This weekend is a virtual feast for the eyes and ears.  Music and art of all styles and sounds throughout the state. And we got the low down for you. You want it, we found it for you. So here we go. One of our newest contributors, Kristin Graves will be doing a benefit concert [...]

On January 30, 2010 the Hygienic Art will kick off its 31 annual no-holds-barred Art Exhibition st and Multi-Media Music and Performing Arts Festival in downtown New London Connecticut. The two week (three weekend) festival features mostly free events – lots of hot new art; rock, cabaret and folk music; theater and fashion shows. All [...]

If you are looking to purchase a new home and are sure you want an antique structure, I’m not going to talk you out of it. I will however, make you aware of some baggage that comes with the new territory. Very old homes have history that just oozes out of the walls and probably [...]

During the month of February, the Left Bank Gallery Essex will feature the work of painter Michele Dangelo. Dangelo’s work is both evocative and atmospheric, eliciting an emotional response from the viewer without creating any sense of narrative. Dangelo focuses on ordinary objects – houses, dresses, boats – and places them within a landscape devoid [...]

What is your New Years Resolution??  Sure you can lose weight, get in shape, launch a business or find a new job. But haven’t you also procrastinated long enough about buying a home? How long has it been since you upgraded your home with a new roof, spiffed up landscaping or pulled some other home [...]

Some of last year’s news was just too good to leave alone. This is the fourth in a modest series of reviews of some of 2009’s more entertaining stories. Plus, last night was the State of the Universe Address. I understand the necessary myopia of academic and intellectual pursuits. You can’t specialize in something if [...]

Many of us make New Year’s Resolutions, yet overlook an important part of our lives, our Financial Health. Economic data shows that in December 2009 our nation’s unemployment rate was 10%, or a whopping 2.6% points higher than a year earlier (see Bureau of Labor statistics at www.bls.gov). Clearly, responsibly managing one’s money in this [...]

Every year for the last 4 years  I have looked forward to obtaining the annual calendar from the design team of Cummings & Good in Chester, Connecticut.  Artful and unique,  these beautiful creations serve first as an embellishment to any office or kitchen, but then packaged in a canister the happy calendar owner can roll [...]

One afternoon last week I was returning home from doing a show at The Peak in White Plains (www.1071thepeak.com) when I found 2 strangers standing in my driveway, a third stranger taking pictures of my house and a fourth standing around in the street. I opened the driver’s side window and informed them that if [...]

This Friday night, January 29th, The Bernadettes return to Slainte Pub & Eatery, located at 1221 New Haven Rd (Rt. 63) in Naugatuck, CT, their phone: (203) 723-1138.  You can find Slainte Pub out on Rt. 63 near the Bethany townline.  After having a month off due to the Christmas holiday, we return once again [...]

Every year, in the eight weeks between Christmas and Valentine’s Day, a number of things can be counted on to take place. Each is a measure of our inexplicable humanity: First, the holiday season will stealthily vanish, leaving us to realize, about the time we get behind a Sunday driver in the passing lane during [...]

No, I don’t mean it that way, so get your minds out of the gutter. For now. What we have going on here is one of those events that you just have to hear about. The Women and Family Life Center will be presenting two separate sessions where you can learn the moves from Michael [...]

Is there an aspect of your life that, if improved, would make you happier? If so, my Believe Team is ready to help! In keeping with my show’s signature message, Believe in Yourself and my theme for this year, Positive Again in 2010, I have assembled a team of local experts who can work with [...]

If you haven’t noticed, our writers and contributors have come up with just about every possible story related to sleep, and for good reason. Over 90 million Americans suffer some sort of sleep deprivation or insomnia symptom every single night. That is a sobering statistic, with huge implications in how our reaction time, clarity and [...]

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, our most common measure of stock performance, was up more than 26% in 2008. From the March low through year-end, it was up a whopping 68%. Despite the recent monster rally, the index is still approximately 25% below its October 2007 peak. This is the good news. This is [...]