Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà to Host First-Ever American Festival Dedicated to Monica Vitti
Iconic Italian star Monica Vitti is a stateside tribute with the posthumous festival “Monica Vitti: La Modernista,” presented by Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà. The actress, who died in 2022, was immortalized onscreen with her famed collaborations with auteurs Michelangelo Antonioni and Luis Buñuel. Now, the 14-film series at FLC will be the...
Greener brewing: An Italian breakthrough could help protect the planet
Beer production has been long associated with clouds of steam and long hours of energy consumption. Could we ever imagine brewing beer without the need for boiling at 100 degrees for hours? A new Italian technology made that possible by offering breweries a way to cut their energy costs, reduce emissions and create a greener future by making the en...
Eataly is opening three new locations inside JFK Airport this year
Pack your passport and your appetite—Eataly is landing at JFK. The beloved Italian food emporium is bringing its signature pastas, pastries and prosciutto to three terminals at New York’s busiest international airport later this year. That’s right: Terminals 4, 5 and 8 will each get their own slice of la dolce vita, marking Eataly’s first foray int...
Gladiators Gate: Step into the Colosseum Like a True Gladiator
The roar of 50,000 spectators. The clang of swords. The rush of adrenaline as sunlight pours through the Colosseum’s upper tiers. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Rome’s fiercest warriors entered through a special passage—the Gladiators Gate—to face glory or doom on the arena floor. Today, that gate is closed to most. But what if you could step through it y...
Life in the ring and the movies with Joey Eye, boxing cutman
The this-should-be-made-into-a-movie life of Joey Eye began in 1969 in Palermo, Sicily, when his 14-year-old mother and 35-year-old father gave him up for adoption. He was sent to Philadelphia. He grew up as “a little curly-haired Italian kid” in a rough Irish-German neighborhood in North Philadelphia (“that built character”) and later found comfor...
Torino Barbaresco: what to see and where to eat in the gem of Piedmont
The small village of Barbaresco is one of the most picturesque locations to visit in the heart of Langhe, a land part of the Unesco Heritage boasting refined beauty in southern Piedmont famous for its landscape full of hills, vineyards (and wines), hamlets and castles. Despite its modest size, Barbaresco is in fact a place with a magical atmosphere...
New York’s Cafe Fiorello Is Opening Soon in DC
Café Fiorello has been a fixture across from New York’s Lincoln Center for 50 years. Now, the Italian-American restaurant is opening its second-ever location in another prime piece of real estate on 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (formerly Tadich Grill). It’s set to open May 21 with a menu full of classics—from chicken parm to rigatoni alla vo...
Ferrari Elettrica: official glimpse of Italian brand’s first EV promised for October
Ferrari has revealed more details on its upcoming Elettrica at its Q1 earnings call - saying that the unveiling of its first all-electric car will take place in three stages. The supercar manufacturer previously suggested during a shareholder meeting earlier this year that we could see the full launch of the car at its Capital Markets Day on Octobe...
Let’s be sisters: Seven Hills mayor extends invitation to Italian town
Exactly 4,658 miles separate Seven Hills and the Italian municipality of Coreno Ausonio. That great divide is about to shrink, with Seven Hills Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta recently proposing a sister city partnership. The selection of the community located roughly halfway between Rome and Naples isn’t by accident. “That’s the hometown of my grandfat...
Understanding the bel canto tradition
The expression bel canto, Italian for “beautiful singing,” brings to mind a golden age of vocal artistry that left a memorable mark on the history of opera and vocal performance. Though often used broadly to describe elegant and technically refined singing, bel canto also refers to a specific period in the development of opera, a period with deep c...
Premier Italian steakhouse looking to hire 100 staff for its planned July opening
The newest Italian restaurant on the block is getting ready for a July opening and looking to hire staff. Big Rock Italian Chophouse, an expansive Italian restaurant at the former Big Rock Chophouse in Birmingham, is looking to fill 100 positions ahead of its opening. Positions the restaurant is looking to fill include servers, positions for server...
The hardworking Italians, top european rankings for weekend work and long hours
Despite the stereotypes that portray workers from Southern Europe as somewhat lazy, Greeks and Italians top the Eurostat rankings for both long working hours and regular weekend work. In fact, it's not surprising if, while vacationing abroad in a Central or Northern European country, you find that shops are closed on Sundays. According to the lates...