OSIA lodge bestows scholarships
The Order Sons of Italy in America Lodge 2700 presented its 2015 Joseph Caldarone Memorial Scholarship to (from left) Marissa Politano of Tinley Park, who plans to major in medical lab science with a minor in music at Illinois State University; Victoria Schwieger of Chicago, who plans to major in engineering at Purdue University; Skylar Blasz of Ch...
Screening of "Capodarco e i Giovani: Prima del Futuro"
Wednesday Nov. 4th at 7pm you're cordially invited to the screening of "Capodarco e i Giovani: Prima del Futuro" (Capodarco and the Youth: Before the Future), the new documentary by Luca Guardabascio.At Christmastime in 1966, a small group of thirteen people with disabilities and a young priest, Don Franco Monterubbianesi, decided to star...
New Riverside Italian Restaurant Latest On Jax Foodie Scene
by Jessica Palombo Northeast Florida's restaurant scene is heating up, with a new eatery's being announced seemingly every day. The latest addition is a "modern Italian" restaurant called Il Desco opening Thursday, Nov. 12, in Riverside in the space that used to be Pele's pizza joint. Wood-fired pizzas are still on the menu, but...
First International Screening of the Movie Teaser “Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved” in Livonia
by Sandra Tornberg On Sunday, November 8 the first international screening of the movie teaser for the docufilm "Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?" took place at a reception at Cantoro's Market and Trattoria of Plymouth. The docufilm, written and produced by Pierette Domenica Simpson and directed by Luca Guardabascio, received rave r...
Ferrante, Levi in top 100 New York Times
Titles by Italian authors Elena Ferrante and the late Primo Levi have both made it into the top 100 books of the year compiled by the New York Times, it emerged on Monday. The books in question - The Story of the Lost Child by the elusive Ferrante (a pseudonym), which is the fourth and final volume in her quartet of Neapolitan novels, and...
Grocery Shopping in Italy
by Francesca Bezzone You may think grocery shopping is a silly topic for an article. Well, it would be if I went on telling you about the difference between shopping in supermarkets and local stores or about the advantages of buying fresh and organic products versus highly processed stuff. These are all things we all very muc...
Elena Ferrante: The mysterious Italian writer talks about her acclaimed novels
by Jennifer Levasseur The internationally bestselling Italian author known as Elena Ferrante – beloved and controversial – retains the ultimate freedom as a writer. Her publisher protects her identity, she doesn't globetrot to literary festivals, and the press has no fodder to probe her relationships or appearance. Her novels on their own merit –...
Carroll Gardens – Where Will All Your Marys Go?
The house my husband and I were lucky enough to buy in Carroll Gardens came with an Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; a large statue of Mary holding baby Jesus enclosed in a heavenly blue dome. It had been cemented to the ground because the first statue had been stolen during Carroll Gardens' more crime ridden days (God help you if you're going around steali...
Remembering Dr. Emelise Aleandri
IAWA was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our Distinguished Board Member, Dr. Emelise Aleandri, on January 17, 2016. Dr. Emelise Aleandri was an actress, singer, author and producer. She is the country's foremost scholar of Italian American theater, and has been a dynamic and dear friend of our organization. Dr. Aleandri was...
Muti cancels CSO residency following surgery
by John von Rhein Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti has withdrawn from his Feb. 11-20 residency here so he can recover from a hip operation following a minor accident, an orchestra spokeswoman announced Tuesday night. The accident occurred soon after the joint tour of Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea he a...
È di Foligno il Re del Vino della West Coast in America
by Claudio Bianchini Ci sono storie di vita, di lavoro e di passioni che meritano di essere raccontate. Quella del giovane folignate Matteo Pastori, è sicuramente una di queste: per rendere omaggio ad un ragazzo che, appena maggiorenne, ha deciso diventare cittadino del mondo per far conoscere la sua terra, l'Umbria ed il vero Made in...
Oscars 2016: Ennio Morricone wins best original score for The Hateful Eights
Legendary composer Ennio Morricone is finally a competitive Oscar winner. The Italian-born Morricone won best original score at the Academy Awards on Sunday night for his work on Quentin Tarantino's epic Western The Hateful Eight. The 87-year-old composer was nominated five times prior to this year, scoring his first nod for Days of Heave...