Stefani's Mad Social Opens, Serving Food Late Night In The West Loop
by Ashok Selvam It's a big day for the Stefani family as Mad Social finally opens, allowing Gina Stefani to branch out in the West Loop. Take a tour of the space here, as Stefani teams up with chef Mariela Bolanos and takes the torch as Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants' first new spot in 14 years. Stefani's Italian heritage and...
Grated Parmigiano Reggiano From Italy Contains Zero Cellulose
Recent reports have shown that some domestic pre-packaged grated cheeses using the name Parmesan contain illegal amounts of cellulose while it is never present in Parmigiano Reggiano. Cellulose is a plant fiber made from wood pulp used in many food products in the United States. While legal in the U.S. in specific small amounts, cellu...
St. Joseph Day altar schedule
The Archdiocese of New Orleans compiled a list of all the parishes and churches throughout the area that will host a St. Joseph Altar. ANNUNCIATION, Bogalusa: B and C Hall, 139 Cumberland St., sponsored by the Bogalusa Italian-American Cultural Society. Open to the public March 18-19. March 18, 6-9 p.m. with blessing of altar at 7 p.m. Mar...
Premio Sapio, Italy’s scientific innovation awards
Italian excellence in research and innovation, with a focus on young brilliant researchers and on talented women, who give a strong contribution to scientific progress and whose participation in science must be encouraged. This is what the Premio Sapio for Research and Innovation is about, more than ever in its latest edition, just celebra...
Italian Textile Machinery At Techtextil North America — Atlanta, May 3 – 5, 2016
At 2016 edition of Techtextil North America ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, and ICE-Italian Trade Agency have organized a Meeting Point where 10 Italian machinery manufacturers involved in the production of machines for technical textiles will show their innovative solutions. Among these companies ACIMIT...
Wolves Club of Youngstown celebrates education, Italian heritage
Currently, Youngstown State University has 26 students who have the Wolves Club of Youngstown to thank for four-year scholarships that have provided for their education. More than 200 other students have attended or graduated from YSU since 1995 with the help of Wolves Club scholarships. The Wolves began in 1953 as a social organization of...
Mona Lisa might actually be da Vinci’s male lover
Mona Lisa is based in part on Leonardo da Vinci's male lover, an Italian art detective claims. Silvano Vincenti, who has been analyzing da Vinci's world-renowned painting for years, believes it is not just based on Lisa Gherardini, a Florentine merchant's wife, but also the artist's supposed main male squeeze, Gian Giacomo Caprotti. "The...
“The Universality of Italian Heritage” Curriculum Presentation May 17 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
The NJ Italian Heritage Commission's lesson plans allows teachers throughout the state to incorporate Italian culture in their curriculum. Join us for a presentation at Ocean County College that will feature testimonials from administrators, teachers, and even students to the effectiveness of the Curriculum. Attendees will learn how to int...
Our Gourmet: An Italian favorite in a new location
Everybody in Salem, it seems, has their own favorite Italian restaurant. There are certainly plenty to choose from, more than in most towns, and many of them are decidedly top notch. Oddly, even as it established itself over 37 years in one location, we had never visited Ralphie's. Now, with the bistro having moved a mile or so north...
A conversation with Laura Caparrotti Artistic Director of Kairos Italy Theatre
by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Laura Caparrotti is an artist, educator, journalist, playwright, lecturer, consultant and Italian dialect coach for Boardwalk Empire, a curator and a panelist for NYSCA, who has been working to spread the Italian culture through theater in New York since 1996. After years of professional theatre in It...
Italian paintings by Place exhibiting at Base Camp Coffee
Artist Sandra Place opens a new exhibit of her work, "Italy: Journeys and Inspirations," June 15 at Base Camp Coffee Bar in Sister Bay. A reception is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. June 17 at Base Camp. Place, a summer resident of Egg Harbor who makes her permanent home in Santa Fe, N.M., has traveled several times in northern Italy in recent...
Skeletons, coins found in dig of ancient Pompeii shop
Italian and French archaeologists have discovered four skeletons and gold coins in the ruins of an ancient shop on the outskirts of Pompeii, officials said Friday. The skeletons are those of young people, including an adolescent girl, who perished in the back of the shop near the ancient Roman town when Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered i...