Buzzetta’s Italian Cafe will open in Chesterfield in June
Mother-and-son duo Lia and Tony Buzzetta will open Buzzetta’s Italian Cafe at 120 Chesterfield Valley Drive in Chesterfield in June. The restaurant will serve a dinner-only menu inspired by the fresh ingredients and traditional cuisine of southern Italy. Buzzetta’s will open in the building that previously housed Filippo’s Italian Kitchen & Bar, wh...
How Italy Drew ‘White Lotus’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ to Its Shores
As high-profile international productions continue to flock to Italy, its film commissions have joined forces, leaving producers’ old divide-and-conquer playbook in the dust. “We believe that the success of one member is the success of all members,” says Cristina Priarone, president of the Italian Film Commissions Assn. The organization was created...
CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame Inducts Class of '23
The Community Italian-American Organization Soccer Hall of Fame Thursday inducted 11 new members in a ceremony at Berkshire Hills Country Club. The Class of 2023 includes former student-athletes who won six Berkshire County MVP awards, 23 all-Berkshire selections, 12 all-Western Mass selections and three all-Massachusetts selections. In addition to...
NIAF Calls on Italian American Organizations Nationwide to Participate in a Scholarship Database
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is calling on Italian American organizations nationwide to join its new scholarship database that will serve as a centralized resource for students searching for scholarships and grants to help finance their college education. The free database will launch on the NIAF website on September 1, 2023, and...
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio & Robert De Niro On How They Found The Emotional Handle For Their Cannes Epic ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’
In 2016, the hottest book in Hollywood hadn’t even been published yet. Circulating in galley proofs, it was the latest non-fiction work from author David Grann, whose 2009 book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon had recently been filmed by James Gray and produced by Plan B. His new book was another mouthful — Killers of th...
A Maximalist Italian Restaurant With a Three-Foot-Tall Pepper Mill Lands in Brooklyn
The name Café Mars might conjure images of Mars 2112, the legendary shuttered Space Age Times Square restaurant, but there are no rocket ships, aliens, or freeze-dried space food to be found here. Either way, opening on Wednesday, May 17, at 272 Third Avenue, at President Street, Café Mars is unusual for Gowanus, a neighborhood due for a culinary s...
Franco Harris Way unveiled in NFL Hall of Famer's hometown of Mount Holly
There were a lot of Steelers jerseys in Eagles country on Tuesday morning - but for a special reason. There was street dedication for Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris in his hometown of Mount Holly, Burlington County. "He is Mount Holly's favorite son," said Mount Holly Mayor Chris Banks. Ridgway Street is now Franco Harris Way, and...
Onesti fighting the good fight on multiple fronts
Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans President Ron Onesti has taken the organization’s battle on behalf of Christopher Columbus to a whole new level in recent months. In late March, Onesti spearheaded a JCCIA-hosted Tour of Italy at the Wyndham Springfield that attracted more than 250 state representatives and senators as well as lobbyists fr...
Biden nominates Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to serve as next NIH director
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he's nominating Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the next director of the National Institutes of Health. The White House described Bertagnolli as "a world-renowned surgical oncologist, cancer researcher, educator, and physician-leader who has the vision and leadership needed to deliver on NIH’s mission to seek fun...
The scientist who returned to work in Calabria after the U.S. and Germany: "Change is possible"
Sandra Savaglio, 55, after a career abroad now teaches astrophysics at the University of Calabria. The scientist worked at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, landed on the cover of Time magazine as a symbol of the brain drain, and was in Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. From there she returned to Calabria to Mer...
S. 9th Street Italian Market Festival returns May 20-21
“Bigger, better, bolder than ever before!” That’s the promise of the 2023 S. 9th Street Italian Market Festival which takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p;m. on Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21, 2023. The celebration of culture, gastronomy, art, and music runs along South 9th Street from Wharton to Fitzwater Streets. The nation’s oldest outdoor mark...
Looking Ahead to Primo Italian Steakhouse’s Grand Opening
One local restaurant is bringing the taste of Italy to the Miami Valley. Primo Italian Steakhouse is hosting their official Grand Opening this weekend, and they’re pulling out all the stops. With a Ribbon Cutting on Friday, May 19, along with live music, the City of Middletown’s Wine & Chocolate Walk, and other activities all weekend long. Co-owner...