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THE SELF-TAUGHT GARDENER: Grow a garden IRL (In Real Life)

For parents teaching their children to garden, it is hard to compete with the apps on their tablets and phones, such as “Farmville” and “Grow A Garden,” that grow plants and communities seemingly overnight.

AUDIOBOOKS: African-American authors

Here are four audiobooks written by African-American authors.

Alan Chartock: Democrats are their own worst enemy

A young liberal group styled after AOC has decided to oust the Democratic lions in the House by taking them on in primaries.

Bits & Bytes: BBG Bulb Show; ‘Gypsy Davy’ album release; awards for ‘Charley’s Horse’; mindful eating class

The Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training program uses mindfulness meditation, eating exercises, instruction and self-reflection to cultivate awareness and help repair the relationship an individual has with food.

Evelyn Hatfield, 77, of Sheffield

Elegant and graceful like her favorite animal in Africa, the giraffe, she “dared to be different.”

Amplifications: Water, a diminishing resource

According to Water.org, one in nine people lack access to fresh water. Think about that. There are approximately 7.7 billion people on the planet.

THEATRE REVIEW: WTF’s ‘Dangerous House’ is tautly written, skilled storytelling

Everything about “Dangerous House” is clean, straightforward and uncluttered. Playwright Silverman neither preaches nor condescends.

THEATRE REVIEW: WTF’s ‘Dangerous House’ should be seen everywhere for as long as possible

The 85-minute one-act play is rich and rewarding in so many ways; the characters are fascinating and the actors are extraordinary as directed by a marvelous director on a functional and inventive set.

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘A Lesson From Aloes’ at Hartford Stage, subtle and powerful

Under the impeccable direction of Darko Tresnjak with a superb cast, there might not be a finer production than what is poignantly achieved at the Hartford Stage.

Mary Carswell, 84, of New York City

During her tenure on the Clark Art Institute board beginning in 1992, she was deeply involved at the museum and was an early supporter of the institute’s major expansion that included two buildings by architect Tadao Ando.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Snow covers

Our Self-Taught Gardener muses about how a persistent snow cover enables exotic plants to grow in unusual northern climes.

Thank you, President Trump

They say a movement starts with a whisper. Well, people are shouting now throughout the world, despite the president and his cronies.

PROFILE: Susie Weekes-Roeder is building a school in South Africa

When Susie Weekes-Roeder isn’t managing her Berkshire-based staging business or co-chairing local drives as a Construct board member, she’s tackling her most inspired undertaking yet: founding the Indwe Learning Center in Illovo, South Africa, adjacent to the Mother of Peace orphanage.
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