Taste of Italy Dinner To Benefit Specialty School
It was a night of Italian food as Hope Hall School hosted a fundraiser to benefit its School Scholarship Program. The second annual Taste of Italy dinner benefit was held at the Italian-American Sports Club.Participants paid $40to enjoy Italian cuisine like eggplant parmesan and chicken marsala. A chinese raffle, 50/50 drawing and Italian...
Positano Restaurant relocating to Playhouse property
Westport's Positano Restaurant announces plans to relocate adjacent to Westport Country Playhouse in the space formerly occupied by The Dressing Room Restaurant. Currently located at 233 Hills Point Road, Positano will close at that site on Dec. 31, reopening on the Playhouse property in February 2015. "We're delighted to welcome Positano...
Parish Draws Italian Community Together
In early October, Our Lady of the Rosary Italian National Catholic Parish in San Diego's Little Italy will be celebrating Festa 2014, San Diego's Largest Rosary for Peace. In addition to this momentous celebration, according to Joseph Tabigue, Pastor of the parish, it is getting ready for its 100th year celebration. "Being a Pastor, my dut...
Historic exhibition of St. Francis of Assisi manuscripts coming to Brooklyn Borough Hall
By Mary Frost Historic 12th and 13th century manuscripts relating to St. Francis of Assisi are going on display starting Dec. 17 at Brooklyn Borough Hall, Borough President Eric Adams announced on Wednesday. "Friar Francis: Traces, Words and Images," is the biggest exhibition ever to be held at Borough Hall, and organizers expect it to be...
Giabella in Palm Coast: An Italian restaurant and pizzeria on a mission
With the racing season over, Motorsports Editor Godwin Kelly was able to steal away with his wife, Diane, to Giabella Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria in Palm Coast, and confront his culinary curiosity. How long has Giabella been open? The restaurant has been open for almost a year and flew under my nose radar for at least six months. I'm afraid I...
Con Italcheck le eccellenze alimentari italiane alla conquista degli USA
Italcheck, la start-up nata in Italia (a Torino) nel 2014 che permette ad aziende e consumatori di tracciare la filiera del Made in Italy e di certificare i prodotti realmente realizzati in Italia, sarà protagonista, insieme ad Agroqualità e alle aziende italiane certificate, di un tour americano lungo la West Coast. L'obiettivo è fare conoscere e...
Hamilton council set to review Italian-American Sportsmen's Club cleanup during public hearing
All sides of the nearly five-year-long battle over contamination and clean up of the Italian-American Sportsmen's Club site are set to appear before the township council at its Tuesday meeting. Council President Dennis Pone has invited representatives from the club, the township, environmentalists, neighbors, and the state Department of En...
Unica italiana in finale, poi Eco4Cloud trionfa al Tech Trailblazers
Era l'unica startup italiana ad essere arrivata in finale. E quella finale l'ha vinta alla grande. Eco4Cloud ha vinto il Tech Trailblazers, una dei più importanti contest mondiali per startup innovative nei settori Big Data, Cloud, FinTech, IoT, Mobile, Storage e Sustainable IT. Ed è proprio questo il settore che ha conquistato, accreditan...
A lecture by Federica Pedriali: "Deconstructing Rome" - March 05, 2015 at 6:00 pm
This presentation uses Paolo Sorrentino's La grande bellezza (2013) and Rosi's Sacro Gra (2013) to frame a selective deconstruction of the Eternal City. Paragraphs include Genius of Rome (broadly based on a long view of the city's primary logistics: place and time), Grand Narratives (focusing on an evolving Roman mythology driven by polari...
Helena restaurant named best in Montana
Lucca's Italian Restaurant in Helena has been named best in Montana by a business website. Lucca's is on the Walking Mall in downtown Helena. Owner Frederick Stout says he just happened to learn while talking to someone on Thursday that his business was named best restaurant in Montana in an article on MSN.com; the story originated on...
Ascolta, Hollywood!
Hollywood and Italian women; where are they? In general, the world has learned much about the character of women through the many decades of film and television. Various protagonists were mothers. We’ve seen the strong but self-sacrificing Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce, the conflicted Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice, modest but cour...
Sicilian Eatery Brelundi Opens in Waltham
Brelundi, a new Sicilian restaurant in Waltham, opens its doors today offering a robust assortment of street bites and dishes inspired by owner Michael Colomba’s southern Italian upbringing. The 20-seat counter service and takeout establishment located at 16 Felton Street serves Italian breakfast, lunch, and dinner items (hence the na...