The owners of 21 North End restaurants and the North End Chamber of Commerce yesterday sued the city over its 2022 fees for restaurants in the neighborhood that wanted to use public sidewalks and streets for patio seating - and its ban on such patios last year - alleging the Wu administration and a local residents' groups hate Italians for some rea...

Sunday, January 14, 2024 , 1:00pm-4:00pm. Edgartown Library 26 Edgartown - West Tisbury Rd. - Edgartown, MA. Based on the tragic life of Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, Donizetti's Anna Bolena is the first of his "Three Queens" operas. This 2011 production from the Vienna State Opera stars soprano Anna Netrebko as the doomed queen, mezzo El...

As of Wednesday, Italian Kitchen had cranked out 60,000 meatballs in December. With five cooking days left in the month, that's more than half a meatball for each of Brockton's 106,000 residents. It's a Brockton (MA) tradition in its fourth generation. And it's all hands on deck from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day, says Jeremy Jamoulis, chief...

The Consulate General of Italy in Boston won the second edition of the “Capitals of Italian Creativity in the World” (Festival of Italian Creativity) competition, an initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with the aim of encouraging and enhancing the ability of Italy’s network of embassies and c...

The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian seafood-centric feast that dates back to the 1900s. This year’s feast at Bar Enza features staples from executive chef Tony Susi. For Susi, an Italian American, the feast carries profound meaning. It’s something he enjoys sharing with Bostonians and those who flock to the area this time of year. In some r...

Shrewsbury native and comedy sensation Mike Birbiglia is bringing his latest stage show, “Mike Birbiglia Live: Christmas Parmesan,” to the Bay State for a 10-show engagement from Friday through Dec. 23 at The Wilbur in Boston. His latest is hot on the heels of Birbiglia’s most recent Broadway show, “The Old Man & the Pool,” which has been streaming...

Andrea Bocelli is going to make another attempt at performing in Boston this holiday season. The Italian tenor has announced rescheduled dates for a string of postponed concerts amid some rare struggles with his world-renowned voice.  "As many fans now know, Andrea Bocelli has been working through health challenges forcing the famed tenor to postpo...

No matter how successful he’s become or how much he’s accomplished in his professional career, Salem’s Sean Stellato has always stayed true to his roots. Whether he’s taking a trip down memory lane on his former high school playing surface — the one and only Bertram Field — or visiting his grandmother’s grave to continue to honor her legacy, the 45...

When: Tuesday, December 12 · 5:30 - 8pm EST - Where: Consolato Generale d'Italia a Boston, 600 Atlantic Ave Boston, MA 02210 United States Seminar on the Italian space activities since their birth but with a glance to the future and to the perspectives of “Space economy”. The Science Counselor Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi, with the help of major Italian ex...

Some people call him Jerry Maguire. Others, the Italian Stallion. He’s a sports agent, father, husband, former professional athlete, and, now, a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. Marblehead’s Sean Stellato, President of SES Sports, was inducted unanimously. The prized NFL agent joins the ranks of sports icons Dan Marino,...