Long Beach Carnevale - February 28th - 11:00 AM
Carnevale returns with fun for all ages, music performances, shows, Venetian mystery masquerade photography and of course dress up, all with no charge. The Long Beach Carnevale is a masquerade in the true fashion of the carnival of Venice Italy. As the main focus is the many elaborate masked costumes that people show off with as well as the c...
Il ministro Gentiloni a de Blasio: "Siamo onorati di avere un nostro connazionale sindaco di New York"
di Riccardo Chioni Seconda giornata newyorkese ieri per il ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni impegnato in una serie di incontri iniziati in mattinata alla Clinton Foundation a Manhattan dove è stato ospitato dall'ex segretario di stato Hillary Clinton per fare il punto sulle principali questioni internazionali, dalla lotta all'Isis, al...
Italian Food Excellence: Sciara – The Land of Pistachio
Bronte is a Sicilian town of about 20,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the province of Catania and is famous all over the world because is the major centre of the production of pistachio nuts. Located at the bottom of Mount Etna, the volcano that Sicilians love to call 'AMuntagna (i.e. 'the mountain' in local dialect), Bronte offers the perfect h...
Spiaggia Voted the Best Italian Restaurant in Chicago
by Kate Kolenda Decades before the likes of Mario Batali and Michael White brought us the most recent wave of fine Italian dining, Tony Mantuano taught Chicagoans how to enjoy refined Italian fare at Spiaggia. Taking a cue from its name, which means "beach" in Italian, the food is inspired by the coast. Mantuano has won countless accolades...
Antonin Scalia helps D.C. actor Edward Gero prep for lead role at Arena Stage
By Eric Althoff Supreme Court deliberations are famously conducted behind closed doors, so veteran Washington actor Edward Gero can't spill the details of his lunchtime conversation in the chambers of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. "The content of that [conversation] is off the record," Mr. Gero told The Washington Times. "But I c...
Liquor license likely for remodeled Maria’s Italian Kitchen in Brentwood
After being closed for remodeling for the past several months, local restaurant Maria's Italian Kitchen will be returning soon to its Brentwood stomping grounds from its temporary Santa Monica pop-up location. Its return to the neighborhood will likely also come a new beer/wine license, which the restaurant did not formerly possess. With sever...
Little Italy Creates a New Identity with Unveiling of Gateway Arch
by Gary Singh Last week, San Jose's Little Italy project officially dedicated a monumental 31-foot gateway arch at the intersection of N. Almaden and Julian, right in front of Paesano Ristorante Italiano, at the other end of the block from Henry's Hi-Life. Constructed of marble, steel and other elements, the arch took years to com...
California Bach society: an Italian lineage in San Francisco
April 24, 2015, Friday 8:00 PM - 10:00 PMSt. Marks Lutheran Church- 1111 O Farrell Street - San Francisco, California Artistic Director Paul Flight leads the 25-voice California Bach Society in a program of Italian works spanning more than 500 years: from Domenico Scarlatti's recently discovered double choir mass, "La Stella," to Ve...
John Cabot University holds 2015 New York gala
On March 31, 2015, John Cabot University (JCU) hosted their annual Gala at the Union League Club in New York City. This year Mr. John Catsimatidis, Hon. Robert J. Del Tufo and Min. Natalia Quintavalle were the guests of honor. JCU President Franco Pavoncello, Board of Trustees Chair Hon. Frank J. Guarini and Vice Chair WIlliam J. Martini presided o...
Lechuga's opens canoli kiosk on the 16th street mall today
Lechuga's is one of Denver's last remaining north-side red sauce joints. While many other Italian restaurants and bars — Pagliaci's, Carbone's, Longo's Subway Tavern — have succumbed to old age and an influx of development, Lechuga's was saved, at least in name and menu, when the restaurant was purchased after longtime owners Chuck Lechuga and Rach...
Italian Open's History and Records: A tale of eternal champions in the eternal city
For Italians, and Romans in particular, the Open is not just a tennis tournament where champions are crowned and a piece of history of the game is written. The "Internazionali", as the Italian Open is commonly referred to over there, is much more than that. It's a society event. Tennis fans come from all over the country to pack the stands...
Acclaimed architect John Vinci
by Leonard F. Amari This month we highlight the distinguished career of architect John Vinci. Subjects for this column come to the attention of the author in various ways. An article in the Chicago Tribune about the controversial three sets of copper-clad wood exterior doors at the cost of nearly $670,000 in our state capitol br...