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 educated about some of the issues that plague our global society, as well as how they can [...]
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. For all the information about the event, check out its website.
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 and non-violence resistance is the way to go?
Well, you can still like the show.
Jack Bauer, [...]
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 other Connecticut towns made the cut - Bethel, Bristol, Cheshire, Greenwich, Mystic, South Windsor, Torrington and Wilton [...]
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 of police officers coming to ‘clean up the streets’ and where kids can skate “without fear [...]
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.
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 personality conflict, but can’t somebody hold a summit or something and get thse two groups [...]
Where to go when it snows? Buena Vista? Elizabeth Park? Where?
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 piece on www.ReadTheTattoo.com today about Little Steven Van Zandt, a Sopranos star and radio host, in which [...]
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 art — seen as extras that are expendable — West Hartford’s commitment to superior arts and [...]
