Chicago staple Portillo’s hiring 200 for new Tempe Marketplace location
Portillo's Hot Dogs — the Chicago-based fast-casual eatery that opened its first Arizona location in Scottsdale earlier this year — is set to hire 200 more hourly positions for a new Tempe location beginning this week. Starting Wednesday, May 29, those interested can apply in person at an on-site hiring center adjacent to the construction of the n...
Italian Industry is taking off in the State of Washington
by Mauro Battocchi On September 12 the Governor of the State of Washington celebrated the Grand Opening of the new Umbra Cuscinetti Inc.'s new production facility in Everett, near Seattle, along with local authorities, customers and employees. I had the honor to take part in the celebration and convey to the audience Ambassador Bisogniero'...
Italiani all’estero, a Seattle la rivincita delle calciatrici italiane
di Roberto Zanni, Gente d'Italia - ItaliaChiamaItalia Si chiama AC Seattle, è una società di calcio femminile americana, che si trova nell'omonima città, partecipa alla Wpls, che vuole dire 'Women's Premier Soccer League', ma è soprattutto un progetto, probabilmente unico a livello mondiale. Perchè l'idea di partenza che ha portato alla cr...
Arte Italia announces BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS Promotion with the Nevada Wolf Pack Football Team
Arte Italia today announced it will give away free tickets to Wolf Pack home football games in conjunction with the arrival of Titian's Renaissance masterpiece La Bella: Woman in a Blue Dress. The Beauty and the Beasts promotion allows guests who visit arte italia's educational art exhibition, Titian's Venice, the opportunity to receive free footb...
Sons of Italy Foundation hopes donated car will benefit needed charities
This past May, Chrysler Group LLC donated one of its iconic American-built supercars, a 2013 Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Viper GTS, to the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF), a nationally recognized nonprofit based in Washington D.C. The SIF is the philanthropic arm of the 109-year-old Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the largest...
Passaporti a Los Angeles: missione a Phoenix per il funzionario itinerante
Anche quest'anno, nell'ambito delle iniziative volte ad agevolare l'accesso dei concittadini ai servizi offerti dell'Ufficio Passaporti, il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles sta organizzando – in collaborazione con il locale Consolato Onorario – un incontro in Phoenix, in Arizona, per la raccolta in loco delle impronte digitali necessarie a...
Columbus Day Hearing Erupts With Emotion as Italian Americans Plead Their Case
By Kelton Sears "This is possibly one of the most passionate and emotional committee sessions we've had in years," Councilmember Nick Licata quipped near the end of what was definitely one of the most passionate and emotional comittee sessions in years. Today, the Seattle City Council revisited the resolution to change Columbus Da...
Seattle Opera to Present Puccini's TOSCA, 1/10/15
Seattle-This January, Seattle Opera heats up the winter with one of the most fiery melodramas of all time: Tosca. In this tale, an opera diva must save the man she loves from the clutches of the lecherous police chief whose lust for the leading lady is as strong as his hunger for power. The ultimate, high-stakes love triangle takes audienc...
Italian American club potluck
The Italian American Club of Maui will host a potluck at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Roselani Place, 88 S. Papa Av. in Kahului. The potluck dinner theme is Northern Italian food. Attendees are asked to bring a dish that serves five or more. Mary Pence will share stories about Northern Italy. The Italian heritage club welcomes people from any cu...
Her dream of writing a book comes true
by Ken Robinson If you have ever fancied yourself as an author--"You should write a book!-"-then this story might make you a little jealous. Lee and Bob Casazza are a West Seattle couple who have just published Big Mamma's Italian-American Cookbook, a two-year project that began when they married in 1967. Big Mamma isn't Lee Casaz...
NEW ICSL POSITION: Events Coordinator
by Italian Club of Salt Lake The Italian Club of Salt Lake is an expanding organization, dedicated to promoting and celebrating the Italian culture here in Utah. As a result of the club's growth, they are looking to fill an Events Coordinator position. This position would involve planning and executing club events, collaborat...
Celebrity Fight Night in Italia 2014
This year, the mega-fundraiser Celebrtiy Fight Night is raising the stakes even higher with a special, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Celebrity Fight Night in Italia 2014! For the first-ever Celebrity Fight Night outside of Phoenix, Ariz., you will fly to Florence, Italy, on a privately-chartered Boeing 767 jumbo jet (all first-class seat...