Tolo Tolo: The Italian film about migration breaking records and barriers
In the first 24 hours of its release on January 1, the musical comedy Tolo Tolo was the biggest grossing Italian film of all time. Its subject matter: migration, Italian society and the right to dream, which has set Italy talking. Checco Zalone is used to big box office figures and Italian accolades. Over the last few years, films about the comic p...
Autogrill brings Italian style to US airports
HMSHost Corp., a subsidiary of Italian catering group Autogrill, in partnership with Java Star Inc. and F. Howell Management Services Ltd. has signed a $186 million 10-year contract in Texas to complete the new food hall at Dallas’ Fort Worth International Airport (DWF). This contract completes HMSHost Corp.’s presence in Dallas where it was alread...
Hank Cisco, 96, Norristown’s goodwill ambassador, dies
Hank Cisco, 96, the longtime honorary ambassador of Norristown and cheerleader of most everything that was connected to the Montgomery County municipality, died Tuesday, Jan. 14. For three decades, Mr. Cisco was host of The Hank Cisco Show, a cable-access program recorded at Norristown Area High School. Before that, he was a Norristown police off...
Livorno exhibition puts Modigliani report cards on display
Livorno puts the high school report cards of Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920) on display, while a large successful exhibition dedicated to the artist for the centennial of his death continues. The report cards emerged from research at the historical archive of the Niccolini Guerrazzi high school in Livorno, where Modigliani was a student. They are bei...
PARMACOTTO Scheduled to Attend the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show
Parmacotto, LLC is scheduled to attend The Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, CA later this month. Parmacotto is a new player on the American food market with its products scheduled for release in US retailers later this year. Founded in 1978 in Parma, Italy, Parmacotto’s core business is in the production o...
This Gorgeous Ducati Motorcycle Collection Is Going Up for Auction
Vintner and motorcycle aficionado Marcelo Doffo is selling part of his collection of gorgeous Italian sport bikes at auction in Las Vegas later this month. Doffo, an immigrant to California from Argentina who was raised on the land and on bikes by his immigrant Italian family, has made wine and motorcycles his lifeblood – after family, of course –...
Poveglia Plague Island
Poveglia was constructed on a permanent fortification built by the Venetian government and from 1793-1814 was used as a plague quarantine station, or “lazaretto”—one of many in the Venetian lagoon. The tiny island is said to have hosted over 160,000 infected souls living out their final days and hours there—so many that there are whispers that 50 p...
The 5 best Italian eateries in Houston
Looking for a mouthwatering Italian meal near you? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Houston, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fulfill your urges. Winter is the top season of the year for consumer spending at restaurants across the Houston area, according to...
Leonardo wins contract to replace US Navy’s TH-57 training helicopter
Leonardo’s single-engine TH-119 design has been selected to be the U.S. Navy’s TH-73A training helicopter that will replace the aged TH-57 Sea Ranger fleet, the Defense Department announced Monday. The contract, which goes through AugustaWestland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is for 32 aircraft and is valued at about $176.5 million. Leonardo an...
Discovering The Traditional Food of Friuli and Where To Taste It
Friuli Venezia Giulia is mostly famous for its outstanding wines – especially the white ones; but do not neglect the red and the “orange” wines obtained with a prolonged maceration of must with grape skins – and for the delicious hams crafted in the whole region: from the exquisite San Daniele PDO dry-cured ham to the rare traditionally-smoked ham...
Empson USA Announces Annual Barolo Brunello Barbaresco Tour 2020
Fine Italian wine importer, Empson USA has announced its annual “Barolo Brunello Barbaresco Tour,” which will take place January 23 – January 30. Highlighting the great reds of Northern Italy, Empson USA will celebrate its renowned Barolo, Brunello and Barbaresco producers during a multi-city celebration of events and tastings around the United Sta...
‘Italian American Reconciliation’ showcases Shanley’s lighter side at Scripps Ranch Theatre
John Patrick Shanley is still best-known for his deeply dramatic, Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Doubt,” as well as his Oscar-winning script for the movie “Moonlighting.” But 1988’s “Italian American Reconciliation” showcases an early-career Shanley’s comic voice, as he brings an almost operatic tone to this saga of ruptured romance. In its review of...