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A new downtown restaurant is serving up authentic southern Italian and Sicilian-style cooking. Magdaleno Italian Restaurant opened last August, and had its official ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. Chef and owner, Ernesto Magdaleno, was trained in Little Italy, New York.   "He is the most amazing chef," said Polly Kenzie, the restaurant's ma...

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti said Monday he will extend his tenure as the musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through 2020. The famous maestro from Naples has thrilled audiences in Chicago since his arrival in 2010."Chicago is my home away from home, and I am very glad it will continue to be so," Muti said in a statement.  ...

With his previous Windy City restaurants, Paul Kahan paid tribute to European beer halls (The Publican) and the Mediterranean coast (Avec). Now, with Nico Osteria, his seventh establishment (and his first in a hotel, the glossy Thompson Chicago), Kahan turns his attention to Italy: specifically, the country's tradition of superlative seafood. &nbs...

by Dave Cathey   The Independent Film Channel's hit show "Portlandia" surmises the 1990s are alive and well and living in the Pacific Northwest, but a new restaurant in far northwest Oklahoma City is betting the decade lives on in the 405 area code, too. While "Portlandia" is known for putting a bird on things, this new old concept will...

By Laura Caparrotti Scrivo a poche ore dall'inizio dell'allestimento in teatro di Tosca e le altre due di Franca Valeri che la mia compagnia presenta alla Dicapo Opera dal 20 al 30 marzo. Questa è una ripresa, come si usa dire in termini teatrali, e ne sono particolarmente orgogliosa perché celebra uno dei miei miti, la grande e insuperabile Franc...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford's Division of Communication and the Arts will present "Italian American Reconciliation" this weekend, a romantic comedy by the writer of "Moonstruck." Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Studio Theater in Blaisdell Hall.   Read more  ...

La "top trenta" dei siti più visitati d'Italia è un viaggio emozionante nelle bellezze della Campania. La classifica è stilata dal ministero dei Beni Culturali che prende come punto di riferimento il numero di visitatori e crea l'elenco.   Al primo posto c'è, ovviamento, il Colosseo. Subito dopo gli scavi tormentati di Pompei e poi, via via,...

By Katherine Poythress Forbes says San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood downtown is one of the nation's top communities for young professionals. This week, it ranked San Diego 10th out of the top 25 cities for so-called Millennials, ages 25 to 34, and identified Little Italy as the city's most Millennial-friendly neighborhood.   New York,...

Un collegamento via Skype con il Metropolitan Opera di New York aprirà stasera la quattro-giorni di festa per la 63^ Sagra del Pesce presentata nei giorni scorsi in Liguria e in programma domenica a Camogli, con la distribuzione di tre tonnellate di frittura nel maxi-padellone del Guiness dei Primati di 26 quintali e quattro metri di diametro. &nb...

Since 2010, the Italian American Heritage Festival has drawn more than 30,000 people coming from a greater than five state area to enjoy a day in celebration of Italian heritage and culture. The festival features excellent Italian food, top-rated entertainment, and activities designed to involve attendees of all ages.   The Festival's missi...

Star Market is coming to town as part of the Boston Garden project and the team is reaching out to various neighborhood groups, most recently to the ITAM Post 8 and Friends of the North End Bocce League.   "As part of Shaw's and Star Market's longstanding ties to local communities for more than 150 years, the company on May 18th was pleased...

Vicenza incanta l'ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti d'America John R. Phillips. E' accaduto stamani quando il massimo rappresentante della diplomazia americana in Italia, in visita per la prima volta in città insieme alla moglie e al console generale Kyle R. Scott, è stato accompagnato dal vicesindaco Jacopo Bulgarini d'Elci prima in Basilica Palladia...