The Adobe Theater to Premiere THE GAVONES OF PHILADELPHIA
Set in Philadelphia - a comedy - an Italian American family - combining funerals, bookmakers, a bank robbery, family loyalty and disloyalty, embezzlement, family secrets and food, lots of food! The six roles will be played by Art Tedesco as Tony, Meredith Gray (his wife), Riley Carson Lewis (their son); Mary's two brothers will be played by Ed Chav...
Committee cooking up another hearty Festa Italiana
Summer break may be halfway over, but there's still more to celebrate! With just a month to go, the Festa Italiana Committee is cooking up another hearty event for area residents to look forward to. In fact, they want you to gear up for good food and good times, setting this year's theme as "Celebrate! Family, Friends and Tradition." "Th...
The Venice Ghetto at 500: A Tale of Isolation, Exclusion, Money and Moxie
When: Sunday, September 11, 2016 4:30PMWhere: Italian American Museum of San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., Building C, San Francisco, CA 94123 Illustrated lecture by Professor Murray Baumgarten, distinguished Emeritus professor of English and Comparative Literature at UC Santa Cruz and Consigliere, Venice Center for Inter...
Confusion reigns over fundraising efforts for Mount Carmel Church
by Tom Quinn For decades, Our Lady of Mount Carmel has served in the dual role of religious structure and Italian-American community gathering place. The Catholic Diocese of Worcester shut down the religious aspect of the building when it shuttered the damaged building in May, but the Italian Festival this year brought parishioners and oth...
The old Savoia: Now that’s Italian!
by Ron Marzlock The Savoia, steeped in the tradition of great Italian restaurants and superior cuisine, served everyone from monsignors from Rome to Willie Mays of the New York Mets. The building it was in, on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, started out in life as the Hong Hand Laundry. In 1939 The Savoia was born and started serving visitor...
On Chippewa, Frankie Primo’s offers a sophisticated touch of Italy
A restaurateur returns from Italy with dreams of reproducing the trip's most memorable meals. It's a restaurant cliché old as candle-corked Chianti bottles. Yet Frankie Primo's +39, inspired by Jay Manno's tour of Rome and the Amalfi Coast, does more than avoid cliché. It provides a zone of respite and rejuvenation in a sheltered nook off of one of...
The Art of Fresco and Bread making
When: Saturday, October 15, 2016 - Time: From 10:00 am To 1:00 pm Where: Italian Cultural Institute of LA, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Organized by : IIC & Lingua Viva - Entrance : With fee On the occasion of the 16th annual Italian Language Week in the World with the theme of Italian and Creativity: Brands and Traditio...
More details on Bar Lupo, 'Italian pub' opening soon in River North
In a city famous for its Irish and American pubs, restaurateur Brian O'Connor is adding something new to the mix: Bar Lupo, a self-dubbed Italian pub coming soon to River North. Italian pub? O'Connor, formerly a managing partner at steakhouse Maple & Ash, explains it this way: "When you travel to Italy, it's not a theme park of tourist...
Medford High School Italian Students Awarded Scholarships
Complimenti, Joshua Crespo and Leena Ziane! The two Medford High School AP Italian students were awarded $1,000 each in scholarship money at the Federazione Associazioni Abruzzesi – USA gala last week. The event, held at Filippo's Restaurant in Boston's North End, was one of several Italian-American Heritage Month celebrations highlig...
Italian ambassador seeks stronger South Florida ties
by Camila Cepero Italian Ambassador to the United States Armando Varricchio this week made his first official visit to Miami since easing into his position in March. He made stops to better understand the Italian influence in South Florida and brainstorm ways to strengthen the nation's presence here. After his Saturday arrival, he...
Italy’s Last Bastion of Catalan Language Struggles to Keep It Alive
By Raphael Minder The first Catalans reached Sardinia in the 14th century, when troops sailed from the eastern coast of what is now Spain as part of an expansion into the Mediterranean. After an uprising slaughtered the forces garrisoned in this northern port on the island, King Peter IV expelled many of the locals. In their place, he pop...
A Bronx Tale: Chazz Palminteri's tales of life in the Bronx make their Broadway musical debut.
West Side Story made us believe in ballet-dancing gangs. Les Misérables successfully musicalized the deadly Paris Uprising of 1832. Sweeney Todd even held onto its darkness through songs about pie. So, does Chazz Palminteri's autobiographical account of his 1960s Bronx upbringing translate to a world where mob bosses croon and locals pirouette thro...