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Walt Kelly's classic comic strip is being lavishly collected, with its Connecticut in-jokes intact

By Christopher Arnott

The art of William Congdon, peer of Rothko and Pollock, at Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven

By Alan Bisbort

Commuters find ways to get to work other than riding alone in cars

By Gregory B. Hladky

Latest News

Connecticut's fearful lawmakers could learn a lesson from California

Democrats waving good riddance to Whitnum with a resolution condemning her comments about other candidates

Connecticut police departments will use tactics learned in warfare

State Comptroller Lembo is pissed about North Carolina anti-gay vote, but he's still going to Democratic national convention there

Taser International sponsoring Connecticut Police Chiefs Association annual bash

Gentile and McGuigan: the reputed mob dude and the former chief state's attorney

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Music

Mavis Staples & Rob Mathes perform at Christ Church in Greenwich on May 19

By Mike Sembos

Our Picks: Seven arena-rock shows (or close enough) near Hartford

By Michael Hamad

Remixing Racist History: DJ Spooky revamps American film's most notorious specter in Rebirth of a Nation

By Reyan Ali

CT.com's Music Page

Dining

Chef Mark Shadle lowers the heat in Branford

CT.com's Food & Drink Page

Leisure

Outdoor Crafts Festival at The Bruce Museum in Greenwich this weekend

CT.com's Leisure & Etc. Page

The Arts

CT.com's Art Page	CT.com's Theater Page	CT.com's Film Page
Two new exhibits on display at Real Art Way's next Creative Cocktail Hour	Madhatters Theatre Company's production of Disney's The Aristocats	Mandolin Man: a documentary about the Punch Brothers at Real Art Ways

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From Our Blogs

Brides + Beer = Totally fine or a no-no?

By Alison Geisler

Ladies, it seems the list of things on the Internet that make my eyes roll so far back inside my head (that I think they'll fall out my...

Search is over; the future of the web is "discovery"

By Tom Z

Right now, Google is great at answering our questions. We type in a query, and it spits out thousands of answers. But this is only the tip...

Another bear shooting, and this time it's a big dude

By Gregory B. Hladky

State environmental cops have arrested a Burlington man for shooting to death a 460-pound black bear that had allegedly been rummaging in...

Album of the Day 5/15/12: Horseback - Half Blood

Chip McCabe

At the tail end of last year and into the beginning of 2012 I started to make mental notes on bands that I dig that had announced release...

Scientific proof that people love talking about themselves

By Tom Z

If you've ever thought that people are self-absorbed, now there's scientific evidence to back you up. A new study shows that talking about...

Georgia woman makes miraculous recovery from flesh-eating virus

By Tom Z

I'd like to start this week by sharing the incredible story of Aimee Copeland. The 24-year old Georgian suffered the wrath of a horrible...

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Commentary	Green Wheels	Albums
The Time I Talked to Maurice Sendak	Green Wheels: Plugging in with help from an oil billionaire	Album of the Day 5/9/12: Wagons - Rumble, Shake And Tumble

Everyday People

TMI	Bartender Buddha
TMI: Deniz Yalim, owner/executive chef at Zula	Bartender Buddha: Tisane's Peter Giannola

Seen on the Scene

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Medical marijuana is passed, but it'll take a year to get rolling	Rowland in trouble, blames media. Why does this all sound so familiar?
Feds arrest two Cuban citizens for $80 million Enfield drug theft - the biggest pharmaceutical heist in history	E-Book sellers screw over libraries