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Congressman Larson Secures More Than $6 Million in Funding for First District Organizations
10 projects in the First District will receive more than $6 million in the federal funding package that passed the House…
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Photos: Hartbeat Music Festival 2021
The fourth annual Hartbeat Music Festival was an amazing day of local music, art, and so much more. Thanks so much to all who attended, performed, volunteered, and to the Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation, the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Lincoln Financial Group, the Connecticut Science Center for their support of this event.
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Riverfront Asian Festival
We celebrated Asian and Pacific Island cultures through traditional music and dance, hands-on arts activities, food, and martial arts at the Riverfront Asian Festival at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza on Saturday, August 21.
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Request for Qualifications from Artists Open Through September 30
Riverfront Recapture and the Joe Marfuggi Riverwalk Public Art Committee have opened a Request for Qualifications to identify artists interested in developing site-specific permanent artwork to be installed along the Joe Marfuggi Riverwalk.
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Taste of the Caribbean + Jerk Festival 2021
The Taste of the Caribbean + Jerk Festival brought a festive Caribbean atmosphere to the riverfront during a free, day-long, family-friendly festival with authentic Caribbean cuisine, cool island beverages, spectacular costumes and dance, and island rhythms.
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Art & More Along the Joe Marfuggi Riverwalk
Joe Marfuggi’s lasting legacy of uniting the region and the riverfront continues to endure. We are so pleased to announce the plans to honor Joe all along the Joe Marfuggi Riverwalk, not just in its name but also through public art installations and visual storytelling.
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Hartford Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts Raise Flag in Charter Oak Landing
Members of Hartford’s Girl Scouts Troop 10036 and Boy Scouts Troop 2 worked together to raise the flag in Charter Oak Landing.
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Riverfront Recapture Awarded 1.2 Million Dollar Grant
Riverfront Recapture has been awarded a 1.2 million dollar grant from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s Brownfield Remediation Program.
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East Hartford Veterans Raise Flag in Great River Park
Laurie Bastarache, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War, raised the flag on our newly installed flagpole in Great River Park.
Questions about our parks & programs? Contact Tara Cantor, Director of Communications & Marketing by email or at (860) 986-8553.Â