Pinocchios Incredible Italian debuts in Loveland
A Colorado restaurateur who built her Italian restaurant chain from the ground up has given Loveland diners a new option. Pinocchios Incredible Italian, which Annie Vick launched in Longmont in 2003, opened its Loveland location on Valentine's Day, appropriately, in the former Johnny Carino's location, 1455 Rocky Mountain Ave. "We have traditional...
Molise, the undiscovered region of Italy - Wednesday March 13, 2019
Wednesday, March 13, 2019. 9 am - 11:00 am Light Breakfast (coffee & cookies), Networking, and Presentation. History of the Italian Immigration Museum, 1834 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19148. "Wedged between Abruzzo and Puglia, Molise is really the last undiscovered region of Italy, unknown even to some Italians. In fact it is joked - Il...
Riding The Motogiro d'Italia Might Be The Best Way To See Italy
The Motogiro, a timed race for classic production motorcycles, has opened up registration for this year’s event, which will be the 30th anniversary of the ride as it was when it was reinstated as a timed event instead of a race. The roots of the Motogiro can be traced back to 1914, right around the time of the first production motorcycles, but didn...
Higgins presents 'long-overdue' medals to Korean War veteran Angelo Ciraolo of Niagara Falls
Congressman Brian Higgins presented Korean War veteran Angelo Ciraolo, of Niagara Falls, with the medals he earned while serving in the U.S. Army 69 years ago. Ciraolo was born in Grotte, Sicily, in 1928. At the age of 2, he and his mother, Diegia, came to the U.S., joining Ciraolo’s father, Philip, in search of a better life. Like many Italian imm...
Taste and tradition: Cipriani brings a historic italian brand to the Wynn
When Harry’s Bar opened its doors in Venice, Italy, in 1931, Giuseppe Cipriani Sr., the Cipriani family patriarch, probably never imagined his quaint bar turning into a global restaurant and hospitality brand. Giuseppe Sr. was still alive and present for the family business’ early expansion—Hotel Cipriani opened in Venice in 1958—but he wouldn’t se...
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation awards a multi-year grant of $100,000 to the Syracuse Florence Graduate Program in Italian Renaissance Art
We are very pleased to announce that the Samuel H. Kress Foundation has awarded a multi-year grant of $100,000 to the Syracuse Florence Graduate Program in Italian Renaissance Art. Together with another grant the Kress Foundation awarded the program in December, this money will provide five years of crucial financial support for our Kress-Florence...
Is That a Real Caravaggio? It’s All in the Detail
Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio (1571-1610), is the most famous Italian painter of the baroque period, and the art trade is always looking for lost works by this fiercely original and timeless artist. But new attributions provoke fierce debates. On Thursday, the art dealer Eric Turquin unveiled a spectacularly well-preserved 17th-c...
Italy Ranked Second Healthiest Country in the World, Bloomberg Reports
The 2019 Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index has been released, and Italy is the second healthiest country in the world. “The boot,” which was ranked no. 1 in 2017 in the biannual index, only fell one slot (Spain took top honors). Researchers attribute part of the positive health trend to a Mediterranean diet, supplemented with extra-virgin olive oi...
It's New: Seppe Pizza Bar brings Neapolitan-style spice to Stapleton
Another pizza place? In a borough full of them, it's somewhat understandable if that's a Staten Islander's reaction when they hear the news. But Seppe Pizza Bar in Stapleton, a new eatery in the URBY apartment complex, wants residents to give its homemade recipes of Neapolitan-style dishes a shot. Seppe opened its doors in early December and is in...
Richard Gardner, Cold War Envoy to an Italy in Strife, Dies at 91
Richard Gardner, who in the late 1970s served as the American ambassador to Italy in a period of political violence there and concern in Washington about the Italian Communist Party’s growing strength, died on Feb. 16 at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. His daughter, Nina Gardner, said the cause was congestive heart failure. While his profile was...
Team Italy pitcher Tommy Layne attempts MLB Comeback with St. Louis Cardinals
Lefty-pitching specialist Tommy Layne will always be remembered as a hero when he played for Team Italy the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC). After pitching a scoreless eighth inning against Mexico,Tommy Layne kept Team Italy in the game as the Azzurri scored five runs in the top of the ninth to win the contest 10-9 on March 9, 2017. He later kept...
Performance Schedule Announced for 7th Annual In Scena! Italian Theater Festival 4/29-5/13
The New York based Kairos Italy Theater and the Italy-based KIT Italia will present the seventh annual In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, a festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, April 29-May 13. Each year In Scena! presents a survey of the best Italian theater from Italy, in New York City. The festival features f...