Andrea Valluzzo

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Andrea Valluzzo

NORWALK - After a nearly two-year closure for an $18 million renovation, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is about to reopen its doors to the public with the completion of extensive master mechanical project that refreshed the interiors and woodwork and added lighting, HVAC and fire suppression systems. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour for invited guests, city officials and project supporters will take place Tuesday, May 27. The Norwalk landmark will reopen to the public June 4.

1 week ago | darientimes.com | Andrea Valluzzo

NORWALK — After a nearly two-year closure for an $18 million renovation, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is about to reopen its doors to the public with the completion of extensive master mechanical project that refreshed the interiors and woodwork and added lighting, HVAC and fire suppression systems. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour for invited guests, city officials and project supporters will take place Tuesday, May 27. The Norwalk landmark will reopen to the public June 4.

1 month ago | ctinsider.com | Andrea Valluzzo

Growing up in Los Angeles, Hugh Mangum bonded with his dad over food and baseball, often making road trips to enjoy Texas barbecue as his dad was a native Texan. A drummer and professional musician, Mangum rediscovered a passion for food after his dad's passing in 1999. Wanting to honor his connection with his dad, he switched careers by attending the French Culinary Institute in New York City.

1 month 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.

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.