November's Swirls

It’s November. Like the cold air that worked its way into my being yesterday, I feel like it sped in fully every bit as convincing as the leaves turned when October danced its way in. November brings this critical Election Day—and all the disappointments...

Win Some, Lose Some

Early in my time at the Advocate, I wrote an article about the demise of the once-grand Hotel Charles, adjacent to the once-hopping Union Station, despite the valiant efforts by the Springfield Preservation Trust to save it. I visited the hotel site—by that...
StageStruck: Not-So-Kind Hearts

StageStruck: Not-So-Kind Hearts

You’ll have to hurry if you’re going to catch either or (I recommend) both of the plays now running in downtown Hartford. One was a sensation on Broadway last season and the other, a brand-new musical, is certainly headed there. Venus in Fur, at...