A Northport, Long Island native, Messina discovered theater in high school.
Chris Messina Isn’t Just Dr. Castellano on ‘The Mindy Project’|Melissa Leon|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In person, Messina is a bit like Danny, minus the curmudgeon qualities.
Chris Messina Isn’t Just Dr. Castellano on ‘The Mindy Project’|Melissa Leon|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, not only do people recognize Messina, they stop him on the street and demand that he answer for his characters.
Chris Messina Isn’t Just Dr. Castellano on ‘The Mindy Project’|Melissa Leon|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over the weekend, 111 Ethiopians jumped the fence at a Messina refugee camp and disappeared.
Refugees Head to Sicily in ‘Biblical Exodus’|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Messina busily stroked Google and Silicon Valley for Obama 2012; Obamacare, not so much.
Obama’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year|Lloyd Green|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There is not a foot of it all, from the rock at the entrance to the Fare of Messina, that eye of mine hath not seen.
The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas|James Fenimore Cooper
With Lilybæum, Palermo, and Messina in its hands, the latter was well based in the north coast of the island.
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783|A. T. Mahan
This strait derives its name from the town of Messina, which is situated upon it, on the Sicilian side.
Hannibal|Jacob Abbott
Mamercus now was forced to take refuge in Messina with Hippo, the despot there.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4)|Plutarch
Colonel Benson's command had been moved up to a field close to Messina.
A Yankee Flier in Italy|Rutherford G. Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for Messina
Messina
/ (mɛˈsiːnə) /
noun
a port in NE Sicily, on the Strait of Messina : colonized by Greeks around 730 bc; under Spanish rule (1282–1676 and 1678–1713); university (1549). Pop: 252 026 (2001)