Literary Lunch: The World of Elena Ferrante
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm - Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post St., San Francisco CA 94104 - Free Admission. The wildly popular yet pseudonymous Italian author known as Elena Ferrante is best known for her four-volume Neapolitan Novels series, which follows two girls from Naples who attempt to create lives for themselves wit...
7th Annual San Gennaro Feast Of The Hamptons Unfolds This Weekend
It's sausage and peppers and a weekend of fun as the San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptonsreturns to Hampton Bays Saturday and Sunday for its seventh year. According to the San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons Committee, "The San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons originated as a festival designed to emphasize the vitality of the Hamptons and Hampton Bays beyo...
Statue of Christopher Columbus in Historic Tower Grove Park Has Drawn Ire in the Pas
The historic Tower Grove Park in St. Louis is known for its landmark status, beautifully preserved Victorian pagodas and scenic avenues for strolling. It also houses a statue of Christopher Columbus, placed there, along with two others during the park’s early founding to provide a symbol of welcome for immigrants. With the crimes committed by Colum...
Keeping an Italian tradition alive while it becomes newly mainstream, by Mary Ann Pietanza
When I was growing up in Red Hook, our family garden was an integral part of our life. Practically everyone in the neighborhood had one. It was pretty much the norm that if you were Italian, there was a garden of some sort in your backyard, side yard, front yard, or even on a piece of purchased property elsewhere. If there wasn’t a yard available,...
Flora the goddess at Villa Torrigiani
Villa Torrigiani – located in the municipality of Capannori, Lucca – dates back to at least the late 16th century, and features a beautiful Baroque façade created during a renovation in the late 1600s. What it is most famous for, however, is probably its enclosed garden, completely dedicated to flowers that grow between walls, geometrical hedges, a...
A Taste of Portside Italy Comes to the South Bronx
Luigi Ghidetti, the executive chef at Porto Salvo, hails from Terracina, a seaside city south of Rome, and draws his inspiration from Italian port taverns. That much is evident in the restaurant's nautical theme, which includes a 1921 replica diver's helmet above the register, port holes in the wall, a ship engine telegraph, a captain’s wheel, fish...
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
When: From Saturday, October 14, 2017 to Sunday, November 19, 2017 - Where: Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles - Organized by : LA Opera - Entrance : With fee - Purchase tickets HERE. As an aging king descends into madness, his bloodthirsty daughter begins a reign of terror, leaving a defenseless populace to battle for freedom from their oppre...
CIAO St Louis celebrates 30 years of Santa Fara statue at St. Ambrose
Santa Fara is the patron saint of a town in Western Sicily called Cinisi. Many people from that village have immigrated to the St. Louis area and many settled in the area called “Little Italy’ in downtown St. Louis. In Little Italy stood the Italian church Our Lady Help of Christians. The immigrants brought with them the customs and traditions from...
Locanda Del Lago On The Promenade
Do you think that we have enough Italian restaurants in Santa Monica? Of course there’s some reason to have some variety, since there are a number of regional Italian cuisines. But very few of the Italian restaurants really prepare the regional dishes. One distinguishing characteristic of Italian restaurants is whether they are “new Italian” or “ol...
Live La Dolce Vita in Italy Without Breaking the Bank
Guardia Sanframondi is a typical medieval Italian hilltop town, with a formidable ancient castle, pretty squares…beautiful frescoed churches…flower-bedecked old palaces…and friendly locals saying “hello” to strangers. Situated in a lesser-known part of Italy’s southern Campania region, it is a hidden gem that is slowly being discovered by expats wh...
Order Sons of Italy in America to hold pasta dinner
The Order Sons of Italy in America, Quattro Eroi Lodge No. 1414, will celebrate Italian Heritage Month with a pasta dinner fundraiser from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 1034 Pond St. The dinner will include all-you-can-eat pasta, meatballs, Italian bread, salad, coffee and dessert. A cash bar and take-out will also be...
Luigi’s Old World Market & Cafe’s aim: simple, fresh, delicious
There’s no shortage of Italian-American restaurants and cafés in Geneva, where there is apparently a segment that just can’t get enough of a taste of the Old World. And now the city can boast another entry into its long list of Italian eateries: Luigi’s Old World Market & Café, which opened last week in a spot where hot dogs once ruled. Luigi’s is...