Club Garibaldi’s Very Italian Roots
In 1907 the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. built this corner tavern at 2501 S. Superior St. to serve the working class neighborhood of Bay View. Northeast of this corner at Superior St. and Russell Ave. was the Milwaukee Iron Works Bay View Rolling Mill, the region's first heavy industry and the community's largest employer, which dominated the South S...
Geno Auriemma calls men's college basketball game 'a joke'
Geno Auriemma isn't exactly known for being the friendliest or easiest guy to get along with in sports, especially in the realm of women's college basketball. Yet the UConn Huskies coach, who has won over 900 career games in NCAA women's basketball as a head coach and has around an .875 winning percentage, says that men's college basketball is...
Discipio & Associates
Dr. James Discipio graduated from Loyola Dental School in 1984 and received a graduate degree in oral biology in 1985. But his "career" in dentistry began long before the 1980s. The son of a dentist, he grew up in the practice his father, Dr. Joseph Discipio, opened in 1954, right down the block from where the two men practice together now. &...
Woman + Food, Vanessa Beecroft
by Allison Soto Morales Originally from Genoa, Italy, Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian artist living here in our backyard. Born to an English father and an Italian mother, she was raised in Italy by her mother, a feminist in her own right. She studied in both Genoa from 1983 to 1988, at the Civico Liceo Artistico Nicolò Barbarino an...
Il gemellaggio Abetone-Aspen è finalmente una realtà
E alla fine gemellaggio fu: Abetone e Aspen sono finalmente «sister cities». La cerimonia di firma si è tenuta oggi in un'affollatissima sala consiliare alla presenza dei due primi cittadini, Giampiero Danti e Steve Skadron, dei presidenti dei rispettivi comitati per il gemellaggio, Rolando Galli e Don Sheeley e della coordinatrice statunitense del...
Yale Law School aiding Middletown woman who was deported
By Mary O'Leary Sal Milardo broke down several times as he described the last four years following his mother's deportation to Italy after she had lived in the United States for almost 50 years. "My mother has served as a caretaker and guardian angel for all of us," Milardo said. "She has always been there when we neede...
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church: Italian Memorial Windows
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church was the beating heart of Portland's Little Italy neighborhood. Built in 1902 by Italian immigrants with funds raised in less than five months, it was the center of the Italian immigrant's lives and was designated an Italian National Parish. The little Italian church is the only remnant of Little Italy...
The secrets of Calabria’s cuisine
In Calabria the cookery reflects the environmental conditioning of a harsh land, squeezed between high mountain ranges and a dazzlingly beautiful sea. The food is simple, humble and flavored with the strong and robust flavors of a long farming and fishing tradition. The so-called caviale dei poveri (poor man's caviar) is the dish which mor...
July 14, 1863: The day the North End said ‘no’ to conscription
by James Pasto The Boston Draft Riot of July 14, 1863, is remembered more as the "North End Draft Riot," since it began in the North End and the worst part of it occurred in the nei. The context was the American Civil War and the resistance of many Irish immigrants to conscription into the Union Army. Immigrant resistance stemmed...
A day out in...Procida
Often overshadowed by Capri and Ischia, the island of Procida in the Bay of Naples can actually make for a more relaxing and less expensive day out than its bigger neighbours. You can reach its shores in just over half an hour by boat from Naples. Once you arrive, it offers a range of attractions: colourful and picturesque villages, s...
Longtime restaurateur Romano Della Santina of Marin Joe’s dies at 86
By Stephanie Weldy A service is set for Monday for Romano Della Santina — a longtime owner of Marin Joe's who'd been with the restaurant since its 1954 inception. Mr. Della Santina, a 61-year Marin County resident, died July 9 from a heart attack. The San Rafael was 86. His wife of 65 years, Maria, and other family members were at his side....
First Communion in Italy: No need to pack a lunch
A few years ago, the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was a box-office hit. Now I have material for another potential hit, "My Big Fat Italian First Communion." I will star in the film, along with my parents and my good friend Maria who lives near Rome, Italy. Oh, uh, and of course, the child receiving his First Communion in the Catholic C...