Venetian's Mercato della Pescheria to Feature Miami Roots
by Bradley Martin Miami-based V&E Restaurant Group is bringing Mercato della Pescheria to the Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes, planning to offer a taste of Italy, by way of Miami Beach. The corner St. Mark's Square replacement for Wolfgang Puck's Postrio was originally dubbedPescaria when first revealed in December. The "R...
Ciao, Johnny Shoes
"È finita la canzone," the song is over: it was the first quote by Johnny Shoes Cammarata that I ever put on television; many more followed. The year was 1998, and I — 31 and hungry for the spotlight — had just begun telling Italian and Italian American stories for RAI, the Italian national TV network I still work for today; Johnny, then i...
St. Joseph’s Altar draws large crowd to St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall for annual event
The St. Joseph Society of Donaldsonville continued a long tradition of erecting an altar for the patron saint of those in need complete with a meatless spaghetti and a variety of deserts Sunday at St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall. "The Italian people showed out," said society member Philip Matassa. "The whole community of Donaldsonville is here....
All In The Genetic Family
When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died last month, much was made in the media about his longtime friendship with fellow Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While the two oldest justices on the court occupied opposite ends of the political spectrum, they surprised many by being, as Derrick Wang's new opera, "Scalia/Ginsburg," has them sing, "best b...
Columbian Lawyers Association renames Rapallo Award for Justice Scalia
Changes are coming for the Columbian Lawyers Association (CLA), First Judicial Department, as it recently announced that it has officially changed the name of its prestigious award from the Rapallo Award to the Charles A. Rapallo and Justice Antonin Scalia Award, in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. "The award wi...
Santarpio’s Pizza: Eastie’s Finest
From the rusted green overpass of Route 1A in Eastie, passersby catch a glimpse of perhaps the most iconic landmark in all the city — the unchanged and seemingly only remaining joint with an old school atmosphere that is so categorically "Boston." Santarpio's — referred to as "Santaaapio's" or "Tarps" by locals — is not only hailed as Bost...
A memorial is being dedicated in Italy to the 25 American soldiers who drowned in an Alpine lake when their amphibious vehicle sank during World War II
A trio of U.S. Army veterans has teamed up to establish a memorial in Italy to the 25 American soldiers who drowned in an Alpine lake when their amphibious vehicle sank during World War II. The marble monument is being dedicated in the northern Italian village of Torbole on Saturday, the 71st anniversary of the sinking of the vehicle known...
Scuola, in Florida un concorso video per raccontare l’Italia dello sport
Le scuole della Florida possono ottenere l'assegnazione di corsi di lingua gratuiti grazie a un concorso promosso dal Consorzio ICoN e dalla Odli (Organization for the Development of Italian Language). Le due istituzioni hanno pubblicato un bando per la creazione di video in italiano da parte di studenti americani. Nell'anno delle Olimpiadi il tema...
Trento Italy's greenest city says Istat
Trento is Italy's greenest city because it has 401.5 square meters of park per inhabitant while Rome denizens gets about 20 square meters a head, Istat national statistics agency said in a report out Tuesday. Umbria's Terni, and Potenza and Reggio Calabria in the south came in at just over 100 square meters per resident. Residents of Milan an...
Cantarutti, l’italoamericano che ama il cinema e il Friuli
Lido Cantarutti, figlio di immigranti italiani in America, è un signore con una bella faccia da friulano e i modi dell'americano. Saluta con una vigorosa stretta di mano, sorride, porge il suo biglietto da visita e aspetta che il suo interlocutore faccia altrettanto. Ma è l'unico gesto formale, il resto della conversazione è totalmente amichevole....
Italians find first footprints of homo erectus
Italian and Eritrean researchers on Wednesday found the first footprints of 'homo erectus', a key predecessor of modern man. The footprints, left 800,000 years ago in the sand of a lake that is now part of an Eritrean desert, were found by palaeontologists from Rome's La Sapienza University and the National Museum of Eritrea, at the Aalad-Amo site...
Art Institute adds painting by 16th century Italian master
The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired a newly rediscovered work from a 16th century painter. The painting is titled "Christ Carrying the Cross." It was painted by Italian master Sebastiano del Piombo (seh-BA'-stya-noh del PYOHM'-boh) between 1515 and 1517. The museum announced Thursday the painting's addition to its Italian High Renaissanc...