Kathy Hermes
@ctexplored.bsky.social
Publisher, Connecticut Explored magazine, and Grating the Nutmeg, podcast, all about Connecticut history. Emerita, CCSU. AB, UCI 85; JD, Duke 92; PhD, Yale 95.
November 1, All Saints Day, Portland, CT, Rosebud.
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
November 1, All Saints Day, Portland, CT, Rosebud.
Please join the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society for a fascinating look
at the Declaration of Independence, with Dr. Matt Warshauer, Professor of History
at Central Connecticut State University.
Wednesday, November 12 – 6:30-8:30 – CT’s Old State House
at the Declaration of Independence, with Dr. Matt Warshauer, Professor of History
at Central Connecticut State University.
Wednesday, November 12 – 6:30-8:30 – CT’s Old State House
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Please join the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society for a fascinating look
at the Declaration of Independence, with Dr. Matt Warshauer, Professor of History
at Central Connecticut State University.
Wednesday, November 12 – 6:30-8:30 – CT’s Old State House
at the Declaration of Independence, with Dr. Matt Warshauer, Professor of History
at Central Connecticut State University.
Wednesday, November 12 – 6:30-8:30 – CT’s Old State House
Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts presents a performance that fuses Indigenous tradition, contemporary sound, & powerful storytelling, live on Tues. Nov 11 at 7 p.m. He is a groundbreaking Indigenous artist whose performances blend hip-hop, traditional dance, flute, & drum.
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts presents a performance that fuses Indigenous tradition, contemporary sound, & powerful storytelling, live on Tues. Nov 11 at 7 p.m. He is a groundbreaking Indigenous artist whose performances blend hip-hop, traditional dance, flute, & drum.
Join Connecticut Explored and lots of other vendors and funseekers at the Saukiog Festival today in Windsor, CT.
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join Connecticut Explored and lots of other vendors and funseekers at the Saukiog Festival today in Windsor, CT.
Saukog 6th Annual Harvest Festival on October 25th! Join us for a day of culture, music, and tradition. The event will feature delicious roasted corn and good medicine. It will be held at Keney Park Sustainability Project 183 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Saukog 6th Annual Harvest Festival on October 25th! Join us for a day of culture, music, and tradition. The event will feature delicious roasted corn and good medicine. It will be held at Keney Park Sustainability Project 183 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
Fri, Oct 24 & Sat. Oct. 25, Wesleyan's Center for the Humanities is hosting a symposium that will focus on the Wangunk people of central CT. Open to the public, & held during Homecoming and Family Weekend For info www.wesleyan.edu/humanities.
#history #nativeamerican #highereducation #conference
#history #nativeamerican #highereducation #conference
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Fri, Oct 24 & Sat. Oct. 25, Wesleyan's Center for the Humanities is hosting a symposium that will focus on the Wangunk people of central CT. Open to the public, & held during Homecoming and Family Weekend For info www.wesleyan.edu/humanities.
#history #nativeamerican #highereducation #conference
#history #nativeamerican #highereducation #conference
Connecticut Explored is at the CT Council for Social Studies conference at Central CT State University. Stop by if you’re there!
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Connecticut Explored is at the CT Council for Social Studies conference at Central CT State University. Stop by if you’re there!
New Grating the Nutmeg Podcast! ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/
explore trans history over the last 100 years w/ Dr. Susan Stryker & the life of Dr. Alan L. Hart a trans medical doctor working on tuberculosis. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker author of Transgender History, the Root of Today’s Revolution
explore trans history over the last 100 years w/ Dr. Susan Stryker & the life of Dr. Alan L. Hart a trans medical doctor working on tuberculosis. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker author of Transgender History, the Root of Today’s Revolution
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
New Grating the Nutmeg Podcast! ctexplored.org/thstryhartpod/
explore trans history over the last 100 years w/ Dr. Susan Stryker & the life of Dr. Alan L. Hart a trans medical doctor working on tuberculosis. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker author of Transgender History, the Root of Today’s Revolution
explore trans history over the last 100 years w/ Dr. Susan Stryker & the life of Dr. Alan L. Hart a trans medical doctor working on tuberculosis. Our guest is Dr. Susan Stryker author of Transgender History, the Root of Today’s Revolution
Show your love of Connecticut history - our second annual #GTN online benefit auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast. Auction ends this Saturday, Oct. 18!
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October 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Show your love of Connecticut history - our second annual #GTN online benefit auction is the largest fundraiser of the year for our award-winning CT history podcast. Auction ends this Saturday, Oct. 18!
See all the amazing deals: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/
See all the amazing deals: secure.qgiv.com/event/connecticutexploredincauction/
A virtual program on Zoom
Start Date/Time
Wed, Oct 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT
Email us events@iaismuseum.org 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.
Start Date/Time
Wed, Oct 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT
Email us events@iaismuseum.org 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.
October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A virtual program on Zoom
Start Date/Time
Wed, Oct 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT
Email us events@iaismuseum.org 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.
Start Date/Time
Wed, Oct 29, 2025 7:00 PM EDT
Email us events@iaismuseum.org 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.
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
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
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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October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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
Connecticut Explored will be there!
October 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Connecticut Explored will be there!
Our #GratingtheNutmeg ad is in Lesbian Connection this month!
October 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our #GratingtheNutmeg ad is in Lesbian Connection this month!
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
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
Treat yourself to something beautiful and help a great cause in our GTN online benefit auction, live now!
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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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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October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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.
events.wesleyan.edu/event/wangun...
events.wesleyan.edu/event/wangun...
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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September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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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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!
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September 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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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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!
September 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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!
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...
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...
September 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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...
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...
On Sept. 6, 2025, Connecticut Explored's publisher Kathy Hermes will present "Working for the Revolution: Women in Revolutionary Connecticut" at the Huntington Homestead Museum, 36 Huntington Rd., Scotland, CT. It's going to be a full day of history about the the women who helped form our nation!
September 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
On Sept. 6, 2025, Connecticut Explored's publisher Kathy Hermes will present "Working for the Revolution: Women in Revolutionary Connecticut" at the Huntington Homestead Museum, 36 Huntington Rd., Scotland, CT. It's going to be a full day of history about the the women who helped form our nation!