Category Archives: Hartford Heritage

Hartford Heritage Challenge: Gifts For Annual Black Studies Lecture Will Be Matched

Posted on July 24, 2021 by @ Capital

Project Focuses On Abolitionist Leader Of Historic Talcott Street Church An annual lecture on racial justice planned as part of a new exhibit and curriculum project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will be supported by the … Continue reading →

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Capital Community College Gets NEH Grant For Black History Focusing On Historic Downtown Church

Posted on December 18, 2020 by @ Capital

Capital Community College (CCC) is the recipient of a $149,426 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant focusing on the history and people of Hartford’s historic Talcott Street Church and Black School. The Humanities Initiative award, part of Capital’s Hartford … Continue reading →

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Local History: Hartford’s “Forgotten Legacy” Of Painting And Sculpture Topic At April 26th Public Lecture

Posted on April 8, 2018 by @ Capital

“A Forgotten Legacy: The Hartford Art World, 1800-1950” is the topic of  a fourth local history lecture at Capital Community College on Thursday, April 26th. The lecture, free and open to the public, is the last of four talks in … Continue reading →

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Local History: Philanthropy, 19th Century Hartford Are Topics At Capital Community College Public Lecture March 22nd

Posted on March 8, 2018 by @ Capital

Trinity College’s Andrew Walsh, Ph.D, will present an illustrated lecture entitled “‘For Our City’s Welfare’ : Protestants, Philanthropy and the Contest Over Local Identity in 19th Century Hartford” on Thursday, March 22nd, at Capital Community College (CCC). The lecture, open … Continue reading →

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Town & Legislative Forum To Be Held At Capital’s Downtown Campus Wednesday, March 7th

Posted on February 12, 2018 by @ Capital

The Capital Community College Foundation & Advisory Council will host a Town and Legislative Forum on Wednesday March 7th from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the campus’ Walter J. Markiewicz Community Room, 950 Main Street in downtown Hartford. State legislators … Continue reading →

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College Presents Black History Talk in New Lecture Series

Posted on February 12, 2018 by @ Capital

In 2010, Capital Community College established the Hartford Heritage Project (HHP), the first place-based curriculum at a Connecticut college or university.  The HHP connects course content to the world class art, history, and theaters at the college’s doorstep. This year, … Continue reading →

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Local History: Lecture Series Begins January 25th At Capital’s Centinel Hill Hall Auditorium

Posted on January 14, 2018 by @ Capital

Historian William Hosley will lead off Capital Community College’s Hartford Studies Lecture and Discussion Series on Thursday evening January 25th at the 950 Main Street at historic Centinel Hill Hall auditorium on the campus. The public lecture, focusing on the … Continue reading →

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Lunchtime Lectures: Political Cartoonist Bob Englehart (March 23), Remembering G. Fox (March 30) At Centinel Hill Hall

Posted on March 11, 2017 by @ Capital

Centinel Hill Hall at Capital Community College Political commentary and the lasting impact of Hartford’s G. Fox & Company Department Store are topics at two public brown bag lunch lectures in March at Capital Community College. Bob Englehart Thursday, March … Continue reading →

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Remembering G. Fox & Company Is Topic at Capital Community College’s Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Thursday, March 30th

Posted on February 28, 2017 by @ Capital

  “Remembering G. Fox & Company” will be the topic at a public Brown Bag Lunch presentation at Capital Community College’s Centinel Hill Hall on Thursday, March 30th, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The College and the Connecticut Historical Society … Continue reading →

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Humanities Chair Jeff Partridge Appointed To State Historic Preservation Council

Posted on July 6, 2016 by @ Capital

Jeffrey F.L. Partridge, Ph.D, Capital Community College’s Chair of Humanities, has been appointed a member of the Connecticut Historic Preservation Council by Governor Dannel P. Malloy. Partridge, an English professor and Director of the College’s Hartford Heritage Project, was appointed to the … Continue reading →

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