The series begins Thursday night (2 Feb 2012) at 7:30 with a screening of the 2008 German film The Wave. Professor Johannes Evelein will lead the discussion that follows. The Wave (Die Welle) is about how a high school teacher teaches his students about dictatorships by starting a social experiment.
The Black Power Mix-Tape, scheduled for February 9th, was screened at Real Art Ways last year.The film is divided into segments, one for each of the years between 1967-1975 when footage was taken. This includes archival footage of Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, and Bobby Seale. Seth Markle, Professor of History and International Studies at Trinity College, will lead the discussion afterwards. Continue reading 'Free Admission to Democracy in Film Series at Cinestudio'»
On a dreary day in January, artist Angel Sánchez Ortiz delivered dozens of his vejigante masks to the Park Library. The artist — formerly of Holyoke, now living in Delaware — demonstrated that these pieces of artwork are not meant only to be displayed on the wall. They can be worn. Some have movable pieces, like jaws that open and close.
The brightly painted papier mâché and coconut masks are like those seen in the Carnival de Ponce in Puerto Rico, an event comparable to the Mardi Gras. The vejigante mask is often meant to be frightening.
These masks will be on view at the Park Branch of the Hartford Public Library from February 1, 2012 through March 2, 2012. This branch is located at 744 Park Street.
The American experience in Jamaica is typically limited to visiting resorts.
The documentary Life and Debtexplores what happens behind the scenes at these resorts, along with how globalization has affected the rest of the island.
This film, released in 2001, will be shown at the Charter Oak Cultural Center at 7p.m. on January 26, 2012.
Not enough snow to prevent local shops from opening and just enough for children to go sledding down hills like the one along Park Terrace. Continue reading 'Winter in Pope Park'»
Before they began meeting at the Lyceum, Redeemer Hill, freshly launched on Easter Sunday in 2011, had been holding its services at City Steam Brewery.
There’s proof — in the form of a corset designed to be worn by a four-year-old girl — at the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) that this trend of sexualizing young girls did not begin this century.
Starting on January 14th, CHS will be leading two behind-the-scenes tours every second Saturday of the month to give visitors the chance to see other quirky items, such as as a body preserver. This was a type of casket with space for ice, a spigot for draining out melted ice, and horse hair insulation. A lever allowed mourners to adjust the position of the corpse for better viewing. Emily Dunnack, the Head of Education Programs at CHS, said that other strange-to-us death customs from the past included making jewelery out of the deceased person’s hair, and evidence of this is also among items at CHS. Continue reading 'What’s Behind the Mantel?'»
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On a dreary day in January, artist Angel Sánchez Ortiz delivered dozens of his vejigante masks to the Park Library. The artist — formerly of 
Holyoke, now living in Delaware — demonstrated that these pieces of artwork are not meant only to be displayed on the wall. They can be worn. Some have movable pieces, like jaws that open and close.
