Friends of the North End Announce 44th Annual Reunion
On Saturday, September 24, 2016 the men of the Friends of the North End will celebrate their 44th annual reunion at the Sons of Italy Hall at 117 Swanton Street in Winchester, MA starting at 5 pm. Anyone interested in attending can send a $60 check made out to Sam Viscione and mailed to him at 20 Hillcrest Road, Burlington, Ma. 01803. If o...
Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016 Recognized Award Recipients
Loggia Glen Cove No. 1016, Order Sons of Italy in America recently recognized scholarship, Dante Medal and community service awards at its membership meeting. There were several 2016 New York State Grand Lodge Foundation Scholarship recipients. Kevin Grande received the Angelo & Kathryn Grande Scholarship in Memory of Rose and Frank Della...
Lapo Elkann does custom cars for L.A. Art exhibit, talks tech and personalizatio
Lapo Elkann is spending the summer in California exploring what he loves most: cars and customization, plus technology and entertainment. On Saturday night, he showed off his latest project: two custom cars he brought for Adam Lindemann's art exhibit, "Piston Head II: Artists Engage the Automobile." The show, which opened at Lindemann's Venus gall...
Highland Park High instructor Maria Barbanente
Prior to arriving at Highland Park High School two years ago, Maria Barbanente had already blazed a trail where life's adventures had added depth to her linguistic skills. The daughter of native Italians from the Puglia region, Barbanente had a master's degree in education, and a certification in Spanish, by the time she arrived in Madrid, Spain to...
CMR’s Marcella’s to Open in Denver in Summer 2017
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, LLC (CMR) is excited to announce that its award-winning Italian restaurant, Marcella's, will open its third location in Denver's Lower Highland community (LoHi). The restaurant is set to open in summer 2017 and will be the company's first location under this concept to open in Colorado. "Expanding our Marcella's conce...
RESTAURANT REVIEW: At Bruno's, sandwiches superb
Let's not forget that simple is good. In fact, let's modify that maxim and say a simple sandwich is good. There doesn't need to be anything complicated about a sandwich. Nothing fancy. A sandwich is not one for black-tie events. No, it's a food generally more at ease being blue collar. Oh, elaborate, expensive sandwiches can be g...
Ferraro’s ‘faboo’ - Four Seasons Resort Maui’s oceanfront and al fresco bar e ristorante unparalleled
Ferraro's Bar e Ristorante is simply "faboo," or "fabulous." I say, run, don't walk to this award-winning Italian restaurant perched on an oceanfront bluff above Wailea Beach. Every single bite on a recent visit was off the charts in taste, presentation, texture and aroma — and although I dined there a few weeks ago — I can't quit raving a...
Family owned Nora's some of the best Italian in Vegas
by Marco D'Angelo If you have been in Las Vegas for any amount of time chances are you've eaten at Nora's Italian Cuisine. When I moved here eight years ago this was one of the first Italian restaurants I tried. It is a family-owned operation that was started by Nora and Gino Mauro. The success has grown over the years. In fact, i...
Celebrate AN ITALIAN HOLIDAY with I Giullari di Piazza, 12/16-12/22
Come back in time to Southern Italy with I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA, the renowned Italian music/theater/Dance Company, when they present their traditional Southern Italian "La Cantata dei Pastori," (The Shepherd's Cantata) a musical family holiday delight, at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Streets). Five performances,...
Q&A with Eataly Partner Lidia Bastianich
by Shannon Golden Lidia Bastianich is an Italian-born celebrity chef, Emmy-award winning television host, and Eataly Partner. Bastianich sat down with Boston University News Service to discuss Eataly and its long awaited opening in Boston. For the people here in Boston who don't know what Eataly is, can you tell me what makes Eata...
Frankie Valli not crying over Jersey Boys show closure
The Italian-American singer of hit song Big Girls Don't Cry isn't feeling emotional that the Broadway musical, based on the career of his group the Four Seasons, will soon take its final bow after a lengthy run in New York's hugely competitive theatre district. The musical, which opened in 2005, tells the story of Valli and bandmates Bob Gaudio, T...
98th Anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston’s North End
by Matt Conti January 15th is the anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston's North End. The United States Industrial Alcohol Company constructed a faulty 50 foot high steel tank in 1918 on Commercial Street near where the bocce courts are located today at Langone Park. Twenty one people were killed and another 150 injured...