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- Wedding Gowns, French Linens Among Weekend Sales
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 12:00 AM>>Designers Circus, a Boston-based creative fashion and accessories event, holds a pop-up fashion and accessories sale, with savings of up to 90 percent, at the Guilford Art Center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 15, 16 and 17.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Celebrating Earth Day Through Cooking, Birds, Poetry
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 09:56 AMCelebrate Earth Day, which is Friday, April 22, with a bevy of eclectic events throughout the state. >>Horizon Wings Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Ashford hosts its Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Fly Hartford To Pittsburgh On OneJet; Book Lowest Airfares On Tuesdays
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 10:11 AMFrom new non-stop service from Hartford to Pittsburgh to a different type of car rental service, from a discount getaway to the best time to buy your airline tickets, here's a roundup of the latest travel news.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- John Rosemond: How To Handle Thumb-Sucking
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 12:17 PMOur 7-year-old son has sucked his thumb forever, and more or less constantly. He recently switched to sucking his index finger and putting his right hand down the back of his pants at the same time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 6 Things You Must Know About Unpaid Bills
Sunday - 04/10/2016 - 08:56 AM1. Uh oh. You forgot. It can happen to the best of us: A bill gets buried in a pile of papers and, before you know it, you've missed a payment.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 3-Day American Fine Craft Show At XL Center
Monday - 04/04/2016 - 12:00 AMThe American Fine Craft Show will return to the XL Center, One Civic Center Plaza in Hartford, from Friday to Sunday, April 8 to 10. One hundred jury-selected artisans will show their creations in glass, furniture, ceramics, fiber, photography, sculpture, painting, jewelry, wood and metal.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mom Says Yoga Helped Her Kick A Meth Addiction
Monday - 04/04/2016 - 12:00 AMWhen Elizabeth Sullivan was in her early 20s, she was living in California, attempting to find work as an actress, paying the bills by waiting tables at bars. "It was a party lifestyle … we did a lot of drugs," she explains.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rummage, Kids Consignment Among Weekend Sales
Thursday - 03/31/2016 - 12:09 PM>>The Sisterhood of Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, in Newington, is holding its annual spring rummage sale on Sunday, April 3 and Monday, April 4. Sale items include clothing, household items, books and small appliances.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Capturing Hopes Offers Free Photo Sessions Of Babies In NICU
Monday - 03/28/2016 - 03:00 AMA herculean task? Snapping a good picture of a baby or toddler. "I jump up and down! I sing! I shake things," says JoAnn Marrero, a Rocky Hill photographer who also calls herself a "doulagrapher".More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Book Events: Fashionista Lauren Conrad At RJ Julia; C.A.R.E. At Twain House
Thursday - 03/24/2016 - 11:10 AMSeveral authors will speak at the Connecticut Coalition for Reason's C.A.R.E. Conference at the Mark Twain House & Museum Center, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Meriden's Pre-Festival Weekend: Food Trucks, A Tag Sale And An Early Peek At The Daffs
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 09:56 AMMeriden's Daffodil Festival, which is April 29 and 30, gets the party started early with a pre-festival weekend Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24. Events include a Gourmet Food Truck Festival featuring more than 30 vendors, a Kid's Fishing Derby, 5K road race, live entertainment, carnival rides...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trashion Fashion Runway Show, Soiree Celebrates Earth Day
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 09:56 AMEarth Day is Friday, April 22, so it's time for Trashion Fashion. The Hartford-based organization's sixth annual choreographed runway show will be Saturday, April 23, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Open-Air Market To Open In Hartford Thursday
Tuesday - 04/12/2016 - 06:22 PMHARTFORD — An open-air market offering the fare of local restaurants and food trucks will kick off its first full year on Thursday in the city's Parkville section. The KNOW GOOD Market, at 30 Bartholomew Ave., is designed as a community building event, according to organizer Jeffrey Devereux, a...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gay Activist Larry Kramer Bringing His Controversial 'History' To Twain House
Monday - 04/11/2016 - 04:01 PMLarry Kramer has already made history — as a playwright ("A Normal Heart"), screenplay writer ("Women in Love"), novelist ("Faggots"), essayist ("The Tragedy of Today's Gays") and renowned gay-rights activist (co-founding both the Gay Men's Health Crisis and the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Research Pays Off When Renting A Summer Getaway
Tuesday - 04/05/2016 - 12:49 PMWhen daffodils begin appearing in the yard, we start thinking about summer getaways. For many, that means a vacation rental — and these days, with the proliferation of online information and rental websites, finding that perfect spot is easier than ever.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Loom-Weaving Lessons Part Of American Fine Craft Show At XL Center
Tuesday - 04/05/2016 - 10:42 AMWhen the American Fine Craft Show returns to the XL Center this weekend, more than a hundred artisans will be on hand displaying glass, furniture, ceramics, photography, sculpture, painting, jewelry, wood, metal and fiber creations.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- April Fool's Day Is A Garbage Holiday: Here Is Its Terrible History
Thursday - 03/31/2016 - 03:38 PMBrace yourself: April Fool's Day, the worst holiday of the year, is upon us again, with its annual onslaught of awkward political gags, careless media blunders, eyeroll-inducing ad campaigns, mean-spirited pranks and, if you're lucky, maybe an actual laugh.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Gina Barreca, 'Today' Show Host Hoda Kotb Among Author Appearances
Thursday - 03/31/2016 - 10:02 AMGina Barreca is many things: a professor of English literature and feminist theory at UConn, a nationally syndicated columnist who appears regularly in The Courant, a humorist and member (along with many famous comedians) of the Friars' Club and author of books with provocative titles, such as...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jacques Lamarre Leaving Twain House For BuzzEngine
Thursday - 03/24/2016 - 12:45 PMHARTFORD — Jacques Lamarre, one of Hartford's most beloved cultural boosters, is leaving his job at Mark Twain House & Museum on April 16 to become a senior account manager at BuzzEngine, a West Hartford-based events management and marketing company, Lamarre announced on Facebook on Thursday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Football's 'Block and Tackle' Doesn't Quite Fit The 2016 Presidential Battle
Thursday - 03/24/2016 - 11:15 AMQ: Earlier today I heard a reporter on MSNBC describing the current presidential electoral situation and repeatedly using the term "block and tackle" as if it were a football cliché having to do with the oppositional tactics various candidates might employ.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- National Poetry Month Celebrations Continue
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 12:06 PMAs National Poetry Month continues, so do local poetry events: Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike (Route 30), Vernon, will host a reading on Sunday, April 17, from 2 to 4 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Little Poland Festival: Paczki, Dancing, Beer, All Day
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 10:00 AMYou'll need your polka shoes to keep up with the thousands expected for the Little Poland Festival in New Britain on Sunday, April 24. The event will feature food and shopping vendors, a beer garden, an art walk, a paczki-eating contest and live music by artists such as the Broad Street Blues Band...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicken And Cheeseburgers Among Tax Day Deals
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 03:00 AMThe bad news is that you've paid your taxes and your wallet's almost empty. The good news is local businesses and national chains are offering financial relief with a range of Tax Day deals.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Family Camps Provide Parent-Child Bonding Time and Activities
Monday - 04/11/2016 - 04:00 AMA vast variety of summer programs — overnight camps, computer sessions and acting troupes — can teach kids independence. But, there is another option that inspires parent-child bonding in a natural setting: family camp.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Twain House Hosting Three-Day Writers Weekend
Friday - 04/08/2016 - 07:00 AMAn activist, author and playwright, along with experts on many aspects of publishing, will speak when the Fifth Annual Writers Weekend at The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, takes place April 15 to 17.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Three-Day Hartford Improv Fest Promises A Laugh A Minute
Monday - 04/04/2016 - 11:15 AMCan we get some suggestions from the audience, please? Be creative. We need the names of nine states, plus a country to the north of us. Next, we'll need several dozen funny names.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- April Vacation Activities For The Kiddos
Friday - 04/01/2016 - 04:03 PMBallard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut, Storrs: As the final show of its Spring Puppet Performance Series, the institute presents "Help Save the Monkey!" by Liz Hara and Marta Mozelle MacRostie on April 9 at 1 and 3 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- When Mom Gets Sick, Kids Do Survive; Barely
Tuesday - 03/29/2016 - 12:55 PMMoms aren't allowed to get sick. We're fine with that. We simply don't get sick, because if we did the house would fall down and the world would end. But we are apparently allowed to break bones.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- New Luggage, Backpacks,Totes Weigh Less, Hold More
Thursday - 03/24/2016 - 11:19 AMOn a recent trip, I found myself delayed at an airport in Baltimore and passed the time studying other people's luggage. I discovered that many of my fellow travelers were dragging around stuff that looked like it dated back to the Nixon era — wobbly-wheeled carry-ons, battered backpacks and tote...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stonington Jewelry Artist Creates Meaningful Pieces From Clients' Mementos
Monday - 03/21/2016 - 11:34 AMIn the strictest sense, if a dress or suit is "bespoke," that means custom made. But when Stonington jewelry artist Jessica Huard creates her "spoken for" pieces, she aims for an even deeper, more soulful meaning.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share