Italian teen Pop-Opera trio IL VOLO comes to Playhouse Square this winter
IL VOLO, the critically acclaimed Italian teen pop-opera trio, has announced a 35-date U.S. tour that will include a February 24 stop at Playhouse Square's State Theatre for one 8 pm show. Tickets go on sale Fri., Aug. 21 at 11 am at playhousesquare.org and 216-241-6000, priced at $99; $75; $65; $50; $35 and $10 Smart Seats. Special limited packag...
Joseph DeFranco to speak at Italian American Heritage Club meeting on Sept. 15 in Hampton
The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Grand Colonial Restaurant in Hampton, at 6:45 p.m. Joseph DeFranco is the author of "Growing Up in the Butcher Shop" which is a delightful narrative about his great love for family, friends, Italian heritage and food. DeFr...
Diving into the Wine World of Campania with Filippo de Magistris
by Jennifer Martin It's always a pleasure to speak with folks of Italian heritage, but when they come from the same region as your own family — Campania — and even the same province and town, Candida, then it gets very exciting. I recently had the pleasure to meet Filippo de Magistris, one of the restaurant owners of Il Casale in Lexingto...
Nonni's biscotti among fall-oriented foods
by Ann Brown If you can't tell it's fall by the 90-degree weather, just step into a grocery store for sure signs of the change of season. Many food companies and stores themselves are filling the shelves with autumnal flavors. Biscotti baker Nonni's has introduced two perfect-for-dipping-in-your-coffee limited-edition holiday fla...
Meet Maria Lisella, the New Queens Poet Laureate!
This past June, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz swore in Astoria resident and Queens native Maria Lisella as the new Queens Poet Laureate. Maria will be joining us at Central Library on Sunday, October 11 at 2:00 p.m. for our Open Mic for Poets. Maria Lisella is the sixth poet to serve as the borough's Poet Laureate. Born in S...
RAPSODIA ITALIANA: Music by Contemporary Italian Female Composers
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò24 West 12th StreetNew York, NY 10011 OCTOBER 21, 2015 - 06:00 PM With Rapsodia Italiana, pianist Alessandra Garosi returns to Casa Italiana to perform and present music for solo piano written by various female composers active in Italy during the 20th century. The styles of these composers range from post-Romanticism...
Mina Test Kitchen’s new incarnation, Little Italy, debuts Saturday night
By Sarah Fritsche This is your friendly reminder that the new incarnation of Michael Mina's Test Kitchen, Little Italy, debuts this Saturday night (October 31).As Inside Scoop reported last month, the Italian American-themed menu will be a tribute to the rustic Italian immigrant cooking of chef Adam Sobel's grandmother and the Sunday famil...
Mantua: the 2016 Italian Capital of Culture
by Claudia Astarita The Lombard city of Mantua vigorously beat its rivals out, namely the nine finalists Aquileia, Como, Ercolano, Parma, Pisa, Pistoia, Spoleto, Taranto and Terni. Not only it received the "glory of capital", but also 1 million Euros to carry out all the activities related to this new title awarded. Dario Francesc...
Lingua e cultura Italiana: strumento di integrazione in Italia e nel mondo: convegno a Detroit
"Lingua e cultura italiana: strumento di integrazione in Italia e nel mondo" è il titolo del convegno promosso dal Comites di Detroit e dalla deputata Fucsia Nissoli sotto gli auspici dell'Osservatorio della lingua italiana. Il convegno si terrà il prossimo 21 novembre dalle 16 nella sede dell'Italia American Cultural Society (43843 Romeo Plank Roa...
Delicious, standard Italian served with great prices
A plate of spaghetti, a glass of wine and thou. It's still enough for most of us, and even in Santa Fe we can still get it at Piccolino, a small, friendly Italian-American place on Agua Fria Street. Best of all, the spaghetti and the wine, as well as dozens of other classics ranging from deep-fried calamari and braised lamb shank to chicke...
Paulie Gee's adds Cincinnati to pizza franchise rollout
by Andy Brownfield One of Brooklyn's highest-rated pizzerias, Paulie Gee's in Greenpoint, continues its franchise plans and has a new destination in mind — Cincinnati. And it's all because of a local Ohio entrepreneur, who hails from the East Coast. " I know it sounds crazy, but I really became enamored with pizzerias that used wood-fired...
Piada Italian restaurant to open in Chanhassen
Piada Italian Street Food will celebrate the grand opening of its first Minnesota restaurant Dec. 19 in Chanhassen at 190 Lake Drive East. This will be the restaurant's 26th location nationwide. Piada combines modern Italian cuisine in made-to-order meals. The menu, originally inspired by Italian food carts, offers guests an array of health-co...