“Catman Bill” Katz grew up in Hartford in the 1950s and 1960s.  Within a few short years I purchased my first acoustic guitar and learned to play right-handed and I’m left-handed. He purchased his first acoustic guitar and learned to play right-handed (although left-handed) a few years after hearing a couple rehearsing across from his […]

Connecticut’s Old State House is pleased to participate in LONGWEEKEND, a city-wide festival where the City of Hartford takes center stagefrom Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5! Come celebrate history through thelenses of film, art, music, culture, and technology. It's a modern gatheringrooted in the place where America first learned to write itself into […]

An evening of history, oration & colonial “musick” marking America’s 250th birthday The Evening’s Program.   Where better to celebrate America’s 250th than Connecticut’s Old State House, the spot where Connecticut’s patriots conspired, debated, and dared to break with a crown? Step inside the historic courtroom — transformed into a colonial tavern alive with the […]

Connecticut’s Old State House is pleased to participate in LONGWEEKEND, a city-wide festival where the City of Hartford takes center stagefrom Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5! Come celebrate history through thelenses of film, art, music, culture, and technology. It's a modern gatheringrooted in the place where America first learned to write itself into […]

Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle develop and present theme-based music and history programs, performing    songs that give cultural insight into interesting times, places and events in American history.  Rick and Dawn carefully craft their vocals and accompaniment to sound as true to a song’s era or style as possible.  Their vast repertoire includes music […]

Connecticut’s Old State House is pleased to participate in LONGWEEKEND, a city-wide festival where the City of Hartford takes center stagefrom Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5! Come celebrate history through thelenses of film, art, music, culture, and technology. It's a modern gatheringrooted in the place where America first learned to write itself into […]

Connecticut’s Old State House is pleased to participate in LONGWEEKEND, a city-wide festival where the City of Hartford takes center stagefrom Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5! Come celebrate history through thelenses of film, art, music, culture, and technology. It's a modern gatheringrooted in the place where America first learned to write itself into […]