April 28, 2012byMark Mirko In an East Hartford strip mall that once housed a gunpowder mill, large metal plates are calling arms to sound. Specifically, the arms of Jeff Nickell and Owen James. Several times a week Nickell and James are performing gong concerts in their wellness and meditation center; The Conduit Center. The gong waves coming from the [...]
March 23, 2012byMark Mirko The stories of Melissa Cann and Charla Nash may be familiar but it is difficult to imagine familiarity with the nature of their suffering. Melissa Cann’s sister, 25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes, disappeared in 2007. Her remains were found three years later on a desolate stretch of Long Island beach along with the remains of nine other [...]
February 20, 2012byMark Mirko Charlie Prewitt’s 93 years have been a long and winding journey — from witnessing racial prejudice while growing up in southern Indiana in the 1920s, to helping build an atomic bomb during World War II, to a career promoting peace and human rights. Through it all, the Mansfield resident credits one person with his transformation [...]
January 27, 2012byMark Mirko Rais Bhuyian has lived through some big dreams. When he was young man in Bangalore, Bangladesh, he dreamed of being a pilot. That dream came true during his service in the Bangladesh Air Force. Rais also dreamt of seeing the world and obtaining a higher education. That dream came true in 1999 after he obtained [...]
September 17, 2011byMark Mirko Top: West Hartford, CT | 09.01.2011 | On the first day of classes at Smith School, 4th-grader Sean Dombrofski raises the flag while his father Mark (R) salutes. Bottom: Bristol, CT | 09.01.2011 | U.S. History teacher Larry Covino talks with his Bristol Central High School class about their memories of the September 11 attacks. [...]
