Long-gone Detroit Italian restaurant plans a comeback
La Lanterna, a long-gone restaurant from Detroit's past, is primed to make a comeback near its former location when it opens on the first floor of the Albert building in Capitol Park later this year. The northern Italian-style restaurant opened in what is now the Malcolmson Building in 1956 by Italian immigrant Edoardo Barbieri. In 1978, B...
Rustic Italian Food at Hummingbird Pastaria
The Hummingbird Pastaria opened its doors two years ago on Signal Mountain and has been drawing an ever- widening clientele ever since. Co-owners Patrick Halloran and his wife, Sally, present a classic rustic Italian menu. Chef Patrick describes "rustic" as—"approachable food that people would want to eat every day." Ellen Cook of Signal M...
Evviva San Rocco! A Look at the 127th Annual Feast of San Rocco di Potenza in New York City
By Giovanni di Napoli Sunday, August 21st, the St. Rocco Society of Potenza in New York City celebrated their 127th Annual Festa di San Rocco. Mass was celebrated in English and Italian outside Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter St.) in historic Little Italy with Pastor Donald Msgr. Sakano and Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio, visiting from Our L...
A Revolution With No Rewind: Galileo’s Daughter and How the Patron Saint of Astronomy Reconciled Science and Spirituality
Like Blake and Beethoven, Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564–January 8, 1642) lived a life animated by the tragic genius of outsiderdom. It was only by standing apart from his society that he was able to cast dogma and convention aside, oppose the core beliefs of his era, and peer into the very fabric of eternity from his lonesome-making lookout....
Former Italian president and premier Ciampi dies at 95
by Colleen Barry Former Italian Prime Minister and President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, a highly respected economist who helped usher in the euro as treasury minister, died on Friday. He was 95. Ciampi's death, after a long illness, was confirmed by the Italian Senate, where he served as senator for life. The senator had been hospitalized in recen...
Youth infusion at Italian film fest
By Beth Wood Since its inception 10 years ago, the San Diego Italian Film Festival has actually grown a little younger. "The older crowd — between 44 and 65 years old — used to be the dominant part of our audience," said Victor Laruccia, the festival's executive director. "But now it makes up less than a third of our audience." The festi...
Fundraiser benefits Boys and Girls Clubs of Gloucester County
Former New Jersey Secretary of State Daniel Dalton, who coordinated the launch of the Boys and Girls Club of Glassboro in 2003, was a founding director, and has been a staunch supporter of the county's three locations ever since, will be toasted and roasted by the Boys and Girls Club of Gloucester County (BGCGC) at its largest fund-raising event Oc...
Maria Bartiromo Wiki: 5 Facts to Know about ‘Money Honey’
Maria Bartiromo has made a name for herself in the field of TV financial journalism. Throughout her lengthy career, she has proved that being a woman is no impediment on succeeding in the professional world, especially in a field traditionally dominated by men. She earned the nickname "Money Honey" due to her striking good looks and expertise in ma...
Kendall Gets an Italian 'Supper Club’
Nobu and Sushi Samba vet Carlos Barillas has taken his talents to Kendall for his latest venture, Noche Kitchen & Bar inside Town & Country Mall at 11745 Sherry Ln. Self-described as a "contemporary Italian supper club" it showcases a clubstaurant type atmosphere with Italian cuisine and lots of DJ-played music in the background....
United, + 20% dall’Italia nel 2016
In un anno di consolidamento per il traffico totale dall'Italia verso gli Stati Uniti e viceversa, United va decisamente in controtendenza incassando un +20% di passeggeri sulle sue linee. "Se fino a settembre il Bsp totale vendite mondo ha mostrato un calo complessivo dell'8%, che per l'indice Nord America si è ridotto al -5%, con una riduzione de...
The Wonders of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola
Here is a real pearl of Italian 16th-century architecture: Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, Viterbo. It is a mannerist wonder, an aristocratic retreat, a delightful villa and a fortified residence, designed by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (who transformed an early project by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger) and built between 1559 and 1575. ...
Perriello resurfaces… and wants to be governor
Former congressman Tom Perriello announced his surprise candidacy for governor of Virginia Thursday, upsetting the plans of many leading Virginia Democrats. In a hastily arranged speech at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in downtown Charlottesville, Perriello spoke of how his father first arrived in Virginia. "He...