Group Seeks to Complete Boy Scout Statue After 76 Years
The Vermont city defined by the stone pulled from within its surrounding hills is hoping to use that granite to commission a piece of art conceived more than seven decades ago honoring one of the nation's first Boy Scout troops. A local Boy Scout historian is leading the effort in Barre, a city known as "the granite center of the world," to complet...
Five Places to Learn to Make Gelato in Italy
What’s more pleasurable on a vacation to Italy than enjoying a scoop or two of gelato? There may only be one answer, and that’s savoring the gelato you made yourself. Luckily, travelers can now try their hand at the craft by taking one of the several gelato-making classes for amateurs offered throughout Italy. These classes are usually between two...
Soldier who was there wants people to remember WWII battle of Monte Cassino
Pearl Harbor. Midway. D-Day. The Battle of the Bulge. Iwo Jima. The epic battles of World War II still resonate 70 years later. Yet one of the costliest U.S. campaigns is barely remembered: The war in Italy and its linchpin, the desperate fight at Monte Cassino. "You never hear anything about it," says Albert DeFazio. "It just boggles my mind. That...
OPERA San Antonio Presents Verdi's MACBETH Next Month
OPERA San Antonio presents the first production of its 2017-18 season, Giuseppe Verdi's Italian opera Macbeth, based on the dark and powerful Shakespearean drama. OPERA San Antonio is a resident company of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, and both performances - on Friday, September 8, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 2:...
La musica italiana in gara nella decima edizione del Festival di New York
Si chiama “New York canta” ed è arrivato già alla decima edizione il Festival della Musica Italiana a New York, in programma il prossimo 10 settembre nel Master Theater (Millennium) di Brooklyn. Una kermesse dedicata all’italian sound oltreoceano, promossa dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, che ha deciso di selez...
Italian Favorite Coco Pazzo Will Make a Comeback This Fall
Chroniclers of Italian food in New York City know Pino Luongo as an ambitious, irascible O.G. of Tuscan cuisine, having risen from the lowly rank of Da Silvano busboy to helm such late-20th-century hot spots as Il Cantinori, Sapore di Mare, Le Madri, and Mad.61 before succumbing to ill-fated business deals, crushing rents, and eventual bankruptcy....
Bright Spots, Big Country: an American story through the eyes of an Italian immigrant
Reducing healthcare costs; restoring trust in government; reducing crime—those are just some of the subjects tackled by Arklatex authors Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr, in their patriotic new book. The writers ask: is America still shining—or have the lights dimmed forever? Part of the book was inspired by an Italian immigrant who came to Louisia...
Tony Viviano will be performing at the corner of Macklind and Daggett, Oct 1, 2017
Tony will be performing in front of Gioia’s Deli on Oct 1, 2017 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm during the Columbus Parade. Gioia’s Deli will also be open during the parade so come and enjoy the parade, food and fun. Tony started singing at the tender age of three, inspired by his older brother, Joe. When Tony was 10 years old, Joe bought two albums by...
Pasta and pizza reign supreme at Eataly event pairing Sarah Grueneberg with 'King of Carbonara'
As if every day isn’t an Italian food event at Eataly, the prestigious Milan-based culinary organization Identita Golose returns for its fourth annual takeover of the marketplace the weekend of Oct. 7-8. Chef Sarah Grueneberg, co-owner of Monteverde restaurant in the West Loop, will play hometown host at what’s dubbed Identita Chicago, and the them...
La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)
From Wednesday, September 06, 2017 to Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Entrance : With fee. Location: Center's Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York. Tickets available at: http://www.jazz.org/events/av-174103/ The New York Metropolitan Opera presents a new production of La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) written by Giacomo Pu...
Brooklyn Italians own lengthy soccer history in the Big Apple
Major League Soccer made a permanent home in the Big Apple just a few years ago. But on the lower levels of the sport, soccer has been a staple in Brooklyn for nearly seven decades. The Brooklyn Italians, currently of the lower-tier National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), were established shortly after World War II by a group of Italian immigrants....
Caruccio’s Culinary Event Center Celebrates Grand Opening Sept. 14
Founder and owner Lisa Caruccio invites the public to the ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration for Caruccio’s, a new culinary event center with a demonstration kitchen and filming capabilities on Mercer Island, Sept. 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. Caruccio’s is poised to be the region’s go-to place for wine and film events, televised cooking...