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Rashmi Talpade's new collage displays 250 photos submitted by families from the Spanish Community of Wallingford of their hometowns to create a new cityscape.

This spring, when Cheshire's town-funded Artsplace moves into the second floor of the restored Ball & Socket Arts, it will mark a tipping point for the burgeoning arts and culture facility and a transformational moment for Cheshire. After more than 10 years of painstaking and often impercepti

As Ball and Socket Arts in Cheshire was going through the innards of an old button factory it hoped to restore, it came across dozens of old steam pipes, water pipes and remnants from a working factory - all damaged, and most of it unusable. Instead of junking it, the non-profit's executive direc

Ball & Socket Arts could not have found a more appropriate artistic metaphor for what has been accomplished at the old factory complex in Cheshire than the work of Ian Trask. His "Strange Histories," the second exhibition mounted at Ball & Socket's new Workshop Gallery, is built around mater

Surprising outcome on Election Day leads Cheshire’s 2023 review- CHESHIRE — Here we come, 2024.A new year is upon us, and while we all try to peer into our crystal balls this week, looking forward to what the next 12 months may have in store, the truth is no one can predict the future — apologies to...

8 things to know this week in Meriden, Wallingford, Southington, Cheshire- Things to know in the coming week include 9/11 ceremonies in Meriden, Wallingford and Southington, as well as a Wallingford Planning and Zoning Commission meeting that will discuss plans for a restaurant and outdoor dining area on Mansion Road which...

Ball & Socket Arts in Cheshire celebrates summer of progress- CHESHIRE — Ball & Socket Arts Director Ilona Somogyi has spoken often of making the renovated factory campus her organization calls home into a gathering place.Although supporting the arts is one crucial aspect of her work, she also wants to include...

Grange Honors Somogyi For Her Tireless Work To Make Ball & Socket Arts A Reality- For the past decade, town resident Ilona Somogyi has dedicated herself to bringing arts into the community and preserving a valuable piece of Cheshire’s history.Somogyi is the current president of the Ball & Socket Arts facility, a restoration project...

Cheshire resident recognized for Ball & Socket factory restoration- CHESHIRE — For the past decade town resident Ilona Somogyi has dedicated herself to bringing arts into the community and preserving a valuable piece of Cheshire’s history. Somogyi is the current president of the Ball & Socket Arts facility, a...

Ball & Socket Arts Springing To Life In 2023- Cheshire’s Ball & Socket Arts is still looking for artists to help with a project called “The Residents.”Director Ilona Somogyi is hoping to attract sculptors who can take existing materials from the site of Ball & Socket on West Main Street and...