Southern Italian Folk Dance Night with Ornella Iuorio
Learn to dance tammurriate, pizzicas and tarantellas! Music by Fabio Pirozzolo – Percussion & VocalistRoberto Cassan – Accordion When: Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM Where: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 General admission – $15 Tickets can be purc...
A magical moment at St. Anthony’s Feast
A few years ago, I'd experienced Saint Anthony's Feast in Boston's North End for the very first time. Growing up Italian in Buffalo, I'd enjoyed summer Italian festivals before, as they're a regular annual fixture in most American cities. But nothing could prepare me for the sights and sounds of this, the largest Italian Religious Festival in New E...
Cake Boss To Open Bakery in CT
Carlo's Bakery, the setting of the hit TLC series Cake Boss, will open its doors in the Winter section of Casino of the Earth on Saturday, September 12th. Carlo's Bakery at Mohegan Sun is the brand's eleventh location and first ever New England venue. The bakery will offer all the same famous Italian pastries and specialty cakes that originated in...
Stamford gains another sister city, this time Rose, Italy
By Alex Gecan Mayor Mario Bria, of Rose, Italy, first visited Stamford in 1999. The city has changed a lot since then, he said. Bria spent an hour Tuesday with Mayor David Martin, trading gifts and pastries as representatives of a new "sister city" arrangement. Rose, which lies close to the southern tip of Italy in the Calabr...
Christopher Bronzo, Worcester Rugby Player, Dies at 29
By Charlene Arsenault Christopher "Hilli" Bronzo, 29, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly due to complications of asthma on March 15, 2016. He leaves his mother Nancy Bronzo; his sister Jessica Bronzo, and her husband, Carl Marcustre; 2 nephews, Harley and Chase Marcustre, a brother, Adam Schmaelzle, his maternal grandmother Joyce Bronzo...
Best New Italian in Boston Area: Giulia in Cambridge, MA
by Liz Bomze I remember thinking that Cantabrigians had gotten a great Christmas present when Giulia opened last December. The stylish yet low-key Porter Square space came with the promise of Michael Pagliarini, former executive chef at Back Bay's higher-falutin Italian dining room Via Matta, his Umbrian roots, and his considerable pasta-making sk...
New England Patriots pick ‘Italian Stallion’ Jimmy Garoppolo
The New England Patriots selected Jimmy Garoppolo with the 30th pick in the second round (62nd overall) during the NFL Draft on Friday. Garoppolo, a 6-foot-2-inch, 226-pound righthanded passer played college football at Eastern Illinois. As a senior in 2013, he broke Tony Romo's school records for career passing touchdowns, yards and passi...
Milly Buonanno. American television on the Italian (small) screen - November 19, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Cinema and Media Studies and the Department of Italian Studies welcomes Milly Buonanno, Professor of Television Studies, Department of Communication and Social Research at La Sapienza University of Rome. This lecture examines the shifting relationship between Italian and American broadcasting, focusing on television drama. American televis...
Pizza royalty setting up shop in Chestnut Hill
After whetting Boston appetites for the past year, the famed Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana said it has finally decided to open its first local restaurant, in Chestnut Hill, this fall. Pizza-loving Bostonians — even competitors — were salivating Friday over the news about the New Haven institution’s plans to move into the area. “I’m all fo...
Italian Festa in Waltham, MA - May 30, 2015
The Regina Margherita di Savoia Mixed Lodge #1094 of the Order Sons of Italy in America will again host an Italian Festa on the Waltham Common on Saturday, May 30th, from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm; rain date is Sunday, May 31st. In addition to showcasing Italian heritage, the Festa is a fundraiser for the various charities which the Order supports, such a...
Fiercely vocal – Chiara Civello returns to musical roots with show in Boston
by Nicola Orichuia Chiara Civello doesn't know how to stay still. The young Italian singer-songwriter has been traveling the world ever since the age of 18, when she took her bags and left her native Rome to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. "It's a place that has given me so much," she tells us in an exclusive interview. ...
Cafe Artigiano Opens Soon Downtown
A former Mediterranean restaurant near City Hall will be reborn as an Italian cafe some time this fall. Cafe Artigiano is slated to open at 8 City Hall Ave. soon, according to Downtown Boston BID, replacing Cafe Hemshin in the storefront between School Street and City Hall Square. Cafe Artigiano will reportedly serve panini, pasta, and oth...