Mashantucket

New Autry chief executive saddles up for challenging task

2013-04-27 07:30:00

Recruiting a new leader for a big museum can take months — sometimes more than a year — involving search committees, consultants and rounds of interviews and negotiations. In the case of the Autry National Center of the American West,...

Fiona Apple announces U.S. summer tour

2012-04-09 16:38:00

Video premiere: Kelly Clarkson's 'Dark Side' on VH1's 'Unplugged'

2011-11-16 16:35:39

Oneida tribal tales emerge transformed

2008-07-13 00:00:00

THE TOUCHY part of the Oneidas' animated short was depicting how the raccoon, after playing dead, gobbles up all the cute dancing crawfish celebrating his demise. The filmmakers showed the raccoon's feast as a cloud of mayhem. But there were arms...

Though Stabilizing, Casino Slot Revenues Down Again In May

2013-06-14 07:58:00

The slot machines at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun in May pulled in less than they did a year ago, though losses at the casinos continue to narrow. Foxwoods in Mashantucket made $48.2 million from its slots last month, a 4.4 percent drop from...

Development Partner: Foxwoods Outlet Mall Construction To Begin 'Shortly'

2013-06-11 14:55:01

The long-delayed construction of an 85-store outlet mall at Foxwoods Resort Casino is on track to get underway this year, a senior executive in the partnership developing the project said last week. Steven B. Tanger, the chief executive of Tanger Factory...

Our Picks: 5 Father's Day Events in Greater New Haven

2013-06-11 08:45:00

Father's Day Trolley Special: June 16, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dad rides free with paid family member. The Shoreline Trolley Museum, 17 River St., East Haven, (203) 467-6927, shorelinetrolley.org. Adults $10; seniors $8; kids $6. Father's Day Cruise:...

States Going All In On Gambling

2013-06-07 16:07:00

Connecticut was finally swept into the Northeast's whirlwind of gambling expansion with the introduction of keno to its lottery portfolio to produce revenue for the next budget. It's tapping a market that has proved very profitable for Massachusetts but...

Critics Challenge New Gambling Initiatives

2013-06-03 14:52:00

Demanding that the state do more to combat addiction as lawmakers craft a budget with new revenue from keno, problem gambling advocates disrupted a press conference at the state Capitol on Monday aimed at boosting support for another form of betting,...

Push To Get Budget Done

2013-06-03 02:21:29

— As the weather gets warmer at this time of year, state legislators start acting like college students. Having known since before Christmas that their legislative session would end at midnight on Wednesday, the legislators procrastinated and...

New Book Tells Story Of Connecticut's Earliest Peoples

2013-06-02 00:00:00

In her grandly illustrated, thick, literate new book, Lucianne Lavin takes us way, way back to the arrival of human beings in Connecticut. She helps us stretch our concept of time. "Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples" is at once an intimate story about...

Comedian Moshe Kasher Performs at Comix at Foxwoods June 6-8

2013-06-05 13:45:00

You might recognize Moshe Kasher's face if you watch a lot of comedy TV like "Chelsea Lately" or "John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show," but if not, surely you've come across his work. He's written for "The New Normal" on NBC, appeared on sitcoms "Traffic...

Open since 1998, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center highlights the history of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and other tribes through film, dioramas, interactive computer displays, and arts and crafts collections.

2013-04-09 09:41:42

Mashantucket Pequot Museum Educational Powwow

2012-07-11 00:00:00

Cook fresh greens at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum

2012-04-16 11:49:00