Musician plays while having brain op
A 35-year-old Italian musician played guitar and tambourine while being operated on to remove a brain tumour in Turin Friday. The so-called 'asleep-awake' technique was used at the northwestern city's Molinette Hospital. This enables surgeons to better monitor brain function during the operation. In this way, the risk of brain damage is reduced to...
How to make taralli, the crispy Italian snack, that a nonna would love
Thousands and thousands (tens of thousands? millions?) of nonnas can’t be wrong. They’re the ones rolling and shaping taralli, in their cute little kitchens in Puglia (or Sicily or Napoli or ...). With quick, deft movements they work, talking about how easy they are to make. How good they taste. How they’re the perfect bite with a cold glass of whi...
Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY Returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cio-Cio-San, a captivating geisha in Nagasaki, marries B. F. Pinkerton, an American naval lieutenant. For him, it's a lark, a diversion before he marries a "real" American wife. For her, it's a life-altering commitment that's briefly blissful, then disastrous: her family renounces her and Pinkerton leaves Japan. When he returns a few years later, h...
Italy’s RAI Successfully Uses Live Show to Boost Streaming Service (EXCLUSIVE)
In what is being billed as a first, Italian state broadcaster RAI has scored a significant boost to its RaiPlay streaming service by using an original, live variety show hosted by a hot local entertainer to attract viewers. Rosario Fiorello’s live music and comedy show, called “Viva RaiPlay,” just wrapped a six-week run on pubcaster’s RAI streaming...
Novelist Anthony Sciarratta plans to reopen his grandfather Tony’s ‘iconic’ Forest Hills pizzeria
Anthony Sciarratta grew up smelling tomato sauce and watching dough kneaded at his grandfather’s iconic pizza place, Tony’s Pizzeria, in Forest Hills. Seems like a kid’s dream, right? Well, Sciarratta admitted that he actually wasn’t all that fond of pizza as a kid. “At that time, I didn’t even eat pizza,” he laughed. “I don’t know why, when I was...
Former Team Italy pitcher and coach Brian Sweeney named Cleveland Indians bullpen coach
Under the guidance and supervision of Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, Brian Sweeney has developed a fine reputation as he approaches his third year on the Tribe coaching staff. The former Team Italy pitcher and coach was recently promoted to Cleveland Indians bullpen coach after assisting the pitching coach and the bullpen coach with thei...
Boom del patrimonio culturale italiano: 128 milioni di visitatori nel 2018. Ecco i luoghi più amati
Nel 2018, oltre 128 milioni di persone (128,6 per l'esattezza, di cui 58,6 stranieri) hanno visitato il patrimonio culturale italiano: quasi 10 milioni in più (+8%) rispetto al 2017. Lo rende noto l'Istat nel rapporto 'L'Italia dei musei 2018'. In particolare, è quasi raddoppiata l'utenza dei musei, dei monumenti e delle aree archeologiche statali,...
Americano is coming to Scottsdale in 2020. Here's what to expect at the new Italian spot
The restaurateur behind several popular Italian restaurants in the Phoenix area is introducing a new pasta and steakhouse in Scottsdale called Americano. Owner Stefano Fabbri is known for Pomo pizzerias and the fine dining restaurant Mora Italian, which he co-owns with celebrity chef Scott Conant. Fabbri's new project carries his nickname to reflec...
Ringing in the New Year, the Italian Way
Italy is a wonderful place to explore anytime of the year, but when the Roman cathedrals or Trevi fountain serve as the backdrop to a New Year’s Eve fireworks show, there’s nothing quite like it. Yet, the significance of the celebration extends well beyond this spectacle. Il capodanno, or the New Year, consists of several Italian traditions that re...
U.S. Businessman Dan Friedkin To Buy Italian Soccer Club AS Roma for ‘$1 Billion’
Ownership of the Italian soccer giants AS Roma may be changing sooner rather than later, but will still remain in American hands. The Friedkin Group, a consortium run by U.S. billionaire Dan Friedkin, is reportedly about to purchase the majority share of AS Roma from current co-owner and chairman James Pallotta, Friedkin’s compatriot and executive...
Erie County Councilman Leone reflects on 42-year career
It was election night 1976. Fiore Leone and the others who had gathered at the office of District Judge Larry R. Fabrizi found themselves on the losing end of the ballot. Neither Leone's name nor the names of anyone else he was with were up for a vote that day. But they had waged a campaign against the establishment of a home-rule charter for Erie...
15 Italian Sports Cars With American V8 Engines
V8 engines are superb. We’ve got them in a couple of supercars such as the Ferrari F40, Mosler MT900, Ascari KZ1, and the ultra-powerful SSC Ultimate Aero TT. They’ve also been borrowed from the United States and planted into Italian sports cars. One such example is the De Tomaso Longchamp. Given their incredible success with other cars at the time...