Hartford OPEN Studio this weekend!

Great art event this weekend in Hartford! The yearly OPEN STUDIO HARTFORD, which allows us to visit the studios of local artists to see their works and workspace. The event kicks off tonight with a party at ArtSpace, 555 Asylum Ave.

Enjoy music, food, drink and works of art from the 2009 Open Studio Hartford artists! The Group Show is open for the first two weeks of November and throughout Open Studio Hartford weekend. Show features one piece from each Open Studio artist.

Support local artists and check it out!

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Worms!

From l to r: Linda Napoletano, Colin McEnroe, and Steve Mitchell as Worm(us)

I've been a wee bit lackadaisical in posting these past few weeks due to, in this order, a week of rehearsals for the production of DIRT (watch a snippet here), then getting sick for another week, the Hartford International Film Festival, and now a week of catch up at work and on my side video projects. Sorry! I'll try to get my act together, but please bare with me. Meanwhile, do check out the singing worm video (from the rehearsals). It was a great show.

Oh, did I mention that I'm writing a novel as part of National Novel Writing Month? Yeah, there's that to.

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Testing Flickr 2 Twitter

Testing Flickr 2 Twitter, originally uploaded by Mira Hartford.

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PHH: God Save the Gov'r, and her fascist sweaters!

Woke up this morning to find out that the Jubilee was over; Govmother Rell wouldn't be seeking out another term. The Democrats sighed a collective sigh of a relief, while the Republicans now realize they might have to work to put someone in place that looks as sweet and innocent in a sweater and scarf so that we taxpayers feel all cozy, even when budgets aren't passed and services are further cut and our schools aren't funded. But, look at her, she looks like a fairy godmother, how can you be mad at her? To be fair, after Unca John Rowland, was it nice to just have a sweet grandmum watching over the Capitol? I mean, we didn't have to deal with any major scandals with her in office? Sure, Bill Curry would have been better earlier, and perhaps big John Destefano would have served us well, but really, didn't we just want to be cozy, under the watch of our govmother? And so, the quest will begin for CTGOP Chair Chris Healy to find someone that will make us feel all warm and gooey when we step into the voting machine in 2010 so that he can proudly proclaim that his GOP victory was a mandate from the people against President Obama.

But let us send Governor Rell on her way with some love from this simple troubador:

Gov was the queen
The sweater regime
John left her a gov'nor
The Corrupt A-hole

God save the Gov
She ain't no Sarah Palin
There is a future
In Connecticut's dreamin

Don't be sold what GOP want
Don't be sold what Dem need
There's no future, no future,
No future for C-T

God save the Gov'
We mean it man
C-T loves our Gov'
Gov shaves (the budget)

God save the Gov
'Cause tourists are money
But our govmother
Is not Lisa Moody, luv

Oh Gov saved our arse
God saved your mad hot tub
Oh John Rowland got mercy
All contracts were paid

When there's no future
She'll say what she means
We're the flowers in her sweater
We're the numbers in your voting machine
We're the future, your future

God save the Gov'
We mean it man
CT loves our Gov'
Gov shaves

God save the Gov'nor
We mean it man
And there is no future
In Hartford's dreaming

No curly fries, no pitchers,
No future for Moody
No curly fries, no pitchers,
No future for Healy

At Red Rock, At 9:30 pm
No future for PHH
No curly fries, no pitchers,
For you

(it was punk rock, it don't need no rhyme, maaaaaan! No apologies to Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook)

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