Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta to play Valhalla festival – 24 June, 7:30 PM
Valhalla's Art, Music and Theatre Festival continues this week with Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta. Gambetta performs at the South Shore's Valhalla Boathouse Theatre Wednesday night, bringing a diverse set of tastes to Lake Tahoe. "From his unique background as an Italian musician in love with both American roots music as well as the mus...
Robert Davi sings Sinatra on 'A Capitol Fourth'
by Jay Bobbin Robert Davi got his professional start opposite Frank Sinatra, who's about to be saluted by him on Independence Day. Known for tough-guy roles, the actor-singer who was James Bond's enemy Sanchez in "Licence to Kill" and FBI man Bailey Malone on the NBC series "Profiler" has opened a new chapter of his career by renderin...
Tourists in hot water for Rome fountain dips
In the early hours of Monday, a group of American tourists put on their costumes and went for a dip in the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in Rome's Piazza Navona. According to an appalled eyewitness Victoria Wyatt, who published photos of the event on Facebook: "They did full circles around the fountain...after their 20-minute swim, the tourists dr...
New York City FC rave over Andrea Pirlo's MLS debut: "Now there will be no more long ball"
by Dylan Butler It was 30 minutes of brilliance, according to NYCFC forward David Villa. That was the Spaniard's assessment of Andrea Pirlo's Major League Soccer debut in a 5-3 win over Orlando City at Yankee Stadium Sunday. "He just got here on Tuesday and look at what he did in a half-an-hour," Villa said through a translator....
Italian Festival is a family affair
By Anne Calos Like most things the Molinaros do, this Sunday's Italian Festival is all about family and friends. This is the 14th year the festival has brought lots of Italian-themed food and fun to the city, but the festival is about a lot more than that. Since it began, the festival has raised almost $100,000 in the fight against canc...
Mayor of Greenwich's Italian Sister City Visits Town
by Barbara Heins Hundreds of people visit Greenwich Town Hall every day. But it's not every day that the mayor from an Italian village drops by. First Selectman Peter Tesei spent part of Monday with Dr. Pietro G. Mariani, the mayor of Morra De Sanctis. Morra De Sanctis is one of two sister cities in Italy that Greenwich has forged a c...
Mamma mia! Italian exhibit focuses on motherhood on sidelines of Expo
by Colleen Barry They called it "The Great Mother," but organizers of an exhibit focusing on motherhood opening this week on the sidelines of the Milan Expo world's fair may just as well have been called "Mamma mia." Curator Massimiliano Gioni said there was some irony in the choice of theme "because motherhood and the mamma is part of the...
Catholic heritage sites in pope host cities: NYC, DC, Philly
Beth J. Harpaz Pope Francis will visit three U.S. cities, Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia, Sept. 22-27. For travelers with an interest in sacred places, here are some of the top Catholic heritage sites — including several on the pope's itinerary — in those cities. WASHINGTON, D.C. St. Matthew's Cathedral, 1725 Rhode Island Ave. N...
Why Sophia Loren is the Number 1
There are many, many reasons to love Sophia Loren and dedicate our enthralled gratitude to her, and to tell the story of her legend is tell the story of a piece of Italy's past, the most difficult but also the brightest pages of our country's history. In fact, Sophia Loren's career has been intertwined with the transformation of society, morals, fi...
Nutley-Belleville Columbus Parade's Honoree Gala
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee hosted its Honoree Dinner Gala on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Nanina's in the Park in Belleville. The awardees being honored in this year's parade are: Vincent Micco, Grand Marshal; Mel Priolo, Nutley Woman of the Year; Alan Genitempo, Nutley Man of the Year; Diane Stanzione, Belleville Woman of...
Cleanup of vandalized Detroit Christopher Columbus statue planned Tuesday
by Gus Burns As Christopher Columbus Day came to a close Monday, Detroit's own Christopher Columbus statue stood defiled by vandals. For most of the day, a hatchet stuck from the center of the Italian explorer's likeness. A bystander climbed up and removed it about 4 p.m., remarking that it was disrespectful. Tape that held t...
Ballaro Bringing Italian Flair to the North Shore in One Month
by Ashok Selvam The wait's almost over for the North Shore as the owners behind Ballaro, a new 112-seat Italian restaurant, hope —pending inspections— that they'll open in three to four weeks in suburban Highwood. The restaurant, an homage to Italy's Ballaró market in Palermo, was conceived by two North Shore friends, Mark Newman and Josh Kaplan,...