The Italian Girl in Algiers (L’Italiana in Algieri) in Boston
Having premiered in 1813, Rossini's opera buffa, The Italian Girl in Algiers, is a true comic gem with delightful characters, sparkling music and coloratura fireworks. It follows the courageous Isabella, a young Italian woman who travels to Algiers to find her missing lover, Lindoro. Upon her journey, Isabella captivates Mustafá, the Bey of Algiers...
2015 scholarship competition
The La Famiglia Scholarship committee is pleased to announce the financial aid competition for fall 2015. The total amount of scholarships offered will be $12,000, awarded in these increments: $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 (two). To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be a Lodge member, spouse of a member, or child/grandchild of a member. ...
Catalogo dell'arte italiana contemporanea, ovvero la vitalità sull'orlo del collasso
Una terrazza da cui abbracciare con lo sguardo tutto il paesaggio circostante, nella sua bellezza, varietà e complessità: è questa l'idea suggerita dal titolo del libro commissionato dalla Quadriennale di Roma a quattro giovani curatori d'arte, per fare il punto sullo stato dell'arte in Italia dal 2000 al 2014. Terrazza. Artisti, storie, luoghi in...
The muffaletta, the other great Italian-American cold sandwich
The submarine sandwich – popularized by small sandwich shops from coast to coast usually bearing the name of a national chain – has to be the most frequently store-bought sandwich in the country. Though it might be difficult to make the connection from lesser mass-marketed versions, its roots are Italian-American. The sub in its various si...
Panini America Reaches Exclusive Multi-Year Trading Card Agreement With Nearly 200 CLC Schools
Panini America, (www.paniniamerica.net), the world's largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, and the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), announced today an exclusive multi-year trading card agreement with CLC's nearly 200 partner institutions, including Alabama, Florida State, Texas Christian University, The University of Michigan an...
Italian Street Painting Marin hires new program director
Italian Street Painting Marin has appointed Julie Jehly as its new program director. Jehly, of Rohnert Park, has a background in nonprofit fundraising, marketing and event planning. She will work with the nonprofit's existing staff and volunteers to grow and expand the organization and its annual street painting event in downtown San Rafael. &nbs...
Italian-Americans Leave Their Mark on New York
The Italian Americans, a new PBS series, premieres next week, and it's no secret that the largest population of Italian-Americans is right here in New York and New Jersey. Just ahead of the national program, you'll get to see Italian Americans of New York and New Jersey, a two-part documentary filled with local history, celebrities and per...
Luigi Datome: 'Obviously enthusiastic' to join Boston Celtics
by Jay King In a Facebook post Friday morning, newly-acquired Boston Celtics forward Luigi Datome pledged his "efforts" and "soul" to his new team while stating the goal of proving he's an NBA player. "It's time to pack!" wrote Datome, who the Celtics acquired Thursday along with Jonas Jerebko for veteran forward Tayshaun Prince....
Francis Ford Coppola Winery is a area for family members to take pleasure in and judges to feast
“A person who does not shell out time with his family can by no means be a serious guy.” — Don Vito Corleone, “The Godfather”. It looks Francis Ford Coppola shares some of Don Corleone’s values. At least in which loved ones is involved. At his eponymous winery in Geyserville (the site of the former Chateau Souverain), Coppola creates a gor...
20 Years In, Chris Bianco Is Still America's Best Pizza Maker
Pizzeria Bianco and I go back nearly 20 years. In 1996 I was a couple of years out of college, kicking around the country with a musician friend. We ended up in Phoenix for six weeks. My serious interest in food was budding but I was also broke. At a local bookstore, I flipped through one of the oblong Zagat guides detailing America’s top restauran...
Saving Italy's cultural heritage by modern means
The walk to Dario Franceschini's office is in itself testament to Italy's vast heritage. Past countless paintings lining the corridors of the culture ministry, he sits dwarfed by high walls adorned with books. In any other capital, such a scene might seem as if it were put on for guests, but in Rome it feels more as if Italy has simply run out...
3 Great Reasons To Visit Rome In Spring 2015
While most visitors inexplicably wait until summer to descend on the shiny cobblestone streets of Italy's Eternal City—when the country's capital literally bakes in the debilitating midday sun, necessitating at least three gelati daily and just as many cold showers—the spring is truly prime time to visit. Milder temperatures, a host of special even...