Winter 2018-2019
VOLUME 17/NUMBER 1
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Connecticut Explored
CONNECTICUT HISTORY, ONE GOOD STORY AFTER ANOTHER
IN THIS ISSUE: Our Creative Impulse > Collecting Outsider Art > The Albers Land in New Haven > A Poet Wrestles with Surrealism > Breaking & Popping in Hartford
ON THE COVER: Elbert Weinberg in his studio, c. 1970. Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library. See story page 32.
Table of Contents
9 Hog River Journal: Are You Fanning Your Creative Spark? By Elizabeth J. Normen
11 CT Humanities In Memoriam: Lawrence J. DeNardis. By Charles Kochakian
12 Letters, etc.
13 From the State Historian: Every Single Day. By Walter W. Woodward
14 The Peace Train Breaking & Popping All-Stars. By Jasmin Agosto
20 Embracing Ellis Ruley. By Vivian Zoë
26 Josef & Anni Albers in Connecticut. By Robert Gregson
32 Elbert Weinberg’s Enduring Monuments. By Nancy Finlay
38 The Surreal Side of Wallace Stevens. By Glen MacLeod
40 The Internationally Known Hartt School. By Kevin Flood
44 Site Lines: Connecticut’s Octagon Houses. By Daniel Sterner
48 Louis Comfort Tiffany in New London. By Tanya Port
49 Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations
56 Afterword