Venice’s Jewish ghetto is turning 500. Is it finally time to celebrate?
Campo del Ghetto Nuovo is the heart of Venice's Jewish ghetto, a quiet square just a few minutes' walk from the train station. It hosts the Jewish Museum, three ancient synagogues and the Jewish community's nursing home for the elderly. Not far from the square is a kosher hotel and a kosher restaurant. In the past two decades, Venice's ghe...
Fredericksburg to formalize sister city relationship with Este, Italy
Fredericksburg will confirm its sister-city relationship with Este, Italy, with a signing ceremony on Wednesday. It will be held at 11 a.m., in the City Council Chambers in City Hall, 715 Princess Anne St. The proclamation signing is free and open to the public. It completes the confirmation of the relationship, which began with a similar cer...
Tenuta, Ruffolo honored at Celebrazione Italiana
Two community leaders were honored Friday night at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Celebrazione Italiana dinner. Carmelo Tenuta, owner of Sports Physical Therapists and senior partner at OccuPro Industrial Solutions, was given the lifetime achievement award. Carmel Ruffolo, associate vice president for research and innovation a...
Rugby goes pro in Sacramento
By Andy Furillo The roads to professional rugby run through the basketball courts of Middle America, a bloody gunshot attack in Santa Rosa, the Cal football program and a town about 25 miles inland from the Adriatic coast of Italy. They will meet Sunday at an intersection known as Bonney Field, in an American pro version of the ruffian's...
Linguistic activist Vincent Cerda
It's not as common as it once was for American kids to learn Italian as their first language — and even when they do, it often fades as they grow. That's exactly what happened with Berwyn native Vincent Cerda, who grew up speaking Italian fluently but didn't rediscover his love for the language until he entered high school at Nazareth Academy. "Af...
Café Altro Paradiso Is Chef Ignacio Mattos’s Next NYC Hit
Since chef Ignacio Mattos and restaurateur Thomas Carter's Nolita restaurant, Estela, became a perennial favorite of savvy New York diners and earned them a James Beard nomination, the city's culinary crowd has been eagerly awaiting the opening of their sophomore establishment. Well, their second act is here: Café Altro Paradiso. Set on a quiet co...
Detroit Showcased at the Venice Biennale on Architecture
by Sandra Tornberg Antoinette DelVillano is an architect working in New York City. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. Antoinette entered this photo of her father Antonio DelVillano, uncle Rolando DelVillano, aunts Sandra DelVillano Marchi and Lisa Wagner, and grandfather Gaetano DelVillano in the My...
Brooklyn’s first Italian parish unveils plaque dedicated to immigrants
Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen's Church on Summit and Hicks streets was filled with people celebrating their Italian heritage. The parish, marking its Sesquicentennial (150th year), celebrated its history as a center for helping Italian immigrants from the time it was founded in 1866. "'Dream Anew,' as did our parents and grandparents upon arri...
Limoncello – Drink of the Amalfi Coast
Almost synonymous with the Amalfi Coast is limoncello, the refreshing liqueur, aperitif, and digestivo made from the large lemons grown in Campania. While controversy exists regarding the origins of this popular drink, limoncello prevails as the drink of choice anywhere along the Amalfi Coast as well as Naples and Sorrento. Native Italians from Sor...
Downtown Williston gets a taste of Italy
As the sun lowers in the sky, the sounds of laughter and conversation are heard inside the Downtown Plaza - the kind of energy that can only be generated from those sharing a hearty meal together. Nestled within the Plaza is a small 12 table restaurant, Cugini Italian Bistro. Candle lit tables and bistro-style decor creates an intimate amb...
Alfonso's Pastry Shoppe brings old-fashioned touches to Cranford
THE EXPANSION of an Italian pastry shop from Staten Island to Cranford was never intended, but when Christina Campitiello visited the location, she just couldn't resist. It was like a scene from a movie. "The town was so perfect," she says. "We were there for one minute — it felt like home." Campitiello knows from movie scenes. The or...
Procession in honor of our Patron Saint of Mola di Bari
by Congregation of Maria S.S. Addolorata The Congregation of Maria S.S. Addolorata would like to announce that this years' procession in honor of our Patron Saint of Mola di Bari will take place on Sunday, September 11th. The procession will depart from Sacred Heart–St. Stephens Church (Summitt and Hicks Street) Carroll Garde...