Italian Hall Victims To Be Remembered
The Christmas season is generally considered a happy time of year. In the Copper Country, though, that happiness is tempered by memories of a long-ago tragedy. One hundred nine years ago tomorrow, striking copper miners were holding a Christmas Eve party for children on the upper level of the Italian Hall in Calumet. As more than 400 people packed...
Monica Bellucci to Bring Maria Callas Show to New York
Italian cinema icon Monica Bellucci is set to star in “Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs” at the Beacon Theatre. The performance will be held on Jan. 27, 2023 for one night only. Bellucci channels Greek opera legend Maria Callas in this one-woman show with text and stage direction by Tom Volf. Accompanied by the Wordless Music Orchestra, Bellucci r...
7 unique things to do in Italy in winter
Whether you’re looking for some winter sun or a ski holiday, Italy’s got you covered! Italy boasts an incomparable historical, artistic, cultural, and gastronomic heritage. From head to toe of the peninsula, each region boasts world-famous cities and landscapes worth discovering. Even in winter, when everything is calmer and more relaxed, Italy off...
An Italian-inspired bakery in Bath features ‘pane e pasticceria’
Panettone made with candied orange and raisins from Agrimontana, Sicily, served with or dipped in espresso or vin Santo. Torrone, ricotta and prosciutto crudo on olive bread, speck and stracchino cheese on focaccia. Those are some of the Italian-inspired breads and pastries being served up by Solo Pane e Pasticceria in downtown Bath. The bakery o...
'Heart of the home.' Couple launches Italian furniture company from Cherokee Triangle home
In 2015, Amee and Greg Kent moved into Louisville's Cherokee Triangle neighborhood. The couple described their home, built in 1871, as a "unique Italian home," which was fitting given the Kent family's Italian heritage. While the home boasted its Italian legacy on the outside, the interior had been renovated with an updated open kitchen and dinin...
10 Reasons Why The Ferrari 458 Speciale Is The Best Modern Ferrari
Everyone dreams of owning an exhilarating car one day, and your options seem endless. You can either go for a dirt cheap sports car, although some used German sports cars we wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. On the other hand, you can always opt for something much more reliable, but more often than not that comes at the expense of individuality w...
Florabella: New Italian-inspired restaurant, coffee shop, bakery opens in Missoula
After about six months of renovations, business partners Ben Burda and Drake Doepke have opened their new Florabella restaurant and cafe at 500 Brooks Street. The building, which was the longtime home of the popular Caffe Dolce, has been transformed on the inside and now features an in-house bakery, a coffee shop and a redone kitchen that will serv...
Giuseppe De Nittis: A Master Between Italy and France
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. have the pleasure to invite you to the conference “Giuseppe De Nittis: A Master Between Italy and France”. The conference is organized as a complementary event to the exhibition “An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis” hosted at The Phillips Collection and ope...
Agnone: The Copper Capital Of Italy Is Molise's Paese Artigiano
La Ramera of Francesco Gerbasi is a wide, one-story structure whose ordinariness, from the outside, belies the treasure trove that it contains. Upon crossing the threshold there is no mistaking what this place is all about—a workshop, store, and museum honoring Agnone’s centuries-old history of copper production. Even on a cloudy day, the room vibr...
How to love lasagna in L.A. as an enthusiast rather than a purist
My colleague Jeff Amlotte makes excellent lasagna. It’s in the vein of the 9 x 13 pans my mother used to make, heavily sauced noodles with curly edges, a filling of ricotta cheese and plenty of melted mozzarella on top. It’s deeply satisfying, and it got me thinking about lasagna in Los Angeles. There are plenty of places offering the Americanized,...
You've Probably Never Heard of These Christmas Customs in Italy (No, Really)
While Italy’s cast of Christmas characters includes some very familiar figures — Babbo Natale (Santa), naturally, and La Befana, the frumpy Christmas witch who broom-zooms around the country delivering gifts on Epiphany Eve — more obscure (and bizarre) traditions decorate the Italian landscape at Christmastide. Here’s a look at some lesser-known cu...
Prosecco Docg, 2022 record-breaking, toward 104 million bottles sold in Italy and worldwide
The wealth of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG continues to grow across the territory in the glasses all over Italy and the world. Therefore, the territory of the Prosecco hills is increasingly attractive on an International level, but it also knows how to put a generational change in motion, which instead in many other Italian wine territori...