Italian Heritage Day - Sun., Oct. 5, 2014 • 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tu e la tua famiglia are cordially invited to commemorate your italianità at the History Center with a full day of interactive activities designed with K-12 students in mind. In honor of Italian Heritage Month, local community groups and museum staff will facilitate educational activities on every floor of the museum. Activities are concei...
St. Liberata’s Italian-American of the Year
by Linda Leuzzi Jim Romeo was off to a consulting job after the Advance interview. Work, family and community are what he stands for. "I spent most of my time with my grandparents on my mother's side," he said. "We lived right next door on West 2nd Street." Holidays with 30 or 40 relatives were the norm. At age 12, he helped...
Kobe Bryant To Invest In Italian Soccer Team
According to reports, Los Angeles Lakers star shooting guard Kobe Bryant is ready to invest 350,000 euros in order to be part of the group that is attempting to purchase FC Bologna. Bologna, which competes in Serie B in Italy, is up for sale and Bryant is part of a group of investors, led by American lawyer Joe Tacopina, that are in advanced t...
Annual Borough of Queens Columbus Day Parade
Parade route commences at Kaufman Studios located at 34-12 36th Street, Astoria, NY and ends on Astoria Blvd. and Cav. Vincent Iannece Street, named in honor of the co-founder and motivating force in reinstating this parade. Sponsored by Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc. Grand Marshal Commissioner Cav. Daniel Nigro of th...
In defense of Christopher Columbus
Another Columbus Day came and went this week, although not as such in Minneapolis, which voted this year to honor Indigenous Peoples' Day instead, a time to reflect on the price American Indians paid for the greed and ruthlessness of my European ancestors. Yet it is ironic that Columbus should take the blame, for he was our first "multicul...
A Conversation with Viola Buitoni - November 07, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Join Viola Buitoni as she shares the colorful story that is her iconic culinary heritage. Weaving threads of family, love, pasta and chocolate, she'll describe how her industrious relatives turned Perugina from an exclusive confectionery shop in the heart of the Umbrian capital to the worldwide brand it is today. Viola is a sixth generatio...
Elena Sgarbi (Italian Consul General in Houston)
Who knows America just superficially would never imagine how much interest for Italy there is in the southern United States, nor how many interesting things for us who live in the boot happen in that area, with a focal point in Texas, among the wealthier and more growing States, from every point of view. On December 6, for example, Houston will ho...
Rhode Island melting pot keeps producing new leaders
After the Americans' victory in the Revolutionary War — and the unshackling of the colonies from the mercantile system of England — the first Congress under the new U.S. Constitution faced some daunting challenges. America was still dependent on the manufacturing system of England for providing goods in exchange for raw materials. How coul...
Italian Society of Savannah launches scholarship essay contest
The Italian Society of Savannah has launched the Frank Finocchiaro Memorial Scholarship Essay Contest for juniors in Benedictine Military School and St. Vincent's Academy. A $1,000 scholarship, applicable toward senior year tuition, will be awarded to the author of the best essay from each school. Read more Source...
Behold the Puritalia 427 Roadster – An Italian American Mix
Those automakers from Italy are particularly famous for their ability to create exotic supercars with high performance and very attractive design. Yet, as for American automakers, most of them are very well known for their ability to build muscular cars with huge power that comes from monstrous V8 engines. But what will come as a result of mixing b...
Exhibition opening - Italy early and late: paintings by Peter Ruta
ITALY EARLY AND LATE. An exhibition of paintings by Peter Ruta The artist in conversation with Ara Merjian (NYU). On view through February 27, 2015 - Mon-Fri 10-5. Casa Zerilli marimò Peter Ruta is known in the US for his mature work: New York cityscapes and rugged western landscapes, but from 1947 to 1962, moving between R...
2015 US Bocce National Championships from June 22 – June 27
4 Bocce Events will be played over the course of the week. Those include an Open Tournament with a $4000 Grand Prize and separate Open National Tournaments with the top place teams earning a medal or trophy for the A and B Divisions. "Open" Bocce is a type of game that people are most familiar with. Some main characteristics of the game ar...