Italian Cruise Line Brings "Eataly" Out To Sea
The Italian-flavored cruise line, MSC, arrived at the port of Miami in style, making quite a first impression with a floating escort of four Fiat 500's. The Fiats aren't the only Italian export lending some dolce vita to the MSC Divina, the first of the brand's ships positioned in North America year round, in this case, sailing from Miami to the t...
Vicini Said to Hire Rothschild for Giuseppe Zanotti Sale
The owner of Giuseppe Zanotti, an Italian luxury shoemaker, has appointed an adviser to help it explore a possible sale of the maker of $3,250 heeled sandals and $875 sneakers, three people with knowledge of the matter said. Vicini SpA, based in the town of San Mauro Pascoli, has appointed investment bank Rothschild to examine strategic op...
For USS Williamsburg, hope of restoration
An Italian company has developed a plan to restore the dialpidated USS Williamsburg, once the presidential yacht of Harry S Truman. Green Yachts, based in Genoa, Italy, displayed the concept in a Dec. 20 spread on the website of SuperYacht Times. "The proposal is to transform the Williamsburg into a moden yacht while keeping intact he...
Italian restaurant Magdaleno finds new home
A new downtown restaurant is serving up authentic southern Italian and Sicilian-style cooking. Magdaleno Italian Restaurant opened last August, and had its official ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. Chef and owner, Ernesto Magdaleno, was trained in Little Italy, New York. "He is the most amazing chef," said Polly Kenzie, the restaurant's ma...
Muti to stay at Chicago Symphony Orchestra until 2020
Italian conductor Riccardo Muti said Monday he will extend his tenure as the musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through 2020. The famous maestro from Naples has thrilled audiences in Chicago since his arrival in 2010."Chicago is my home away from home, and I am very glad it will continue to be so," Muti said in a statement. ...
New Takes On Classic Italian Fare at Chicago's Nico Osteria
With his previous Windy City restaurants, Paul Kahan paid tribute to European beer halls (The Publican) and the Mediterranean coast (Avec). Now, with Nico Osteria, his seventh establishment (and his first in a hotel, the glossy Thompson Chicago), Kahan turns his attention to Italy: specifically, the country's tradition of superlative seafood. &nbs...
Tommy's Italian in Oklahoma City returns this spring
by Dave Cathey The Independent Film Channel's hit show "Portlandia" surmises the 1990s are alive and well and living in the Pacific Northwest, but a new restaurant in far northwest Oklahoma City is betting the decade lives on in the 405 area code, too. While "Portlandia" is known for putting a bird on things, this new old concept will...
Con "Tosca e le altre due" Franca Valeri arriva a New York
By Laura Caparrotti Scrivo a poche ore dall'inizio dell'allestimento in teatro di Tosca e le altre due di Franca Valeri che la mia compagnia presenta alla Dicapo Opera dal 20 al 30 marzo. Questa è una ripresa, come si usa dire in termini teatrali, e ne sono particolarmente orgogliosa perché celebra uno dei miei miti, la grande e insuperabile Franc...
Pitt-Bradford presents ‘Italian American Reconciliation’
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford's Division of Communication and the Arts will present "Italian American Reconciliation" this weekend, a romantic comedy by the writer of "Moonstruck." Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Studio Theater in Blaisdell Hall. Read more ...
Da Pompei alla Grotta Azzurra: Campania regina del turismo, lo dice la classifica del Ministero
La "top trenta" dei siti più visitati d'Italia è un viaggio emozionante nelle bellezze della Campania. La classifica è stilata dal ministero dei Beni Culturali che prende come punto di riferimento il numero di visitatori e crea l'elenco. Al primo posto c'è, ovviamento, il Colosseo. Subito dopo gli scavi tormentati di Pompei e poi, via via,...
Forbes: Little Italy tops for Millennials
By Katherine Poythress Forbes says San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood downtown is one of the nation's top communities for young professionals. This week, it ranked San Diego 10th out of the top 25 cities for so-called Millennials, ages 25 to 34, and identified Little Italy as the city's most Millennial-friendly neighborhood. New York,...
Il Comune di Camogli Premia Fabio Luisi Direttore del Metropolitan Opera di New York
Un collegamento via Skype con il Metropolitan Opera di New York aprirà stasera la quattro-giorni di festa per la 63^ Sagra del Pesce presentata nei giorni scorsi in Liguria e in programma domenica a Camogli, con la distribuzione di tre tonnellate di frittura nel maxi-padellone del Guiness dei Primati di 26 quintali e quattro metri di diametro. &nb...