by Michela Tartaglia   Italy lovers and fans: sign up your calendar! The 27th Annual Italian Festival is coming up from September 27th to September 28th at Seattle Center. Like every year, walking in the beautiful open space at the foot of the Space Needle, will feel like being in the center of "Little Italy" with countless events,...

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for "Pompeii: The Exhibition," opening Feb. 7, 2015, at Pacific Science Center.   Produced by Premier Exhibitions and the heritage administrators of Pompeii and Naples, the show tells the tale of an ancient city hidden until its rediscovery more than 250 years ago.   Read more   Sou...

By Greg Bensinger   Amazon.com Inc. appointed a new director to its board and said it is granting a two-year leave to its head of international business. The Seattle retailer said Diego Piacentini, 55 years old, is leaving the company for two years, beginning in August in order to work as the head of the Italian prime minister's digital...

Enjoy Seattle Mariners Baseball at a special price on Italian Heritage Night at Safeco Field! Round up your friends and family members and enjoy a fun-filled night of Italian culture.   A portion of the proceeds from each ticket purchased through this special offer will benefit Festa Italiana, the free Italian Festival at the Seattle Center....

by Tricia Romano   In Seattle's Italian-American community, everyone knew John Croce. "Big John," as he was called, was the founder and owner of Pacific Food Importers and Big John's P.F.I., the popular wholesale store and its sister retail outlet on Sixth Avenue in Sodo. Mr. Croce died Aug. 23 at Swedish Cherry Hill. He was 91.   His...

By Nicole Sprinkle   It's not easy stepping into the footprint of a long-running, beloved restaurant and bar like Kingfish Café, the soul-food mecca on north Capitol Hill that closed last winter—partly because of the neighborhood's increasing rents, according to the former owners, twin sisters Leslie and Laurie Coaston.   But Ernest L...

by Julien Perry   West Seattle Blog gets the scoop on a new pizzeria called Quadrato coming to The Junction, possibly as early as August. Owner Cary Kemp, who opened Pizzeria 22 two years ago in the Admiral district (behind Yen Wor Village) tells WSB: The place is very small and will have counter-style seating with about 10 bar sto...

Declaring Indigenous Peoples' Day on the same date as Columbus Day is an attempt to delete a part of U.S. history ["'Basta!' Italian Americans to fight Seattle's Columbus Day slight," Local News, Oct. 9].   European exploration of the Americas led to subjugation of New World natives and African slaves. It wasn't pretty. But it's also the rea...

by Rita Cipalla   The smell of freshly baked bread is arguably one of the world's most sublime aromas. A British study last year found that the smell of baking bread topped the list of all-time favorite scents, beating out sizzling bacon, freshly mowed grass and hot-brewed coffee.   Those survey results would not surprise master baker...

By Patrick Robinson   If you've never heard of a method of cooking called Sous-Vide (pronounced Sue Veed) it's not surprising. It's unusual and commonly found only in high end gourmet restaurants such as the Herbfarm and Canlis. But Jacques Nawar, owner of Pizzeria Credo in the West Seattle Junction is aiming to change that.   Sous-Vi...