Van Gogh on a Banjo
June 21, 2008 //
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I came across this really cool "BanGogh" while checking out the Westport River Gallery blog this morning. It's an original painting on a real banjo by American artist Mona Brown. The work is being offered for $700 at the gallery and will "benefit a deserving student who is going into the field of art". If interested, stop down at the gallery in Westport, CT or call 1-203-226-6934.
And just a note for CT residents: if you're interested in seeing the original Starry Night by Van Gogh, you can find it at the Yale University Art Gallery from now until early September 7th.
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Try something new
March 25, 2008 //
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It's always nice to get out and try something new instead of following the same old routine. I did a bit of that on Saturday and Sunday. My friend Mindy and I went into New Haven to check out the Yale Art Gallery. I was a bit surprised by the amount of famous artworks featured their permanent collection. I spent years working directly across the street and I never had any clue they were there. The gallery is free to the public and absolutely worth your time if you've never been there.
Aside from the gallery, we met up with our friend Kam for some lunch at the Educated Burgher, drove up to East Rock, and ventured down to the coastline to check out Fort Nathan Hale.
The day's adventures got me thinking. There are so many things to do around Connecticut that many people my age never seem to think of doing. I wonder if maybe they simply don't know about them. I frequently hear complaints that "Connecticut sucks" or have people tell me they can't go out because they're low on money. Well aside from my lunch and gas, everything I did on Saturday was free. It doesn't cost a penny to go to a park or the beach. Museums and galleries rarely charge for admission and if they do it's a few dollars at the most. There's so many things to do on a weekend aside from just going to a bar every Friday night at 10.
We live in a great state. It's filled with cultural, historical, and recreational attractions. Its proximity to New York, Massachussets and Rhode Island make it even better. There's tons of great places to see and things to do that are all within a day's drive. So an idea I have is to start up a new blog that focuses on these sort of things. I have a few co-authors lined up, so it may be something we get going soon. The blog will feature strictly localized content. It's just an idea now, but I see this coming together in the near future. It needs a name. Any thoughts?
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Jenn's Clocks
March 17, 2008 //
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Jenn has begun selling handmade vinyl record memorabilia clocks at the Chef's Table in Fairfield, CT. She plans on setting up an online store in the near future, but in the meantime if you're interested in buying one you should head over to her website and send her an email or stop in at the Chef's Table and demand one pronto. Prices range from $15 to $25 and custom versions are available by request.
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Paul Rudolph's Temple Street Garage
December 02, 2007 //
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Not sure what it is... but I really like the the Temple Street Parking Garage in New Haven. The building next to it was recently demolished so it's become much more visible from the street. Now I'm stuck staring at it for about ten minutes every day as I sit in traffic on my drive into work, and it's slowly begun to grow on me.
The architect, Paul Rudolph, seems to gets a bad wrap from critics, and many in the public hate his work for being too impractical, cold, and oppressive. One of his building was even set on fire back in the 60's. As a result of all the resentment, many of the buildings he designed have been demolished in recent years.
I'm one of the few who tend to like his work. I couldn't tell you why, but I do. I guess it could be partly due to the fact that I used to work in one of his buildings. But who knows. I admit that I know very little about architecture so I have no authority on this whatsoever.
Anyway, the New Haven Advocate has a article on the garage this week. Check it out.
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Patrick Henri for Mayor of Ansonia
September 26, 2007 //
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Visit PatrickHenri.com for more info.
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My New Photo Blog
June 26, 2007 //
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I've gotten rid of the old photo albums and created a new photo blog in the Pictures section at http://seanhenri.com/albums/. The idea is to have at least one new photo a day. The photos will be tagged by name, subject matter, and date, allowing you to browse through photos by the tag of your choice. You can also leave comments. I've posted a bunch of pictures from the past several months to get it started. Check back daily for new ones!
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The new Southern News website
April 25, 2007 //
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I was hired to give SCSU's student newspaper's website a cleaner, more modern look and to keep it up to date with each new weekly edition. The previous website hadn't been updated since October, and it looked like it was designed in the mid-90's.
I think what I've come up with works very well. I tied in SCSU to the design by using the school's colors and by including the column of the school logo. I used a Gothic font for the first two letters in the banner but I didn't want it to feel too stiff, so I switched it over to a more simple serif font for the rest of the letters. I tried to make the articles very easy to read and the structure easy to navigate. I also tried to set it up in a way to encourage readers to leave feedback and to share the articles via Facebook and email.
So far I've gotten a lot of positive feedback and students seem to be using the site as I intended them too. We had over 1,000 visitors during the first day and the traffic has remained steady ever since. If you check it out please let me know what you think.
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New camera stuff
April 25, 2007 //
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I picked up some new camera lenses and did a little photo shoot the other night. I think we got some great shots. Going out to take some more this weekend hopefully. Here's the only one I happen to have handy at the moment. Still an interesting one I think. You can see Rudolph's Yale A&A building in the background.
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Southern News
March 25, 2007 //
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If you're a Southern student like I am, and you've been frustrated with the lack of updates to the newspaper's website (HIGHLY unlikely, I know), I'm happy to say that things are about to change. I'm the new Online Editor of the school's newpaper and I've begun to getting the site back up-to-date. From now on you can read all of the latest SCSU related news at http://snews.southernct.edu. But what I'm really excited about is the re-design I'm working on. You can expect a much better blog-style website in the near future.
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Paul
May 03, 2006 //
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By Melissa Korik.
She's a friend of a friend... this was sent to me in a comment on a previous post and I thought it was pretty cool.
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PCA Art Show Tonight
April 21, 2006 //
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Paier College of Art
Student Art Show and Sale
20 Gorham Avenue
Hamden, CT 06514
www.paiercollegeofart.edu
Reception:
Friday, April 21st 7PM - 10PM
Live Music, appetizers and refreshments.
Gallery Times
Saturday, April 22nd 1PM-5PM
Sunday, April 23rd 1PM-5PM
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