American Italian Library Finds New Home

News with a Twist: Anne Cutler Reports Sal Serio's a walking encyclopedia of Italian culture. “We have the arts, the languages, music, we have oral history.”

Amistad Celebration A Soulful, Soul-Food Event

Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page In greater Hartford, Billy Grant's name is synonymous with Italian-American cuisine. But the owner of Grant's, Restaurant Bricco and Bricco Trattoria is about to prove he can do fried chicken just as well as ricotta gnocchi.

Some Blacks insist: Don't call me African-American!

February is Black history month, and while minorities point to President Obama as an example of how far they've come... there is still a divide in the country. The- "of African-American descent label

Reel Injun

Recommended THE FILM: Reel Injun is a film with a knotty, fascinating, and important story to tell about the intersection of Native American history with the medium--the cinema--that was born just as that history seemed to be coming to a tragic, ignobly inflicted end. Director Neil Diamond (no, not that Neil Diamond) is himself a Native American of the Cree tribe (which inhabits a far northern ...

Mathias, Contini to host Italian-American Festival

The Tuscarawas County Italian-American Festival Foundation has selected Joanne Mathias and Dolly Contini of Dover as this year’s honorary hostesses.