Tourism industry’s competitiveness grows, but taxes, costs and poor marketing still hinder crucial sector
Italy is only eighth in the rankings of the most competitive countries in tourism according to the World Economic Forum, the organizer of the Davos summit. In the biennial report that lines up 141 countries based on the "Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index," Italy has improved its placement since 2013 (26th) but it still comes in behi...
NIAF, festa italiana per i 40 anni
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, uno dei luoghi storici di una Milano in fasto e in festa per Expo 2015. Oltre il cortile, dopo una visita privata agli schizzi di Leonardo Da Vinci, si è consumata la cena di gala in onore della NIAF, la National Italian American Foundation. L'occasione è delle più importanti: quest'anno cade il 40esimo anniversario...
An Italian Afternoon at the Newport Music Festival
Join NOIAW's Rhode Island Region for an "Italian Afternoon" starring violinist Grazia Raimondi at the Newport Music Festival on Saturday, July 18th at 4PM at the Elms Tent in Newport. Raimondi will be joined by seven other classical musicians including Jiří Bárta (cello), Terezie Fialová (piano), and Coline-Marie Orliac (harp.) The pe...
Aniello’s in East Haven re-creates dish from famed New Haven restaurant
By Stephen Fries This column started out with the idea of sleuthing out recipes for dishes you enjoyed at area restaurants. It still does, and has grown to include columns related to "everything food." I have been a subscriber to Bon Appetit magazine for many years and have enjoyed their R.S.V.P. column where they also seek out restau...
Fiorella’s To Celebrate Fifteenth Anniversary
by Carla Balzano Fiorella's in Newtonville is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary in August. Throughout the month, it will be offering delicious dishes for $15. The dishes will vary and rotate daily. Some of the meals they are offering are Lobster Ravioli Florentine, Chicken Limoncello, Pork Chop Madeira, and etc. If that isn't incentiv...
Benefit Car & Truck Show in West Haven Sunday
The West Haven Italian American Civic Association will host its second annual Car & Truck Show to benefit Fisher House for military families Sunday at 85 Chase Lane. The event, co-hosted by Blood Sweat and Gears Car Club, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there's a donation of $10 per show car. There will be goodie bags, dash pl...
Stop ai gadget di mafia: quasi cinquemila firme a sostegno della petizione di Radio 100 passi
di Grazia La paglia Quella sagoma bianca di Marlon Brando su uno sfondo nero inizia a star stretta ai siciliani. L'icona della trilogia de Il Padrino riprodotta su tazze, magliette, portachiavi e accendini è ormai l'immagine di una realtà che punta a voltare pagina e non vuol più essere vista come una terra esclusivamente di mafia. ...
'Lost Child' Wraps Up Ferrante's Neapolitan Series With 'Perfect Devastation'
by Maureen Corrigan If you don't know Elena Ferrante — and judging by conversations I've had, many readers still don't know her books — it's partly because Ferrante herself doesn't want to be known. "I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors," Ferrante declared in a letter to her publisher in 199...
Italian-American eatery to open at The Joule
by Korri Kezar Over the next several months, some of Dallas' most well-known chefs and restaurateurs are opening a diverse set of new concepts. From antipasti to steamed ginger shrimp dumplings, the eateries are slated to appeal to a wide set of diners. Upscale Kansas City-style barbecue restaurant 18th & Vine plans to open at...
Little Italy's 21st annual FESTA! kicks off
by Ashley Jacobs Little Italy's FESTA! is shaping up to be bigger than ever this year. Since 1994, FESTA! has been a dream come true for Italian Americans in the San Diego community. It has marked the annual celebration of Little Italy's culture and heritage as an official neighborhood. Now, 21 years later, San Diego's Little...
Jersey City's soon-to-close Thirty Acres scooped up by buzzy chef Ryan DePersio
By Vicki Hyman Kevin Pemoulie's ambitious — maybe too ambitious — Thirty Acres in Jersey City will be closing up in November, but another acclaimed young chef will be taking over the space: Ryan DePersio of Montclair'sFascino, Jersey City's Battello, and Nico Kitchen + Bar at Newark's NJPAC. The space itself needs little work, so...
Palio, at the Italian American Museum
Friday, October 30th, 6:30 P.M. - Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013. The Italian American museum presents: Palio. A Documentary Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NGAIKMtvxY - Directed and Written by Cosima Spender, Produced and W...