In April 2021, Canning released Killing Season: A Paramedic’s Dispatches From the Front Line of the Opioid Epidemic. A paramedic on the streets of Hartford for over 25 years, Canning has seen the impact of prescription painkillers, heroin, and the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl firsthand.
Journey through our collection to find objects that tell the stories of Black Connecticans, both ordinary and extraordinary, from the 1600s to today.
Journey through our collection to find objects that tell the stories of Black Connecticans, both ordinary and extraordinary, from the 1600s to today.
This program offers a virtual tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer, Ann Petry, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa.
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
The CMCH wants YOU -- to be a Community Historian! Stop by the kick-off event to find out about our exciting new project!
The CMCH wants YOU -- to be a Community Historian! Stop by the kick-off event to find out about our exciting new project!
The CMCH wants YOU -- to be a Community Historian! Stop by the kick-off event to find out about our exciting new project!
How did the women of CT work for – or against – the right to vote? In this behind-the-scenes program, we’ll look at photos, letters and pamphlets from our collection to understand one of the most hard-fought political battles of American history.
How did the women of CT work for – or against – the right to vote? In this behind-the-scenes program, we’ll look at photos, letters and pamphlets from our collection to understand one of the most hard-fought political battles of American history.
