The Italian Americans, un documentario per rileggere la storia degli italiani a stelle e strisce
Presentato in anteprima nazionale lo scorso 21 ottobre alla PictureHouse Theathre di Pelham il documentario di John Maggio, The Italian Americans. Il documentario sarà la grande novità narrativa dell'anno per la comunità italiana d'America e per l'Italia. Negli Stati Uniti il film, della durata di 4 ore, andrà in onda su PBS, diviso in due puntate...
Happy holidays Italian style in century city - December 17, 2014
Experience some of the best that Italy has to offer in fashion, art, food, and wine, and celebrate the Holidays Italian style at the new FRAU Shoes store at Westfield Century City! Special promotion included! LIKE FRAU Shoes on Facebook for more info and special promotions! Address: Westfield Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd. -...
Five questions for Love & Salt chef Michael Fiorelli
Michael Fiorelli, executive chef at the new Love & Salt in Manhattan Beach, never went to culinary school. Instead, the New York native learned his way around the kitchen working at restaurants all over the country, including at Susanna Foo in Philadelphia; the Tavern Room at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.; the Little Ne...
Holiday traditions shared at Ethnic Heritage Center in New Haven
By Pam McLoughlin The five historical societies of the Ethnic Heritage Center celebrated Sunday with an informal sharing of traditions and food from African-American, Jewish, Irish, Italian and Ukrainian cultures. Mayor Toni Harp, who attended part of the celebration, praised the center for all its "great work," and noted how the...
Eric Mistretta: Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - January 16, 2015 - March 8, 2015
Scaramouche is pleased to present Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Eric Mistretta's first solo exhibition in New York. Mistretta finds a rich source of inspiration in seemingly conflicting feelings such as optimism in the face of despair, or sincerity undermined by naiveté. For Mistretta, comedy and tragedy demand each other in a very dy...
Expo 2015, la febbre americana per l'Italia
Mancano tre mesi all'apertura di EXPO 2015 a Milano, e non è un mistero che l'ente organizzatore, e il governo Renzi, contino su un forte contributo di visitatori dagli Stati Uniti. L'ambasciata a Washington e i consolati generali, con il concorso dell'Enit, la struttura di sostegno al turismo, hanno promosso iniziative di lancio, soprattutto tra l...
PieTopia to bring 'meter pizzas' and more to 4th Street in St. Pete
by Eric Snider The slew of new restaurants invading the Fourth Street North corridor in St. Petersburg have a couple of common characteristics: Most are independently, and locally, owned; several possess a culinary ambitiousness that sets a new bar for the trade area. The forthcoming PieTopia gets check marks for both criteria. The u...
Festa Italiana Bethlehem, a new local Italian festival, debuting in June
by Lynn Olanoff Musikfest. Celtic Classic. Festa Italiana? Yes, a new Italian festival called Festa Italiana Bethlehem is joining Bethlehem's hearty festival lineup this June, set for June 5 and 6 on Main Street. The event will feature both a wine and pasta trail along with authentic Italian vendors, said Lynn Collins Cunning...
'A Ziarella va in America: tournèe in Arizona per il gruppo folk di Reino
‘A Ziarella va in America. Non è un titolo da film, ma una piacevole realtà. Il gruppo folk di Reino (Benevento), infatti, dal 14 al 24 marzo prossimi, il gruppo – lo comunica il direttore artistico e responsabile, Giovanni De Nunzio - sarà protagonista di una tournée nello stato dell'Arizona (USA), rispondendo così all’invito dell’ ‘’It...
Irish-Italian parade rolls Sunday in Houma
by Kate Mabry Although Mardi Gras is over in south Louisiana, hundreds of locals and visitors will gather in Houma on Sunday for another parade, the Houma Irish-Italian Parade. Celeste Landry, vice president of the Terrebonne Irish-Italian Parading Club, said the day's festivities will begin with a Catholic Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the pa...
A conversation with L.A. Opera concertmaster Roberto Cani
Roberto Salvatore Cani was born to Sicilian parents on October 17, 1967 in Milan. His masterly technique as a violinist is corroborated by numerous awards won in prestigious international competitions: from the Paganini Competition (Genoa, 1990) to the Jeunesses Musicales (Belgrade, 1990, first prize and Best Performance of a Contemporary Work), an...
The forty hours’ devotion machine in Santa Maria dell’Orto in Rome: candles for maundy thursday
Every year, for centuries, 213 candles have lit up the church of Santa Maria dell'Orto in Trastevere, Rome. The brothers of the confraternity of the same name, founded by pope Alexander VI in 1492, keep alive the 17th-century tradition of the "Macchina delle Quarantore" (Forty Hours' Devotion Machine), with what is said to be the last intact d...