Torrington couple to receive ambassador award from Torrington Unico June 8
Unico National, Torrington Chapter, will present the Community Ambassadors Award to longtime residents Charlie and Pat Marciano at the club's scholarship awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 8. The event will be held at at Chatterly's Banquet Facility, starting at 5 p.m. The couple has been married for 46 years and both are lifelong residents of...
Happy hour of the week: Cena Modern Italian Restaurant
For an eatery with "modern" in its name, Cena Modern Italian Restaurant pays tribute to the past. Black-and-white oversized photos of James Dean, Elvis Presley and Mariln Monroe adorn the walls while songs like Mel Tormé's jazzy "Sunday in New York" play overhead. The bathrooms are also labeled "guys" and "dolls." Cena is new to the happy-hour sce...
Pasquetti's opens with Italian favorites
If you have been wondering how to pronounce the name of the new restaurant on West Jefferson Boulevard – the one with the red, white and green paint job – I have a tip. Think about how a 4-year-old might pronounce "spaghetti" and you will get "Pasquetti's." Pasquetti's Italian Steakhouse opened this week in the building that was once a Wendy's...
Selezione di un esperto per il Desk Attrazione Investimenti Esteri di ICE-San Francisco
The Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ITA)is seeking a Foreign Direct Investment Lead Generation Professional Expert for its Foreign Direct Investment Desk in San Francisco. LEAD GENERATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERT The purpose of the role will be to support local direct investment in Italy, as well as to strengthen awareness of Italy's business...
Italian Fest announces Man and Woman of the Year
The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest 2016 will introduce the winners of its Man and Woman of the Year awards at the Fest ceremony at 5 p.m. on Friday inside the Roma tent on the west side of the event in downtown Youngstown. Man of the Year is Ralph Sinistro. He was born Jan. 2, 1932, in Youngstown and is the only son of Michael and Genevie...
Deana Martin leads roast of ‘Sopranos’ actor Vincent Pastore
by Tim Leininger The banquet hall in Figaro's Restaurant was packed tighter than an Italian sausage Thursday night as 140 people attended a riotous roast targeting actor Vincent Pastore that was hosted by singer Deana Martin. Pastore, 70, who's known as Vinny to his friends, was running discos and owned a rock 'n' roll bar in New Rochelle, Ne...
My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis Extends Into Winter Off-Broadway
"My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis" which officially opened on December 3rd, 2015, has extended its run till January 5th, 2017 and will celebrate its one-year anniversary while it remains at The Theater Center on Thursday nights at 8pm with select special performances on Saturday's at 5pm. In the third chapter of the Big Gay Italian trilogy, Wilki...
Minority businesses and Italian community spotlight Charles Marsala for US Senate race
Although U.S. Senate candidate Charles Marsala grew up in New Orleans, he has strong ties to northeast Louisiana. Marsala's family arrived in New Orleans from Sicily more than 100 years ago and migrated to Monroe, La., to work on railroads and farms. Many locals and visitors have eaten at his grandfather Geno's restaurant on 8th street in...
Is Italian Giant Eataly Coming to Atlanta?
Midtown's Colony Square development is in line for a makeover, and it could bring in some major dining tenants. North American Properties managing partner Mark Toro is in talks with Italian market Eataly, reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Toro revealed the discussions in a meeting with "a group of Midtown residents," according to the...
Literary Las Vegas: Tony Toscano
Born into a tight-knit first-generation Italian-American family, Lou Torso was a bright young boy. At 10, he was recruited into a major Boston Mafia family. By 48, he succeeded his mentor and became the new Don. Tony Toscano, who grew up in the North End of Boston, shares Lou's fictionalized story in the book "90 Prince Street." After a ca...
Chef Mario Batali Talks BIG AMERICAN Cooking at Writers on a New England Stage
On Sunday, November 20, The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio will welcome famous American chef Mario Batali with his just-released cookbook, Mario Batali BIG AMERICAN COOKBOOK: 250 Favorite Recipes from Across the USA - a delicious dive into American regional cooking with 250 recipes, from San Diego Fish Tacos to Boston Cream Pie. ...
Office Story: Little Italy Is Hiding in McClung Tower
Who: Renitaly-office-1ée D'Elia-Zunino is a distinguished lecturer in Italian studies and faculty advisor of UT's Italian Club. She said she loves sharing not only the Italian language but Italian culture with her students. "Everything my students learn has a purpose." D'Elia-Zunino and her students also participate in an annual Italian immersion...