The Rice Show at the
Main Street Marketplace
356 Main St.
Middletown, CT
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It is fascinating to see these archives from the 2009 Main Street Marketplace. Middletown has such a unique history with community-driven art installations like The Rice Show, and it is a shame that so much of this local culture is only captured in scattered blog posts or old Flickr galleries. Seeing the Olin Library involvement brings back a lot of memories about how Wesleyan and the town used to collaborate on these public projects. It really makes me think about how we preserve digital media from that era. I’ve actually been working on a project at [RemoveVideo](https://removefrom.video) that explores how we manage and curate older digital content to ensure it remains accessible as web standards change. Thanks for keeping this piece of Middletown history alive; it’s a great reminder of how vibrant the downtown scene was back then.
It is fascinating to see these archives from the 2009 Main Street Marketplace. Middletown has such a unique history with community-driven art installations like The Rice Show, and it is a shame that so much of this local culture is only captured in scattered blog posts or old Flickr galleries. Seeing the Olin Library involvement brings back a lot of memories about how Wesleyan and the town used to collaborate on these public projects. It really makes me think about how we preserve digital media from that era. I’ve actually been working on a project at [RemoveVideo](https://removefrom.video) that explores how we manage and curate older digital content to ensure it remains accessible as web standards change. Thanks for keeping this piece of Middletown history alive; it’s a great reminder of how vibrant the downtown scene was back then.