Sts. Simon & Jude Church Presents Neapolitan Tenor Antonio Guarna
Saturday, October 26th Join us for a wonderful evening of Neapolitan music, dancing, raffles and 50/50. Tickets are $45 each and includes live entertainment, a hot buffet dinner, coffee and dessert. Tickets are available after all weekend Masses in the church lobby and at the rectory from Monday–Friday, 1 PM–4 PM. For More information call the rec...
Nevada County Italian Cultural Foundation says 'Grazie mille'
Every year, the Nevada County Italian Cultural Foundation holds a luncheon to thank all who work for the foundation during the year. This year's event was held Sunday at the home of Stefano and Sharon Rose Woods in the barn of their Penn Valley home. Bear River Pasta Co. donated the pasta, and winners of June's Pasta Sauce Cook-off provide...
Addabbo Honored as Man of the Year by Italian Charities of America
NYS Senator Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) was recently honored by the Italian Charities of America as their Man of the Year at its October 20 luncheon at Roma View restaurant in Howard Beach. The organization, founded in 1936 and located at 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, was originally formed to provide assistance to Italian Americans during the...
The Heroes of Bryant Park
Two new sculptures will stand outside Bryant Park this Fall, "The Guardians: Hero and Superhero," by architect and designer Antonio Pio Saracino. Mr. Saracino had the unusual good fortune of being offered two commissions by two groups at more or less the same time—he counter-proposed that they all work together. "Hero," constructed from wh...
Italian fashion: Pirelli, the 2014 calendar it’s signed by Helmut Newton
WTI Magazine #9 2013 Dec, 13Author : Donatella Perrone for PoisonDrop.com Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti A turn of events made by Pirelli, the famous tire manufacturer group, which has just celebrated its fifty years in the Bicocca hangar, in Milan. For the occasion, Pirelli presented its new calendar, a tradition that has been goin...
Italian politics: 2013, a year made of firsts
WTI Magazine #11 2014 Jan, 3Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: Politically speaking, Italy went through a lot in 2013. After the February general elections (elezioni politiche) the Five Stars Movement, born only five years ago, rised as the most voted Italian party. It didn't get the majority because of the election rul...
The first great new Houston restaurant of 2014 is here: "Simple" Italian place wows with its promise
After months of construction, permitting delays and hassles, Revival Market partners Ryan Pera and Morgan Weber are finally ready to open their Italian restaurant, Coltivare, this Wednesday. Located just down the street from Revival on White Oak, Coltivare promises to showcase the local ingredients that Revival is known for with a simple,...
New Books - Magna Grece
Some new and forthcoming titles that may be of interest to our readers. All are available at Amazon.com• The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous by Christopher A Faraone and Dirk ObbinkPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublication Date: February 28, 2014Hardcover: $89.10Language: EnglishPages: 240Read description...
Is comparing Chris Christie to Tony Soprano stereotyping Italians and insensitive to mafiosos?
The New Republic has created a few chuckles and now a tiff with Jacqueline Mellow's satirical depiction of Governor Christie on top of a famous scene of Tony Soprano checking his mail in a bathrobe, with gold chain, in front of his gorgeous mansion. Eddie Scarry, who runs a blogs site affiliated with Glen Beck called The Blade, asks Is thi...
Rossella Biscotti: The Undercover Man
SculptureCenter is pleased to announce the simultaneous presentations of new work by four artists, Rossella Biscotti, David Douard, Radamés "Juni" Figueroa, and Jumana Manna, each artist to have a solo project in an U.S. institution for the first time. SculptureCenter will present the U.S. premiere of Rossella Biscotti's film The Undercove...
Their home in the immigrant village
Marc Cappelletti is a Philadelphia writer. A light snow is falling on the green awnings of Philadelphia's Ninth Street Market. It's a fleeting snow, melting almost as soon as it lands. Still, I marvel. It brings to mind the snow that fell in my grandfather's stories of his emigration from Italy to America, where he landed 85 years ago. &...
Two days for Italian Fest
Bouquet Let's here it for our local community festival. The Iron Mountain Main Street has announced that Eighth Annual Italian Fest will return to downtown Iron Mountain, and this year, it will be a two-day event - Friday, Aug. 15, and Saturday, Aug. 16. As always, the festival will take place in the city parking lot located at the inter...