Pollini struggles yet shines in Chopin recital at Kennedy Center
Maurizio Pollini won the International Chopin Piano Competition over half a century ago. It launched him on a world-bestriding career that has been prodigious, but he is nearing the end of a brilliant career arc. Health problems forced the Italian pianist to withdraw from recitals in Washington in 2015 and 2011. The Kennedy Center’s Fortas series o...
2017 Best Italian Cuisine: Casa Mia
Consistency plays a key role in Casa Mia’s success with menu items still centered around original recipes from the first restaurant’s opening in 1952. What started as a storefront restaurant in Hoquiam, Washington, turned into seven restaurants across the state; an Italian blessing was brought to the Tri-Cities in 1993 when Dave and Glenda Brazell...
Una serata: Ciao St. Louis
Thursday, June 8, 2017. Drop in from 6pm – 9pm. Rooftop lounge at Clayton on the Park. 8023 Bonhomme Ave | Clayton, MO 63103. Una Serata: A complimentary special event to promote Italian culture in St. Louis Meet and network with others interested in Italian Culture and learn about our new media company Ciao St Louis a 501c3 nonprofit corporation....
Philly Art Museum and Italian foundation launch initiative to commission and acquire new works
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has joined with the Turin, Italy-based Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo to commission and acquire new video, film, and performance pieces from artists from around the world, museum and foundation officials announced Thursday. Every two years, the Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media – as the joint initiative...
Why One of New York’s Most Respected Chefs Decided to Expand to Long Island’s North Fork
For nearly two decades, Frank DeCarlo has run Peasant, the Elizabeth Street Italian restaurant with a wood-fired oven and a very devoted following. While DeCarlo has expanded, he’s hardly an empire builder. In fact, a new restaurant opening in a couple weeks will be only his third. That restaurant, Barba Bianca — “White Beard” — won’t even be in Ne...
The keys to Lamborghini's future? Speed, style and SUVs
Maurizio Reggiani, the director of research and development for storied Italian supercar builder Lamborghini, takes in the knife-edge lines of his latest creation, the $275,000 Huracan Performante. He is pleased. "This car represents so much of what we are," says Reggiani. "We are looking to the future." The future, these days, seems to be all abou...
Gelati d’Italia. Trionfa il gelato al Pistacchio di Stigliano. Basilicata al terzo posto
Il gelato più buono d’Italia si mangia in Liguria – un sorbetto al limone e basilico – ma per la seconda edizione della rassegna nazionale che premia i “Gelati d’Italia” sale sul podio anche la Basilicata, con il gelato al gusto di Pistacchio rigorosamente stiglianese. Dal 4 Maggio infatti la città d’arte Orvieto ha ospitato l’originale rassegna al...
Out of Left Field: Italian-Americans riding the sports elevator
Dr. Tom Ferraro, the marvelous commentator for Blank Slate Media, last week highlighted that there are 319,602 Italian-Americans in Nassau County. In the 2000 Census, there were 408,572 in Suffolk. Our two suburban counties ranked among the highest population percentage of Italian-Americans in the U.S. (Suffolk was 2nd with 28.8), and Nassau was 7...
Florence pays homage to the porcelain population of the Ginori Manufactory
A homage to the Ginori Manufactory and its population of statues. Starting from May 18 the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence will host an exhibition devoted to the porcelain statues manufactured in Doccia and to those statues’ original sources of inspiration. Founded by the Marchese Carlo Ginori in Doccia near Florence in 1737, the Sesto Fio...
How giardiniera crossed an ocean to become Chicago's favorite condiment
Everyone understands the risk of handing a Chicagoan ketchup, so what's the right condiment to pass? That's easy. Giardiniera. (Say it with me, "jar-din-air-ah.") It's the quintessential Chicago condiment, one that's as brazen and boisterous as the city itself. This fiery mix contains some combination of pickled chiles, celery, cauliflower, carrots...
Guglielmo Marconi & His San Francisco Bay Area Connections
There is a very good reason why, on May 11, the Leonardo da Vinci Society, in collaboration with the San Francisco Italian Cultural Institute, presented “Guglielmo Marconi-A Conference.” It was the second in a cycle of conferences celebrating Italian scientists who have made unique and stellar contributions to the world at large and have left their...
“In the Light of Naples: The Art of Francesco de Mura” at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
A completely illustrated scholarly catalogue accompanies the exhibition, which is underwritten by Christie's. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. 124 Raymond Ave Box 703. Poughkeepsie, NY 12604. (845) 437-5632. Admission is free and open to the public. All galleries are wheelchair accessible. Francesco de Mura (1696-1782) could be termed the last g...