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Montelupo Italian Market opened its second Portland location on Thursday — bringing fresh-made focaccia and take-and-bake pasta to the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. The new market, on Southeast Bybee Boulevard, offers lunch and dinner with indoor and outdoor seating, along with take-home dinner and dessert. “We’re so happy to be in the neighborho...

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More than 20 years ago, while Portland restaurateur Adam Berger was learning to make pasta in Montelupo Albese, Italy, he would watch the matriarch of the the restaurant bake her daily focaccia: Pans slid into the wood-fired oven, and bread would emerge airy and crisp at the bottom to be placed at the tables in the dining room. “I can still remembe...

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It’s time to celebrate summer with a picnic basket, blanket, a libation, and lawn chairs (low profile, of course) and then head to the park where you can hear live classical music for free. That’s right – free! Portland’s annual Opera in the Park will take place in Washington Park on Sunday, Aug. 13, with a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto...

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Montelupo, the popular Kerns neighborhood Italian restaurant, will expand with a new market for Italian pantry goods, focaccia sandwiches and Roman-style pizza, opening as soon as August. According to Montelupo’s Adam Berger, the idea for the market came together quickly this summer, after Portland restaurateur Micah Camden reached out about taking...

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After closing its downtown shop during the pandemic, Spella Caffè is doing something unusual for a business that shuttered in the city’s core: reopening in the same neighborhood. Founder Andrea Spella tells WW the new outpost will be located in the former Moonstruck Chocolate store at 608 SW Alder St. That’s in the Selling Building, which is owned...

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Our Festa in the park is fun for the entire family and a great venue to meet with family, old friends and also an opportunity to meet new friends. There will be Entertainment, Italian Food/ Beverages, Raffle, Wall of Wine and Auction. The Festa Italiana 4 Person Open Bocce Tournament will start up at 8:30am (see here). Come to the Park and have a g...

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Airports have always fascinated me. Traveling as much as my family did, I was always excited to experience everything from check-in and security to even waiting at the gate. I lived for it. I was less excited when I had to leave Portland, Oregon, at age 15 to move to Lerici, Italy, a small harbor town in the Northwest region of the country. I felt...

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Please join us to immerse yourself in the beauty, sights, sounds, and stories of Italian culture! The Italian Film Festival opens this Friday, April 14th, with the Film, 'The Champion - Il Campioni' in the new theater at Lincoln High School (1750 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205). This film is sponsored by, Caffè Umbria and Giovanni Cafiso. We can'...

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Last weekend, the Department of Italian Studies hosted “Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour,” an Italian film festival showcasing a selection of rare and restored films from the world-renowned Cineteca Bologna. The event marked the tenth anniversary of the festival’s first visit to the University. Held in the Martinos Auditorium at the Granoff Center for t...

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Please join us for our Preschool Open House on March 11 from 10:00am – 12:00pm, to learn more about our part-time Italian language Preschool. Although it isn’t required to pop by, please RSVP (even if you aren’t certain you’ll make it), it helps us to be prepared for how many families might attend. RSVP by emailing [email protected] will...

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