New Italian Eatery Opens In East Northport
Robert and Angela Portanova decided to open a second location of Brunello's Pizzeria in East Northport because of their deep involvement in the Northport community. The Commack residents opened the casual Italian eatery last week at 398 Larkfield Road and so far have enjoyed a positive word-of-mouth reception, Angela Portanova told Patch. The famil...
Italian shoe brand writing the book on retail pop-up strategy
Michele Lopriore, a high-end womens shoe brand, launched its first retail pop-up experience in South Miami in 2018. Then it was on to Manhattan a year later, popping up in New York City's World Trade Center Mall and then, also this year, in Chicago where the Italian retailer popped up on the north end of the city's Magnificent Mile at the North Mic...
Go wild for truffle hunting in the hillsides of northern Italy
No wonder owner Sauro Podesta keeps a beady eye on his Springer Spaniel and is poised to sprint whenever he hears frantic digging among the oaks. But, during our sunny morning walk in a northern Italian wood, he is never cross with his wayward hound who must have earned him thousands over the years by snuffling out the pungent treasures to supply h...
Review: Rose’s Daughter is Italian comfort food in full bloom
Bathed in a warm, amber glow and bedecked with rose-filled vases, Rose’s Daughter in Delray Beach is one of those homey restaurants that makes you feel good the moment you step inside. “Good energy,” a dining mate said soon after we sat. An open kitchen and a buzzing bar bookend the front dining room, and a hallway lined with canned Italian tomatoe...
Seeing is Believing: Communal Religion at the Etruscan Sanctuary of Poggio Colla
The Archaeological Institute of America - NY Society presents “Seeing is Believing: Communal Religion at the Etruscan Sanctuary of Poggio Colla” A lecture by Dr. Gretchen Meyers, Associate Professor of Classics, Franklin & Marshall College. This lecture examines the archaeological remains from Poggio Colla to reconstruct a community shaped by its g...
Musician plays while having brain op
A 35-year-old Italian musician played guitar and tambourine while being operated on to remove a brain tumour in Turin Friday. The so-called 'asleep-awake' technique was used at the northwestern city's Molinette Hospital. This enables surgeons to better monitor brain function during the operation. In this way, the risk of brain damage is reduced to...
How to make taralli, the crispy Italian snack, that a nonna would love
Thousands and thousands (tens of thousands? millions?) of nonnas can’t be wrong. They’re the ones rolling and shaping taralli, in their cute little kitchens in Puglia (or Sicily or Napoli or ...). With quick, deft movements they work, talking about how easy they are to make. How good they taste. How they’re the perfect bite with a cold glass of whi...
Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY Returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cio-Cio-San, a captivating geisha in Nagasaki, marries B. F. Pinkerton, an American naval lieutenant. For him, it's a lark, a diversion before he marries a "real" American wife. For her, it's a life-altering commitment that's briefly blissful, then disastrous: her family renounces her and Pinkerton leaves Japan. When he returns a few years later, h...
Italy’s RAI Successfully Uses Live Show to Boost Streaming Service (EXCLUSIVE)
In what is being billed as a first, Italian state broadcaster RAI has scored a significant boost to its RaiPlay streaming service by using an original, live variety show hosted by a hot local entertainer to attract viewers. Rosario Fiorello’s live music and comedy show, called “Viva RaiPlay,” just wrapped a six-week run on pubcaster’s RAI streaming...
Novelist Anthony Sciarratta plans to reopen his grandfather Tony’s ‘iconic’ Forest Hills pizzeria
Anthony Sciarratta grew up smelling tomato sauce and watching dough kneaded at his grandfather’s iconic pizza place, Tony’s Pizzeria, in Forest Hills. Seems like a kid’s dream, right? Well, Sciarratta admitted that he actually wasn’t all that fond of pizza as a kid. “At that time, I didn’t even eat pizza,” he laughed. “I don’t know why, when I was...
Former Team Italy pitcher and coach Brian Sweeney named Cleveland Indians bullpen coach
Under the guidance and supervision of Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, Brian Sweeney has developed a fine reputation as he approaches his third year on the Tribe coaching staff. The former Team Italy pitcher and coach was recently promoted to Cleveland Indians bullpen coach after assisting the pitching coach and the bullpen coach with thei...
Boom del patrimonio culturale italiano: 128 milioni di visitatori nel 2018. Ecco i luoghi più amati
Nel 2018, oltre 128 milioni di persone (128,6 per l'esattezza, di cui 58,6 stranieri) hanno visitato il patrimonio culturale italiano: quasi 10 milioni in più (+8%) rispetto al 2017. Lo rende noto l'Istat nel rapporto 'L'Italia dei musei 2018'. In particolare, è quasi raddoppiata l'utenza dei musei, dei monumenti e delle aree archeologiche statali,...