Lago: Italian Food for the Small Plate Generation
In a resort hotel filled with top notch restaurants that are housed alongside the ultimate water fountain show views, it's more than a little intimidating to think you'll find a relaxing place you can share food and hangout with good friends. But it was opening week for Chef Julian Serrano and he greeted us at the entrance of Lago, his latest...
Glow 5K at Jackson Square to benefit Italian Heritage Festival
by Zach Tuggle Hundreds of people glowing in bright neon colors will run Saturday night through portions of Clarksburg during a charity race that will benefit the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival. The race — called the Glow in the Square Ultimate 5K Fun Run — is a twist replacing the festival's annual race. "It's definitely so...
New book focuses on role of Italians in Niagara Falls' history
The ethnic communities of Niagara Falls' glorious past are the subject of a new series of books produced by our Italian Research Group at the Lewiston Public Library. In 2014, we published the first history of Niagara Falls' Italians, "Buon Appetito; Niagara's early Italian-American culinary traditions." We have continued with our Ita...
Quando la danza parla italiano (e si fa capire)
Al Lincoln Center il balletto The Cloack of the Dragon ha portato in scena la prima ballerina del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Sabrina Brazzo, insieme al marito Andrea Volpintesta, anche lui primo ballerino alla Scala, e ai giovani talenti della loro compagnia. La coppia è un vulcano di idee e lo spettacolo è stato una celebrazione del mad...
Viva San Rocco! A Look at the 126th Annual Feast of San Rocco in NYC
By Giovanni di Napoli There was a tremendous turnout and terrific atmosphere for Sunday's (August 16th) Feast of San Rocco. I'm happy to say our concerns about the new venue were unwarranted, as celebrants (old and new) showed up in force to welcome our beloved patron to his new home at Most Precious Blood Church in historic Little Italy. Bedecke...
FitBark, l’osso per cani hi-tech (creato da un italiano) che sta spopolando in America
di Andrea Carnevale Se siete tra quelli che amano mostrare a tutti l'ultimo accessorio tecnologico appena acquistato, sappiate che non siete più soli. Da oggi in poi, anche il vostro miglior amico (a quattro zampe) potrà sfoggiare il suo accessorio hi-tech. E, come è giusto che sia, nel suo caso si tratterà di un osso. Un osso per...
Il vino toscano in America: "Anche qui ai supertuscan serve fare squadra per vincere"
di Leonardo Biagiotti New York, 2 settembre 2015 - Più grande e in grande stile is better. Anche il vino toscano, per crescere in America, ha bisogno di fare squadra evitando piccoli eventi 'poco utili se non dannosi'. Parola di Lucio Caputo, presidente dell'Italian Wine & Food Institute di New York, l'organizzazione che dal 1983 si oc...
Culture of the Gardens in the Italian Renaissance
Sunday, September 27 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | 900 Washington Street, WellesleyJoin us for a reception of the Princess Giorgiani Corsini and her lecture on the Palazzo Corsini al Prato. We are delighted to welcome Princess Giorgiana Corsini who will speak on the history and culture of gardens in the Renaissance. She brings rich understanding and hands...
A concert of works by Respighi, Poulenc, and Nino Rota
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: IIC, Leonardo da Vinci Society A concert of works by Respighi, Poulenc, and Nino Rota where, in addition to the exploration of innovative harmonies and the restoration of ancient musical materials from the fiftee...
It’s Super Fun: it’s “Cabaret Comico”
If you're looking for quality original comic song and Broadway musical comedy numbers, you don't need to a book a ticket to New York. Instead, stick around San Francisco and check out Cabaret Comico: A Salute to the Comic Singer & Songwriter mid-November in San Francisco. The event is presented by the Italian Cultural Institute a...
Smartsville family sets Grape Stomp record at this past Italian Festa
A Smartsville 6-year-old and his dad set a grape-squishing record recently when they squeezed 5.1 pounds of juice out of 20 pounds of fruit. The pair had attended the first day of the recent Italian Festa, in Penn Valley, and saw the first heats of the Grape Stomp. They turned the day of family fun into a stomp recon mission. "We had...
All Souls' Day (Commemorazione dei defunti) and the Italian tradition
November 2nd is All Souls' Day, a Catholic feast dedicated to the memorial of the dead which, according to tradition, can be dated back to ancient times. This day, in almost every country, the dead are remembered with different rituals and customs, yet the aim is just one: give some consolation to the souls of the dead. Although the tradition...