Olio opens with classic Italian cuisine
No need to travel to the Twin Cities for a tasteful, elegant and mouthwatering Italian meal. Olio has made its emergence in the Hudson dining scene as a pop-up restaurant located at Pedro’s Del Este, 212 Walnut St. Monday and Tuesday, Riley Jackson and Luke Sawtell take over the space with their staff, transforming it into a dining experience for...
Angelo Devito Makes Thursday “Snack Day” for Hungry Engineers
Angelo Devito, a professor in the electrical and computer engineering departments for the past 44 years, just wants his students to be successful. That’s why he does what he can to relate to his students and form a relationship with each and every one of them. Devito is a self-described “traditional” man who wholly believes in wearing a tie to work...
Borsalino: The hatmaker's hat
Ah, Borsalino! The hat of hats, the headwear of stars! It's a name long familiar to gourmets of fine hats around the world, but today, is almost invisible in the USA. And these days, not everyone will jump at the chance to spend several hundred dollars on a fedora. Nonetheless, Borsalino has been an icon of the Italian fashion market for 160 years...
Lenny’s Pizza, Made Famous in ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ Closes After 70 Years in Business
Pizza enthusiasts from around New York made the pilgrimage to Bensonhurst-Brooklyn and bid farewell to Lenny’s Pizzeria, which served its last pies on Sunday, Feb. 19, after 70 years in business. The Bensonhurst institution, located at 1969 86th St., rose to fame when it was featured in the iconic opening scene of the 1977 hit film “Saturday Nigh...
The Italian Actresses' Guide to Italy
Italy, so much of the time, feels like precious preservation. Like a face that ages yet also stays the same. I have to imagine it’s a shared compulsiveness to wander around, piecing together the abundance of left-over context clues, wondering about the people and things any given place has seen. The spots below are such clues for 1960s Italy, or th...
Ariola Joins NYC Council’s Italian Caucus
Councilman David Carr announced the revival of the NYC Council’s Italian Caucus this week, along with six of his colleagues in the Council: Minority Leader Joseph Borelli (R-Staten Island), Councilwoman Joanne Ariola (R-Queens), Councilman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn), Councilman James Gennaro (D-Queens), Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), and Cou...
Giovanni Ficarra: Triple Crown of international rowing
Giovanni Ficarra is the first holder of the so-called Triple Crown of international rowing, that is, the first athlete to win a world title in both traditional off-shore, coastal rowing/beach sprint and indoor rowing. World Rowing, the international rowing federation began talking about the Triple Crown just on the eve of the World Indoor Rowing Ch...
Italian American Stories - Frank Di Piero
Frank Di Piero was born in Chicago and is 100% Italian origin. He has traveled to Italy many times and attended two study abroad programs in Italy, one in Roma and one in Firenze. He is the former President of The Harlem Avenue Italian & American Business Association and was on the committee to start an Italian American Studies Program at Loyola Un...
Luge, Italy's Dominik Fischnaller wins World Cup 12 years after Zoeggeler
12 years after the luge World Cup is Italian again! In Winterberg, Germany, in a sport where the first language on the official federation website is German, Italy plants the flag thanks to a magical and masterful Dominik Fischnaller, who touches the pinnacle of his career and at 30 can finally lift the coveted crystal ball to the sky! His trophy c...
Sicily and Sardinia, the winter sea
Winter is ideal for visiting Sicily and Sardinia. In fact, the major islands offer unique emotions. Moreover, in this period of the year they offer the visitor a different view than in the summer months. There are many advantages you can have going to the larger islands in winter than in summer. Here you can discover Sicily and its wonders. Also yo...
New Italian Concept La Fuga Celebrates Grand Opening in Fort Lauderdale
La Fuga, a new coastal Italian restaurant led by locally-celebrated Chef Michael Mayer, celebrates its official grand opening in Fort Lauderdale Beach at the new Kimpton Shorebreak Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort. Upon entry, guests are immersed into Chef Mayer’s modern approach to coastal Italian cuisine, offering a comforting sense of home, which i...
Documentary on Bugatti’s Former Owner ‘Romano Artioli – The Last Great Dreamer’ Boarded by Grandave Capital
U.S. film financier Grandave Capital will invest in the documentary “Romano Artioli – The Last Great Dreamer,” about the one-time owner of the Bugatti and Lotus automobile brands, Romano Artioli. In 1952, Artioli, a 20-year-old technician in Italy watched in astonishment as Bugatti ceased production in Molsheim, France. Artioli studied mechanical e...