Joseph Battaglia, otherwise known as Joey Batts, is an underground hip hop artist based out of Hartford, Connecticut. A self-proclaimed “walking subcategory,” Batts’ original sound spans many genres. With several serious mix tapes and a full album with his band “& Them,” the MC… Read more »
Take One Cheerleading Acadamy, located at 36 Kenosia Avenue in Danbury, Connecticut, is owned and operated by coach Amy Pendergast and her daughter Becky. The gym offers a variety of services, from competitive cheer teams for ages three to 18, tumbling classes for all… Read more »
additional reporting by Amanda Bloom La Galerie Chartier, a new and innovative gallery and performing space serving the Greater New Haven area, is focused on an under-represented medium in Connecticut – video. Located at 35 Elizabeth Street in downtown Derby, Chartier is owned… Read more »
The Gaggle: How the Men You Know Will Help You Find the Love You Want, a self-help book on dating, relationships, and love by Jessica Massa, casts off traditional dating myths and lore by offering a guide on how to view and inhabit what… Read more »
M.A.R., an emerging hip hop artist based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, began his career in music as Shamar Farrell, working turntables at the age of ten. Later on, he began making beats for other artists and finally found a passion for writing his own music. Whether… Read more »
Visual artist Kenny Hess has invested himself in a wide range of mediums, including cartooning, logo and t-shirt design, character creation, canvas and mural works, paintings, photography, storyboarding, and typography. He is one of many artists showing work at Pop Up Art Bethel (PUAB)’s… Read more »
Jass Bianchi was born in Danbury, Connecticut in 1984, grew up in Newtown, and then moved to Yonkers, New York in 2003. She began writing at the age of 11, and the poet turned “femcee” (female emcee), is currently residing in East Boston, Massachusetts,… Read more »
Kumba’s Beauty Salon, owned by Coumba Ndong, is a unique place at the south end of Danbury’s Main Street specializing in ethnic hairdos and hair care. Kumba’s offers variety of services, including hair braiding, weaving, relaxing, and barbering. Kumba’s also sells ethnic hair care… Read more »
Inside Indian Food and Spice grocery store on Padanaram Road in Danbury, Connecticut, The Mango Tree’s brother and sister duo, Sim and Maneet Singh, combine the forces of family, religion, and culture to produce homestyle dishes full of North Indian flavor. The Mango Tree,… Read more »
Da Silva Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut is showing “Hard Works – The Artwork of Gordon Skinner”, a solo exhibition of “integrity art” by artist Gordon Skinner through October 19. Admittance is free and the public is invited to come and ‘clock in’. More… Read more »
Whether you’re a comic book geek, collector, gamer, or all three, Cave Comics of Newtown, Connecticut is the place for you. Located off I-84′s Exit 10 in the old train station, at Cave Comics you’ll be greeted by a cast of friendly, comic experts… Read more »
The exhibit ‘ORIENTATION: Selected Works by Bernard Boffi’ is a free show running through September 28 at Still River Editions in Danbury, Connecticut. Colorful and abstract archival prints adorn the gallery walls, pulling from Boffi’s vast history of work and experience. Boffi came from… Read more »