Victoria Ruvolo, Who Forgave Her Attacker, Is Dead at 59
Victoria Ruvolo, whose face was shattered when a teenager tossed a 20-pound frozen turkey through the windshield of her car in 2004 but who then insisted on mercy in his sentencing, died on Monday at her home in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 59. Her death was confirmed by her sister Jo-Marie Brennan, who said the cause had not been dete...
Opera hits plus chef enliven San Antonio Symphony’s Italian tour
Any concert aimed at being an “orchestral tour of Italian classical music” is code for “opera.” And the San Antonio Symphony delivered opera Friday night like Domino’s delivers pizza. This classical series concert added an extra ingredient — food prepared onstage while an opera overture flowed from the orchestra led by Music Director Sebastian Lang...
Come see a Sicilian pastry kitchen in Carroll Gardens
I’m in a dessert lover’s dreamland. Zeppole and sfingi surround me. A baker brushes glaze on tarts topped with fresh fruit. Three perfect lemon pies with sky-high swirls of meringue are coming out of the oven in a minute. I’m in the kitchen at Pasticceria Monteleone, a traditional Sicilian bakery in Carroll Gardens. I have a lifelong obsession with...
Centrale Montemartini: an unusual and must-see museum in Rome
Rome is full of beautiful museums and archaeological sites, so that often, if you spend only a few days in the capital, you are forced to select one to visit. Besides the most famous Vatican Museums and Galleria Borghese, there is a probably lesser-known gem that is absolutely worth a visit: the Centrale Montemartini. Located in the Ostiense distr...
Luigi Del Bianco: Chief Carver on Mount Rushmore. Presentation by Lou Del Bianco
Sunday April 7, 2:30 pm. Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340. 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY. Contact: Jo Fusco 631-632-7444. [email protected] www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies Sponsored by Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University. Richard Nasti Seres Event: Multi-Media and Dramatic Presentation: Topic: Luigi De...
Spend big on Italian fare at these top Pittsburgh eateries
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around Pittsburgh, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fulfill your urges. Topping the list is Alla Famiglia. Located at 804 E. Warrington Ave. in Allentown, the Italian spot i...
The Roar of Italian Heritage
Perfect for anyone who loves classic car mechanics, design and history, The Roar of Italian Heritage is a 100% Made-in-Italy travel experience by Italian Ways, taking you across Brescia, Milan and Turin to discover the designers behind iconic cars the whole world admires today. See original sketches and talk to automotive leaders like Roberto Gioli...
Fresh Mozzarella Makes This Queens Deli One of the Top Places to Get an Italian Hero
Last week in our Sandwich of the Week column, we examined the rise of the super torta, which is like a regular torta blown up with a bicycle pump, containing not one but several main ingredients stacked high on a giant round bun. Often still less than $10, it has appeared in several places around town including Tortas Neva in Corona and Don Pepe in...
When Italy becomes Middle Earth: the strange mystery of Ravenna and how a map tells us it inspired Tolkien
I’m not a great fan of the fantasy genre — exception made for a recently discovered love for the Harry Potter saga: yes, I know. I come about 20 years late — but who doesn’t know about J.R.R. Tolkien? Add to the mix I did dabble in the world of Old English while doing my Medieval Studies MA, and the presence of the popular linguist and author in my...
Women Who Jazz: Chiara Civello
Our Women Who Jazz series continues with singer-pianist-songwriter Chiara Civello. Referred to as “the best jazz singer of her generation” by Tony Bennett, Chiara Civello will indulge DC music enthusiasts with her latest record, Eclipse. A mix of elegant pop, Brazilian influences and contagious "sambalanço", a few surprising excerpts from Italian...
Angelo Brocato brings Italian sweets to the French Quarter in 1905
In 1905, Angelo Brocato Sr. opened a sweet shop in a section of the French Quarter known as Little Palermo. Brocato himself was a native of Palermo, where he first learned to make ice cream as a 12-year-old apprentice. His New Orleans shop, Angelo Brocato's, made lemon ice, gelato, torroncino and cannoli. Today, his family still runs Angelo Brocato...
Girl, 10, saved by lung self-transplant
A 10-year-old girl with a congenital heart condition and severe pulmonary malformation has been saved from certain death by a pulmonary self-transplant, the first time the operation has been performed on a paediatric patient, sources at a Genoa hospital said Wednesday. The operation was performed at the northwestern Italian city's Gaslini Hospital....