Enfield Italian Festival Promises 3 Days of Family Fun
For the 93rd year, the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society this weekend will present its annual Italian Festival, the oldest and biggest Italian festival in New England. Homemade Italian foods, children's rides and family entertainment will be complemented by a host of outstanding musical performances. Local favorites Equinnox and the Savage Brothers...
10 Best Pizza Spots in Boston
Boston may not be known for its pizza like Chicago and New York, but its stalwart Italian-American communities and wave of artisan Neapolitan restaurants promise pies that can compete on any level. Bostonians flock to their local no-frills pizza joint for weekly fixes, and they can be just as passionate about defending their neighborhood favorite a...
Sons and Daughters of Italy Re-Establishes in the North End
Almost 16 million people in the United States identify as Italian-American. Here in Boston, Italians have a rich and storied history, consistently ranking as one of the top five Italian-American populations for cities in the U.S. The North End, of course, is often the neighborhood most associated with Italian culture, as it’s referred to as “Littl...
A love affair with Alfa Romeo
Gary Harlan Ross of Falls Village has mixed memories of his first Alfa Romeo. It was a 1959 Veloce model. He bought when he was 18 years old and a student at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Commuting from his home in Wallingford, he spotted it one day sitting on the lot of a Rambler dealer on Route 5 in Meriden. “I looked at the thing and it was...
Opera Theater of Connecticut Presents Puccini Masterpiece Tosca
Opera Theater of Connecticut celebrates its 33rd anniversary with a production of Tosca at the air-conditioned Andrews Memorial Theater, 54 East Main Street, Clinton, sung by a cast of professional opera singers. A volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealist artist are featured in this triangle of love, political intrigue, and obsession...
Sal e Pepe Contemporary Italian Bistro A Place for Everyone
Upon entering Sal e Pepe, a smiling hostess waits by the door to greet guests. The restaurant offers a variety of seating; some may choose to sit at the bar just past the entryway, others in the dining areas to the right and left of the entrance. The room to the right doubles as a private party room and is available for hosting events such as brida...
Splurge on Italian food at these top Baltimore restaurants
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around Baltimore, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to satisfy your cravings. 1. Cinghiale - Osteria Topping the list is Cinghiale - Osteria. Explore the northern Italian dishes...
Nissoli (FI) incontra i leader della collettività italiana di Boston
L’On. Fucsia Nissoli, coordinatrice di Forza Italia in Nord e Centro America e rieletta lo scorso marzo al Parlamento italiano, nella Circoscrizione estera - Ripartizione Nord e Centro America, ha voluto ringraziare personalmente, i componenti delle associazioni italiane dell’area metropolitana di Boston per il voto di fiducia che le hanno dato, pe...
Italian-American fest sales to benefit police cadets
When Detective Karen Apicella was informed that the Southington Police Cadet Post would soon receive a major donation, she said the money came at a time when the program really needed it. Members of the program will help run the beverage booth at the 14th annual Southington Italian-American Festival, with the program receiving a portion of the sale...
Shy Guy Gelato: A Taste of Italy in Burlington's South End
My love affair with gelato began almost two decades ago. I was 23, backpacking alone in Italy, and got lost trying to find my way back to my hotel in Venice. After an hour circling the labyrinthine streets, I spotted a sign for a gelateria at the end of an alleyway. Ducking out of the sun, I tasted my first-ever gelato — a creamy, fresh cantaloupe...
Boston Midsummer Opera Conductor Susan Davenny Wyner On Rossini's 'Barber Of Seville'
Boston Midsummer Opera returns for its 12th summer with one of the comic wonders of the operatic repertoire: the 17th and most beloved of Gioachino Rossini’s 40 operas, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (“The Barber of Seville”) — the story of how the clever barber Figaro helps the delectable Rosina slip out of the clutches of her elderly guardian into the...
Author Mike Stanton discusses his new book about Rocky Marciano
When Mike Stanton was researching what would become "The Prince of Providence," his riveting book about mayor-turned-felon Buddy Cianci, he learned that Cianci's father used to take him to the fights at the old Rhode Island Auditorium. One of the headliners in those days, the 1940s, was Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight from Brockton, Mass. "I was dr...