Juventus, Italy joins Juventus, Redwood City
Before European soccer became a household brand in the United States, there were a handful of big-name clubs that true soccer fans knew: Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid. On that list as well was Juventus FC, arguably — and I stress the word “arguably” — the biggest club in Italy, one that was originally founded in 1897. In 1956, the Juventus...
Grand Tour d'Italia, ecco le 10 città con più cultura
Teatri, musei, gallerie, biblioteche: l'Italia è un immenso giacimento culturale. Misurando la quantità dei siti culturali il portale Holidu ha fatto una classifica delle città perfette da questo punto di vista, quasi un Grand Tour delle 10 città con più cultura d’Italia. Come disse Elio Vittorini “La cultura non è professione per pochi: è una cond...
Rocco DiSpirito’s Nostalgic Return to the Kitchen at the Standard Grill
By the time Rocco DiSpirito was a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars,” in 2008, it had been so long since he’d worked as a chef that it wasn’t clear whether the job description still applied. He’d come to prominence in the late nineties as one of the most promising young culinary talents in New York City—but quickly became one of the first celeb...
Colourful frescos, mosaics, graffiti and new buildings uncovered at Pompeii
Nearly 2,000 years after Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman city is still giving up its long-buried secrets. Fantastic frescos, preserved mosaics and historic graffiti were among the discoveries emerging from the largest archaeological dig at the site since the 1950s. As teams of construction workers shore up mounds of...
Keep Italian at Notre Dame High School (West Haven, CT)
Sign the petition to keep Italian at Notre Dame High School in West Haven, CT. Connecticut boasts the second highest percentage of residents of Italian heritage (16.6%), narrowly trailing Rhode Island, and also ranks second nationally for Italian spoken at home, after the State of New York. Notre Dame declares that their Foreign Language Department...
Italian eatery on cusp of arriving at Lansing’s east side
Pending light renovations, Tannin’s new home in the former Tabooli building will likely open within the next month. The upscale Italian eatery left Okemos in November to start work on its new east side Lansing home. Though it plans to keep its original Okemos upcycled tables and traditional dishes, the restaurant’s prime focus for the new location...
Demie ‘Doc’ Mainieri, former Dade North Falcons baseball coach, dies at 90
Former Dade North Falcons baseball coach Demie “Doc” Mainieri, who died on March 13 at age 90, always figured his life had been spared for a good reason, and he made the most of his time. The youngest of 11 children, Mainieri played baseball at West Virginia University. He earned master’s and doctorate degrees from Columbia, which is how he got his...
Davide Moretti led Texas Tech to the Final Four after his family flew in from Italy
Sophomore guard Davide Moretti got quite a surprise before the Sweet 16 when his family was flown in from Italy to watch him play. He has responded with a strong weekend in Anaheim to send Texas Tech to their first Final Four in school history. Red Raiders coach Chris Beard asked Moretti to stand up in front of the team during a meeting on Wednesda...
A first look at Sette, the new Italian restaurant from Se7en Bites owners opening in Ivanhoe Village
The last several years for the corner lot that now houses Sette – Italian for "seven," natch – are basically a blur. A veritable parade of concepts set up shop, briefly shone (or didn't) and then closed. Now, the new Italian restaurant from Se7en Bites Bake Shop owners Trina Gregory-Propst and her wife, Va, whom Trina describes as "the brains behin...
Gelato just in time for summer
Maria Macrina is just a simple second-generation Italian-American girl from Sherrill who’s family taught her the value of Italian culture and traditions which she said consists mainly of family, faith and food...including gelato, which she is bringing to the residents of Clinton. Actually, to be exact, she brought it to Clinton in 2016, by way of a...
Magnifico in New York: Corrado Cagli, Migrating Artists, and the Mirage of Italy
Monday, April 8, 2019, 7 p.m. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium. 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (65th St and Columbus Ave) New York, NY, 10023. Fully accessible to wheelchairs. Free - Online Reservation Required. Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi, the Italian Cultu...
18th-Century Sculpture Has a Delicate Net Carved Out of a Single Block of Marble
For centuries, sculptors around the world have adopted marble as their medium of choice. In order to both illustrate marble’s carving capabilities and showcase their own sculpting skills, these artists often select subjects that require a certain level of expertise. These challenging motifs include anatomical details, dynamic drapery, and, in the c...