Former Gov. Jodi Rell may very well be looking to be a factor in the race for governor in 2014. She barely engaged the legislature in her six years as governor, choosing “reading days” in Brookfield over the back and forth that takes place… Read more »
If you live in Connecticut and love electronic music, you might want to check out an emerging talent tonight, June 14, at The Space in Hamden. Boltcutter, real name Riley Bradway, began djing and producing in 2010, and since then has garnered a worldwide… Read more »
Just hearing the audio from this video by expeditioner Aleksander Gamme made me smile and laugh out loud. Gamme and the story behind this video was featured on an episode of RadioLab back last winter; the episode is titled “Bliss.” The video is… Read more »
A story reported by the News Times and the HatCityBlog is making waves: audio obtained from a March 8 traffic stop shows a Danbury police officer berating an undocumented immigrant. According to the News Times, Officer Rob Madore initially stopped the car for running a… Read more »
La Zingara in Bethel, Connecticut is a highly regarded Italian restaurant serving up traditional cuisine with a contemporary twist. The restaurant ranks high with Zagat, and owners Thomas Giudice and Lisa Tassone were invited as guest chefs to the James Beard House in New York City last… Read more »
Fresh from her first year in Western Connecticut State University’s Master of Fine Arts program, Bethel, Connecticut artist Katie Bassett will be showing a solo exhibition of her mixed media installation work at Danbury’s Trailer Box Gallery at Jim Felice Studios from June 8… Read more »
Diane Cluck, a singer-songwriter who attributes her artistic awakening to the “enlightened crucible” of an early 2000s New York arts scene peppered with the likes of Kimya Dawson, TV on the Radio, Regina Spektor, and Devendra Banhart, has embarked on a small Northeast tour with… Read more »
West Sixth Brewing Company of Lexington, Kentucky is being sued by Vermont-based Magic Hat’s parent company, Cerveceria Costa Rica, for trademark infringement – Magic Hat claims that West Sixth has copied their #9 beer logo. One has to admit that the similarities are clear, but… Read more »
What’s one to do when one loves to garden but hasn’t a yard? Why, accumulate lots of pots and truck loads of soil up to one’s fifth floor apartment, of course! This is what I’ve been doing over the past four years to create… Read more »
Here in New England, we’ve been robbed of a proper Halloween twice in a row due to the clockwork October timing of hurricanes and superstorms. Costumes have hung solemnly in the closet, unwrinkled; trick or treating has been cancelled, and decorated houses have lost… Read more »
The Doors performed at Danbury High School before their big break on Wednesday, October 11, 1967. From YouTube user Rutazurra: “This show is primarily attended by nearby college students from Western Connecticut State College and locals of Danbury. Prior to the show,… Read more »
Danbury, Connecticut resident Camila Bortolleto spotted a bear near her home on Monday evening and shared this video of the sighting with The Mercurial. The bear was spotted on Park Avenue, which is just east of the Danbury Mall. Learn more about the… Read more »
The Big Wedding, the newest marriage comedy written and directed by Justin Zackham and starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, and Diane Keaton, is getting walloped by reviewers, but it’s really not a bad film if you arrive at the theater with reasonable expectations. … Read more »
real adjective actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed : Julius Caesar was a real person | a story drawing on real events | her many illnesses, real and imaginary. • used to emphasize the significance or… Read more »
Ghostly, heavenly self-portraits, abandoned buildings captured at night, stop motion projection, an installation of transparencies: True talent and innovation is showcased in the photography room at the Department of Art’s Bachelor of Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition at Western Connecticut State University (WestConn), on display through… Read more »
Danbury, Connecticut resident Trista Vaughan, a 31-year-old mother of three, must be feeling the love. Vaughan, a student at Paul Mitchell the School in Danbury, was recently diagnosed with stage four breast cancer and has been fighting hard ever since. Vaughan’s boyfriend, Lou… Read more »
small beer noun 1 chiefly Brit. a thing that is considered unimportant : even with $10,000 to invest, you are still small beer for most stockbrokers. 2 archaic weak beer. Small beer – another way to say no big deal, small potatoes, mole… Read more »
It’s always interesting when an instance of pop culture or slang cements itself into our dictionaries. Some recent notables include “f-bomb,” “man cave,” and “sexting.” Today’s Word of the Monday can be credited to A.A. Milne, the author of the 1920s Winnie-the-Pooh series. His lovable,… Read more »
Upon first glance, it may not be apparent how Jana Ireijo and David James Valyou’s work relates to one another – Valyou, who dwells in the woods of Connecticut nearby Lyme Rock race track, is an every-medium man, assembling fat slices of cake from… Read more »
Following a brief grassroots fundraising campaign to create a nature preserve, the 136 acre estate atop Castle Hill Road in Newtown, Connecticut has been purchased by a town resident, Joseph Draper. Draper owns a house on Taunton Lake, which borders part of the estate… Read more »
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a list of 149 contract control towers that will close nationwide following federal sequestration. These airports include six in Connecticut: Danbury, Oxford, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Groton (New London). The towers are set to close over a… Read more »
United States Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn, appeared today at Hartford-Brainard Airport in defense of an amendment to prevent the furlough of hundreds of air traffic controllers at small airports nationwide. Blumenthal touted the “totally bipartisan” amendment that would prevent six control towers in Connecticut… Read more »
Is there a better way to welcome spring than a series of classical concerts, especially when most of them are free? The Danbury Music Centre has many events in store for the coming months, including their Annual Grand Gala fundraiser and an outdoor performance on… Read more »
There’s been a great deal of reporting on what I’ll call the peanuts phenomenon within the past week – people working for very small amounts of money, or for free, in order to advance their careers or gain exposure. It’s more or less… Read more »