Two Italian Cities You Must Visit In 2023
Bergamo and Brescia in northern Italy abound in cultural riches, but have long been in the shadow of their neighbors to the east, Venice, and west, Milan. But that may be about to change—the two cities have been designated Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2023, which is all the more reason to plan a visit to them next year. Italy selects a culture ca...
Modern Italian food comes to Canyon
Over the past three years Canyon has been seeing a revitalization in their historic downtown and in the entire community from the optimism of new businesses and incoming people. Mickey’s Place, a new addition to the Shops on Fifth Avenue, is a modern twist on traditional Italian cuisine. The new addition to Canyon is in the previous location of “Ba...
Bayonne Chapter of Unico announces award recipients
The Bayonne Chapter of Unico National has named long-time member Dr. Brian Beebe as our 2022 Man of the Year. It is not often that we are given an opportunity to show our appreciation for those among us who make life a little better by touching the lives around them. In addition to honoring our Man of the Year, the Bayonne Chapter of UNICO National...
Turning Tables: Maialino Reopens at New Manhattan Location
On Oct. 18, Danny Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) revived their Roman-Italian restaurant, Maialino, at the Redbury Hotel in New York, adding another new hot spot to Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. USHG closed Maialino’s original Gramercy Park Hotel location—a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winner—in 2020 at the beginning of the...
Tom Izzo's unranked Michigan State team faces tough tests
Tom Izzo insists he has no plans to call it a career anytime soon. The Hall of Fame coach, who turns 68 in January, is entering his 28th season in charge of Michigan State's program and his energy level hasn't missed a beat. “When it’s time that I don’t enjoy it, when it’s time I can’t take a red-eye (flight) from Vegas to Orlando, it will be time...
Autumn in Italy: 10 ideas for your perfect city break
There is no season that makes people dream more than Autumn. From the colors of nature, slowly falling asleep, to the crackling sound of roasted chestnuts on the grill, Autumn is one of the liveliest times of the year. And here in Italy we know it well. The Italian territory, in fact, is full of invitations to taste and explore the best our land ha...
Feast of Little Italy Serves Up Family Fun
The Feast of Little Italy returns to Abacoa in Jupiter November 4-6. This year’s festival will celebrate the theme “Italian American Heritage and Culture” with its quintessential welcoming ambiance, Italian-American entertainers, and authentic food by local chefs and confectioners. Admission is free. Guests are welcome from 4 to 10 p.m. on Friday;...
Andrea Bocelli to perform in New Orleans for the first time, joined by the LPO
Famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is scheduled to make his New Orleans debut with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the Smoothie King Center on Feb. 11. After presales for Citi cardholders and Bocelli fan club members, tickets go on sale to the general public Oct. 31. The Louisiana date, which falls on the Saturday of the first big weekend...
Italian invention of the month: “i chiodi”
Chiodo is the Italian word for “nail.” While historians and archaeologists believe the first nail-like tools were used by the Homo Sapiens and the great Egyptians knew them, too, the first archaeology-attested signs of their use belong to Roman times and it was them, our ancient, sandal-clad ancestors, who made this now ubiquitous object mainstream...
This Divisadero Italian Restaurant Is Offering a Steeply Discounted Weeknight Menu
The Bay Area is infamous for its pricey lifestyles and inaccessibly expensive luxuries — and increasingly, that includes wild and wacky restaurants, too. Now, Divisadero Street restaurant Che Fico’s smaller neighboring outpost Che Fico Alimentari is hoping to offer something slightly more affordable. Owner and chef David Nayfeld took to Instagram t...
Italian Fashion from A to Z
Tuesday, November 8 at 7 pm. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY. Featuring Grazia d'Annuzio, former editor of Vogue Italia. Register here. Are you interested in Italian fashion? Would you like to hear how it started and how it developed over the years? Are you curious to hear stories about major Italian designers? Grazia d’Annuzio...
"Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America": Sergio Leone's legend becomes a documentary
His son Andrea recounts: "Once Upon a Time in America was supposed to be called Once Upon a Time: America but my father said the title was too 'cocky.'" It took almost 40 years and a beautiful documentary film for us to realize that, at least on that occasion, Sergio Leone was too humble. And perhaps it is no coincidence that the title of the film...