Join CiaoDC's Private Gallery Tour Celebrating Jacobo Tintoretto's 500th Birthday at National Gallery of Art!
The National Gallery of Art celebrates the 500th Anniversary of Venetian Master Artist Jacobo Tintoretto (c.1518/19-1594) in a stunning exhibition on display now through July 7, 2019 with it's only preview in America. Tintoretto is revered as one of the most distinctive artist of the Italian Renaissance. Join CiaoDC for a private tour of these stun...
Quattro Trattoria + Pizzeria opens in the Westin St. Louis downtown
Quattro Trattoria + Pizzeria is now open at the Westin St. Louis hotel at 811 Spruce Street downtown. As Off the Menu reported in March, Quattro replaces Clark Street Grill inside the hotel. Westin St. Louis executive chef Josh Wedel oversees a menu of pizza, pasta and other Italian fare. The pizzas are cooked in a 700-degree oven. Among the toppi...
Più made in Italy su Amazon con 12mila Pmi in vetrina
Dal parmigiano reggiano alle camicie su misura fino all’artigianato innovativo che crea tavolini, cinture, portachiavi riciclando materiale di scarto o realizza orologi da parete trasformando i vecchi 33 giri in vinile. C’è anche il meglio del made in Italy e dell’innovazione artigianale nel sempre più nutrito drappello di micro, piccole e medie az...
'Life, Love and Marriage Chests,' MFA Exit Show and More Local Art News
Renaissance Marriages: During the Italian Renaissance, exquisitely decorated wooden chests known as cassoni were an important part of marriage rituals. Typically commissioned in pairs by the bride’s father as part of her dowry, the chests existed as an expression of the family’s wealth, and represented new alliances between elite families. While so...
5 questions for Milwaukee banjo-slinger Michael Rossetto
If you're looking for an banjo-slinging Italian, look no further than Milwaukee's own Michael Rossetto, whose new CD, "Intermodal Blues," is out now on Minneapolis-based Shifting Paradigm Records. The nine songs on the record are genre-busting, with hints of Americana, Italian folk music, Spaghetti Western vibes, bluegrass and even rhythms that con...
US vows to put tariffs on products including Italian olive oil, prosecco and Pecorino cheese
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would impose tariffs on billions in imports, suddenly escalating a transatlantic skirmish over subsidies to Airbus that is more than a decade old. “The EU has taken advantage of the US on trade for many years. It will soon stop!" he tweeted. His Twitter outburst rattled a fragile truce between the EU and th...
Boheme Opera NJ Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Verdi Masterpiece
Boheme Opera NJ is marking its 30th anniversary this season, and the regional opera company is not celebrating quietly. In this past weekend’s productions at the College of New Jersey’s Kendall Mainstage Theater, Boheme Opera NJ took on a blockbuster from a master of Italian dramatic opera in Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Aida. An opera in four acts...
Alex Chinneck 'unzips' a building's traditional façade for Milan Design Week
British sculptor alex chinneck, known for inverting electricity pylons and tying grandfather clocks in knots, has ‘unzipped’ the façade of a building in milan as part of the city’s design week festivities. to create the dramatic effect, chinneck created a totally new elevation in the style of traditional milanese architecture, which appears to open...
NIAF Supports the John F. Kennedy Center's Unexpected Italy Performance Series with $10,000 Grant
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce that it has donated $10,000 to support Unexpected Italy, as a series of performances showcasing the breadth and depth of Italy’s artistic and cultural contributions to the world. The performances, presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Symp...
L'America nel bicchiere
L’AMERICA terra promessa del vino italiano, il mercato più importante per il nostro export, con un valore di 1,7 miliardi di dollari. Ma quali sono i vini più amati dagli americani? Ce lo dice un sondaggio di Wine Spectator, la bibbia dei wine-lovers americani, presentato ad Opera Wine 2019. Il vino preferito dai lettori della rivista americana è i...
Joe Bellino, Winchester halfback who became Navy’s first Heisman winner, dies at 81
Joe Bellino was sitting in an electrical engineering class at the Naval Academy in November 1960 when he was summoned by the school’s superintendent. Mr. Bellino, Navy’s star halfback, thought he was in trouble. The superintendent’s office was filled with people, including two sports reporters and an admiral, who read a telegram from the Downtown A...
A New Italian Butchery and Restaurant From Alumni of Tusk and Old Salt Is Coming to Northeast Portland
A butcher shop and restaurant opening in Northeast Portland later this year may fill the hole left in the city's dining scene when Old Salt Marketplace closed in 2018. Austin Piccone, who raises hogs at Wallow & Root Farm in Sandy, is launching Piccone's Corner in the same building as Petite Provence Bakery on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. He expects...