Stefanie Wong, Trinity visiting assistant professor of educational studies, and student researcher Jitty Synn ’19

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Winter/Spring 2019

BROADSTREET HAPPENINGS

Area resident Christopher Blake at Community Open Mic Night Photo by Hannah Grosberg ’19

FREE TAX HELP AVAILABLETax time is here, and Trinity College’s free tax clinic is open. IRS-certified Trinity students are available to assist members of the community with preparing their federal and state income tax returns. Residents may be eligible for a substantial tax refund. The tax clinic is one of several Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) locations in Hartford coordinated by United Way. VITA generally serves people who make less than $55,000, persons with disabilities, and taxpayers who speak limited English. Trinity Visiting Professor in Political Science Serena Laws coordinates student volunteers at the site as part of a Community Learning Initiative course.

TRINITY VITA TAX CLINICTRINFO.CAFÉ, 1300 BROAD STREET

Mondays: 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Fridays: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

through April 15, 2019

To schedule an appointment, dial 2-1-1, visit www.211ct.org, or come to Trinfo.Café in person.

OPEN MIC AND MORETrinfo.Café hosted a Community Open Mic Night in November 2018 with partner organization Iron Poets. Dancers, singers, and poets graced the stage at this free event.

As a community space, Trinfo.Café aims to bring together members of the Trinity community with neighborhood residents. Don’t miss out on the fun! Check @TrinfoCafe on Facebook for upcoming public events.

Iron Poets is a group of writers made up of Trinity students and members of the Hartford community. The group holds bimonthly, open- to-the-public writing circles on Thursdays. For more information, find Iron Poets on Facebook @HartfordIronPoets.

FELLOWS PRESENT RESEARCH WITH HARTFORD PARTNERSTrinity’s Community Learning Research Fellows had the opportunity last fall to collaborate with community partners and faculty sponsors on community-based research, which emphasizes problem solving and communications skills beyond the mold of traditional academic research. This type of research helps students understand how to engage with the needs of a community, build partnerships with people directly involved, and transform spaces to enact social change.

Student projects included ethnic media outreach (with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection), boosting oral vocabulary programming (with The Village for Families & Children), assembling a database of research on state policies affecting access to abortion (with NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut), figuring out what it takes to establish a community business association (with the Southwest and Behind the Rocks Neighborhood Revitalization Zone), identifying best practices for a writing center (with Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy), and promoting bicultural identity in an English as a second language classroom (with Jubilee House and the House of Bread).

When students made final presentations in December, Research Fellows Program instructor Laura Holt, Trinity associate professor of psychology, said, “I want to underscore how important this program is to our students and to our community partners. The fellows really embody the spirit of Trinity and our desire to be connected with the community, to do meaningful work, and to hopefully see their research enact change in the community.”

Trinity College has announced an exclusive partnership with Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, and next-generation services, to create new educational programs that prepare liberal arts students and Infosys employees for the digital workplace of the future.

This multiyear collaboration will establish the Trinity-Infosys Applied Learning Initiative, which will provide learning opportunities for Trinity students, engage faculty and alumni, and offer training for Infosys employees. The two organizations will team up to develop content, building on Trinity’s core strengths in the liberal arts while developing capacities in technology and innovation that draw on digital content and real-world case studies from Infosys.

The partnership will leverage Trinity’s new space at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford,

showcasing technology and blending face-to-face personalized learning with Infosys’s virtual learning platform, Infosys LEX. The collaboration also will explore continuous learning opportunities for Infosys employees and Trinity alumni; a potential summer bridge program for liberal arts students from Trinity and elsewhere to acquire in-demand skills in technology-led innovation; and the design and piloting of new digital technologies to advance a liberal arts education.

Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity College president and professor of neuroscience, noted, “Our partnership with Infosys will serve as a national model for leveraging the liberal arts in creating the future of work. ... We’re so pleased that this partnership also will play a key role in fostering innovation and lifelong learning across industries in Hartford and Connecticut.”

Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney and Infosys President and Deputy COO Ravi Kumar Photo by Monica Jorge

TRINITY, INFOSYS LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP

Events for the communities of Barry Square, Behind the Rocks, Frog Hollow, and Trinity College

BASEBALL Mar. 9 vs. Southern Maine at 4:00 p.m.Mar. 10 vs. Brockport at 1:00 p.m.Mar. 10 vs. MIT at 4:00 p.m.

Apr. 2 vs. Dean at 4:00 p.m.Apr. 9 vs. Williams at 4:00 p.m.Apr. 12 vs. Colby at 3:00 p.m.Apr. 13 vs. Colby (DH) at noon/3:00 p.m.Apr. 16 vs. Brandeis at 5:00 p.m.Apr. 19 vs. Salve Regina at 4:00 p.m.Apr. 20 vs. Hamilton (DH) 1:00/3:30 p.m.Apr. 26 vs. Tufts at 3:00 p.m.Apr. 27 vs. Tufts (DH) at noon/2:30 p.m.May 1 vs. Union at 7:00 p.m.

SOFTBALLMar. 29 vs. Bowdoin at 4:00 p.m.Mar. 30 vs. Bowdoin (DH) at noon/2:00 p.m.Apr. 3 vs. Coast Guard (DH) at 3:00/5:00 p.m.Apr. 12 vs. Tufts at 4:00 p.m. Apr. 13 vs. Tufts (DH) at noon/2:30 p.m.Apr. 23 vs. Wesleyan (DH) at 3:00/5:00 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSEMar. 2 vs. Roger Williams at 1:00 p.m.Mar. 5 vs. Curry at 6:30 p.m.Mar. 13 vs. Wooster at 7:00 p.m.Mar. 16 vs. Bates at 1:00 p.m.Mar. 20 vs. UMass Boston at 7:00 p.m.Mar. 26 vs. Wheaton at 7:00 p.m.Mar. 30 vs. Bowdoin at 1:00 p.m.Apr. 3 vs. Conn College at 7:00 p.m.Apr. 20 vs. Colby at 1:00 p.m.Apr. 24 vs. Amherst at 6:00 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSEMar. 9 vs. Williams at 1:00 p.m.Mar. 13 vs. Springfield at 6:00 p.m.Mar. 23 vs. Tufts at 1:00 p.m.Apr. 6 vs. Hamilton at noonApr. 9 vs. Wesleyan at 6:00 p.m.Apr. 13 vs. Middlebury at 2:00 p.m.

MEN’S TENNISApr. 7 vs. Amherst at TBA*Apr. 13 vs. Colby at 2:00 p.m.Apr. 14 vs. Conn College at 2:00 p.m.Apr. 16 vs. Bates at 3:00 p.m.Apr. 24 vs. Wesleyan at 3:30 p.m.Apr. 27 vs. Ithaca at TBA*

WOMEN’S TENNISMar. 9 vs. Tufts at 10:30 a.m.Mar. 30 vs. Amherst at TBA*Apr. 13 vs. Colby at 10:00 a.m.Apr. 14 vs. Conn College at 10:00 a.m.Apr. 18 vs. Bates at TBA*Apr. 27 vs. Ithaca at TBA*

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELDApr. 20 at 10:00 a.m.

* For up-to-date time listings, please visit www.BantamSports.com.

This newsletter is a collaboration of Trinity College and its community partners in Frog Hollow, Barry Square, and Behind the Rocks to share news about the area’s organizations and numerous activities.

To share your organization’s events or to provide content, please contact Arianna Basche at arianna.basche@trincoll.edu or 860-297-4238.

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Cinestudio is an independent film theater located on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, CT

• General Admission: $10 • Admission with Friends of Cinestudio Card: $7• Admission for seniors 62 and up: $8 • Students from any school, with student ID: $8 For listing of showings and times, please go to www.cinestudio.org.

Your neighborhood technology center. For a listing of classes

and services, go to www.trinfocafe.org.

MARCH 28–31

Thursday–Saturday, March 7–9, 7:30 p.m.Austin Arts Center,Goodwin TheaterMeasure for MeasureBy William ShakespeareDirected by Raphael MassieTickets required; call 860-297-2199 Thursday, March 7, 12:15–1:15 p.m.Mather Hall, Terrace Rooms ABCBook Discussion on Learning to Be Latino: How Colleges Shape Identity Politics Join Daisy Reyes, the book’s author and an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and El Instituto: The Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies at the University of Connecticut.

Sunday, March 10, 4:00 p.m.Trinity College ChapelThe Chapel Singers in Concert: Bernstein and Dove Grace Cloutier, harp; Doug Perry, percussion; Vaughn Mauren, organ; Christopher Houlihan, conductor The world honored what would have been Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday on August 25, 2018. The Chapel Singers will perform his beloved Chichester Psalms alongside a newer choral masterpiece, Missa Brevis, by the English composer Jonathan Dove.

Monday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.Austin Arts Center, Music HallThe Aeolus Quartet

Wednesday, April 3, 5:15 p.m.Trinity College ChapelEvensongEvensong is a centuries-old service of sung prayer that marks the end of day and the arrival of evening through beautiful music, silence, candlelight, and incense. The Chapel Singers offer music stemming from the great English choral tradition, perfectly suited to the setting of the Chapel. A brief spoken reflection is offered by a member of the Trinity community, and a meal follows this approximately 45-minute service. All are invited for a moment of restful contemplation at the close of day.

Thursday–Saturday,April 4–6, 7:30 p.m.Austin Arts Center, Garmany HallLittle Shop of HorrorsBook and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan MenkenDirected by Nina PinchinMusic direction by Kevin ScottTickets required; call 860-297-2199 Friday, April 19, 3:00 p.m.Trinity College ChapelGood FridayGood Friday liturgy with Holy Communion A cappella choral music will be offered, fitting for the solemnity of this day.

Sunday, April 21, 11:00 a.m.Trinity College ChapelEaster SundayService of Holy CommunionEnjoy festive music for Easter, followed by a lemonade and coffee reception on the college quadrangle. A freewill offering will be taken.

Tuesday, April 23, 12:15 p.m.Austin Arts Center, Music HallCommon Hour Concert: Trinity Instrumentalists and VocalistsA variety of musical styles performed by students enrolled in the Department of Music’s program of private lessons

Thursday, April 25, 12:15 p.m. Austin Arts Center, Music HallCommon Hour Concert: Chamber Ensembles RecitalEnsembles coordinated by Nancy Curran

Thursday and FridayApril 26 and 27, 7:30 p.m.Austin Arts Center, Goodwin TheaterSpring Dance ConcertTickets required; call 860-297-2199 Tuesday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.Austin Arts Center, Music HallTrinity Jazz EnsembleDirected by Jennifer Allen

Wednesday, May 1, 5:15 p.m.Trinity College ChapelEvensongSee description for April 3 event.

TRINITY ON-CAMPUS EVENTSAll events listed below are FREE (even those that require tickets) and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

TRINITY ATHLETICSCome cheer on the Bantams at the home contests listed below. All are free and open to the public.

NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION ZONE (NRZ) MEETINGS

FROG HOLLOW: Third Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Even months at Trinity College Center for Urban and Global Studies, 70 Vernon StreetOdd months at the Lyceum, 227 Lawrence Street

MAPLE AVENUE (MARG): Second Thursday at 6:00 p.m.St. Augustine Church, 10 Campfield Avenue

SOUTHWEST AND BEHIND THE ROCKS (SWBTR): Second Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Free Center, 460 New Britain Avenue

WADSWORTH WELCOME!All Hartford residents can enjoy free admission to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art during regular museum hours. The Wadsworth Welcome program was launched in 2016 by the oldest public art museum in the country and the largest in Connecticut through a partnership with the City of Hartford and corporate partner Aetna. Residents can enroll in the program for free by bringing one form of current and unexpired identification (Connecticut driver license or State of Connecticut ID card) or two forms of alternative identification. Please visit www.thewadsworth.org/wadsworth-welcome/ for complete enrollment information. The museum also offers several opportunities for free admission for visitors from outside of Hartford, including the Second Saturdays for Families program. The Wadsworth is located at 600 Main Street in Hartford. For more information, call 860-278-2670 or visit www.thewadsworth.org.

TECH SAVVY CONFERENCESaturday, May 4, 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Trinity College’s Mather Hall

The sixth annual Tech Savvy Conference is open to sixth- through ninth-grade girls who want to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). A program for parents, guardians, and educators will include workshops and panel discussions to provide tools to encourage girls’ exploration of STEM careers. The event for girls will include more than a dozen hands-on workshops and presentations offered by female leaders in STEM professions and college students studying STEM. Attendees may choose from “Diagnostic Testing,” “Make Your Own Android App,” “3D Design and Printing,” and more, and lunch in the college cafeteria and a brief tour of campus also are planned. For more information or to register, contact alison.draper@trincoll.edu.

8TH ANNUALTRINITY FILM FESTIVAL

Saturday, May 4, 2019