Birravino Restaurant in Red Bank, NJ: A must-visit dining experience
As promised at the end of 2022, I was going to change up Small Business Monday. First, we are continuing the honor for local businesses throughout 2023 thanks to my friend Guy who owns VCS Software. And second, unlike last year, each Monday I'll highlight one specific business in the Garden State. Hopefully, the spotlight from the broadcast and my...
Theater & Culture: An Italian Perspective
This year's edition of the Italian Perspective series organized by the Italian Studies Program at Chapman University in association with Musco Center is a unique opportunity to learn about the influence of Italian theatrical culture throughout a variety of periods, styles, and genres. A program of original plenary lectures and live performances wil...
Trento like a local: 7 things to do
Industrious, elegant and charming, framed by imposing Alpine peaks and crossed by the Adige river. This single brushstroke is the best way to describe Trento: spectacular nature and sky-high quality of life. The capital of Trentino-Alto Adige has for years been at the top of the official rankings certifying the quality of life in Italy. But this sm...
Top Restaurants in Cleveland’s Little Italy
Established in the late 19th century, Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood—one of five major Italian settlements in the city—still retains its cultural charm. Located just east of downtown and a few minutes from vibrant arts and cultural must-sees like the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland’s Little Italy draws with its walkability, eclectic art g...
Italy's Frecce Tricolori jets to launch Rome Marathon
The 2023 edition of the Maratona di Roma will be launched on Sunday 19 March with a tenor singing the national anthem followed by a flypast over the Colosseum by Italy's Frecce Tricolori jets. Famous for emitting plumes of the three colours from the Italian flag, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force takes to the skies to mark i...
Italy’s Age-Old Gozzo Fishing Boat Is Getting a Second Life. Here Are 3 Boatmakers Reimagining the Design for Today.
The newest trend for express cruisers in North American waters is based on a centuries-old Italian fishing boat. The traditional gozzo rounded stern and bow are immediately recognizable, and while the original style featured masts and sails, today’s interpretations are more likely to have planing hulls and high-performance engines. But true aficio...
A Look Back: Food and Wines of Emilia-Romagna
In Emilia-Romagna the honor roll of foods is led by pasta made with fresh eggs and rolled by hand by a sfoglina to achieve perfect texture. The universal primo is tagliatelle con ragù, though cooks consider the meat sauce personal works of art. Bologna, whose specialties include green lasagna and curly gramigna, disputes with Modena the creation of...
Fabio on Fire: Wood-fired pizza and Italian cuisine
Fabio on Fire is an authentic Italian restaurant. This charming restaurant and bakery is home to some of the best wood-fired pizza on the west side. Owner Fabio Ceschetti is from Italy and the recipes he uses are from his grandparents and mother. The restaurant quickly gained notoriety for its wood-fired pizza and handmade pasta dishes. “People lov...
Inventing America: Spaghetti Westerns and Sergio Leone
1862, the American frontier: A ruggedly handsome man in a poncho and Cattleman cowboy hat slowly enters a cobble-stoned circle, surrounded by tilted gravestones, immersed in the dusty wild west. He is followed by two other men, who eye each other suspiciously. Two hundred thousand dollars in gold lay hidden under one of the gravestones around them....
UNICO to host artist and author Rosemary Connelly Feb. 16
Delaware artist and author Rosemary Connelly will give a presentation to the Delaware Chapter of UNICO, the largest Italian-American service organization in the U.S., from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, at St. Edmond Parish Hall, 409 King Charles Ave., Rehoboth Beach. February is the month of Carnevale in Italy and around the world, so the topic o...
Italian postal service launches project to ease issuance of digital ID, other services
The Italian national postal service (Poste Italiane) has launched a new digital ID initiative to transform post offices in small towns across the country into digital service hubs. Called ‘Polis,’ the new service project officially launched on January 30 and will see the deployment of digital technologies across 7,000 Italian municipalities with le...
City of Tampa Lights Up in Honor of Sister City Agreement with Agrigento, Italy
The City of Tampa is proud to honor the 31st anniversary of our Sister City Agreement with Agrigento, Italy by lighting up the skyline in the national colors of Italy: green, white, and red. This will take place beginning at sunset on February 5, 6, and 7 as a symbol of our deep friendship and cultural exchange between our two cities. Agrigento and...