Comments (0) The fifth annual Bright Star Vision Ghana Village Benefit will take place at ArtSpace Gallery from 6:30-10pm on Saturday, February 20th. There will be appetizers, drumming, shopping, a spoken word performance, and other family friendly activities.
Bright Star Vision has been helping the village of Dalive in Ghana. They have built water filters, a library, and a kindergarten. Additionally, they have donated books, clothing, and medical supplies.
Guardian Angels' promotional fliers are posted on a number of telephone poles on South Whitney. These began appearing in this neighborhood during the past week, but were not posted when the group was planning to organize in Hartford a few months back.
Toni Gold writes about making Main Street work again:
Take back Main Street. Redesign it and reclaim it as a walkable, bikeable, green and transit-friendly promenade, with this key piece: Bring back a trolley, also called a streetcar or tram, on real tracks, running every 10 minutes back and forth through the heart of downtown, from the South Green to Keeney Clock Tower.
Susan Campbell follows up on the homelessness SNAFU with a column urging people to work on solutions, not bandages:
The capital city is bending under the weight of so many homeless people vying for too few services. Shelters are full, temperatures are plummeting, and a recent dust-up over where to put people who might otherwise be curled up under a bridge showed our ugly underbelly.
And the Remove Sunglasses at Tunnel blog deals with the very serious topic of gun control. Instead of staying inside and reading, you should really be outside enjoying the 55 degree weather. It won’t last.
The Smart Growth America website wants to know what is it that you love about your community:
Your community is more than just the setting and background for your life — it’s the place you’ve chosen to live in each day. From the people you know and the things you buy to the way you spend your time, place matters. Our communities shape, and are shaped by, us.
This holiday season, take the time to appreciate what makes your neighborhood a great place to live. Your community isn’t a given — it’s a gift. Tell us what you love about the place you call home. We might feature your answer and your community, on our blog!
Why not take a minute to give your community a shout out?
Since I’m in the middle of something pretty epic, blogging is likely to be erratic for the next few weeks.
That last post, the one about the Board of Education candidates, was post #666.
Go see what Urban Compass has to say on this topic.
It seems that someone (or maybe multiple someones) cleaned the area known as the Corridor of Hope AKA Stretch of Sketch AKA Captiol Avenue between Forest Street and Laurel Street. It looks nice. Some tree branches have been moved to visually block the array of garbage behind the fence in one spot. Nobody appeared to be hardcore enough to hop the fence and remove the major piles of debris. Continue reading 'Fall Cleaning'»
I was recently asked by someone about the focus of my blog. Although I have attempted to explain that in the “about” section, I guess I should place it out here.
It’s easier for me to explain what I am not attempting to do. As this blog has one author who has other employment, I do not have the time to comprehensively cover all news items in Hartford. But, with a few exceptions, I am only interested in blogging about news in Hartford. I make no attempt to go after items from areas of the city where I do not live, work, or hang out. Maybe I can do that someday. Right now, I feel strongly that I should write about what I know. I do not know, for example, Garden Street. Spending a week on one street would not make me qualified to know it. Continue reading 'What is the Point of This?'»
Shag Frenzy has changed venues often, but they’ve finally moved to a place I won’t go: Middletown.
The free monthly dance party has been held at places like the Webster Underground, Sweet Jane’s, and most recently, The Warehouse. Part of the charm, for me, was that dancing was the focus. Not drinking (people drink, but it never seemed like I was surrounded by underage kids binge drinking). It wasn’t a meat market (aside from the very occasional slimy guy, it was mainly a place for friends to have fun). I’ve never run into my students there. Super bonus points for places that my students don’t go.
Continue reading 'Monthly Dance Party Leaving Hartford'»
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