Women Dealing with Women: PW Talks with Louisa Ermelino
In her new collection of short stories, Louisa Ermelino (PW's reviews director) returns to some of the materials that have engaged her imagination across her three earlier novels. The 16 stories in Malafemmena, which will be published by Sarabande Books in August, invoke a range of experiential material: seat of the pants bohemian travel though Asi...
Hear the long lost recording of Italian opera legend Pavarotti discovered hidden in festival archive
A long lost early recording of Luciano Pavarotti has been discovered in the archives of a music festival where he performed as a teenager. The track from 1955 features the world-famous Italian tenor performing on two songs and an interview with the legend on his return to the festival 36 years later. The 61-year-old audio was recorded...
'Preserving Italy' offers delicious recipes for putting by summer's bounty: Cookbook Review
In a nutshell: Italians are masters of preserving the harvest. From dry salami to mixed vegetable giardiniera and canned tomato sauce, it's an integral part of their cooking traditions. In her seventh cookbook, Italian cooking expert Domenica Marchietti shares her passion of the Italian way of preserving foods. The book is divided into cha...
Louis Prima’s old-school Las Vegas spirit lives on in daughter’s performances
by F. Andrew Taylor In order to find old school Las Vegas, Lena Prima had to move to New Orleans. "New Orleans reminds me of old Vegas," Prima said. "The people are out on the street. They're out in the (French) Quarter. They're strolling in and out of clubs, and there's live music everywhere." Prima, who is performing Aug. 20 at...
Austin Businesses With Italian Ties Raise Funds For Earthquake Victims
A group that promotes Italian culture in the capital city is spearheading efforts to send aid to the cities devastated by last week's earthquake. Italy Meets Texas has reached out to several Italian-American businesses and community members collecting funds to send to the affected areas, and in particular the City of Amatrice. Rea...
Preserving a Vanishing Art in the Italian American Community with Local Filmmaker Michael LoVaglia
The Italiano Villaggio Culturale at the Italian Family Festa was proud to be hosting the world premiere of the documentary film, "Pomodoro", by local filmmaker Michael LoVaglia. The film is a tribute to three generations of his family, and is a glimpse into a vanishing culinary art in the Italian American community, the making and canning of homema...
Mafiosi Are Not Italian
by Guy Graybill Any group, in any nation, that shows disrespect, of criminal proportions, for others within their own nation or elsewhere, cannot claim to be members of the national populace. Therefore, the Mafiosi are not true Italians, or – in America – they are not true Italian-Americans. Similarly, the Klansmen of America are...
Why is there a memorial to Marconi, the father of radio, on 16th Street NW?
Why is there a memorial to Marconi on 16th Street NW? — Mrs. Answer Man, the Living Room You would think that when Answer Man got home, he could put down his briefcase, loosen his tie, put up his feet and pop a cold one. But oh, no. Even before the first sip, here comes Mrs. Answer Man — a.k.a. Question Woman — pestering him with her own quer...
Cape Coral Italian American Club is homeless after getting boot
For 50 years, they've called the building their home away from home. Now the members of the Cape Coral Italian American Club can't meet there anymore, and the club's future is uncertain. The club is homeless after the building's new owner booted it from the premises last month. Club members can still visit the building — now renamed Cape C...
Italian land and nature: Riviera in Emilia Romagna
WTI Magazine #84 2016 October 17Author : italia.it Translation by: Many know it as the Riviera of Fun, given its expansive and well-maintained beaches and innumerable attractions; the Adriatic Riviera (in Emilia Romagna) is one of Italy's best-known beach resort localities, and no doubt that the Riviera of Fun is a definition that su...
Italian boxers took Irish names to deter discrimination
To the untrained eye, it seemed that prior to the 1920s there were few noteworthy American boxers of Italian origin and only a limited presence in the decades that followed. But behind many Irish boxing names there frequently stood an olive-skinned, dark-haired battler with a hidden identity. More than one thousand Italian professional boxers went...
Peppe Voltarelli plays Profazio
When: Fri, December 2, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM ESTWhere: I AM Books, 189 North Street, Boston, MA 02113 The tradition of a troubadour singing and telling stories has been with us for eons. Whether it's griots in West Africa, bluesmen in Mississippi or Moroccan gnawa players, these traveling musicians inform and entertain with a mix of politic...