East Austin Gets Two More Italian Restaurants Next Year
by Nadia Chaudhury The Italian wave isn't over yet. Italian restaurants are still coming strong in Austin with today's announcement of two new spots as part of The Arnold complex on East 6th, Gatto Nero and Enoteca Gattino. The project is being developed by New Waterloo and development company Transwestern. At 1617 East 6th...
Immigrants: The Irish and Italian love-hate relationship
By Paul Moses Early in the Irish-Italian romance portrayed in the new film "Brooklyn," a precocious 8-year-old boy serves up the truth that everyone else gathered around the dinner table in his Italian family hid from the young Irishwoman visiting their home. "We don't like Irish people," little Frankie says, much to the embarrass...
Chef Geno Bernardo Is Back for More
By Al Mancini Las Vegas has a reputation as being a transient city. But for many, once this city gets ahold of you, it's a tough habit to kick. Chef Geno Bernardo is one of those who tried to get away for a while, to no avail. Thankfully, he's finally back where he belongs. Bernardo is a self-taught chef raised on the East Coast w...
Vince Guaraldi: Italian of the Week
On July 17, 1928, Vincent Anthony Dellaglio was born in San Francisco, CA. Vince changed his last name when he was a child to match that of his adoptive father. He attended Lincoln High School and San Francisco State College. During his time in high school and college, he played a variety of gigs including weddings and dances. By the early 1950s, V...
Michelangelo: sacred and profane. Masterpiece drawings from the Casa Buonarroti
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 - Sunday, March 27, 2016 Hours: www.phxart.org Venue: Phoenix Art Museum Organized by: Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William and Mary in Virginia In collaboration with: with Fondazione Casa Buonarroti and Associazione Culturale Metamorfosi www.phxart.org Twenty-six rare memorable figurative studies...
OSIA honors Janice Cenzoprano
Garden City resident Janice Paradiso Cenzoprano will be honored by the New York State Grand Lodge Foundation, Order Sons ofItaly in America at their "Twenty-Third Anniversary Winter Charity Ball". Ms. Cenzoprano will be awarded the "Special Recognition Award" for her volunteer work with the Cooley's Anemia Foundation. The gala affair will...
Obituary: Mary Fiumara of Boston’s North End [Prince Pasta TV Mother]
Mary Fiumara of Boston's North End, famous for her "Anthony! Anthony!" part in the original Prince Pasta commercial, passed away at age 88 on Tuesday, February 2nd. The TV classic first aired in 1969 with Anthony Martignetti. Playing Anthony's mother, Mary Fiumara shouted out a window on Powers Court. The official obituary is shown below with servi...
Antoinette Abbruscato, 90
Antoinette Abbruscato, 90, a retired seamstress and longtime Oakwood resident whose life revolved around her family, died Sunday in Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she had been a patient for two weeks. Born Antoinette Russo in Naples, Italy, she met Joseph Abbruscato when he was serving in the U.S. Arm...
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama.At the end of the Ceremony Ambassador Varricchio remarked: "Today I have presented to President Obama the credentials with which President Mattarella appoints me Ambassador in W...
Iconic Italian Restaurant Chain Campisi’s Is Coming to Lubbock
The iconic Campisi's Italian restaurant chain is coming to Lubbock.The oldest family-owned Italian restaurant in Texas will be taking over the former Zio's location at 82nd and Quaker, near Subway and Starbucks. The opening is scheduled to occur Summer 2016. The first Campisi's opened in Dallas in 1946. The most famous Campisi's location i...
Il futuro sorride all'Italia, i nostri CEO sono i più ottimisti d'Europa
Anche in questo 2016 con la pubblicazione dei risultati della XIX^ edizione dell'Annual Global CEO Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ha sondato gli umori e le prospettive presenti e future di circa 1.400 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provenienti da 83 Paesi diversi. Lo scopo dell'indagine è quello di riuscire a misurare il livello di fi...
The Salone del Mobile gets under way with 300,000 operators from 160 countries
by Giovanna mancini Here we are. Even this year Milan is ready to welcome the Salone del Mobile, the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, which has proven, for over half a century, that this city is the international design capital. A role that this year is strengthened, thanks to the concurring XXI Triennale Internazional...