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Bar Roma (5101 N. Clark, Andersonville) will open in early November, in the space that's previously housed Tapas Las Ramblas, Il Flasco, and Riojas. Julia Zhu, a one-time partner in the Michigan Avenue incarnation of Oysy Sushi, is masterminding the project. To reimagine this storied address, she teams up with executive chef Fred Ramos (Gioco); übe...

Say you're shopping at a farmer's market in Rome, and you'd like to pick up some nice, ripe watermelon. The signs at some stands call it "anguria"; others say "cocomero" or "melone d'acqua." Why so many different words for the same fruit? Because in their daily lives, many Italians don't speak Italian.   That is, they don't shop or chat...

When: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 @ 6:00 p.m. Where: Beck Rooms—University Library, Lower Level, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079 R.S.V.P. to [email protected] or (973) 275-2967.   The Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute is pleased to present Believing the Impossible: Neapolitan Identity and the...

by Teresa Lane   MENU: Italian eatery and pizzeria, with appetizers, salads, soups, hot and cold sandwiches, pasta, chicken, seafood, veal, pizza, desserts. ATMOSPHERE: Warm and cozy, with Italian-themed paintings on the walls and plenty of inviting booths and tables. New York City street names hover above the tables, and there's...

by Jacopo Giliberto   In its report on energy efficiency, ENEA (the National Agency for Energy and the Environment), has highlighted the fact that Italy is one of the leading nations in Europe in this field, "with a level of energy intensity 18% lower than the EU average."   This the outcome - the report says - of a more efficient Ita...

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is excited to announce that it is now accepting applications for its NIAF 2017 Scholarships. For the past 41 years, NIAF's scholarship program has grown to over 80 annual scholarships ranging in value from $2,500 to $12,000 in the fields of Italian language and culture, medicine, engineering, business...

by Richard Vines   When chef Francesco Mazzei put nduja on the menu in London back in 2006, he had to add a note explaining what it was: a spicy, spreadable sausage from his native Calabria in southern Italy.   "No one had heard of it," Mazzei says. "But the flavor is amazing. And I also wanted to provide business for Calabrians."&nbs...

By Jacob Hamilton Alberto Gulino's family has been serving up slices of their Italian heritage from the day they came to Bay City from Sicily half a century ago.   And for the past six months, Gulino has been back at one of his family's original West Side locations cooking up wood-fired, Italian-style pies. Gulino's Pizza & Sons, 1406 N...

New York, 1905. Anna Scicchilone, il volto bruciato sui campi del Mezzogiorno incorniciato da un fazzoletto, è appena sbarcata a Ellis Island insieme ai tre figli, due bimbe piccole e il maggiore piegato dal peso del fagotto sulle spalle. Una famiglia di emigranti italiani negli Stati Uniti. Cinque milioni i connazionali che tra il 1850 e il 1914 a...

Earlier this year, Emilia-Romagna suffered a serious earthquake and much tragedy ensued throughout the region. Maino Benatti, the Mayor of the comune of Mirandola, contacted San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee to ask for assistance to rebuild their cherished and historic San Francesco Cathedral. Mayor Lee asked the Sister City Committee to join together...

Si apre all'insegna degli Usa il 2013 della promozione internazionale del vino italiano. E non poteva essere altrimenti, visto che gli States sono, ad oggi, il mercato più importante per i produttori del Belpaese. Che vogliono confermare il primato dell'Italia tra i Paesi esportatori in volume e valori, ancora saldamente nelle loro mani nonostante...

The Italian Cultural Center is happy to announce that we have renewed our partnership with the MN Opera! ICC members can attend opera at a 10% discount.Minnesota Opera Celebrates 50 years!!The 2012-2013 SeasonDOUBT by Douglas J. Cuomo; Libretto by John Patrick Shanley. Sung in English HAMLET by Thomas, based on Shakespeare's classic. Sung in Frenc...