Bayside Actor Is Now a Hollywood Fixture
Bayside native Peter Gaudio has become a fixture in Hollywood by carving out roles in hit mob films like “A Bronx Tale” and “Gotti.” Soon, Gaudio will appear as the “the muscle,” in the upcoming film “Cruise,” directed by Robert Siegel. “Cruise” tells the tale of a blue-collar, Italian-American (a role played by Spencer Boldman) who falls in love w...
Family-Style Italian Dining Takes Center Stage at Forthcoming North End Restaurant
A restaurant centered on family-style Italian dining will open this fall in Boston’s North End. Table by Jen Royle (445 Hanover St., Boston) will operate more like a family dining room than a restaurant, with dinner served Tuesday through Saturday, brunch on Sundays, and a convivial atmosphere where people can come in and make friends, owner Jen Ro...
Festa Italiana: Fifteen food vendors serve up regional cuisine from all over Italy
The cuisine of Italy brings people together—perhaps this is why last year's Festa Italiana drew more than 20,000 attendees. That's a high bar to set, but the organizers of this year's event are expecting yet another huge turnout. In preparation for the fourth annual Festa Italiana, the Italian-American Civic League and Alfa Romeo of Salt Lake have...
Sestri: “A Santa Cruz per raccontare la nostra città e le tradizioni”
Comincerà domani il viaggio di Luca Ciotoli, Consigliere Comunale di Sestri Levante, in procinto di partire per gli Stati Uniti dove unirà un viaggio privato a un momento di incontro e conoscenza con la comunità di Santa Cruz (California), città gemellata con Sestri Levante il cui Sindaco e il Presidente del Comitato Gemellaggi sono stati recenteme...
Dalla Sardegna LET ME TRY in scena venerdì 14 e sabato 15 settembre a New York
S'intitola “Let Me Try” (letteralmente “Lasciami provare”) lo spettacolo de L'Effimero Meraviglioso in collaborazione con Kataklisma Teatro e Alessandra Corona Performing Works in cartellone venerdì 14 e sabato 15 settembre alle 20 al Gelsey Kirkland Center of the Arts di Brooklyn a New York. La pièce multimediale interpretata da 13 giovani artisti...
Unique exhibit launches Italian Fest’s 35th birthday
Collinsville is celebrating its 35th Italian Fest this year and it’s launched its celebration with one of its most unusual exhibits yet, according to a press release. The show "ITALY: BEHIND THE SCENES" is open now through Oct. 7, at the Collinsville Library, 408 W. Main, in Collinsville. The photo exhibit takes visitors to places in Italy seldo...
A New Hunt for a 'Dark Force' Begins This Month in Italy
This month, Italian physicists will turn on an experiment hunting for a fifth, dark force of nature, the Guardian reports. You may be familiar with the hunt for dark matter. Measurements of the universe imply that there should be five to six times more mass than experiments can observe directly. Many scientists hope to find this missing mass. A ne...
Macellaio, New to Bishop Arts, is the Perfect Neighborhood Restaurant
Perhaps the biggest myth about the Dallas dining scene is that it has no great Italian food. This is not a lie outsiders spread about us; it’s something we tell ourselves. I have heard it from friends and seen the complaint on social media. As recently as 2016, former Dallas Morning News food critic Leslie Brenner called Dallas “a town that has a s...
Ferrari museum celebrates Enzo’s 120th with special exhibits
The Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, is celebrating the 120th anniversary of Enzo Ferrari’s birth with two special exhibits, “Driven by Enzo” and “Passion and Legend.” “Driven by Enzo” features the four-seat cars driven personally by the company’s founder. “As is well-known, Enzo Ferrari used to try out every car produced at Maranello himself,...
Bruno Magli’s New Manhattan Store Is Part Retail, Part Museum and Part Café
Luxury Italian lifestyle brand Bruno Magli unveiled its new digs last night, a 2,000-sq.ft. store in New York’s trend Soho neighborhood at 120 Wooster St. “Opening our concept store in Soho is about having a more direct relationship with our Bruno Magli customer,” said Cory Baker, COO of Marquee Brands, parent of the label. “Not only are we seeing...
Italian tastes, American influence Bella Luna in Oak Ridge
Carol Shina never planned to open a restaurant. She grew up in New York, where on Sundays, she reveled in the aromas of fresh garlic, basil, mushrooms and Italian sausage, along with the sounds of sizzling pans in her Italian grandmother’s kitchen. Shina and her husband started a nuclear imaging company in their garage; they now have about 40 emplo...
The life and the works of Renzo Piano
Our country is known and appreciated all over the world for the exceptional value of some figures that have characterized recent history. One of the best known is Renzo Piano, one of the most active and prolific architects in the world. Italian Traditions will lead you on the discovery of this important figure for Italian and world architecture. We...