Novelist, lecturer, humorist, entrepreneur, steamboat pilot, and more: Mark Twain was a true multi-hyphenate, but above all he is one … More
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Inspiring Art: Weir Farm National Historical Park
All National Park Service sites are special, but Weir Farm National Historical Park in Wilton, Connecticut, has the distinction of … More
A Sweet Museum: Innovation from Vienna Creates Pez and Dispenses Cultural Flashbacks
If you believe an avocation can be a vocation, well, you need look no further When was the last time … More
Regional Theater at its Best: Connecticut’s Goodspeed Musicals
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in East Haddam, Connecticut. Christmas in Connecticut, the 1945 film starring Barbara … More
Untold Stories of American Girls at the Sharon Historical Society & Museum
Rather than relegating itself to dusty shelves and shaky internet connections, the Sharon Historical Society & Museum is a quietly … More
Music Mountain at 93: Music and Nature on a Mountaintop in Northwestern Connecticut
Since 1930, Falls Village in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut has been home to a summer chamber music festival at … More
75 Years of Art, Culture, and Nature at Connecticut’s Hill-Stead Museum
A surprising Connecticut gem, Hill-Stead Museum presents superb Impressionist works by Monet, Degas, Manet, and others in a well-preserved Colonial … More
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center: Interpreting the Past, Inspiring the Present
Photo by Julian Parker-Burns, courtesy of Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. A woman had to be brave to take on the … More
Grace Farms Foundation
Can design and art make the world a better place? A poignant question to ponder, and one that Grace Farms … More
Save the Norwalk Mansion!
This was the outcry in 1961 when the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, threatened to raze Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, one of the … More
