I'm Ann Nyberg, and I live for the "find." I'm constantly uncovering remarkable people and places in Connecticut. My passion is sharing these stories with you.
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The Victorian Lady and The Bubble Master
These two have the whole world in their hands, well actually in this case it’s a bubble. Meet Casey and Kandie Carle of East Haddam, Connecticut. Kandie is known as the Victorian Lady and Casey is a bubble guy and performs for audiences around the world in Bubble Mania. How did this married couple meet more than 20 years ago?… Continue reading
“It’s A Wonderful Life”~ A Live Radio Play
It’s pretty much Christmas year ’round for Bridgeport, Connecticut playwright, Joe Landry. Around the actual holidays things really get ramped up thanks to a play he wrote some twenty years ago.
Joe and his two siblings grew up in a household where the arts were favored. Joe’s Dad is an artist and his Mom loved the stage and she introduced… Continue reading
Katharine Hepburn’s Theater is Two Years Old!
Oh how far the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center has come in the two years she’s been in existence. Known as “The Kate” and located on Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, there have already been more than 400 shows at the venue under the leadership of its Executive Director, Chuck Still. As a founding board member I helped to… Continue reading
Live On Stage At Fairfield Theatre Company
The Fairfield Theatre Company in Fairfield, Connecticut has come a long way in ten years. It’s now a 3-million dollar non-profit organization with upwards of 200 shows a year.
What works for this arts venue is music and lots of it. Not only is there a 200 seat StageOne black box theatre, but the staff also programs the 1400-seat Klein… Continue reading
The Big Bank Musical
This was an amazing morning that I spent in the basement of the First United Methodist Church in Mystic, Connecticut. It doesn’t get much better than this. The folks in the room included the founder of Emerson Theater Collaborative, or ETC. Camilla Ross, an Emerson College grad, of Colchester, Connecticut has worked tirelessly to make this non-profit program work. Ross’s… Continue reading
Love Your Local Library
A World Class Ice Sculptor in Connecticut
Pop Ups Fill Empty Store Fronts
Portrait Painter Everett “Ray” Kinstler is a Connecticut Treasure.Previous Finds
From Perfume To Furniture
I just eat this history stuff up in Connecticut. Did you know that the long time Carroll Cut-Rate Furniture in West Haven,...
Anna’s Creations Will “Floor” You!
This is just a great idea, period. Anna Amore of Amore Floor Covering and Design Center and Photographer and media...
The Victorian Lady and The Bubble Master
These two have the whole world in their hands, well actually in this case it's a bubble. Meet Casey and Kandie Carle of East...
Rich Is The “Wood Wiz”
Rich Ramagli of Madison, Connecticut loves to work with raw wood, in particular wood with "rich" grains like oak, because he...
AJ Jansen Is A Country Rebel Rose
At six years old AJ Jansen, growing up in Torrington, Connecticut, got on stage at school and started singing and there has...
