North Haven looks to keep Italian heritage alive
by Kent Pierce During Italian in Connecticut week, we have done a lot of looking back, at the history of Italian Americans. For our final day in North Haven, we're trying to look forward, at how the culture will continue. It's continuing in the schools, definitely. North Haven High School has an Italian class and Italian club to help...
Greater Aims Than Marketing With a Film Starring Green Luxury Apartments
by Matt A.V. Chaban The film shows a man in a leather biker jacket and a woman in an oversize black parka leaning against the gunwale of a boat, staring up at the huge icebergs floating by, dressed more for the cobblestones of SoHo than for the shoals of Greenland. The camera captures their amazement at the drifts of glacial beauty. Just t...
Familiarity breeds longtime deliciousness at Ristorante Machiavelli
By Leora Y. BloomIN A CITY where it's increasingly difficult to keep up with the list of restaurant openings and closings, what keeps a Seattle institution such as Capitol Hill's Ristorante Machiavelli popular for so long? Linda McElroy, who opened Machiavelli in 1988 with her husband, Tom, says the key to the restaurant's success has been...
Italian traditions, cult movies and life lessons with Robert Forster
by Michael Traversa "Now is the only moment there is to be creative in, it's a realization, this is it. You can't anticipate what may come, you can only wonder about what has happened, this is the moment you can do something about." This is the motto of Robert Forster, revered actor who's been in the business for almost fifty year...
The Oregonian's 2015 Restaurant of the Year: Renata
By Michael Russell "Renata is a dream," Sandra Arnerich says of the deceptively simple, deliriously ambitious Italian restaurant that she and husband Nick opened in May. That dream is what caused them to leave high-profile restaurant jobs in San Francisco, uproot their growing family and fly north to Nick's hometown of Portland. &nbs...
IALOC July Monthly Meeting and Bocce Tournament - Il Fornaio
07/14/2015 - 5:30 PM / 9:00 PM - Il Fornaio, 18051 Von Karman, Irvine CA Registration: IALOC Members Only – Free; Non-Members – $10.00 (USD) Appetizers are free, as our sponsor, Domestic Violence Legal Center, will be graciously covering the cost. The bocce tournament will guarantee that you will play at least 1 game....
Festa Italiano set for July 17
The Greater New Haven Sons of Italy, Lodge # 37 is sponsoring a "Festa Italiano" featuring Marc Garofalo & Friends, who will provide music, laughs, tears and all good things Italiano, July 17, 7 p.m., at the Annex Club, 554 Woodward Ave., New Haven. Setups, soda and ice will be provided, bring your own hard drinks, wine, food and paper...
Italian tenor sings great while hamming it up
Vocal recitals are not exactly a staple at the Aspen Music Festival, but it was a fine idea to line up the vivid and irrepressible Italian tenor Vittorio Grigòlo when he was available to sing a recital in the Benedict Music Tent on Thursday evening. Grigòlo displayed a gorgeous lyric tenor voice, magnificent control of dynamics, from loud...
Italian-American club swings in 23rd annual golf tournament
by Stephanie Maksin Members of the Italian American Civic Club gathered at Centerton Country Club for the club's 23rd annual Memorial Golf Tournament Wednesday afternoon. Lunch and drinks were served to the golfers at the food tent. Authentic Italian dishes were prepared along with seafood and a traditional barbecue. The even...
Francesco Cafiso, bambino prodigio del sax: "Parto dalla Sicilia per arrivare in USA"
di Michele Chisena Charlie Parker diceva che la musica è tutto. "È l'esperienza, i pensieri e la saggezza. Se non la vivi, non verrà fuori dal tuo strumento". Della massima del più grande sassofonista contralto che la storia del jazz abbia mai conosciuto, Francesco Cafiso è vicino e lontano. Da un lato riconosce che: "La musica è uno strum...
Gia Coppola and Peroni presented the Grazie Cinema Series screening in L.A.
by Nancy Casas Bringing the art of classic Italian cinema to Los Angeles, the Grazie Cinema Serieshosted a screening of a cinematic Italian film, prefaced by the premiere of an original short film directed by Tracy Antonopoulos. The series had a grand kick off by hosting the screening of Pietro Germi's comedy Divorce Italian Style (1961),...
The secrets of Piedmont’s cuisine
by Claudia Astarita Piedmont's food is generous, displaying the colours of the region's rainbow. A tradition which offers infinite types of flavors, aromas and tastes. From west to east, from the harsh rugged mountains to the fertile plans and rolling hills, Piedmont offers an infinite range of delicacies. Sipping one of its great wines is...