Cinema Italian Style returns to Santa Monica
Westsiders know that Santa Monica is a great place to dine on Italian food, shop for fine Italian fashion and spot some impressive Italian sports cars. What many may not know, however, is every year Santa Monica becomes the premier location in the country to experience the joys of Italian cinema. Every November Santa Monica is home to Cinema Italia...
Italian American Veterans Post 1 in Lorain to celebrate Veterans Day, Ladies Auxiliary
The Italian American Veterans Post 1 is holding a dinner dance honoring veterans and celebrating 60 years since its Ladies Auxiliary has been chartered. The double celebration begins with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at their post, 4567 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, with dinner being served at 6 p.m. and a memorial service at 7 p.m. Music will be provi...
Detroit's SheWolf sets a new standard for Italian restaurants in Michigan
Church bells toll at the corner of Selden and Cass on an unseasonably warm October evening in Detroit while the square aquarium of a restaurant across the alley buzzes with tony Italian energy. It’s 9 o’clock — prime dinner time in Rome, and apparently in Detroit, too, even on an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday evening. Matthew Stafford and his back...
Un'”Autopsia” per capire meglio come è morto il voto degli italiani all’estero
Il voto italiano all’estero, si sa, non ha mai funzionato come avrebbe dovuto. E a fare un'”autopsia” – eloquente scelta lessicale – di questo diritto politico ci hanno pensato Simone Battiston e Stefano Luconi, curatori di Autopsia di un diritto politico. Il voto degli italiani all’estero nelle elezioni del 2018 edito da Centro Altreitalie. Propri...
November 4th - “National Unity Day” and “Armed Forces Day”
On November 4th Italy celebrates the “National Unity Day” and the “Armed Forces Day” in remembrance of the end of World War I. On that day in 1918, with the entry of the Italian victorious troops into Trento and Trieste and after almost three years and a half of fighting, the "Great War" ended. The national unification process, which started during...
Sculpture by Peter Chinni featured at Harwood
Artist Peter Chinni turned 90 on March 21, and although he hasn't lived in Taos for long, he has cemented his place in the community of artists here. Chinni's "Inside/Out" is part of the Harwood Museum's Winter Exhibitions opening Saturday (Nov. 3). Although the Taos Arts Council nominated Chinni for a Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts ba...
Milwaukee's best Italian restaurant, 2018
After years of Ristorante Bartolotta holding the crown, a new king of pasta has been crowned. It isn't exactly new, though, as winner Tenuta's Italian Restaurant has been a Bay View staple since 2003. If you want authentic Italian in a quaint neighborhood setting, this is your place. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and staff and service are s...
Congratulations to Cristina Fontanelli
Congratulations to a longtime friend of NIAF whose singing has enlivened many NIAF events, Cristina Fontanelli, for receiving the Best Actress Award in Comedy in a major NYC Film Festival on October 21. The film “Santino” was directed by DJ Higgins, a former NIAF grant recipient for the Russo Brothers Film Forum. “Santino” was among the 60 films sc...
Life, Love & Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy
The Frist Art Museum (919 Broadway, Nashville, TN) presents Life, Love & Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy, an exhibition that offers an intimate view of life in the Renaissance through art commissioned to celebrate marriage and family. Drawing on a selection of outstanding marriage chests, panels, and a variety of domestic objects belonging to...
Paladar 511: an excellent Italian restaurant takes root in New Orleans' Faubourg Marigny
Creole-Italian restaurants blessedly still thrive in New Orleans, with their red gravies and Gulf seafood, but they’re no longer, as they were just a decade ago, the only games in town. Paladar 511 is the most recent perfect expression of the alternative that’s emerged. I call the cooking Italian because a sizable percentage of it takes the form of...
America ships more and more Italian with Ferretti Group
Ferretti Group once again conquers the American audience at the 59th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, scheduled from October 31st to November 4th, with its magnificent fleet of 18 boats, including 2 premières for the American market. The United States, which has always been an area of strategic importance for the Group, has been char...
Finding a home in the Italian countryside: a survivors' guide
It didn’t all start with Frances Mayes. Yes, her 1996 blockbuster Under the Tuscan Sun made owning a house in the Italian countryside seem like nirvana with better food. But mankind has sought Italy’s rolling green hills, vast meadows and sunny skies ever since the Ancient Roman aristocracy built villas in the Alban Hills outside Rome. The idea of...