Our favourite Italian-American crooners
For nearly a century, the tantalizing recorded voice of the Italian crooner has touched the hearts of music lovers everywhere. Modern-day troubadours, such as Bocelli carry on this recorded musical tradition, a tradition that began when Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) made his first gramophone recording in Milan, Italy, in 1903. The European rec...
Preparations begin for 2014 St. Joseph’s Altar
The Italian-American Club of Bogalusa has begun preparations for its annual St. Joseph's Altar will be held Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, at the B & C Hall (formerly KC Hall) at 139 Cumberland St. The public is invited to attend both days. Members of the club will bake cookies for the Altar on Saturday and again Saturday, Feb. 15. In a...
Injured Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi gets rehab in New York, aims for Italian Cup final
Injured Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi is targeting a return in three months at the Italian Cup final against Napoli. Rossi believes he'll play at the Stadio Olimpico for the showpiece event, which will take place on May 3 or 7, depending on Europa League commitments. Read more Source: http://www.foxnews.com &nbs...
An Italian Renaissance at Seaport’s M.C. Spiedo
By Devra First Where to M.C. Spiedo, the latest incarnation of the restaurant inside the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. It is a project of chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, best known for the acclaimed Arrows, in Ogunquit, Maine, which they ran for 25 years. What for The restaurant is inspired by the Italian Renaissance, and "spie...
Renée Ricciardi: Capturing Italy’s beekeeping community
Last August, Renée Ricciardi bought a one-way ticket to Italy, packed a suitcase and her camera gear, and traveled across the Atlantic with one goal in mind: photographing bees. For most people, it would be an odd reason to visit Italy, but for Ricciardi, it fit perfectly. The project united her photography studies – she graduated from Massachuset...
Gabriella's Italian Grill & Pizzeria Expands from Texas
It's quite a change of scenery from South Padre Island to landlocked Las Vegas, but Gabriella's Italian Grill & Pizzeria is expanding their reach beyond Texas. Having built a sturdy reputation on the island as the go-to Italian-American spot, in Las Vegas they will be occupying a corner slot that once hosted a Round Table Pizza. ...
Cosa insegna il Salone all’economia italiana
«Quest'anno alle varie tribù di visitatori e buyer del Salone – europei, est europei, asiatici, americani e sudamericani - si sono aggiunti anche gli africani. Ormai siamo davvero globali...». Claudio Luti, mister Kartell, presidente del Cosmit, l'ente fieristico che organizza da cinquant'anni il Salone del Mobile, parla orgoglioso seduto...
A taste of Italy: Birmingham's Feast of Saint Mark Italian Food Festival is this Saturday
Good thing Birmingham chef Benard Tamburello knows a little something about multitasking. All this week, while running his Bernie's On Main restaurant in Columbiana and training a new staff for the mid-May opening of his Vecchia Pizzeria & Mercato in The Preserve in Hoover, Tamburello is also preparing to serve about 3,000 guests at Sa...
Italian flavors: Pici's festival, Celle sul Rigo
WTI Magazine #29 2014 May, 8Author : folclore.it Translation by: Every last weekend of May the town of Celle sul Rigo, a hamlet of San Casciano dei Bagni in the province of Siena, Tuscany, has been offering for more than forty years the traditional Pici's festival, the oldest festival of the territory of San Casciano.
Big City Book Club Discusses ‘Brooklyn’
Colm Toibin's novel "Brooklyn" is at once a classic narrative of the immigrant's conflicted passions and allegiances and a story of female self-questioning that transcends the immigrant-lit genre. It offers a New York that is both a grand escape and a small town. "Brooklyn" is the story of a young Irishwoman named Eilis Lacey whose bookkee...
Italian Heritage Night Ticket Package
Join the Tigers at Comerica Park on Sunday, August 17 and take advantage of the Italian Heritage Day Ticket Package. Be sure to get to the ballpark early to watch the special pregame ceremony honoring Italian-American Organizations in the Metro Detroit Area. A portion of each package sold will be donated to local Italian-American charities...
Radio broadcaster Ron Della Chiesa
by Briana Palma For decades, people in the Boston area and beyond have welcomed Ron Della Chiesa into their homes — every Saturday at 8 p.m. to be exact. That's when they turn their radios — and now, their Internet browsers — to 99.5, to listen in as he broadcasts live from Symphony Hall, transmitting the "electric" atmosphere inside the b...