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The Beat of the Street (Hartford’s street newspaper, which has grown from a handful of readers to 5,500 monthly subscriptions, is looking to raise some money for their BOTS (Beat of the Street) Pots. The pots include vegetables planted in pots around Hartford, free for the taking. The pots program (all of this is part …

Sal Pinna is going to perform at an upcoming graduation

This is a long name, but here goes: Charter Oak Cultural Center’s Beat of the Street Center for Creative Learning is having their graduation on Thursday, and Sal Pinna, who recently got housed after 20 years of homelessness, is going to perform. The keynote and the benediction are being given by two of Hartford’s titans …

What if instead of planting flowers, cities planted vegetables?

And then people who needed to could take those veggies for free? Hartford’s Charter Oak Cultural Center‘s doing just that. The brainchild of 21-year old center intern, Ethan Burke, the idea is to fill planters with growing vegetables, train people to care for them, and then offer the veggies to people who need them. The …