The Critics Ate Pasta and Other Italian Food This Week
by Dana Hatic The Boston Globe's Sacha Pfeiffer pays a visit to UpperWest. There, she writes, she "found [her] favorite new restaurant of the year." The North Cambridge restaurant is more of a "wine bar that serves some wonderful food," she notes. The limited menu changes frequently and includes charcuterie, cheese, tinned fish, and pasta. ...
Theater production “(Sacco-Vanzetti) Vince, Al & Teddy” April 2-7
A new play that examines "otherness" in America through the immigrant experience – and framed against the backdrop of the polarizing Sacco-Vanzetti trial of the 1920s – will have its world premiere as Fitchburg State University's spring theater production. "(Sacco-Vanzetti) Vince, Al & Teddy," written by Bruce Robinson, will be perform...
Mauro Pagani & Orchestra Popolare-La Notte Della Taranta
When: July 14, 5:00PM- 6:30PMWhere: Boston Common- Park St. StageShow is free. Southern Italian sounds and rhythms will fill the air on July 14, as Mauro Pagani and his Orchestra Popolare bring "La Notte della Taranta" to Boston Common.Part of the Outside the Box Festival and co-sponsored by the Year of Italian Culture in the United States, the co...
Italian Pastor To Visit North End for Saint Anthony's Feast
by Becca Manning Don Paolo, who also serves as the chairman of the Festa di Sant' Antonio in the small mountain town, will bring with him the blessed relic of Saint Anthony for a special viewing and Mass on Sept. 15, the Boston friends of Montefalcione, Avellino announced this week. Together with the members of Saint Anthony Society, Fr A...
89th Annual Italian Bazaar
The Italian Street Festival "Bazaar" is an annual fundraising and community event for St. Peter's Church the Italian Parish of the Diocese of Portland celebrating the Feasts of the Assumption and St. Rocco. Come enjoy music, food and children's games! More information hereLocation: St. Peter's Church, Corner of Federal & India Streets...
Funeral Home to be Rededicated in Italian-Themed Event
Miss Italy, Amanda Luciano, and the Victor Emanuel Lodge #1646 Sons of Italy Drum and Bugle Corps will be on hand next week to dedicate the renamed Paul C. Rogers Family-Carnevale Funeral Home. The Italian-themed public event takes place at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, said Lawrence A. Carnevale, who has an ownership interest along with Paul...
Giornata della Memoria 2015 - Remembrance Day 2015
Sunday, January 25 | 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Boston University, George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium, 2nd floor | 775 Commonwealth Avenue, BostonGiornata della Memoria 2015 - Remembrance Day 2015 Boston University and the Consulate General of Italy in Bostonin collaboration with AJC Boston, and The Consulate General of Israel to New Engla...
Festival highlights contemporary Italian film
by Michelle Liu This weekend, both the Yale and New Haven communities can enjoy a view of Italy from the seats of the Whitney Humanity Center auditorium. Between Thursday and Sunday, the 10th annual Yale Festival of New Italian Cinema will screen five recent Italian films at the center. The screenings will be accompanied by guided dis...
West Haven bocce court vegetable, flower garden vandalized
by Mark Zaretsky The tight-knit bunch down at the beachside John Barone Bocce Court along the boardwalk thought they were doing a nice thing when they planted a little vegetable garden adjacent to the court. They just don't understand the mentality of people who walk around wrecking other people's good work. After coming up with...
UConn Stamford to host annual Italian American Heritage Celebration
By Korey Wilson University of Connecticut Stamford will host its second annual Italian American Heritage Celebration on Thursday, Oct. 8. The annual event highlights Stamford's Italian-American community and heritage with a lecture, food, crafts and music. "We're really excited about this because during our initial event last year, w...
Longmeadow UNICO to host food and wine tasting in Springfield
A local chapter of a national Italian-American service organization will hold its annual food and wine tasting this month in Springfield. Longmeadow's chapter of UNICO — the nation's largest Italian-American organization — will host its 16th annual Food and Wine Tasting event on Center Court at the Basketball Hall of Fame on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m....
Life on the Corner: Eataly, Part 2
by Nicholas Dello Russo A month ago I wrote a brief essay about my visit to Mario Batali's new Italian food emporium in the Prudential Center mall. That first visit was part of a press tour so we had Eataly all to ourselves and I was very impressed with the quality of the food and the overall ambiance. Molto Mario and his partners know how to cook...