DennyDolls (c) come to the Garibaldi Meucci Museum!
Opening, Saturday, April 11, 2015, 2 p.m. : Denny PizziniDenny Pizzini, who has lived on Staten Island for more than 50 years and is retired from his catalog printing business for some 20 years, is a well known artist in the borough. Among his exquisite collection are his signed edition "dennydolls"© sculptures, that he started creating in the earl...
Ken Borrelli: “A Second Diaspora for the Italians of California?”
Today we have the pleasure to publish a guest post by Ken Borrelli, a leader of the Italian American Heritage Foundation of San Jose. Ken focuses on what he describes as a "Second Diaspora", i.e. what he sees as the demise of Italian ethnic neighborhoods in the Bay Area. This is great food for thought. Ken's article raises questions that m...
Maserati rolls out Post Road East dealership
Local auto sales just shifted into the fast lane with the recent opening of a Maserati dealership at 1026 Post Road East. The dealer showcases four models by the luxury Italian car maker: the Ghibli, the Quattroporte, the three convertible S-models of which the MC is the top of the line, and the fourth is the GT-coupe that has both hard-top an...
1940s-style Football Wedding
The Italian-American Club of Lacey will hold a 1940s-style Football Wedding at 6 p.m. May 5 at Lacey's Community Hall on Lacey Road and Route 9. The tradition arose from large family wedding receptions where attendees would toss deli sandwiches like footballs. The Italian-American Club will serve traditional sandwiches, salads, wedding cak...
IAOVC FORUM
The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition invites you to their "IAOVC FORUM"PresentersManny Alfano ... How does IAOVC deal with the mediaAndre' DiMino ... Progress ReportFrank Cipolla TV Anchor and Radio Personality ... How to use twitterSaturday, May 16, 2015 ... Doors open at 10:30 amAt Vinnie's Pizzeria and Restaurant 414 Broad Street,...
Exploring Italy: Great Sauces in Boca Raton, FL - May 27, 2015 11:00 AM
Join us to discover the simplicity of preparing wonderfully delicious and authentic Italian sauces. A repertoire of sauces adds flavor and complexity to your favorite dishes and color and texture to your dinner presentation. Our chef instructor will show you how to prepare a flavorful pesto, a classic Puttanesca, a savory Gremolata and a t...
Annual Pasta Dinner
St. James Church Rocky Hill - 767 Elm St, Rocky Hill 06067Join us on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 for our Annual Pasta Dinner from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Adults are priced at $12.00 each and children are $6.00 each (children 5 and under are free). We also have 'Dinner To-Go" available for $10.00 each. You can buy tickets at the door. Proceeds su...
Andrea Bocelli brings message of love to Sacramento
by Debbie Arrington He sings the music of love and much more. That will make for a long-awaited romantic evening at Sleep Train Arena. Famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has won fans and hearts worldwide with his rich voice and moving melodies. Wednesday, he performs in Sacramento for the first time in almost a decade. Bocell...
Tourists are flocking to Rome, and most of them are Americans
by Andrea Marini Lines in front of the Vatican Museums, lines to enter the Saint Peter's Basilica, lines for the Colosseum. These days, whoever goes for a walk in the center of Rome will find it difficult to recognize a native Roman amid the throng of tourists. Although the city has been hit hard by the recession (the unemployment rat...
OK Mozart Celebrates Youth, Italy and Opera
Putting Oklahoma and Mozart back into the 2015 OK Mozart (OKM) Festival (June 6 – 13) with Italian flair proved to be an exhilarating venture for artistic director and conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos and the Amici New York Orchestra. "Italy is where young Mozart cut his teeth when it comes to opera," says maestro Kitsopoulos, "...and ope...
Meet the first Italian Consul in San Francisco, Leonetto Cipriani
by Mauro Battocchi Mike Homer, Italy's Honorary Consul to Utah since 2008, is a historian among many other talents and has written several books on the American West and Mormonism. In 2007, the Mormon History Association awarded him the Steven Christensen Best Documentary Book Award for On the Way to Somewhere Else: European Sojourners in...
Italian traditions: Palio dij Cossòt in Alpignano, Torino
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : folclore.it Translation by: Located on the Via Francigena, a place of transit for travelers and pilgrims headed to Santiago de Compostela, the community of Alpignano chose probably since the High Middle Ages Saint Giacomo Maggiore as its patron saint, dedicating to him the old little chapel once...