Michelangelo, his father’s son
It is often reported that kids today no longer go out to the streets to play with their friends and to engage in discovering novel adventures, as it was usual a few generations ago. No, today they sit down in front of a television for hours, living a virtual life made of the games and discoveries of tv shows’ characters, leaving aside the real-life...
'The Godfather' Screening At Patchogue Theatre
Leave the gun, take a ride to the Patchogue Theatre. "The Godfather" is screening at the Patchogue Theatre on May 15 at 7 p.m. as part of the theatre's Classic Film Series. Tickets are on sale from $12 to $15 and can be purchased here. The theatre's Classic Films Series is underway and includes other favorites like "Close Encounters of the Third K...
Italy's Parmacotto buys US food distributor Cibo Italia
Parmacotto, an Italy-based producer of cooked ham, has entered the North American market through the acquisition of US-based distributor of Italian food products Cibo Italia. Parma-based Parmacotto, established in 1978, has taken a 70% stake in a new US business formed through the deal - also called Parmacotto - with the remaining 30% owned by the...
Leonardo da Vinci: World's second known portrait of artist uncovered
A newly-identified sketch of Leonardo da Vinci is to go on public display for the first time at Buckingham Palace. The drawing of a bearded man is believed to be one of only two surviving portraits made during the artist’s life time. Martin Clayton, head of prints and drawings at the Royal Collection, uncovered the image while examining papers stor...
The History of Italy’s Second Favorite Sport—Bocce Ball
You can think of modern bowling as a distant cousin of bocce. In England, they have “bowls,” a lawn version of the game using a flattened ball which is rolled like a wheel (bocce balls are always spherical). The Latin word bottia (ball) is the root of the Italian word boccia or bocce. Latin also used the word boulles (balls), hence the name bowls f...
Il gorgonzola vola all’estero: più di un terzo delle forme prodotte viene esportato
Mai come oggi all’estero si mangia gorgonzola dop. Lo certificano i dati del consorzio di tutela, che l’altra sera si è riunito all’hotel Westin Palace di Milano per fare il punto su un settore in costante crescita. La relazione del 2018 è piena di segni positivi, soprattutto alla voce export. Lo scorso anno il 36,1% delle 4,8 milioni di forme prod...
Winters Theatre Company presents Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding
The Winters Theatre Company has selected “Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding as their spring dinner theatre production at The Palms Playhouse in Winters. There will be three performances: Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, when doors will open at 6:30 p.m. (show beginning at 7 p.m.), and Sunday, May 19, when the doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will...
Pre-Occupied Spaces: Remapping Italy's Transnational Migrations and Colonial Legacies
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 6pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY, 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036. Teresa Fiore, Montclair State University. By examining Italy’s long history of worldwide emigration in light of the country’s own colonial legacies and the contemporary transnational migrations directed tow...
Sorrento House, a new Italian-American restaurant, will replace Mama Mia's in Wales
Reece Block is coming back to a familiar place. Block, a recent University of Wisconsin-Whitewater graduate who hails from Oconomowoc, worked at Mama Mia's for a number of years before taking a marketing role with Sysco, a food and service business. When he was 16, Block started at Mama Mia's in Wales as a host. He went on to became the general man...
Son of English coach remembers 'Grande Torino' on 70th anniversary of Superga disaster
Every year thousands gather at the Basilica of Superga overlooking Turin to commemorate the memory of Italian football's all-conquering 'Grande Torino' team who were wiped out in an air disaster. This year, Englishman Bill Lievesley will be among them to mark the 70th anniversary of the tragedy which claimed the lives of 31 people including his fat...
Reconsidering Arte Povera Lecture Series May 18 - June 15, 2019
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation (2700 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY 10516) invites you to a four-part lecture series exploring new insights into Arte Povera, featuring Francesco Guzzetti, Scholar-in-Residence at Magazzino Italian Art; Emily Braun, Distinguished Professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY; Anne Rorimer, independent scholar...
Prosecco DOC Consortium Announces Second Annual "National Prosecco Week"
The Prosecco DOC Consortium, the entity that oversees the production of the world’s most popular sparkling wine, is pleased to announce that ‘National Prosecco Week’ will return for its second year from June 3-9, 2019 and will include exclusive events, restaurant and retail promotions and masterclasses for media and trade in New York, Miami, Nashvi...