Live dialogue from Little Italy
"I'm Ray Alcaraz in Little Italy, Baltimore. If you were born and raised here, you're here, this is it, this is you. Little Italy becomes a part of you. And generations are raised here, where if you were within the nine square blocks of Little Italy, you were home, you were safe. If we were three or four blocks away from home as kids, and...
Forma: Cheese-Centric Italian Arrives in Santa Monica
by Karin E. Baker One of the most eagerly anticipated new restaurants in LA just opened its doors, and I'm happy to note that it lives up to the hype. Forma, located on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue, derives its name from the Italian word "formaggio," the centerpiece ingredient at this new eatery. Forma's a great addition to a nei...
Feeding an Empire: an exhibition looks at porridge, wine and circuses in Ancient Rome
by Andrea Carli People in Ancient Rome didn't actually eat bread. Spelt porridge was a staple, and abundant wine a must to citizens living in the Roman Empire two thousand years ago. Just think that in 377 AD, an angry crowd burnt down the house of Lucius Aurelius Symmachus, prefect of Rome, merely for daring to even think of raising...
Sons of Italy award 3 EUHS grads
Three local students will have some extra money in the bank for college this fall after a recent announcement. Last week, the Enrico Caruso Lodge #1463, the Visalia chapter of the Sons of Italy in America, announced two Exeter Union High School students will be receiving scholarships, including Kason Clark and Garrett Giovani for Andrew Rizzo....
Shelby County residents share history of Italian American ancestors
By Ginny Cooper McCarley When Alabaster resident Mary Ann Tudisco's grandmother, Maria Monte Piazza, arrived at the Port of New Orleans in 1907, she carried a single trunk containing all of her belongings from her life in Sicily. The trunk is one of many artifacts found at the Vulcan Park and Museum's exhibition, La Storia: Birmin...
Questo e Quello
by C.J. Martello It seems that this time of year always presents itself with so many different avenues to choose from insofar as a topic for Petals from Roseland is concerned. That is why this column covers a number of different topics. So, sit back and relax as we journey down many paths. Let me begin by saying I really enjoy being a mem...
Wicked Good Italian Dialects
by Gina Fava A recent visit to my father's hometown of Abbadia San Salvatore in Siena gave me interesting insight into the concept of dialect. Family had taken me to a local restaurant, and the cousins who'd moved out of town ordered "una latina di Coca Cola" or a can of Coke. Those relatives who still resided in town similarly or...
The European Commission invests on metropolitan cities in Italy
by Claudia Astarita The European Commission has recently approved the 2014-2020 Operative National Programme devoted to 14 metropolitan Italian cities. The main goals the intervention pursues are in the field of digital agenda, energetic efficiency, sustainable mobility and social inclusion. The targeted cities are located in the...
We are launching the country's first Italian American bookstore
by Nicola Orichuia Dear readers, Life has a funny and mysterious way of taking us by the hand and pulling us towards projects we never dreamed of until recently. That is how I feel right now, as I announce this big step forward in our goal to give the local Italian and Italian American communities a voice and identity they can be...
Lecture: MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA: Black Soldiers in WWII Italy
OCTOBER 06, 2015 - 06:00 PM - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011In collaboration with the Bogliasco Foundation. A lecture by 1996/2000 Bogliasco Foundation Fellow, James McBride. Celebrated author of The Color of Water, journalist and award-winning composer In commemoration of t...
Campari America Launches New Cynar® 70 Proof - Twice The Kick Of The Original Bittersweet Artichoke Liqueur
Who would have thought the artichoke could garner such interest in the U.S. cocktail community? As Italian drink culture and tradition - from the aperitivo to amari - infiltrates drink rituals stateside, Campari America mounts a new campaign in the battle for bitter: Cynar® 70 Proof. Double the intensity and proof of original Cynar, the bartender-b...
James Tocco at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
On TUE, NOV 10 at 7pm, Washington Performing Arts will present JAMES TOCCO, Piano at the KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER. We're pleased to offer you an exclusive deal for ICS members. ICS members can use discount code ICS which will allow them to purchase tickets without any handling fees. This promotion code can be used online wh...