History

Connecticut’s textile industry, dependent on the labor of enslaved Black people, fueled northern support for the preservation of slavery. However, the Amistad’s arrival began to change sentiments on slavery throughout New London.

The Nu Haven Kapelye performs Christmas Day in Hamden.

This "classic woodie" was built in 1926 and has since become infamous amoung coaster-lovers for its notoriously bumpy ride.

The painter, born in Colebrook, Connecticut, was self-taught and would only gain recognition for his work almost a century after his death. A new play imagines one chapter of his life.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: recipes. We talk with someone who makes recipes found on gravestones, consider what makes an effective recipe, and discuss the history of the modern recipe.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose looks at the SAG-AFTRA strike, the new Emmy Award nominations, and James Gunn’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.’

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look ‘back’ at the science, history, and culture of butts.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose looks at Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ and continued online obsession with the OceanGate Titan disaster.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at episode recaps and why we need them.

Has everything original been done in the arts? This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at that question, the idea of originality, and our tolerance for novelty.