Joe's Italian Grill worthy of two thumbs up
by Wally Kennedy I was a bit skeptical. Joe's Italian Grill didn't exactly get off to a good start. The restaurant, as you might recall, decided to take over the storefront that was occupied by the Great Wall Chinese Super Buffet at 2705 S. Range Line Road. Joe's put up a sign and was about to open, but decided to take down its s...
Kansas City's Best Italian Restaurants
By Lisa Waterman Gray Do you love Italian food? We do too, and that's why we dedicate ourselves to finding the best places to enjoy Italian cuisine in Kansas City. We've diligently scouted out the top eateries, and we've listened to our readers and their reviews of Kansas City restaurants. We share the places that get great buzz a...
Westfield Students Add Cultural Experience to Learning the Italian Language
by Lorre Korecky Complementing their Westfield High School studies in the Italian language, 14 students traveled to Italy this year with chaperones, including Italian teacher Maria Santilli. "The trip aimed to offer students an opportunity to gain a deeper appreciation of the culture and language that they had been studying in school,...
Ferragosto in Italy: Origins and Traditions
by Silvia Donati Celebrated on August 15, Ferragosto may well be considered the height of the Italian summer; many Italians still take their summer vacation around this time, with the cities emptying and the beaches filling up. Ferragosto, which coincides with the Catholic feast of the Assumption of Mary, is a holiday that goes back to Ro...
Maria Lisella is the new Queens poet laureate
Borough President Melinda Katz swore-in Astoria resident and Queens-native Maria Lisella as the new Queens Poet Laureate. "We received applications from 30 accomplished poets and the task of narrowing those applications down to five finalists and then to a single winner was a difficult one, but we felt Maria Lisella stood out because of the qu...
Italian gardens: Nature Reserve of Ciane river and Saline of Syracuse
WTI Magazine #67 2015 September, 4Author : Italian Botanical Heritage Translation by: In Sicily, 8 km west of Syracuse, surrounded by orange trees and vineyards, is the Nature Reserve of Ciane river and Saline of Syracuse. The name Ciane has Greek origins and draws the blue-green color of its waters (Cyanos). The reserve includes the...
The Story of My People: From Rural Southern Italy to Mainstream America
Sunday 10/4/2015, 2:30 PM. With author Mario B. Mignone. Books will be available for purchase and autographing by the author. Dean Sacha Kopp (Arts and Sciences, Stony Brook University) will moderate this presentation along with a panel of commentators: New York State Senator, Kenneth P. La Valle; Professor Luigi Fontanella (Sto...
Cooking with Nonna is now on RokuTV
Dear Friends, it gives me great pleasure to announce that the Cooking with Nonna Channel is now available on RokuTV. Now you can sit back in the comfort of your living room and enjoy all the Cooking with Nonna shows on a large TV screen and now miss any of my shows. If you already have a Roku box, just click on this LINK and add...
Gerald R. Gems (Writer)
Sport is a very important topic in our trip around the US looking for how, when and where Italians have left positive contributions to the growth of the American society. Sport champions are often true heroes, especially in the US: and some of those heroes have been Italian Americans, inspiring a strong and justified sense of pride in those fellow...
Ancora Barilla a New York. Apre il terzo ristorante nella Grande Mela
Gli italiani a New York, una presenza costante da più di un secolo. Portare la cucina del bel Paese negli Stati Uniti è un trend in voga dai primi del Novecento, ma è solo negli ultimi decenni che grandi brand del settore food&wine hanno invaso la Grande Mela. L'ultima in ordine di tempo è Barilla, con la sua terza apertura a Manhattan...
Italian Cultural Council Springfield events
by Pam Mastriano The Italian Cultural Council of Western Mass. Inc. is sponsoring Friday Night at the Italian Cinema. Starting on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Italian Cultural Center with "ieri, Oggi, domani" ("Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m. It is in Italian with English subtitles. Free for me...
Chef Bottura to open soup kitchens in Turin and New York
Award-winning Italian chef Massimo Bottura on Wednesday said he plans to open two more of his unique soup kitchens in Turin and New York, following the success of the Refettorio Ambrosiano project launched for Expo. The Modena chef of 'La Francescana' fame made his announcement after accepting a special award from the Italian Farmers' Association (...