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The Forgotten Theater in Connecticut Has an Eerie Backstory
In the heart of Derby, the state's smallest city, an old Victorian building that once uniquely served as both the community's bustling cultural center and local city jail now ranks among the most eerie abandoned places in Connecticut. The Sterling Opera House, which closed its doors in 1945, has long since been left to deteriorate and crumble, but remains a fascinating structure filled with rich history, local lore, and a possible paranormal presence.
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You can walk inside a real nuclear sub on Connecticut’s Thames River, no ticket required
Connecticut’s free Navy museum doesn’t disappoint. There’s a submarine sitting on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut, and you can walk right inside it. No ticket needed. No line to buy your way through. The USS Nautilus was the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, and it sailed under...
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An Essex Collector Brings a Maritime Matriarch to Life With New Book
At age 5, Essex native Geoffrey Paul first glimpsed a stately home at One Champlin Square that he promised he’d own one day. By age 10, he worked in one of the town’s many antiques stores, running errands and asking numerous questions about the objects for sale. At 13, he subscribed to Antiques Magazine. By high school, he was opening the store for the owner.
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Families Across Connecticut Make The Drive For This Children’s Museum Kids Never Want To Leave
A woodchuck named Chuckles helps run a Groundhog Day celebration here every year. Yes, a real woodchuck. Somehow that’s only one of the reasons kids beg to come back. The whole thing started in a school storage closet. An art teacher filled it with treasures from her travels, and the idea simply grew from there.
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Anita Louise House: A Home for the Wandering Artist
With a flexible studio and an unconventional approach to hospitality, the Anita Louise House prepares to open in Westville. Cities are eager to celebrate and market their creative communities, but struggle to address the challenges its artists face to live and create in a city. The Anita Louise House, a new project in New Haven founded by Mistina and Luke Hanscom, begins with a deceptively simple question: What would it mean to support artists by literally making room for them? This idea grew out of the Hanscoms’ twenty years of involvement in New Haven’s arts community. Through their work founding Lotta Studio and West River Arts, a collective of artist studios in Westville, they have seen how much of a city’s cultural life depends on artists and those who support them. However, it is difficult for all parties to secure the basic resources needed to keep that work going.