As I drove into Putnam, Connecticut in my 1972 Volkswagen Bus, brisk air drifted through my window and crimson gold leaves crunched under the tires. A scenic drive through winding farm roads led me here and Cargill Falls with its cascading river water welcomed me into town. About an hour drive from Boston, shop windows along Main Street were decorated with stacked pumpkins and copper objects and gears in celebration of Putnam’s October 4 Steampunk Festival. Galleries, antique shops and street art give this town an artsy, yet vintage flair, and autumn is the perfect time to explore it. To begin the journey with a coffee, espresso, latte or hot cider from Woodstock Orchards, head to Victoria Station Café located at 91 Main Street. Its draped curtains and spiral staircase give a classic feel to this family-owned establishment and the full skeleton at the bar adds Halloween eeriness. In … [Read more...] about A Wanderlust Journey Through Eccentric Putnam, Connecticut
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The Hub Theatre Company of Boston presents Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café
By James Foritano Boston, MA - I don’t remember seeing so many bodies strewn over a stage, in this case a small, intimate stage, unless, say, I was attending a Shakespearian tragedy — Hamlet comes bloodily to mind — as I recently saw at the Hub Theatre Company of Boston’s presentation of Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café. Perhaps more aptly, it seemed to reignite my own Cowboys and Indians fantasies from when, as a child of the 1950’s, I spotted a villain behind every bolster, slew them with arrow, bullet and war club, et al., only to resurrect them to tussle again. Such delicious slaughter I thought I had to put away with childish things, but now, as a man and roving critic, a little get-up-and-go and much good luck picked us off the sofa and transported myself and wife to a tight little production by the Hub Theater Company of six feisty playlets by Israel … [Read more...] about The Hub Theatre Company of Boston presents Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café