Little Italy Bocce League donated $1,500 to Saint Leo's Church
Little Italy Bocce League donated $1,500 to Saint Leo's Church during the November 17 Bocce Banquet held at the Little Italy Lodge. Pictured: Sal Spinnato, Sal Petti, Bob Zelkoski, Father Bernie Carman (pastor), Fran Blattermann, Giovanna Blattermann. Food from these Little Italy restaurants (and others) was donated: Amiccis, Chiapparelli'...
The visual master, Mauro Borrelli, from Veneto through Napa Valley to Burbank
by Valerio Viale Mauro Borrelli, in more than two decades of activity, has been perfecting his visual craft, alongside undisputed cinematic masters, the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Tim Burton. In 2013, Borrelli realized the short film, White Shoe, a whimsical story inspired to the - internationally renowned - Italian shoemaker,...
At Sessanta in SoHo and L’Amico in Chelsea, Italy Is Merely a Diversion
by Pete Wells They prowl the city searching for nourishment and members of their own species. Often, they can be recognized by their feeding grounds. Birds of dignified plumage sit two by two in dim bistros and trattorias of upper Madison Avenue. Great beasts of prey stalk their gazelles at the teeming watering holes of the meatpacking di...
New York Start-Up Revolutionizing Menswear, Customizable Luxury Accessible to Everyone: Manstery Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Kickstarter
Manstery launches a new shirt collection using a ground-breaking technology to make customizable luxury accessible to everyone. It is on sale now on Kickstarter with shirts starting at $158 each. The New York-based start-up is the first company to offer online made-to-measure clothing of luxury quality with a perfect fit and customizable featu...
Per la Famiglia brings together Italian food and family: Recipe for three meat lasagne
by Gwendolyn Richards For me, Italian cuisine is intrinsically linked to family. It evokes a picture of several generations gathering around the table, passing platters of pasta and roasted meats as babies are bobbed on knees and the room is filled with laughter and conversation. Note: I've never actually been invited to such a fa...
Tomie dePaola: Italian of the Week
Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola was born on September 15, 1934, in Meriden, Connecticut. His mother read to Tomie from the time he was in diapers; cementing his love for books. When he was only four years old, he was certain that he would grow up to be an author and illustrator. Following his graduation from high school, he enrolled at Pratt Institu...
Redondo Beach's Max Galassi gets inspiration from Sandy Hook
by Michael Hixon Max Galassi got his first taste of filmmaking during a middle school art competition in Connecticut when he created a short film about bullying. "I had experience with bullying in middle school and it was something I was passionate about at the time," recalled Galassi. "I was successful with it and I ended up...
The Forceful Brilliance of Donatella Versace
By Alice Gregory In the big leagues of fashion, there is only one designer who has consistently challenged the paradox of power and sex — and she's done it with a laugh, a cigarette and a billion dollar business. "Ah, my kind of girl - blond!'' These were Donatella Versace's first words to me, and they were spoken with the ca...
After a slow start, 2016 expected to be a year of strong discontinuity in Italy’s digital revolution
Since March 2015, when the Cabinet approved its digital agenda , the strategy of the government has been to work on improving both infrastructure and services. The former has been the focus of a "strategy for ultra-broadband" presented to the Cabinet on that occasion, while the future of services is described in the document "Strategy for...
Sons of Italy welcome Orland Park to Saint Joseph Table
A long-standing Italian-American tradition, Saint Joseph's Table, is to be held March 20 when the Sons of Italy of Orland Park Leone D'Oro Lodge 2700 and Orland Park Village Trustee Dan Calandriello host a Saint Joseph Table at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. The event begins at 1 p.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Food is to be s...
Carla Gugino: Italian of the Week
Carla Gugino, whose father was Italian, was born on August 29, 1971, in Sarasota, Florida. She spent her childhood between California and Florida. When she was 15 and living in San Diego, she decided to try her hand at a modeling career. While successful, Carla became disillusioned with the lifestyle. A year later, she moved to New York City and op...
Made in Italy, l'agroalimentare "coltiva" il futuro
Dopo anni di chiusura e sfiducia da parte degli istituti finanziari, oggi investire nel comparto agroalimentare appare sempre più strategico e vincente, con i big nostrani che sembrano impegnati a fare a gara per concedere finanziamenti, moratorie e linee di credito capaci di andare incontro alle esigenze del comparto. Nelle ultime settima...