Category Archives: Entertainment
Rock for Rights!
Rock for Rights! 2007 Rock out, get educated, and change the world! “Rock for Rights!” is a new organization targeting high school students in the West Hartford community. The event on December 15th will be a fair to get students … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, human rights, Music, rock, students
Celebrate! West Hartford this weekend
They’re getting set up for the hordes in the Center, with tents and rides ready to roll. It’s always a great time and this year will be no exception, though parking will be tighter. Plan on walking if you can. … Continue reading
My other favorite show is “24″
If you think the answer to every national security crisis is to violate international law, torture people and kill without pity, then “24″ is clearly your show. But what if, like me, you think patient diplomacy, adherence to civilized norms … Continue reading
Filed under 24, Entertainment, Jack Bauer, television
West Hartford in Top 100 for music education
It should be music to residents’ ears to learn that West Harford is one of a handful of Connecticut towns to make the American Music Conference’s list of Top 100 American Communities for Music Education this year. Only a few … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Music, News, Schools
Build them a skatepark
Poking around on Facebook this morning, which is kind of fun, I stumbled across a group of West Hartford youngsters who have formed a group called “Build Us a Skatepark.” They say that West Hartford “needs somewhere to skate locally without fear … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, News, Parks, Politics, Recreation, Skatepark, Town government
West Hartford lucky to have own symphony
Just a quick plug for the great West Hartford Symphony, which is a true asset to the town. Its next concert is Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m.
Filed under Entertainment, Music, Recreation
Competing youth baseball leagues
It’s a curious thing to see two different baseball leagues – West Hartford Youth Baseball and West Hartford Little League – seeking players each spring who are the same ages. I assume this all began because of some kind of … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Recreation, Schools, Town government
Best sledding in West Hartford?
Where to go when it snows? Buena Vista? Elizabeth Park? Where?
Filed under Entertainment
Rock ‘n roll high school – yeah, yeah, yeah
Rocker Bruce Springsteen once sang, with apparent sincerity, that he “learned more from a three minute record than I ever learned in school.” But, hey, should a kid really have to choose one or the other? I read an interesting … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, News, Schools
Music’s in the air… in West Hartford
The depressing story in today’s Hartford Courant about Bulkeley High School shutting down virtually its entire music program got me thinking about how stunning it is that West Hartford is so blessed musically. While other schools close down music and … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, News, Schools, Uncategorized
