By Richard Gorelick Bryan Voltaggio, the chef behind the acclaimed restaurants Volt and Family Meal in his hometown of Frederick, and Range in Washington, will open his first restaurant in Baltimore. The restaurant, Aggio, will be Voltaggio's second Italian fine-dining restaurant. It will open at 616 Water St., in the space now occupied by Tatu A...
READ MOREby Ron Matz The bells of Our Lady of Pompei, the white marble steps, DiPasquale's Italian Marketplace: This is Highlandtown. "It started out as a campfire sort of thing in the courtyard of the church," said Joe DiPasquale, festival. "A few wine makers showed up. We compared our wines, and now we usually have about 1000 people, and the...
READ MOREA Baltimore developer is planning to replace the shuttered Della Notte restaurant at Eastern Avenue and President Street with a 15-story apartment tower in the next two years. The tower will include retail on the first floor and developers have told the Little Italy Community Organization that the building will have between 150 and 240 apartment u...
READ MOREThe Italian American Civic Club of Maryland & The Italian Cultural Center of Maryland cordially invites you to FESTA DI NATALE and ITALIAN HOLIDAY FAMILY DAY December 13, 2015 - from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PMIACCM - 1214 Saint Paul Street - Baltimore, MD 21202. We welcome director Oriana Oppice and author Jane Barbara at 2:00 PM to share with us...
READ MOREAndrea "Drew" Bacigalupa, a longtime artistic fixture on Canyon Road as well as a writer, teacher and World War II veteran, died Sunday at his Santa Fe home. He was 91. "He was a complex man in that he had a lot of things going on," one of his sons, Ruan Bacigalupa, said Tuesday. "He was a writer and an artist and a draftsman-illustrator for the S...
READ MOREby Ron Matz It's all about food, fun and friendship, and it's happening this weekend in Little Italy. Ron Matz has more on the preparations for the feast of St. Anthony. The festivals in Little Italy always draw big crowds. This weekend it's the feast of St. Anthony — a tradition dating back more than 100 hundred years. "We...
READ MOREBy Erik Zygmont Baltimore City's ambitious Light City festival – a showcase of multi-disciplinary talent set to bold light displays and music in multiple locations – includes an installation at St. Leo the Great Church in Little Italy. Pallottine Father Bernie Carman, pastor, said he was enjoying the display. "It looks...
READ MOREThat fantastic new booming voice heard from the pulpit of Saint Leo's of late is that of Deacon Doug Kendzierski who says he is thrilled to be assigned to Saint Leo's parish in a neighborhood where he once hung out. Memory pulls him back to his high school days [Archbishop Curley] when "my girlfriend lived on High Street. I was a city boy;...
READ MOREIn the Spring of 2013 Maestro Matteo Fedeli, on the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, performed in over 15 concerts all over the USA including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo. Matteo Fedeli will perform at St. Paul's Church in Baltimore with his precious Antonio Stradivari Bazzini 1715 violin. FOR...
READ MOREIl Faro on line - Il Gruppo Grimaldi inizia il 2015 con una novità assoluta, a partire dal mese di febbraio, un nuovo servizio diretto collegherà il porto di Civitavecchia con gli scali nordamericani di Baltimora e Halifax per il trasporto di automobili ed altra merce rotabile. Grazie all'impiego di quattro navi ro/ro-car carrier, che hann...
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