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When times change, distinct cultural practices and traditions often mysteriously disappear from city neighborhoods and our social consciousness, but they should never be forgotten. That is exactly what happened here in Buffalo to the omnipresent, Italian cultural fixtures on the Old West Side during the mid-1960s: a golden yet turbulent time define...

Picture it: A farmhouse kitchen in the 1950s Sicilian countryside.  At the stove is Marianna Impastato. At her elbow is her son Sal. Atop that stove is a huge pot of simmering onions. As the onions turn translucent and shiny with olive oil, she adds minced fresh garlic; pig’s feet go in and gallons of crushed fresh Italian tomatoes.  Who would enjo...

Hot on the heels of Part 1, Before We Were Italians: 1492 – 1890, of our four-part Power Hour series on Italian American history, join John, Pat, and Dolores as they delve into Part 2 with “Italians in America: 1890-1941.” If you enjoyed Part 1, you won’t want to miss this next chapter in the Italian American story, covering the Great Migration, th...

Across the Atlantic, far from their supposed site of conception, Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels rank amongst the best-received Italian literary series authored by a woman—or rather, a pseudonymous author presumed to be female. The four-book series, centered on the impassioned friendship between two girls coming of age in an impoverished Naples,...

The Garden Place in Norway will host an IL Mercatino, an Italian-style Market, on Friday to raise funds to support the U.P. Honor Flight. The market will be open from 6 to 9 p.m., with the gift shop transformed into a festive wonderland. This year’s vendors include authors Karl Bohnak and Jack Deo with their book “Sunburns to Snowstorms,” featuring...

As the legend goes, there was only one way to survive the bite of a tarantula and the workers in the fields of Apulia discovered it. When the spider bit you and the venom started to move within your body, you had to move with it and the only way to flush out the poison was to dance. And it was from this story that the traditional dance of the Salen...

Espresso, that concentrated, knock-your-socks-off coffee served in shot form in a tiny cup, has won its way into America’s coffee-loving hearts. Espresso, the Italian word for “fast,” is the preparation method in which water under pressure is quickly forced through a “puck” of finely ground, tamped coffee beans, which extracts the bean’s most flavo...

Scampia, Secondigliano, San Giovanni a Teduccio. L’istituto tecnico Fermi, il carcere e la Federico II. Cosa hanno in comune? La multinazionale Cisco. Che ormai da tempo ha deciso di investire su Napoli, anzi sul capitale umano napoletano. «Perché qui abbiamo trovato bellezza ma soprattutto competenze. Il nostro ceo, Chuck Robbins, è rimasto affasc...

Casetta Kitchen and Counter is an Italian-American deli in the Network222 building on West Washington Avenue just off the Square. The word Casetta, according to the restaurant’s website, means “little house” in Italian — and with the grill right behind the counter, you did get the feeling of being in a friend’s kitchen, even with the hip, urban atm...

The Sicilian Tenors: a live taping for a Television Special to be aired on PBS stations across the country! Come be a part of the show! Sunday November 25, 2018 | 3:00 PM Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 West Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701 The Sicilian Tenors take the audience on a romantic journey from Hollywood to Broadway, Italy, and beyond...

The Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco is proud to launch the Third Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. The 2018 edition, celebrated from November 12-17, will focus on the cuisine of Puglia with special menus and events throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. After the success of our Tuscan week with butcher-extraordinaire Dari...

One of this area's most accomplished baseball players was selected to join a hall of fame. No, not that Hall of Fame, the one into which Peoria native Jim Thome was inducted earlier this year. But it's still a pretty formidable hall. Former big-league player and former and probably future big-league manager Joe Girardi, the pride of East Peoria, wa...