Morning Photo: Village scenes

Bigger than a hamlet, smaller than a town … SUMMIT COUNTY — There are always some semantics involved when it comes to determining what, exactly, a village is. The dictionary is not much help, most often describing a village as “bigger than a hamlet, smaller than a town.” Can anyone name an actual “hamlet,” please? [...]

Meriden photographer makes Connecticut mag's 40 under 40

Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:00 pm | Updated: 11:22 am, Sat Jan 21, 2012. MERIDEN - In Marisa Balletti-Lavoie's case, sassiness isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Happy Birthday Charles Dickens

Today’s the day. All the 2012 hype around the bicentenary of Charles Dickens is centred on 7 February, exactly 200 years since the great man was born in Portsmouth. If we needed proof of the cultural significance of this birthday (and we don’t), Dickens — and one of his books, Great Expectations — is trending on Twitter. Events of all kinds are marking the occasion. On the ‘official’ side of ...

Esquire's John Mariani says cooking isn't art

Tuesday, on Esquire 's Eat Like A Man (whatever that means) food blog, Esquire food scribe John Mariani published the article "Is Cooking Ever An Art?" , to which my arts editor brain offered the knee-jerk response, "Well, sure." Mariani, on the other hand, says No. Effing.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Best Of Jackson 2012: Community

Best Arts Organization: Mississippi Museum of Art 380 S. Lamar St., 601-960-1515, http://www.msmuseumart.org As a child, I loved exploring the Mississippi Museum of Art at its former location on visits to Jackson with my mom.