Tens of thousands of tourists and pilgrims join Pope Francis at the Colosseum for torchlight Good Friday ceremony
by Hannah Roberts Pope Francis is presiding over a Good Friday torchlight procession at the Colosseum this evening - and is using the service to stress the persecution of Christians. The pope has repeatedly lamented Christian suffering in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. Reflecting this concern, among those chosen to take turns carryin...
Parma’s Palatine Library: Verdi against the Winter of the Spirit
Parma's Palatine Library is one of those wonderful places where "immortal souls" speak to us, as Pliny the Elder would have said. Or, to quote Marguerite Yourcenar, it is "a public granary, accumulating stocks for the winter of the spirit". Founded in 1761 and opened eight years later, in May 1769, the Palatine Library was named after the Temple of...
Casa D'Angelo to the rescue
Before I catalog the charms of Casa D'Angelo, let me tell you how chef Angelo Elia's wonderful Boca Raton restaurant became the subject of this review. Patience, please. In case you haven't noticed, Boca loves Italian like Miami loves Cuban. From Old World dining rooms with tuxedoed waiters to mom-and-pop pizza joints with a guy in a...
Over half a million people visit Expo Milano 2015 during the weekend
by Andrea Carli Expo Milano 2015, the universal exhibition dedicated to food and nutrition that opened on May 1, has recorded a boom of visitors. More than half a million people attended the world's fair during this first weekend of events, or as much as 650,000 according to Coldiretti, the Italian farmers' association present with its own...
Italian Designer Inks Deal at 680 Madison for Flagship
by Terence Cullen Brioni, an Italian men's fashion company, has inked a deal for the first two retail levels of 680 Madison Avenue, according to the landlord, Thor Equities. The clothier is taking 7,000 square feet for its flagship store on the ground level and second floor in a lease, the landlord announced, which closed on Tuesday....
Dal primo pc al caffè spaziale, 50 anni di innovazione italiana
Dal primo personal computer fino alla macchina per il caffè espresso spaziale, passando per il microchip e la scheda Arduino: 50 anni di innovazione italiana sono in mostra a 'Make in Italy - The Exhibition', fino al 16 agosto al Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci di Milano. L'iniziativa, che sarà ospitata i...
U City pizza joint to be renamed, reinvented as traditional Italian restaurant
by Vince Brennan Owners of a University City Loop pizza restaurant have announced that they are transforming it into a classic Italian restaurant. Mike and Liz Randolph are reinventing The Good Pie at 6665 Delmar Blvd. into Randolfi's, an Italian restaurant that will honor the family's culinary lineage from Southern Italy. The new re...
Siena Tavern Team to Open Bar Siena in the West Loop
by Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer When they were visiting Siena, Italy, the team behind River North's Siena Tavern conceived of a restaurant. As Siena Tavern progressed from idea to reality, it moved away from that vision—but apparently without detriment, to judge from the crowds there. The owners have returned to the dream kindled on that...
Davio's is celebrating 30 years — and expanding to California
by Eric Convey Steve DiFillippo is on the move again. The chef-owner who over 30 years has taken his Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse from its Boston roots to Manhattan, Philadelphia and Atlanta is preparing to open a location in California. The Los Angeles location may prove to be a logistical headache for a business owner so han...
“Festa Italiana” Returns to Mokena
The second annual Mokena "Festa Italiana" will be held on Sunday, July 19, 2015 and is expected to draw an even larger crowd than last year's 1200 attendees. The event begins at 11:00 am at the Mokena Intermediate School, 11331 – 195th Street (West of the Mokena Library) with a procession ending at the festival grounds at the Front Street Metra Sta...
Cosmetica Italia Associazione nazionale delle im : Cosmoprof North America: in 2014 +16% for the Italian export in the USA
After Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna and before Cosmoprof Asia (Hong Kong, November 11-13), the the 2015 Cosmoprof North America has taken place from July 12 to 14 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, characterised by the successful format that BolognaFiere exports around the world. Cosmetica Italia, too, makes concrete investm...
Ferrari unveils the new 488 Spider, a sure prom queen in Frankfurt next September
by Mario Cianflone She's going to be one of the prom queens for sure, at the International Automobile Exhibition (IAA) in Frankfurt, September 19 to 27. We're talking Ferrari's new 488 Spider, an open-top variant of the Ferrari 488 GTB that was launched in spring – the Sergio Marchionne era's second car. Ferrari 488 Spider, styled by Flav...