Only the Food Is Exotic
by Helene Stapinski When I was growing up in the 1970s in Hudson County, N.J., there was plenty to complain about: toxic waste, political corruption, blighted buildings. The one thing people never knocked was the food. Our mothers made meatballs. Our aunts fashioned pirogi. My father brought home lobster and steaks that "fell off...
Capano developing new Italian eatery
The Charcoal Pit has been a landmark on Concord Pike for 57 years, a quintessential American hamburger joint on a Wilmington highway that's straight out of a Hollywood back lot. Now, the owners of the popular restaurant with the giant "Soup's On" sign in the window are bringing a little Euro flavor to the commercial thoroughfare. ...
First annual Cultural Arts Festival comes to Cliffside Park
by Stacey Rosenfeld The first annual Cliffside Park Cultural Arts Festival, in conjunction with the Italian American Repertory Company, will be held Jan. 18, 2014, at the theater company's home base, the Trinity Episcopal Church. The inaugural event will feature a broad array of art forms, including singers, actors, dancers, music...
Giada Returns to Pittsburgh
By Nicky D Cooks On Sunday, April 27, Giada Valenti will be back in Pittsburgh for her new show, From Venice With Love. Giada is preforming again at the Cabaret at Theatre Square in Downtown. The Venice born, international singer and songwriter will be performing on stage with her band. The show is described as "being taken on a romantic journey...
7TH Annual Belmar Restaurant Tour Dedicated To Tracie Orsi
Belmar's 7th Annual Restaurant Tour will take place on Sunday, March 8th and this year's tour is dedicated to the life and legacy of Tracie Orsi, the beloved chef/owner of Ragin' Cajun who passed away last month after battling cancer. The restaurant tour runs from 11:30am until 4:30pm. Taste your way through more than thirty restaurants, r...
Buon Appetito: Osteria da Nino Opens in Shirlington Village
by Mary Ann Barton There's a new restaurant in Shirlington that held its soft opening over the weekend: Osteria da Nino. The new Italian restaurant and bar takes the place of The Curious Grape, the longtime Shirlington wine store and restaurant. The restaurant is located at 2900 S. Quincy St. in Shirlington Village. The Curious Gr...
Ah, cruel love! Italian madrigal masterpieces in Chestnut Hill with piffaro, the renaissance band and vocal quartet the laughing bird
May 16, 2015 - Saturday 8:00 PMPresbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill - 8855 Germantown AvenuePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19118Cipriano de Rore wrote some of the most sublimely beautiful madrigals and motets ever to set ladies' hearts fluttering in Italy's 16th century villas and basilicas. Piffaro, the nation's foremost Renaissance...
Upon this brick I will build my church: No glue in this LEGO Vatican
This, the Rev. Bob Simon wants you to know, is a Kragle-free zone. That is, the Vatican he's building out of LEGO bricks -- hundreds of thousands of them, mostly in white -- holds itself together, no Krazy Glue (or Kragle if you saw "The LEGO Movie") required. "The dome scared me the most," said Simon, a parish priest from near Scrant...
The Light in the Piazza in Wilmington
November 6, 2015. Friday 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM (on various days). St. Stephen's Lutheran Church - 1301 North Broom Street - Wilmington, Delaware 19806 On a summer vacation, Margaret Johnson and her daughter, Clara, enjoy touring the Tuscan countryside. One day while sightseeing, Clara's hat mystically lands at the feet of Fabrizio...
Rochford Endorses Sierchio for Sheriff
By Frank Cahill Morris County Sheriff Ed Rochford today announced his full endorsement of John Sierchio in this year's election for County Sheriff. Sheriff Rochford, who yesterday announced that he will not be seeking re-election to a ninth term this year, focused on Sierchio's law enforcement experience and record of saving taxpa...
Italy in Us 2013: è iniziato l'anno della cultura italiana negli Usa
Con l'esposizione del "David-Apollo" di Michelangelo nella prestigiosa cornice della National Gallery of Art di Washington, si è aperto ufficialmente il 12 dicembre l'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti. Il progetto è nato su iniziativa del Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, presente alla cerimonia d'inaugurazione assieme a...
New CD offers 44 historic Italian American recordings--most long unavailable
The new 2 CD set Paese Mio Bello is the first collection of its kind, featuring 44 historic Italian-American recordings, 40 of which have been previously unreleased, at least since the original 78rpm records were issued. The selections were recorded between 1915 and 1939 and vary from traditional rural folk recordings to elegant divas singing the...