Call for Volunteers! Help the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles and be part of a great event
by IAMLACall for Volunteers! Help the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles and be part of a great event.The IAMLA is looking for friendly and energetic volunteers to support Taste of Italy 2016 on Saturday, October 1st, 2016. We need support in the following areas: Welcome Services; Line Monitors; Giving Directions; Check...
Book presentation: "Fuga e ritorno di un popolo." Il fenomeno migratorio in Calabria
September 27. Book presentation: "Fuga e ritorno di un popolo." Il fenomeno migratorio in Calabria. di Francesco Filareto. La presentazione sara' in italiano. Un grande esperto di storia socio-economica della regione Calabria racconta i flussi migratori che hanno interessato questa parte poco conosciuta d'Italia, dal XIX secolo...
40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, October 9
Preparations for the 40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade are progressing. Parade organizers announced the grand marshal and honorary grand marshal for the annual celebration of community and Italian pride. When the parade steps off this year at noon on Sunday, October 9 and marches along Morris Park Avenue from White Plains to Willi...
The weird and wonderful collection of La Specola, Florence’s strangest museum
By Alexandra Turney The influence of the powerful Medici dynasty can be seen everywhere in Florence. Palazzo Vecchio was once the home of the Medici; the Uffizi Gallery began as a collection of Medici art; the churches of Florence are filled with famous artworks commissioned by the Medici; the Basilica of San Lorenzo was rebuilt with Medic...
Bobby Cannavale: Hollywood only give me Pizza guy and Mob type roles
The presence of Italian-Americans in major motion picture roles has stirred controversy since day one. As Hollywood is struggling with diversity, women and black people are making a few strides, but, as actor Bobby Cannavale tells The Hollywood Reporter, Italian-Americans are getting left behind. "I'm always getting the ethnic roles o...
Italian Cultural Center to sponsor spaghetti dinner in Springfield to benefit earthquake victims in Italy
After a devastating August earthquake in central Italy, members of The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts knew they had to help. So they are sponsoring a pasta dinner on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 56 Margaret St. in Springfield. "We are doing this for those in need," said Stephanie Spolzino, president of the It...
Gli chef italiani a New York, con il mestolo dalla parte del manico
Se la cucina è una componente fondamentale della nostra identità e della nostra cultura, allora i nostri grandi chef e ristoratori possono a tutti gli effetti essere considerati ambasciatori d'Italia nel mondo. E se a dirlo è il Console generale d'Italia a New York, non può che essere vero. Francesco Genuardi ha introdotto così l'appuntamento di ie...
1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraising Event
December 9 (Friday) 6:30 pm. 1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraising Event. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY. Admission: Members: $45; Non-Members: $55. Contact: Patrizia Calce 914-771-8700 ext. 109 Join as the Holiday Season is celebrated for the opening of Presepio Napoleta...
New doughnut shop and Italian restaurant open in Virginia Beach
By Judy Cowling For those still in shock over the closing of the Starbucks at the foot of the Lesner Bridge, weep no more. Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee opened Dec. 2 and is ready to satisfy your caffeine, hang spot and sweet tooth fixes. The interior has been updated with multicolor wood planking, ceramic wood-look tile floors and bric...
Plantone’s Italian Market offers iconic East Coast sandwiches
One culinary upside of living in a town full of expatriates is the cross-section of regional delicacies available in the Las Vegas Valley. But two of the northeast corridor's favorite sandwiches, the Newark Italian hot dog and Philadelphia roast pork, have proven fairly elusive — rarely attempted and almost never done properly. Fortunately for...
Programma "Silicon Valley 2012"
Il progetto "Lo sviluppo tecnologico/industriale negli USA e in Italia", giunto alla terza edizione e realizzato in partnership con la NIAF (National Italian American Foundation) dal 19 al 25 agosto 2012, ha permesso a sette studenti italiani in ingegneria un soggiorno formativo incentrato su di un programma di visite alle aziende della Silicon Val...
A Shy Italian Shines
Though the origins of coffee hail from the Yemenite peninsula (in MOkha city), it only spread throughout Italy, starting from Venice, in the XVIth century, then in theUnited States, a hundred years later, with the opening of a Cafè in Boston. First question coming up is why the coffee we taste in Italy is literaly different from the one made in US...