Bakery Store in Endicott’s LIttle Italy Neighborhood Taking Break
A popular family-owned retail shop on the North Side of Endicott won't be selling bread or pizza dough as usual. The operators of Battaglini Bakery say the business will continue to supply items to area grocery stores. But their small walk-up shop at 111 Oak Hill Avenue will be closed for the foreseeable future. Anthony Battaglini said the store re...
Pizza, pasta and mandolino: 7 movies that portray a stereotypical version of Italy
That Italy is a pretty cinematic and photogenic country is a known fact (we are called the Bel Paese for a reason). Travel from north to south, and you’ll find postcard-perfect borghi and idyllic seaside scenes; rolling hills that seem to have come out of a painting and local folklore to keep you entertained for days. The film industry has long t...
Appeals court says Kenney did not discriminate against Italian Americans by renaming Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day
A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Mayor Jim Kenney discriminated against Italian Americans by renaming the city’s Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A year ago, U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones II ruled that the plaintiffs, including City Councilmember Mark Squ...
Italian Twins Celebrate ‘200th Birthday’ With 50 Grandkids, Great-Grandchildren
Twin sisters from Italy, named Francesca and Maria Ricciardi, are grabbing the internet’s attention for all the right reasons. The elderlies are the talk of the town as they recently celebrated their ‘200th’ birthday. Yes, you read that right. Born on January 23 in 1923, Francesca and Maria Ricciardi marked their 100th birthday last week. To make t...
Tom Morello Joins Måneskin for Performance on ‘The Tonight Show’
Tom Morello joined Måneskin for a performance on January 26 on The Tonight Show. The Italian rock band and Morello performed the song “GOSSIP” from Måneskin’s new album Rush!, which is out now. Morello is also featured on the studio recording of the track. Morello said in an interview with Måneskin for Rolling Stone, “I’m a fan of the band. I’m ver...
Top 5 Italian Mountains with Great Wine
Italy is the world’s largest wine producer, followed by France and Spain. Italy boasts an immense area of 1,730,000 acres of cultivated vineyards, which accounts for roughly 19% of the world’s wine. Although Italy is the biggest exporter of wine in the world, it is also the country with the highest consumption of it. Every region in Italy has its o...
Truli Italian Food & Drink Starts The New Year Off With Accolades
Having just celebrated it's one-year anniversary, Truli Italian Food & Drink, located at Promenade at Coconut Creek, has become a favorite of locals and tourists alike. Currently, Google review scores are hovering around 4.6 and now the group, headed by restaurateur Doug Zeif, Founder and CEO of Truli Investors, Inc., is positioning the concept for...
A Brief History of Italians in Philadelphia
The earliest contact between the Philadelphia region and Italy occurred during the 17th century. Philadelphia became a magnet for northern Italian immigrants to British North America, who could profit by connecting the city to ports such as Genoa. Many of these skilled Northern immigrants were musicians, artists, scientists, intellectuals, artisan...
Bari's Petruzzelli: legends, ghosts and secret chambers
The Petruzzelli Theater in Bari is the fourth-largest opera house in Italy and one of the most important, with La Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, the Regio in Turin, the San Carlo in Naples and the Massimo in Palermo. The project for the theater was presented by the Petruzzelli brothers, Onofrio and Antonio, to their brother-in-law Angelo Mess...
Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria Wants to Know: Are You an “Innie” or an “Outie”… (When It Comes to Pizza)
Lou Malnati’s – the beloved Chicago pizza institution long known for its iconic deep dish – announced today that it will begin shipping its popular alternative – Chicago Thin Crust – exclusively through its Tastes of Chicago platform, giving the rest of the nation access to this other quintessentially Windy City staple. Available only in restaurant...
FURIOSUS (North American Premiere)
When: Thu, 02/16/2023 at 7:30pm - Where: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center (129 W 67th St) Inspired by Orlando Furioso, one of the best-known works in Italian literature, the two act opera Furiosus with libretto by Flora Gagliardi takes us on a galactic journey from earth to moon, from mythical to human, highlighting the vicissitudes of life, lov...
The "stars and stripes" shopping trolley has a hint of the tricolour, with encouraging prospects for Italian fruit and vegetables, both fresh and processed
Fresh Up Your Life, the project promoted by CSO Italy and financed by the European Union returned to the USA at the Winter Fancy Food show, which ended on January 17 in Las Vegas, and was attended by Conserve Italia, at the West Hall 2077 – Italy, where it brought the best of Italian tomato preserves. Today, the USA is one of the main sales markets...