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BLOGS
Middletown Power Plant Blast
This morning, a gas leak is reportedly the suspected cause of an explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems...
This morning, a gas leak is reportedly the suspected cause of an explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems...
Slog Blog
Former NPR Reporter Farai Chideya on Citizen Journalism, Social Media, and the Future of Reporting
Unlike many professional reporters these days, Farai Chideya tends to be optimistic about the future...
Unlike many professional reporters these days, Farai Chideya tends to be optimistic about the future...
Daffodils poking through the snow
We'll all be dreaming of warmer weather when the snowstorm hits tomorrow. Hence this Meriden Daffodil...
Saints be Praised
I told myself that I would watch theSuper Bowl until halftime, in order to listen to The Who perform,...
I told myself that I would watch theSuper Bowl until halftime, in order to listen to The Who perform,...
Fierrot Le Pou (1990)
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Avon to see Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine last night! Here's...
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Avon to see Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine last night! Here's...
Boys, Back in Town
I saw someone reference Thin Lizzy when talking about Philadelphia's Free Energy. That was enough...
I saw someone reference Thin Lizzy when talking about Philadelphia's Free Energy. That was enough...
Prism Politics
Teabaggers Engage In CT Race
Over the weekend Former Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Rob Simmons met with local Tea...
Over the weekend Former Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Rob Simmons met with local Tea...
Street Sights
Music in the Backyard
Let the Lawsuits Begin
Read about ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers) using Bruce Springsteen's name...
Read about ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers) using Bruce Springsteen's name...
Jazz Bag
The Jazz Organ
Organ jazz occupies and interesting space in the pantheon of jazz, either the pumping heart of the...
Organ jazz occupies and interesting space in the pantheon of jazz, either the pumping heart of the...
Motherland
On growing up
This weekend we bought our daughter a little table and two chairs. "Big girl" chairs, as...
This weekend we bought our daughter a little table and two chairs. "Big girl" chairs, as...
Unpop!
Clarification
I am greatly amused to find that the following statement, at Richard Guerin's official yet sassy...
I am greatly amused to find that the following statement, at Richard Guerin's official yet sassy...
Zeitgeisler
On The Cover
'It's Different When It's You'
A state official. A Massachusetts cop. Threatening text messages. What happens when the person who's supposed to give voice to victims becomes a victim?
News
Dispatches: 2/4/2010
Political correctness The Last Word: On the so-called Atticus controversy NEW HAVEN — The...
Home Away from Home
Attorney General candidate and state Rep. Cameron Staples has dual residences with dual roles
Hot Topic: 2/4/2010
Prison Closings: The governor closes Cheshire's prison. Why? And is that really a good idea?
News That Matters: 2/4/2010
Everybody's Talking About ... • President Barack Obama's State of the Union and caucus...
Commentary
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Reform the Reform Effort
Barack Obama is paying for his failure to put health care reform in its proper context. He did not...
Barack Obama is paying for his failure to put health care reform in its proper context. He did not...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: We Are Holden Caulfield
I read The Catcher in the Rye as a teenager and had the same clichéd, pretentious, dickhead...
I read The Catcher in the Rye as a teenager and had the same clichéd, pretentious, dickhead...
Eats
Stage
Dangling the Diary
Using fiction, composites and puppets to deepen and humanize a new story about Anne Frank's legacy
Stage Thrust: 2/4/2010
African American History Month has begun, and the playwright of the hour is … A.R. Gurney ?!...
Visual Art
Music
Unpop!: 2/04/2010
In some ways, I am just a lousy critic. My bad habits include: I am far more likely to review a CD...
In some ways, I am just a lousy critic. My bad habits include: I am far more likely to review a CD...
Find it Here
Leisure
The Week: 2/4/2010
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 Theater: NO fat ladies required If you feel your life is lacking somewhat...
Event Listings
Film
Don't Sweat Technique
To be young, not particularly gifted and white; plus Tolstoy for Dummies and a rom-com
Cars
Savage Love
Last Week's Cover
Too Close to Home
Last week, jury selection began for the Cheshire murder trial, a process that might take months. Could a controversial book cause a miscarriage of justice? Not if you actually read it. 