Italian Family Pizza Moves To First Hill
By Genesee Martin Italian Family Pizza has moved to First Hill after four years operating downtown, opening up across from Pacific Medical Center at 1028 Madison St. The First Hill spot is one large room, with brick along one wall and wood on the other. Large windows form the corner entrance, which lets out into the dining area. T...
Team behind best new restaurant hopes to duplicate success with Italian-American eatery
Houston certainly doesn't lack for outstanding restaurants that burst onto the scene, but Helen Greek Food & Wine made a particularly memorable impression since it opened a year ago. From its intimate location in Rice Village, the restaurant has racked up serious acclaim, including being named the best new restaurant in the state by Texas Month...
Seven eclectic castles
Here is a parade of buildings scattered throughout Italy, from the Aosta Valley to Sicily: castles, villas and palaces that stand out for their bizarre, eccentric, extravagant or unconventional architectural features. Most of them can be described as "eclectic", a term that points to their voluntary and conscious syncretism of various architec...
Citizen Ex: questioni di l’identità nell’era di Internet
di Riccardo Giumelli Sono per il 37,43 % americano, per il 33,14% italiano, per l'11,52% olandese, per il 6,8% irlandese. E sono anche un po' di Hong Kong, ma solo per lo 0,9%. Nella confusione delle identità postmoderne e liquide, quelle della pluriappartenenza, ci mancavano un po' di numeri per mettere un po' di ordine. A chiarire...
Michéal CASTALDO
Michéal CASTALDO is an award-winning singer/songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur from New York City. He was born in Calabria, Italy, and has fans all over the world, including many from the tristate area. As a young child when his parents emigrated from Calabria to Canada in the 1960s, michéal was exposed at an early age to American rock...
Italian family looks to join St. Augustine relatives in restaurant business
The Aloisi family is following a love of America, a love of good food, the love of relatives and a trail of paperwork to their dream of being St. Augustine residents and business owners. They've started down the path, but they haven't quite gotten there yet. Francesco Aloisi, his wife, Alessia, and their son Aaron are looking to move...
Venetian's new Italian restaurant focuses on seafood
Vegas is all about culinary diversity these days, but the Venetian/Palazzo complex literally has a dozen Italian restaurants. And it works, especially when you realize how many conventioneers want to hang out on a faux patio in the faux St. Mark's Square noshing on pizza and pasta. The newest offering, Miami's Mercato Della Pescheria, sits...
Founder’s son: Defacement of Middletown’s Columbus statue disregards spirit of creation
Bill Corvo is angry. It's not so much that the statue of Christopher Columbus at Harbor Park overlooking the Connecticut River was vandalized some time in the last month as the fact that its significance to the Italian-American community was marred by the act. Corvo's father Biaggio "Max" Corvo, who died in 1994, was one of the hundre...
Italian food takes on a modern accent at Plate in Brookside
Plate offers something slightly different to the Brookside neighborhood. The year-old bistro is owned and operated by Christian and Andrea Joseph, who also own the adjacent Season + Square, a spice shop specializing in small-batch foods and culinary goods, and the newly opened wine cellar, Taste. The restaurant brands itself as "Itali...
Vermont Theatre Company presents 'They Don't Pay? We Won't Pay'
Vermont Theatre Company's first play of the 2016-17 season, "They Don't Pay? We Won't Pay!" wraps up its run this weekend. According to a news release, this Italian farce about the common people's backlash against high prices and an unfair government is a poignant, heartwarming story of how a downtrodden people satisfies its need for food while ke...
Italy referendum: PM Matteo Renzi resigns after clear referendum defeat
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform the constitution. In a late-night news conference, he said he took responsibility for the outcome, and said the No camp must now make clear proposals. With most ballots counted, the No vote leads with 60% against 40% for Yes. The...
‘Little Italy’ image campaign tops makeover plans for Federal Hill
Federal Hill? What's that? Some members of the Federal Hill Commerce Association think tourists who don't live in Rhode Island might be puzzled at signs pointing to the Hill — and an outsider wouldn't know it's the Italian neighborhood. Therefore, at a meeting this week they explored the idea of re-branding it — as a more enticing name people...