Italian Cultural Center events
By Pam Mastriano The Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass, Inc. is sponsoring a tortellini making class on Saturday, March 5 at 1 p.m. an instructor, supplies and space will be provided for adults and children. Just bring an apron and take home what you make. Space is limited. Seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served ba...
Tips for making a great meatball
The Italian Club at The Plantation at Leesburg had their third annual Italian Festival Sunday, and I was invited to judge the meatball competition. First-place winner Donna Hoffman received a golden spoon trophy and the satisfaction of knowing that she perfected her recipe. Second-place winner and recipient of the silver spoon went to She...
Berlin: Benedict Cumberbatch to Narrate Doc ‘Naples ’44’
by Nick Vivarelli Benedict Cumberbatch has been recruited as voice talent to narrate high-profile docu "Naples '44" by Italian director Francesco Patierno, based on the eponymous diary by British travel writer Norman Lewis about his experience as a British intelligence officer in the southern Italian port city following its liberation from...
Brick's Neapolitan Pizza creates masterpieces of old-world flavor
Naples, Italy is 5,000 miles away, but its heart, soul -- and above all, its 100-percent-natural, traditional old-world flavors -- are right here for lucky diners in downtown Hudson. After all, Brick's Neapolitan Pizza is one of only a handful of US restaurants to be certified authentic by Naples' True Neapolitan Pizza Association -- or "A...
Why Italians should reclaim St. Patrick’s Day
On St. Patrick's Day, I think Pasta Fagioli may need to appear on the holiday specials menu, on top, just above those corned beef sandwiches. At the risk of being chased by a parade of green-clad Irish revelers who want to hit me with shillelaghs, I think the Italians were robbed of St. Patrick's Day. Read more Source:&nb...
Eva Vellutini Zaehringer, who married into Guerneville-area ranching family, dies at 100
TV's 1960s sitcom "Green Acres" likely struck a chord with Eva Zaehringer, who was a fashionable San Francisco hairstylist when she fell in love with a west Sonoma County rancher back before World War II, moved into his hillside home and adjusted to life without electricity, a telephone or access to refined culture. "I remember as a kid sh...
Artistic Wonders of Parma from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance
Thursday, April 14 | 5:00pm | Harvard Law School |Boston College | 140 Commonwealth Avenue , Chestnut Hill. Artistic Wonders of Parma from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Boston College The Dept. Of Romance Languages & Literatures & The Office For International Programs present: A lecture in honor of the 20-year part...
How Ermanno Scervino Brings Italian Glam To Red Carpets, And Made-To-Measure To the World Of Sports
It started out as a self-funded venture founded by Ermanno Daelli (more commonly referred to as Ermanno Scervino) and business partner Toni Scervino, in the year 2000. It has grown into a Milan fashion week mainstay with revenues of €100 million over the year 2015, employing a group of 300 individuals. Last year, Florence-based brand Ermanno Scervi...
Languages compete during Modern Languages Reception
On April 13, the Modern Languages and Literatures Graduation Reception celebrated graduating language majors and minors and recognized outstanding students, while also holding a friendly competition between the different language departments. The creation of the competition was for students to showcase their love for language in an artistic form....
Pensioni italiane all’estero: anche in America spiragli di luce
By Fucsia Fitzgerald Nissoli E' di buon auspicio la missiva che mi ha inviato il Ministro Paolo Gentiloni circa l'aggiornamento della convenzione di sicurezza sociale tra Italia/Inps e Stati Uniti/Social Security: ormai una priorità del Governo. Infatti, egli scrive, il 5 maggio scorso (Vedi lettera 1), in seguito ad una mia sollecitazion...
AATI, per far crescere gli insegnanti d’italiano all’estero
By Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Era il 1999 quando decisi di intraprendere la professione di docente e insegnante di italiano nelle scuole pubbliche di New York. Allora non conoscevo i requisiti per ottenere l'abilitazione dallo Stato, perciò dovetti iscrivermi a molte classi per sapere come e quando fare domanda per essere abilitata all'insegnament...
Restaurants Where the Italian Family Tradition Endures
A linebacker for the Green Bay Packers understood exactly why we love the enduring, family-run Italian restaurant. The October 1974 issue of Esquire magazine included a feature on where N.F.L. players liked to eat, in which that linebacker, Jim Carter, gave this description of a Chicago favorite: "Food keeps coming, and they're insulted if you don'...