Visitatori all'assalto del padiglione italiano al Fancy Food Show premiano varietà e qualità dei produttori nostrani
di Riccardo Chioni C'è una spiegazione pratica al superaffollamento nel padiglione italiano al Summer Fancy Food Show: qui gli operatori americani del settore vanno sul sicuro nella scelta tra la straordinaria varietà di prodotti d'eccellenza in vetrina da proporre ai consumatori per un salutare pasto tutto italiano, dall'aperitivo fino al...
Italian-American association plans community events
By Joey Cresta PORTSMOUTH — With about 60 members now inducted into the Italian-American Heritage Association of Greater Portsmouth, the group is planning both fun events and service projects for its membership and the wider community. The association, formed to preserve, celebrate and share Italian heritage and have some fun along the wa...
Grand opening of ITAM-VETS POST 6
Our beloved Italian American War Vets Post 6, the only Veterans post still standing in East Boston has been renovated. Please join us in a ribbon cutting and party. The post is open for membership of veterans and supporters. Food and drinks Friday august 9 - h. 7.30 PM in EDT Italian American War Veterans (Post 6 East Boston)60 Paris St,...
America's Cup: New Zealand beats Italy twice
By Julia Prodis Sulek For the first time in a Louis Vuitton Cup finals dogged by breakdowns and high winds, both the Italian and New Zealand catamarans sailed two races, stayed in one piece, and crossed the finish line without incident Wednesday. Emirates Team New Zealand sailed two clean and fast races, defeating Luna Rossa Challenge by...
Tennessee officials lobby for Fiat-Chrysler HQ
State officials are making the case to Fiat head Sergio Marchionne to select Tennessee for the Italian automaker's joint headquarters with Chrysler Group LLC. Marchionne met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and others on Sunday at a ceremony to mark the expansion of Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli's components plant in Pulaski. WPLN-FM reports...
MFA Boston Unveils Piero della Francesca Masterpiece ‘Senigallia Madonna’
On Sept. 13, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts unveiled a single-work exhibition showcasing the rare Renaissance painting Senigallia Madonna, by Italian master Piero della Francesca.On loan from Italy, the work will be on view in the United States for the first time. Stolen in 1975, the tempera and oil on panel painting was recovered the following year...
Italian American of the Year believes in giving back to the community
Michael Petrucelli, 88, believes it's important to give back to the community. He's given so much back that this year the Milford Columbus Committee has named him Milford's Italian American of the Year. He will be honored at a dinner dance Friday, Oct. 4, at Grassy Hill Country Club. Petrucelli was born in Bridgeport on Nov. 23, 1924...
East Hanover Columbus Day parade to honor Gandolfini
The annual Morris County Columbus Day Parade, which is hosted by the Italian American Club, is dedicated this year to the late "Sopranos" actor and New Jersey native, James Gandolfini. "James Gandolfini is a great actor of stage and screen, but he was also a great philanthropist for New Jersey charities and Rutgers University," said parade spo...
Cristina Fontanelli Presents 10th Annual CHRISTMAS IN ITALY Show, 12/7
Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli "Live From Central Park" and "Il Volo Takes Flight" CRISTINA FONTANELLI brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 10th-Annual "Christmas In Italy" concert at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Decem...
Voting with a side of meatballs
It would seem the perfect way to get people to vote: put the poll in an Italian restaurant and let the public exercise their franchise with visions of manicotti and meatballs dancing in their heads. By 2 p.m. Tuesday, however, anyone who came through the door at Vincenzo's Italian Grill in far north Houston was there to cast a look at the menu not...
La Columbus Citizens Foundation dona 150 mila dollari per il restauro della cattedrale di San Patrizio
di Riccardo Chioni Giovedì sera la Columbus Citizens Foundation aveva invitato il cardinale Timothy Dolan presso la propria sede nella Upper East Side di Manhattan per la cerimonia di consegna di una donazione per il progetto di restauro conservativo in corso sulla cattedrale di San Patrizio. Al momento della consegna dell'assegno di gran...
Design-Apart: lo showroom del made in Italy prende vita nel loft newyorkese
L'obiettivo di Design-Apart è creare showroom "viventi", studiati e costruiti con elementi di design italiano, in tutto il mondo. Fondatore è Diego Paccagnella: padovano, studi a Londra al celebre Central Saint Martin College for Art and Design e poi, dopo intelligenti esperimenti di social design, partito verso New York con questo progetto ambizio...