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When: May 7 and May 8 — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: Boston City Hall — 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MABarrique – The Third Life of Wood is collaboration between San Patrignano, an Italian non-profit, and over thirty of the world's leading designers and architects to create high-end furniture and décor using aged European wine barrels. The mission is to t...

There's nothing like a little comfort and a little fun, especially when it's all rolled up into one ... meatball, that is! Meatball & Co. is the newest addition to Darien's most tasteful establishments, but this one is a little different. This is a place where quality ingredients come together in the form of cleverly created meatballs and...

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...

Delight your senses with the music and dancing of Newpoli, a group of exceptionally talented musicians who specialize in Southern Italian Folk Music & Dancing   Friday, October 17 at 8:30 pm - 41 Hampshire St, Cambridge 02139 - (617)876-5160 For information and tickets, click here Tickets, $20 in advance, $22 a...

by Paul Hyde   "Veremonda, L'Amazzone Di Aragona" ("Veremonda, the Amazon of Aragona") takes place on Gibraltar. The Spanish Queen Veremonda, sung by the wonderful Vivica Genaux, is frustrated about the lack of progress in the war against the Moors. What's to account for the delay? King Alfonso is distracted by his scientific studies.  ...

Join NOIAW's Rhode Island Region for an "Italian Afternoon" starring violinist Grazia Raimondi at the Newport Music Festival on Saturday, July 18th at 4PM at the Elms Tent in Newport. Raimondi will be joined by seven other classical musicians including Jiří Bárta (cello), Terezie Fialová (piano), and Coline-Marie Orliac (harp.)   The pe...

By Stephen Fries   This column started out with the idea of sleuthing out recipes for dishes you enjoyed at area restaurants. It still does, and has grown to include columns related to "everything food." I have been a subscriber to Bon Appetit magazine for many years and have enjoyed their R.S.V.P. column where they also seek out restau...

by Carla Balzano   Fiorella's in Newtonville is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary in August. Throughout the month, it will be offering delicious dishes for $15. The dishes will vary and rotate daily. Some of the meals they are offering are Lobster Ravioli Florentine, Chicken Limoncello, Pork Chop Madeira, and etc. If that isn't incentiv...

James Ring, author of the 5-star terrorist thriller Necessary Assets, has shifted genres with his second book, 784 Broadway, where he brings to life his immigrant Italian heritage by recounting summer visits to his family's small greengrocer store in New York's Hudson Valley. Ring's stories, rich with humor and wisdom, span nearly three decade...

Bakers are asking state lawmakers to make it easier for them to mass produce an Italian-American treat. The state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass legislation that would create a special wine biscuit license allowing bakers to buy up to 2,000 gallons of wine a year from wholesalers.   North Providence baker and Town Councilwoman K...

Italian-Americans who made Springfield their home many years ago brought the game of bocce to Western Massachusetts. Bocce is now more popular than ever thanks in no small part to bocce enthusiast Rico Daniele. The south end food store owner champions the game. He's been largely responsible for its continued growth here in the Pioneer Val...

When: January 17-18-19 — 8 p.m. Where: Boston Symphony Hall — 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA [map] For tickets, please visit www.bso.org. To mark the bicentennial of Verdi's birth in 1813, Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, music director of the Orchestre National de France, leads the BSO in three performances of the composer's Requiem with t...