Casa Antica, traditional Italian done well
By Andrew Z. Galarneau What a restaurant decides to give you for free can tell you volumes about the place. At Casa Antica, when you sit down an abbondanza appears, three kinds of bread – baguette, garlic knots and pizza – plus a triple-threat relish tray of caponata, pickled vegetables and chunky olive-garlic mash. The message is...
For these five students, scholarships a celebration of Italian heritage
Five recent high school graduates each received a $500 Joseph Calderone Memorial Scholarship at the June meeting of the Order Sons of Italy in America Leone D'Oro Lodge No. 2700 in Orland Park. Each recipient was required to write an essay crediting their Italian heritage in forming strong family ties and family values. Read more...
La Festa Italiana 2014 Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City, the Oldest Italian Parish in New Jersey, Prepares for 111th Annual Street Festival
Delicious Italian food, lively dance music and traditional delicacies like fresh hot zeppoles, rice balls and lemony Limoncello are just some of the fun treats ahead as Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City prepares for its 111th annual La Festa Italiana, an Old World Italian feast honoring the veneration of Maria SS. Dell'Assunta & San Rocco. &nb...
Gina's in Franklin welcomes diners into the family
by Nancy Vienneau Gina Stellino says that her husband, Joey, a first generation Sicilian-American, grew up so immersed in the world of Italian food that he "might as well have been born on a pizza table." The secrets of garlic-rich sauces, blistered pizza crusts, tender stuffed pastas — all were taught to him from an early ag...
PetraSlate Tile & Stone Adds New Carrara Italian Marble Tile Product to Inventory
PetraSlate Tile & Stone, a Denver-based wholesale distributor providing real stone materials for flooring, walls and roofing through contractors, interior designers, and retail outlets across the US, announced the inclusion of authentic Carrara white marble products to their already large selection of marble, slate and limestone tile inventory....
Italian art: Guido Andlovitz
WTI Magazine #43 2014 September, 17Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In addition to their unquestionable skill and fame, some artists of the XX century also have in their personal stories something emblematic and representative of the lives of many unknown Italians with similar fates. Guido Andlovitz is one of these. Born in 1...
Authentic pasta and more at Italian Homemade Company
An authentic Italian deli should not be out of the ordinary in North Beach, or even in San Francisco in general, with its local fervor for wood-oven fired pizzas and burratas. But it is. There are rare delights at the Italian Homemade Company that could make even the most settled San Francisco residents feel like tourists in Little Italy. Inside,...
Il sindaco apre le colombiadi a Gracie Mansion: "Ora la mia famiglia ha anche il forno a legna per la pizza"
by Riccardo Chioni Nella residenza ufficiale del sindaco Bill de Blasio a Gracie Mansion giovedì si è svolta una cerimonia per l'inizio del fine settimana dei festeggiamenti colombiani alla presenza della first lady Chirlane McCray, del console generale Natalia Quintavalle del commissioner del Fdny Daniel Nigro e il presidente della Columbus Citiz...
Gardner Museum exhibit features Italian masters
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's new exhibit features works by Michelangelo, Donatello and other Italian Renaissance masters. Many of the drawings and sculptures in the exhibit that opens Thursday have never before been on public display in the United States. Read more Source: http://www.seattlepi.com &...
Moira Lo Bianco Trio - Lunaria
Moira Lo Bianco Trio - Lunaria December 1st, Italian pianist Moira Lo Bianco and her trio – featuring Petros Klampanis on double bass and Marcello Pellitteri on drums – perform works from her album Lunaria. Not only a fascinating concept, Lunaria is a collection of Moira's compositions influenced by jazz, classical and middle- eastern st...
Christmas Concert in the Piazza
Sunday, December 14, 4 pm - 7 pm Piazza d'Italia - Lafayette Street, New Orleans 70130 Tickets: www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com The American Italian Cultural Center (AICC) presents a concert series in the Piazza d'Italia! In celebration of the holidays, the concert will feature classic Christmas music performed by Phillip Ma...
Two US funds battling to take over luxury shoemaker Bruno Magli
Revamping the brand and keeping the headquarters in Bologna. These are the conditions that Giuseppe Pirola, CEO of Bruno Magli –the Italian historic footwear company– has set for investment funds interested in acquiring the brand, which just days ago was on the brink of bankruptcy. The collapse was staved off by a Bologna judge, who accept...