Banfi Vintners toasts Italy & the American Gilded Age at Newport Mansions’ Venetian Ball!
The Italian Trade Commission was pleased to collaborate with the Mariani Family of Banfi Vintners to toast Italy, the Gilded Age and the Spirit of American Exceptionalism earlier this month at the Elms Mansion Venetian Ball in Newport County presenting a selection of extraordinary wines from Tuscany, Piedmont and the Veneto. Banfi presented a fanc...
Notte Rosè at Gennaro’s Benefits Sounds of Italy
After closing its first edition in May, Sounds of Italy Festival is gearing up for a new season. On July 20, Gennaro's 5 North Square held a benefit evening for the festival, centered on rosè wines and Italian food prepared by chef Marisa Iocco. Fonte: Bostoniano
When The 400-Pound Cheese Arrives From Italy, Of Course You Throw A Parade
"Because it's great. It's cheese," Peter Lovis, proprietor of The Concord Cheese Shop, says as he bustles through the crowd of hundreds of people gathering in front of his Walden Street shop in the Boston suburb yesterday afternoon. "It's 400 pounds. It's humungous." He's raving about the giant wheel of crucolo cheese—professed to be the l...
Local scientists Fava, Loda, Pandolfi knighted by Republic of Italy
text and photo by Nicola Orichuia Maurizio Fava, director of the Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Massimo Loda, director of the Center for Molecular Oncologic Pathology at the Dana Faber Cancer Institute, and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, director of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), have recentl...
Hungry for opera
Hungry for Italian opera? Me too. Conversely, Italian opera makes me hungry. As in ravenous for a full-course meal every time. I don't know whether it's something about the brilliant orchestra or talented performers or the musical compositions themselves that evokes my hunger. What I do know is, the little snack bar stocked with peanuts is never en...
Goodbye Columbus Day?: Amherst Town Meeting OKs resolution to commemorate Indigenous Peoples' Day
By a majority vote, Amherst Town Meeting on Wednesday night adopted a resolution to commemorate Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day. Students in Matthew Venditti's eighth grade class brought the resolution after studying Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who set the stage for European colonization of the Americas with...
Plainville High teacher honored with Teacher of the Year
Plainville Community Schools has named Plainville High School teacher Maria Fazio Colangelo as the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year. As Teacher of the Year, Colangelo will also participate as a candidate for Connecticut's 2017 Teacher of the Year program. Each district Teacher of the Year will be individually recognized at an awards ceremony lat...
For Portland's Italians, a cookie bonanza
by Meredith Goad Lucille Chaisson took a break from making cookie dough at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church and pointed out the open parish hall door to the stately brick house where she was born 73 years ago."My dad served Mass at this church every morning for 50 years, and my mother worked in the rectory," Chaisson said. "She was the cook in th...
Amici Italian Grill to collect gifts Solnit Children’s Center
By Kaitlyn Schroyer The Albert J. Solnit Children's Center has been in desperate need of toys for its teenagers and local restaurant Amici Italian Grill has stepped in to help. Formerly the Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth, Solnit's holiday gifts to their patients are solely based on donations. Solnit serves around 7...
Salvatore’s Restaurant To Host “Chef’s Playground”
by Carla Balzano Salvatore's Restaurant, which has five locations around the Greater Boston area, will be hosting its first ever "Chef's Playground." And no, it does not involve chefs playing on the monkey bars. However, it does involve chefs digging deep into their creativity to prepare delicious dishes! There are no limitations...
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno to honor Italian Heritage Month with raising of Italian flag in city's South End
By Conor Berry In honor of Italian Heritage Month, Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, the son of Italian immigrants, and members of the Italian Cultural Center will raise the Italian flag at the Christopher Columbus Statue in the South End on Thursday, Oct. 1. Springfield's South End has historically been a destination and...
Italian Week at UNH celebrates culture
By Greg Laudani If you like Italy then this is your lucky week. After announcing the brand new Italian studies major earlier this semester, the UNH Italian Studies Program and the department of classics, humanities and Italian studies are hosting "Italian Week at UNH" to celebrate "Italian Language Week in the World." Italian Lan...