Puccini's Manon Lescaut at Washington National Opera
Opening march 2nd, Intensely romantic and beguiling Manon Lescaut is the first tragic heroine in a long list of Puccini favorites. Patricia Racette makes her role debut in John Pascoe's "impassioned, sensual production" (Baltimore Sun). Sentenced by her parents to a life in the convent, Manon escapes to Paris with her young lover, the student Chev...
Accordo con gli Usa da 4 miliardi
Il futuro accordo di libero scambio tra Usa e Ue? Il sistema produttivo italiano non ha dubbi: porterà solo vantaggi. Smaccatamente ottimisti i caseifici della mozzarella di Bufala campana, pronti a scommettere su un boom delle vendite negli Usa di ben il 40 per cento. Più prudenti i produttori di macchinari, per i quali l'aumento dell'export verso...
One of St. Louis' most talented chefs works in the Cheshire's basement. Time to let Basso's big dog bark
To enter Basso you descend a broad, curving stairwell into a cavernous basement. Gas lamps flicker along the wall, casting long, dancing shadows on the diners seated in the booths beneath them. Is it 1897? No. The massive bar at the center of the dining room is a wholly modern creation, with sleek liquor bottles and a distinctive tap handle for eac...
illusionAria: The man, The magic and the Music!
Joe Spinella (the Tenor of iIlusions) is an Italian American artist who brings the world of Italian musical culture to the mysterious, intriguing, art of magic to create a new, magnificent show, "illusionAria".Spinella has two great talents going for him, a well-trained golden Italian tenor voice, often compared to that of Luciano Pavarotti...
New York's Shake Shack, Eataly coming to Chicago
Chicago's River North neighborhood is importing two popular New York food meccas: Danny Meyer's Shake Shack and Mario Batali's Eataly. Shake Shack is rumored to be taking over the shuttered Harley-Davidson store at 66 E. Ohio Street. A representative for the motorcycle brand confirmed to Crain's Chicago last November that their lease was n...
The History of Cannoli at North End Historical Society
When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 — 6 p.m. Where: Nazzaro Community Center — 30 North Bennett St., Boston, MA [map] Join the North End Historical Society for a talk about the wonders of cannoli — a dessert that brings thousands to the North End each year. Michele Topor of the famed North End Market Tours will share the intriguing history of...
Il torinese che portò il cinema a Williamsburg
di Marta Veltri Cinque categorie (film, corti, documentari, animazioni e film sperimentali), 20 film e 86 corti da 22 paesi. Sono questi i numeri del Brooklyn Film Festival, impegnato, sin dalla sua nascita nel 1998, a incoraggiare i giovani talenti e promuovere Brooklyn come centro di cinematografia indipendente. Marco Ursino, torinese ar...
Boitano, le evoluzioni di un Italo-Americano
E' andata a Brian Boitano, ex campione olimpico di pattinaggio sul ghiaccio, medaglia d'oro a Calgary nel 1988, e noto presentatore televisivo americano, l'11esima edizione del Premio Radici della Regione Liguria. La consegna è avvenuta stamane a Favale di Malvaro, in provincia di Genova, in occasione della 53esima edizione della Festa dell'Emigran...
Nel mondo per l’Italia: MAE e Touring Club lanciano la carta socio estero per gli Italiani nel mondo e i turisti stranieri
Gli italiani all'estero svolgono un ruolo fondamentale per la promozione del Sistema Paese e per il rilancio dell'economica italiana. Per questo il Ministero degli Esteri ha deciso di collaborare con il Touring Club Italiano per dare vita ad una iniziativa che rilanci il "brand Italia" sia presso i nostri connazionali, ma anche nei riguardi dei tur...
Italian Day at Emerald Downs!
On August 4, the "Italians are coming" to Emerald Downs to celebrate and honor Italian heritage and traditions while enjoying a day at the races. Some of the activities are bocce ball and a spaghetti eating contest. We will have a grape stomp for kids and our free children activities in our park include pony rides, face painters and bounce hous...
Is The Square Becoming the “Little Italy of North Texas”?
It used to be that each year in February, the McKinney downtown square would see something akin to "musical merchants". Leases would expire about the same time for many of the merchants and several would inevitably move from one space to another. They were still on the square but they could be a bit of a moving target and some shoppers wer...
Celebrate Paolo Soleri - september 20 / 22, 2013
You are invited to join us in celebrating the life of Paolo Soleri. We set aside 3 days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) around Fall Equinox for this celebration. There will be "An Evening at Cosanti" in Paradise Valley on Friday, "A Day at Arcosanti" on Saturday and "High Noon at the Soleri Bridge" in Downtown Scottsdale on Sunday. There will be add...