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Place of Pride
On the Americana Memories website, there’s a phone number to reach Steve Melillo for “pennant emergencies.” “It’s exactly what it sounds like,” Melillo says. For example, last month, early in...
Place of Pride
On the Americana Memories website, there’s a phone number to reach Steve Melillo for “pennant emergencies.” “It’s exactly what it sounds like,” Melillo says. For example, last month, early in...
Flairing Up
On Instagram feeds and Pinterest boards, a new old way of accessorizing is popular again. Pins and patches—colorful, often irreverent pieces of flair that were, until recently, considered passé and...
Flairing Up
On Instagram feeds and Pinterest boards, a new old way of accessorizing is popular again. Pins and patches—colorful, often irreverent pieces of flair that were, until recently, considered passé and...
Figuring it Out
In a cozy attic studio in Hamden, rainbow skeins of ribbon and bolts of patterned fabric are neatly arranged. On a workbench, a linen figure lies, her pink yarn hair...
Figuring it Out
In a cozy attic studio in Hamden, rainbow skeins of ribbon and bolts of patterned fabric are neatly arranged. On a workbench, a linen figure lies, her pink yarn hair...
Hats and Hands
“‘Tinaliah’ means ‘persevere,’” Catherine Cazes-Wiley says. “In many ways, it’s my story—how to survive as an artist… and not lose your identity. It’s been a real story, a real struggle.”...
Hats and Hands
“‘Tinaliah’ means ‘persevere,’” Catherine Cazes-Wiley says. “In many ways, it’s my story—how to survive as an artist… and not lose your identity. It’s been a real story, a real struggle.”...
Semper Fi
In recognition of Veterans Day, we’re revisiting this lightly updated story from July 4, 2014. A huge number of military veterans return from war and find a different kind of...
Semper Fi
In recognition of Veterans Day, we’re revisiting this lightly updated story from July 4, 2014. A huge number of military veterans return from war and find a different kind of...
Social Fabric
Knitting: a quiet pursuit for lonely moments, if ever there were one. But in the city of New Haven, no one need stitch alone. Since its doors opened in 2009,...
Social Fabric
Knitting: a quiet pursuit for lonely moments, if ever there were one. But in the city of New Haven, no one need stitch alone. Since its doors opened in 2009,...