What's up with WTI: Editorial # 56
WTI Magazine #56 2015 March, 20Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: I've recently had the honor of representing We the Italians at RAI Community – L'altra Italia, the TV show for the Italians abroad hosted on Rai Italia. This time I've had the opportunity to talk about the emigration and a few important characters from Emilia Romag...
Don't Know Much about History
San Diego's Little Italy has fast become a neighborhood bathed in an urban chic sensibility and one with its own mythos. But before the contemporary convergence of myriad restaurants and retailers, the neighborhood had modest beginnings with its history going back hundreds of years. It is a collective tale of immigration and assimilation–a...
Italian Cuisine With Imaginative Inspirations
by Patricia Brooks Uh-oh, I thought, as I approached the free-standing Tazza Osteria & Bar in Fairfield, yet another Italian restaurant to open in the area. Nothing new here, I anticipated.But after I opened the nondescript-looking menu I began to change my tune, and when the small plates arrived, my apprehensions had disappeared. &nb...
Villa Italian Kitchen coming to Galleria mall
New Jersey-based Villa Italian Kitchen plans to open its first Alabama location at Hoover's Galleria mall next month. Restaurant owner Ahmed Nadeem confirmed this week he has leased 1,000 square feet of space in the Galleria's food court, next to McDonald's. Nadeem said the concept will feature a large menu that will range from New Yo...
Grain Muscle, an Italian vegetable meat to be presented at Expo 2015
Instead of the Riace Bronzes, Calabria will send the "vegetal" Muscle to Expo 2015 as its landmark and regional pride. Enzo Marascio – Italian, 64 years old from a small village in Calabria – has invented a vegetable meat-like product that can make the difference in a lot of fields. Named "Grain Muscle", this brilliant innovation, not...
Ol' blue eyes fundraiser at community arts center
May 16, 2015 - Saturday 8:00 PM - 11:00 PMCommunity Arts Center - 414 Plush Mill RoadWallingford, Pennsylvania 19086 Ol' Blue Eyes, an art happening to celebrate Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday, his music, the color blue and the foods he loved, takes place on May 16th at Community Arts Center, 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, as a spring...
Jazz concert performed by the Stefano Battaglia trio
The Italian cultural institute of Chicago and Italcultura, in collaboration with Pianoforte Foundation and media sponsor WDCB 90.9 fm present a jazz concertby world-renowned Stefano Battaglia trioSaturday, May 30th at 7:00 pm at Pianoforte Studios - 1335 s michigan ave This trio represents, in Battaglia's own words, "a new harmonic...
Be-bop legend Buddy DeFranco
During a career that spanned seven decades, Buddy De Franco played with the likes of Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie, and led the Glenn Miller Orchestra. But it was his adaptation to be-bop, with its lightning fast tempo and blazing riffs, that landed De Franco gigs with Billie Holiday, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald, earn...
Dante Club in West Springfield kicks off 100th anniversary celebration
By Manon L. Mirabelli The Dante Club has been a local, ingrained institution in the Italian-American community for 100 years. It's a landmark being observed with celebratory events throughout the year including Wednesday's "Dante Club Bistro in the Lot." Members enjoyed a homemade Italian meal with a roast pig as the centerpiece d...
Bronx Little Italy Art Show
Sunday June 28 - 11 am/4 pm EDT - Bronx Little ItalyArthue Avenue & East 187th St, The Bronx 10458Bronx Little Italy will host its first Art Show on Arthur Avenue between East 187th Street and Crescent Avenue on Sunday, June 28th from 11am-4pm. Come to the neighborhood for a day filled with great art and of course the great produc...
Cresce La Voglia Del Made In Italy, Le Ricerche Google Segnano Un +22% Negli Ultimi 3 Anni
Il marchio Italia ha visto crescere le ricerche su Google, negli ultimi tre anni, del 22%, restando un punto di forza nel Mondo, sinonimo di creatività, qualità e bellezza. Lo rileva il rapporto Italia - Geografie del nuovo "made in Italy" di Fondazione Symbola, Unioncamere e Fondazione Edison, presentato, oggi, a Treia (Macerata) nella sessio...
M Italian is all about celebrating family
by Darren Sweeney It's a restaurant in the heart of Chagrin Falls that promises to treat you like family. M Italian, located at 22 West Orange Street, was created to celebrate the Italian heritage of owner Bret Adams' wife, Michelle. The restaurant features classic Italian dishes like pasta and salads, along with pizzas cooked in...