Wickliffe Italian-American Club to host 33rd annual bocce tournament
By Tawana Roberts The Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce is more than a sporting event. Chris Brassel, Wickliffe Italian-American Club operations manager described it as an Italian festival. The 33rd annual 2016 Pat O'Brien Chevrolet Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce will be from Aug. 26-28 at the Wickliffe Italian-American Club, 29717 Eucl...
ParkOhio Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Italian Equipment Manufacturer – Saet S.p.A.
ParkOhio (NASDAQ: PKOH) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Milan, Italy based Star Capital SGR S.p.A. and other minority shareholders to acquire Saet S.p.A headquartered in Turin, Italy for approximately €18.4 million (approximately $22.9 million) in cash. The transaction is expected to close by December 22, 2014, s...
African-Italian-American documentaries
by Sante Matteo Italian-Ghanaian documentarist Fred Kuwornu will be coming to the Miami University campus next week to present and discuss two of his films: 18 IUS SOLI and Inside Buffalo. There has been a change in dates: he will be here at the beginning of the week, Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 16 and 17, and not the 19th...
MLS orders Orlando City to cease pursuit of D.C. United’s Italian target
By Steven Goff Major League Soccer has ordered Orlando City to cease pursuit of AC Milan's Antonio Nocerino because D.C. United has exclusive league rights to negotiate with the Italian midfielder, the Insider has learned from multiple sources. United last month filed a discovery claim, a mechanism preventing other MLS teams from...
Christmas Amore with the Sicilian Tenors at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center
When: Friday, December 16th @ 7:30pm Where: Charlotte Performing Arts Center, 378 State Street, Charlotte, MI 48813 For tickets call 517-541-5691 - For more information visit www.siciliantenors.com Three marvelous tenor voices combine for a unique interpretation of the world's best music. Accompanied by a grand piano and p...
L’ambasciatore @CBisogniero in Indiana
L'Ambasciatore d'Italia a Washington, Claudio Bisogniero, era nei giorni scorsi nell'Indiana ( all'interno della circoscrizione consolare di Detroit) per una serie di incontri. Dopo la visita alla fabbrica di telai per automobili da corsa Dallara, il diplomatico ha incontrato il Governatore dell'Indiana Mike Spencer ed il sindaco della citta', Gre...
Elmwood Park Police Chief Frank Fagiano
Frank Fagiano, chief of the Elmwood Park Police Department, has been on the job since 1993. He has solved many crimes, and brought countless criminals to justice. But when asked if any of those crimes stand out in his mind, the answer comes easily. Fagiano instantly recalls a particular crime in 1998, when he was a detective. A young woman was wor...
The new Scavolini Store opens in Chicago
This important new space follows the opening of the Scavolini Soho Gallery in New York by Scavolini USA, in 2010, which is Manhattan's largest kitchen showroom to date, and the store inaugurated last September in Miami. The exclusive location—the world's widest building at the time of its inauguration in 1930—belonged the Kennedy family for many y...
Villa Mari continues construction
by Carol Thompson Sometimes it takes an unconventional idea to make classic styles of wine. That is the philosophy behind Villa Mari Vineyards, where father and son team Marty and Alex Lagina blend their Italian heritage with their northern Michigan home. It started with hoop houses, built 10 years ago to shelter the delicate Europea...
Baggio family members share their artistic talents
by Paul Basile A unique art exhibit on display at the Midwest Care Center in Glenview showcases the work of a family of artists. Titled "Soulful Journeys," the show features the paintings and sculptures of John Baggio and wife Rita; their daughters, Vanessa and Bridgette; Laura Baggio-Fenton; and Horacio Baggio. The artwork on displa...
Ex-Detroit News Reporter's Italian Cookbook Gets A Big Shoutout
by Allan Lengel Domenica Marchetti, a former Detroit News reporter, has made a name for herself with her food writing. Now comes this: Serious Eats -- a highly regarded website that Time magazine once ranked #17 of the 50 Best Websites-- has named Marchetti's book, "The Glorious Vegetables of Italy," one of five essential Italian cook...
Golf tournament to raise scholarship funds
by Phil Wenzel Eastern Upper Peninsula golf enthusiasts will meet this Saturday near Sault Ste. Marie to raise money that will help some students pay for college. Tanglewood Marsh Golf Course will host the 4th annual Christopher Columbus Italian-American Society Golf Tournament, an event that began when organization members wanted to raise mo...