Italian Playwrights Project - Marco Martinelli
The Italian Playwrights Project has been created and curated by Valeria Orani (Umanism NYC – 369gradi) and Frank Hentschker (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center – Graduate Center CUNY). The project’s goal is to disseminate Italian contemporary writing for the theater in the USA and vice versa. This second edition is dedicated to playwright and director,...
Gli arrosticini sbarcano a New York: aperto un chiosco nel mercatino natalizio di Bryant Park
Arrosticini al mercatino di Natale di New York di Bryant Park. Per la prima volta uno dei simboli dell'enogastronomia abruzzese arriva anche nel popolare mercatino natalizio della Grande Mela dove si possono trovare corner di street food provenienti da tutto il mondo. A fare la curiosa scoperta il travel blogger Piero Armenti, che ha postato anche...
Valdobbiadene: The Town Behind Italy’s Best Prosecco
Valdobbiadene, ten thousand souls, a renaissance town square and the fresh breeze descending from the Dolomites. Here, away from the limelight, the world-renowned Prosecco wine is produced, including its most precious and rare variety which goes under the name of “Cartizze”. Fresh, hip and affordable, The most famous Italian sparkling wine is enjoy...
A week of Italian food diplomacy in the US
The 3rd edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World has just concluded in Washington DC and around the United States with more than 120 events to celebrate the strong bonds between our two countries through food, its heritage, traditions, and the future. The Embassy’s full program for the week, organized in collaboration with the Puglia Re...
Splurge on Italian fare at these top Houston eateries
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around Houston, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fulfill your urges. 1. Bistecca Topping the list is Bistecca. Located at 224 Westheimer Road in Montrose, the steakhouse and...
A New York e Los Angeles "an evening of Opera"
Un evento da non perdere, domenica 25 novembre, alle ore 16.30, presso la National Opera Center America Marc A. Scorca Hall a New York. Direttamente da Lucca, affascinante cittadina che ha dato i natali al noto compositore d’opera Giacomo Puccini, la soprano Michelle Buscemi e il baritono Mattia Campetti accompagnati al pianoforte da Nicola Pardini...
The True Story of the ‘Green Book’ Movie
It was well after dark on a Saturday night in January 1963 when the Don Shirley Trio took the stage in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The program of show tunes, jazz and classical music, the local paper reported, was “brilliant and exciting and warmly received by the large crowd.” But its famed leader and pianist, Don Shirley, who was black, knew his welcom...
A grandfather’s prayer: La famiglia!
Saying the blessing on Thanksgiving in my family can take a long time. First of all, there are a lot of us — my two brothers, three stepbrothers, wives, kids, aunts, uncles and, until they passed a few years ago, my grandparents. Saying the blessing on Thanksgiving, Christmas or other rare occasions when the 15 to 20 of us are together usually invo...
Giuliano Gerbi: con la radio restituì agli emigrati la voce dei parenti in Italia
Giuliano Gerbi, chi era costui? Sì, il fratello di mio padre Antonello, braccio destro del banchiere Raffaele Mattioli. Ma oggi il suo nome non dice nulla ai più. Eppure ci fu un tempo in cui tutti lo conoscevano: in particolare quando l’EIAR (la RAI di allora) lo incaricò di seguire come principale radiocronista il Tour de France, in programma dal...
Nonna's Balances Classic Italian and Chicago-Style Street Fare
With an open kitchen, a beautiful bar displaying colorful bottles of wine and spirits, exposed brick throughout the restaurant and water served in wine goblets, the impression when walking into the dining room at Nonna’s Italian Bistro is that you’re in for a first-class dining experience (with a food tab to match). While the eatery does offer such...
Tampa’s First Italian Festival This Weekend
Tampa’s first Italian Film Festival, Vivere All ’Italiana: Italian Film, will be premiering at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts this weekend. The TECO Theater will host three films on Saturday and three on Sunday. It is curated by Dr. Patrizia La Trecchia, an associate professor for the University of South Florida and director of the USF It...
Meet the Executive Chef of Eataly Las Vegas
Eataly Magazine is pleased to introduce you to Nicole Brisson, Executive Chef of the soon-to-open Eataly Las Vegas! At Eataly, we are proud to work with world-class chefs, who transform simple, high-quality ingredients into the delicious dishes in our restaurants. We want you to get to know the people behind the food, so we are presenting them via...