With a love of singing and comforting others through song, the all-volunteer members of Threshold Choir attend the bedsides of people on the threshold of the end of life – those who are in hospitals or hospice.

Eighty years. With the exception of one year (i.e., Covid) the Simsbury Light Opera Company (SLOCO) has put on a production every year for 80 years with Gilbert & Sullivan operettas as its primary choice of shows.

Once again, the extraordinary talent of Hall High School’s Pops ‘n Jazz players went unmatched last month, as the more than 100 student performers from the school's Concert Jazz Band, Jazz Band II, Jazz Dancers, Choraliers (singers), and Giovani Solisti (string players) showcased what they do best.

These are just a few of the subjects touched on in “The Nutmeg Anthology: Contemporary Poems of Connecticut,” out in time to celebrate National Poetry Month. The collection, published by Grayson Books, contains 70 poems by students, teachers, state poet laureates and others who love to write poetry. Publisher Ginny Connor had been thinking about putting the anthology for quite some time. “I love Connecticut,” she said. “I wanted contemporary poems, but some are historical, so

Daniel Bailey is currently working on a baby cradle for an expecting family. This one-of-a-kind piece, made entirely by hand using Port Orford wood, will likely be passed down through future generations born into the family that commissioned it.

Harmony is the positive result that most of seek when we come together in friendship, fellowship and especially in music. During these turbulent times, harmony is difficult to find, but the Sound of New England Chorus offers the musical beauty of female voices singing together a capella in four-part harmony on a regular basis.