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This article tags along with another one in this week's Compass, about taking a day trip to Pittsfield, Mass., to visit Herman Melville’s farm, known as Arrowhead.
This photo from the late 1800s shows the grounds of Herman Melville’s home in Pittsfield, Mass., known as Arrowhead. The farm and home are open for tours. Photo courtesy of Berkshire Historical Society
As the Tri-state region experiences a few particularly hot days, it’s pleasant to think about ocean voyages; and to consider sitting indoors with a fan or the air conditioning on, while reading a very long book.
Photo courtesy KML
After several months of quarantine, the itch to travel and see new places is strong in many of us, even those who don’t normally consider themselves world travelers.
Following a festive sold-out performance on July 4 of America’s Sweethearts, singing female close harmony, Sharon Playhouse has another drive-in concert scheduled for Sunday, July 19.
The patio bar opens (with social distancing) at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.
The planned purchase of the University of Connecticut’s Torrington campus by Five Points Gallery has been completed, thanks to the leadership of Center Director Judith McElhone. Photo submitted
Judith McElhone’s lofty vision for creating a world-class contemporary art center in northwest Connecticut has taken flight.
Margo Martindale, who appeared in “The Good Wife” with, at left, Alan Cumming and Chris Noth, will be the featured speaker in a Kent Memorial Library talk on Wednesday, July 15. Photo courtesy CBS
The trouble with actress Margo Martindale is that there just isn’t enough of her.
It’s not that she’s a tiny slip of a woman; she is, in fact, robust and big-voiced and large-laughed.
A retrospective show of paintings by Cornwall, Conn., artist Erica Prud’homme had opened at the Cornwall Library on March 7 — and then had closed almost immediately after because of the COVID-19 quarantine.
There are many things homeowners in the area need to learn, from where to buy groceries to how to register their children for school.
KK Kozik’s evocative paintings in the Summer Nights collection include “Overlook,” above. The works all seem to glow with heat and memories.
When you first move to rural Connecticut, it has a magical mystique that makes you feel like you’ve been transported to one of the scenic old New England books of Robert McCloskey (remember “Blueberries for Sal,” with the plinking of the freshly picked berries in a metal bucket?).
Michael Berkeley is now musical director of the Performing Arts department at the Marvelwood School in Kent. Photo submitted
Michael Berkeley has joined the faculty of the Marvelwood School in Kent, Conn., as musical director of the Performing Arts department.
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