Women in Comedy in Italian Theater
2020 marks the 100th birthday of Franca Valeri, the legendary Italian playwright and actress, the first to make a name for herself by writing and doing comedy in Italy. KIT - Kairos Italy Theater - and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò are celebrating women in comedy with three events: Women in Comedy in Italian Theater (February 11), Women in Comedy in...
Unesco Sites of Italy: The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, which in Italy we know as the ‘trenino rosso del Bernina,’ is a mountain railway line, the highest in Europe, which connects the Italian town of Tirano to the Swiss town of St. Moritz, crossing the Alps. It is therefore a site shared between Italy and Switzerland. The highest point it reaches...
Pizza school: Headies Brick Oven Pizza masters old world Italian menu
Revamped and raring to go, a new pizza joint on East Broadway plans to recreate Old World pizza for Missoulians hankering for a return to authentic Italian pie. Headies Brick Oven Pizza, located at 1250 W. Broadway, will open where the former Zimorino’s Red Pies Over Montana drive-up was located in recent years. The most recent incarnation of Zimor...
Why This Family-Run Grocery Story is Dallas’ Go-To for All Things Italian
Drive by Jimmy’s Food Store any morning the week before a big holiday and you’ll likely see a line of thirty or so customers eagerly waiting for the shop to open. Once inside, most will go straight for the signature items—the Italian sausage, meatballs, and pastas sauces crafted from family recipes, the buttery garlic bread, the big trays of meat o...
Team Italy's Elisa Princic begins softball collegiate career at University of San Diego
It felt like home away from home for Elisa Princic when she and Team Italy U19 women's softball squad captain Alessandra Rotondo threw out the first pitch on Italian Heritage Night at Petco Park in San Diego on August 9, 2019. Earlier that memorable day, Elisa Princic and the Azzurre softball team participated in a workout at San Diego State Univer...
Da maggio arrivano il Brindisi-New York e il Brindisi-Boston!
Aer Lingus arricchisce la sua programmazione estiva 2020. Oltre alle nuove rotte che collegheranno Dublino alle città italiane di Brindisi e di Alghero e l’aeroporto di Shannon a Parigi e Barcellona, la compagnia collegherà Brindisi, via Dublino, alle città americane di Boston e New York e Dublino all’Isola di Rodi, a partire da maggio 2020. Le tr...
Modern Regional Italian + UWS Style at New York Historical Society’s Storico
Storico – an upscale and stunning restaurant located within the New-York Historical Society at 77th and Central Park West – serves up modern regional Italian cuisine with an Upper West Side flair. Storico’s critically and customer-acclaimed fare has earned an “Open Table Diner’s Choice Award For A Contemporary Italian Restaurant”, and for several r...
Bocce Season Starts for the Italian American Society of Marco Island!
It was a picture perfect day Monday to begin the Monday afternoon bocce season at Mackle Park for the IAS with cool temperatures and bright sun. Members picked a number at random for the 4 player teams and played for almost two hours with lots of laughter and serious fun. Each week they will draw numbers to see who they are teamed up with and all m...
Italian fashion world adopts manifesto promoting diversity
The Italian National Fashion Chamber is promoting a diversity agenda among Milan’s major fashion houses, a year after several top Italian brands faced criticism for designs and remarks seen as culturally and racially insensitive. Its manifesto backed by major Italian fashion brands aims to increase racial and gender diversity in key roles in Milan'...
Le reazioni del mercato statunitense ai “dazi di ritorsione”
A distanza di due mesi dall’ultimo “scontro” in materia di commercio internazionale, l’Europa ha assistito alla messa in atto da parte degli Stati Uniti di dazi del valore di 25% su un gruppo ben definito di prodotti agroalimentari diretti nel territorio americano, del valore di circa 1.74 miliardi di dollari. Olive, formaggi, yogurt, burro, salumi...
Butera's is coming to downtown Bay Shore; owners eye spring opening
Already a well-known name in Italian food across Long Island for decades, Butera’s is now planning to open a Bay Shore restaurant. Martin Butera, one of the co-owners of the family-owned and operated brand, said that planning for the Bay Shore location initially started in 2016, but was put on hold to focus on the company’s new frozen chicken meatb...
Maria Rosina "Rose" Madonna
Maria Rosina "Rose" (Spadea Anello) Madonna, 89 of Lancaster, PA passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020 after a brief illness. Born in Gasperina, Italy she was the daughter of the late Maria Teresa (Qualtiere) and Nicola Spadea Anello. She was married to the late Joseph Madonna for over 58 years. Rose was a devout Catholic and a member of St. Ann...