In Hartford's South End, Bosnians And Italians Find Common Ground
by Vinny Vella Five years ago, Peter LaBella teased his first Bosnian customer at Bella Mia Styles, his South End salon. "I said 'What's the matter with you? Why did you move here? Don't you know how bad it is here?'" LaBella said Wednesday night, referring to the violence that plagued Franklin Avenue at the time. "He told me...
Next generation rises through ranks at Amari & Locallo
Katherine Amari O'Dell and Joseph F. Locallo III have joined their illustrious fathers as partners at the Law Offices of Amari & Locallo. O'Dell graduated from Queen of All Saints Grade School, Regina Dominican High School, Northern Illinois University and The John Marshall Law School. A former assistant Cook County State's Attorney for three year...
A New Pasta Destination Is Flourishing in Brooklyn
The agnolotti are having a good time, sliding around in saffron-streaked butter sweetened with honey. Pudgy and thin-skinned, each one is full of softly tangy sheep's milk cheeses. It's hard to say what's more delicious: Could be this, or could be the chewy malfadini in fat, crimped ribbons, tangled up with heaps of Parmigiano, buzzing sof...
The Art of Conservation: Protecting & Preserving our Cultural Heritage
Monday April 4 2016 - h 17:30 Organizzato da : Georgetown University, Embassy, IIC Ingresso : Libero Luogo: Georgetown University: 37th & O St NW - WashingtonTO RSVP: CLICK HERE In the context of Protecting our Heritage series of events launched by the 2016 EUNIC Washington DC, under the presidency of the Italian Cultural Institute, th...
Calascibetta: History carved in stone
Just a few kilometers from Calascibetta – a small town 900 meters above sea level, at the heart of Sicily – people settled in a womb carved out of stone. The hamlet is known as "Byzantine Village", and is formed of tunnels and large spaces dug in sandstone in different periods from prehistory to the Middle Ages, passing through the Greek and Roman...
SAVING POMPEII - Contemporary Strategies for its Preservation in Houston
May 3, 2016. Tuesday 6:30 PM. The Italian Cultural and Commuity Center - 1101 Milford - Houston, Texas 77006. Join us at the ICCC for a lecture on an overview of the Great Pompeii Project—a special urgent program of conservation, maintenance and restoration launched in 2011 by the Italian government and European Union after...
Restaurant Review: Soho models little Italy
IF EVER there was an argument in favour of this elusive "rainbow nation", it is a black guy born in Lesotho and raised in Italy, who owns Gemelli - a popular new Italian restaurant in Jozi. He was destined to run this enterprise, as his name, Alessandro, attests. One of the things that makes the Gemelli experience exceptional is the f...
Special Strega Prize: IIC Bookclub
When: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 To 6:30 pm Location: Italian Cultural Institute of LA, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Entrance : Free Started in 1947, the Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. A special book club at the IIC participates in the ballot that produces the finalists. The final round of voting, foll...
From arancini to gelato at Waltham’s Italian Festa
On June 4, Waltham Common will be filled with the smells and sounds of Italian-American culture when the Regina Margherita di Savoia Mixed Lodge #1094 of the Order Sons of Italy in America hosts its third annual Italian Festa. The order's mission is to preserve and promote Italian heritage, and for Festa chairwoman Carol Rossi, this begins with "fa...
Santa Lucia Italian Festival, in its 92nd year, celebrates the red, white and green
Members of Omaha's Little Italy community cheered and cried Sunday as family and friends celebrated the final day of the Santa Lucia Italian Festival at Lewis & Clark Landing. The four-day festival concluded with members of the Italian-American community walking with an ornate and decorated statue of Santa Lucia through the streets of down...
An All-Electric Maserati Sports Car is On The Way
Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne told Bloomberg news that he thought the Italian-American conglomerate will challenge Tesla using electrified versions of products like the upcoming Maserati Alfieri sports car and a small city car like the Fiat 500. Fiat already sells a battery electric version of the 500 in the U.S., but Marchionne...
Trattoria Procaccini in Princeton Serves Up Tradition
My wife and I have been fans of the Gretalia Group's food ever since one of its restaurants, Osteria Procaccini in Kingston, started serving exquisite Neopolitan-style pizza in 2011. But something wasn't quite right about Gretalia's comfort-food-driven menu at Northend Bistro, which opened in 2013. A reviewer for The New York Times felt th...