'I inherited an Italian farmhouse and want everyone to enjoy its beauty'
At first I was excited. Then I was terrified. Now I cannot believe my luck. Like one of those befuddled characters caught up in a Hollywood find-yourself comedy, I was that person who, on a dark winter’s day, received the unexpected phone call: a voice at the other end saying I had just inherited a 15th Century farmhouse and 50 acres of rolling Tus...
The story behind Belmont's newest Italian restaurant
Belmont’s new upscale Italian restaurant is open for business, and taking reservations. Marrelli’s Italian Restaurant has taken up residence at 33 Glenway St. in what was once Heirloom Restaurant. Linda and Scott Murphy, the owners of what is now Heirloom Catering and Honeycomb Cafe, announced last year that Heirloom Restaurant would be turned int...
The towns that time (almost) forgot: Efforts underway to revive some of Italy’s borghi abbandonati
Traveling along major highways through Italy you will often see ruins of castles and old villages. In fact, there are thousands of these towns across the country, many in the interior regions, which are completely depopulated or have very few residents. These “ghost villages” have met this fate due to natural disasters, emigration and also because...
Zucchero at Emerson Colonial Theatre
One of the finest exponents of rock blues in Italy, Zucchero brings his Greatest Hits World Tour, Overdose D’Amore to Boston. Performing for the first time at the Emerson Colonial Theatre, he invites you to join him in celebrating 40 years of his most memorable and loved hits. Zucchero’s 40-year career has seen more than 60 million records sold, in...
Why This Italian Winemaking Family Started Teaching Winemaking to Convicts
As a chartered ferry pulls up to Gorgona, an island off the Ligurian coast of Italy, the landscape showcases exactly what travelers might expect from the region: blue-black rocky outcrops on the shore, crystal-clear water below, and beautiful, rolling green hills with a glimpse of thriving vineyards visible from the right angle. And though the scen...
‘Pizza, pasta, martinis, cocktails’: Italian tavern now open in historic KC building
Neighborhood joint, approachable food — that’s the message coming from Bret Springs and Zach Marten about The Wise Guy, their new Crossroads bar and restaurant. “Casual red-sauce Italian,” Springs said, “and a relatively aggressive happy hour.” “Pizza, pasta, martinis, cocktails,” Marten said. “You could do a date here, but the game’s on TV too.” T...
Upstaging Umbria: rugged and seductive Le Marche
We are lounging on the terrace of Lapis Turris, a medieval watchtower high in the Sibillini mountains, taking it in turns to name films that remind us of the extraordinary landscape that wraps itself around us. Game of Thrones? Skull Island in King Kong? Tolkien’s Rivendell? It’s difficult to pick; this stunning, empty wilderness is Italy’s answer...
FAU and Italy's Giacomo Puccini Conservatory Forge Ahead with Five-Year Cultural and Educational Exchange
In a move that underscores the growing global interconnectedness of higher education and the arts, Florida Atlantic University (FAU), based in Boca Raton, Florida, and the Conservatorio Giacomo Puccini in La Spezia, Italy, have officially joined in a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that promises to enhance the cultural and a...
The secret Italian islands that escaped mass tourism
Sicily’s most famous neighbouring archipelago – the Aeolian Islands – extends off the northern Sicilian coast, out into the Tyrrhenian Sea, in a Y-shaped arc. There are seven small islands in total (as well as a scattering of islets), all Unesco-protected, and all – unlike the island clusters off Naples (including swanky-but-curated Capri) and Tus...
Sugo, a New Italian Restaurant, Opens in Newark
A major retail stretch just of Downtown Newark is officially home to a new eatery as an experienced restaurant group has launched Sugo inside the Springfield Avenue Marketplace. Sugo, which specializes in pizza and Italian food, recently opened inside a storefront at 48 Jones Street. The restaurant occupies 2,100 square feet at the grocery-anchored...
Craco, the picturesque ghost town in Basilicata
In the middle of Basilicata, perched on a rocky hill where the characteristic calanchi stand out, that are deep furrows in the ground along the slope of the hill, and surrounded by a vast countryside dotted with olive trees, here lies the picturesque ghost town of Craco. That's right, today our journey takes us to this village that has been forsake...
IDEx director shares archaeological discoveries from ancient Sicily at the Italian Club of Tampa
Dr. Davide Tanasi, a professor in the Department of History and the director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute of Digital Exploration (IDEx), presented a three-part lecture series on his research into ancient Sicily at The Italian Club of Tampa located in Ybor City. The sold-out event sought to reinvigorate the cultural legacy of the c...