Pompeii to celebrate season with song
In keeping with the spirit of the season, the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii will host its 15th annual Mary and Christmas celebration on Dec. 5. Maestro Paul French will once again lead the incomparable William Ferris Chorale through a diverse program that will include a pair of beloved themes by Ennio Morricone, songs dedicated to the Blessed...
Ciao, Bella! Two Girls. One Gun. The Mob. Find out why Alto has audiences laughing and craving lasagna!
by Lisa Tedesco Introducing the next installment for your viewing and lesbian DVD collection pleasure! Alto, a new film from writer/director Mikki del Monico, brings you the story of la famiglia (the family)! In Italian culture nothing is more important than family (and food). I happen to be of large Italian descent, father from C...
Bubbling up: Italy's other Ferrari
Italians call it a brindisi, the celebratory clinking of glasses to mark a special occasion. And if the occasion is really special, there is a good chance it will involve fizz from Ferrari, the country's market leader in the production of top-end sparkling wine. A 113-year-old family-run business based at Trento in the foothills of th...
Robert De Niro-Helmed A Bronx Tale Musical Announces Complete Casting
by Hayley Levitt The complete cast and creative team has been announced for the world-premiere musical adaptation of A Bronx Tale at Paper Mill Playhouse. Performances are set to run from February 4-March 6, 2016, with an official February 14 opening. Based on Chazz Palminteri's acclaimed one-man show and subsequent 1993 film, A B...
Warrior: a journey around NBA through the eyes of an Italian fan
by Serena Perfetto Fortune favors the brave, they say and, when it comes, you can't say "No". The "Buona Fortuna" - as called by Italians - helped Sergio Cerbone, an Italian professional from Milan, realize some of his dreams but it took some good efforts and persistence to make all of them happen at the same time. In 2013, when he turned...
Holy cannoli! Readers share where to find beloved Italian pastry
by Patricia Talorico I hope you have a sweet tooth. Our mailbag, and voice mail, was flooded with suggestions after a reader last week asked where to find good cannoli now that Serpe's Bakery in Elsmere is out of commission due to its Dec. 24 fire. We received dozens of ideas in and around Delaware. Clara and Jack Rust of Newark s...
Italian restaurant Orenccios opens at River and Campbell
By Andi Berlin Just in time for Valentine's Day: The bustling Joesler Village shopping center at River and Campbell has a new date spot specializing in gourmet Italian food. Orenccios Ristorante Terrazza opened its doors last week, bringing in wood-fired pizzas and a substantial seafood menu including dishes like lobster ravioli a...
Conversation with comedian Frank Ferrante and his stage persona, Groucho
by Valerio Viale The New York Times has proclaimed Italian-American comedian/ director/producer Frank Ferrante (Los Angeles, April 26, 1963) as "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material." So, don't be surprised if his current show, An Evening with Groucho, is a regular sold-out. If you want to see the comedi...
Couple behind Paolo’s plot Italian supper club
by Hanna Raskin By Elizabeth Hall's reckoning, there are 136 Italian restaurants in Charleston. Hall admits she's counting every restaurant with even a tenuous connection to tomato sauce, but her tally speaks to the local enthusiasm for Italian-style cooking. "We don't have a Little Italy, but what we do have that I get really jaz...
Journalism professor speaks on Italian-Irish relations
Paul Moses, professor of journalism at Brooklyn College, will discuss his book "An Unlikely Union, the Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians" when he speaks at a meeting of the Bay Ridge Historical Society on March 16. Moses, a former city editor at Newsday, will be the guest speaker at the meeting, set to take place at the Shore Hi...
Piazza, Park and Pomodoro - Updates from North Beach
Little Italy is no longer little, nor has it been for a while. As a matter of fact, what once was the Italian District on the West Coast has morphed/transformed into one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in the Bay Area. With that vibrancy comes change and below are updates on three major community projects previously reported by L'Italo-Americano....
Italian Spaghetti Western Zombie, “Garrett,” Getting Adapted to Television
Italian production company Wildside is venturing into unexplored genre TV territory with an adaptation of the Spaghetti Western Zombie, "Garrett," based on the eponymous Italian comic book which has a cult following in Europe, Variety reports. "The comic book takes its cue from Sam Peckinpah's classic western movie "Pat Garrett and Billy t...