At the Frick, Tiepolo’s Divine Lovers, Lost to War and Resurrected
The lovers are soaring through gold. In Giambattista Tiepolo’s fresco “Perseus and Andromeda,” which was painted around 1730-31 and luxuriated across the ceiling of a Milanese palazzo, a winged horse spirits away the boyish Perseus, a heroic son of Jupiter with a mop of golden hair, who has just driven his lance into a ravenous sea monster. He has...
Modern Italian restaurant La Mensa adds to a promising trend in French Quarter
People who remember the old French Quarter restaurant Maximo's in its heyday likely recall the open kitchen, the deep booths and the regional Italian food. Through the 1990s, Maximo’s was a hot spot. Along with its neighbor, G & E Courtyard Grill, it helped make its stretch of lower Decatur Street near the French Market a destination for French Qua...
Erdie Melotti
Former resident of Harbor Springs and business owner Erdie Melotti passed away peacefully on Friday, June 14, 2019 surrounded by family in Niagara on-the-Lake. Erdie was born on September 15, 1920 shortly after the family arrived from Italy. In 1921, Giovanni and Marietta returned to Le Marche, a beautiful region in central Italy where Erdie was ba...
The small-town Sicilian town where the American dream lives on
New York has been America’s city of immigrants for nearly four centuries. Between 1880 and 1920 over four million Italians were recorded as entering the United States. About three-quarters of these immigrants went through the Ellis Island immigration station with the majority being males between the ages of 24 and 45. The island of Sicily and the r...
Italian teens enjoy the American way
Three teenagers from Italy have been experiencing American life in Suffolk for the past week, and on Tuesday these ladies got a tour of historic downtown. Sara Zecchinello, 18, Linda Massariolo, 19, and Alice Sarri, 17, started at the Suffolk Visitor Center on North Main Street Tuesday morning. They were joined by Sara’s host siblings Kate, 12, and...
Aperol at 100: How an Italian apéritif became the unofficial taste of summer
You know a drink has really made it when Marks & Spencer starts selling it in a can. It was only a matter of time with gin & tonic (‘gin in a tin’), and who hasn’t enjoyed a pre-mixed canned mojito. Now finally, after a substantial online campaign, last month saw the debut of M&S’ Aperitivo Spritzer. Though not licensed to use actual Aperol, nobody...
Modern Guide to North Beach: The Beat (and all the pizza) goes on
Beyond the throngs of tourists and kitschy Italian restaurants hides the real North Beach, a bastion of hidden alleyways and Beat-laced history. Whether you're sipping a stiff cocktail or searching for a just-right book of poetry, keep your eyes—and your mind—wide open when exploring this richly cultured neighborhood. North Beach has been hit espec...
Sassoli elected EP president
Centre-left Democratic Party (PD) MEP David Sassoli was elected president of the European Parliament on the second ballot Wednesday, garnering 345 votes, outgoing President Antonio Tajani said. The required majority was 334. "It's a great emotion, and I thank Tajani" he said. Europe must recover the spirit of its founding fathers, Sassoli said in h...
Restaurant review: Oak Pizzeria Napoletana in Hudson
You ought to know about the leopard-spotted crusts of the naturally leavened, wood-fired Neapolitan pizza at the casual but engaging Oak Pizzeria Napoletana in Hudson. You might not know authentic Naples-style pizza has 18th-century roots as an Italian street food or that it was awarded UNESCO cultural heritage status in 2017, or that this pillow-s...
Genoa, Italy ambassador performing at Pastorius Park
On April 23, Marco Bucci, the mayor of Genoa, Italy, appointed guitarist Beppe Gambetta an ambassador of the city. Gambetta was honored for representing Genoa all over the world, specifically in the U.S. Gambetta, who has performed in all 50 states, will perform for the first time at Pastorius Park on Wednesday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. He will be accomp...
Dazi Usa anche sul cibo italiano. Nel mirino olio, formaggi e vino
Negli Stati Uniti rischia di arrivare entro la fine dell’anno una stangata su olio d’oliva, formaggi e vini italiani. L’Ufficio del rappresentante al commercio americano (Ustr) ha appena pubblicato una «lista nera» del valore di 4 miliardi di dollari di prodotti provenienti dall’Unione europea da “tartassare” come ritorsione per la disputa tra i co...
2019 Filitalia International Scholarships - APPLY NOW
The Filitalia International is happy to announce that we are receiving applications for 2019 Scholarship awards. The majority of scholarships are available for Filitalia members only, but some specific ones are also for non-members. Please pass the information attached to your fellow members and students with an interest in the Italian culture & he...