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Blending In

Blending In

Alan Radin makes house calls. He takes with him his entire workshop—pigments, chemicals, glues and fills, plus brushes, tools, hardware and anything else he might need—in a van emblazoned with...

Blending In

Alan Radin makes house calls. He takes with him his entire workshop—pigments, chemicals, glues and fills, plus brushes, tools, hardware and anything else he might need—in a van emblazoned with...

Hang It Up

Hang It Up

In 1990, Frank Cooper had an idea. Hamden’s Camp Rainbow—“one of the first programs in the state that did a summer day camp for kids with special needs”—was always short...

Hang It Up

In 1990, Frank Cooper had an idea. Hamden’s Camp Rainbow—“one of the first programs in the state that did a summer day camp for kids with special needs”—was always short...

Sewing and Reaping

Sewing and Reaping

The geometric pattern in shades of red appears at first to be random. Sewn on a white field, bars of differing heights are aligned in vertical parallels across the fabric....

Sewing and Reaping

The geometric pattern in shades of red appears at first to be random. Sewn on a white field, bars of differing heights are aligned in vertical parallels across the fabric....

Terri Jo Ciocca, Kellyann Day and Mary Grande

Heart and Home

The numbers are troubling: more than 3,300 people in Connecticut were counted homeless in 2018, according to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. Add to that cuts in state funding...

Heart and Home

The numbers are troubling: more than 3,300 people in Connecticut were counted homeless in 2018, according to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. Add to that cuts in state funding...

To Protect and Preserve

To Protect and Preserve

The floorboards squeak, and the windows can be drafty. This 1827 boarding house wouldn’t be most people’s idea of a dream office. But Chris Wigren, Jane Montanaro and the small...

To Protect and Preserve

The floorboards squeak, and the windows can be drafty. This 1827 boarding house wouldn’t be most people’s idea of a dream office. But Chris Wigren, Jane Montanaro and the small...

Neville Wisdom at his downtown shop

Looks Alive

Couture isn’t supposed to be approachable, but for local womenswear designer Neville Wisdom, approachability is the thread that runs through everything: his personal history, his entrepreneurial vision, his design aesthetic,...

Looks Alive

Couture isn’t supposed to be approachable, but for local womenswear designer Neville Wisdom, approachability is the thread that runs through everything: his personal history, his entrepreneurial vision, his design aesthetic,...