New Italian Restaurant Opens its Doors in Herndon
By Dan Taylor Brama Italian Cuisine is officially open and hosting diners at its restaurant on Elden Street in Herndon. The owners of Brama held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 28, with Herndon Mayor Lisa Merkel presiding over the festivities, along with other guests from the Herndon Dulles Chamber of Commerce. &n...
Washington, retrospettiva dedicata ad Antonioni a 100 anni dalla nascita
In occasione del 100esimo anniversario dalla nascita del regista Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007), che cadrà il 29 settembre prossimo, la National Gallery of Art, assieme all'American Film Institute (AFI) e all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Washington, proporrà una retrospettiva delle sue opere più note.Tra l'11 agosto e i primi di settembre sa...
Italian Binishells Lead in Green and Affordable Building
What if we could build structures three times as fast at half the cost? What if these structures used half the resources of standard construction and produced one third the carbon footprint? What if these structures required minimal upkeep and were more resistant to natural disasters? It may sound like fantasy, but these structures exist and are ca...
2012 Italian Feast celebrated through Labor Day in Scotch Plains
The annual Labor Day Italian Feast started Friday and continues through tomorrow, Labor Day, Sept. 3. Since 1974, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chapter of UNICO, St. Bartholomew's Church and St. Bartholomew's Academy have hosted this event. Tonight the rock band The Broadcasters will perform at 7 p.m. and closing time is 10:30 p.m. On Labor D...
Nissoli (PI) incontra il Governatore della Pennsylvania Corbett e il Sindaco di Philadelphia Nutter
L'on. Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli (PI) si è recata ieri in visita alla Temple University di Roma, dove ha avuto occasione di constatare di persona le attività didattiche svolte. Nella stessa giornata, presso la sede universitaria americana, erano in visita il governatore della Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, ed il sindaco di Philadelphia, Michael Anthony...
The concept of womanhood represented by the Virgin Mary
"Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea" is the title of an exhibition recently opened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington with a mass celebrated by Cardinal Wuerl. The exhibition, organised as part of the American celebrations for the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will run until 12 April 2015....
Yogi Berra’s Values Shape Museum’s Mission
By George Blecher May 12 marked Yogi Berra Day in New York and New Jersey, and except for the Drums of Thunder, a drum corps of fourth and fifth graders from Hillside Elementary School in Montclair, it was a quiet, tender affair — part photo opportunity, part nostalgia. Yogi Berra. the New York Yankees' Hall of Fame catcher of the...
Planning Commission approves rezoning for Italian Market apartment project
by Jared Brey The Planning Commission voted on Tuesday to recommend a bill that would allow a 70-unit apartment complex to rise at 9th Street and Washington Avenue in the Italian Market. The project, a five-story ditty with 18,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and two levels of underground parking, was presented to P...
Sgro Family to Open Gesino’s Specialty Italian Food in Lancaster, PA
Pasta & Vino is excited to announce the opening of a brick and mortar gourmet Italian food store, Gesino's Specialty Italian Food, in Lancaster, PA., in November! Italian gourmet food lovers will be able to shop for the same authentic pastas, espressos, jams and marmalades that Pasta & Vino carries, in a 3,200-square-foot industrial buildin...
N.J.'s best Italian restaurant: Where an 84-year-old grandma makes the gnocchi
Don't mess with grandma when it comes time to make the gnocchi. Filomena DiVentura may be in her mid-80s, but only one person makes the gnocchi at Filomena Lakeview in Deptford and its sister restaurants in West Berlin and Clementon. "Every Sunday, at all three restaurants,'' says daughter-in-law Donna DiVentura, whose husband, Mauro,...
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies- Tenure Track
The Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University (http://grll.jhu.edu) seeks to fill the position of Assistant Professor of Italian Studies, tenure track. The preferred primary field will be modern Italian literature and/or cinema, with secondary interest's related fields such as media studies or comparativ...
Community at heart of Ocean Twp. Italian Festival
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Organizing and presenting the 36th Annual Township of Ocean Italian Festival is a labor of love for the Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean (IAATO), whose members are the driving force behind the celebration of Italian culture. "Without our membership, which is now over 340 strong, we would not be able to pull th...