O Holy Night of Opera
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 Time: 6:30-8:30 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: Merola Opera Programme In collaboration with: IIC Merola 2012 and 2014 alumnus tenor Casey Candebat returns to San Francisco for a special one-night performance. O Holy Night of Opera features selections from Tosca and C...
Popular Italian chef, restaurant owner celebrating his citizenship
by Denise Neil He's lived in the United States for 12 years, owned a business in the United States for 10 years and has an American wife. He's even been called for jury duty. Twice. Now, Luciano Mottola, who owns the popular Luciano's Italian Restaurant at 216 W. Main in Mulvane, is also an American citizen. His big news was pos...
A 2,000-year-old ancient Roman laundromat open to public for first time
by Alice Philipson A 2,000-year-old laundry where ancient Romans brought their brilliant white tunics to be dyed and washed was among six newly restored buildings in Pompeii opened to the public on Thursday. Spectacular brightly coloured frescoes and intricate mosaics were revealed across the walls and floors of almost all of the buil...
Italian wine: Aglianico, What Makes the Basilicata Pop!
WTI Magazine #75 2016 January 18Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: Welcome to 2016! For the beginning of this new year we tackle some of the lesser discovered regions of Italy and they're all to the south starting with Basilicata. I've always appreciated all wines and of course I have some f...
How Tiziana Rocca brought the Taormina Film Fest to Los Angeles
by Valerio Viale Tiziana Rocca, general manager of the Taormina Film Fest since 2012, has been largely innovating the historic Sicilian festival, founded in 1955. Her main concerns are to celebrate and foster Italian young talents, as well as to assure female filmmakers of an equal visibility as their male counterparts. The c...
“Pie” is the most popular attraction at Girasole’s restaurant in Shadyside
By Chuck Sypula There are tons of reasons you might go to Girasole's Italian restaurant. You can go for the savory, southern-Italian sauces or the freshly made pastas. You can go for the creative and beautifully presented meat and fish dishes, or the unpretentious but worldly wine offerings. And some go just for that distinct...
Lady Gaga won’t be a fashion poser like the Jenners
By Dana Schuster Unlike wannabes Kendall and Kylie Jenner and Kanye West, Lady Gaga respects fashion designers too much to ever try to be one. "The thing is, at the end of the day, I have a real respect for fashion designers," Gaga told The Post at her stylist and friend Brandon Maxwell's show Tuesday night at the Monkey Bar. ...
Italy global wine market king, thanks to American drinkers
Italy was the biggest exporter and producer of wine in the world in 2015, while the United States consumed the most of the Mediterranean country's prized nectar, a study published yesterday showed. "Today, one bottle of wine exported in five is made in Italy, the biggest wine exporter in the world," Italy's Coldiretti agricultural associat...
Italian language: The origins of Thanks, You are welcome, Grazie and Prego
WTI Magazine #77 2016 March 18Author : Giosuè Prezioso Translation by: According to the Californian neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, the amount of words pronounced on a daily basis by women and men is very diverse: the former, in fact, can use until 20 thousand terms, the latter only 7 thousands, basically a third. Among these wo...
Katerina Ristorante to bring authentic Italian cuisine to Great Neck
Cary Rosner said most Italian restaurants do not offer real Italian cuisine."When you go out to a restaurant, you're not being served Italian food, you're being served an Americanized version of Italian food," Rosner said. "Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I believe it has veered so far right that it's time to bring simplicity back to I...
Così l'hi-tech italiano trova i fondi negli Usa
AAA tecnologia italiana cerca investimenti americani. Con tre parole chiave con cui, l'Italia si è presentata all'elite del business americano, in un summit dal titolo esplicito: "Influence, relevance and growth" (influenza, rilevanza e crescita). Opera di Fernando Napolitano - già amministratore delegato di Booz Allen Hamilton in Italia,...
CIAP #15 Presents Spring Networking Eataly Style April 28th @ 7pm
CIAP #15 Presents Spring Networking and Beer Tasting Eataly Style. The board of directors of CIAP in conjunction with Eataly Chicago are excited to present this year's first event, Spring networking and Beer tasting led by one of Chicago's foremost brewmasters, Eric Dixon. Eric will explain Eataly's unique approach to brewing "Italian Style" b...