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by Kevin Jagernauth   With so many projects on the go at once, perhaps it's not surprising to hear Martin Scorsese share the following sentiment: "... I've never been on vacation. I began with my wife Helen. And with my daughter Francesca, who's turning fourteen. Now I'm taking a break for a week, a week and a half.   We might go and...

by James Pasto   On Oct. 26, I had the honor and pleasure of leading a group of about 40 Italians and other Europeans on a tour of the North End. Most had visited the North End before, but they knew little about its past, either as a historical section of Boston or as an Italian-American neighborhood. I lead the tour at the request of Andre...

Nel 2013 Gartour ha raddoppiato il numero dei turisti provenienti dagli Stati Uniti. «L'Italia rimane sempre una delle mete top per il turista statunitense. Abbiamo affrontato questo mercato con prodotti specifici privilegiando i tour e le attività di piccoli gruppi a partenze garantite come i tour Italian indulgence, gli Elite walking tour e gli U...

Grimaldi's Pizzeria, famously known for their award-winning hand-tossed, coal-fired brick oven pizzas and calzones, fresh salads and delicious desserts is now open. Located at The Shops at Highland Village, the restaurant offers patio seating, a banquet space and a full bar.   Guests will be welcomed by Frank Sinatra crooning in the backgrou...

The Federazione delle Associazioni della Campania USA is hosting Women's Day 2014 on Sunday, March 9th, 2014 at the Westchester Manor, located at 140 Saw Mill River Road, in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706. There will be a full course dinner and music by Pane e Cioccolato. Festivities begin at 12 Noon.   In addition to honoring the ladies of me...

by Ana Heretoiu   Vegas starlet Carla Pellegrino is hard at work on her newest restaurant, Touche Restaurant & Lounge. It's the very first time she's serving dinner past midnight, she has a teeny kitchen and staffing is proving difficult, but overall, the Top Chef alum seems wildly excited about everything that's coming together at Touch...

by Valeria Nekhim   Outfitted in black suits without ties, Fabrizio Carro and Cristiano Vezzoli dart from table to table to inquire about their patrons' meals and to extol the virtues of various regional Italian dishes. As they maneuver between the restaurant's interior and the terrace, their tousled black curls and matching facial scruff re...

Dating back hundreds of years, Italy has a well-deserved reputation for nurturing glass artisans producing beautiful Italian glass furniture creations. Included in this elite group is the century old family glass factory that has been working with Glas Italia since its inception in the early 1970's.   Over the years the design and production...

Frances Mayes, the bestselling author of "Under the Tuscan Sun," brings her line of Tuscan Sun Wines to New Hampshire for the first time on Friday, May 16th for a private dinner event at Tuscan Kitchen, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Salem, New Hampshire.   This will be followed by a wine sampling and book and bottle singing event on Sa...

By Stephen Edelstein   Depending on where you live, there may be certain electric cars that aren't available at your local dealer. For buyers outside California, that's been the case with the Fiat 500e--but it will soon become available in a second state.   Speaking to WardsAuto at the 2014 New York Auto Show, Fiat's U.S. chief J...

di Riccardo Chioni   L'Italia a tavola sarà in vetrina nel cuore della Hudson Valley a New Paltz per il primo appuntamento con il Wine & Food Festival che si annuncia con una tre giorni densa di avvenimenti in compagnia di celebrità internazionali in cucina e in cantina. Il Wine & Food Festival organizzato da International Wine Mast...

La prossima estate, l'Indiana University offrirà per la prima volta un corso base d'Italiano interamente "on line" con cui si potrà imparare la nostra lingua secondo orari flessibili e senza dover essere fisicamente presenti nel Campus universitario.   A darne notizia è il Consolato italiano a Detroit, sottolineando che il corso è aperto non...