Italy's visa portal wins Innovation Prize at SMAU
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' portal "Visa for Italy" will be awarded the Innovation Prize for excellence at the SMAU exhibition in Bologna, an international IT and office furniture fair to be hosted at Bologna Fiere on June 9 and 10. "Visa for Italy", which recorded over two million hits since it first began in April 2015, is t...
Italian American WWII Veterans and Memoirs
by Guido Rossi I am an historian and researcher at the University of Southern Mississippi, and I am conducting a research project aimed at collecting and preserving the historical memory of Italian-American soldiers, sailors, and airmen that were sent to fight in Italy during World War II. The result of these research will result in my Mas...
Nove Italiano's bar plates equal elevated temptation
Nove means "nine" in Italian, and that's your magic number when you make your way to Nove Italiano at the top of the Palms Fantasy Tower. Once you enter you'll be tempted to secure one of those incredible tables by the windows, offering some of the most dynamic views of the Vegas Valley, but if you hang at the bar you'll discover the magical menu o...
Black Horse, Bridgeport churches combine forces for traditional feast
by Gary Puleo With the two Mount Carmels combining forces, some would say it's a match that could only have been made in heaven. The annual procession and street festival in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church's patron saint used to draw revelers from all over the area to the heart of Bridgeport every July for many decades until...
Houston, abbiamo… un palermitano di successo: dall’Ismett agli Usa, Fabio Triolo non si ferma più
Palermitano, ha vissuto e studiato fra la Sicilia e l'America, decidendo qualche anno fa di lasciare definitivamente il suo impiego all'Ismett di Palermo, dove ha fondato l'Unità di Medicina Rigenerativa e Terapie Cellulari, per il Texas Medical Center di Houston. Adesso Fabio Triolo (a destra nella foto @Paolo Giandotti mentre incontra il preside...
See the 118th Feast of the Assumption Parade in Cleveland's Little Italy
By David Petkiewicz Thousands of spectators and parade marchers filled Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood Monday, as the 118th Feast of the Assumption parade wound its way through the neighborhood. The annual parade began after Mass outside the Holy Rosary Church on Mayfield Road. And it moved through the streets of the old Italian...
Italian American Club of Vero Beach awards scholarships
By Joe Hudak Three graduating seniors from Vero Beach High School have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Italian American Civic Association of Vero Beach. The three students were selected for their community involvement, academics and school activities. The students are Patrick Zatz, Megan Reyer and Gabrielle Eaton. Club...
Cookbook review: A tale of two Italian cities in 'Florentine' and 'Tasting Rome'
Cookbooks continue to cover more niche topics, especially when it comes to regional cuisines. The growing appetite for regionally focused cookbooks makes a lot of sense for Italy when you consider that although its cities and cultures have existed for many centuries, Italy as a nation is a fairly new country, younger than the United States. ...
Is Columbus Day Going Extinct?
On the second Monday of October, many businesses in the United States will be closed for a federal holiday officially known as Columbus Day. Businesses in the entire state of Alaska, however, will be closed for Indigenous Peoples Day, after Gov. Bill Walker renamed the holiday last year. The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will als...
Jobs coming to Spartanburg Co., Italian company Ritrama building factory in Moore
An Italian manufacturing company, Ritrama, is bringing a $85 million facility and 150 jobs to the Moore area in Spartanburg County. Ritrama is a company that manufactures pressure sensitive adhesive materials. The production plant will be a 350,000 square foot facility that will house advanced robotics for internal logistics and packa...
A Night In Ancient Pompeii, Thursday, November 17, 2016
Union Station is hosting an exhibit on Pompeii starting on November 18, 2016 and running until next Spring. Kansas City is the first city in the United States to host this traveling show, which will be comprised of nearly 200 artifacts from the Naples National Archaeological Museum, including the famous plaster casts of those who could not escape t...
Henlopen City Oyster House owners named Delaware Restaurateurs of the Year
The Delaware Restaurant Association will host its 15th Annual Restaurant Industry Cornerstone Awards from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, at World Café Live at the Queen Theater in Wilmington. The event will feature fine food and drink tastings from Delaware's top restaurants, and live jazz from musician Joe Baione. DRA Chairman of the Board...