Con il cinema alla conquista di Providence
Forse in pochi conoscono la città americana di Providence, la capitale dello Stato del Rhode Island. Fuori dagli standard delle metropoli americane, Providence è una città a misura d’uomo. Fondata nel 1636 da Roger Williams, in esilio dal Massachusetts (da dove lo avevano espulso i Puritani), fu chiamata così in onore della “Provvidenza misericordi...
St. Joseph Altar Celebration in Iowa
The Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa will hold the 22nd annual St. Joseph Altar celebration on March 18th and 19th. Doors will open at 5:00 pm on March 18, with a Lenten meal served at 5:30 pm. The children will present the traditional “tupa tupa” (knocking) pageant, followed by the blessing of the altar. The feast of St. Joseph, patron of...
Padova: 47enne con tumore inoperabile al fegato, intervento unico al mondo gli salva la vita
Un uomo di 47 anni, affetto da metastasi epatiche inoperabili, ha subito un intervento chirurgico che già sa di storico, essendo stato eseguito per la prima volta al mondo. L’operazione è avvenuta a Padova e si è svolta in due fasi: nella prima è stato trapiantato sul paziente un piccolo frammento di fegato donato da un familiare al fianco di quell...
New Rochelle's 3 best spots for high-end Italian eats
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around New Rochelle, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fill the bill. Topping the list is Vento. Located at 282 Huguenot St., the sushi bar and Italian spot, which o...
Learn to speak Italian at Lupo Verde Osteria
It’s a pretty common bucket-list item to learn to speak Italian. I mean, who wouldn’t want to absorb the language of the country that gave us Sophia Loren, pizza, espresso and those adorable little Fiats? Not to mention the fact that Americans love to travel to Italy—whether it’s to bask in the gorgeous art, drink wine with lunch every day or simpl...
Ancient villages in Lombardy
The medieval villages of Lombardy are an extraordinary artistic, historical and cultural patrimony, combined with natural attractive landscapes of great impact. It is a peaceful, antique Lombardy to be discovered, far from the great tourist attractions, but no less charming. In the province of Varese, Angera is a town that boasts a very ancient his...
"I LOVE WASTE, WORKING WITH WASTE - Luisa Cevese e il progetto Riedizioni"
From Wednesday, March 20, 2019 to Saturday, June 29, 2019. Organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles, Consolato Generale di Italia a Los Angeles in collaboration with Riedizioni Milano. Entrance: Free. Location: Italian Cultural Institute, 1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 On the occasion of the third annual Italian Design Day,...
Famiglia Fornaciari Pizzaria opens in Saugus
A new pizzeria specializing in wood-fired pies has opened on Route 1 North. On Feb. 1 Rodrigo Souza launched Famiglia Fornaciari Pizzaria at 1268 Broadway. He took over the pizza shop that was previously called Royal Taste and introduced a new menu. Famiglia Fornaciari offers a wide selection of pizza baked in a wood-fired oven that Souza had insta...
Te Deum looks to revive the largely forgotten choral music of 17th century nuns
Though he’s spent years performing music from the Baroque era, Matthew Shepard — the conductor and artistic director of the choral music group Te Deum — realized recently that he knew almost nothing about an important choral tradition: convent music from the cloisters of 17th Century Italy. “It’s not that [these musicians] were completely unknown...
Nasce la Barbie Chef, e ha il volto della cuoca stellata italiana Rosanna Marziale
Barbara Millicent Roberts compie 60 anni. Non è l’incipit di un romanzo - o forse sì -, ma la celebrazione di un mito, perché Barbara per tutte le bambine del mondo dal 9 Marzo 1959 altri non è che la mitica Barbie! La bambola più desiderata di sempre, quella che più ha fatto sognare le ragazzine e soprattutto quella che più le ha fatte giocare. Na...
Leo Marino: The House on Greene Street
For Leo Marino, author of The House on Greene Street: Life and Times of a First Generation Italian American, compiling this first book was for his family. “This started 20 years ago,” says Marino, a Branford resident. “My brother and I talked about our ancestry. This was before the days of ancestry.com.” The family research took several trips to It...
Mario Batali Exits His Restaurants
The 20-year partnership between the celebrity chef Mario Batali and the Bastianich family of restaurateurs was formally dissolved on Wednesday, more than a year after several women accused Mr. Batali of sexual harassment and assault. Mr. Batali “will no longer profit from the restaurants in any way, shape or form,” said Tanya Bastianich Manuali, wh...