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In a little town beside the Apennine mountains in west-central Italy, more than 4,000 miles away, you will find a whole bunch of Stamford people next month. The occasion is an age-old festival in Settefrati, a town that in the last century sent more people to Stamford than it kept for itself. The population of Settefrati now is less than 800, and t...

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There are just two weeks left until the 13th annual Italian-American festival hits the downtown on July 28-30, and the planning committee is putting together the final arrangements. Attendees should bring their appetite because the lower portion of Center Street will be lined with traditional Italian favorites such as sausage and peppers, pizza, pa...

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The Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National is partnering with Meals on Wheels of Western Connecticut to hold a Pig Roast to raise funds to provide Columbus Day Meals to MOW recipients in the Greater Waterbury Area. The Pig Roast will be held on Sunday, August 13, at the Prospect VFW located on 218 Cheshire Rd in Prospect.  The event runs from 12 to 6...

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The Granby Chapter of UNICO will be holding its Annual Golf Outing Fund Raiser on Friday August 11, 2017. We are asking for your support again this year. We have listed the many ways you may participate in supporting our organization and community. The golf outing will be held at Blue Fox Run located in Avon, CT on Friday August 11, 2017. Registrat...

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The Southington Italian-American Festival Committee of Southington and grape distributor, Northeast Produce from Hartford, have scheduled the 10th homemade wine (grape only) contest for Saturday, July 29. There is no entry fee. Participants may enter more than one bottle of wine as long as it is a different make of wine or year. It can be either re...

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St. Mary’s Church is gearing up to host its 39th annual Summer Food & Craft Festival, celebrating the season with local fare, music and lots of family fun. The festival, which is free, will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. July 14 and 15 on the church grounds, 212 Elizabeth St. Parking is free and handicapped parking is available behind the church rect...

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Don’t miss the highly anticipated annual concert hosted by Eva Franchi, widow of the great romantic tenor Sergio Franchi, at the Franchi Estate in Stonington, Conn., on August 26. This concert marks 27 years since the passing of Sergio Franchi, and pays tribute to his lifelong achievements in music. The evening will include vocalists accompanied by...

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Tuesday, July 11 — Author Talk: Anthony LoFrisco — The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily to Brooklyn, 7-8:30 p.m. The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily To Brooklyn by Anthony LoFrisco, is part cookbook, part memoir. The author, son of Sicilian immigrants in the early 1900s, shares not only his mother's time-tested...

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The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns to Stratford Library, 2203 Main Street, for its 26th season of touring summerShakespeare on Saturday, July 1 @2pm with a retro spin on Shakespeare’s classic war of the sexes romp – “Taming ofthe Shrew”. The show is being performed in their outdoor amphitheater and admission is free. The action is moved from th...

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Sunday’s warm and sunny weather was perfect for showing off an incredible collection of autos and supporting Connecticut Children’s Medical Center at the 17th Annual Concorso Ferrari & Friends in West Hartford Center. Visitors flocked to West Hartford Center on Sunday, June 25, 2017, in order to get an up-close-and-personal look at more than 200 hi...

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