Sparta Chapter of UNICO National Announces UNICO Community Leader of the Year William Curcio with Special Guest Speaker Joe Piscopo
The Sparta Chapter of UNICO National will hosting “A Night of Giving” fundraising dinner where they will be honoring William P. Curcio of Sparta, as the 2017 Community Leader of the Year for his 19 years of Commitment and Service to the Sparta Chapter of UNICO, living up to the UNICO motto “Service above Self and promoting Italian Heritage & Cultur...
Venture north for a true Italian treat
Portofino Italian Restaurant in Merrimack, N.H., is a true family ristorante. Patriarch Giuliano Mastantuono handles the cooking while his wife, Maria, and his brother in-law, Helder “Pepper” Pimenta, are among the family members who help out. Giuliano is a native of Italy and worked in his family’s restaurant as a young man. When he was in his tee...
St. Joseph’s Table event on March 15
The Paolo Busti Cultural Foundation will host its annual St. Joseph’s Table at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at Sunny’s restaurant. The public is invited. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at Sunny’s and VJ Gautieri’s, from board members, or by calling (585) 734-9102. St. Joseph the Worker is the patron Saint of fathers, the dying and social...
Kairos Italy Theater Presents US Premiere of THE WORTH OF WOMEN
On the occasion of International Women's Day 2017, KIT - Kairos Italy Theater announces its upcoming US Premiere production of "The Worth of Women." KIT-Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, brings to the stage the US premiere of The Worth of Women, a theatrical adaptation of a book written by Moderata Fonte...
National Meatball Day: Who makes best in New Orleans?
National Meatball Day falls on Thursday (March 9) and Thursdays were always the day of the week when my Sicilian grandmother made red gravy. Often, she would stew young hens in tomato gravy, but sometimes she'd make meatballs. In fact, she had a special pot, which we were not allowed to use for anything else. (I boiled water in it to make a big pit...
Italian American Human Relations foundation to present humanitarian awards
The Italian American Human Relations Foundation will present special humanitarian awards to Ms. Joan Collaso and Monsignor Patrick Lagges. The presentation will take place on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. at Cucina Biagio, 7319 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL. Joan Collaso is an Emmy award winner and international vocalist. Her capacity to...
Lou Duva, Hall of Fame Trainer, Passes Away at Age 94
Lou Duva, one of the feistiest, most charismatic, colorful characters in boxing history, died at 94 on Wednesday. Duva, whose unforgettable face helped make him famous, spent parts of nine decades in boxing. The patriarch of a family immersed in boxing, his work as a manager and trainer earned him induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fam...
‘The Trend’ With Rebecca Granet: Il Volo
On this edition of “The Trend” with Rebecca Granet, Italian pop trio Il Volo stopped by a day before kicking the U.S. leg of their world tour “Notte Magica.” Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble describe the music in the tour as “the best of the Three Tenors” repertoire. “After 26 years, we are here again bringing to the young gener...
Fiat Celebrates 60 years of the 500 with Sessantesimo
Fiat will celebrate 60 years of the 500 at next week’s Geneva Motor Show with the reveal of the 500 Sessantesimo – a limited, special edition version of its supermini paying tribute to the original car released in 1957. The Fiat 500 Sessantesimo, which is Italian for ‘sixtieth’, comes as a convertible only and will go on sale in the EMEA region mar...
The Italian Restaurant Renaissance Is Here
Opening cool Italian restaurants is the new black in Denver in 2017. Sushi — we have added some amazing places like Sushi Ronin and Matsuhisa to our sushi scene — is very 2016. Lasagna, fettuccine, chicken Parmigiana are what is in for the foreseeable months. The trend built up slowly toward in the second half of last year. Chef Paul Reilly unveile...
Rare Renaissance paintings on view at North Carolina Museum of Art
Glory of Venice: Renaissance Paintings 1470–1520 features 50 paintings and a significant group of early printed books and individual pages that illustrate a crucial period in the history of Venetian art and culture, widely regarded as one of the most exciting chapters in the history of Western art. The core of the exhibition is a group of masterwor...
Sons of Italy roll out red carpet
It was truly a night of stars -- of the scholarly, philanthropic and celebrity type -- with the Sons of Italy Lodge 2738 rolling out the red carpet. Saturday, inside a glitzy and full-to-capacity Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center ballroom, the lodge hosted for the 18th time its Scholarship and Citizen of the Year Gala. With "hooray for Ho...
