Harriet Beecher Stowe Center // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures is a new series of 50 five-minute vignettes that profiles a variety of the state's most notable cultural resources.
Connecticut Office of Tourism
CPTV
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Harriet Beecher Stowe House at Nook Farms Hartford, Connecticut
I was granted permission to compose a short video in the recently restored Harriet Beecher Stowe at Nook Farms in Hartford, Connecticut. I originally created the video using the Periscope app keeping my phone camera in portrait orientation. I uploaded the video to YouTube and used the Video Creator option to add the musical score Everyday 2.0 played by Carly Comando. Although I narrated some of the video at the end, I preferred to have the musical score play throughout the video for consistency.
The video begins at the visitor entranceway, where there are photos and quotations, and I pause to allow the viewer to read the quotations. The video moves along to the dining room, kitchen, and parlor, all on the first floor, and then moves upstairs to show the bedroom, where the writing table is visible, and the gallery, which displays various memorabilia, including book cover copies of Uncle Tom's Cabin in varied translations.
Harriett Beecher Stowe House
The Harriet Beecher Stowe house. She was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and neighbor of Mark Twain in Hartford, Connecticut. Learn more at
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HARTFORD Connecticut Downdown Driving Tour - 4K
In this video we explore the city of Hartford, Connecticut.
Hartford is the capital of Connecticut. It’s home to the Mark Twain House & Museum. The 1874 mansion contains thousands of artifacts, including the desk at which Twain wrote his best-known works. The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center includes the author’s Victorian house and many period furnishings, plus a garden. The broad collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art includes Renaissance and impressionist works.
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Haunted Places in Connecticut
From Bridgeport to New Haven, Stamford to Hartford, Waterbury to Norwalk, the Constitution State has tales of disturbing and creepy hauntings around every corner. Which is why The Speakeasy presents our list of the top ten most haunted places in Connecticut. Enjoy!
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826 Paranormal explores the Poli Palace Theater Bridgeport, Connecticut 2011 by 826 PARANORMAL ( is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (
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Katherine D. Kane, Executive Director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Katherine D. Kane, Executive Director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, CT, joins host Eric Clemons to discuss Stowe’s historic novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and what visitors might expect to find at the Stowe Center.
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Executive Director Katherine D. Kane welcomes you to the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.
On the Road in Northern Connecticut: Mark Twain House | Connecting Point | Web Premiere
The Mark Twain House & Museum, a National Historic Landmark in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of America's greatest author, Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It is also where Twain lived when he wrote his most important works, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. A stunning example of Picturesque Gothic architecture, the 25-room home features a dramatic grand hall, a lush glass conservatory, a grand library and the handsome billiard room where Twain wrote his famous books.
Renée Tribert - New England Maker Summit
Renée has been project manager for the Making Places program of the Connecticut Trust, a statewide survey of historic industrial resources, since September 2014. The program, funded by the State Historic Preservation Office, also seeks to stimulate the reuse and revitalization of often underutilized mills and factories. A graduate of Brown University, Renée also holds an MS in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author of Gervase Wheeler: A British Architect in America 1847-1860. Previous professional experience includes curator at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Hartford, collections manager at the New Britain Museum of American Art, and environmental analyst at Catalyst Environmental Consulting Inc.
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND MAKER SUMMIT:
On Friday, November 15, 2019, MakerspaceCT hosted the third annual New England Maker Summit. This year's focus was “The Impact of Making and Innovation on Urban America” with experts, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators. The keynote speakers were Lee Wellington of the Urban Manufacturing Alliance and Ilana Preuss, Founder and CEO of Recast City.
Additional featured speakers included: Dorothy Jones-Davis of Nation of Makers, Steve Heath of FabNewport, Ken Kaplan of the New England Motorcycle Museum, and Renée Tribert of CT Trust for Historic Preservation.
Special guest speakers were Connecticut’s new chief manufacturing officer Colin Cooper, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and CT DECD Commissioner David Lehman. An afternoon panel discussion on Innovation Success In Downtown Hartford featured Jamie Brätt of Infosys, Devra Sisitsky of MakerspaceCT, Jackie Mandyck of Quilt Partnership LLC, Jeff Auker of Infosys, Marty Guay of Stanley Black & Decker and Paul Tyler of Nassau Re.
Attendees discovered what Connecticut has to offer and how we can improve our great cities through innovation and making! The event also included an expo, MakerspaceCT tours, lunch in the Gershon Ballroom and an after-event cocktail and networking hour!
Sponsors for the event included The Rutledge Family Foundation, Nassau Re, Cantor Colburn, LLP, Mastercam, University of Hartford, Infosys, Infosys Foundation USA, InterPRO, Macdac Engineering, The Grand Apartments, CBIA and Wellstone Insurance.
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ABOUT MAKERSPACECT:
MakerspaceCT, located at 960 Main Street in the historic G. Fox building in downtown Hartford, opened this past April, and is the largest Makerspace in Connecticut and the second largest in New England. The space features 25,000 square feet of workshops that house more than a dozen shops with specialized manufacturing equipment, including wood, welding, textiles, plastics, 3D manufacturing and more.
MakerspaceCT provides opportunities not only for educators, entrepreneurs and small businesses, but also local hobbyists, crafters, students, and artists, providing training for individuals seeking to expand their skills and companies looking to expand their product lines.
MakerspaceCT supports an almost limitless variety of material types and fabrication processes - CNC Machining, Metal Fabrication, 3D Printing, Laser Engraving, Vacuum Forming and much more - equipment that is, in many cases, too expensive or too large for a home or small business to accommodate.
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Tourist Attractions in Connecticut,United States (Travel Guide)
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Connecticut Travel Guide
Warm summers & abundant snow in winter allow for plenty of outdoor activities all year long in Connecticut. Mystic is a most popular tourist resort, with the Marine life Aquarium & the Mystic Seaport as principal attractions. New Haven, seat of Yale University, & other towns such as Hartford & Waterbury have many historical places.
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The Mark Twain House & Museum
The Mark Twain House & Museum is the site of Twain's Hartford home, where he & his family lived from 1874-1891. From here he wrote his popular works, including Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer. In addition to furnish tours of the restored home, the organization offers programs that underscore Twain's legacy.
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Wadsworth Atheneum
The Wadsworth Atheneum has 1 of finest American arts assemblage, particularly works of the Hudson River school. It is the oldest self-ruling public museum in the United States & is housed in a Gothic-style building. Major donors have left better collections of Greek & Roman bronzes, Meissen porcelain, early American fittings, decorative arts, & paintings.
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Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens
This land was willed to the city of Hartford by Charles H. Pond, who asked that it be worn as a horticultural park & that it be named for his wife, Elizabeth. It is register on the National Register of Historic position.The park encompasses (102) acres & contain more than (15,000) plants with 800 varieties of roses. In the winter the park get is open for ice skating.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
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State Capitol
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Litchfield Historical Society // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures is a new series of 50 five-minute vignettes that profiles a variety of the state's most notable cultural resources.
Connecticut Office of Tourism
CPTV
© 2013 Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
Stowe Village - Home Sweet Home... there til the end 128 Hampton
Highlights from Goodspeed's A CONNECTICUT CHRISTMAS CAROL
Nov 17 - Dec 30, 2017
Goodspeed Musicals
The Terris Theatre, Chester, CT
Some of the most beloved storytellers in Connecticut history come alive for a yuletide gathering you won’t forget. Famed actor and local legend William Gillette leaves his castle on the Connecticut River to adapt Dickens’ holiday classic in the 1920s. Local heroes Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and P.T. Barnum make spirited appearances opposite Gillette’s Scrooge in a highly theatrical twist on a family favorite. Custom-made for Goodspeed with all-original music, here’s a tuneful, heartfelt confection spiced with enough Nutmeg State flavor to sweeten your season.
CAST: Robert Berson, Samantha Bruce, Mark DiConzo, Matt Gibson, Patrick Graver, Lee Harrington, Michael Thomas Holmes, Celeste Rose, Jeff Sears, Lenny Wolpe, Daisy Wright
Book by L J Fecho
Music and Lyrics by Michael O'Flaherty
Scenic Design by Adam Koch
Costume Design by Nicole V. Moody
Lighting Design by Jen Schriever
Sound Design by Jay Hilton
Wig & Hair Design by Mark Adam Rampmeyer
Orchestrations by Dan DeLange
Music Direction by Dan Pardo
Choreographed by Lisa Shriver
Directed by Hunter Foster
CT: Hartford, State Capital, Mark Twain House
Hartford is the capital of Connecticut.
Nicknamed the Insurance Capital of the World, Hartford houses many insurance company headquarters, and insurance remains the region's major industry.
The State house in Hartford is the third capitol building for the State of Connecticut since the American Revolution.
The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It is also where Twain lived when he wrote his most important works, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House, right next to Mark Twain's house, is operated as an historical and cultural site focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
PHELPS-HATHEWAY HOUSE & GARDEN // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
The Phelps Hatheway House and Garden tells the fascinating tale of two very wealthy colonial men, the style they lived in and their boom to bust stories. Located in the Main Street Historic District of Suffield, CT, this 18th century home is a renowned architectural masterpiece of the Connecticut River Valley. It offers a glimpse into our nation's architectural history and features many important Connecticut made furnishings for visitors to enjoy.
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures is a new series of 50 five-minute vignettes that profiles a variety of the state's most notable cultural resources.
© 2012 Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
The American Woman's Home by Catharine E Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, located at the end of the navigable portion of the Connecticut River, was settled in 1623 as a Dutch trading post called House of Hope. In 1636, a group of English settlers led by the Reverend Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts and formed a colony here. The settlers made peace with the local Algonquin Indians, who called the town Saukiog, and renamed it after Hertford, England.
Early in its existence Hartford made a significant contribution to the burgeoning society. The Fundamental Orders adopted by the colony in 1639, was the first document in history to establish a government by the consent of the people. The pattern was followed by the framers of the United States Constitution, giving Connecticut its nickname, The Constitution State.
Evolving from an early agricultural economy, Hartford grew into an important trading center on the Connecticut River. Molasses, spices, coffee and rum were distributed from warehouses in the city's thriving merchant district. Ships set sail from Hartford to England, the West Indies and the Far East. Merchants were concerned about risks to this thriving trade, with fires, pirates, storms and accidents always a threat.
The insurance industry was created when groups of merchants began to share these risks. The practice was formalized with the creation of the Hartford Fire Insurance Group in 1810. Our nation's oldest insurance company still operates in the city as the Hartford Insurance Company. Hartford became the home of many of the nation's largest insurance companies, such as Aetna and Travelers, and is known today as the Insurance Capital of the World.
Pioneering manufacturers like Samuel Colt also called Hartford home. Colt's experiments with interchangeable parts created the basis for today's assembly line manufacturing methods. New techniques employed in his firearms factory made mass production possible and laid the groundwork for Hartford's pre-eminence in the area of precision manufacturing.
Shaped by the social and economic forces which gave rise to industrial growth in America, Hartford grew and prospered as successive waves of immigrants came to work, build and settle in the community. This ethnic and cultural diversity continues to be a prominent part of Hartford's heritage and one of our cities greatest assets.
Hartford also became an important cultural and communications center. The Hartford Courant, founded in 1764, is the country's oldest continuously published newspaper. The nations oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, was founded in 1844. Supported by prominent benefactors like J.P. Morgan, the museum grew to become one of the top ten art museums in the country. Authors like Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe were drawn to the area, because, as Twain said of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief.
Farmington Ave Hartford Connecticut CT 11/28/2018
A drive from downtown Hartford to West Hartford CT using Farmington Ave. Mark Twain House Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
Aetna headquarters Hartford. HFC Chicken. 11/28/2018 Driving a 2015 Chevy Silverado