Phlegraean Islands: Procida Highlights
The island of Procida is probably one of the most photographed in all of Italy. You may not recognize its name but the endearingly iconic shot of Procida’s Corricella Marina appears on Italian guidebook covers in over fifty languages internationally. The photogenic marina’s pastel bungalows have glistened over the Tyrrhenian for generations, welcom...
Rose Shaped Gelato Heads to Plano’s Legacy West
Amorino Gelato, an Italian creamery known for its cones of rose-shaped gelato, will soon open its third Texas outpost at the bustling Legacy West development. Amorino first made its Texas debut in the upscale River Oaks district of Houston, followed by an outpost in Fort Worth’s Shops at Clearfork early this year. The newest arrival will open at 77...
Villa Cesare to host bocce tourney
Villa Cesare in Schererville will host an indoor bocce league starting Oct. 4. Open to all levels of skill and experience, the league will convene at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday for seven weeks. Two games will be played each night, with a single elimination playoff in Week 7. Teams of four play each game, but more than four members are allowed on the r...
SoDel Fest Returns with New "Taste of Tuscany" Dinner
The fourth annual Southern Delaware Wine, Food and Music festival returns to Delmarva this fall season with new event additions to help raise money for local charities. This year's SoDel fest will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Independence Clubhouse in Millsboro. Additional pre-festival events are included in this year's lineup, including a spe...
Online il nuovo bando MAECI – MIUR – CRUI
È online da ieri il nuovo bando per 357 tirocini da svolgere in una delle 187 sedi all’estero della Farnesina, tra Ambasciate, Consolati e Istituti Italiani di Cultura. Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri, infatti, ha sottoscritto una nuova Convenzione con il MIUR e con la Fondazione CRUI per la riattivazione, a partire dal 2018, dei tirocini curricu...
Twenty-one films vie to represent Italy at 2019 Oscars
Italy has released a list of 21 films in contention for selection to represent the country at the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Among the list are internationally-acclaimed films such as metaphysical thriller Naples in Veils by Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Özpetek, Alice Rohrwacher’s fascinating drama Happy as Lazzaro and F...
PHOTOS: Specialty store and deli Alimentari opens off of Willy Street
Alimentari, the new specialty store and deli from the team behind Williamson Street restaurant A Pig in a Fur Coat, celebrated its grand opening Tuesday. Located at 306 S. Brearly St.— just a minute walk from A Pig in Fur Coat— Alimentari is a European-style market selling select specialty items like meats, cheeses, fresh and dried pasta, olive oil...
Borsalino City
Monday, October 1, 2018, 6pm EDT. John D Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street Suite 1700, New York, NY 10036. Borsalino City (2016), 78 minutes. In Italian with English subtitles. Enrica Viola, dir. Post-screening discussion led by Anthony Julian Tamburri, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. Borsalino City tells the sto...
Maine Italian sandwich covers 160 feet of Monument Square
Eleven local sandwich shops gathered in Portland’s Monument Square late morning Thursday to build what may be the unofficial World’s Largest Maine Italian Sandwich – 160 feet from end to end. Collectively, it took the sandwich makers about 25 minutes to build it, said Gillian Britt, one of the owner/producers of Portland’s Harvest on the Harbor fes...
Valerie Giglio in concert
Saturday, September 29, 2018. 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT. I AM Books, 189 North Street, Boston, MA 02113. Get tickets here. Valerie Giglio is a Boston based vocalist, author, and Berklee College of Music student. Valerie has been singing professionally throughout the Boston area and beyond since the 90’s and has released 2 CD’s to date. She suffered a s...
Friends of the North End 46th Reunion
On Saturday, September 15th, 152 North Enders celebrated the 46th annual reunion of the Friends of the North End at the Sons of Italy in Winchester. A wonderful and heartwarming ambiance permeated the hall as old friends convened to reminisce about a cherished boyhood and a unique neighborhood. Special thanks to Sam Viscione and Arthur Lauretano fo...
“Joe Petrosino l’incorruttibile” – Presentato a Falerna il libro
Nella mattinata del 23 settembre 2018 presso l’hotel ristorante Canada a Falerna (Catanzaro) si terrà la presentazione del libro “Joe Petrosino l’incorruttibile” organizzata dall’associazione I.P.A. Calabria XVIII Delegazione – Comitato di Lamezia Terme, referente ed organizzatore dell’evento è il Presidente Rosario Messone. Alla manifestazione sar...