Delta Adding Summer Flights to Italy
Delta Air Lines announced Wednesday it will be expanding its Italian network from Atlanta with the addition of summer seasonal service. The once-daily flights will be from Atlanta to both Milan and Venice and join the already planned summer journeys from New York City to Venice and Detroit to Rome. The airline is also adding a second daily nonstop...
Fazoli’s Debuts The Next Best Thing Since Breadsticks In Indianapolis
Everyone knows that Fazoli’s famous breadsticks are out of this world and now, the brand renowned for its premium quality Italian dishes is giving guests even more ways to enjoy this fresh-baked favorite. Fazoli’s – America’s largest elevated QSR Italian chain – has brought together everything guests love about its offerings to create the next best...
Ten signs you’ve become fully Italian
Indeed, it can happen to the best of us. It can be genetics or simple love, but when Italy gets into you, it shows. Here are ten easy-to-spot signs demonstrating to the world il Bel Paese is not only in your genes and soul, but has finally pushed its way into your daily habits! 1. Coffee comes in one size only: la tazzinaUnless it’s a cappuccino y...
OPERA ITALIANA is in the AIR
The Opera was invented in Italy more than 500 years ago. The Opera Theater is the place wherethe human voice is able to achieve its maximum potential. Almost all the operas being performed today use a Libretto, which is text written in Italian. This is why the Italian language is being studied throughout the world! And did you know, that since Ital...
There's a New Reason to Visit the Waterfront. Hint: It's Wine and Pasta.
A brief list of your date-night needs: A cozy table on a patio. Views of the Bay. Handmade pasta. A new restaurant on the Embarcadero. Normally, this would be nigh impossible. But luckily for you, Donato Restaurant Group has opened their first San Francisco location, bringing you all of that. And more. And more... Set course for Cento Osteria, a co...
Rosario Candela, the Man Behind New York City’s Most Desirable Addresses
In the 1920s and '30s, architect Rosario Candela designed many sophisticated apartment buildings in New York that are still some of the most desirable addresses in the city. Opening May 17, “Elegance in the Sky: The Architecture of Rosario Candela” at the Museum of the City of New York is the first exhibition devoted to the masterful designer. Orga...
A Bernini Masterpiece Leaves Rome For The First Time—And Comes To Connecticut
Nearly 400 years ago, a young Gian Lorenzo Bernini was commissioned by a powerful Cardinal’s family to decorate the first Jesuit church in Rome. Now, Bernini's work—a bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino—has left Rome for the first time for an exhibition at Fairfield University Art Museum in Connecticut. When you step inside the exhibit—THE HOLY NAM...
Taylor Street Festa Italiana brings Naples, Florence & Rome to Chicago
Come August, a tiny slice of Chicago will transform itself into the streets of Rome, Venice and Palermo with the weekend Taylor Street Festa Italiana in Chicago’s historic Little Italy neighborhood. Onesti Entertainment Corporation President Ron Onesti — who started the original event — returns after a six-year hiatus to produce the 2018 edition o...
Restaurant Spotlight: Tavola
Tavola offers an Italian dining experience through a local lens in Charlottesville, Va. Chefs Dylan Allwood and Michael Keaveny source ingredients from nearby farms and purveyors, listed on the menu. Dishes include house-made pasta with a Bolognese sauce of local beef and pork, and pan-roasted sea scallops with beet-leek risotto. Wine director Pris...
Bethesda Library is Named for Ambassador Connie Morella
Hundreds of Bethesda, Md. residents and well-wishers attended the recent renaming and grand opening of the Connie Morella Library, formerly the Bethesda Library. Ambassador Morella, who is a Bethesda resident, served in the Maryland General Assembly from 1979 to 1986 and represented Montgomery County and the 8th Congressional District from 1987 to...
Ferragamo, l’Italia a Hollywood
Ferragamo ripercorre gli anni statunitensi del suo fondatore Salvatore, quelli dal 1915 al 1927, principalmente a Santa Barbara, indagando sul fenomeno migratorio e sull’influenza esercitata dal mito e dalla cultura italiani in California. Sarà in scena dal 24 maggio prossimo al 10 marzo 2019, all’interno del museo fiorentino di Palazzo Spini Feron...
Italy's new 'Buster Keaton' wins best actor at Cannes
A little-known Italian actor -- who was working as a caretaker when he was discovered -- won best actor at Cannes film festival on Saturday for his portrayal of a cocaine-dealing dog groomer who faces down a local heavy in an urban western. Before being cast by Matteo Garrone of "Gomorrah" fame in "Dogman", a brutal modern parable of the little guy...