From Bestseller to Blockbuster, A Look Back at 'The Godfather'
by Robert Cashill Today in 1972, Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather, based on the mafia epic by Mario Puzo, premiered. Here's a look at how the book became a Hollywood classic. Mario Puzo grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen. As a young writer he knocked around hardboiled men's magazines, penning war stories. In his mid-40s, he was...
Valentino Garavani and Sophia Coppola to spike Verdi’s “Traviata” with a fair amount of glamour
May 24: fans of both opera and fashion have to underline that date in red on their agenda. That's the date for the premiere of a very unusual Traviata at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, with creative directors Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti, founders of the fashion house Valentino, and stage director Sophia Coppola. Valentino, a...
Demand Justice
In 2010, Chet Campanella began an important fight for Italian Americans in his home state of California. This year, at 85 years old, he's taken it all the way to the United States Congress. Ever since he witnessed firsthand the appalling treatment and internment of Italian Americans during World War II, Campanella has dedicated himself to informing...
Taste Top Italian Wines at Rancho Mirage Event
The best of Italy comes to the Coachella Valley in the form of more than 25 wines paired with the celebrated cooking of Ritz-Carlton Executive Chef Bruno Lopez, April 23-24, at The Ritz-Carlton in Rancho Mirage. In Vino Veritas, part of the Palm Springs Life Festival, delivers a culinary experience of a lifetime with the very best wines an...
Fred Napolitano Sr. named Virginia Beach First Citizen
Fred Napolitano Sr. is the recipient of the 2015 Virginia Beach First Citizen Award, the Virginia Beach Jaycees announced this week. In a news release, the Jaycees said Napolitano, a New York native, is a first generation Italian who moved to Virginia Beach in 1955 when he recognized the vast potential the city had for success as a builder...
Italian art: Wonders from Arte Povera
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Giulia Carletti Translation by: Often described as a form of conceptualism, Arte Povera (Impoverished Art) was an Italian movement born sometime around 1966 throughout Turin, Rome, and Milan and developed until the early 1970s. Its name was coined by the Italian art critic Germano Celant, in 1969,...
Chef Matt Gallaher brings Italian-themed Emilia to Market Square; staff was ready to grow
Three weeks ago Chef Matt Gallaher opened his second Knoxville restaurant, Emilia. Named after his grandmother, Emily Jackson, and sister, Emily Cowan, the new eatery at 16 Market Square comes a mere 3 1/2 years after he debuted Knox Mason at 131 S. Gay Street. The success he found at the Gay Street eatery has quickly wound its way to his...
Cooking The Italian Provinces – Torino
Turin (Torino in Italian) is an important business and cultural center in northern Italy and the capital of the Piedmont region. The city has a rich culture and history, and is known for its numerous art galleries, restaurants, churches, palaces, opera houses, piazzas, parks, gardens, theaters, libraries, museums and other venues. The city...
Aperitivo with the cast of Taddrarite
by Italian Cultural Center of San Diego The cast of Accura Teatro is coming to San Diego's Fringe Festival to present the award-winning show Taddrarite (Bats). We will be hosting the cast at the ICC for an aperitivo with the viewing of the trailer, a sketch from the show and an open Q&A session with the actresses and the publ...
Opening Reception for Big Glass in Little Italy
The Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for Big Glass in Little Italy. An Exhibition Featuring of 'Pop' Stained Glass Works of Artist Joseph Cavalieri. Thursday, July 7, 2016. 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. 212.965.9000 info@ItalianA...
Festa Italiana gets shake-up in 34th year
The former Festa Italiana is undergoing a makeover in its 34th year, but committee co-chairman Tom Palumbo wants to reassure festival-goers they can still expect the same features they've grown to love."We're going to have the same great food we've always had; we're going to have the same great music we've always had," he said. The upcoming festiv...
Pat Christofolo of The Farm at South Mountain on the Lack of Phoenix James Beard Nominees
Valley residents looking for a pastoral getaway in the middle of the city need look no further than The Farm at South Mountain, where owner Pat Christofolo has created a little slice of paradise — and several of metro Phoenix's top dining destinations. Christofolo got her start in the food industry at her family's deli, Capistrano's, then...