Giovanni DeCunto: Pioneering Expressionist
Giovanni DeCunto realized he could live with his art at the tender of age of 12, when the mother of one of his best friends bought a painting for $35. "I thought I had a million dollars!" he recounts. Hailing from Lawrence, Mass., where his grandparents moved from outside Naples, the 67-year-old artist has come a long way since the days of selling...
Brendan Marsden details Modesto's 'American-Italian' replacement, Mona's
When Modesto closed last month after a 15-year run, owner Brendan Marsden had already announced that he would open a new concept in the restaurant's space on the Hill (5257 Shaw Avenue), and that this new concept would involve pizza. Yet another Italian restaurant on the Hill? Not exactly. As Marsden first revealed to St. Louis Magazi...
“Boston’s North End: An Italian American Story” Film Now Available on DVD
Produced by the North End Historical Society, Boston's North End: An Italian American Story is the first feature length, high definition film to chronicle the vibrant Italian American community that has called the North End of Boston home for well over 100 years. The documentary movie is based on historical records and interviews with Italian Ameri...
Il potere morbido della lingua italiana
Annamaria Testa L'italiano, lingua degli angeli per Thomas Mann, è la lingua più romantica del mondo secondo un sondaggio di qualche anno fa rivolto a 320 linguisti dall'azienda londinese Today translations, che offre traduzioni e interpreti in oltre 200 lingue. Questa è in sé una notiziola curiosa e niente più, ma ci aiuta a prendere in...
North End Documentary Premieres Saturday
By Alison Bauter A feature-length documentary chronicling the history of Boston's Italian-American community in the North End premieres Saturday. "Boston's North End: An Italian American Story" is based on historical records and interviews with Italian American North Enders and their descendants, and includes the stories of former Wor...
Coperta Could Be the Start of a Lovely Roman Holiday
By Gretchen Kurtz Paul and Aileen Reilly, the brother-sister team behind Beast + Bottle, couldn't have picked a better spot for Coperta, their Italian restaurant that opened at the height of summer. It's located on the edge of downtown across from Benedict Fountain Park, so after a leisurely meal, you can head out the door, belly full of w...
Italian exchange student playing 3 sports for Belding
When Thaddeous Holbrook first saw Belding's new exchange student trying out for football, he wasn't impressed. "He looked skinnier than the rest of us," the Belding senior said of Simone D'Errico, of Turin, Italy, who is spending a year at Belding High School. "I thought maybe he might get hurt." But when the soft-spoken Italian put p...
Sharing Mama’s Italian Pastry Cream recipe for a delicious holiday treat
By Jasper J. Mirabile Jr. Everyone has a special memory of their childhood. Most of mine revolve around the kitchen and family. While most kids were out playing T-ball, my time was spent in the kitchen being intrigued by my mother and grandmother gathering just a few ingredients and producing a meal for the family. Whether it be waking up to the...
City’s top eateries are freaking out over a white-truffle shortage
By Isabel Vincent There's not enough fungus among us. A hot Italian summer has devastated the white-truffle crop, and now high-end Manhattan restaurants are in a panic over a shortage of the delicacy. "We're totally out of white truffles," said Edwin Fernandez, the maitre d' at Ristorante Armani. The posh eatery above the Armani sto...
Il Murales a Campobasso tra i venti più belli del mondo
Una qualsiasi parete anonima può trasformarsi nella 'tela' di un'opera d'arte dai caratteri unici. È ciò che abbiamo imparato nel nostro viaggio attraverso le tue passioni. Ti ricordi per esempio di quella chiesa abbandonata in Marocco trasformata in una fantastica opera di street art? O del progetto Audubon Mural Project che ha prodotto c...
Detroit: Amb. Bisogniero meets with Italian business community
Embassy of Italy in Washington12 July 2012On 9 July Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero visited Detroit to meet with representatives of the Italian business community there. After meeting with FIAT-CHRYSLER CEO Sergio Marchionne, the ambassador had a working lunch with representatives of Oakland County, where a large number of Italian firms such...
Italy in Us 2013: è iniziato l'anno della cultura italiana negli Usa
Con l'esposizione del "David-Apollo" di Michelangelo nella prestigiosa cornice della National Gallery of Art di Washington, si è aperto ufficialmente il 12 dicembre l'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti. Il progetto è nato su iniziativa del Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, presente alla cerimonia d'inaugurazione assieme a...