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The West Haven Italian American Civic Association will host its second annual Car & Truck Show to benefit Fisher House for military families Sunday at 85 Chase Lane. The event, co-hosted by Blood Sweat and Gears Car Club, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there's a donation of $10 per show car.   There will be goodie bags, dash pl...

di Grazia La paglia   Quella sagoma bianca di Marlon Brando su uno sfondo nero inizia a star stretta ai siciliani. L'icona della trilogia de Il Padrino riprodotta su tazze, magliette, portachiavi e accendini è ormai l'immagine di una realtà che punta a voltare pagina e non vuol più essere vista come una terra esclusivamente di mafia.  ...

by Maureen Corrigan   If you don't know Elena Ferrante — and judging by conversations I've had, many readers still don't know her books — it's partly because Ferrante herself doesn't want to be known.   "I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors," Ferrante declared in a letter to her publisher in 199...

by Korri Kezar   Over the next several months, some of Dallas' most well-known chefs and restaurateurs are opening a diverse set of new concepts. From antipasti to steamed ginger shrimp dumplings, the eateries are slated to appeal to a wide set of diners.   Upscale Kansas City-style barbecue restaurant 18th & Vine plans to open at...

by Ashley Jacobs   Little Italy's FESTA! is shaping up to be bigger than ever this year. Since 1994, FESTA! has been a dream come true for Italian Americans in the San Diego community. It has marked the annual celebration of Little Italy's culture and heritage as an official neighborhood.   Now, 21 years later, San Diego's Little...

By Vicki Hyman   Kevin Pemoulie's ambitious — maybe too ambitious — Thirty Acres in Jersey City will be closing up in November, but another acclaimed young chef will be taking over the space: Ryan DePersio of Montclair'sFascino, Jersey City's Battello, and Nico Kitchen + Bar at Newark's NJPAC.   The space itself needs little work, so...

Friday, October 30th, 6:30 P.M. - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013. The Italian American museum presents: Palio. A Documentary Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NGAIKMtvxY - Directed and Written by Cosima Spender, Produced and W...

by Helena Turnbull Monica Bellucci put on a sartorially stunning display as the Spectre promotional trail continued in New York City on Thursday. The Bond Girl was pictured leaving her hotel in the early hours of the morning dressed up to the nines for her appearance on the Today show. The Italian actress - who is the oldest actress to portr...

By Cookie Curci Our Santa Clara Valley is known the world over as Silicon Valley, where high-tech companies spring up overnight and blossom and grow to unbelievable heights. But long before the computer companies began to grow, the Santa Clara Valley was known for something else—fruit.   Thousands of acres of fruit trees flourished a...

The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) and Eataly New York invite students in the Italian language program to participate in the initiative "Food in Focus," a photography contest.   IACE students are encouraged to submit photos taken with a smartphone. The image should depict Italian cuisine, from simple, quality ingredients to b...

by Patrick Sisson   In their earliest incarnations, discos and clubs such as The Loft and Paradise Garage in New York and elsewhere were about musical and societal liberation. A new exhibit at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, Radical Disco: Architecture and Nightlife in Italy, 1965-1975, looks at how an earlier generation of nightlif...

Italian Grill in the shopping center on the north-east corner of 58th Avenue and 20th Street was one of the first restaurants we visited upon moving to Vero Beach several years ago. Coming from New Jersey, we newbies derived comfort from the familiar taste of tangy tomato sauce found in its southern Italian-style dishes. But there was more to...