Michaelangelo's in Cleveland's Little Italy: Still Northern Italian after all these years (photos, review)
Michaelangelo's restaurant in Little Italy turns 12 years old in May, which is as good excuse as any to re-visit this chapel of Northern Italian cuisine with its French, Swiss and Austrian influences. You know the hallmarks: Rich meats, pastas and soups made with polished techniques that retain faithful, rustic flavors. I haven't been in five years...
The Founding of Our Lady of Pompeii
On March 7th, 1898, Our Lady of Pompeii Church was incorporated as a separate parish. This South Village icon has been serving the neighborhood since 1926, but Our Lady of Pompeii has been a part of the Village since 1892. In addition to serving the neighborhood, Our Lady of Pompeii also has a connection to a pair of our dearly departed favorite So...
New Billionaire: How A Poor Immigrant Scored A $4.3 Billion Fortune In Cable
Rocco Commisso darts around his office, gnawing a stick of nicotine gum and playing show-and-tell. "Look at the rates," he says, holding up a plaque celebrating a $2.4 billion financing round from 2001, his cable firm's largest ever. Up next are some personal keepsakes: a picture with fellow billionaire Charles Dolan, a golden telescope to take in...
Four-star chef Anthony Bucco to cook at Viaggio in Wayne
Four-star chef Anthony Bucco will cook a 5-course dinner on April 5 at acclaimed chef Robbie Felice's contemporary Italian restaurant Viaggio in Wayne. Bucco has wowed critics and diners alike for his cooking at legendary New Jersey restaurants the Ryland Inn and Restaurant Latour. The inspiration for each dish at the special dinner, according to F...
GOODBYE, FRANK: Caricchio, an original Lancer, passes away
Frank Caricchio, a starter on the Italian-American Sport Club team that captured the 1963 U.S. Amateur Cup championship that led to the formation of the original Rochester Lancers, died Saturday. He was 78. Caricchio, who was inducted into the Lancers Wall of Fame in 2017, passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. A long-time member o...
Way of the Cross and Weekly Rosary to Santa Rita with the Figli Maria SS. Addolorata in Brooklyn, NY
Leading up to the Feast of Santa Rita on May 22nd, members of the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata hold a weekly prayer session in honor of the patroness of desperate causes. Coming together every Friday at 8pm in the basement of the Nazareth Center, on the corner of 62nd Street and Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, de...
An Italian tradition revived from the source
Recipes pulled from Batavia’s churches and Italian-American families are being revived as part of a Saint Joseph’s Feast that Main Street Pizza Company chef Jason Ball hopes becomes a renewed tradition. The downtown restaurant is set to host a full feast on Sunday and Monday, March 18 and 19, with a portion of the proceeds coming back to local chur...
Al direttore editoriale di Ondanews Rocco Colombo il premio “Journalist of the year 2018” negli States
Al giornalista Rocco Colombo l’onorificenza di Journalist of the year 2018 “Per il servizio svolto al servizio della comunità campana in America in qualità di direttore editoriale di Ondanews.” La cerimonia si è svolta ieri, in occasione della “Festa dei campani nel mondo” nello Stato del New Jersey, alla presenza dei presidenti delle Associazioni...
Controversial Christopher Columbus Statue Removed From San Jose City Hall
The controversial Christopher Columbus statue located inside San Jose's City Hall building was removed and placed into a hall of the Italian American Heritage Foundation on Saturday, according to the City Hall building manager. At the City Council meeting on Jan. 30, Mayor Sam Liccardo and the City Council decided on a six-week deadline to remove t...
Planners evoke St. Joseph for Italian dinner fundraiser in Orland Park
Centuries ago, Sicilian villagers gathered to celebrate and share food after the end of a drought and subsequent famine. Their prayers to St. Joseph had been answered. The spirit of that gathering is at the center of plans for the annual St. Joseph's Table event in Orland Park. The event includes a free meal of pasta, salad, bread, desserts and bev...
Step Inside Il Brutto, Austin’s Dark Yet Airy East Side Italian Restaurant
Il Brutto, the latest addition to Austin’s ever-growing Italian scene, opens tonight on 1617 East 6th Street. At first, the New Waterloo restaurant will only open for dinner. Eventually lunch and brunch will be added sometime next month. Chef Erind Halilaj’s menu focuses on Italian classics, from pastas to entrees to vegetables to wood-fired pizzas...
Father Kino’s California comeback
When it comes to the evangelization of California, Father Junípero Serra certainly gets his fair share of attention for founding nine Spanish missions across California in the 1700s, winning over Native American converts, and leaving a legacy of faith that’s lasted more than two centuries. Thus it came as no surprise that Pope Francis granted the F...