Former Republican senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico dies at 85
Pete V. Domenici, the son of Italian immigrants who rose to become a power broker in the U.S. Senate, died Wednesday in New Mexico. The Republican was known for reaching across the partisan divide and his work on the federal budget and energy policy over a career that spanned more than 30 years. Domenici was surrounded by family when he died at an...
Tapestries, once on the walls of St. Peter’s Basilica, to go on display in Eugene
An exhibition of rare 17th-century Italian tapestries that once decorated St. Peter’s Basilica will be on view beginning Sept. 23 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus. The exhibition of massive tapestries made for Cardinal Francesco Barberini includes a highly-regarded series on the life of Christ, on loan from t...
A Picturesque Retreat in a Tiny Town in Puglia
THE ART HISTORIAN and curator Peter Benson Miller was 13 when his parents began taking him to antiques markets and junk shops near their weekend house in Litchfield County, Conn. By the time he moved for good to Italy almost 30 years later, in 2009 — he is now in charge of the exhibition program and special events at the American Academy in Rome —...
Mangia Mangia prepares to re-open in Billerica
There’s new equipment and a new look inside, but the same classic food Billerica residents have come to love will remain when Mangia Mangia Italian Kitchen reopens later this month. Mangia Mangia Italian Kitchen, located at 430 Boston Rd. in Billerica, has been closed since May 2, when an electrical fire in the kitchen burned overnight. The reopeni...
Chicago to fete Monteverdi in grand fashion
The serious opera lover would have to go back over half a century, when Maria Callas made her American debut, to find a more prestigious Chicago event than the Monteverdi 450, scheduled for October 12, 13 and 15 at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. On each of these three dates, one of Claudio Monteverdi’s extant operas will be performed – “L’O...
Think Italian food is just pizza and pasta? Think again
We only think so because most Italian restaurants catering to tourists tend to stick to familiar, safe dishes. I often ask friends about their favourite cuisine, and it’s surprising how many of them immediately answer: “Italian.” I, too, am very partial to good Italian food, and often gravitate towards an Italian restaurant in a town where I’m not...
Pamela Quinzi, Italian Fashion Designer New York Fashion Week 2017
Pamela Quinzi, Italian fashion designer from Rome, based in New York since 2009 presented her new Kilame Collection dresses and shoes during New York Fashion Week 2017. The fashion show took place at Megu, the prestigious Japanese Restaurant and event space inside the famous Dream Hotel, downtown Manhattan in the meatpacking district. Location excl...
Italy's Enoteca dai Tosi Lets You Drink Wine in a Cave
Calling all adventurous drinkers—you can now sip your favorite Italian wines from the comfort of a cave. Earlier this summer, wine lover Gian Paolo Buziol debuted his Enoteca dai Tosi project, a winery in the mountains in the city of Matera, a three-hour drive from Naples. According to Trendland, the concept stems from a contest Buziol ran in 2016,...
Joe DeNucci a champ in political ring
He was once the world’s fifth-ranked middleweight, having beaten Denny Moyer, and battled Joey Giardello to a draw, and dropped a highly contested decision to Emile Griffith. Indeed, he was so immersed in the Sweet Science that at the closing ceremonies of fabled Boston Garden he was saluted for having fought more bouts and racked up more wins ther...
Quali sono i 5 migliori Stati a stelle e strisce per i prodotti Made in Italy?
Abbiamo più volte sottolineato l’importanza del mercato USA per l’export tricolore non solo per i numeri record fatti registrare nel 2016, ma soprattutto per le enormi potenzialità che questo offre e alla crescente richiesta di Made in Italy negli Stati meno battuti dalle aziende nostrane. Basti pensare che soltanto in ambito agroalimentare l’Itali...
A storm is brewing: A tour of some of Italy's new beers
From north to south, beer is slowly entrenching itself into the culture of Italians. The vineyards of Veneto, Tuscany and Sicily are famous for their Prosecco, Chianti and Nero d'Avola wines respectively. All are synonymous with Italy's image of elegance, decadence and dolce vita. Yet Italian microbreweries, of which there are now more than 500 pr...
A smartphone app fights fake “Made in Italy”
Made in Italy is not just a label that indicates the country of origin, Made in Italy has became a brand. And as it happens with other popular brands, it often suffers from numerous imitations and falsifications. That is the question lots of people ask themselves every single day all over the world. And the “victims” of the falsifications are not...