Announcing the Second Annual La Primavera Vinni (Spring Has Come) Concert in NYC
The Second Annual, La Primavera Vinni, a party of folk song and dance to celebrate the arrival of Spring! Join us again as we welcome Spring with a night of folk music and dance of Sicily and Southern Italy. Once a year the theater below Our Lady of Pompeii Church turns into an Italian Piazza with a music and dance concert when we cel...
Go ahead, Feast on il Lazzarone
By Nathan Ellgren St. Joseph's il Lazzarone pizzeria is about to be on magazine pages and TV screens across the Midwest. The authentic Italian restaurant on Frederick Avenue, which is about to celebrate its two-year anniversary, will soon be featured in Feast magazine and on its Emmy award winning TV show. On Tuesday, camera...
Nicoletto's Pasta to open East Nashville restaurant
by Lizzy Alfs Handcrafted pasta will be the focus of a new restaurant and retail shop planned for East Nashville. Brothers Ryan and Danny Nicoletto, owners of East Nashville-based Nicoletto's Pasta Co., are preparing to open Nicoletto's Italian Kitchen at 2905A Gallatin Pike later this month. Since launching their pasta...
Andrea Bargnani Waived By Brooklyn Nets
by Liam Flaherty Sean Marks has made his first move as GM, waiving Andrea Bargnani. It is a rather uneventful first move seeing as Bargnani and the Brooklyn Nets had long been in talks of a buyout for the Italian forward. It seems that Bargnani got what he wanted, and the Nets won't be too heartbroken either. Bargnani's short stint with t...
Pellegrini Foundation: Celebrating the legend of an American buongustaio
By Rita Cipalla The list of honorees reads like a who's who among Seattle's culinary elite: Armandino Batali of Salumi; food marketer Jon Rowley; Frank Isernio, founder of Isernio's Sausage; restaurateur Tom Douglas and his wife Jackie Cross; and most recently, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel, legendary brewmeisters and founders of Pike Brewing Compan...
Close shave for Tamberi as Italian wins high jump gold
Until winning high jump gold at the world indoor athletics championships on Saturday, Italian Gianmarco Tamberi was recognized more for competing with half his beard shaved off than for his results. GQ Magazine once ran an item about Tamberi and his unconventional grooming habits under the banner: "Don't do this" but on Saturday the Italia...
Scordato's Pizzeria now open on Stone
Nine months after announcing plans to move from St. Philip's Plaza to the old Mr. K's Barbecue on River and Stone, Scordato's Pizzeria has finally opened. The restaurant, one of two Italian eateries helmed by longtime Tucson restaurateur Daniel Scordato, opened on March 17 at 4911 N. Stone Ave. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through T...
Come Celebrate the Dolomites and a Legendary Italian Alpinist
Join me on April 16 from 11AM - 2PM at the Museo Italo Americano (Fort Mason, Building C) for an illustrated lecture that celebrates the breathtaking grandeur of the Italian Dolomites, those jagged peaks under which I grew up as a child. The illustrated lecture, which will be delivered by Paola Tonelli who climbed the Dolomites as a child,...
The Italian American Garden Project
By Silvia Donati Sustainability is not a new concept for the Italian gardener. It is a way of life. To shine a light on this way of life, and its inherent wisdom, Mary Menniti founded the Italian Garden Project in 2010. The project documents the stories and traditional methods of Italian American gardeners across the United States. ...
La settimana della Magna Grecia a New York
Al via la XII Magna Grecia Week, premiati il Commissioner Fire Department di NY Daniel Nigro e lo scrittore Mario Fratti.Ha preso il via oggi, con un incontro presso l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York, la XII Settimana della Magna Grecia dal titolo "From America to rediscovery the Mezzogiorno". L'evento e' stato annunciato a tutti i Newyor...
Quello che dicono gli oggetti - Cultura materiale alla conferenza annuale del Calandra Italian American Institute
Quante volte la vista di un oggetto ci riporta alla mente luoghi, situazioni, persone. E tante volte assegnamo proprio agli oggetti il valore del legame e del ricordo. Nelle comunità di immigrati questi legami si fanno ancora più significativi e hanno a che fare con la conservazione della cultura, della tradizione e dell'identità stessa. P...
Italian from scratch at Ballaro in Highwood
In north suburban Highwood, there's a new place downtown near the train station which is attracting a loyal clientele due, in part, to their commitment to making everything from scratch. It's a good thing the pasta machine works well at Ballaro, because nearly every table has a plate of one of the restaurant's three or four daily options. &nb...