Does Your Grandma Make the Best Pasta? She Can Star at Taylor St. Fest
Think your grandma makes the best Italian meatballs or pasta fagioli? She might be able to take the stage at this year's Festa Italiana, an all-things-Italian fest in Little Italy next month. The 11th annual Italian fest will be staged on Taylor Street between Ashland Avenue and Racine Avenue in the Little Italy neighborhood Aug. 13 t...
Call for applications Fulbright-Fondazione Falcone-NIAF scholarship in criminology
The Fondazione "Giovanni e Francesca Falcone" and the Fulbright Program in Italy, in cooperation with the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), are pleased to announce the Fulbright Fondazione Falcone-NIAF Scholarship in Criminology. Students must submit applications for the academic year 2016-17 by the deadline: October 13, 2015. "...
The 10th Annual Little Italy StreetFest
Saturday, September 12, 12/21 - The Annual Little Italy StreetFest - Union St at N Jay St, Schenectady Whose ready for the 10th Annual Little Italy StreetFest? This year we have a lot in store for you! ~~Street Businesses Participating: The following businesses will be pumping out their key dishes and services th...
September 20 Italian Cultural Society Social Meeting
by Arrigo Mongini Our September 20, 3:00 pm social meeting at the Friendship Heights Village Center: LET US CELEBRATE THE TRADITIONAL DRINKS OF ITALY WITH A TASTING We all know about the many varieties of Italian wines, but how many of us know much about the other drinks that Italians take for granted every day, and how many...
Imprese: Desideri, con Clarissa Burt negli Stati Uniti apre un nuovo “operative branch”
"Confimprese World valica l'Atlantico. Ormai è tutto pronto, le intese sono state firmate: nelle prossime settimane aprirà un nuovo "Operative Branch" in America, nella West Coast. Gli Stati interessati sono Arizona, California e Nevada. La sede principale sarà a Phoenix". Lo ha annunciato Fabio Desideri, presidente di Confimprese World. «Con...
Italian wine: Nebbiolo wines of the Langhe and Roero with Demarie
WTI Magazine #69 2015 October, 2Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: The Demarie winery, owner by Paolo Demarie, is located in Vezza d'Alba, which is part of the Roero district. Their vineyards are spread out across 20 hectacres (50 acres) in the towns of Vezza, Guarene, Castellinaldo and Cast...
Storia del primo unicorno italiano: così Yoox è passata dal garage alle stelle
di Arcangelo RociolaAlle 9.00 del 5 ottobre la campanella di Piazza Affari ha suonato il trionfo di un pezzo di digital economy italiana. In elegante abito scuro e volto visibilmente emozionato, Federico Marchetti, founder di Yoox, ha fatto debuttare in Borsa la newco nata dopo la fusione con Net-A-Porter. Un colosso dell'ecommerce che gen...
Salimblues - Italian Songs and Blues, Oct.23, 2015
SALIMBLUES Presents: Italian Songs and Blues. For Italian Heritage Month - Friday, October 23, 2015, 8:00-10:00p.m. Paesani d'Italia - 149 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA Join Stefano Salimbeni, Guido Bartoloni, Matteo Casini and Pasquale Iocola singing famous Italian songs from the 1960s to the 1990s. ...
Friends remember long-time public servant Carl Fortuna
By Robert Mayer Carl Fortuna was one of a kind. Fortuna died Oct. 15 after a long illness, but will long be remembered for his public service, his wit and the advice he gave to anyone who needed an ear to bend. "He was just such a good guy," said Middlesex Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHugh of Fortuna. "He was al...
Can this new Italian restaurant be both hip and healthy?
By Steve Cuozzo After each meal I had at buzzing new Pecora Bianca (1133 Broadway; 212-498-9696), where I sampled "wholesome," "nourishing" and "lighter" Italian dishes, as the restaurant describes them, I asked myself: Why, after eating so virtuously, did I feel like I'd gained 10 pounds? Simple: I ate too much of everything. Althou...
Musement vince il primo premio Imprenditore dell’anno di Ernst&Young per le startup
di Arcangelo Rociola A rivedere il 2015, turismo e digitale sono stati lo spartito su cui si sono suonati i successi di diverse startup italiane. Lo dimostrano sicuramente i numeri raggiunti da Travel Appeal, piuttosto che la strategia di crescita di Viaggiart. Startup che fanno bene. Musement non è stata da meno, anzi. La startup...
Celebration of Life for Mario Lalli, Sr. to be Saturday, Dec. 5th
Operatic Tenor, mentor & entrepreneur Mario Anthony Lalli passed away peacefully at his home in Sierra Madre, CA on October 8th, 2015 at the age of 92. Mario was predeceased by his wife of 44 years, Edalyn Doris Lalli. Mario was born in Springfield, MA in 1923 to Italian immigrants Antonio Lalli and Giacinta Lalli. He was the youngest of four c...