exceptionally funny, he was generous, he loved music and he was creative and his friends knew there was […]
January 9th History Lessons
East of Waterbury on I 84 we listened to Tracy Walton’s “Brand New Again” CD while making our way to the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford. The morning’s precipitation had wreaked havoc […]
January 7th 2016: Every Opportunity
When the weather permits and the spirit is willing my son and I will take a “night-night” drive through Torrington while listing to WAPJ community radio and on one random Sunday night […]
January 3, 2016: The War of Inches
In my sophomore year of high school I joined the new “International Affairs Club”, an organization created by two history teachers for the sole purpose of taking a trip somewhere and calling […]
January 1, 2016
It’s 5:40am on New Year’s Day as I drive south past the Christmas House looking less festive now that the lights have dimmed for the season. I’m on my way to […]
Diane Wright art at Yellow Duck Gallery
Visual artist Diane L. Wright creates intriguing conceptual pieces that can take months, even years to fully realize. Often using “found” elements, Wright’s Assemblage work tells a story that can be deeply […]
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