The Italian winners of Sony World Photography Awards
The alleged Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) stands as the world's biggest photography contest. It is free to enter by all photographers interested and offers as prizes $25,000 cash as well as the newest Sony imaging apparatus. This year, the generous reward was conferred to John Moore, the US photographer who conquered the jury's hear...
Food Tech is set to Boom as Expo Milano Opens its Doors
A recent article in l'Espresso highlights what many in Silicon Valley and Italy have been sensing for some time: investment and interest in food tech is poised to boom. By responsibly experimenting with the food we eat, innovators are inventing marketable food products unlike anything we've ever seen before. Take, the WikiPearl, for exampl...
Campania Express, il treno turistico da Napoli a Sorrento
di Fabiana Bianchi Sarà attivo tra pochi giorni il Campania Express, il nuovo treno finanziato dalla Regione Campania per facilitare lo spostamento dei turisti da Napoli a Sorrento e gli scavi archeologici di Pompei e Ercolano. Il treno turistico inizierà le corse dal 23 maggio 2015 e coprirà il periodo estivo fino al 15 ottobre....
“The Italian Chicks” Variety Show Opens Tour at Bellmore Movies & Showplace
Presented by actor Danny Aiello, The Italian Chicks Musical-Comedy Variety Show opens its East Coast tour on June 7tht, 2015 at the Bellmore Movies & Showplace at 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY. It is a one-night only comedy and song event that kicks off their east coast tour which will continue in major cities in New York, Rhode Island, Massa...
What are the best Italian restaurants in Northeast Ohio? 22 selections from the 2015 A-List Dining Guide
Love Italian food? Here are 20 great restaurants from the 2015 A-List guide to to Northeast Ohio's Top 100 restaurants with Italian cuisine as a centerpiece on the menu. Aldo's Restaurant, 8459 Memphis Ave., Brooklyn, 216-749-7060: Enthusiastic appreciation for well-executed Italian classics and an ever-changing menu of fresh dishes (espec...
It's Better in Italian Director Captures Trio of Palm Springs ShortFest Awards
by Arianna Menon While studying abroad in Italy during his junior year of college, Jordan Ledy couldn't help but notice the voices coming from the TV set during the broadcast of an American show. "They would be speaking fluent Italian, but then Hugh Laurie would pop up and go, 'Oh it's House.' They're like, 'Oh, Dr. House.' Oh my gosh...
Eataly Now Delivers
You can now get Eataly's fresh Italian fare delivered straight to your home or office. The popular eatery has teamed up with premium food delivery service Caviar to give Chicagoans the option to order the counter goods straight to their door if they can't stop in the 65,000-square-foot River North storefront. "Choose from a selection of panin...
Actor and Cambridge native Alex Rocco dies at 79
Alex Rocco, the Emmy-winning character actor best known for taking a bullet through the eye as the Las Vegas casino boss Moe Greene in "The Godfather," has died. He was 79. Rocco's daughter, Jennifer, announced his death Saturday. Details were not immediately available. Rocco's career spanned five decades, and he remained active up un...
NEMPAC Children’s Choir to Sing at Italian Night with Landmarks Orchestra, August 5th
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is very excited for their Children's Choir debut with the Landmarks Orchestra next Wednesday evening at the Hatch Shell! Italian Night is scheduled for next Wednesday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. This is NEMPAC's first program in partnership with the Landmarks Orchestra. The NEMPAC Chil...
Italian restaurant opens on Sixth Avenue
By Charli Kerns Anthony Picariello knew exactly what the perfect name would be for his restaurant on Sixth Avenue, which opened at the site of the former Pampered Palate two weeks ago. "I moved here for my girlfriend, Stacie. Hence the name 'Mi Amore'," Picariello said. Both he and Stacie Coller grew up in Voorhees Township, N.J., ev...
A people's dream: the building of their own community church, the holy family church
by Cookie Curci During the great influx of Europeans to America, thousands of Italian immigrants came to the Santa Clara Valley. Word of California's fertile orchard lands had beckoned them to leave their impoverished towns and regions of Italy and travel to the "Golden State". They had heard tales that the streets of California were...
Michelangelo’s house goes on sale in Tuscany
by Claudia Baroncelli Beyond being one of the most illustrious and talented artists of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti also had a very fine taste in terms of home furnishing and real estates or at least this is what you can notice by looking at the house he used to own nestled amongst the hills of Tuscany in Italy. ...