IAWA’s Open Reading Series–Saturday, August 13th–featuring Joey Nicoletti and Nicole Santalucia
WHERE: Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (6th Street) East Village, NYC-10009 WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 2016 @ 5:30 – 7:30 pm 9781599540870-Perfect.indd WHO: Joey Nicoletti is the author of two-full length poetry collections and four chapbooks, most recently Reverse Graffiti (Bordighera, 2015) and Counterfeit Moon (NightBallet Press, 2016)...
Amanda Beagle's Italian-American Songbook CD
by Amanda Beagle I truly believe that one of the keys to success in life is appreciating where you come from! The granddaughter of Italian immigrants, I grew up in Northeast Ohio where Italian-American music and culture enriches the region. I am passionate about the Italian music tradition and want to keep it alive for future generations t...
Rustic Italian Eatery Casa Apicii Opens in the West Village
Two years ago, chef Casey Lane read a story about Marcus Apicius, a gourmand who lived in Ancient Rome. "He was a socialite who loved everything about throwing parties, being on the scene, great cooking, and great wine," he explains of the first century bon vivant who inspired him to open his West Village restaurant, Casa Apicii, last month. ...
Filmmaker Laurence Vannicelli: the new Fellini?
By Valerio Viale Why am I comparing up-and-coming, Italian-American filmmaker, Laurence Vannicelli to Federico Fellini, the most celebrated Italian auteur of all times? Well, because the source of inspiration for Laurence's upcoming film, La Certa - set in the surroundings of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo region of Italy – is the same as Federico's. T...
Ciao Philadelphia! - Italy in a Day
Date: 5 October 2016. Time: 6:00 pm. Location: Fisher Bennett 401, 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia PA, 19104. Join us for a screening of Gabriele Salvatores' Italy in a Day (2014), a crowdsourced documentary on how the Italian view themselves, their present worries, and their dreams for the future. - In Italian with presentation and...
Rome Central Market opens at Termini station
Rome's Central Market opened yesterday at the Via Giolitti entrance to the main Termini station. The foodies haven selling fresh seasonal delicacies and artisanal products is the brainchild of experienced restaurateur Umberto Montano, who opened a hugely successful similar outfit in Florence that has already seen three million visitors this ye...
Little Italian Grandmothers
One of the most memorable homilies I've heard was given by a New York City priest when I was in the seminary. He introduced his homily with a droll comment about "little Italian grandmothers" and their big families. The details escape me. But his quip drew twitters of chuckles from the seminarians. The popular caricature of little Italian grandmoth...
Uncle Giuseppe's Italian supermarket opens in Ramsey
BY JOAN VERDON Uncle Giuseppe's, the new Italian-themed supermarket in Ramsey, adds a new ingredient to North Jersey's highly competitive grocery mix. The store, which had its grand opening Friday, is another example of how the demise of the A&P-owned supermarket chains opened up North Jersey to new grocery players that target niche a...
Sylvester Stallone’s dad rang the bell at the start of a fight… and 9 other things you didn’t know about Rocky as it turns 40
THE Rocky series were the movies which rocketed Sylvester Stallone into the public eye, and cemented his position as an A-list celeb. A rags to riches story much like Stallone's own, it follows the life of a working class Italian-American boxer, called Rocky Balboa, who gets a shot at the world heavyweight championships. The original...
Il Console americano in visita a Campobasso: “Tornerò presto, ho scoperto una bella regione e il calore della sua gente”
Prima volta a Campobasso e prima volta nel Molise "ma tornerò presto perché ho scoperto una bella regione e il calore della sua gente". Visita ufficiale questa mattina, giovedì primo dicembre, al Comune di Campobasso del Console Generale degli Stati Uniti a Napoli Mary Ellen Countryman, che ha assunto il prestigioso incarico il 29 agosto 2016, insi...
A Roman to the Core, and the Core of Roma
Armed with spray cans, the vandals last descended on Via della Madonna dei Monti, a dead-end alley not far from the Colosseum, about six months ago. They come to this corner of Rome quite often, according to the street's weary residents. They are sick of seeing their walls daubed with slogans, but they are resigned to it now. The mural at...
Termini to open Italian restaurant in Center City with Schulson
by Michael Klein The Termini bakery family has inked a Center City restaurant deal with Michael Schulson - flying high with two of 2016's hottest openings (Double Knot and Harp & Crown). And since the Terminis are involved, it cannoli be one thing: South Philly-style Italian. They're calling it Giuseppe & Sons and it will be model...