LIFE

Many business owners use superlatives in their company names to boast about their product or service. Not Ann Lennon. The tongue-in-cheek name of her pottery business is The Lazy Potter. “I’m kind of lazy. It’s not like I’m out here every day making a ton of product. It’s just not my personality. I want to go hang out with the grandkids,” she said.

John McCarthy is no one hit wonder. In fact, his resume rocks. He is a big-picture thinker, problem solver, and influencer. This musician, educator and entrepreneur will soon open his third branch of Rock House School of Music in Rocky Hill.

Art lovers had a field day at the WeHa Artists Emporium’s Art Stop on August 29. Eleven local artists set up outdoors for a beautiful day of talking art, buying art and selling art. There was an eclectic mix of media, including jewelry, paintings, ceramics, glass art, textiles, cookbooks, Henna art, and more.

There’s a lot of fun packed into the new week-long celebration being hosted by the Mandell JCC. JLive is the first ever live arts festival, and it’s about creativity, community, and culture. Running from October 18-25, the week of offerings is designed for all ages and everyone, from all races and religions, is welcome, according to JCC Arts & Culture Director Ephi Stempler. A West Hartford native and former teacher, he grew up in the JCC community and is thrilled to be back

In an old mill building at 90 Whiting Street in Winsted, you can explore a stunning, 120-foot-long, five-story mural that took artist Ellen Griesedieck 22 years to build. It's part of the American Mural Project (AMP), which opened to the public in 2022.

Like many teenagers, music shaped much of my life through high school. I studied album covers, memorized lyrics, and reflected on the depth and brilliance of my favorite artists.

On Saturday, September 12, 2026, that tradition returns as Favarh – The Arc of the Farmington Valley presents the annual Mike DelGuidice Under the Stars Benefit Concert, a benefit concert, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center.

A Newington resident has engineered a side hustle that’s really something to bark about. Martha Harris, a civil engineer who works in Glastonbury, launched Petal N Paw Prints in 2023 and business has been blooming ever since.