The Barre Telegram, Parte Italiana, and S. Pallavicini
From 1898 to 1903, Henry C. Whitaker edited the Barre Evening Telegram, which will soon be available in Chronicling America. Barre was the center of Vermont's thriving granite industry, with a significant population of Scottish and Italian immigrants, and the Telegram reported on the granite business, union and labor issues, and immigrant...
Un balanzone sbarcato a Boston
"Sono un appassionato di cinema. Se mi chiedi 'come va?' io ti rispondo con una battuta di Pulp Fiction". Così Emanuele Capoano, 39 anni, di Crotone, ci spiega come mai a un certo punto della sua vita ha deciso di abbandonare gli studi universitari di Scienze Politiche a Firenze per diventare proiezionista, quello che taglia le pizze, i rulli delle...
Music Performance: The Pillars - Saturday, October 4, 2014 @ 7pm – 8:30pm
The Pillars: Boston's latest Italy-inspired musical project will kick off the West End Museum's fifth annual celebration of Italian Heritage Month. Headed by Milan-native singer-songwriter Cristina Vaira along with guitarist Alejandro Ramirez Cisneros, the Pillars blend their Italian and Mexican heritages with the American culture and incr...
Italians win US biomass build
Italian company Turboden has been chosen to supply the world's largest biomass-based organic rankine cycle power unit for a plant in Maine, US. The ORC system will produce 8MW for Maine Woods Pellet's Athens facility, converting the heat of thermal oil generated by wood residues from de-barking and chipping operations. Read more ...
Evo Falcinelli, fire department life member
Evo Falcinelli, 86, of Ridgefield, husband of Irene (Salvestrini) Falcinelli, died on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Danbury Hospital. Born in Danbury, Nov. 19, 1929, son of the late Andrea and Franca (Travaglini) Falcinelli and raised in Ridgefield, Mr. Falcinelli attended Ridgefield schools and graduated from Ridgefield High School with the Class of...
Two-year position at Mount Holyoke College
The Italian Studies Program at Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a full-time, visiting faculty member in Italian to begin fall 2016. This is a two-year teaching position, with competitive salary and benefits. Particular attention will be given to candidates whose area of specialization is the Mediterranean and/or the Medieval/Renaissan...
Mapping Eataly Boston
By Jenna Pelletier Get ready to deck the halls with soppressata. Just in time for holiday gifting (and gluttony), the Italian food temple known as Eataly has opened in the Prudential Center. Like the chain's other stateside outposts—one in Chicago, two in New York—the three-level, 45,000-square-foot dining-and-gourmet-shopping complex mar...
MET Opera at Rockport Music: Rossini’s La Donna del Lago
When: Saturday, March 14, 2015 – 12:55 p.m.Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center – 37 Main St, Rockport, MAThe show is a HD screening of the MET Opera performance. Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of vocal virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel b...
The Italian expansion from New Haven to North Haven
by Kent Pierce North Haven has plenty of Italian people and businesses, but it doesn't have a Little Italy like Wooster Square in New Haven. Immigrants settled there fresh off the boat. Their children and grandchildren now live in suburbs like this. The one big exception? Some very recent immigrants who are burning up the bocce courts. &n...
Andarsene sognando di Eugenio Marino - Book presentation
Join us for a wonderful afternoon as author Eugenio Marino discusses his book, "Andarsene sognando, L'emigrazione nella canzone italiana" Introduction by Adolfo Gatti, Segretario PD Boston. Sen. Renato Turano and Nicola Orichuia, founder of Bostoniano Magazine will join the author in the panel discussion. Saturday, June 6 -&nb...
Eatery/market expanding into Portsmouth
by Jason Schreiber Joe Faro knew it had potential as soon as he spotted an abandoned movie theater on Route 1. As the owner and chief food taster at Tuscan Kitchen & Tuscan Market, Faro has been looking for opportunities to expand his growing business that offers customers a real Italian experience. "I've been looking around...
Eataly: The Italian Cuisine of Your Dreams
To take a break from (or procrastinate on) holiday shopping, be sure to check out Eataly Boston, a bustling Italian marketplace that just opened up in the Prudential Center. Eataly is packed with an impressive variety of authentic Italian foods, drinks, and culinary activities such as free live cooking demonstrations and ticketed hands-on...