Americano Serves Solid Italian, Not Serenity
by Scott Reitz When Americano first opened in the Joule downtown, it was a boisterous affair. The debut coincided with a retail event at the hotel, creating a vortex for national celebrity. Cindy Crawford posed for photos while local socialites took selfies. Dirk Nowitzki towered above them all, and nobody could hear a thing anyon...
Colosseum features in logo of Rome bid for 2024 Olympics
A design of the Colosseum in the colors of the Italian flag has been chosen as the logo of Rome's bid for the 2024 Olympics. The logo was presented Monday at a ceremony in the Italian capital in front of 2,500 schoolchildren, as well as current and former Italian Olympic champions. The logo features the Colosseum fading into a running tra...
Decorated cop’s three sons graduating to NYPD together
By Paul Martinka and Chris Perez An NYPD deputy inspector will be one proud papa this week when he watches all three of his sons graduate from the same Police Academy class. "It feels amazing. I couldn't have planned it any better," said the father, Anthony Favale, 52, a 30-year veteran of the NYPD. "I let the kids make their own dec...
Review: Cielo, an Italian Restaurant in Wilton, Brims with Variety
by Patricia Brooks Emily and Hakan Basaran enjoyed some success with Carpe Diem, their Italian restaurant in New Canaan, but the building that housed it was going to be taken over by a post office, so they looked for a new location. They decided on a centrally located spot in neighboring Wilton and a new name, Cielo, which means sky in Italia...
Beniamino Martignetti, 87; helped others live American dream
By Marvin Pave After working in a brick factory in England and as a construction laborer in Canada to earn money that would help expand his family's farm in Montefalcione, Italy, 28-year-old Beniamino Martignetti made a side trip to Boston. That 1956 visit with his uncle, Anthony, the founder of Martignetti Liquors, changed his life and the l...
Orogami: An Orvieto Evening In San Francisco
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Time: 6:00 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: Orogami, IIC, David Perry and Associates. In collaboration with: Città di Orvieto, Città Slow, Domenica Fiore Olive Oil, Palazzone, Caffè Montanucci.Through the golden artistry of international award-winning Orogami, you are...
The Ara Pacis: Roma sub specie aeternitatis
The Ara Pacis Augustae ("Altar of Augustean Peace") in Rome is a marble monument that the Senate had built in honor of the Roman goddess of peace, Pax, only a handful of years after Augustus had returned from his successes in Hispania and Gaul in 13 BC. The beautiful altar was meant to celebrate what seemed like the beginning of an endless time of...
The Birth of Postwar Italian Style
Bonnie Clearwater cast a covetous eye on a pair of wool coats. "I'd love to own one," she said. "Wear it and you won't end up looking like a box." Capacious, cut to flatter and surprisingly contemporary, those coats were among the highlights of "Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945-1968," an exhibition at the Nova Southeastern Universit...
Book Presentation: LOST WORDS by Nicola Gardini. Coming of Age in 1970s Milan
MARCH 23, 2016, 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Co-hosted by the Casa delle letterature di Roma. Lost Words (2016, New Directions) by Nicola Gardini. Translated from the Italian by Michael F. Moore Nicola Gardini's Lost Words, just published in English, takes place on the...
Italian-born bandleader became Miami’s Music Man
One of Jean McNamee's first memories as a child in Hollywood was of her mother, Elise La Monaca, putting her and her brother in the family's icebox. Her father, Caesar La Monaca, calmly assured his wife that everything would be alright, but Elise was afraid the roof would come off the house or that the rising flood water would overtake the...
Serata Speciale dei Ricercatori Italiani a Chicago
Venerdi', 15 aprile. 19.00 - 21.30. Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan Ave - Suite 1450. RSVP entro il 12 aprile L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e' lieto di invitare i ricercatori italiani che operano a Chicago per un incontro informale. Oltre a finalità sociali, la serata avrà lo scopo di esplorare l'...
Behold, Espresso Machine Expert La Marzocco's First Café
If you've ever had an espresso, there's a good chance your barista poured it from a La Marzocco machine. The 89-year-old manufacturer is a fixture in homes and restaurants everywhere, and was once the primary supplier for local giant Starbucks; thanks to that former relationship, Seattle became a home away from home for the Italian company, which h...