By Megan Ginsberg Vinny Marino's Brickhouse Cafe stands roadside on Route 109 in Dedham and with its warm light beckons those seeking dinner. Inside, the restaurant features a recently renovated bar area with supersize TVs and a small dining room with just 10 tables for dining in (reservations are a good idea). It has a cozy feel and an I...
"To-night I have been wandering awhile in the Capitol, which is all lit up," wrote poet Walt Whitman in 1865. "The illuminated rotunda looks fine. I like to stand aside and look a long, long while, up at the dome; it comforts me somehow." It still comforts America. But while you'd never know it to look at it, the Capitol dome is slowly,...
In what he calls his "past life," Nick Yebba built a car rental empire, starting with 54 vehicles and expanding to more than 600,000 over 25 years. Seven years ago, the East Boston native teamed up with his son Nick Jr. to open Teresa's Italian Eatery in Middleton. In October, they started building a new family empire, Teresa's Grille 19 i...
WTI Magazine #15 2014 Jan, 31Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: In 1968, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on Italian soil destroyed Belice, an area of the western Sicily. Whole villages were razed, including Poggioreale, Salaparuta and Gibellina. In the narration of the slow and...
Italian pop music icon, singer-songwriter and record producer Laura Pausini will be featured in an exclusive Star Q&A session during the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Conference taking place April 21-24 in Miami. Pausini, who is celebrating 20 years of recording and is currently in the midst of a global anniversary tour and promoting her...
PMT Italia S.p.A. announces the successful startup of its latest ÆGO™FLX SHOE at KapStone® Paper and Packaging Corporation in North Charleston, South Carolina, USA. PMT recently replaced the PM3 press section of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation in North Charleston, SC.The new press section was part of a paper machine upgrade to improve the...
by Judith Dry Valeria Golino has been reading, writing, drinking coffee, acting, and thinking about Fellini. Her impressive debut feature, "Honey," opened in New York last Friday and expands to Los Angeles this weekend, but she's in need of inspiration for her next film. "I need my '8 ½,'" Golino said in a recent interview. It jus...
The 1st Annual Italian American Society Spaghetti Dinner will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall (located at 7403 N. Radnor Road in Peoria) from Noon - 4:30 pm. Dinner is $10 for adults and $5 for children and includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti, meatballs or Bolognese sauce, salad, bread, lemonade or iced tea. Wine, beer, soda and cof...
Palazzo Reale hosts an important exhibit dedicated to Italian artist Piero Manzoni, one of the most controversial, if not original, artists of the 20th Century. Alongside such innovative creatives as Lucio Fontana, Manzoni worked mostly in his native Milan. As a protagonist during the fervent Italian post-War period and one among the European neo-...
Andrà in scena alla Detroit Opera House dal 10 al 18 maggio p.v. Turandot di Giacomo Puccini, che chiuderà la stagione operistica primaverile. Nel cast figurano due artisti italiani: il soprano abruzzese Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi che interpreterà la parte di Liu e il giovane direttore d'orchestra viareggino Valerio Galli....
"United colors of soccer". Questo il nome dell'evento che ha visto protagonisti i fan club newyorchesi di Sampdoria, Genoa, Roma, Fiorentina, Milan, Juventus e il neonato fan club "Pepito Rossi", dedicato al giocatore della Fiorentina nato e cresciuto in New Jersey. Il tifo organizzato italiano ha voluto testimoniare come si possano vivere...
Los Angeles Consul General Giuseppe Perrone has appointed Cavaliere Lino Pertusini of Santa Fe as New Mexico's second Honorary Consul, working with Rosalba Maniaci to represent the Italian Consulate in our state. The duties of the office of Honorary Consul range from the promotion of Italian language and culture to the promotion of trade b...