Italian Street Painting Marin hires executive director
Kevin Marlatt has been named executive director of Italian Street Painting Marin to head the organization's annual two-day festival in downtown San Rafael. Marlatt has been involved in arts education and nonprofit organizations for more than 25 years, most recently working as the arts program coordinator for the Mill Valley recreation depa...
Gerardi's Farmers Market opens for the season in New Brighton
Spring has sprung: Gerardi's Farmers Market opened Monday in New Brighton. To make reference to the children's story, "White Snow, Bright Snow" by Alvin Tresselt: There was no feel or look of snow in front of the warehouse stretch next to the "Salt Mines." But along with a damp March wind blowing down Richmond Terrace, the sun shone strongly on a...
Sicilian chef Bonetta dell'Oglio in Charleston this weekend
The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival hosts Sicilian chef Bonetta dell'Oglio for two meals this weekend. The first will be held at Mercantile and Mash on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $150 per diner and include six courses and wine. The second, a brunch at Wild Olive, will be held on Sun. April 10 at noon. Tickets are $45 and include thre...
Ask A San Francisco Native: On North Beach And Italian Food
Dear Rain, Best Italian restaurant in North Beach? Signed, Hungry Dear Hungry, Until you asked me that question I hadn't really realized that when I'm looking to get some Italian food, North Beach is never the first place I think of to go. And in fact, I'm having a hard time thinking if it ever was, because when I want Italian...
Concerti, Laura Pausini: annunciato il tour americano 'Similares US & Latin America 2016'. Tutte le date
La cantante romagnola ha confermato oggi gli appuntamenti dal vivo che la vedranno protagonista oltreoceano tra la prossima estate e la fine del prossimo autunno: dopo gli appuntamenti in Italia con il tour di "Simili", Laura Pausini si sposterà in Canada, dove farà partire da Toronto il prossimo 26 luglio la stringa di date. Dopo altri tr...
Irene Ciuffoletti: Fourth-oldest person living in the U.S. passes away
Irene Ciuffoletti, a verified Italian-American supercentenarian, has passed away aged 113. The Gerontology Research Group, which tracks people older than 110 worldwide, says she was the fourth-oldest person living in the U.S. She was born Jan. 19, 1903, in the Italian region of Basilicata, and emigrated to New Kensington, Pennsylvania, in...
Maestro Riccardo Muti returns to La Scala with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Time heals all wounds, even the deepest and most painful. Conductor Riccardo Muti returns to Milan's Teatro alla Scala with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which he has led since 2010 for two concerts on January 20 and 21, 2017. For the Maestro, who will present two different programs, it will be the first official return to Milan after he...
Stradivari and the magic of his instruments
By Francesca Bezzone You don't need to be a music expert to know the name "Stradivari" (or Stradivarius, its latinized version). Along with his lesser known, but just as talented, Cremonese luthiers colleagues, Amati and Guarneri, he wrote a considerable piece of the history of music. Born around 1644, his family was old Cremona through and throug...
Visiting Sant'Antonio's Relic (and More) in NYC's Historic Little Italy
After work Thursday night I stopped by Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter St.) in NYC's historic Little Italy to venerate Saint Anthony's relic, on loan from Padua, Italy. Visiting five different churches in celebration of the Feast of St. Anthony (June 13th), this was the fourth tour of the saint's relic in the archdiocese in two years. ...
Gay Talese will promote new book, backs off earlier comments
By Hillel Italie Gay Talese has disavowed his disavowal. A day after saying the credibility of his upcoming book, "The Voyeur's Motel," was "down the toilet" because he felt he had been deceived by the story's primary source, the celebrated author and journalist said he will be promoting it. "I was upset and probably said some th...
Hertel Avenue gearing up for 29th annual Italian festival
Starting Thursday, a strip of Hertel Avenue will be transformed into a 4-day celebration of Italian food, music and culture. The Galbani Cheese Italian Heritage and Food Festival of Buffalo is kicking off its 29th year along the "Little Italy" section of North Buffalo. This year's festival will be packed with local food vendors, the a...
THAT'S LUNCH: Daniele's charms with delicious Italian fare
By Cheyenne Dorsagno This week's review is about Daniele Imports, 1556 Mohawk St., Utica. Intern Cheyenne Dorsagno and her parents, Harry and Dawn, went there recently and had this to say: About the restaurant: Growing up, even as a broke teenager, it was easy to scrape up six quarters and walk around the corner from my home to Daniele's...