Unveiling Plaques Ceremony at Petrosino Square - November 5th, 2014 at 11:30 A.M.
NYPD officials and NYC Parks to dedicate bronze markers honoring heroic police officer Lt. Joseph Petrosino. The project has been sponsored by the Columbia Association of the NYPD and the Lt. Joseph Petrosino Association of America, Inc., in collaboration with the Italian American Museum and the New York City Parks' division of Art & A...
Thrillist names the best Italian restaurant in St. Louis
by Kelly Moffitt With The Hill and toasted ravioli at our fingertips, it would have been a travesty to leave a St. Louis eatery off a "Best Italian restaurants in America" list. Luckily, Thrillist has chosen a spot many St. Louisans are likely to agree is the best in the city. The food and drink website named Trattoria Marcella as one...
Italian lifestyle: Gardens on the roof against the expensive bill
WTI Magazine #48 2014 November, 26Author : Living Adamis Translation by: The company based in Trieste, with its Division called "Harpo verdepensile", adheres to the task force of professionals working for the energy (and environmental) requalification of residential complexes in Milan. Energy saving? Put green on the roof. A journey...
Italian Eatery Will Open in Collegetown
By Molly Karr This month, couple Sam Epps and Kami Drake will open Gola Osteria, a new restaurant in Collegetown focusing on local ingredients and Italian tastes. "We will cook in a way that an Italian would: with Upstate New York ingredients," Epps said. "The difference between our restaurant and others [around the area] is that...
Frank A. Cimini marks 100th birthday
Frank A. Cimini recently celebrated his 100th birthday with a reception in the Weinberg Memorial Library at University of Scranton, where Keystone Chapter of UNICO National presented him with an Extraordinary Member Recognition Certificate. Born Oct. 20, 1914, Mr. Cimini is the son of the late Giuseppe and Maria Ferraioli Cimini. Mr. Cimin...
Mary Torrieri, radio host
by Jacques Kelly Mary Torrieri, the host of an Italian-American radio program who was also active in local charities, died of heart failure Dec. 29 at Riderwood Village in Rockville. The former Towson resident was 94. Born Mary Nagro in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Joseph Nagro, a stonemason, and Agatha "Ida" DiBrigida Na...
Book Presentation: Dante's Lyric Poetry - February 04, 2015 at 06:15 pm
Edited by Teodolinda Barolini - Translated by Richard Lansing. The editor in conversation with Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU). The first comprehensive English translation and commentary on Dante's early verse to be published in almost fifty years, Dante's Lyric Poetry includes all the poems written by the young Dante Aligheri between c....
15 Essential Italian Neorealism Films You Need To Watch
In Italy, fascism and cinema had always been in a strange relationship. After millions of deaths, years of war and violence; fascism left only two positive things behind: Venice Film Festival and Cinecitta. Fascism, as a consequence of WWII, left thousands of people homeless in Italy; and of course, filmmakers studioless. Great Italian Stu...
Janine Molinari to Choreograph THE WILDEST at Seven Angels Theatre, 2/12-3/08
Janine Molinari, will be choreographing Seven Angels Theatre's upcoming musical "The Wildest" which runs February 12-March 8. In the Spring, she will choreograph their Production of "Footloose". "The Wildest", features the musical sounds of Louis Prima and Keely Smith is conceived and written by Randy Johnson, Thomas Porras, Luanne Pr...
Review: Loaves of love
If you must live by bread alone, best make it Genova's. A few years shy of its centennial year, the once-predominantly Italian neighborhood around the Stockton bakery, market and deli has changed dramatically over the past 100 years. What haven't changed are the loaves and loaves of bread hot from the oven — French, sourdough, Dutch c...
WOR Names Wayne Randazzo As New Mets Pre- And Post-Game Host
710 WOR-AM, The New York Mets flagship radio station, today announced that Wayne Randazzo will join the radio broadcast team for Mets games broadcasts. Randazzo is a seasoned sports broadcaster from Chicago, with more than 10 years of experience and will join play-by-play announcer Howie Rose and Josh Lewin. He will host a 30-minute pre-ga...
Montedoro, from southern Italy to the American South
The Atlanta Film Festival will host the world premiere of Montedoro, Italian director Antonello Faretta's first feature film competing in the Narrative Features section at the 39th edition of the prestigious American festival. After a long period of preparation and field work - almost seven years of writing, filming and post-product...