LIFE

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.

At the bi-monthly Anime Club at the Noah Webster Library, the stakes are high during a game of Jeopardy. Like the popular television show, the categories—Character Themes, Things That Start with “D”, Backgrounds, Whose Weapon Is This?, and Guess the Logo—get progressively harder as the value of the money goes up.

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.

Louis Armstrong played coronet, not trumpet, until he joined the Fletcher Henderson Band at age 23. The bandleader took one look at his coronet and sent him off with a fellow band member to get a trumpet to better blend with the Henderson orchestra's brass section.

Sharing holiday recipes isn’t just limited to the end of the year. With Passover and Easter just around the corner, we asked two local caterers to share something delicious with us. They provided us with recipes for two delicious, sweet dishes.

These are the members of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce’s Future Leaders of West Hartford’s vibrant young community, for the 40-ish and under crowd. The group is “dedicated to supporting the growth of young professionals through meaningful connections, leadership development, and community engagement,” according to the Chamber’s website. And at the core of the group is a monthly lunch at a Chamber-member restaurant, where everyone can relax and get to know each other

Teri Leonard Michaud, writer, teacher and one of seven children in her multi-generation family, wishes her mother Rita had lived long enough to read Teri’s memoir about the remarkable woman who found a way to raise her children by herself, despite long odds. Her book “Where Are All The Kids?” chronicles her family’s survival from the year shortly after she was born.

Each year Mock Trial Team students at Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford argue a legal case to compete with other teams in front of real judges. The competition represents months of work because each student team must argue against both sides of a case (prosecution and defense) as attorneys and witnesses.