Giornate dell’Emilia-Romagna negli Usa: Incontri visite alle Associazioni e Seminari con i modenesi di Illinois e Wisconsin
Riscoprire legami dimenticati e farli fruttare come nuove opportunità di relazioni culturali ed economiche. Questo lo scopo delle "Giornate dell'Emilia-Romagna negli Stati Uniti" che vedono la presidente della Consulta degli emiliano-romagnoli nel mondo Silvia Bartolini impegnata negli Stati Uniti insieme con l'Assessorato all'Agricoltura...
Festa della Repubblica Celebrations in Detroit
Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Consul of Italy in Detroit, hosted a reception on Hune 2 commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic. The event was held at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University. On behalf of the president of Italy, Dr. Lapresa awarded the Ordine Della Stella D'Italia to Lia Adelfi...
IA club honors Cecchini
A former Kenoshan who found success as the owner of McDonald's franchises in Ohio and later helped a local struggling community bank was honored Sunday night. Gaetano "Guy" Mattioli Cecchini was feted at the annual Columbus Day banquet of the Italian American Society for his many contributions to the community that helped launch his American D...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s Reply Group Opens Facilities in Auburn Hills (MI)
Thanks to assistance from Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, another international company is setting up shop in Southeast Michigan. Automation Alley International Business Center tenant Reply Inc., of Turin, Italy, has found a permanent home in Auburn Hills and is looking to hire local employees. Reply, part of...
Happenchance: World War II Photographs, Italian Campaign, 1942-1945 by photographer Alfonso Carrara
Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 - Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: IIC Chicago In collaboration with: https://happenchance.eventbrite.com Carrara, an Italian-American architect-artist-poet-photographer, documented the ex...
Made in Italy: First Municipality-owned Solar Powered EV Charging Station in the USA
The town of Lansing celebrates the Earth Day with the installation at the riverside City Market of the 5 kW solar carport 'Energy-Parking', functioning as EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment), supplied by the Italian company Giulio Barbieri (en.giuliobarbieri.it) in collaboration with its Canadian partner renewz sustainable solutions inc.
In the Name of Freedom and Justice. Remembering Amelia Rosselli (1870-1954)
Amelia (Pincherle Moravia) Rosselli is mainly remembered as the mother of two anti-fascists heroes, Carlo and Nello, who were murdered during Fascism. However, Amelia was the first female writer for the theatre in Italy at the turn of the 19th century and a prominent intellectual woman until the affirmation of Fascism in the 1920s. ...
An Immigrant’s Special Love Story
Francesco and Giuseppina (Josephine) Catena left Ramacca, Sicily (Prov. Catania) and came to America on April 6, 1966. Their story began as neighbors in Ramacca where her parents, John Sabatino and Francesca, owned an Italian deli. John and Frencesca were reluctant for their daughter, Giuseppina, and Francesco to become involved because Francesco w...
U.S. Pizza Museum sets up shop at Logan Square's Whistler
There's a museum for pizza? You bet. Sort of. The U.S. Pizza Museum doesn't have a permanent physical home, but you can see items from its collection online and in pop-up exhibitions like the one at Whistler Storefront Gallery in Logan Square. The exhibit focuses on pizza pop culture and Logan Square pizzerias. Artifacts include video game...
Fashionably Pink Fundraiser kicks off in Livonia
The Italian American Club's Charitable Foundation is sponsoring its first ever "Fashionably Pink" fundraiser. Proceeds will benefit the Shades of Pink Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps women who are undergoing medical treatment for breast cancer, www.shadesofpinkfoundation.org. "One of the main features of our Fashionably Pi...
Italian Wish List
Thursday, December 3rd 2015, 6.30pm - 11pmBenefiting Mercy Home - PianoForte Foundation - 1335 S. Michigan Avenue - Chicago, IL 60605 Tickets: $15 members | $25 non-members. Please, RSVP by Dec. 03, 2015 until 1:00pm. T'was 22 days before Christmas, when a CI through the night The Italians were dancing,...
NOIA celebrates 20 years of Italian heritage, community giving
Twenty years ago, a group of Italian-American business leaders – Umberto Fedeli, Dominic Visconsi, Sr, Nacy Panzica, John Quagliata, Joe and John Miceli, and Sonny Orlando -- wanted to find a way to preserve their Italian traditions while also helping the Cleveland community. Their idea transformed into the Northern Ohio Italian American Found...