No regrets, says Mark Assini as he nears end of his public service career
No regrets. That's how Mark Assini is viewing his past as he nears the end of his public service career. The one-time rising star who almost upset stalwart Rep. Louise Slaughter in the 25th Congressional District race in 2014 — losing by 868 votes — will take the next few months to consider his future. He is up for re-election as Gates town supervi...
For the love of gravy
As Sunday’s 4th Annual East Passyunk Red Gravy Cook-off commenced at Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School, attendees heard the pleasant strains of Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore.” It was a fitting tune considering that a love for pasta’s pal – red gravy – had brought a crowd of 200 guests together. The cook-off began with guests sampling 15 gravies, and e...
The world behind your Italian name
Naming a child is usually one of two things: a matter of trends or a matter of tradition. Every year, parents all over the world let celebrities and VIPs inspire their choices, just as it happened in 2017, when “Rumi” became a top 100 girls’ name after Beyoncé used it for one of her twins. Sometimes parents make more curious choices – think of Kim...
Air Italy to take delivery of first Boeing 737 MAX
On the 23rd of April, the first Boeing 737MAX 8 of the new Italian carrier Air Italy, formerly known as Meridiana, rolled out of the paint shop in Portland, Oregon featuring the airline’s colorful livery. Air Italy currently operates a fleet of 11 aircraft, 8 Boeing 737NGs, and 3 Boeing 767-300s, which have previously been used by their predecessor...
‘My American Dream’ Review: The Bastianich Family Recipe
In 1958, 11-year-old Lidia Matticchio and her family arrived in America as Italian refugees, penniless and speaking no English. Social workers supplied them with lodging, used clothes and boxes of unfamiliar food, including a thick, canned, white substance that baffled her mother. “The red, white and blue label featured a slice of cherry pie and th...
Job Posting: Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor of Italian
Faculty Type: Non Tenure Track Fulltime; Office/Department: Modern Languages & Literatures; Faculty Job Type: Full-time; Estimated End Date: 06/08/2019. The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at Loyola University Maryland is seeking a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor of Italian to teach in the department (4/4 load) and pr...
Music of Italy: UT Fulbright Recipient’s Original Work to Be Featured at Recital
When Brendan McConville, an associate professor of music at UT, went to Italy on a Fulbright in 2016, he spent six months soaking up and recording the sounds of the country. During the program, he also translated those sounds into several original compositions based on the poetry of Gabriele D’Annunzio, the prized poet of the province of Abruzzo. T...
Grazia Italian Kitchen Now Open In Katy
A new location of Grazia Italian Kitchen is now open in Katy, giving residents a taste of owner and culinary director Adrian Hembree’s Italy-meets-Texas brand of cooking. The restaurant opened April 19 in Villagio Town Center, 22764 Westheimer Parkway and retains the rustic elegance of the existing Pearland and Clearlake locations. A central wood-f...
St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities Re-establishes Ties with University of Bologna
In 1987, Franco Giannotti, Angelo Sita, Giovanni Ferrara, and Msgr. Salvatore Polizzi founded St Louis – Bologna Sister Cities Committee with the cooperation and support of Bologna Mayor Renzo Imbeni and St Louis Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl. The sister cities committee flourished for over a decade with reciprocal youth summer exchange programs, lang...
Presentation of the book "Global Tarantella: Reinventing Southern Italian Folk Music and Dances"
May 15, 2018. 06:00 pm - 07:30 pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. In Global Tarantella Incoronata Inserra ventures into the history, global circulation, and recontextualization of tarantella, a genre of Southern Italian folk music and dance. Examining tarantella's changing image and...
Staten Island's Best Italian Restaurant: Your winner is VINUM
Chef Massimo Felici has followed the "Best of Staten Island Awards: Global Eats" poll since it first launched in March. So, he was understandably "super-stoked" to learn of his restaurant VINUM's win in the "Best Italian" category. "I was pleasantly excited just to be on that list. Period," said Massimo. "When I saw myself go up the ranks, me and m...
‘The Criminal Crowd’ and other writings on Mass Society
The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society is the first English collection of writings by Italian jurist, sociologist, cultural and literary critic Scipio Sighele. Sighele is largely responsible for providing post-unification Italy with a new outlook on issues ranging from the blurring line between individual and collective accountabilit...