Italian art: Angiolo Mazzoni
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: There are artists in the history of Italian art and architecture that have never achieved a wide reputation, a status that crossed generations, names that people rarely knows and recognizes. Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande is one of those names, and this condition of ob...
Catching up with Chef Luciano Pellegrini
by Brock Radke Daniel Boulud's DB Brasserie opened recently at the Venetian, a welcome return for the New York chef who first operated a Las Vegas restaurant at Wynn. The DB design is completely unrecognizable from Valentino, the award-winning eatery that operated there for 14 years, the anchor of Venetian's many Italian restaurants. &nbs...
FIAO To Hold Their 5K Run/ Walk To Fight Drug Abuse
The Federation of Italian-American Organizations of Queens (FIAO) is holding their 2014 5K Run/Walk to help fight drug abuse on Sunday, July 20, 9 a.m. at the FIAO Soccer Field, at 20th Avenue and 33rd Street. Their new headquarters is at 20-12 21st Ave., Astoria, NY 11105. The course is five kilometers (3.1 miles) through the local street...
San Jose's Little Italy Gets a Boost.
The efforts to establish a bona fide Little Italy neighborhood in San Jose have leaped a major hurdle. All one-zillion of the required permits to construct a gateway arch on Julian Street in front of Paesano Ristorante are now signed off. This is not as simple as it sounds because the intersection in question—North Almaden Avenue and Julia...
100 years later, DiPasquale's grocery keeps family food tradition going
Sometime in 1914, Luigi DiPasquale, who had left his home of Abruzzi, Italy, came to Baltimore and opened a corner store in Highlandtown. Ever the entrepreneur, he butchered and sold meats and also sold live goats tethered in the backyard. This week I spoke with his grandson, Joe DiPasquale, who continues the unbroken family tradition 100 years la...
Ferragosto Celebration
Princeton-Pettoranello Sister City Foundation in partnership with Princeton Italian-American Sportsmen's Club is pleased to invite you to "Ferragosto Celebration"! When: Sunday, August 17, 2014 - 1:00-5:00 PM Where: Princeton Italian-American Sportsmen's Club, 8 Founders Lane, Princeton, NJ Download the Reserv...
Why Google's Secret Italian Resort Retreat Location Is Surprising
by Larry Holmsted Google, the influential tech giant, spent this week hosting a very low-profile conference for some very high-profile business and opinion leaders. While the event has been widely reported, Google has mostly kept quiet about it. The New York Times, which broke the story, called it the "Davos of summer," comparing...
49th Annual Installation Dinner Dance
Saturday, September 20, 2014 Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres @ 5:30 PM - Dinner @ 6:30 PM - Dancing - 8:00 - 11:00 PM.Music & Entertainment by: Jody & The Trouble Brothers. Dress Code: All Officers - Formal. Members & Guests - Semi-Formal MENU: Salad, Bread & Butter, Prime Rib, P...
Trio Lennon - The Beatles in Tuxedos
Founded in 1995, the Trio Lennon is composed of renowned soloists from the Marche region. Luca Marziali (violin), Roberto Molinelli (viola) and Alessandro Culiani (cello) are the artists giving life and soul to this wonderful project. Roberto Molinelli has rearranged the immortal melodies of the Liverpool quartet, readapting them into a wi...
Italian wine: Donnafugata and the unique grapes of Sicily
WTI Magazine #44 2014 October, 1Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: The Donnafugata winery holds 160 years of experience with owner Giacomo Rallo combining his experience with his wife Gabriella and her experience in the industry. The two combined, along with their two children Jose' and Antonio, are one of the limited w...
Italian wine: Touring the Ascheri winery in Piedmont
WTI Magazine #45 2014 October, 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: One of the best meetings I had while in Piedmont was my private tour of the Ascheri winery in Bra, Italy. I was fortunate enough to have it organized for me through Martignetti's due to my work with the distributor. I entered behind the gates that day l...
La lingua italiana soprattutto. Il presidente della Niaf John Viola illustra la sua visione
Da tre anni presidente della National Italian American Foundation, John Viola è nove anni più giovane della Niaf che ieri sera ha festeggiato il 39.mo anniversario con il tradizionale Gala al Washington Hilton. Giovane intraprendente di Brooklyn, Viola spiega in un'intervista quale è la sua visione della Fondazione alle soglie del quarto decennio e...