Monday, July 14, 2025

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Notes From Beyond The Pale

Nagligivagit* Do animals laugh? That’s one of the questions that bobbed up in my head as I swam to consciousness this morning. Always with the questions. I forget most of...

Arts Alliance of Stratford Presents: Wild Thyme

The story of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre was brought back to life, and took center stage on June 20th at Harbourview Place in...

Views, Values & Tattoos

Notes from Beyond the Pale I was born in Pasadena. Not only that, fellow New Englanders, but I have two birth certificates. They are exactly...

If you ask me: Knockout Acting Highlights “Dream” at TheaterWorks    

A pair of outstanding performances highlight and lift Jose Rivera’s latest play, Your Name Means Dream, currently on stage at TheaterWorks Hartford. The play...

If You Ask Me: Long Days, a World Premiere at Legacy

A world premiere play, Long Days, is currently onstage at the Legacy Theatre in Branford. Props to one of Connecticut’s newer theatres for opening...

Cheeseburgs From Outer Space: Kitchen Bitchin’

I hate to cook. There’s something immoral about that, I know. Something unwomanly. Ungenerous. Suspect. It’s close to saying you don’t like children. If...

A Unique Exhibit at the Bellarmine Hall Galleries, Fairfield University

Famous and Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann Co-Curated by Barbara Rosenberg Loss and Carey Mack WeberMay 2 through July 26, 2025 By Andy Byrne Austrian-born...

The Booked Perspectives

By Nikkya Hargrove Nikkya Hargrove is the owner of Obodo Serendipity Books, an independent bookstore in Paradise Green. She is also the author of Mama:...

Stratford: The Stories We Tell

The Nicoll-Benjamin House By David WrightTown Historian Much has been written, of late, about the “White House” at 1880 Elm Street. Through much of the time...

Stratford Library Kids Events for June

Summer Storytimes Storytimes meet at 10:30 A.M. Registration is required Beginning Monday, June 16, Music Time meets weekly for ages 0-2.  Tuesdays are Preschool Storytimes for ages 3-5....

Stratford’s Amazing Parks

Stratford: The Stories We Tell By David WrightTown Historian You may be surprised to learn that Stratford has 41 parks and open spaces. While we may...