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Kathy Hermes
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Publisher, Connecticut Explored magazine, and Grating the Nutmeg, podcast, all about Connecticut history. Emerita, CCSU. AB, UCI 85; JD, Duke 92; PhD, Yale 95.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our new issue is out! Stories and Storytellers is in the mail for subscribers. Want a copy? Subscribe now with our GIFT25 promo code and get a reduced price! simplecirc.com/subscribe/co...
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
November 1, All Saints Day, Portland, CT, Rosebud.
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Please join the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society for a fascinating look
at the Declaration of Independence, with Dr. Matt Warshauer, Professor of History
at Central Connecticut State University.
Wednesday, November 12 – 6:30-8:30 – CT’s Old State House
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts presents a performance that fuses Indigenous tradition, contemporary sound, & powerful storytelling, live on Tues. Nov 11 at 7 p.m. He is a groundbreaking Indigenous artist whose performances blend hip-hop, traditional dance, flute, & drum.
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join Connecticut Explored and lots of other vendors and funseekers at the Saukiog Festival today in Windsor, CT.
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Saukog 6th Annual Harvest Festival on October 25th! Join us for a day of culture, music, and tradition. The event will feature delicious roasted corn and good medicine. It will be held at Keney Park Sustainability Project 183 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fri, Oct 24 & Sat. Oct. 25, Wesleyan's Center for the Humanities is hosting a symposium that will focus on the Wangunk people of central CT. Open to the public, & held during Homecoming and Family Weekend For info www.wesleyan.edu/humanities.
#history #nativeamerican #highereducation #conference
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
October 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Connecticut Explored is at the CT Council for Social Studies conference at Central CT State University. Stop by if you’re there!
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New Grating the Nutmeg Podcast! ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/
explore trans history over the last 100 years w/ Dr. Susan Stryker & the life of Dr. Alan L. Hart a trans medical doctor working on tuberculosis. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker author of Transgender History, the Root of Today’s Revolution
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Show your love of Connecticut history - our second annual #GTN online benefit auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast. Auction ends this Saturday, Oct. 18!

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October 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Where I live.
October 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A virtual program on Zoom
Start Date/Time
Wed, Oct 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT
Email us [email protected] Call us at 8608680518
Please join our virtual book club, "As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature." This is a free event, but donations are appreciated. This event will NOT be recorded.
October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Remembering Sowheag, Wawarme, Sequasson, Turramuggus, Towhishke, Seppunamo, Wesumpsha, Sawoppin, Asquasuttock, Pampenum, Hannah & Sarah Onepenny, Scipio Twoshoes, Massacup, Coiquos, Cushoy, Nanamaroos, Seanna, Seacott, Mamoosen, Peter Sanchuse, Long Simon, Montowese, & Jonathan Palmer & descendants
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Enjoy a Hartford Yard Goats game in style with this VIP package for4! Includes box office seats behind home plate & VIP access to the exclusive “YG Club.” Bid here & help us bring you Grating the Nutmeg podcast every 2 weeks:
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October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Connecticut Explored will be there!
October 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our #GratingtheNutmeg ad is in Lesbian Connection this month!
October 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Wangunk History Film Screening, Talk & Symposium: Fri, Oct 24, 2025 (4:30 pm); Sat, Oct 25 (8:30 am - 5:30 pm): Film Screening w/ Reception (Fri, 10/24) & Symposium (Sat, 10/25) "Emerging From Erasure: Indigenous & Settler Colonial Histories Of The Wangunk People" Wesleyan Univ Free & Open To Public
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Wesleyan University is hosting the symposium, free & open to the public. The event includes new research presented by: Paul Grant-Costa, Sarah Sportman, Alice King, Thomas Wickman, Vicki Welch, Lucianne Lavin, Jim Sarbaugh, Katherine Hermes, and Alexandra Maravel.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM