Podcast appearances and mentions of patrick o'sullivan

Hello and welcome to another episode of the 'padcast'. Autumn is in full flow. Life is going down a hill at 100 miles per hour and my hamstrings are not used to it.  This week I chat about fasting failing and how slippery the slope from the bandwagon is. Dolores Cannon makes a sly appearance and her video game scenario/theory is put to the test. I chat about foraging for shrooms and how the act is as pleasant as the trip. Its a solo show again this week so strap in and enjoy. Much Love Cornelius. If you are enjoying these 'padcasts' and would like to contribute to my happiness and well being you could do so by rating and reviewing and subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. This really helps me out and I appreciate it greatly.  You can find me on Instagram @Corneliusthecomic Twitter @ComedianConn Facebook @CorneliusPatrickOSullivan  or up a mountain or in a pub watching a match.

Greeting players, welcome back to the 'padcast'. This weeks episode features and in no particular order... Autism, Weed, Pizza, Foot In Mouth Syndrome, Lotto Swindler and much much more.... Enjoy with a large glass of pure water for perfection. Much love, Cornelius If you are enjoying these 'padcasts' and would like to contribute to my happiness and well being you could do so by rating and reviewing and subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. This really helps me out and I appreciate it greatly.  You can find me on Instagram @Corneliusthecomic Twitter @ComedianConn Facebook @CorneliusPatrickOSullivan  or up a mountain or in a pub watching a match.

 Lives of the state’s LGBTQ citizens have moved from being hidden and solitary to claiming visible, powerful, valuable, and contributing places in society. In this episode, Mary Donohue, Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored, interviews CCSU Assistant Professor of History William J. Mann about when and how the LGBTQ movement started in Connecticut, what legislative goals and strategies drove the movement, and what the current goals are for the LGBTQ movement. Mann discusses the impact of AIDS and the ways that the LGBTQ community supported its members. He describes how his students helped to research and uncover the people and events highlighted in the online exhibition, “Historic Timeline of Connecticut’s LGBTQ  Community.” Mann wrote CT Explored’s “A Brief History of Connecticut’s Gay Media,” available at www.ctexplored.org/a-brief-history-of-connecticut-gay-media/.   Mann teaches LGBTQ history, film history, and the history of AIDS. He is the director of CCSU's LGBTQ Center. From 1989-1995, he was the editor and later publisher of Metroline, the state’s LGBTQ newsmagazine, and coordinator of Your Turf, the first LGBTQ youth group in the state. In 1989, along with Terri Reid, William founded the long-running queer film festival known today as Out Film CT. He is author of 12 books, many on American film history.  Find the LGBTQ Timeline at https://chs.org/lgbtq/. It is a partnership between Central Connecticut State University and the Connecticut Historical Society, and is based on the work of Richard Nelson, CCSU 403 students in 2019, and will continue to grow.    Read more! Sign up for our free newsletter at www.ctexplored.org/ LGBTQ Icons Ann Stanback- https://www.ctexplored.org/women-who-changed-the-world/ https://www.ctexplored.org/an-early-advocate-for-connecticuts-gay-community/ https://www.ctexplored.org/site-lines-a-love-story-at-the-palmer-warner-house/ https://www.ctexplored.org/philip-johnsons-50-year-experiment-in-architecture-and-landscape/ https://www.ctexplored.org/stonington-poet-james-merrills-house/ This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history and mixed by Patrick O’Sullivan.  Mary Donohue has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and popular culture for over 30 years. Contact her at marydonohue@comcast.net

FREDERICK, MD – Hold onto your popcorn, because today we’re heading to the hometown of the queen of horror theatre, Felicia Lobo (Artistic Director of Insomnium Theatre Company, Girly Gore Youtube Channel, Sinister Sisters Podcast). We talk about why theatre education is so important, why she misses her hometown so much, and why spooky, scary work should not be limited to the movies.   Check out Felicia on Instagram (@felicialobo) (@sinistersisterspodcast) (@girlygorehorror) (@qwamband)   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter) and theme music by Klokwize and Lawrence V. White  

ST. LOUIS, MO – We’re heading to the Midwest with comedian Eric Williams (THAT’S A GAY ASS PODCAST). We talk about the Muny theatre’s insanely grand musicals, Austin Powers being his bar mitzvah theme, and how his experience being gay in St. Louis led him to making comedy that helps people feel seen. Get ready to laugh, cry, think, and laugh again.     Check out Eric on Instagram (@ericwillz) and his podcast @gayasspodcast   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

Host Natalie Belanger is the Adult Programs Manager at the Connecticut Historical Society. You can contact her at natalie_belanger@chs.org Her guest is Steve Thornton, author and director of The Shoeleather History Project at https://shoeleatherhistoryproject.com/    Read or watch for more! To learn more about the Negro Leagues, check out this recent talk at the CT Historical Society by Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. You can read Steve Thornton’s article about African-American baseball in Connecticut on ctexplored.org. Follow the Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League here.    This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  Photo Credit: Johnny "Schoolboy" Taylor and Savitt Gems business manager Bernie Ellovich, 1930s-40s. CHS 1990.51.988"  

HOUSTON, TX – While this is my first rodeo, it sure isn’t comedian Lizzie Stewart’s! We get into the highs and lows of AstroWorld, our wildly different experiences seeing the Jonas Brothers in concert, and why Tex Mex is just so damn good. She also shares why her Texan upbringing gives her a unique perspective on her podcast "Let’s Get Civical".   Check out Lizzie on Instagram (@lizzie_the_rock_stewart) and listen to her podcast @letsgetcivical   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA – We’re hitting the west coast with director/producer Tanner Jarman (HBO’S WE’RE HERE, award-winning films HIGH HOOPS, PARADISE). He explains why North Hollywood isn’t actually Hollywood, his experience making a film during lockdown, and how growing up in LA gave him his super chill vibe. Grab your shades and let’s go to the valley!   Check out Tanner’s work on Instagram (@tannerjarman) and www.tannerjarman.com   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

Visitors have been enchanted by the thousands of soft and fragrant rose petals in Elizabeth Park’s Rose Garden since it opened in 1904. Climbing roses intertwined in overhead garlands, hybrid tea roses and heritage roses in every color symbolize romance, friendship, and passion. Elizabeth Park on the Hartford-West Hartford border is home to the country’s oldest public rose garden. Visitors by the thousands come to stroll in the rose garden and sit in the vine-covered gazebo. Generations of prom goers as well as wedding parties have had their photos taken there. But how did Elizabeth Park become the public park it is today? Find out how Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, a contested will and  a beloved wife are all part of the story. Mary Donohue interviews Elizabeth Park’s Rosarian Stephen Scanniello about all things roses.   Read more! Sign up for our free newsletter ctexplored.substack.com https://www.ctexplored.org/connecticuts-historic-rose-gardens/ https://www.ctexplored.org/off-the-streets-into-the-parks/ This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  Donohue has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and popular culture for over 30 years. Contact her at marydonohue@comcast.net Visit www.elizabethparkct.org

Patrick is usually on the other side of the microphone but this week host Lars Lindstrom had the chance to ask him about scaling as a cinematographer and the reasons he started his podcast.

MADISON, WI – We’re road-tripping to the Midwest this episode with screenwriter Charlotte T. Martin (Tribeca Film Institute’s “Through Her Lens” Program Finalist). They discuss the importance of cheese, beer, and bratwursts, what it’s like to move back to your hometown after living in NYC, and how exploring her identity as a queer Vietnamese-American woman has inspired her writing.   Check out Charlotte’s work on Instagram (@charlottethewriter) and www.charlottethewriter.com   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

SKANEATELES, NY – On this episode, Moira talks to actor/musician Rachel Mulcahy (Geva Theatre, Northern Stage, Florida Studio Theatre, National Tour of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”). They delve into competitive Irish step dancing, how playing an instrument can change your career, and what makes Wegmans the best grocery store, in the Syracuse area and beyond.   Check out Rachel on Instagram (@raymulcay) and www.rachelmulcahy.com   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

In 1969, women were allowed entry to undergraduate study at Yale for the first time. Their experience was not the same as their male peers enjoyed. Isolated from one another, singled out as oddities and sexual objects, and barred from many of the school’s privileges, the young women nonetheless met the challenge of being first and changed Yale in ways it had never anticipated. Mary Donohue interviews historian and Yale alumna Anne Gardiner Perkins, author of Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant and New Haven leader Constance Royster, one of Yale’s first women undergrads. Anne Gardiner Perkins is an award-winning historian and higher education expert, and the author of Yale Needs Women, which won the 2020 Connecticut Book Award. Ms. Royster holds a J.D. from Rutgers University Law School – Newark, and a B.A. cum laude from Yale University. This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  Ms. Donohue has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and popular culture for over 30 years. Contact her at marydonohue@comcast.net

RICHMOND, VA – In this episode, Moira chats with actor/podcaster Ryan Perez (host of AN ACTOR DESPAIRS podcast) about growing up in Richmond, Virginia. They get into how the city is reconciling its past, how it shaped him and why he left to hit the road with bands like Jack’s Mannequin before settling into the NYC actor lifestyle. Ryan proves you can be a rock star no matter what you put your mind to!   Check out Ryan on Instagram (@ryanmperez) and An Actor Despairs (@anactordespairs) wherever you get your podcasts.   Follow the show! Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

CAIMITO ALTO, PUERTO RICO – In this episode, Moira is transported to the lush mountains of Puerto Rico with actor/writer Sol Crespo (SUCCESSION, NEW AMSTERDAM, MONSTERLAND, Steven Soderbergh’s UNSANE). They talk about running around barefoot as a child, becoming a rebel in high school, and how for Sol, every day is a Puerto Rican Day Parade, no matter what project she’s working on. Get ready to throw on an old-school salsa album when you’re done listening to this episode!   Check out Sol on Instagram (@solshine787) and People’s Mic Check (@peoples_mic_check).   Follow the show! Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter).   Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

Fifty years ago, Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers were on trial for their lives in New Haven. In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Historical Society takes a look back at the New Haven Black Panther trials, using some of the many primary sources available.    To learn more about the New Haven Black Panther Trials: To see Robert Templeton’s courtroom sketches of the Black Panther Trials, go here. The trial transcripts are available digitally through Yale Law School’s Lillian Goldman Law Library. The online exhibit, “Bulldog and Panther: The 1970 May Day Rally and Yale,” at Yale University Library, covers the events leading up to the May Rally, and its aftermath. The recording of Alex Rackely’s interrogation can be heard via Youtube through this link to the New Haven Independent’s reporting of its discovery. Editor Paul Bass co-wrote, with Douglas W. Rae, Murder in the Model City: The Black Panthers, Yale, and the Redemption of a Killer. Yohuru Williams’s essay, “The New Haven Black Panther Trials,” appears in African American Connecticut Explored, published through a collaboration between Connecticut Explored and the Amistad Center for Art & Culture. Williams is also the author of Black Politics, White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Black Panthers in New Haven. And in these two Connecticut Explored articles online below:   https://www.ctexplored.org/the-hartford-chapter-of-the-black-panthers-an-interview-with-butch-lewis/   https://www.ctexplored.org/the-new-haven-black-panther-trials/   You can learn more about this topic by tuning in to a virtual talk by Dr. Yohuru Williams, historian and founder of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 24, 2021. "No Haven: Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Panthers in New Haven," hosted by the Connecticut Historical Society, will be streamed live on Crowdcast and available after for re-watch. Click here to register.    Natalie Belanger is the Adult Programs Manager at the Connecticut Historical Society. You can contact her at natalie_belanger@chs.org. Produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. Photo Credit: Black Panther Community News Service, CHS Collection, 2018.22.2

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MA – In this episode, Moira spends some time in the quaint beachside town of Manchester-By-The-Sea, hometown of filmmaker Julia Kennelly (HBO’S THE VOW, Oscar-winning short film THE NEIGHBOR’S WINDOW, MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW with Rachel Dratch). They reminisce about their New England upbringings, wonder what ever happened to the band The Veronicas, and discuss the enormous fame that comes along with being featured in the town paper. Forget how depressing that movie with Casey Affleck was and get into the real seaside town of Manchester! Find Julia on Instagram (@jmkennelly) and check out her work at www.juliakennelly.com Follow the show! Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram @itsmissmoira and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com. This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter). Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

LAFAYETTE, LA – In this episode, Moira takes a trip down south to Lafayette, Louisiana, the hometown of actor/comedian Savannah DesOrmeaux (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, THE PURGE, THE X CHANGE RATE WITH MONET XCHANGE). They get into life on the bayou, teenage bonfire culture and how Louisiana’s sense of party has influenced her stand-up comedy. Get ready to crave a good old-fashioned crawfish boil! Check out Savannah on Instagram and Twitter (@savannahdeso) or on her website www.savannahdesormeaux.com Follow the show! Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter) Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!

In this episode, join Mary Donohue, Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored to learn more about Polish-Jewish history and how our guest Dr. Leon Chameides survived the Nazi occupation of Poland as a Jewish child. Despite the fact that many American Jews trace their family to Poland, there are many misconceptions about Polish history and the history of Polish-Jewish relations. Dr. Leon Chameides was born in Poland in 1935 and spent the war  years hidden in a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic monastery. He went to England in 1946 and came to the United States in 1949. He was Director of Pediatrics at Hartford Hospital for 10 years. To read more about Dr. Chameide’s life and family, look for his book Strangers in Many Lands, available on Amazon books. For more information about Hartford’s Jewish history, go to the website of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford at https://jhsgh.org/ and for more about Connecticut’s connection to the Holocaust, go to the website of Voices of Hope at http://ctvoicesofhope.org/ For more about Connecticut’s military history, go to https://www.ctexplored.org/connecticut-at-war/   Mary M. Donohue is the Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored. She has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and popular culture for over 30 years. Contact her at https://www.granthousect.com/ This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. 

In 1938 pioneering female architect and founder of the Hill-Stead Museum, Theodate Pope Riddle of Farmington enjoyed an excursion through Europe. While in London she participated in three sittings with trance mediums, continuing an avocational interest in spiritualism that lasted 34 years.  Hear more about Riddle’s efforts to scientifically prove the ability to communicate with the deceased in this episode hosted by Mary Donohue, Asst Publisher of Connecticut Explored and Melanie Bourbeau, Curator and Director of Interpretation and Programs at the Hill-Stead Museum.   If you’d like to learn more about the Theodate Pope Riddle and Spiritualism, visit the museum’s website at https://www.hillstead.org/ and read Bourbeau’s article in the Winter 2020-21 issue of Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut History.  Theodate Pope Riddle was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame-read more here: https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/theodate-pope-riddle   For more on Spiritualism in Connecticut, go to the website of Connecticut Explored for these articles at: https://www.ctexplored.org/isabella-beecher-hooker-and-the-spirit-of-reform/   https://www.ctexplored.org/the-pine-grove-spiritualist-camp/   Mary M. Donohue is the Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored. She has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and popular culture for over 30 years.   This episode was produced by Mary M. Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. Want a daily dose of Connecticut history?  Subscribe to TODAYINCTHISTORY.com  and follow Connecticut Explored on Facebook and Instagram. 

Episode LinkPreviewOne of our favorite podcasts to listen to (besides ours, of course) is the Wandering DP Podcast, hosted by cinematographer Patrick O’Sullivan. In this episode, it was an honor having Patrick on our show to talk about filmmaking and cinematography. We also go into the making of his podcast, as well as talking about his new online course about commercial cinematography. Recently, Patrick was the director of photography for the Australian romantic drama film, I Met a Girl, and we talk about his experience filming that. After the show is over, check out some Wandering DP episodes using the links below.Talking Points-Going from an aspiring rugby player to a cinematographer-Growing pains of his cinematography career-Learning how to work with others on your crew, as well as developing a system on-set-Patrick’s biggest “aha” moment-The cinematographer-director connection on-set-Patrick’s experience working on the Australian film, “I Met a Girl,” and what he learned from working on the film (including long-term effects)-Deciding what you want out of your filming career-Behind the scenes of the Wandering DP Podcast-Filmmaking in a world where anyone can do it-Patrick’s new online course about commercial cinematographySocial MediaIG: wanderingdpPodcast Link: wanderingdp.comLink: patrickosullivandp.comCommercial Cinematography: The Foundation

In this episode, Mary Donohue talks to Curator Amy Kurtz Lansing about one of the most beautiful places to visit in Connecticut - the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Did Old Lyme become the home to an art colony because of the good food at Miss Florence’s  boardinghouse or because of the soft, lovely light on the salt marshes along the Lieutenant River? The episode uncovers the roots of the Old Lyme Art Colony and also new exhibitions up now including Celebrating 20 Years of the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection, an exhibit that marks the arrival of 190 works of art in 2001, a gift that transformed the Griswold Museum, and a second exhibition, the Centennial of the Lyme Art Association Gallery , the museum’s neighbor, that partially recreates their 1921 inaugural exhibition in their shingle style building designed by society architect Charles A. Platt, designer of the Freer Art Gallery in Washington, DC and the Lyman Allyn Museum in New London, Connecticut. Florence Griswold was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame in 2002. https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/florence-griswold   For more information and photos go to the website of Connecticut Explored at: https://www.ctexplored.org/the-spirit-of-miss-florence-restored/   https://www.ctexplored.org/painting-with-needle-thread/   https://www.ctexplored.org/only-waiting-to-be-painted-the-inspirational-landscape-of-old-lyme/   To learn more about the Florence Griswold Museum and the current exhibitions, go to https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/ Mary M. Donohue is the Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history. She has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and pop culture for over 30 years.   This episode was produced by Mary M. Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.   You can help us continue to produce Grating the Nutmeg. Please make a gift to Friends of Connecticut Explored and use coupon code Gratingthenutmeg to have your gift support the podcast. All gifts with this coupon code will be shared with the Office of the State Historian to support its outreach efforts. Go to ctexplored.org to make your donation.

In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Historical Society takes a look at the iconic Rosie the Riveter character. To get the scoop on what it was like to be a real-life "Rosie" in CT during WWII, she speaks to Gretchen Caulfield, President of the American Rosie the Riveter Association. (https://rosietheriveter.net/)    Get our Commemorative 75th Anniversary of World War II Fall 2020 issue-full of CT WWII stories-by subscribing to Connecticut Explored at our Special Podcast Sale Price! Get 6 issues for the price of 4 or 10 issues for the price of 8! Teacher rates excluded. Use the code NUTMEG on our website at https://www.ctexplored.org/subscribe/ And see photos of Connecticut’s own Working Women in WWII at this link: https://www.ctexplored.org/connecticuts-own-rosie-the-riveter/    This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.

Owned by the same family for its first 200 years then purchased by star architect Cass Gilbert in 1907 for his summer home, the Keeler Tavern was there when the American Revolution’s Battle of Ridgefield happened and it has a cannonball embedded in the façade to prove it. New York City architect Cass Gilbert, designer of early skyscrapers like the Woolworth Building in New York City, kept all of the home’s Colonial charm and added to it! Cass Gilbert had  a big impact on Connecticut’s architecture in Hartford, Waterbury, Waterford and New Haven. But there’s more to the Keeler Tavern than a pretty place! New research is enhancing the museum’s ability to tell women’s  and African American history in programming for adults and children. The pandemic pushed many museums to reach out to their audience using new technologies. Hear more about how the Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center’s dynamic staff is telling their story and finding new audiences in 2020 with architectural historian Mary Donohue.   Thank our guests Hildi Grob, Executive Director, Catherine Prescott, Chief Curator, and Melissa Houston, Educational Director from the Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center.  See more at https://keelertavernmuseum.org/ Find a photo album for this episode at   https://www.ctexplored.org/ Read more online at ctexplored.org in the article https://www.ctexplored.org/benedict-arnold-and-the-battle-of-ridgefield/ And read about architect Cass Gilbert in our online articles including https://www.ctexplored.org/glamour-and-purpose-in-new-havens-union-station/ https://www.ctexplored.org/longer-lasting-than-brass-waterburys-city-hall-restored/ https://www.ctexplored.org/seaside/ Our mid-reel sponsor is the Wilton Historical Society at http://wiltonhistorical.org/ Mentioned in the episode: Historical Interpreter-Cheyney McKnight at NotYourMommasHistory http://www.notyourmommashistory.com/ Playwrights: Joanne Hudson, Redding, CT and Royal Shiree, Lynchburg, VA This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  Music by Hyde.

In this episode, Candice Meth, National Leader for EisnerAmper's Not-for-Profit Services Practice and Ron Dukes, Manager in EisnerAmper’s Private Business Services Group, interview Patrick O’Sullivan, a Partner at Herrick, Feinstein LLP. During the conversation, they discuss several innovative ways that not-for-profit organizations can leverage their real estate holdings to generate new revenue streams while possibly upgrading their facilities and offsetting the costs to maintain them.

Patrick O’Sullivan came up as a superstar in junior hockey, first with the United States National Team Development Program and then with the Mississauga Ice Dogs in the Ontario Hockey League before his professional career where he competed with the LA Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild, and the Phoenix Coyotes. He also represented USA 7 times between the U18 and U20 and Men’s World Championships He is an author of the book “Breaking Away, A Harrowing True Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph”, where he details the abusive relationship with his father while growing up as hockey phenom. Patrick and I dive into the following topics. -Approach to player development -Building Hockey IQ -Talent Gaps from the AHL to the NHL -Rob Blake and Anze Kopitar as the best players he played with -Dave Tippett and Mike Eaves as the best coaches he ever played for Patrick is an outspoken and honest person with a knack for soundbites. Here is a sample from this conversation: “If we just got out of the way a little bit and let them play and do things in practice that simulate a game…” “Even kids who are good at holding on to the puck, won’t do it in their own zone because they are nervous” “if Canada ever figures out how to develop kids, the numbers will go through the roof and they will be even better than they already are” “go watch a practice in the NHL. The way they can pick up bad passes and pucks off the boards… that’s a seperator, for sure” “good players read and react, the best players are influencing the other team” “the best coach I played for in the NHL was Dave Tippett. I don’t know if he really liked me” “The expectations for habits and the way we had to play was completely non-negotiable”… on Mike Eaves Visit www.tjmanastersky.com for more content on player development.

Sophie Tucker was one of the 20th century's most successful and highest paid performers. A singer and humorist, she transitioned successfully through vaudeville, recordings, Broadway, radio, movies, nightclubs and finally television. Born into a Jewish family that immigrated from Eastern Europe, her parents ran a kosher restaurant in Hartford’s Front Street district. Many of the threads that run through her life resonant with women now including body positivity, female agency, an artist’s control of their own work and career as well as a rags to riches immigrant success story. This episode includes snippets from three of her most famous songs-“One of These Days” by African American composer Sheldon Brooks; “I’m the Last of the Red Hot Mama’s” by Milton Agar and Jack Yellen, and “My Yiddishe Momme” by Jack Yellen. Tucker never forgot Hartford and contributed to numerous local charities. She left almost 400 scrapbooks documenting her full career to the New York Public Library. She was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame in 1999. https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/sophie-tucker For more information and photos go to the website of Connecticut Explored at https://www.ctexplored.org/sophie-tucker-last-of-the-red-hot-mamas/ Tor read more about her mother and the “Handkerchief Brigade” go to https://www.ctexplored.org/the-handkerchief-brigade/ Look for a new online exhibition in late Sept, 2020 on the website of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford at https://jhsgh.org/ Mary M. Donohue is the Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history.  She has documented Connecticut’s architecture, built environment and pop culture for over 30 years. This episode was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com. And for more great Connecticut history stories, subscribe to Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history, at ctexplored.org

Music By: Tim, Paul & Jenn Connor

In this episode  of Grading the Nutmeg, Mary Donohue, Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored, reveals Connecticut’s connection to Gutzon Borglum, the  sculptor of Mount Rushmore, and the run up to his most contentious project, the Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota.  Perhaps the largest outdoor sculpture in the country, Mount Rushmore has been controversial since it was proposed. Where it’s located,  who it commemorates, and its sculptor are all part of the national conversation now. Built on Native American land, it features the faces of four American presidents--two of whom were slaveholders (Washington and Jefferson) and two of whom were involved in efforts to uproot Western Native American tribes (Lincoln and Roosevelt). And the sculptor behind the design, Connecticut resident Gutzon Borglum? He was someone who, according to the New York Times article “How Mount Rushmore became Mount Rushmore” published July 1, 2020, formed great bonds with leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and participated in their meetings to secure funding for the Stone Mountain project in Georgia. Borglum also espoused white supremacist and anti-Semitic ideas. To read the full article, go to https://www.ctexplored.org/connecticuts-mount-rushmore-connection/ To read more about his career, go to http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m582.htm This episode was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on itunes, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Sound Cloud or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com. And for more great Connecticut history stories, subscribe to Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history, at https://www.ctexplored.org/

Former NHL player Patrick O'Sullivan rejoins The Shukri Wrights Podcast (previously joined on June 2nd, 2020 for Interview #1) to discuss the best puck handling goaltenders during his playing career, looking ahead to the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, and his experience of what goes into an NHL Training Camp while how it will differ from the NHL return to play training camp. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shukri-wrights/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shukri-wrights/support

In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut  Historical Society talks to historians Brittney Yancy and Karen Li Miller about their ongoing project to uncover the suffrage work of women of color in Connecticut. African American women rallied for the woman’s suffrage cause, determined to ensure black women’s inclusion and electoral self-representation. if you’d like to learn more about this topic,  visit the CHS’s website at CHS.org/wocvotes. For a broader look at the woman’s suffrage movement in CT, you can see the exhibit “A Vote of Her Own: The Long Fight for Woman Suffrage” on view at the CHS in fall 2020.  And don’t forget to order your copy of the Summer issue of CT Explored at ctexplored.org with the article “Uncovering African American Women’s Fight for Suffrage” by Karen Li Miller, available at ctexplored.org/shop Read more about Mary Townsend Seymour at https://www.ctexplored.org/audacious-alliance-mary-townsend-seymour/ Thank you to our guests. This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. Photo credit: Mary A. Johnson (center) with Elizabeth R. Morris (left) and Rosa J. Fisher (right) representing Hartford’s Colored Women’s Liberty Loan Committee, 1918. Photographer Edward M. Crocker, The Hartford Courant, State Archives, Connecticut State Library.

Former NHL Player Patrick O'Sullivan joins the podcast to discuss his thoughts and feelings on the George Floyd murder, his story of his abusive upbringing in The Player's Tribune, and his thoughts on hockey culture in lieu of the Akim Aliu situation that rocked hockey during the 2019-2020 season --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shukri-wrights/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shukri-wrights/support

In this episode CT Explored publisher Elizabeth Normen draws inspiration from the haunting words of her great-great grandmother, the wife of a sea captain during the Great Age of Sail. Her ancestor was one of hundreds of women in the 19th century who made the difficult choice to leave all they knew and those they loved for the uncertainly of a life at sea. What were the joys and hardships for women who made that choice? Find out in this episode of Grating the Nutmeg. Find more stories about brave women in our Summer 2020 issue commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, available now at ctexplored.org, including important stories about Native American and African American women and the right to vote. And for more stories about Connecticut’s maritime history, see the Spring 2009 issue online at ctexplored.org. Please support us by subscribing at ctexplored.org. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Normen and Patrick O’Sullivan. Thanks for Moira O’Sullivan for narrating portions of the story. 

How far is too far? Parents and youth sports coaches ask this question all the time. Can pushing your kid tot he max make them a better athlete? Patrick O'Sullivan was one of the best hockey players in the country growing up. On the outside he was a talented scorer who had the potential to make it to the NHL. Inside it was a far different story. O'Sullivan endured years of physical and mental abuse, some might even call it torture, at the hands of his very own father. How does this happen? How does this end? Most importantly how much of this is going on without anyone even knowing? O'Sullivan needed security to protect him from his father at the 2003 NHL entry draft. Even though he had top ten ability, O'Sullivan fell to the 2nd round before being selected by the Nashville Predators. This came on the heels of O'Sullivan finally fighting back after his dad literally pulled him off a team bus following a game in the Ontario Hockey League. A fight that would land O'Sullivan's dad in jail. Meanwhile O'Sullivan made it to the NHL suiting up with multiple teams. But how good could he have been and how much of his career was stolen away because of a terrifying upbringing? O'Sullivan has been out of hiding for several years now. He wrote a book, has done countless speaking engagements, and told his story. Listen to it from O'Sullivan himself, hear it from him as he takes us through his childhood and a hockey career that included a World Junior Championship, an AHL rookie of the year, and an impressive OHL career. The conversation he has with Cam and Strick will leave you both riveted and heartbroken. He also touches on pst friendships with Dan Carcillo and what he thinks of former Vancouver Canuck Alex Burrows.

By TSMThe current host of the daily radio show, Leafs Lunch on TSN1050 in Toronto Andi Petrillo joins Jonah Sigel in the Pressrow. Andi got her start in regional cable tv and worked her way up, way, way up to eventually becoming the first-ever female desk host of Hockey Night In Canada, one of the most recognizable brands in sports.Andi shares her story, growing up in the GTA, how she had to patiently endure the gender gap to become a host before hosting HNIC and then becoming the first woman ever to have her own daily sports radio show in Canada.Tune in to hear some great stories about her days as a restaurant reviewer, to a nerve-racking flight to Afghanistan, pre-game jitters before an event to dealing with rabid Maple Leaf fans.Andi shares stories from Hockey Night in Canada, Leafs TV and TSN 1050 including the odd situation surrounding the exit of Patrick O'Sullivan.Should the NHL and or Washington Capitals punish Brendan Leipsic? Andi shares her thoughts on that too.Personally, I am a huge fan of Andi's and think she does an amazing job as a host, finding that delicate balance between driving a show, setting up "experts" and mixing in her own opinion (Which we talk about a lot).

Mary Donohue, Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored and co-author of  the book A Life of the Land: Connecticut’s Jewish Farmers  explores the story of Connecticut’s Jewish farmers in the last century. Surprised that there were Jewish farmers? Many people are but scores of newly arrived Jewish immigrants were assisted in making their lives in poultry and dairy farming throughout the state. Some farms developed into resorts catering to vacationing urbanites seeking a bigotry free relaxing vacation in the countryside. To read more about Connecticut’s Jewish farmers, go to the Connecticut Explored website to read “Hebrew Tillers of the Soil” from the Spring 2006 issue and “The Connecticut Catskills” in our Summer  2018-both articles are on online. To order Ms. Donohue’s book, A Life of the Land: Connecticut’s Jewish farmers,  go to the website of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford at jhsgh.org/store/     This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. It features the voices of Moira O’Sullivan and Patrick O’Sullivan. Music by New Town Klezmer.   Subscribe to Connecticut Explored, buy back issues and collections—including a make-your-own collection at a special price-- at ctexplored.org.  

Architectural historian Mary Donohue digs deep to uncover which local libraries in Connecticut were funded by robber baron, steel tycoon and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie at the beginning of the 20th century. Why did the City of New Haven turn down a generous gift of $300,000 from Carnegie in 1903 meant to build a large public library? How did communities apply for library construction grants from Carnegie and what were the requirements? What were the strings attached to accepting the money?  And, what has become of these well-built landmarks in Connecticut? Find out from guest Robert Kinney, Outreach Services Librarian at the Connecticut State Library and Pastor of Mount Hope Temple Church in New Haven what it takes to adaptively reuse an almost 100-year-old library building for a new purpose. We wish to thank our guest Robert Kinney. Read more in online at ctexplored.org in the Fall 2015 article “Connecticut’s Carnegie Libraries”  This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.   

Bob Steele, the Voice of Connecticut Radio For more than sixty years, Bob Steele was the voice of Southern New England, entertaining listeners of WTIC AM with his wit and humor. Connecticut author Paul Hensler has written the first-ever biography of Steele, chronicling his hardscrabble beginnings in the Midwest, his early career as a boxer, and his almost accidental hiring as an announcer at WTIC in the midst of the Great Depression. In this episode, recorded at the CT Historical Society with Natalie Belanger, Hensler provides a look into Steele's life and work.  Paul Hensler's book, Bob Steele on the Radio: The Life of Connecticut's Beloved Broadcaster, is published by McFarland. We wish to thank Natalie Belanger and author Paul Hensler. This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. Be sure to join us for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg.

CT Explored publisher Elizabeth Normen sits down with Dr. Benjamin Foster and Connecticut State Representative Bobby Gibson to talk about their efforts to pass legislation requiring teaching African American history in Connecticut, their vision for the curriculum, and why it matters. “When kids  started to say math is for whites,” Foster, a longtime educator says, “I knew we had to do something” to reconnect students with their rich history of contributions to this nation.  We wish to thank Dr. Benjamin Foster and Representative Bobby Gibson and Carmen Arace Middle School for hosting us. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Normen and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. 

In the Winter 2019 issue of Connecticut Explored, Museum of Connecticut History curator Dave Corrigan tackles the obsolescence of everyday objects such as typewriters that were replaced by personal computers. With the advent of digital recording, CDs, and streaming music services, perhaps no industry has experienced more rapid change in the last 20 years than the music industry. But as historians, we know that some people value doing things in the traditional way. In today’s episode, Assistant Publisher Mary Donohue and podcast engineer Patrick O’Sullivan visit Connecticut’s legendary Dirt Floor Recording and Production Studios to talk to musician and Dirt Floor producer Eric Lichter. Connecticut Public Radio’s John Dankosky calls Dirt Floor “the Music Sanctuary of Connecticut”. Hear more about how Lichter uses old fashioned, hands-on musical  instruments and recording methods to produce some of Connecticut’s most popular new musicians. We wish to thank our guests Eric Michael Lichter and musician Angela Luna. To learn more about Dirt Floor Recording and Production Studios, go to dirtfloorrecordingstudio.com and for more about Angela Luna, go to her Facebook page at Luna & the Lost Souls. Our thanks to Luna & the Lost Souls for the music in the episode. This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.

Maps tell stories. In this episode of Grating the Nutmeg, Natalie Belanger and Ben Gammell of the CT Historical Society uncover the little-known story of 18th-century cartographer Bernard Romans. A new exhibit of his maps at the museum pieces together the life story of a bold, talented, and adventurous immigrant to Connecticut who put his considerable skills to work for the American cause and may have paid the ultimate price for it.  “War, Maps, Mystery: Dutch Mapmaker Bernard Romans and the American Revolution” is on view at the Connecticut Historical Society until May 2, 2020. To learn more, visit chs.org.   For more great stories on maps, order Connecticut  Explored’s back issue for Spring 2012 -entitled “Putting Connecticut on the Map”- at our website at ctexplored.org This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Asst. Publisher of Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.   

How did Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemons use scrapbooks to fight unscrupulous publishers who reprinted his work without paying him? Why did celebrities like Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony keep scrapbooks? How did abolitionists, suffragettes, and African Americans use scrapbooks to tell their story? Before the era of google and Instagram, how did American use scrapbooks to curate printed stories that contained information they wanted to save for the future? In this episode, our guest, Dr. Ellen Gruber Garvey explores how Americans from all walks of life created scrapbooks to document, store, critique, and participate in a rapidly changing world of information overload. This episode was recorded as a lecture at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. You’ll have to use your imagination a little to picture some of the types of scrapbooks that Dr. Garvey refers to but you’ll be fascinated by impact scrapbooks had on American history. We wish to thank our guest Dr. Ellen Gruber Garvey, professor of English at the New Jersey City University and the host for the lecture, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Read more in Dr. Garvey’s book Writing with Scissors American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance published by Oxford University Press. This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg, subscribe on iTunes, IHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Spotify or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com. Subscribe to Connecticut Explored and get the upcoming Winter issue with stories about events or inventions that disrupted history. Subscribe, buy back issues and collections—at ctexplored.org

Our guest, Elisabeth Petry is a journalist. She knows how to uncover a clue, follow a lead, and tell a good story. Her mother was bestselling novelist Ann Petry, whose 1946 debut novel The Street became the first novel by an African American to sell more than a million copies. In this episode, Liz tells us more about her family tree—the James and Lane Families—four generations of strivers and achievers descended from self-emancipated slaves, who settled in New Haven, Hartford, and Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Four hundred family letters survive, many of which contained stories that were fodder for Ann Petry’s novels. Hear more about how Liz and two of her cousins are taking the family’s story to the screen. We join Steve Courtney at the Mark Twain House & Museum as he introduces the lecture from which this podcast was recorded. We wish to thank our guest Elisabeth Petry and the host for the lecture, the Mark Twain House & Museum. Read more about Liz’s search for her family history in the Fall 2019 issue of Connecticut Explored where you’ll also find Martha Hall Kelly’s story about Caroline Ferriday. You can listen to our podcast with Kelly in episode 34 and to hear more about Barbara Beeching’s research on the black middle class in Hartford, listen to Episode 53 of Grating the Nutmeg. For more information on the James Family project and documentary go to https://www.jamesfamilyletters.com/   This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, Assistant Publisher of Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg, subscribe on iTunes, IHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Spotify or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com Please leave a review! We’d love to get your feedback!

I spoke with Ioana Negru about the book that she recently edited with Wilfred Dolfsma. We were joined in the conversation by our colleague Rodrigo Zeidan to discuss the timely issues covered by The Ethical Formation of Economists (Routledge, 2019). Economists' role in society has always been an uneasy one, and in recent years the ethicality of the profession and its practitioners has been questioned more than ever. This collection of essays is the first to investigate the multifaceted nature of what forms economists' ethical and economic views. The book suggests that if we can better understand what is making economists think and act as they do, considering ethicality in the process, we might all be better placed to implement changes. The intent is not to exonerate economists from personal responsibility, but to highlight how considering the circumstances that have helped shape economists' views can help to address issues. It is argued that it is important to understand these influences, as without such insights, the demonization of economists is too easily adapted as a stance by society as well as too easily dismissed by economists. The 2007 financial crisis has raised obvious questions about the link between ethics and economic questions. This book edited by Ioana Negru and Wilfred Dolfsma aims to show how important ethics is for economic life and to discuss what is the role of ethics in economics, econometrics, in relation to media or public policy. The purpose of the book is to help economists understand what ethics is and how pervasive ethics is in everyday life. Bringing together work from international contributors such as George DeMartino, Deirdre McCloskey, Mark White, Steve Ziliak, Robert McMaster, Andrew Mearman, Craig Duckworth, Patrick O'Sullivan, Jamie Morgan, Wim Groot, Henriette Maassen van Den Brink, Alice Sindzigrea and Edward Teather-Posadas, it explores the ways in which economists are influenced in their training and career, examining how this can explain their individual ethical stances as economists. The book is an important contribution that students and scholars (in the fields of economics, ethics, philosophy and sociology) should consider buying and reading regardless to their methodological and theoretical preferences. Andrea Bernardi is Senior Lecturer in Employment and Organization Studies at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. He holds a doctorate in Organization Theory from the University of Milan, Bicocca. He has held teaching and research positions in Italy, China and the UK. Among his research interests are the use of history in management studies, the co-operative sector, and Chinese co-operatives. His latest project is looking at health care in rural China. He is the co-convener of the EAEPE’s permanent track on Critical Management Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

           Every Governor of our state makes history, but there have been very few who know their history as well as Connecticut’s current governor Edward M. "Ned" Lamont.”         In this very special episode, Mary Donohue and Walt Woodward, along with Connecticut Explored publisher Elizabeth Normen and producer Patrick O'Sullivan went to the state capitol to talk with Governor Lamont about a speech – and now audio essay he recorded for this podcast – titled “100 Years of Fake News and Real and Fake Wars.” In an era when Americans are challenged to separate fact from fiction in a myriad of different media, the Governor’s message is a kind of cautionary tale for all of us. And, as you’ll see, it reflects some keen and insightful thinking from a governor who takes his history seriously. 

Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, more than 20 kidnapped enslaved African people were sold to the Virginia colonists. Slavery was well established in the early Connecticut Colony, too. Traded, sold, given as gifts, and subjected to beatings as documents attest, the enslaved people of Hartford suffered no less than enslaved people anywhere. In today’s episode, Connecticut Explored’s Mary Donohue finds out about an innovative, model project that uses fine-grained scholarship to uncover the lives of almost 500 Africans, African Americans, and Native Americans buried between 1640 and 1815 in Hartford’s oldest historic site, the Ancient Burying Ground. She talks with Dr. Kathy Hermes, professor at Central Connecticut State University, about the project, sponsored by the Ancient Burying Ground Association and about the new website that makes all this research available with a click of a mouse. For more information, visit the new website at www.africannativeburialsct.org. Join us on September 12, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, in downtown Hartford for a free lecture by Dr. Hermes “Uncovering Their History: African, African American and Native Americans Buried in Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground, 1640-1815” that will launch the website. To learn more about how to research Hartford’s early black community, join Dr. Hermes for a workshop at the Hartford History Center, October 5, 2019, 11 a.m., also free to the public. And come view the exhibition at the Hartford History Center: Uncovering the Ancient Burying Ground, an exhibition featuring historic photos, maps, drawings, and postcards. This episode was produced by Mary Donohue, assistant publisher, Connecticut Explored, and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. Visual art by coramarshall.com. To order a Fall 2019 issue of Connecticut Explored with a feature article by Dr. Hermes about this project, go to ctexplored.org. Subscribe to Connecticut Explored and get the upcoming Winter issue with stories about events or inventions that disrupted history.  Subscribe, buy back issues and collections—including a make-your-own collection at a special price—at ctexplored.org.  To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on iTunes, IHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Spotify or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com  

In this installment of GTN, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Historical Society takes a walk through the museum's archival collection of documents related to the Ku Klux Klan. You'll learn about the Klan's sudden rise, and rapid fall, in 1920s Connecticut, a dark time when Connecticut was torn by disagreements over immigration policy and the changing demographics of United States. To learn more, you can join Natalie at the Connecticut Historical Society on September 14, 2019 for a gallery program related to this topic, or visit the CHS's Research Center anytime to view the Ku Klux Klan documents yourself.    This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan. To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on iTunes, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Spotify or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com. And for more great Connecticut history stories, subscribe to Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history, at ctexplored.org Please leave a review on iTunes for Grating the Nutmeg-we’d appreciate it!

Two of Connecticut’s most influential women, Beatrice Fox Auerbach, the owner of G. Fox, the largest privately-owned department store in the United States at the time and U.S. Congresswoman Chase Going Woodhouse, the second woman to be elected to the US Congress from Connecticut, spent seven weeks travelling through 10 countries in the Middle East and Europe in 1949. Only four years after the end of WWII and one year after the founding of the new nation of Israel, Auerbach and Woodhouse were shown battlefields, refugee camps, and the ruins of German cities. Auerbach’s diary entries reveal what she saw and experienced-civil war in Greece, Arab refugee camps in Transjordan, the value of using Hebrew in Israel, and the fear of rising anti-Semitism and communism in Germany. In this episode, edited from a lecture given at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, Dr. Tracey Wilson comments on Auerbach and Woodhouse’s contribution to the development of women in leadership roles in Connecticut and reads from Mrs. Auerbach’s travel diaries. Both women are in the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.   Dr. Wilson received her Ph. D in history from Brown University and serves as the West Hartford Town Historian. To listen to the full lecture or view the videotape, contact the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford. The Auerbach diaries are in the collection of the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, and the papers of Chase Going Woodhouse are in the collection of the Dodd Center, University of Connecticut at Storrs. To hear more about G. Fox Dept Store, listen to Episode 73 of Grating the Nutmeg, “Dept Stores, G. Fox and the Black Freedom Movement”.  This episode was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on itunes, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Spotify or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com. And for more great Connecticut history stories, subscribe to Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history, at ctexplored.org  

This summer the Connecticut Historical Society is hosting an exhibition called Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow. It’s a traveling show that originated at the New-York Historical Society. The exhibition explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded after the Civil War. Even though northern states like Connecticut did not institute Jim Crow segregation by law, discrimination and segregation were the norm in many public spaces, including elegant department stores like New York City’s Macy’s, Bloomingdales, and Hartford’s G. Fox. In this episode, Dr. Traci Parker of the University of Massachusetts, with some editorial commentary from host Natalie Belanger talk about what department stores like G. Fox meant to consumers and retail workers alike, and how they become sites of struggle in the civil rights movement.     Dr. Parker’s new book is Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s published by the University of North Carolina Press. For more information about G. Fox Dept Store, contact the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.   This episode was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.   To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on itunes, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, SoundCloud or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com. And for more great Connecticut history stories, subscribe to Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history, at ctexplored.org    

This episode celebrates the 100th anniversary of the most influential design school of the twentieth century, the Bauhaus, and Connecticut’s connection to it. Connecticut Explored’s Assistant Publisher Mary Donohue and conceptual artist, photographer and frequent Connecticut Explored contributor Bob Gregson talk about pioneering Modern artists Anni and Josef Albers, who escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s and made New Haven their home in  1950. It’s a remarkable story. Josef was associated with the Bauhaus longer than any other artist and Anni was the last surviving teacher from the Bauhaus. Both had independent careers as world  famous, influential teachers and artists.     For more information about the Albers, read Bob’s feature story in the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Connecticut Explored at ctexplored.org and for more about the Albers,  go to the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation’s website at albersfoundation.org.  For more about our guest, go to BobGregson.com   This episode was hosted and produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan.  And for more great Connecticut history stories, subscribe to Connecticut Explored, the magazine of Connecticut history, at ctexplored.org. Through May 31, 2019, for just $20, Grating the Nutmeg listeners receive 6 issues for the price of 4 with coupon code GTNSpring19.  That’s 2 free issues added to a one-year subscription with coupon code GTNSpring19 when you subscribe by May 31, 2019 at ctexplored.org/shop To hear more episodes of Grating the Nutmeg subscribe on iTunes, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, Spotify or at gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com.