An Italian and a Native American’s Quest to Give Voice to American Indians
When Italian Carlotta Cardana was in high school, she spent a year as a foreign exchange student in Nebraska. While there, she met Danielle SeeWalker, an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The two became fast friends and kept in touch when Cardana left the U.S. Fifteen years later, during a meeting in London, they began to t...
Legendary Italian / American Baseball Personality: Joe Garagiola
Joseph Henry Garagiola was Born on February 12, 1926 in the Italian section of a neighborhood called the Hill, in St. Louis, Missouri. Garagiola grew up across the street from Yogi Berra and the two became close friends throughout their life. Also on the same block would eventually live broadcaster Jack Buck & his son Joe Buck as well...
Gianni Bacci’s, modern-day speakeasy and tapas bar, to open in Old Town
There won't be a secret door or password, but Jason-Paul Febres is opening a tapas bar disguised as a speakeasy of sorts across from his Taste & See in Old Town. "We're going to be modern in a throwback way, so I think it's going to be a beautiful fusion," he says. Gianni Bacci's will open at 301 N. Washington, at the northwest corner...
This Italian hot rod is back, and you can find it in Iowa
For more nearly two decades, this Italian sports car has been absent from the United States. But now, car lovers can unite over the first Alfa Romeo that has just arrived at the new Billion Alfa Romeo Dealer in Clive. A turn of the key and you realize this little Alfa Romeo is no ordinary car. “This is Italian passion. It basically embodies everyth...
Luigi's in Oelwein remembered after fire
A large, white chicken still sways in the wind above the Luigi's Restaurant and Lounge sign. It was the only thing still standing Sunday after a fire gutted the landmark Oelwein restaurant only a day earlier. A steady stream of vehicles slowly drove down South Frederick to Southwest 11th Street to glimpse the charred remains of Luigi's, an Ita...
Italian in Great Plains
Italian immigrants entered the Great Plains first as missionaries such as Fra Marco da Nizza (1495-1558) and Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), and later as adventurers such as Count Leonetto Cipriani (1816-1888) and Italian American Charles Siringo (1855-1928). Since Italy was not a unified country until the Risorgimento (1860-70), early...
"Devoti" Film Premiere at the Joslyn Art Museum
Documentary film about the history of the Santa Lucia Festival and Omaha's Little Italy For more info visit www.santaluciadocumentary.com/ Get your tickets at www.TicketOmaha.com Fonte: Magna Grece
ENF13 An Evening at the Butcher Block
Join us at the Butcher Block Restaurant, located at 308 Hennepin Avenue East, for some Italian language fun, as well as a meal prepared by chef/owner Filippo Caffari. We will gather on Thursday, October 24th, from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m. The evening will begin with a cash bar/cocktail hour, complete with opportunities for Italian language con...
6th Annual Italian Film Festival: Politics, history, and intimacy
The Twin Cities is blessed with a cornucopia of cultural and ethnic film festivals: Nordic, Black, International, Cuban, Polish, African, Latin, Asian. This past weekend, March 6 - March 9, the 6th Annual Italian Film Festival, organized by the Italian Cultural Center with the support of the MN Film Society, took place at the St. Anthony Main Cinem...
Angelo’s owner chooses location for new take-home business
Jack Fasciano has settled on a spot for his Angelo's Wichita Bake @ Home Italian Foods – the former Toni D's space in Carriage Parkway, 650 N. Carriage Parkway. He expects to sign the lease sometime this week, he said, but isn't sure yet when he'll be able to open. In March, Fasciano raised more than $40,000 through a Kickstarter ca...
Pope Francis and St Anthony of Padua: the Saint of Lost Things is helping people find Mercy in the Jubilee Year
After successful visits to America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia, two first class relics of St. Anthony of Padua will return to America for a ten-day tour of the Archdiocese of Denver beginning on October 14 and ending on October 23. Father Mario Conte, OFM Conv, Executive Editor of the Messenger of Saint Anthony, will travel from the Basili...
Sager urges council to find new name for Columbus Day
By R.D. Hohenfeldt Since 2014, the Rolla City Council has given city workers the day off on Columbus Day. Monday night, the governing body made it a City Hall holiday again. "It is traditionally a very slow workday," City Administrator John Butz said in his written agenda commentary for the Monday night council meeting. At the m...