Estate 2016: crescono i turisti - I dati ENIT
È in crescita nel nostro Paese il turismo organizzato per l'estate 2016. Lo dimostrano i risultati dell'indagine svolta dall'ENIT, condotta su ben 26 mercati e che ha coinvolto oltre 150 tra i principali Tour Operator stranieri, per verificare l'andamento delle vendite del prodotto-Italia in quella che si presenta come una già ben avviata stagione...
Review: Modern on the Rails Brings Italian to a 19th-Century Station
Westchester County has some evocative old train stations, and the 19th-century brick beauty in Mamaroneck is among the loveliest. Unused for travel for years, it opened last October as the setting for Modern on the Rails, a new outpost of the beloved Modern restaurant in New Rochelle. Enter the restaurant and you will immediately feel a se...
Pittsfield UNICO Chapter Awards Scholarships
The Pittsfield Chapter of UNICO held their scholarship awards ceremony at the Italian American Club in June inin conjunction with the Paul J. Capitanio Jr. Memorial Football Scholarship award ceremony. Since 1987 the Pittsfield UNICO chapter has given out over $285,000 in scholarships throughout Berkshire County. The ceremony was the culm...
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana - 5:30pm-9:30pm. Join IALOC for our annual Bocce Tournament at Il Fornaio in Irvine, California. Appetizers are included in the cost of attendance of $20.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members. The Bocce Tournament will guarantee that you will play at...
You need to try the spinach focaccia at Vace Italian Deli
Vace Italian Deli has rightfully earned a following for its pizza, which flouts standard practice by putting the tomato sauce on top of the cheese. But when I recently wandered into the Cleveland Park location, I decided to forgo the pleasure of the pie and try something new. Let's just say this: The spinach focaccia ($3.50) will put up a...
With Agrodolce, a family delves deeper into Sicily’s cuisine
This month, Angelo D'Alo will open Agrodolce, a Sicilian restaurant in Berkeley. But from the very start, there was little doubt that he would get into the restaurant business. His food career began improbably decades ago as a San Francisco Chronicle paper boy. His mother, Rosa D'Alo, was bored as a housewife in the 1980s and was itching t...
Concert by Italian singer-songwriter pop star Max Gazzè
October 10 - 8pm - Martyr's, 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Singer, songwriter and bassist Max Gazzè's twenty-five year career has seen the artist become a leading statesman of Italian song. Born in Rome and raised in Brussels, where his father served as a diplomat, Gazzè has collaborated with the likes of Franco Battiato and Carm...
Troy Treasures: Italian flavor part of city’s heritage
When I was a young child, I assumed everyone in Troy was Italian. Heck, I thought the whole world was paisan. And why wouldn't I? My two neighborhoods growing up were filled with names that ended in vowels. My life started at 7 Havermans Ave., surrounded by my cousins, the Brunos, Clementes, Pitanellos, Montellos, Sorrentos and Ciccar...
“Boston Stands With Italy” Brings Community Together to Raise Earthquake Relief Funds
Boston's Italian community and local restaurants raised over $60,000 at "Boston Stands With Italy," a fundraiser held on Sunday, October 23rd at Steriti rink in the North End. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy in late August, leveling entire towns and resulting in devastating loss and the deaths of 298 people. Funds will support...
Reviving an old-school deli in northeast Minneapolis -- with Kickstarter help
by Mecca Bos We wrote about Jessi Rivera last year when we noticed that she was diligently doing work on the old Delmonico's Italian Deli space in Northeast. By some act of kismet, she walked into the local institution one day and told third-generation owners Bob and Terry Delmonico: "I've been dreaming my whole life of opening a place ju...
Diego Calaon: Wood, Water, and Slaves. How Venice Came into the World
Thursday, December 8 2016 - 6.30 pm - StartupHouse - 934 Howard St, San Francisco, CA. Venice suffers from its legends. Legends narrate Venice as a symbol of the end of the Roman Age. Venice represents the place where the noble Romans rescued themselves from the barbarian hordes: Venetians would have been forced to move to an unwelcoming islan...
That's My Country: nuovo programma su RAI Italia
Quattro puntate per un dicembre speciale: su Rai Italia va in onda da domani un nuovo programma "That's my country", un viaggio avventuroso alla scoperta delle proprie radici. Una coppia formata da un italiano residente all'estero e un componente importante della sua famiglia, ogni settimana verificherà la propria "italianità", per 5 giorni, 5 tapp...