Dual citizenship hustle rouses Italian consulate
A Los Lunas woman got caught up in a wacky kind of scam recently when she tried to apply for Italian dual citizenship through the honorary consul’s office in Santa Fe. In the end, she was duped into sending off copies of her birth certificate, Social Security card and driver’s license, as well as her mother’s original passport into the United State...
Lake Tovel - The legend of the red lake
Even to this day, Lake Tovel is famous for the red water phenomenon, unique in the world, although that does not occur any more. Until the mid-60s, in summer a special alga would come to the surface and the expanse of water would turn bright red. A number of strange stories and legends, such as the Queen Tresenga one, originated to explain this ext...
Little Italy Neighborhood Association calls on city to clean up historic neighborhood
As he walks up and down the streets and backyards of Rochester’s Historic Little Italy Neighborhood, Silvano Orsi walks past trash-littered lawns; big, and small. From something simple like a pizza box to more dangerous garbage like needles. Orsi, who serves as the President of the Little Italy Neighborhood Association says it's due to years of neg...
The church and convent of Saint Bonaventure in Caltagirone
The church and convent of Saint Bonaventure, built in the first half of the 17th century in Caltagirone, make up a monumental complex, full of many works of art. Located in the northwest section of the gorgeous Sicilian city, the church has a longitudinal plan with interior partitions making for five side chapels on each side. It features extraordi...
11 Best Italian Restaurants in New York
You can't throw a meatball in New York City without hitting an Italian restaurant. Look around on your next stroll: there's one on every block. Italian-American, elevated Italian, salt-of-the-earth Italian, Roman, Venetian, Neapolitan ... there's enough Italian in New York that you could eat at a new restaurant every day. So how to choose? See belo...
Alla rassegna “Dream Up” torna “Sailor”, storia d’amore di immigrati a New York
All’interno della rassegna teatrale “Dream Up”, il teatro newyorkese Theatre for the New City ha ospitato lo spettacolo “Sailor” scritto da Mariagrazia De Luca e Elle Sunman con la regia di Marc Scott e Josafat Concepcion. Al centro della storia di “Sailor” è la storia d’amore tra un’aspirante scrittrice italiana e un giovane messicano, che lavora...
Portovenere and Cinque Terre
The beautiful Ligurian coast that stretches between Portovenere and Cinque Terre is a beautiful landscape that is known for its cultural and its natural value. The disposition of the small towns and villages, the layout and the history of the settlements in this region are highly important and are the reason why it has been added in the list of wor...
NeoRealismo - An Interview with Enrica Vigano
Real Talk: NeoRealismo from the Perspective of the Exhibit's Curator — What is Neorealism? Why is it important? What is the power of photography in telling stories of history? Listen in on a rare conversation with Enrica Viganò — journalist, art critic and art curator — in which you’ll learn how Viganò’s passion for photography and the Neorealism m...
For Two Months of the Year, the Best Pizza Is in Connecticut
In this social media-ed age, it’s hard to believe that one of the greatest regional specialties in the United States could live on for decades in relative obscurity. But such is the case with Connecticut’s native tomato pizza, made for just two months of the year in and around New Haven County. Unless you grew up nearby, you’ve probably never heard...
Swan family opens modern Italian restaurant Vern's
The Swan family already owns five popular restaurants in Rochester, but it's their newest spot, Vern's, that feels the most personal. Co-owned by siblings Jon, Ashley, and Paulina Swan and barman Casey O'Mara, the recently-opened restaurant and bar is named after the siblings' grandfather, Vern Swan, and inspired by childhood visits to their grandp...
Look what’s growing in this amazing Staten Island garden
In the hush of impending fall, with a single cricket cheep-cheep-cheeping in the backdrop, Salvina and Giovanni Iacono savor the final days of their summer garden. Salvina beams as she shows off the electric pink blooms of her Crown-of-Thorns, flora known as a “Jesus Plant,” which she cultivated from a friend’s clipping. She’s proud of a snake plan...
Walk On Pilgrimage Paths Through Emilia-Romagna To Celebrate Italy's Year Of Slow Travel
Travel may seem like it's all about doing the most these days — hitting up all the sites and recommended restaurants, posting personal photo essays on social media with day-by-day recaps of all the things you did and saw — but Italy is putting the leisure back in vacation time by celebrating a slow travel. The Italian government has dubbed 2019 the...