Forever, Centre Street Cafe was the tiny place with the line out the door for brunch. It was one colorful square in Jamaica Plain’s patchwork of restaurants — small, independent places serving sandwiches, baked goods, coffee, ice cream, vegetarian-friendly fare, and the dishes of Thailand, India, Japan, Scotland, Cuba, the Middle East, Ethiopia, an...
READ MOREDopo Andrea Bargnani, Marco Belinelli e Danilo Gallinari, altri due talenti del basket italiano potrebbero approdare nella Nba: i virgulti in questione sono Gigi Datome e Daniel Hackett, protagonisti dell'ultima Finale Scudetto tra Roma e Siena. BOSTON SU DATOME - Si sapeva da tempo che diverse franchigie erano interessate all'ala della Vi...
READ MOREBoston Lyric Opera (BLO) General & Artistic Director Esther Nelson recently announced the repertoire for the Company's 2014-15 season. BLO's strong artistic momentum continues with new productions of masterpieces by Verdi, Janácek, and Mozart, along with a new Opera Annex work by the Swiss composer Frank Martin. The season opens with L...
READ MOREHello everyone, my name is Louis Strazzullo and I am the chairman for The North End Columbus Day Parade located in Boston's Little Italy. This parade was started back in the early 50's by the V.F.W of our neighborhood. Every year they would celebrate the Italian American Heritage with a Grand parade through this great neighborhood "little Italy". T...
READ MOREby Alexa Mellardo Located in the heart of Boston's charming North End neighborhood, this lively dessert joint is notorious for being "the first Italian cafe in Boston." And ever since 1929 its beautiful tradition continues to flourish and brighten up Hanover Street today. Caffe Vittoria's exterior is surrounded by a hearty bunch of native...
READ MOREThe first bionic hand to let amputees physically "feel" what they are touching will be transplanted onto a human later this year. An Italian man who lost the lower section of his arm in an accident will have the hand attached, via electrodes clipped on to two of his main nerves, directly to his nervous system. Scientists say this should let him c...
READ MOREBy Corby Kummer Boston has certainly never had a dearth of Italian restaurants. There are the North End red-sauce joints, of course, which are mostly Italian-American, and a handful of chef-owned places that happily offer inspired takes on the standards—Coppa, La Morra, and Il Casale. But there haven't been many restaurants offering much i...
READ MOREby Lisa Cappuccio When: July 8, 2013 – July 19, 2013Times: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noonWhere: Eliot Innovation School — 16 Charter Street, Boston, MA C.A.S.IT. Inc. (Centro Attività Scolastiche Italiane), in cooperation with the Office of the Education Director of the Italian Consulate is proud to sponsor its first Full Immersion Italian Summer Camp fo...
READ MORERafforzare e consolidare ulteriormente la già proficua collaborazione tra Italia e Stati Uniti, puntando su importanti dossier di carattere economico-industriale e socio-culturale. Sono questi i principali obiettivi della missione che il Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico,Flavio Zanonato, effettuerà negli Usa da venerdì 7 a lunedì 10 giugno.La prima...
READ MOREby Matt Conti I Am Books, the country's first Italian American bookstore, opened this week in Boston's North End at 189 North Street across from the Paul Revere House. Owner Nicola Orichuia and partner Jim Pinzino want the bookstore to serve as a cultural hub for locals and visitors interested in diving into the rich world of Italian...
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