West Haven students translate book into Italian, now their names will 'be all over the world'
West Haven High School Italian teacher Anna Porto prides herself in helping students to learn and improve upon their language skills, even if that language is English. While learning Italian, many of her students are not learning a new language for the first time. “I’m lucky I have a lot of Spanish speakers,” she said. In addition to teaching a num...
Newly Opened Italian Restaurant Off To Strong Start In Fairfield County
Quartiere (pronounced kwa-ti-eeray) literally means neighborhood, and that is what the owners are attempting to create -- a neighborhood spot that is causal but elegant with good food and service. In addition to the good food, diners will also find a creative group of mixologists behind the bar that are busy mixing up some crazy inventive and tasty...
Manchester Park Re-Named In Honor Of Nathan Agostinelli
On Wednesday UNICO, in partnership with the town of Manchester honored Manchester resident and former mayor Nathan Agostinelli with the renaming of Munro Park to the Nate Agostinelli Veterans Memorial Park. Munro Park is located at the intersection of Porter and East Center Street. The community is invited to attend. Agostinelli has made several co...
Italian Women Artists Celebrated in Groundbreaking Exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Travels to Detroit Institute of Arts
A collaboration between the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Detroit Institute of Arts (Dia), By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800, is on view now to January 9, 2022, at the Wadsworth, and travels to the Dia, February 6 – May, 29 2022. An exhibition solely dedicated to Italian women artists, now at the Wadsworth Athene...
Pepe's Italian Restaurant moves to Shrewsbury Street, opens Thursday
Pepe's Italian Restaurant will open at its new location on Shrewsbury Street Thursday. The restaurant closed at 274 Franklin St. Oct. 2 and for months has been posting updates depicting work inside their new restaurant at 179 Shrewsbury St. The new location is slated to open at 4 p.m. Thursday. The Shrewsbury Street restaurant will still feature fa...
Salute opens restaurant in ‘the new Little Italy’ in Rocky Hill
Salute, a Hartford restaurant scene favorite since 2011, has opened a satellite location in Rocky Hill. Co-owner Andy Rizzo called the Route 3 corridor where his new restaurant is located “the new Little Italy.” “The whole Italian section of Hartford seems to be moving or expanding south. DiFiore’s Ravioli Shop, Mozzicato bakery, Carbone’s. All of...
Discover Slow Food Vermont, Vermont Italian Cultural Association Nov 16
November 16, 2021; 7-8:00pm. A virtual presentation on Zoom. A presentation given by Mara Welton, Slow Food USA Director of Programs and Slow Food USA State Governor for Vermont. Mara will share the inspiring history of the Slow Food movement, from its origins in Italy to how it spread across the globe as well as the movement's far reaching and vis...
La Masseria Brings the Farmhouse Flavors of Italy to East Greenwich
Located in the “heel of the boot,” the Puglia region of Italy is surrounded by ocean, so it’s not surprising that seafood is popular along its 800 kilometers of coastline. What is surprising is that it’s predominantly a farming region. This is where the East Greenwich eatery La Masseria comes in; meaning “the farmhouse” in English to reflect the Pu...
Tuscan Kitchen in New England Will Honor Veterans on Veterans Day
Tuscan Brands began in 2010 with Tuscan Kitchen in Salem, New Hampshire. Their brand continues to grow with the addition of locations in Burlington, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Joe Faro owner of the Tuscan brands believes strongly in giving back to the community. He serves a large family-style meal to vet...
Coalition seeks to eliminate Columbus Day from school calendars
The Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition (MVDC) is currently working on a proposal to Island schools in support of renaming Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples Day on school calendars. In addition to the holiday renaming, the group is looking to address a number of other diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in schools. According to Jocelyn W...
Longmeadow chapter of UNICO holds blanket drive for local veterans
The Longmeadow chapter of UNICO, the Italian-American community service organization, was well on its way to filling a pickup truck with donated blankets and towels for veterans in need Saturday. Ironically, it’s the same day the UNICO’s national leadership is holding its regional convention in Springfield, an event these Longmeadow UNICO members w...
Council vote on Columbus Day brings discussions of Italian-Americans, history of colonization
Ahead of the Monday vote on whether to change a city ordinance to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Concord City Council has been hearing from members of the public, including some Italian-Americans. Monday’s public hearing will be the first meeting where Concord residents can weigh in on the name change, which Ward 10 Councilor Zandr...