Feminist Revolutionary Tina Modotti (EXCLUSIVE)
Monica Bellucci has been cast as feminist revolutionary Tina Modotti in a miniseries to be set in Mexico, Los Angeles and Italy and to be directed by prize-winning Italian director Edoardo de Angelis (“Indivisible”). The role is one that Bellucci has wanted to play for years. Modotti was an Italian who emigrated to the U.S. in 1913, acted briefly i...
Macellaio in Dallas Puts a Texas Accent on Mediterranean Classics
Want to know how the sausage is made? Slide into a seat at Macellaio’s L-shaped counter and ask. The servers are fluent in all manner of Italian-style sausages and cured meats, and they are itching to tell you about the day’s offerings, all made in-house. If your timing is right, you might get to ask the chief sausage geek himself, chef and co-owne...
From 31st August to 2nd September 2018 the biggest historical re-enactment of Italy takes place
Every year in Italy there are many local celebrations which re-enact historical events through staged costume performances. One of the most important is the one yearly held in Palmanova.. Here we will tell you about its history and in particular how this tradition began. We will also present some of the many side events taking place, and finally wi...
Danny Boys Italian Eatery Review: All about the pizza
The great thing about pizza is that even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good. So, when a pizza is genuinely delicious, like the offerings at Danny Boys Italian Eatery, it’s something you want to eat again and again. This review wasn’t my first experience with Danny Boys—the Frank Sinatra themed restaurant has six locations around Northeast Ohio a...
Autogrill Designs Roadside Eating With Civility
If you’ve been to an airport, or a train station, or a highway rest stop, and gotten a cup of coffee or a sandwich, salad, or fresh pasta, then it’s likely you know Autogrill. You may not be aware you know Autogrill, but you know Autogrill. You know it because Autogrill is everywhere. The Italian food and beverage conglomerate, which specializes in...
Harvey-ravaged Italian restaurant finds new home, and new name, in Spring Branch
A flood-ravaged Houston restaurant will rise again in a new location. The owners of Spaghetti Warehouse, the downtown restaurant that shuttered after Hurricane Harvey flooded it with several feet of water, are bringing a new concept to Spring Branch. Warehouse 72 (named for the year the restaurant opened its first location in Dallas) will update th...
Trivia Night: Italian Edition! at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center
Trivia Night: Italian Edition! September 7 (Friday) 7:00 pm - Westchester Italian Cultural Center. One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY. Admission: Members $30; Non-Members $35. Contact: Lindsay Brewster 914-771-8700 [email protected] Test your knowledge and discover surprising new facts and insights about "The Boot." An edu-taining evening for...
College Life Italia, De Rossi: "Corsi per coach, un successo!"
Ha avuto luogo dal 22 al 24 giugno, presso il Mancini Park Hotel di Roma, il corso d’inglese per coach targato College Life Italia: l’associazione, in partnership con l’AIAC, ha tenuto un programma intensivo col duplice obiettivo di formare gli allenatori sia sul gergo tecnico calcistico, dando loro gli strumenti per condurre una sessione di allena...
85th Annual Festa Italia Fisherman’s Festival
Friday September 7 15-22; Saturday September 8 10-22; Sunday September 9 10-18 PDT - Monterey Bay Custom House Plaza - Monterey, CA 93940. This year will mark the 85th Annual Festa Italia Fisherman’s Festival honoring the local fishermen of Monterey, past and present. It is a celebrated event with wonderful Italian food and drink and amazing entert...
Capitol Hill’s Cascina Spinasse celebrates 10 years on 14th Ave
August marks a decade of perfect pasta and carefully curated wine inspired by northwest Italy on Capitol Hill’s 14th Ave. Cascina Spinasse turned ten this month and it celebrated with a party full of longtime customers. “Most of our regulars came over and showered us in love and support,” Spinasse’s general manager Angela Lopez said. “We’ve been on...
Easton's San Placido Society celebrates 100 years of tradition next month
Every year in Easton, a dozen men from the Religious Society of San Placido hoist a statue of St. Anthony onto a float festooned with flowers — altogether weighing about 1,000 pounds — and take a 3-mile trek around the city’s South Side. Every year it gets a little harder as society members age, leaving fewer men capable of parading their patron sa...
ISDA Shines: Dramatic Growth Drives Bright Future for Italian Americans
Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA) is making history with its dramatic growth. Hundreds of delegates gathered in Buffalo, N.Y. at ISDA’s Biennial Convention last week, and were the first to hear the news: National President Basil Russo unveiled plans for three lodges — one in New York City and two in New Jersey — that will become new corn...