Italian American Club Makes Thousands of Meatballs for Fundraiser
Members of Duluth's Italian American Club were hard at work Tuesday making many, many meatballs. The club was prepping for its annual Spaghetti Dinner at the American Legion. By the end of the day Tuesday, they would be making about 60 gallons of sauce and 2,000 meatballs. "We have special spices that we put into our meatballs," said Jim Carr...
Italian artist featured at SMSU’s Whipple Gallery
By Cindy Votruba Retired Southwest Minnesota State University art professor Ed Evans worked for several years to bring the work of Italian artist Giovanni Lombardini to Marshall. "It is an excellent art and cultural opportunity for the people of southwest Minnesota, South Dakota and northern Iowa to see works of this renowned artist," Evans...
L'opera italiana: ICC Partnership with the Minnesota Opera
The Italian Cultural Center is happy to announce that we have renewed our partnership with the MN Opera! ICC members can attend opera at a 10% discount.Minnesota Opera Celebrates 50 years!!The 2012-2013 SeasonDOUBT by Douglas J. Cuomo; Libretto by John Patrick Shanley. Sung in English HAMLET by Thomas, based on Shakespeare's classic. Sung in Frenc...
Sons of Italy dinner March 7
Sons of Italy of Southern Colorado Lodge No. 2738 has scheduled the 16th annual scholarship and Italian citizen of the year dinner gala for 6 p.m. March 7 at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center. The event, which is almost sold out, will honor students of Italian heritage in Southern Colorado with 18 scholarships worth $750 each...
Event at National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial - November 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm
The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, The Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., The Consulate General of Italy in Chicago and The Honorary Vice Consulate of Italy in Kansas City cordially invite you to a champagne toast with the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero. The event is to celebrate and previ...
Little River Band to headline the Italian-American Heritage Festival of Iowa
Viva L'Italia: the Italian-American Heritage Festival of Iowa will take place on Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26 in Des Moines' Western Gateway Park. The fifth annual event will run from 11:00 a.m. Friday until 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning and from Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning. This year's Viva L'Italia w...
5th Annual Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis and St.Paul
It's almost here! The 5th Annual Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis/St. Paul. The festival will be held this week, April 4-7, at the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design. This year's lineup of contemporary, award winning films was carefully selected by a committee of native Italian speakers who live in the Twin Cities. There was a lot of passi...
Italian shotgun company says reports that its president was mistaken as a terrorist "absolutely false"
by Greg Campbell Denver's Fox 31 reported a potentially explosive story over the weekend — that local sheriff's deputies detained the president of Italian shotgun maker Perazzi as a possible terrorist after a tipoff from a taxi driver who had dropped the businessman off at a gun show with several shotguns. There's just one problem: The st...
17th Annual Scholarship & Citizen of the Year Gala @ Order of Sons of Italy, Southern Colorado #2738
This year marks the Lodge's 17th Annual Scholarship & Citizen of the Year Gala. March 5th, proved to be no disappointment for those in attendance. MC's, Gino Carleo and Al Spinuzzi, hosted started off the evening in a "Let's Make a Deal" style and gave away free tickets for the 50\50 drawing. A dinner consisting of a family style serving of; an...
Santa Lucia Festival Will Feature Return Of Historic Arch
The Santa Lucia Italian Festival begins its 90th festival on June 5th with the return of the Triumphal Arch. The Arch, which has been absent from the festival for nearly 10 years, was designed decades ago by early Italian immigrants and is still considered a proud engineering feat. Read more Source: http://www.wowt.c...
Gli studenti americani a Sulmona scoprono la bellezza dell'Italia
di Domenico Logozzo Un campano con l'Abruzzo nel cuore fa amare la terra di Silone e Celestino V agli universitari americani. "L'interesse per l'Abruzzo al Colorado College è stato ideato da me, che ne sono innamorato. Qui è nato ed abbiamo battezzato il mio unico figlio, Giancarlo". Il prof. Salvatore Bizzarro, docente di spagnol...
All Things Italian, June 14-15, 2013
by Lionel Bottari There's a considerable number of Italian-themed festivals that occur during the warmer months, and I've been to quite a few. But none of them have quite the feel of Italy like the one held deep in the cornfields of southern Iowa every June. There is a flavor in the small town Italian "feste" that is provided by t...