Dining review: Savor every droplet of Gocciolina's Italian cuisine
by Greg Cox Gocciolina – Italian for "droplet," the word is undeniably a quirky name for a restaurant. Ask owner/chef Aaron Benjamin if it refers to the restaurant's small but excellent selection of Italian wines, and he responds, "You could say that, but mainly I just like the sound of the word." It does have a catchy musical sou...
A Portrait of Italy Today Based on an American Thriller
At the last Academy Awards, the Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino walked away with the Oscar for best foreign-language film, for "The Great Beauty," a scathing portrait of greed and bad taste in Berlusconi-era Rome. This year his friend Paolo Virzi is competing for Italy with "Human Capital," a scathing portrait of greed a...
St. Peter's Church in Duluth is being considered as a local historic preservation landmark
Duluth's Heritage Preservation Commission is fighting for St. Peter's Church, located at 810 W 3rd St. in Duluth, to be officially declared a local historic preservation landmark. The commission states the building, although currently vacant, meets four of seven of the criteria for designation. The commission points out that only one criteria must...
Brigantessa adds depth to the city's Italian food scene
In the beginning, Brigantessa was going to be all about pizza. Of course. What new moneymaking restaurant ambition in Philly these days does not begin with a wood-fired oven and a peel-ful of molten mozzarella dreams? And given chef Joe Cicala's stellar track record at Le Virtù, it's worth paying attention to what emerges from the flaming...
MV Agusta USA Strengthens Sales Leadership
As part of MV Agusta USA LLC's transformation and dedicated efforts to establish a strong business in the USA, the company is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its sales leadership with the addition of Jim McKenna. Mr. McKenna is a lifetime motorcycle enthusiast and brings over 25 years of powersports industry leadership to MV A...
Good news for Pompeii: finances are in the black, visitors flock and restoration works take off
The finances of the "Great Pompeii Project" are in the black for the first time as of December 31, 2014. After a number of structures at the ancient Roman site collapsed, prompting an international outcry, and after an extremely slow start to restoration work, finally there's hope that the ancient city will be rebuilt and secured, to prese...
An Italian building among ArchDaily Buildings of the Year
A few days ago, ArchDaily, one of the most famous American website covering architecture and interior design trends with over 80.000.000 monthly page views, published the names of the winners of its 2015 edition of the "Building of the Year" competition. Thousands of projects competed this year and ArchDaily readers had to go through all t...
Is Jersey-Italian food an endangered species?
by Kelly-Jane Cotter Back in the day, you couldn't drive two blocks in any town in New Jersey without hitting a decent Italian place. Not just pizzerias, but actual Italian restaurants. Family-owned, unpretentious Jersey-Italian restaurants that took pride in recipes handed down from Nonna and Pop. And, yeah, they still exist...
The Antonio Meucci young inventors’ competition
Sponsored by the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum & Time Warner CableIn keeping with the legacy of inventor Antonio Meucci(1808-1889), the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum and Time Warner Cable are pleased to announce the Young Inventors' Competition to be held Sunday, June 14, 2015, from 12-3 pm in Staten Island, (venue to be announced.) Throughout his li...
Vital Records, Majestic Castle Music, and Michéal Castaldo Release “Everything Happens for a Reason—Una Ragione”
Vital Records will release renowned Italian Artist/Producer/Songwriter Michéal Castaldo's next digi single, "Everything Happens for a Reason—Una Ragione." This offering, produced by Michéal Castaldo's production company Majestic Castle Music, includes multiple mixes of a song written by Billboard-charting writers Mike Greenly (ASCAP) and Paul Guzzo...
US investors eyeing Borsalino as hat maker grapples with financial woes
Borsalino hats, one of the symbols of Italian fashion, are being eyed by large foreign financial and industrial groups. The situation is still developing, and it intertwines with the legal quandary involving the apparel company's majority shareholder Marco Marenco. Piedmont financier Marenco is currently on the run abroad after his network...
Shroud of Turin goes back on display after five years
Turin's archbishop says interest in the Shroud of Turin is so keen that many pilgrims who already saw the burial cloth some believe covered Jesus are traveling back to the northern Italian city to see it again when it goes back on display starting Sunday. The 4.3-meter (14-foot) long cloth will be displayed from April 19 to June 24. Pope F...