Member Spotlight: Mary M. Tedesco, Host on “Genealogy Roadshow” (PBS), Professional Genealogist
by NOIAW We're so pleased to feature Mary M. Tedesco as this week's Member Spotlight interview guest! Mary discovered NOIAW via Twitter and is looking forward to getting to know all of our members more. mary-tedesco-genealogySo many of our members are seeking to connect with their roots in Italy and deepen their knowledge of their...
Walking Tour of the Italian Market with Urban Adventures in Philadelphia
September 16, 2015 - Wednesday 9:45 AMCorner of 9th & South Streets - 9th Street & South Street - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Join MOIMA on a Walking Tour of the Italian Market Lace up your walking shoes and join MOIMA and Urban Adventures in a guided tour that will take us through the Italian Market, showcasing the influence...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Romance of City Lights
by Mark Dery Black and white and read all over, City Lights' Pocket Poets books were a depth charge in the American mind, back in the Eisenhower '50s. Part of the literary explosion known as the San Francisco Renaissance, they blew wide a hole the counterculture of the coming decade would be only too happy to step through. Sixty y...
Luigi DeNunzio Adding Little Italy Outpost in Madison Valley
One of Seattle's best-known Italian chefs is expanding his geographic reach. In partnership with long-time associate Tricia Harte, chef Luigi DeNunzio is taking over the vacant Pizza Hut space at 2743 E. Madison (at the corner of Martin Luther King) and hopes to open Aglio e Olio before the end of the year. DeNunzio is a fixture of Seattle...
The secrets of Apulia’s cuisine
by Claudia Astarita The people of Apulia have never been wealthy, and have lived on agriculture and sheep farming, since nature blessed them with a mild climate and fertile soil. But the Apulians have exploited their imagination to create that endless source of joy and flavour which over the centuries has become their traditional cuisine....
The Italian Way: Addressing the Italian Stereotypes, Myth 12 - Mamma's Boys
WTI Magazine #70 2015 October, 16Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: I have been thinking of writing about this theme for quite some time and I have always postponed it: reason being that this is one of those Italian stereotypes that, even if it has changed in the past few decades, it still seems to be very much alive in the...
What is Vernacular? How Dante invented Italian
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: Leonardo da Vinci Society, IIC Professor Ascoli will read and comment on verses from the Divina Commedia and the Convivio. The lecture will be followed by a Q & A session, and is a companion to the H...
Free Italian Classes this fall at Eton Institute in New York
Eton Institute, a chic language school located in Manhattan, will be opening its doors for the public to learn the Italian language for FREE, throughout the month of November. The institute offers a free language course every month as part of its commitment to make language learning accessible to everyone. To many, autumn is the best time...
Il Foro brings modern Italian fare to former Forum setting
By Jess Fleming The historic, mint-green-and-mirror art deco space that houses Il Foro, the new downtown Minneapolis restaurant, is absolutely stunning. Owners Josh Thoma and Kevin Fitz-gerald of Smack Shack and the upcoming reboot of the Lexington, wisely left the former Forum Cafeteria mostly untouched. They moved a bar and refr...
Giorgio Moroder in San Francisco
December 4, 2015 - Friday 9:30 PM - 1015 Folsom Street - San Francisco, California 94103 The father of Disco and pioneer of Electronic Dance Music. Moroder is officially the oldest DJ in the world and a collaborator of the new Daft Punk album, he won 3 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes and 4 Grammys.An Italian composer from South Tyro...
Annual Holiday NOIAW Luncheon
December 12 (Saturday) 11:30 am - 3:30 pm. Annual Holiday Luncheon. Join Long Island NOIAW members and friends to enjoy a delicious lunch in the elegant Bay Room at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. The sweet voice of Carolina Gengo will lead us in well-known carols, including a few Italian ones. Shop for adorable and well-priced holiday gifts fr...
Designer’s Magic City Roots Blend With Italian Inspiration To Create Aquazzura
by Lisa Petrillo Art Basel put Miami on the map in the art world. Now there's a push to do the same in the fashion world. Some of the biggest name designers are coming to Miami to meet their fans face to face. Edguardo Osoro, designer of Aquazzura shoes, is responsible for creating what he calls the 12-hour fashionable heel. &nb...