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1 day ago | 
antiquesandthearts.com | Andrea Valluzzo
PHILADELPHIA — Flags tell all kinds of stories, from the colors and materials flag makers chose to the symbols, painted decoration and mottos used. The 30-some American flags from the Revolutionary War era that survive today — out of the hundreds made and carried by soldiers fighting for the American cause — tell stories of how a fledgling nation was trying to create its national identity and espouse its political ideology.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
antiquesandthearts.com | Andrea Valluzzo
GREENWICH, CONN. — Blanche Lazzell is well known in her native West Virginia as well as on and around Cape Cod, where she made art for more than 40 years, but elsewhere her contributions to Modernism have been largely unrecognized. If one is pressed to name an American modernist, chances are what first comes to mind are artists like Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Charles Demuth and Stuart Davis, but not Lazzell. A new exhibition aims to change that.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
antiquesandthearts.com | Andrea Valluzzo
BROCKTON, MASS. — Few pieces of jewelry and objects designed for personal adornment have as much of a murky, complicated or contentious history as the bolo tie. Few are as little known either. Necklaces, bracelets, earrings and cufflinks are all fairly well recognizable in form and thoroughly researched as they have existed for centuries in varying cultures.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
middletownpress.com | Andrea Valluzzo
The holidays are here again, and so is Connecticut Magazine's annual Holiday Gift Guide for 2024. As always, it's stuffed with ideas that will help on the search for a perfect gift. Our guide offers 60+ gift ideas from Connecticut artisans and companies for everyone on your list. Select a category to begin exploring, and mark things to your "wish list" to save them for later.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ctinsider.com | Andrea Valluzzo
The holidays are here again, and so is Connecticut Magazine's annual Holiday Gift Guide for 2024. As always, it's stuffed with ideas that will help on the search for a perfect gift. Our guide offers 60+ gift ideas from Connecticut artisans and companies for everyone on your list. Select a category to begin exploring, and mark things to your "wish list" to save them for later.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
ctinsider.com | Andrea Valluzzo
"The Nutcracker" ballet is not only a staple of the holiday season but a family tradition that spans multiple generations in some cases. Jessica Jelčić of Westport fondly remembers her years of dancing in the Connecticut Ballet’s production of "The Nutcracker." Celebrating its 40th year, its Nutcracker is the longest running professional production of this ballet in Connecticut, according to founder and artistic director Brett Raphael.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ctinsider.com | Andrea Valluzzo
As the longest serving board member of the Health Collective in Hartford, board president E. John McGarvey has always been passionate about its mission. Originally known as the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, the Health Collective works to promote equal access to healthcare.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
theridgefieldpress.com | Andrea Valluzzo
Working at Ridgefield's Prospector Theater since just before its opening in 2014, Joe Gillotti found more than a job, and he says the Prospector changed his life. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Prospector is not just a theater showing first-run and throwback movies. As a nonprofit, its mission is to make money while making a difference by training a workforce that has largely been underrepresented. The theater will hold an anniversary gala on Nov. 21 and host a month of special events.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
ctpost.com | Andrea Valluzzo
"76 Days Adrift" will be screened at Fairfield Theatre Company's StageOne on Nov. 21. Joe Wein/Contributed photoSteve Callahan set sail on a solo trek from the outer edges of the Canary Islands to Antigua in January 1982, a trip he estimated would take just under a month. Five days in, there was a loud bang in the middle of the night and his boat sank. He spent nearly 80 days lost at sea on a 5.5-foot inflatable raft, drifting some 1,800 miles, according to Callahan's website.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
middletownpress.com | Andrea Valluzzo
MIDDLETOWN — As a designer and builder, the late Middletown resident Michael McEwen built homes, high-end additions and commercial projects for over 40 years in his Meriden-based business, McEwen Construction. In his personal life, he helped build networks of like-minded people interested in learning about the power of vibrational energy and sound healing. Born in Maine, McEwen moved to the Southington area when he was 5.
