115-year old train crash that killed 100 Italian immigrants still stirs deep emotion
People from the Adrian area and local historians know the story of the "wreck on the Wabash." But outside of those circles, the train crash that took place in 1901 isn't especially well-known. There are many tragic elements to this story and for a thorough sense of what took place, you can read historian Laurie Perkins' book, "Wreck on the Wabash"...
Recital and Lecture ” A Beautiful Woman in Venice”
When: Sunday, August 7, 2016 4:30PMWhere: Italian American Museum of San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., Building C, San Francisco, CA 94123 Illustrated lecture by Author Kathleen Gonzalez who will present the biographies of Venetian composers Antonia Bembo and Barbara Strozzi, additionally including the histories of poet V...
Papageorgio's to replace Apple Creek Cafe
Papageorgio's Italian-American Restaurant is set to open Friday, Sept. 2, on Main Street in Waynesville where Apple Creek Cafe has operated for less than a year. Morgan and Brandon Anderson, owners of Apple Creek Cafe Bar & Grill, have decided to accept an offer from John and Sandra Troiani to take over the restaurant space. The T...
Making Sauce, Chasing Chickens Is My Destiny
By Gina Barreca Destiny: Those parts of your life you can't escape no matter how hard you've worked to avoid them. I was making tomato sauce the other afternoon just as my Sicilian grandmother taught me: searing the sausage and the chopped meat in separate frying pans while getting the olive oil, garlic, parsley and the oregano ready in other...
This Parmigiana has actually made a grown man cry
By Tina Danze Alfonso Cevola of Dallas has a family recipe for Eggplant Parmigiana unlike any you'll find in cookbooks. It's baked in a deep, round casserole or bowl. It doesn't call for frying the eggplant, or even a breadcrumb coating. It includes hard-cooked eggs, and it uses Pecorino Romano, not Parmigiano Reggiano. The recipe is so good that...
Vintage Eldorado Oct. 7 kicks off Italian Festival
by Johnathan L. Wright In its 35th year, the Eldorado Great Italian Festival is officially a long weekend. Vintage Eldorado, the Italian food and wine event introduced a few years ago, has always been held on the Thursday before the Italian Festival. But this year, the tasting is Friday, Oct. 7, in the Reno Ballroom, the event joining...
Fratellanza Society 150th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate our 150th Anniversary! We look forward to a festive evening as we embrace our Italian heritage and show Saint Louis what it means to be Italian. We will have several special features at this banquet:1) For the first time in over 40 years, an Italian Counsul will be attending a Fratellanza event. Consul General Giuseppe Finocch...
Love, food and music: Why Italian is now the world's fourth most studied language
Italian is growing in popularity as a foreign language around the world - but why the appeal? We asked our readers, whose reasons for learning the language ranged from family old and new to an appreciation of the food and culture - as well as some more unexpected factors. Italian has leapt to fourth place in terms of the most-studied languages wor...
Bleed for this Showcases Vinny Pazienza
by Joanne Giannini What a great night last night for former boxing champ, Vinny Pazienza! I was grateful to be invited to the premiere of the new movie "Bleed for this" at the Providence Place Mall IMAX movie theatre. Congratulations to Vinny and Producer Chad Verdi on what promises to be a winner! In a star studded event which fe...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley, Charity of Choice for the Los Angeles American Golf Association
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley has been selected as the Charity of Choice by the LAIAGA, Los Angeles Italian American Golf Association. The Boys & Girls Clubs will receive the proceeds from the LAIAGA's annual tournaments. "We are so pleased to select the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley to be our lo...
How Did Christmas Eve's Feast Of The 7 Fishes Start And Why? History, Facts And Menu Ideas
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is one of the most beloved Christmas Eve traditions in most Italian-American households-- as long as family members eating the ocean's bounty are seafood lovers. While some people heard tales about Nonna killing eels on the side of the bathtub, two things are true for most: The Feast and the Seven Fishes is all about f...
Vietnam hero gives rousing talk at Casa Italia
An enthusiastic crowd was held spellbound by Medal of Honor recipient Allen James Lynch during a special presentation hosted by the Italian American Veterans Museum. More than 100 attendees, many of them veterans, flocked to the Community Center at Casa Italia on Nov. 14 to share an evening with a true American hero. As an Army sergeant durin...