Milwaukee Buzz - April 8, 2009
Festa Italiana and the ICC launch quake relief fund
To aid relief efforts after the shattering earthquake that rocked Italy's Abruzzo region on Monday, Milwaukee's Festa Italiana and the Italian Community Center (ICC) launched a relief fund to help collect local donations.
Tags: icc, festa italiana, earthquake, l'aquila, william jennaro, italy

Arts & Entertainment - Feb. 24, 2009
Milwaukee's Spicuzza writes a love letter to Italy
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza has lived in L.A. for a decade now, but her ties to Milwaukee are as strong as ever. Now, in her new book, Spicuzza explores her relationship to another place. "My Italia," published by her own Libri Publishers, collects Spicuzza's prose and poetry about her ancestral homeland. It is a love letter to a country she first discovered more than a dozen years ago.
Tags: Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, Guy Hoffmann, Sylvia Spicuzza, Francesco Spicuzza, Italy, Sicily, Seasons and a Muse, My Italia

Dining - Feb. 16, 2009
Albanese's on Keefe is closed
Yesterday, Albanese's, 701 E. Keefe Ave., quietly served its last plate of pasta. The last Frank Sinatra tune droned from the jukebox. The last basket of free bread perched on a red-and-white-checkered tablecloth.
Tags: albanese's, italian food, riverwest restaurants, pasta, pizza, italy

Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 23, 2008
Viva Italia! A trip to Venice, Tuscany and Florence
There isn't really a bad time to visit Italy and devour unforgettable art, architecture and food, but OnMilwaukee.com travel expert Craig Stoehr visited in the early fall and was thrilled to discover that the weather was nearly perfect and his three main stops were not overcrowded with tourists.
Tags: italy, venice, tuscany, florence, Il Latini, Hotel Cavour, Duomo, Uffizi Gallery, Slowly Bar, Buca Mario, cipriani, caffe florian, gran caffe quadri

Music - Oct. 9, 2008
Label deal takes The Goodnight Loving to Europe
Milwaukee's The Goodnight Loving has inked a deal with Italy's Wild Honey Records that not only means a European release of the band's latest self-titled disc. It also means that the label has helped the quintet add two weeks of Italian dates to its European tour in November and December.
Tags: Goodnight Loving, Europe, Italy, Wild Honey Records, Dusty Medical, Varedo, Milwaukee '50s Diner