For many in Cambridge – a college town – late summer heralds the return of students to the city. Families, teachers and students seek a last gasp of freedom before a return to the fall routine, and those who thrive on the warm temperatures and long days of summer coming slowly to terms with the reappearance of all things pumpkin spice. Late summer...
READ MOREFine Italian and upscale pizza are all the rage, and often in the same nook (Source and Gufo, to name two). But you can find old-school Italian comfort this side of the river too, in the long-established Gran Gusto and Trattoria Pulcinella. We’ve extolled the virtues of Gran Gusto (big fan of the O’Re truffle pizza), so we now shine the light on Pu...
READ MOREBlue Heron continues its multi-year exploration of the Italian madrigal with “Tasso & Wert,” a new program featuring dramatic scenes and lyrics by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-95) set to music by the Flemish composer Giaches de Wert (1535-96) and others. Taking place on Saturday, March 23 at 8pm at First Church in Cambridge, the performanc...
READ MOREGufo, the latest restaurant from Coda Restaurant Group, will open Friday at 660 Cambridge St. in Cambridge. The modern Italian restaurant opens with dinner service as the first stage for the multifunctional, 4,200-square-foot space. Next month, Gufo will open its café, serving house-made pastries and enoteca-inspired sandwiches such as mortadella a...
READ MOREWhen: Sun, February 26, 2023, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM - Where: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts 41 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Our event features a presentation from talented students, a mesmerizing magician, lively music and dancing. This two-hour event promises to be a blast for children and adult of all ages.
READ MORESunday, January 8, 2023, 4:00 PM EST. Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts - 41 Hampshire Street - Cambridge, MA. Please join us as we welcome La Befana back to Boston this year! This annual event sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy Boston, The Dante Alighieri Society, Comites Boston, and C.A.S.IT celebrates the traditional Italian holi...
READ MOREThursday, Nov 10 - 7PM | 41 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA. RSVP Here. “Aida” is Verdi’s grandest operatic spectacle, and one of his greatest musical achievements. From its premiere onward, the opera has remained a key staple of the repertoire -for 150 years! The powerful tale of forbidden love and political intrigue set in the exotic locale of ancien...
READ MOREAs part of our local repertory theaters’ conspiracy to keep me from spending any time outdoors this summer, over the next three months the Harvard Film Archive will be screening “The Complete Federico Fellini,” a comprehensive retrospective of the Italian cinema legend’s entire filmography, which contains more masterpieces than I can count on one h...
READ MOREThere’s no lack of pizza styles in Greater Boston — wood-fired, Neapolitan-inspired pies; South Shore-style bar pizza; floppy New York slices; Detroit-style “squares”; New England Greek (think [insert town here] House of Pizza); and even beach pizza. But Si Cara, a restaurant opening early this summer in Cambridge’s Central Square, is giving the re...
READ MORESunday, May 1 2022. 18:30 – 23:00 EDT. Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Doors open at 6.30 PM, Dinner start at 7.15 PM. Register. Pasta competition among Italian Student Societies from the Boston area. Vaccination required to attend. It's that time of the year you were all waiting for...Pasta Chall...
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