Friday, May 25th, 2012
Art from Ellen Griesedieck's American Mural Project
The world's largest indoor collaborative mural will be in Winsted, CT. Photo:Chion Wolf
Photo:Chion Wolf
Updated: May 25, 2012
The American Mural Project hopes to become the largest indoor collaborative artwork in the world - a mural 120 feet long, five stories high and up to ten feet deep. And it’s happening in Winsted, Connecticut. Ellen Griesedieck is the artist behind the project, and today she rejoins us in studio f... read more
Ned Lamont
Photo:Chion Wolf/WNPR
Photo:Chion Wolf/WNPR
Updated: May 24, 2012
The two remaining Democratic candidates for Senate held their first one-on-one debate today. WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.
At their wonkiest, political campaigns are about establishing yourself on the issues. But they're also about establishing a narrative -- yo... read more
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Updated: May 24, 2012
Today, we broadcast live from Torp Theater on the campus of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. The live radio debate between candidates for the Democratic nomination for... read more
View of the Merritt Parkway from James Farm Road bridge.
The DOT is considering the creation of a multi-use trail along the Merritt, an idea first proposed in 1992. Photo:Bev Norton (Flickr Creative Commons)
Photo:Bev Norton (Flickr Creative Commons)
Updated: May 24, 2012
After languishing for more than 20 years, the idea of a bike trail along the Merritt Parkway is getting serious consideration. But don’t count on being able to ride your bike to work inst... read more
Updated: May 24, 2012
The lawyer who represented one of the men convicted in the Cheshire murder trials says he expects there will be legal challenges to Connecticut’s death penalty repeal.
Lawyer Thomas... read more
Old Library (1846), Yale University. Photograph, 1860s.
The Connecticut Historical Society, X.2000.35.137
A Front View of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. Lithograph by Kellogg & Hanmer, 1845.
The Connecticut Historical Society, Gift of the heirs of J. F. Morris, 1900.5.1
Unknown Building. Drawing attributed to Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis.
The Connecticut Historical Society, Gift of Jessie Trumbull McClellan, 1913.5.51
Front view of Lt. Charles Green House, South Windsor. Photograph, ca. 1900.
The Connecticut Historical Society, X.2000.35.215
Front elevation of Lt. Charles Green House, South Windsor. Drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845.
The Connecticut Historical Society, Gift of Eleanor Tudor Green, 1960.137.0.8
EMILY on the beach.
Photo:Hydronalix
Photo:Hydronalix
Updated: May 24, 2012
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer, and a time when thousands of Connecticut sun-worshippers flock to the beach. Many will drive just over the border to enjoy Rhode Island’s coastline. And this year, they may meet EMILY, a new robotic lifeguard.
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Suzi Craig
Photo:Chion Wolf
Photo:Chion Wolf
Updated: May 25, 2012
We talk a lot on the show about the brain dain in Connecticut. The creativity drain, the young people’s exodus... you name it. But not all the creative people are leaving Connecticut. Some have become pioneers in their own communities. And now they are getting some attention t... read more
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Photo:rich701, Flickr Creative Commons
Updated: May 23, 2012
Maybe what Connecticut needed, during and immediately after the American Revolution, was a huge marketing campaign like the one recently announced. As most of you know, the state has just jumped into a $27 million marketing push with the slogan "Still Revolutionary."
The... read more
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Updated: May 23, 2012
Joel Stein will be at the Mark Twain house with Colin on Thursday, May 24th at 7:30 to talk about his book, "Man Made: The Stupid Quest For Masculi... read more