Italian style cafe in the comfort of your own home
by Lisa Van Eyssen Pajamas. Wearing them anywhere with a sweater to keep warm is truly the most freeing experience. Add your cushiest slippers mixed with the quiet early morning rhythm on Montana Avenue, and you have the real comforts of home spanning the length of your neighborhood. Now, you could always hit the local Peets or St...
Announcing the 88th Annual Saint Joseph's Feast, North End, Boston
Sponsored by the Saint Joseph Society of Boston July 28th—30th, 2013 Saint Joseph Society - 467 Hanover Street - Boston, MA 02133 - (617) 720-1368 Begun in 1925, the St. Joseph Feast is an annual authentic festival in the North End featuring processions, parades, strolling singers, marching bands, live entertainment and th...
Se il turismo resiste solo grazie allo 'zio d'America'
di Monica Gasbarri, Think News - ItaliaChiamaItalia La bandiera italiana rimane alta nel mondo. Se in casa nostra il turismo interno sembra aver perso quel certo appeal che una bella vacanza "casareccia" ha sempre avuto – tanto da far mettere nei decenni passati armi e bagagli sul cofano della propria macchina per partire all'avventura, ma rigoros...
Playing Italian Bowling: Bocce!
Bocce, Italian bowling, is for everyone, even the chronically feeble like myself. I came early to the game thanks to a high Catholic upbringing. Catholic education was responsible for my introduction to bocce, at the end of a trip to a shrine. With hot weather came the Italian excuse for extended picnics: the holy pilgrimage. With myself as...
Lyric Opera of Kansas City to Present THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES, Feat. Joyce DiDonato, 9/21-29
Lyric Opera of Kansas City opens its 56th season with a Company premiere and new production of Vincenzo Bellini's The Capulets and the Montagues September 21, 25, 27 and 29, 2013 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Based on Renaissance legend (rather than Shakespeare's play), a longstanding political feud drives the drama in Be...
Assistant professor of Italian at the University of Oklahoma to lecture at MSSU next week: Mafia culture, Italian cinema
Dr. Monica Seger, assistant professor of Italian at the University of Oklahoma, will deliver three lectures at Missouri Southern State University on Monday, Sept. 9. "Mafia Culture: History and Representation in Italy and Beyond" will begin at 9 a.m. in Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall. The lecture will explore the roots of the mafia bot...
Una guida in italiano sul Montana
L'Ufficio del Turismo del Montana – parte del consorzio turistico Rocky Mountain Int. composto da quattro Stati del Nord Ovest Usa – lancia una guida in italiano fornita di cartina e con diverse idee di itinerari estivi nelle zone dei parchi nazionali di Yellowstone e del Glacier. Naturalmente nella pubblicazione c'è spazio anche per quelli inverna...
Watch an Interview With Italy’s ‘Best’ Chef, Massimo Bottura
Massimo Bottura is the chef at Osteria Francescana, which came in at No. 3 in Restaurant Magazine's "World's Top 50 Restaurants" ranking. He's an eccentric guy, discussing Picasso and Italian traditions while showing off some of his beautiful lunch dishes. The best part of the video is at 3:45, when Bottura instructs a guest to close his eyes and e...
Violas bring family, swagger to Panthers
by Craig Davis John Viola has been intently reading all of the news reports about his father's purchase of the Florida Panthers. What interests him most is found at the bottom of the articles online, where fans express their views and concerns about what this latest ownership change will mean to their team. The oldest of new...
Dai bordi di periferia a New York
By Beatrice Bondi Lunedì sera Eros Ramazzotti ha cantato a New York, penultima tappa americana, dopo Los Angeles e Atlantic City, del tour ramazzottiano dell'album NOI, che è partito lo scorso marzo ed è approdato nel nuovo mondo dopo aver toccato le principali città italiane ed europee. Giovedì Eros si esibirà a Miami, ultima tappa negli States,...
New restaurant planned for old Villa Capri site in Wrentham
by Stephen Peterson It has sat empty for several years, but plans are to reopen a new restaurant/lounge at the site of the former Villa Capri off Route 1A. Joseph F. Frisoni Jr. of Foxboro has bought the property and plans to open a 168-seat Italian/American restaurant called Angelina's as soon as December. Selectmen Tuesday night ap...
Sorentos in Marlboro has old-world charm
By Bill Clapper Strolling into Sorentos Italian Gourmet along Marlboro's lively main business district, we knew we were in a special place. The furnishings and décor spoke of old world charm — or at least what we state-side bound-Americans envision as an Italian restaurant in Italy. Our waiter, dressed in all-black, greeted us and took ou...