L’idea ‘blues’ di Andrea De Luca: “Gemelliamo Roma e Portland”
Quasi come fossero due mondi diversi, lontanissimi: uno, pieno di occasioni, aperto al mondo della musica; l’altro piu’ chiuso, difficile da vivere per un artista, per un musicista. Ne sa qualcosa Andrea De Luca, talentuoso bluesman romano di 37 anni, ‘costretto’ a lasciare casa, Roma, l’Italia, per gli Stati Uniti. Un amore, quello per il mondo a...
HBO Is Adapting the Ferrante Novels, and We're Cautiously Optimistic
Chances are you’ve read or heard of Elena Ferrante’s popular Neapolitan Novels, or at least caught glimpses of the books’ notably generic “chick lit”–style covers on the subway and on friends’ coffee tables. It’s true that the covers are not very enticing, but you know what they say about books and covers. The Ferrante novels have taken the literar...
Italian restaurant chain shutters west Little Rock eatery open since 1994
An Italian restaurant chain has shuttered its outlet in west Little Rock after nearly 25 years in business. A recorded message Monday via Romano’s Macaroni Grill’s phone number confirmed the closure at 11100 W. Markham St. The Romano’s location in Little Rock was the only one in Arkansas. Around the time it opened in the mid-1990s, the Markham Stre...
Bernini and his Age - A conversation
When: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free On the occasion of the Fairfield University Art Museum exhibition The Holy Name Art of the Gesù: Bernini and his Age, a conversation with Linda Wolf Simon and Xavier Solomon.
San Jose Considers Removing Columbus Statue from City Hall
A Christopher Columbus statue that’s been the subject of repeated vandalism and an impassioned campaign to oust it from San Jose City Hall may finally find a new home after this week. The City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to fork out $12,000 to remove the 6,000-pound marble monument, which activists have long decried as a symbol of genoc...
Olive oil and vinegar store joins Stamford culinary scene
Gastronomes descend daily on the thriving restaurant row on Bedford Street. Now, the thoroughfare has a new retailer catering to their meals at home. Opened last month, Stagecoach Olive Oil & Vinegar Co., at 180 Bedford St., sells more than 60 varieties of olive oils and vinegars. Owner Rick Doyle, a former restaurateur in New York City and Las Veg...
Mark F. Campaniello, 54, of Shrewsbury
Mark F. “Campi” Campaniello, 54, lifelong resident of Shrewsbury, passed away Friday, Jan. 26 2018, following a recent surgery. Mark was born in Worcester, the eldest of three sons of Jean A. (Caparso) Campaniello and the late Michael Campaniello. Raised in Shrewsbury, he graduated from St. John’s High School. He attended Plymouth State University...
Coolwater Ranch presents musican Gambetta, world class picker
Coolwater Ranch, located in Ahwahnee, is happy to bring back, with the kind help of The Redwoods, the inimitable Beppe Gambetta, world renowned flat/cross picker, singer and entertainer. From Genoa Italy, Gambetta tours North America three times per year, taking part in prestigious festivals such as Merlefest, Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfie...
Al Consolato di New York, i nomi di 9700 ebrei italiani per non dimenticare
Un elenco di 9700 nomi. Letti a Park Avenue, di fronte alla sede del Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York, nel cuore di Manhattan. Appartenenti a una parte di quelle persone italiane della comunità ebraica (circa 8mila in tutto) che, nell’oscuro periodo del nazifascismo in Italia, furono deportati dal Paese o dai territori sotto occupazione itali...
Nonno's: An Italian Tradition
I may have mentioned at some point in our relationship that I’m from The Bronx. Which, if you’re unaware, is one of the outer boroughs of New York City, famed for Yankee Stadium, open spaces (we’ve got parks, yo), the birthplace of hip-hop and the famed Ogden Nash couplet “The Bronx; No Thonx.” It’s one of the few places that begins with “The,” and...
Taylor Street in Little Italy was shut down last week when a suspicious package was investigated by SWAT
If you were dining out in Little Italy or just getting out of class at the University of Illinois-Chicago last Thursday and noticed a larger than usual police presence, this is your answer. A suspicious package report led to a SWAT investigation that shut down streets between Loomis and Laflin, including the restaurant- and bar-lined corridor of T...
Metropolitan Opera: L'elisir d'Amore
February 10 (Saturday) 12:00 pm. Metropolitan Opera: L'elisir d'Amore. Metropolitan Opera - 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan. https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com L'Elisir d'Amore has been among the most consistently popular operatic comedies for almost two centuries. The story deftly combines comic archetypes with a degree of genuine character dev...