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The Mattatuck Museum: Waterbury and Summer Leisure
Season 4 Episode 210
In this episode, host Mary Donohue visits the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, a place that includes stellar architecture, art by some of the most r…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Hall and the Good Will Club
Season 4 Episode 209
In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the CT Museum of Culture and History tells the story of the Good Will Club, the forerunner of the youth club …
1 year ago
Saving Connecticut's Mid-Century Modern Homes
Season 4 Episode 208
We're celebrating May, Historic Preservation Month, with an episode on the Modern houses of the 1950s and 1960s.
Could you live in a glass hous…
1 year ago
Book and Dagger: Yale Professors Become Successful WWII Spies
Season 4 Episode 207
In her new book, Book and Dagger, How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of the World, Dr. Elyse Graham tells the story of academic…
1 year, 1 month ago
Hartford's Rural Cemetery: Cedar Hill
Season 4 Episode 206
Last year in episode 186, we talked about Grove Street Cemetery's pioneering role as the first planned cemetery in the country. The design of Grov…
1 year, 1 month ago
Coffee — A Connecticut Story
Season 4 Episode 205
Coffee is more than a hot drink or a boost of caffeine. For Connecticans, it's hundreds of years of history. It has fueled new ideas, social reform,…
1 year, 2 months ago
Artistry, Charm, and Whimsy: Connecticut's Carousel Museum
Season 4 Episode 204
Carousels are marvels of brightly painted animals, mechanical excellence, music and lights. Located in a historic mill building in Bristol, the Caro…
1 year, 2 months ago
Amistad Retold: New Haven and the 1839 Amistad Revolt
Season 4 Episode 203
The New Haven Museum staff and their community partners have reinterpreted the Amistad story in an exhibition that takes a new angle on the familiar…
1 year, 3 months ago
Miss Crandall's School for Black Women
Season 4 Episode 202
After a campaign initiated by schoolchildren, Prudence Crandall was designated the Connecticut State Heroine by the Connecticut General Assembly o…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir with Griffin Dunne
Season 4 Episode 201
In this episode, Host Mary Donohue talks to Griffin Dunne, actor, producer and director and now New York Times best-selling author about his family …
1 year, 4 months ago