Soupstar: Giovanni Guidi and Gianluca Petrella in concert at Embassy of Italy
Finally Washingtonian jazz enthusiasts will get a chance to experience a live performance by two of the most interesting talents of Italian music: Giovanni Guidi (piano) and Gianluca Petrella (trombone), presenting the album “Soupstar”, a name that reflects the improvisational alchemy between their instruments. The concert will allow us to discover...
Ermenegildo Zegna brings its XXX Collection to the U.S. with Farfetch partnership
Ermenegildo Zegna XXXItalian luxury brand Ermenegildo Zegna has launched an exclusive partnership with Farfetch to release the Ermenegildo Zegna XXX U.S. capsule collection on the luxury fashion shopping platform in the States. Ermenegildo Zegna XXX, or XXX, delivers a modern wardrobe that matches the versatility of contemporary living with a mix o...
Visit One Of The Best (And Tastiest) Symbols Of A New York Neighborhood
You catch the aroma on Arthur Avenue as a happy shopper opens the door, left arm holding a huge, bulging bag of bread and cookies. Yes, this is the Madonia Bakery, in its way a symbol of New York as much as the Lower East Side, the High Line, and Rockefeller Center. New York, to New Yorkers, is the neighborhood, and increasingly these areas are bei...
Arcolians to honor Dr. Geri Ann DiFranco
The Arcolian Dental Arts Society will honor Dr. Geri Ann DiFranco as Arcolian of the Year at the society’s annual Christmas Party on Dec. 11 at the Park Ridge Country Club. (847-304-4442). “Geri is a woman of outstanding ethical and moral character who exemplifies the society’s ideals of professionalism, education and service to the community,” say...
Five Italian Villages to Visit in the Fall
Hop in the car, drive the countryside roads, enjoy the fall colors and stop at one of these charming villages for a dive into the past and a taste of delicious seasonal products. Rango, Trentino In the northern mountainous region of Trentino, Rango is part of Italy’s ‘Most Beautiful Villages’ network, having maintained its ancient fortified structu...
The Key to This Creamy, Thick Pesto? A Mortar and Pestle
Throughout my time working in restaurants, I developed an illogical dread of some basic kitchen tasks. None of them — picking and chopping parsley, peeling and mincing garlic, browning pans of ground meat — were particularly difficult. But at the scale required in a professional kitchen, they felt Sisyphean. And even though it has been years since...
9 Emerging Italian Brands Everyone's Going to Be Talking About
Fashion, like people, is fickle. At the whim of an ever-changing trend cycle, the industry forces its most loyal followers to live in a constant state of transition, whether that means being disappointed by the induction of new creative directors at iconic brands (#oldcéline) or stressed by the growing list of things we "need" for each coming seaso...
Science and Culture: An Italian Perspective. Get your ticket today!
Don’t miss the fourth edition of the Italian Perspective series. This year, Science and Culture: An Italian Perspective will include four plenary lectures focusing on different intersections between Italian art and culture and scientific thought and discoveries, including anatomy, mathematics, geometry, and more. Aimed at a general audience and cha...
Inside Benno, Manhattan’s Most Grown-Up New Restaurant
It’s no secret that most of the action in New York’s restaurant scene is happening in the middle. Some of the city’s most exciting new and upcoming restaurants this fall and winter serve tweaked tuna casserole, gussied-up grilled pizza, and Korean flatbread sandwiches. By contrast, Jonathan Benno’s latest, eponymous restaurant in the Evelyn Hotel i...
Reel local news: Italian Cinema in SF focuses on new and veteran filmmakers
Cowpokes patrol the Maremma region between Lazio and Tuscany in “The Last Italian Cowboys.” A police detective investigates a murder among pastoral vineyards in “The Last Prosecco.” A shady movie producer lures five show business hopefuls to Armenia where they become creative after being stranded in “Hotel Gagarin.” These are but a few of the films...
Ferrari’s Supercar Strategy Deserves a Little Faith
You could say Ferrari NV made a hot rod for its own back. When the Italian sports car maker started selling the $2.1 million LaFerrari Aperta convertible in 2016, it helped supercharge revenue and profit growth. Unfortunately the problem with limited editions is that shipments ultimately end. The slowdown of the supercar’s sales contributed to Ferr...
San Antonio's 5 best spots to score budget-friendly Italian food
In search of a new favorite Italian spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Italian restaurants around San Antonio, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to meet your needs. 1. Capo's Pizza Topping the list is Capo's Pizza. Located at 8522 Broadway, Suite 105, the Italian spot, which...