Museum kicks off Italy exhibition
By Mike Eads Bits of Italy from Caesar to Dante to the 20th century are on display in Belton. The Belton Area Museum kicked off Museo de Italiano, a collection of paintings, coins, pottery and other artifacts from Italian history, with a reception Sunday afternoon. The event was part of this year's Italian-themed Anderson Internation...
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s
Il numero di italiani che si sono trasferiti nella nostra circoscrizione e' in costante aumento (+55% in sei anni), cosi' come il numero di cittadini stranieri che vogliono visitare il nostro Paese. Questo significa che anche qui al Consolato Generale d'Italia a San Francisco abbiamo bisogno di nuove e motivate risorse per aiutarci ad affrontare l'...
Arizona Opera Set to Perform DON GIOVANNI in Phoenix and Tucson This Spring
The man, the myth and the legend. Mozart's Don Giovanni comes to the Arizona Opera stage February 26-28 in Symphony Hall in Phoenix and March 5-6 in Tucson Music Hall. Don Giovanni is sung in Italian with English supertitles. Don Giovanni follows the adventures of the infamous lover in Seville, Spain, and is considered by many to be Wolfgang A...
All About Italian Olive Oil: The Good, the Bad and the Amazing (Part 3)
How to tell if it's really Extra Virgin? To start off, let's make one thing perfectly clear--light or extra light olive oil is just that--clear and light in color. It doesn't refer to calories. It refers to lack of color--and flavor. Extra virgin oil should be a strong color and flavor, and often has an opaque appearance. (See "cloudy olive oi...
Angelo Elia expanding his South Florida-based Italian cuisine empire
Acclaimed Italian-born chef and restaurateur, Angelo Elia, whose impressive roster of South Florida dining establishments includes three great Casa D'Angelo restaurants (www.casa-d-angelo.com), as well as a growing chain of Angelo Elia Pizza, Bar & Tapas, plans to expand his dining group by opening three new restaurants later this year. ...
Italian Store Opening First U.S. Flagship in Beverly Hills
Benvenuto, Battistoni. The high-end Italian purveyor of luxury clothing for men and women is opening its first U.S. flagship in Beverly Hills when it opens its doors on March 16 at 9536 Wilshire Blvd. The Italian brand started in Rome as a men's shirt label in 1946 when Guglielmo Battistoni started out as a shirt maker in a secluded ateli...
Bad weather delays Italian Fest opening until Saturday
By Littice Bacon-Blood The potential for severe weather has canceled the Friday night (April 1) opening of the 16th annual Festa Italiana in Kenner. Instead, the Italian Heritage Festival will begin Saturday at noon in Rivertown, Kenner city officials announced Friday (April 1). "Safety is priority No. 1, so the decision has...
Artie Lange talks drugs, suicide, Springsteen & more
Artie Lange has experienced it all — fame, fortune, drug addiction and two suicide attempts. When you break it down, though, he's just a regular Italian guy from with a very colorful past — and a beautiful bayfront mansion. Lange, who grew up in New Jersey before moving to Los Angeles, struck gold with a gig on "The Howard Stern Show"...
Fidia expands its operations from Troy to Rochester Hills
Turin, Italy-based Fidia S.p.A. moved its North American operations in Troy to a new 14,000-square-foot building in Rochester Hills. Fidia designs and builds numerical controls and high-speed milling machine systems for the production of complex-shaped parts for the automotive, aerospace and energy markets. "Because our market share a...
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian and the City of Evanston Announce Indigenous Peoples’ Day will Replace Columbus Day
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian and the city of Evanston are joining leaders of other progressive cities, universities and cultural institutions around the world to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day. Celebrated on the second Monday of October, Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrates the contributions of Ind...
Huge Roman villa found under Amalfi church set to open
A fresco-covered Roman villa, found underneath a church on Italy's sun-kissed Amalfi coast, is set to open to the public for the first time in July. The opening of the villa was announced by Italy's Culture Undersecretary, Antimo Cesaro, on Saturday. Cesaro told Ansa the ruin was "a perfectly preserved archaeological treasure of enormous...
Little Italy June Artwalk, June 3-5, 2016
The Little Italy Redevelopment Corporation and Cuyahoga Art & Culture are proud to host the 2016 Summer Art Walk where Culinary Arts Meet the Fine Arts. The event will take place the first weekend in June, beginning Friday June 3 at 5:00 pm. Friday hours are from 5:00-9:00 pm, Saturday June 4 from noon- 9:00 pm, and Sunday June 5 from noon...