Celebrating Italy in CT
At PEARL AT LONGSHORE, WESTPORT CT In a wonderful location in the middle of the golf course of Westport, close to the see and the little harbor where lived for many years Scott Fitzgerald who wrote "The Great Gatsby" it will be celebrate a special night of Italian Fashion, Art, music and of course Food and Wine. On Thursday November 9th a group of...
Malden Musings: Bocce, predictions and memorials
The phrase “Fall Classic” has only one real meaning for Maldonians in October of 2017 — “you are correct sir,” I’m talking about the Italian American Citizen’s Club Annual Bocce Championship Series Finals. This year it took Pete “Boss Of The Bocce Court” Robinson and his band of merry men five games to put this barn burner of a series to sleep for...
Talented locals run the show
When it opened in December, Boston’s Eataly became the fourth U.S. location of Mario Batali’s brand of massive, multi-floor Italian dining emporiums. So when chef Dan Bazzinotti interviewed for a role at Terra, one of several full-service restaurants inside the 45,000-square-foot space, he wanted to make sure his hometown wasn’t being served stale...
Lineage Italian Bistro opens in Agawam with focus on family & fantastic food (photos, video)
Less than two months passed from the time Jennifer and Teraesa Chagnon decided to open a restaurant and when they began serving customers at the beginning of this month. Lineage Italian Bistro officially opened Oct. 5. "From inception to completion was seven weeks," said Jennifer, who handles the business and promotion side, while Teraesa, her wife...
Ella Grasso, ‘a will that could not be daunted’
Ella Grasso famously never lost an election and Nov. 5, 1974 was no exception. A true political pioneer, Connecticut’s first woman governor was also the state’s first governor of Italian descent, as well as the first woman elected to lead any U.S. state in her own right (not as successor to her husband). Amid the post-Watergate Democratic sweep, Gr...
5 questions for Tony Danza before his Springfield performance
You’ve known him as a not-so-lucky boxer on television’s “Taxi” and later as a live-in housekeeper on the long-running ABC sitcom “Who’s the Boss?” Now, Tony Danza is stepping it up as a song and dance man in “Standards & Stories,” coming to CityStage on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. As the title suggests, Danza will share stories from his life and perform a s...
Dine Out Maine: Chef’s bakerly instincts serve him well at Lazzari
Eating at Lazzari, a new pizza restaurant in Portland’s Arts District, I learned a few surprising things. First, you can safely put your hand on the glinting copper dome of their Le Panyol pizza oven, built in Skowhegan from imported blocks of French white clay. Even though the deck routinely reaches 750 degrees F, and the surrounding cavity snorts...
This Place in History: Italian American Club of Rutland
At 'This Place in History,' we're at the Italian American Club of Rutland with Executive Director of the Vermont Historical Society Steve Perkins. David Cioffi and Jack Kulig gave us a tour of the club and and a history lesson, too. "100 years ago in 2014. All the immigrants that came needed a place to go and the club at the time put them all toget...
Happy birthday, little bookstore
Well, little bookstore, you have just turned two. It’s hard to grasp the notion of time inside the magical box that you are. You have grown so much in these two years. When you were a baby, and we all celebrated your birth on Oct. 29, 2015, you were so small, so lean. Looking back, I realize how frail you must have looked to anyone seeing you for t...
Winchester Center pizzeria Comella’s plans November opening
Winchester’s Italian food enthusiasts can rejoice: a new location of Boston’s Italian food chain Comella’s is coming to Winchester. The town is Comella’s 14th location in Massachusetts. The opening date has not been confirmed, the restaurant will open in November, according to the owners. The new space, located at 529 Main St., will seat 27 custome...
Mandolin Classes with August Watters
IAM Books - 189 North Street. Boston, MA 02113. Six Wednesdays, 6-7:30 pm. November 1, 8, 15, 29. December 6, 13. (no class Nov. 22). $250. Introduction to the Italian Mandolin Mandolin is Italy’s most iconic musical instrument. It’s best known as an accompaniment to Neapolitan song, or perhaps as featured in Vivaldi’s concertos — but the mandolin ...
Placido “Tom” Bongiovanni
Placido “Tom” Bongiovanni, 92, died at 8:17 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 at the Salem Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 4, 1925, in New York City, the son of the late Giuseppe and Maria (Comminitti) Bongiovanni. Tom was a brick layer for Wisconsin Steel in Chicago. He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, 4th Deg...