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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 16h

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Transgender History and Connecticut Transgender Pioneer Dr. Alan L. Hart

Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the st...

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 1d

We’re at nearly 50% of our goal with one week to go. Signed copy of a Mark Twain bio; Yard Goats tickets; theater tickets; CT artists’ creations, jewelry, and more! Bid now and keep our free podcast going! secure.qgiv.com/event/connec...

Connecticut Explored, Inc.

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Grating the Nutmeg @gratingthenutmeg.bsky.social · 2d

Button production in #Cheshire was part of CT’s pioneering role in the precision manufacturing revolution of the nineteenth century. We find out more with our guests Elizabeth Fox and Agnes Wnuk of Ball & Socket Arts.

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 2d

Where I live.

Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 2d

A virtual program on Zoom
Start Date/Time
Wed, Oct 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT
Email us [email protected] Call us at 8608680518
Please join our virtual book club, "As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature." This is a free event, but donations are appreciated. This event will NOT be recorded.

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 2d

Remembering Sowheag, Wawarme, Sequasson, Turramuggus, Towhishke, Seppunamo, Wesumpsha, Sawoppin, Asquasuttock, Pampenum, Hannah & Sarah Onepenny, Scipio Twoshoes, Massacup, Coiquos, Cushoy, Nanamaroos, Seanna, Seacott, Mamoosen, Peter Sanchuse, Long Simon, Montowese, & Jonathan Palmer & descendants

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoy a Hartford Yard Goats game in style with this VIP package for4! Includes box office seats behind home plate & VIP access to the exclusive “YG Club.” Bid here & help us bring you Grating the Nutmeg podcast every 2 weeks:
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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoy this beautiful mid-century modern package including 2 autographed books & a handmade needlepoint pillow that's perfect for your mid-century room! Bid now to help us bring you Grating the Nutmeg, CT's history podcast, every 2 weeks secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/498392

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 4d

Connecticut Explored will be there!

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 4d

Well, here's the official Oxford University workshop schedule. It’s my last academic hurrah. I examine Native legal ideas and practices in pre-1815 northeast North America.

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Reimagining Indigenous Legal History: New Methods

Reimagining Indigenous Legal History: New Methods and Approaches workshop, Corpus Christi College

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 4d

Our #GratingtheNutmeg ad is in Lesbian Connection this month!

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 5d

Wangunk History Film Screening, Talk & Symposium: Fri, Oct 24, 2025 (4:30 pm); Sat, Oct 25 (8:30 am - 5:30 pm): Film Screening w/ Reception (Fri, 10/24) & Symposium (Sat, 10/25) "Emerging From Erasure: Indigenous & Settler Colonial Histories Of The Wangunk People" Wesleyan Univ Free & Open To Public

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 6d

Treat yourself to something beautiful and help a great cause in our GTN online benefit auction, live now!

Bid here on this bedazzling piece from Becker's Diamonds & Fine Jewelry and help us to continue bringing you CT's history podcast every two weeks:
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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 7d

Our state’s history is fascinating! Ask the more than 2000 listeners who download episodes each month! Let’s keep GTN free. Check out our online auction and help us raise $7500 to keep the podcast accessible to all.
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Grating the Nutmeg @gratingthenutmeg.bsky.social · 9d

We love telling the stories of Connecticut’s past on GTN! We need your support - bid on some items in our annual online auction!

Bids are now live on these two pieces of stunning handmade pottery by Gary Red Oak O'Neil.

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 15d

Support Grating the Nutmeg in our 2nd annual auction, a fundraiser for our award-winning CT history podcast. Win 4 passes to Mark Twain House & Museum, autographed copy of Ron Chernow’s Twain bio, a book on ghosts of the home + copy of the Hog River Journal.

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 10d

Wesleyan University is hosting the symposium, free & open to the public. The event includes new research presented by: Paul Grant-Costa, Sarah Sportman, Alice King, Thomas Wickman, Vicki Welch, Lucianne Lavin, Jim Sarbaugh, Katherine Hermes, and Alexandra Maravel.
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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 15d

Support Grating the Nutmeg in our 2nd annual auction, a fundraiser for our award-winning CT history podcast. Win 4 passes to Mark Twain House & Museum, autographed copy of Ron Chernow’s Twain bio, a book on ghosts of the home + copy of the Hog River Journal.

Bid now: secure.qgiv.com/event/connec...

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 17d

Our 2nd annual GTN online auction is LIVE! The Shore Line Trolley Museum Package = 4 guest passes, the book "Paved Roads & Public Money: CT Transportation in the Age of Internal Combustion"+ our fall 2025 issue of CTExplored!

Bid now secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/item/498535

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 18d

The Institute for American Indian Studies (IAIS), a museum and research center located in Washington, CT, seeks an Executive Director to lead the organization. Founded in 1975 as the American Indian Archaeological Institute. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69099/i...

Institute for American Indian Studies - Executive Director | H-Net

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · 24d

The Present from the Start Conference at Eastern Connecticut State University yesterday was fantastic. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Catherine Johnson Adams, set the tone with her talk and we kept soaring!

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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · Sep 15

“…hosted by Wesleyan’s Center for the Humanities/co-sponsored by the Middlesex County Historical Society, w/support: Wintman Family Endowed Lecture Series; Deans of the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences; American Studies; Anthropology; Indigenous Studies Research Network.”

Emerging from Erasure: Indigenous and Settler Colonial Histories of the Wangunk People — a Symposium

Join us for a multi-day history symposium focusing on the Wangunk, the Indigenous people of central Connecticut. We begin on Friday with the openin...

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Institute for American Indian Studies (IAIS), a museum and research center located in Washington, Connecticut, seeks an Executive Director to lead the organization, providing vision to accomplish the mission and strategic goals of the organization.

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Institute for American Indian Studies - Executive Director | H-Net

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Kathy Hermes @ctexplored.bsky.social · Sep 15

PRESENT FROM THE START: PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONNECTICUT’S REVOLUTIONARY ERA, 1763-1836

Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St, Willimantic, CT
Sept. 20, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The conference is open to the public. The draft program is available at www.ctexplored.org/program-pres...

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Grating the Nutmeg @gratingthenutmeg.bsky.social · Aug 26

In our latest #GTN, we dive into the life of artist and author Maurice Sendak, winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, who lived in #Ridgefield with his partner Dr. Eugene Glynn for over 50 years. Listen: www.ctexplored.org/sendakpod/

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