Italian favorites with urban flair in downtown Colorado Springs
The image of a red tomato splotch that practically screams "Splat!" is the perfect logo for a restaurant named Red Gravy. While the ruby-colored stuff may be its namesake, it isn't the glue that holds all the dishes together. Two offerings that showered me with Italian amore were not covered in the signature red sauce. I am enamored w...
Credere nei Sogni: Realize Your Dreams Panel @ Cipriani Wall St. (NYC) on May 17, 2016, 6:00PM
When: May 17, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMWhere: Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall St, New York, NY 10005Costs: Members $30, Non-members $40 - CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS TODAY! Join NOIAW's Young Professionals network for a dynamic conversation with four Italian American women who have turned their dreams into reality through creative entrepreneurs...
Rediscovering LA's Little Italy thanks to this upcoming museum
Chinatown hasn't always centered around the neon-filled Central Plaza; the enclave was originally settled at what's now Union Station. So what used to occupy current-day Chinatown before the train station was built? LA's mostly forgotten Little Italy. One museum is making sure that Angelenos don't forget about the Downtown neighborhood's I...
Join Friends of the Uffizi Gallery at Conde Contemporary Art Gallery in Coral Gables, Florida
Join Friends of the Uffizi Gallery at Conde Contemporary Art Gallery in Coral Gables, Florida for a Reception and Short Presentation- Saturday, June 25, 2016: The Valois Tapestries, Friends of the Uffizi Gallery's Current Restoration Project Eight sixteenth-century tapestries, collectively known as The Valois...
The new type of hotel rescuing Italy's hill villages
It was an unusual invasion: well-to-do people, most speaking strange tongues, and pulling their belongings behind them on little wheels. Arriving as couples, families, groups of friends, they spent money in the village shop and ate at its few restaurants. Feathers were occasionally ruffled when an outsider sat in some local's chair at the...
John Santucci, Prosecutor in High-Profile Cases in New York, Dies at 85
John J. Santucci, who as the Queens district attorney from 1977 to 1991 became a lightning rod of controversy in high-profile cases involving a fatal racial attack, a municipal corruption scandal and allegations of lethal police brutality, died on Sunday in Mineola, N.Y. He was 85. His death was confirmed by a grandson, John T. Santucci.&n...
Under New Management, Bella Napoli Becomes Frank’s Bella Napoli
A little more than a year after it opened, Bella Napoli, Neapolitan-style brick-oven pizzeria on Bay Parkway, has changed hands, and its new owner is adding a Sicilian flair to the menu. Palermo-born Frank Giambanco, who runs the joint with his wife Lucy and children Anthony and Jennifer, purchased the store from his friend Vincenzio Auriu...
Through the eyes of a child: my Italian village
[This is the first of a series of columns that explores the world of adults from the eyes of a child] I was raised in an Italian village surrounded by four generations of loving and colorful relatives. I remember well our daily life. Grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, fourteen cousins and family friends always seemed right there...
Meridiana airline to begin Milan to Miami flights
Italian airline Meridiana will begin serving Miami International Airport with two weekly flights from Milan starting on Dec. 2. MIA's current service to Italy includes daily direct flights to Milan with American Airlines and to Rome with Alitalia. MIA serves more than 275,000 passengers annually to and from Italy. "In the first quarte...
116-Year-Old Catholic Festival Returning To Niles For Second Year
by Tom Robb A unique Catholic religious festival with centuries of history returns to Niles early next month for the second year. The Maria SS Lauretana of Altavilla Milicia festival comes to Golf Mill Park and Church Street, near Golf Mill Shopping Center, from Friday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 5. Last year, Niles police estimated t...
Italian American Veterans Post 1 sets date for Festa Italiana
Italian American Veterans Post 1 at 4567 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, will be hosting its eighth Festa Italiana on Oct. 1. Entertainment will include Maria DiDonato and Hip to That, Joe Marotta, the Avanti Italian Band and Al Battistelli. Throughout the day there will be Italian food for sale, Italian bake goods, live music and raffles. A...
Ridgefield Park resident performs ‘The Italian Chicks’
Ridgefield Park resident and comedian Maryann "Boom Boom" Maisano is highlighting her experiences growing up in a traditional Italian-American family with her show "The Italian Chicks." Although she is originally from Fort Lee, Maisano has lived in Ridgefield Park since 2001. From an early age she knew she wanted to be onstage and spe...