Trivia question

Today it's one of Hartford's major cultural institutions. But it began in the early 1960s by operating from a former grocery store warehouse on Kinsley Street, near Constitution Plaza. Name it.

Headlines

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Connecticut Historical Society gets digitization funds – CT News Junkie

Hartford native is New England’s first Black female fire chief – Hartf0rd C0urant

A Hartford house was blighted and faced demolition. Now it’s a historic home for a veteran and his family - Hartford Courant

Survey: Connecticut’s arts & culture industry is healthy, but respondents say it can be better – CT News Junkie

Witchcraft update

A resolution in which the State of Connecticut apologizes for the arrest, conviction, or execution of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Connecticut is awaiting action by the full House of Representatives, after recently clearing the legislature's Judiciary Committee.

• Text of House Joint Resolution 34

• Resolution on Connecticut witch trials moves out of Judiciary Committee – CT News Junkie

• CT Republicans double down against resolution that would acknowledge persecution of 'witches' – CT Insider

• Key committee votes to apologize, exonerate women accused of witchcraft – Hartford Courant

Events

Grand re-opening of the Ropkins branch of the Hartford Public Library

(The branch has been renovated and expanded to include the first annex of the library's Hartford History Center.)

Wednesday, April 12, 11:30 a.m.

1750 Main Street

About Ropkins

Lessons of the Amistad: Through the lens of an African-Centered Woman

Tuesday, April 25, noon to 1pm

Connecticut’s Old State House

800 Main Street

Details

The Hartford Stage Company. Founded in 1963 by Jacques Cartier, it held its first performance on April 1, 1964. The work was Shakespeare's "Othello," with Cartier directing. In a preview article published on March 15, 1964, the Hartford Courant noted the skepticism that Cartier and his supporters faced in raising money to cover renovations and other expenses. "Since the mid-1930s, when the Parson's Theater was razed, the capitol (sic) city has really had no professional theater of its own," the Courant noted. Hartford Stage's present home, the 489-seat John W. Huntington Theatre on Church Street, was built for it in 1977.

Sources:

• Hartford Stage website

• "New theater venture recalls when Hartford was big time," Hartford Courant, March 15, 1964, page 40.

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