Little Italy Incorporation Task Force Canvassing Area
It may be cold outside, but that isn't stopping the Little Italy Incorporation Task Force canvassers from gathering needed signatures on the petition this Fall and Winter, a necessary step in the bid to become an official state recognized town. Support of at least 200 voters living within the proposed boundary is needed before presenting t...
Villa Italia Bakery making first national product
by Megan Rogers An Italian treat made at the Mallozzi Family's Villa Italia Bakery in downtown Schenectady, New York is now being sold in gourmet markets across the United States. The Villa Italia Torrone, all-natural almond nougat, is the first product the bakery is selling nationally. "It's exciting for us," says Bobby Mallozzi, ow...
RARE Italian to open Thursday in Old Town
Owners of The Rio will open their third restaurant concept, RARE Italian, Thursday in Old Town Fort Collins. Construction lasted just two and a half months on the prime piece of Old Town real estate, 101 S. College Ave., resulting in a space that has been transformed, at least partially, for the new restaurant. Previous tenant Ingredient...
Prosecco: No longer the 'poor man's Champagne'?
by Jillian Eugenios Prosecco sales have been booming in recent years, partly due to its affordability. But that's starting to change. Higher-end Proseccos have entered the market, with prices as high as $160 a bottle -- and, in some cases, these sparkling wines may even start commanding the same respect as a chilled bottle of Veuve Clicquo...
‘A Bronx Tale’: Full of sound and fury, signifying stereotypes
On Jan. 31, at the Levoy Theater in Millville, actor Chazz Palminteri stages a revival of his original play "A Bronx Tale" (which was turned into a popular 1993 movie with Robert De Niro). The chief appeal of the show, particularly for Italian Americans of a certain era, is to wax nostalgic over memories of "the old neighborhood" — that is...
Books in ancient library buried under ash near Pompeii are now readable again
Another of classical philology's wildest dreams is on the verge of coming true. Every so often, something lost forever suddenly re-appears. On the eve of humanism, Petrarch rediscovered the letters of Cicero and sections of Livy. A few decades later, Poggio Bracciolini resurrected Lucretius and Quintilian. Read more ...
Gli italiani che scolpirono il presidente. Il viaggio si conclude al Lincoln Memorial
Ieri siamo volati a Washington, dopo aver lasciato la macchina che per un mese ha portato l'Italian American Country tour a ovest, fino a toccare la West Coast. Siamo arrivati nel luogo dove l'America celebra i suoi padri, da George Washington a Thomas Jefferson, ad Abraham Lincoln. In pochi sanno che proprio il mausoleo di Lincoln racchiude un pe...
Friendly Italian American fare brings locals back to Angelo's in McFarland
If you ask owner Rick Hubanks the reason everybody seems to know everybody else at Angelo's Italian Restaurant in McFarland, he'll tell you it's a simple question of space. "It is really a small community," said Hubanks. And though it recently doubled to 26 seats, "the size of the bar — it's pretty intimate, so you can't sit far away from...
Datebook Diner: Noah's Ark is a tasty blast from the past
While many restaurants try to entice customers with the next new thing, I have to respect the timeless allure of Noah's Ark, an old school Italian-American eatery that's been slinging classic pasta and pizza for nearly 70 years. The restaurant was started in 1946 by Noah Lacona, a man who wanted to introduce pizza to Des Moines. His busine...
A casa di Mario Fratti. Incontro con il drammaturgo
Il drammaturgo aquilano Mario Fratti chiama al telefono per chiedere, "in occasione del mio 87mo compleanno perché non vieni a trovarmi a casa?". Fratti non usa il computer, preferisce il telefono. Il suo appartamento si trova sulla 55ma strada proprio in mezzo ai teatri di Broadway con cui è ancora impegnato. "Abito qui da 63 anni, da quando sono...
Textile machinery maker Lonati helps a US manufacturer reshoring production to North Carolina
Lonati, a world-leading textile machinery manufacturer based in the northern Italian city of Brescia, is eyeing the US market for expansion. The company was invited to attend a trade fair in Greenboro, North Carolina, in mid-April. Here it will have a chance to display some of its latest technological innovations. North Carolina is also wh...
Citizen Rosi – April 17
Francesco Rosi's films occupy a unique place in postwar Italian, indeed postwar world cinema. His seventeen feature films are known for their extraordinarily consistent formal balance and their unflinching look at the historical events and cultural traditions that have shaped the Italian national character. They thus represent a body of work o...