Belleville UNICO and their ACES Club collected donations for the needy at 28th annual St. Joseph’s Altar
The Belleville Chapter of UNICO Celebrated their 28th annual St. Joseph's Altar at St. Thomas R.C. Church, Bloomfield, NJ. The name UNICO, in Italian, means "One" or "Only One of a Kind". Additionally, the letters are interpreted as U-unity, N- neighborliness, I-integrity, C-charity, and O-opportunity. For 28 years the UNICO A.C.E.S. (Athleti...
N.J.'s best Italian restaurant finals: A place worth flipping for
You wouldn't think that LuNello in Cedar Grove, with its valet parking, hushed main dining room, well-mannered bar and black-jacketed head waiters, would be the kind of place where they'd allow people to throw things around. You'd be wrong. The high-end restaurant, one of ten finalists in our search for N.J.'s best Italian restaurant,...
Michigan State's Tom Izzo elected to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
The achievement Tom Izzo said he never dreamed of is upon him. Izzo was announced as a member of the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class during a Monday morning unveiling here in Houston. The honor, regarded as the highest achievement a college basketball coach can attain, comes after Izzo took Michigan State's basket...
Pele was the face of the Cosmos, but in many ways Chinaglia was their real star
Ah, the 1970s! When all lads had long hair, sideburns and wore flared trousers. Oh and treated disco dancefloors like John Travolta did in Saturday Night Fever to the sounds of the Bee Gees. Those first two sentences are of course all factually incorrect but either way the '70s was an interesting time if you were a soccer fan in the US du...
Italian Hotspot Osteria Langhe Opening Fast-Casual Animale in May
When Osteria Langhe opened on W. Armitage Ave. in 2014, it was a pioneer of the now-booming new restaurant row in southern Logan Square. The team, made up of owner Aldo Zaninotto and chef Cameron Grant, hopes to now change the fast-casual game with their second Italian concept, Animale, slated to open in late May at 1904 N. Western Ave. ac...
Italian traditions: The Armata di Pentecoste festival Sciò la Pica
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Terre del Piceno Translation by: When spring is at its height, on the feast of Pentecost, the historical festival of the Armata di Pentecoste takes place in Monterubbiano. Though it is difficult to date the origins of this festival accurately, there are 16th century documents which attest to its h...
Bacino’s serves Italian classics in warm, friendly setting in Lincoln Park
Some have called it the Magnificent Mile of Lincoln Park — the long stretch of shops and restaurants down Lincoln Avenue would delight just about anyone. It's my belief the sun shines particularly bright on the street for a reason. Perhaps it's the fact that the street not only features a Jimmy Johns and a Potbelly's, but other American classic res...
PMI2USA presents the Miami Business Week (by PMI2USA)
PMI2USA has created the Miami Business Week as an event for Italian investors who are interested in entering the US market with their preexisting business or by creating a new one. Specifically, the Business Week aims at helping them to get to know the USA from a business point of view, understanding the market and meeting qualified professionals...
Ten stunning Italian libraries
The books inside a library probably contain countless libraries as well. Think about the "very stately and magnificent" library of Saint Victor, described in "Gargantua and Pantagruel" as the novel's protagonist makes a long and hilarious list of absurd book titles. Or think about the one in "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, where books "gu...
Made in Italy app will fight €60 billion industry of 'fake' Italian food, say creators
The creators of Italcheck, an app to verify genuine Italian products for shoppers and aid manufacturers fight food fraud, will help fight against the €60 billion fake Italian products black market. Marco Masselli, founder of Italcheck, said he designed the app to detect fake Italiansounding names that undermine genuine manufact...
Capitol Hill food+drink | Italian Family Pizza makes move from 1st Ave to First Hill
The Calozzi family has moved in on First Hill. Last week, Italian Family Pizza opened in its new home in a space formerly occupied by a check cashing business at the intersection of the neighborhood's two main arteries at Madison and Boren. Steve and Jennifer Calozzi moved their popular restaurant from 1st Ave to First Hill to make way for...
Giulia Owner Michael Pagliarini Will Open Benedetto in the Rialto Space
Rialto closed last month after more than two decades at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge's Harvard Square, and today the hotel announced what would take its place: Benedetto, an Italian restaurant from Michael Pagliarini, chef/owner of Giulia (which will remain open). Giulia opened in late 2012 between Cambridge's Porter and Harvard squares,...