Pirola Featured in May 7 Sundays at Three Program at Southeast’s River Campus
Italian maestro, Fabio Pirola, the conductor of the St. Petersburg Russia Gubernatorsky Orchestra, will lead Southeast Missouri State University faculty and students in a concert featuring music by Italian composers of yesterday and today at 3 p.m. May 7 in the Robert F. and Gertrude L. Shuck Music Recital Hall at Southeast’s River Campus as part o...
Contest “Come dentro uno specchio. L’Italia vista fuori dall’Italia”
On the occasion of the XVII edition of the Week of Italian Language in the World (16-22 October 2017), which is dedicated to the theme "L'italiano al cinema. L'italiano nel cinema", the Dante Alighieri Society is promoting the contest "Come dentro uno specchio. L'Italia vista fuori dall'Italia" (As in a mirror. Italy seen from the outside". Directo...
Taste Of The Town: Old School Italy Has Arrived At This Miami Beach Eatery
Welcome to Antico Pizza Napoletana, Miami Beach’s newest little Italy. At the helm is Chef Giovanni Di Palma – a celebrity pizza maker who has quite the celebrity following with his first multi-concept pizzeria which opened in Atlanta back in 2009. “I decided in Atlanta. I found an old bakery in a bad neighborhood. I thought what do I have to lose...
UVa hoops lands commitment from Italian forward
Two weeks after visiting Charlottesville, Italian forward Francesco Badocchi has decided to further his basketball career with Virginia. The 6-foot-7, 205-pounder who attends high school outside Kansas City committed to the Cavaliers late Sunday evening. Badocchi selected UVa over Illinois. The class of 2017 member is expected to redshirt the upco...
Al gala della NOIAW, tra super donne italo americane
Mentre a New York si celebrava l’ambiente e la salvaguardia del pianeta terra, ero nel cuore di Manhattan insieme alle donne della NOIAW (Organizzazione Nazionale delle Donne Italoamericane) per il 37esimo anniversario della loro organizzazione. In quel giorno piovoso per le strade della città si doveva avere l’ombrello. Per chi guidava il traffico...
10 things that prove you grew up in an Italian family
1. YOUR CONCEPT OF MEAL IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERSYou easily find yourself saying: “Is it 3 pm already???” Lunch is not just feeding yourself in an Italian family: it’s a way to stay together, to enjoy both a good conversation and a delicious dish. 2. YOU CANNOT KEEP YOUR HANDS DOWN WHEN TALKINGIt’s a fact, everybody must accept it: we talk with...
Italian Chain Vapiano to Open Second Chicago Restaurant in River North
Vapiano, the Italian restaurant chain with a location in The Loop, is opening another Chicago restaurant. Ownership has leased space in the AC Hotel in River North, the same building where SafeHouse Chicago opened in March. Look for a two-floor, 9,188-square-foot restaurant to open this fall, according to REJournals.com. The location at 630 N. Rush...
As Mount Carmel Church awaits fate, frieze lies in parking lot
For the faithful of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, it is a crowning indignity. A sculpted relief of Our Lady of Mount Carmel that once graced the pediment of the historic church on Mulberry Street has lain in the parking lot, through snow and rain, since it was removed from the church a year ago. “So sacrilegious,” says Amoret Zamarro Beiter of W...
Love at First Sight: Retiring in Italy
Ten cities in 37 days, that was the plan. My husband, Don, retired from the newspaper business, and we lost no time pursuing a move to Italy, our favorite European destination. We headed for the region of Puglia (or Apulia) in the southeast, and Sicily—the only places with enough sun and sea for our tastes—to find the perfect place to live. On the...
Buddy LaRosa honored with street
Cincinnati pizza mogul Donald R. "Buddy" LaRosa can add another accolade to his 63-year career: a street named after him. City council Wednesday renamed Over-the-Rhine's West Elder Street near Findlay Market "Buddy LaRosa Way" in honor of the founder of LaRosa's Pizzeria. "I'm proud," LaRosa said during the presentation, "but I didn't do it alone....
What Did Ancient Romans Eat? New Novel Serves Up Meals And Intrigue
"Marcus Gavius Apicius purchased me on a day hot enough to fry sausage on the market stones."So begins the tale of Thrasius, the fictional narrator of Feast of Sorrow. Released this week, the novel is based on the real life of ancient Roman noble Marcus Gavius Apicius, who is thought to have inspired and contributed to the world's oldest surviving...
Fascinating Doc "Blaxploitalian" Surveys the History of Blackness In Italian Cinema
His project — tracing the onscreen appearance of black performers over a century — involves not only film history but also Italian politics and cultural shifts. This leads to some startling discoveries, such as the 1943 fascist propaganda film Harlem Knockout, which used African-American prisoners of war in its boxing scenes. Kuwornu also explores...