Michéal Castaldo to Perform Sacred Sounds and Italian Spiritual Songs - A Fundraiser for St. Barnabas Church, Bayville, NJ, Sunday, June 10, 2018
Sacred Sounds and Italian Spiritual Songs—A Traditional Italian Spiritual Concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo and friends will take place on Sunday, June 10 at 7:00p.m., at St. Barnabas Church, 33 Woodland Road, Bayville, NJ 08721. And, as a special preview to the June 10 concert, Micheal Castaldo will be performing a few...
Important Italian Glass at Wright
Connoisseurs of Italian glass will have a rare opportunity to enhance their holdings on May 23, when the Chicago-based Wright auction house holds a single-owner sale of more than 100 works by luminaries such as Fulvio Bianconi, Ercole Barovier, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, and Thomas Stearns. “This collection, which was built by a Windy City couple ove...
Aperitivo per gli italiani nelle Twin Cities
Quando sei arrivato nelle Twin Cities, avresti voluto un consiglio su dove cercare casa? Sei ancora alla ricerca del miglior ristorante in città per mangiare una buona carbonara? Vuoi sapere dove gustare un vero espresso? O hai bisogno di un suggerimento su come rinnovare il passaporto? Hai nostalgia di casa? Vuoi conoscere altri italiani che come...
'Street of balconies' comes to light in Pompeii
Archaeologists have uncovered a 'street of balconies' during excavations at a previously unexplored area of Pompeii. Here parapets and floor tiles bear witness to four projecting balconies that withstood the devastating eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, which buried the ancient Roman city in a thick layer of volcanic rock and ash. Archaeologists have...
Fabrizio Bosso
Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet – Julian Oliver Mazzariello, piano Jacopo Ferrazza, double bass – Nicola Angelucci, drums. Fabrizio Bosso’s State of the Art is the expression of the Italian trumpeter’s authentic, powerful and expressive artistic dialogue with his quartet. It represents a culminating point in the musician’s artistic and personal path. Fabri...
With Lupo Verde Osteria, a familiar brand expands to the Palisades
Med Lahlou, the owner of Lupo Verde on 14th Street NW, recently followed up on a plea from his children — “When are you going to open in our neighborhood?” — by rolling out Lupo Verde Osteria in the Palisades. Residents are tickled to have another option in a stretch of the city where restaurants are surprisingly few. I’m pleased to see that the fr...
Brick's Filippone Chosen Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal
Dennis Filippone, the interim superintendent of the Brick Township School District, has been named the grand marshal of the 2018 Columbus Day Parade in Seaside Heights. "Dennis stood out among this year's nominees because of his commitment to the education of our youth in the school system," Parade Chairman Michael Blandina said, "especially for hi...
Discover Sicily with NOIAW!
Sicily is one of Italy’s most fascinating and unique places, and there is no shortage of astounding things to do and see on this island. Sicily is teeming with cosmopolitan towns, and fishing villages alike, archeological sites, enchanting piazze, breath-taking scenery and panoramas, and delectable cuisine that reflects the many cultures that have...
L’eredità di Fermi: la ricerca italiana che ha fatto la storia della fisica USA
L’eredità di Enrico Fermi, da La Sapienza di Roma alla Bay Area. A ricordare il grande fisico e premio Nobel sono stati i suoi “eredi” scientifici Angela Barbaro-Galtieri e Claudio Pellegrini, il 5 maggio all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco nell’incontro “Fermi’s Legacy: from La Sapienza to the Bay Area” organizzato dal Consolato Gene...
Dinner & A Show: J. Devoti Trattoria
A longstanding restaurant just last month reimagined itself in the St. Louis neighborhood known as, simply, The Hill, when J. Devoti Trattoria transformed from Five Bistro, plating modern farm-to-table Italian. Chef-owner Anthony Devoti named the restaurant and its continuing market counterpart, J. Devoti Grocery, after his great-grandfather, Josep...
Pallone honors top district students for education and arts achievements
The recipients of the Congressional Award, this year’s U.S. Service Academy nominees and the winners of the 2018 Sixth Congressional District High School Arts Competition were announced recently by Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., the Democrat representing the sixth congressional district. Students representing several local high schools were honored...
Opera review: Verdi’s ‘Aida’ at the Seattle Opera
The Seattle Opera’s production of Verdi’s “Aida” can only be described as opera flexing its muscles. Yes, Aida is unabashed in the spectacle that it offers, but it also knows when to dim the lights, streamline the sets, and focus all its energy on moments of human intimacy. All I knew going in was that “Aida” is an Italian opera that involves a lov...