EuroBasket 2013: Andrea Bargnani unlikely to play for Italian national team, per report
By Scott Schroeder Andrea Bargnani has recently been dealing with a respiratory issue, eventually figured out to be pneumonia. It was unclear how serious the issue was initially, but it will apparently keep him out of us next month's EuroBasket tournament, according to Sportando. Read more Source: http://www.sbnatio...
East Coast stickball alive in Little Italy
By Gary Warth The rules and pace are much like an actual baseball game, but the chatter definitely was unlike anything heard in Petco Park. "Car!" a player yelled to a teammate on the sideline. "There's a car behind you!" "Tree!" someone yelled later as a pop fly came down. And then there was the out that came after someone slug...
IACO Invites Everyone to ‘Immersion in Italian Culture Day’ — October 6
When: Sunday, October 6, 2013 — 1 to 5 p.m.Where: Archbishop Williams High School —80 Independence Ave., Braintree MA [map] Sponsored by the Italian American Cultural Organization of Braintree, the Immersion in Italian Culture Day will celebrate food, art, music and dance... all from Italy!
Galbani’s Italian Feast of San Gennaro returns to Jimmy Kimmel’s stage, Sept. 26-29th
The San Gennaro Foundation will kick off the October's Italian Heritage Month, a celebration of everything it means to be Italian, with their annual street festival, The Galbani® Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro, Los Angeles, September 26th-29th. Since 2002, the San Gennaro Foundation has donated over $1,000,000 to local charities that...
New York to host ‘Made in Italy’ Bridal Fashion Week
Sfila NYC and The Region of Sicily in cooperation with The European Union present "Made In Italy," an exclusive Bridal Week Fashion Show featuring Italy's finest emerging designers. After having hit the runways in Milan and Paris, Sfila NYC is honored to debut these luxury bridal collections for the first time in New York City. "Made In Italy" wil...
Popular casual Italian restaurant opens in Katy
by Josh Mitelman D'Amico's Italian Market Cafe, an Italian eatery in Rice Village in Houston, opened a location in the LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch shopping center in Katy Thursday. The opening of the 193-seat space marks a move from its previous location, on White Oak in the Heights, which closed in July and was replaced by the recently ope...
Italy beats France with world's largest wine production
While the tug of war between Italy and France over Alitalia is still rumbling on, another is taking place over wine as Italian production has risen to an estimated 45 million hectolitres, ahead of France's 44 million hectolitres, making Italy the world's number one wine producer in 2013. Farmers' association Coldiretti has calculated the figures fo...
Changes coming to Bensonhurst's Santa Rosalia Feast
One of Bensonhurst's time-honored traditions, the Santa Rosalia Feast on 18th Avenue, will have a different look in 2014, if the city goes along with a set of recommendations made by Community Board 11. The community board is asking the city to shorten the route of the Italian-flavored street fair by two blocks, District Manager Marnee Eli...
Saccomanni e gli investimenti dagli USA: gli americani hanno posto il problema della giustizia lenta
di Stefano Vaccara Il ministro dell'Economia Fabrizio Saccomanni ha trascorso tre giorni tra Washington e New York. Nella prima tappa ha incontrato il Segretario al Tesoro Jacob Lew, poi anche il presidente uscente della FED Ben Bernanke e la presidente entrante Janet Yellen. A New York, oltre ad incontrare il Segretario generale dell'ONU...
Contemporary Italian auteur speaks of his new masterpiece
By Neal Dhand "La Dolce Vita is a masterpiece. La Grande Bellezza is only a movie," insists Paolo Sorrentino. He's talking, of course, about the current comparisons between Federico Fellini's indisputable classic from 1960 and his recent film, "The Great Beauty," which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Sorrentino is, of course,...
La startup italiana che ha inventato i calzini e le magliette intelligenti
HANNO la forma di orologi. Di braccialetti da mettere al polso. O di occhiali da inforcare. Quello dei wearable device, piccoli computer da portare sul corpo, è un mercato in rapida espansione, su cui puntano forte colossi come Google (Glass), Samsung (Gear) e Nike (Fuelband). Il passo successivo? Indossarli, proprio come vestiti: "I nostr...
Olive Garden latest casual-dining chain to leave Boulder
Mid-level casual-dining chains continue their gradual exodus from Boulder, with the city's 20-year-old Olive Garden location the latest to shutter. The Italian-American restaurant at 2685 Pearl St. closed over the weekend, joining the ranks of national casual-dining chains — among them Chili's, Applebee's and TGI Fridays — that have closed...