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Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette made a much-celebrated stop at the James Pharmacy building in Old Saybrook in 1824. Picture his surprise if he were to wander in today and see the chic Italian coffee house now situated in it. The building’s latest incarnation as Caffe Marche (and its sister business, the James Pharmacy Bed & Breakfast) a...

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Angelo Calise of Weston, a former Westport resident, died Dec. 4 at Norwalk Hospital. He was 78. He was the husband of Carol Goodfellow Calise. He was born Oct. 15, 1940 in Ischia, Italy, the son of the late Vito and Rosa Castaldi, and emigrated to the United States in 1953. He was the hard working and proud owner of Sowesco Distibutors. He was a m...

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Antoinette Mattioli Blazek, 98, of Milford, beloved wife of the late Thomas Blazek, passed away peacefully at her home on December 3, 2018. She was born on August 30, 1920 in Bridgeport, CT to the late Frank and Nancy Arciuolo. Antoinette or Nonni was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Material things held little value to her, but h...

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While it only takes about a minute for personal-sized pizzas to cook in Mamma Mia restaurant’s oven, the handmade dough is prepared and left to rise for 48 hours before being topped with fresh ingredients. Mamma Mia, 1765 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, held its grand opening Friday after finishing renovations and installing the pizza oven ordered from...

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December 14th, 2018. 8:00pm-10:00pm. The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, 605 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457. Tickets: $15. at the door. Purchase tickets here. ROSA TATUATA comes to the Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, Friday, December 14th 8pm. Rosa Tatuata brings Sicily’s music to Middletown, CT at the Butto...

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The American Society of Friends of La Scala presents pianist Stefano Miceli at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut on Sunday December 16th. Miceli performs works from a variety of world renowned composers, including Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert and Schuman. This performance is the Society’s first performance in Greenwich. Miceli is considered...

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“Italian Christmas Concert in Town Plot,” a traditional Italian Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Michéal Castaldo and friends, will take place on Sunday, December 9, 2017 at 3:00pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 785 Highland Ave., Waterbury, CT 06708. Castaldo will perform classic Christmas carols from his chart-topping...

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Il senatore italoamericano Paul Formica, dello Stato del Connecticut, è tornato in visita nella sua città d’origine, Canicattini Bagni, in provincia di Siracusa. Formica vive ad Hartford, città degli Stati Uniti in cui la comunità canicattinese è numerosa. Attraverso la “Canicattinese Men’s Society”, i contatti con l’amministrazione e il consiglio...

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From his apartment overlooking New Haven’s Wooster Square and St. Michael Church, freelance writer and film maker Steve Hamm began noticing how many funeral processions went past in August 2017. St. Michael’s is where the old Italian-American families worship, and Hamm realized that with each funeral a lifetime of memories and stories about the old...

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On Sunday November 18, at 1:30, to celebrate the “Garment Workers of New Haven” exhibit now on permanent display at the New Haven Labor Center on 267 Chapel Street, New Haven, I'll be giving at talk, "Toil and Triumph: Italian American Women in the Sweatshops of New Haven." This will be followed by a walking tour of the actual working sites of New...

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