23rd Street stretch to receive subname ‘Galileo Club Way’
A four-block stretch of 23rd Street is set to receive the subname “Galileo Club Way” in honor of the Italian-American social club that opened at 23rd and Virginia streets in 1937. On Tuesday, Richmond City Council unanimously approved a request by the club to add between five to eight new street signs on 23rd between Cutting Boulevard and Ohio Aven...
Review: Roma Italian Restaurant's homestyle food is a good fit for Bellevue
As soon as you walk into the tan building on Fort Crook Road, you get the feeling you’ve been there before. Something about the location of the bathrooms, the kitchen and the open spaciousness of the eating area. If you think you’ve been there, perhaps you have. Before it took its latest form, it was Latin-themed nightclub Club Mega. Before that...
Joe Salazar introduces legislation to repeal Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado
State Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, on Friday introduced a bill to cancel Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado and instead offer state employees a floating day off in October. The legislation, House Bill 1327, includes a lengthy section that declares, “The Columbus voyage triggered one of history’s greatest slave trades, the pillagi...
Southern Italy’s Diverse Heritage (part III)
We made a brief stop at Grassano, one of the two small southern villages where Mussolini exiled Carlo Levi to silence him during the fascist’s ruinous reign. But the real story of both Scotellaro and Levi is found in Matera. In Christ Stopped in Eboli Levi, a doctor and painter as well, also wrote briefly about the horrible conditions of Matera’s...
Italian restaurant schedules opening
A new Italian restaurant is set to open soon in Grand Rapids. Palio, at 545 Michigan St. NE, will host a VIP grand-opening celebration on April 18. The Medical Mile restaurant opens to the public on April 19, with dinner-only hours running until April 23. Palio’s normal business hours begin on April 24. The VIP party requires reservations, which co...
Italian Dance Connection Announces 2017 Festival Week
ITALIAN DANCE CONNECTION ("IDACO nyc"), Vanessa Tamburi, Artistic Director announced today its 2017 Festival Week, May 30 through June 4, the organization's third annual contemporary dance and art event in NYC.A wide variety of artistic styles await audiences, with more than 25 dance companies, artists and filmmakers to participate. Dance workshops...
Roma. affreschi, mosaici e statue: spunta la città sotto la Portuense
Lì dove c’era un drugstore, ora c’è un frammento di città inimmaginabile. Cappelle affrescate, ambienti rivestiti di mosaici e stucchi, sequenze di colombari intatti, corredi preziosi, ceramiche e statue che echeggiano riti e usi quotidiana di duemila anni fa. Un orizzonte di storia, che racconta la Roma della via Potuense, sorta lungo il tracciato...
Fine dining with fine service at Bella Mia
From the timing of the courses to the atmosphere, the folks at Bella Mia in Midlothian strive to make every diner feel welcome and special."It's really important to me how people feel about the food and the restaurant," owner Randy Spears said between mopping floors and driving a senior patron's car to the front of his Italian restaurant. "Personal...
Behind Francis Ford Coppola's Magic, the Work 'The Godfather Notebook'
When actor Alex Rocco died in July 2015, I felt a twinge of sadness for the passing of the man who was a key part in my favorite scene from The Godfather (1972). While the movie impacts everyone differently, there was something hilarious yet awesome in Rocco’s portrayal of Moe Green and his righteous indignation when Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) of...
Terra Sangue Mare
When: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 At 6:30 am - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Entrance : Free Original compositions and traditional songs infused with Mediterranean warmth and color Join us for an evening of vibrant Italian folk songs played by Terra Sangue Mare, an ensemble created by Michela Musolino and Fabio Turchetti. The g...
A new beginning at the JCCIA
As I sat to write this article about being elected president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, I was struck by how life has come full circle. As a child of immigrants from Sicily, I have marveled at how far our family has come since arriving in the United States in the mid-1950s. Like others before them, they were seeking good jobs...
David Anthony Pope (President and CEO of the Generoso Pope Foundation)
Generoso Pope was one of the most important Italian Americans of the XX century. A kid who came to the US with a few bucks in his pocket, he became a king in the construction business in the growing New York with its ever-changing skyline. Generoso Pope was behind the most important media in the history of the Italian American community, the newsp...