Met Opera ENCORE: Rossini’s Semiramide, set for March 20
Met Opera ENCORE: “Rossini’s Semiramide,” a high definition re-broadcast from New York’s Metropolitan Opera, will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. This masterpiece of dazzling vocal fireworks makes a rare Met appearance — its first in nearly 25 years — with Maurizio Benini on the podium. The all-star bel...
Trattoria Toscana: Classic And Contemporary Italian In A Relaxed Atmosphere
Whether you are looking for classic red-sauce Italian, a sleek environment for cocktails or a brunch destination with mimosas and fried chicken and waffles, Manchester’s Trattoria Toscana offers it all. In June, Michael Beers and his aunt and uncle, Joseph and Laurie Citino, opened their restaurant in the Hartford Road space most recently occupied...
Calabro Cheese to Reopen Retail Store in East Haven
Calabro Cheese once - back in the 1980s - had a small retail cheese store as part of its overall operation. Well, the family has decided to bring the store back and it will be celebrating with a grand opening on March 19th. Calabro Cheese Corporation has been producing premium cheese since 1953. When the East Haven manufacturing plant opened in 198...
North Andover resident becomes Sons of Italy first woman president
Five years ago, Marguerite Sciuto, along with her husband and another couple, learned how to play bocce at the Sons of Italy lodge in Methuen. Sciuto later got involved in lodge activities, joined its board of directors, and eventually became the lodge’s vice president. And then on Jan. 1 of this year, she achieved a major feather in her cap — she...
Boston Pays Tribute to Immigrant Grandmothers
She is known as "nonna" in Italian, "abuelita" in Spanish and "Grandma" in English. But across cultures, the grandmother is the matriarch and foundation on which the family unit is built. In ethnically diverse East Boston, home to a large immigrant community, a new mural serves as a visual tribute to grandmothers and the values that residents of wh...
Una statua del Bernini in America: colpo grosso di un museo del Connecticut
Un piccolo museo universitario del Connecticut ha fatto un colpo grosso; è riuscito a portare in America una statua di Gianlorenzo Bernini che nei suoi quasi cinque secoli di vita non si era mai mossa da Roma, e a organizzarci intorno una rispettabile mostra sul Barocco romano. Philippe de Montebello, celebre ex direttore del Metropolitan Museum di...
Chicopee's Larry Baldassaro gives readers "Baseball Italian Style"
Larry Baldassaro grew up in Chicopee, loving baseball and dreaming about pitching in the big leagues. Along the way, he came under the guidance of Hank Gonet, a caring mentor to countless kids who played for him on Chicopee Boys Club sandlot teams. If you played for Hank, you learned the fundamentals, and you learned how to win. In Baldassaro's Boy...
Consolato onorario a Providence: il decreto in Gazzetta Ufficiale
È stato pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale il decreto del Direttore Generale per le risorse e l'innovazione della Farnesina, Luca Sabbatucci, che eleva la sede di Providence, negli Stati Uniti, da vice consolato a consolato onorario. Il Consolato onorario, si legge nell’articolo 2 del decreto, è posto alle dipendenze del Consolato generale d'Italia i...
You'll Want to Head Into Stamford to Try This New-School Italian Eatery
When Napa & Co. decided to close its doors in Stamford in early 2017, it left a hole in the city’s dining scene. Many would argue (I certainly would) it was one of, if not the best, restaurant in Stamford during its decade-long run. Almost a year after Napa vacated, an Italian restaurant by the name of Bar Zepoli took over the space. While it’s unf...
Controversial Leonardo work meets companion piece in Worcester Art Museum exhibit
Two paintings that showcase the work of Leonardo da Vinci used to hang side by side in an Italian chapel but they were separated a long time ago, possibly taken as plunder for Napoleon’s conquering armies. The pair will be reunited for the first time in two centuries at Worcester Art Museum for an exhibition called “The Mystery of Worcester’s Leona...
The Old North End, Part II
When I began college at UMass Boston in 1972, my love of history and human nature made me want to major in Political Science and Psychology as a dual major because of my involvement in North End politics during the late 50’s early 60’s. In those days, Joe Langone and my close friend Ernie Guarente were two mortician’s and always running for one off...
Italian-American band Primavera performs Sunday, March 11
The Trumbull Arts Commission presents Primavera on Sunday, March 11, at 1 p.m., at the Center at 23 Priscilla Place, Trumbull. Primavera is an Italian-American band from New York and New Jersey and features John Micalizzi on keyboard and vocals. The band mixes both traditional and modern Italian-American music. Cabaret seating, bring your own refre...