Tony Priolo Will Start Slinging Burgers This Winter at Maillard Tavern
Heads up, Piccolo Sogno—and burger—fans: Ace Italian food chef Tony Priolo has jumped on the comfort food train, announcing plans to open Maillard Tavern (494 N. Milwaukee Ave., River West) in December, just across the street from his famed, white-tableclothed first restaurant. The chef (who co-owns both Piccolo Sogno and Nonnina with Ciro Longobar...
Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore
Academy of Vocal Arts opens its opera season with its first production of Verdi’s immortal classic Il trovatore in 20 years. Count di Luna is infatuated with the beautiful Leonora, who does not return his affections. Instead, she falls in love with the Count's rival, a troubadour who serenades Leonora and keeps his identity a secret.AVA opens its o...
Mario Cucinella in conversation with William Menking, Editor-in-Chief, on Nov. 9
There was a time, perhaps forty years ago and more, when designers in this country followed the Italian architecture scene with great interest. The country was front and center when ideas and styles were communicated principally through magazines Italian like Domus, Casabella, Abitare and Contraspazio. These journals would have articles by Manfredo...
Celebrity chef and author Antonio Carluccio dies at age 80
Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, who helped popularize inexpensive Italian fare as the founder of an eponymous restaurant chain and a prolific cookbook writer, has died. He was 80. His death was announced on Carluccio's website, by the restaurant business on Twitter and by his agent on Wednesday. The cause was not immediately revealed. Carluccio,...
Italian scenarios
The 2017 edition of New Italian Cinema continues Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 9-12, at San Francisco's Vogue Theatre. The film culture that pioneered what we now call art-house films – Mastroianni, Loren, Fellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Gerini – returns with compelling dramas presented by a new generation of actors and filmmakers. "Indivisible" (2016) In Edoardo...
"Risorgimento" (The Italian Unification)
The Italian american Museum cordially invites you to attend a lecture on The "Risorgimento" (The Italian Unification) on Thursday, November 9 at 6:30pm. The lecture will be conducted by The United States Delegation of L'Istituto Nazionale per la Guardia d'Onore alle Reali Tombe del Pantheon. Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry St, New York, NY 1...
Caradaro Club Milwaukee’s first pizza
Season’s eatings! The weather may be getting colder, but Dining Month on OnMilwaukee is just cooking up, dishing out your winning picks in this year’s Best of Dining poll. Dining Month is brought to you by Fein Brothers, your premier food service equipment and supply dealer in Wisconsin since 1929. Congratulations to all of the winners, and happy e...
Lyons life was family, friends, community and baseball
With the recent Major League Baseball postseason and World Series playing out, mine and so many others’ thoughts gravitate to the loss of a vital member of our Valley community. Don Lyons, who strongly battled, but finally succumbed to cancer at age of 63 on Oct. 20, touched the lives of many in the two communities he cared so much for – the Sonoma...
Mt. Carmel Preservation Society seeks to block church sale
A preservation group has appealed a decree by Worcester’s Catholic bishop that revokes the sacred status of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church so the building can be sold. Meantime, Bishop Robert J. McManus has said warnings of seriously deteriorating conditions at the crumbling church date back a half-century, not long after Interstate 290 was built...
Factory worker wins first Tiramisu World Cup
An Italian factory worker won the first ever Tiramisu World Cup on Sunday, beating 700 other amateurs to whip up the softest and creamiest version of Italy's famous dessert. Hundreds of would-be pudding maestros descended on the city of Treviso armed with whisks and sieves to compete in the two-day challenge to make the best tiramisu, which means "...
L’accordo a New York tra la Dante Alighieri e il Calandra per l’italofonia
Un progetto innovativo negli Stati Uniti per la promozione della lingua e della cultura italiana e della cultura italo-americana, una convenzione per l’avvio di progetti di diffusione della cultura e della lingua italiana nel Nord America. Venerdì 27 ottobre è stato siglato un nuovo protocollo di collaborazione tra Alessandro Masi, Segretario Gener...
Figli d-Italia carries on longtime traditions
Figli d’Italia, which means “Children of Italy,” will meet Nov. 10 for dinner and celebration of birthdays and anniversaries. Figli d’Italia is a social dinner club for area residents who are at least one-eighth Italian, but anyone is invited to attend. Once a month, the group gathers at the Sonora Elks Lodge to feast on Italian food, dance and soc...