Goodbye Elio, New Yorkers with Real Taste Will Miss You
by Sally Fisher Sadly, Elio Guaitolini has passed away. Elio was a beloved restaurateur who opened his eponymous East Side restaurant Elio's in 1981. I returned to New York City this same year after attending high school and college in Florence, Italy. In those days Italian food in New York City was limited to the many pizzerias...
The Forgotten Italians of Los Angeles
There was an exceedingly awkward moment near the beginning of my conversation with Marianna Gatto, the executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, which opened in the city's downtown earlier this month. We were in a second floor room of the Italian Hall, a 1908 building handsomely restored into the city's newest museum, for on...
John DeCecco (President of the Italian-American Club of Hilton Head Island)
One of the most popular locations for the Americans who like to spend their free time in a wonderful place enjoying the sun and the nature of the east coast is Hilton Head Island, in South Carolina: one of the three American States where you can actually find a city named Italy (the other two are Texas and New York). Jokes apart, Italy is here too...
Study Abroad going to Italy
If students are looking to expand their horizons and study abroad, both Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College will be putting together a trip for Florence, Italy for spring next 2017 DVC Professor Carolyn Seefer, who taught in Florence in 2007, is excited to get the opportunity to do so again ten years later. She said the greatest benefit...
'Rome through Richmond Town' with BP Oddo, Louis Prima Jr.
Live music, Italian food and an in-depth look at the historic roots of Staten Island? That's amore! Borough President James Oddo and Historic Richmond Town present the annual "Rome through Richmond Town" festival on October 8. The all-day walk through Staten Island's past will start at noon and go until 5 p.m. Admission is free. Retur...
Italian restaurant Bratalian reopens in Las Vegas after crash destroys eatery
Business at chef Carla Pellegrino's Henderson restaurant, Bratalian, ended with a big bang on the afternoon of Aug. 15 when a man driving a pickup crossed six lanes of traffic and crashed into the front of the restaurant. The man, who may have suffered a medical episode, had minor injuries, and no one was in the restaurant at the time, but...
An American tale: Revising a history carved in stone
It was Sept. 27, 1927, and in White Plains, N.Y., an immigrant man from nearby Port Chester was setting down on paper the first steps of an American journey – detailing how he arrived in America in 1920 aboard the vessel Dante Alighieri and listing his occupation as "granite cutter." It's his Petition for Naturalization, in which Luigi Del...
Here’s The Full Program Of The 2017 Rossini Opera Festival
Stage direction will be a leading feature of the XXXVIII edition of the Rossini Opera Festival, which will be inaugurated on the 10th August 2017. The first production will be by the celebrated Catalan group La Fura dels Baus, following their successes in the leading international theatres, who will stage Le siège de Corinthe, Rossini's fi...
The ten most magical Christmas markets in Italy
The Christmas season has officially begun, with many of Italy's festive markets opening up over the weekend and more set to follow as advent continues. Many of the biggest markets are in the South Tyrol region bordering Austria, but there are festive delights to be found across the entire country, each offering a unique twist alongside the staples...
Andrea Bocelli on his love of movie music, and a Houston singer
By Wei-Huan Chen Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's newest album, "Cinema," explores one aspect of music he's always been curious about - movie soundtracks. Featuring unforgettable tunes from the likes of Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini and Leonard Bernstein and with guest performances by wife Veronica Berti and pop singer Ariana Grande, t...
Socceritalians, Antongirolami (coach Rockhurst University) ci racconta la NCAA
La MLS è finita con la vittoria dei Seattle Sounders del Rookie of the Year, Jordan Morris, e anche la stagione del calcio collegiale è giunta al termine dopo appassionanti sfide da una parta all'altra degli Stati Uniti. In queste realtà sono molti i ragazzi italiani che, su diversi livelli, stanno dando una mano al movimento americano a c...
Marco T's Pizzeria
In a town where pizza crust is treated as a vehicle for conveying the most toppings possible to your mouth and most Italian restaurants are marketed as a vehicle for conveying pasta to your mouth, Marco T's Pizzeria is keeping it real. Each of the eighteen items on their menu has only a handful of ingredients and there's nary a pasta noodle to be s...