Emmy Award-Winner Adam Bernstein to Direct Prime Video Italy Original ‘Costiera’ That Will Mark New Rights-Sharing Business Model
Emmy Award-winning director Adam Bernstein (“30 Rock,” “Fargo,” “Better Call Saul”) is set to helm new Prime Video Italy original “Costiera,” an English-language action drama set on Italy’s iconic Amalfi Coast. The high-end show is being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide, the prominent Italian company behind financial thr...
Author Sarah Arcuri Writes about the Italian Food Influences in Her Debut Novel, The Owner & the Wife
Coming from a traditional Italian family who gathered for pasta dinners every Sunday, I developed a love for reading and writing at a young age, and I knew that when the time came to write my own stories, the influence of my culture would be at the forefront. Such is the case in my debut novel, The Owner & the Wife, an operatic, nostalgic Italian A...
The extraordinary quality of Sicilian citrus fruits
According to the latest Ismea report, 2022-2023 global orange production is estimated at 47.5 million tons, down 5% year over year. A decrease that, in Italy, stands at -25%. In this scenario, Sicily is the first Italian region in terms of area invested in oranges, with about two- thirds of the national total: compared to 2021, there is a decline o...
CCS Trustee Al Lucarelli – In Memoriam
Al passed away on May 14, 2023 at the age of 83. Al is survived by his partner Waltraud (Wally) Prechter and sons Alphonse II and Francesco, along with their wives, Sonya and Kerri respectively, and his grandchildren Steffan, Leonardo and Andrea. He also valued his close relationships with Stephanie Prechter, Paul and Paige Prechter and their daugh...
Italian cinema celebrated at the JxJ DC Jewish Film & Music Festival at the Italian Embassy in Washington
The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the JxJ DC Jewish Film & Music Festival organized an event celebrating Italian cinema to mark the screening of producer and director Giuseppe Piccioni’s film The Shadow of the Day (L’ombra del giorno), one of the two Italian motion pictures selected by the ongoing Jewish film and music festival from May 11th t...
Mount Granita opens Little Italy storefront to offer traditional Sicilian dessert
Diners in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood have one more dessert choice starting Friday, May 19. That’s when Mount Granita opens at 2024 Murray Hill Road Cleveland. Street-cart vendors of granita for the past three summers, Chris Giancola and his partner are moving indoors. While finishing his degree in civil engineering, Giancola worked to re...
Replica of ship sailed by Christopher Columbus makes stop in Evansville
A replica of a Christopher Columbus ship is now in Evansville. The replica of the Pinta was built in Brazil by eighth-generation Portuguese shipwrights. The ship has been sailing around the U.S. for the past 12 years. This is its first stop in Evansville. The ship serves to educate people on this type of ship, which is a Portuguese Caravel. Captain...
Death toll rises to nine as flooding devastates northern Italy
At least nine people have died in Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region as heavy rains flooded rivers and submerged entire neighbourhoods and farmland. Downpours that pounded the region's flatlands over two days have caused nearly two dozen rivers to burst their banks, putting vast stretches of territory under water and causing thousands of reside...
Gullo celebrates 50th as opera house’s resident barber
A half century at any job is something to celebrate, but Sam Gullo is marking five decades as the barber at one of Chicago’s most iconic buildings, the Civic Opera House, home of the Lyric Opera. Gullo and his family arrived in Chicago from Caccamo, Sicily, in 1961. “I came here with my father and brother,” Gullo says from his shop on the 15th floo...
Terrecarsiche 1939, a homage to Murgia
The "karstic lands" that baptise the winery are the famous ones of Castellana Grotte, the beating heart of the Murgia Barese, the limestone plateau of tectonic origin located between central Puglia and the north-eastern part of Basilicata. It is a different Puglia to the one we are accustomed to: here the vast plains give way to medium hills and lo...
The Wizard of All
Talking wine and food with America’s most revered grocer, it is hard to keep up. A spry 81, Darrell Corti has an athletically agile mind. His knowledge is encyclopedic. His curiosity, voracious. Want to know the profile of an obscure olive cultivar or rare European cheese? Or perhaps about the flavors and shelf price of the first Conterno Barolo Mo...
Tortora: 5 reasons why you should visit it, the Calabria's pearl of Tirreno
Immersed in nature, Tortora offers breathtaking landscapes: from high snow-capped mountains to a beautiful crystal-clear sea, from archaeological finds to modern structures. That’s why it is worth visiting this enchanting town. Located in north-western Calabria, Tortora is the first town in this beautiful region. The particularity of this locality...