Italian American Festa serves up favorites
The 84th annual Italian American Festa will take place from noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at Hickory Grove Park, 12403 Hickory Grove Road, Dunlap. There will be spaghetti and lasagna dinners; meatball, sausage and Italian beef sandwiches; Italian desserts and beer and beverages for sale. Read more Source: http://www.pjstar.com &nb...
85 Years of Bringing Italy to Chicago
When Alfredo Capitanini, Sr., and his wife, Ada, opened the Italian Village in 1927, it was, simply, about good food. We are the same here at the Italian Village today. We are about good food, making every customer feel at home, and we respect tradition while not being afraid to innovate at the same time. A quote from a program produced fo...
AIHA September Monthly Meeting
AIHA September Monthly Meeting will take place on Thursday, September 19th. The business meeting begins at 7:00 pm followed by the presenter: Ann Parillo, TV Producer and Host of "Schenectady Today - In and Around the Capital District. Please bring dessert for the social to follow. Free and open to the public. Poetry reading by Sarah Cifar...
Announcing the 2013 S.S. Crocifisso Mass and Procession in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
September 29, 2013 - Procession 3:00 PM - Mass 4:00 PM Club Carinesi D'America - 7618 17th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11214 The procession, organized by Club Carinesi D'America, will begin at the society's clubhouse (7618 17th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York) and make its way through the neighborhood for Mass at Our Lady of Guad...
Sicilia: the Most Liked Region of Italy on Facebook
The world of social networking is so young and jam-packed with mystery that any analysis often ends up in riddles. However, certain things can't be denied: specifically numbers. They don't reflect opinions. And so, among all the Italian Regions, the page with the most fans is without doubt the one dedicated to Sicily (https://www.facebook.com/lasic...
Another Da Vinci mystery: Is a newfound 500-year-old painting his?
The steady gaze and beatific smile are reminiscent of the world's best known painting, the Mona Lisa.Those clues, along with carbon dating and other scientific tests, have led Italian experts to claim that they have found the holy of holies of the art world: a previously unknown Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. Experts believe that the newly discove...
Guggenheim ready to host Italian Futurism
by Claudia Astarita "Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe": this extraordinary exhibition will have its opening at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Feb. 21, 2014. This outstanding show has been organized to re-evatuale and broaden the notion of what avant-garde means, focusing on one of Europe's most important...
Fior di Latte: Real Italian Gelato in Boulder, Colorado
We've brought the best Italian gelato to Colorado. From Italy. Now we need your help to open our first retail location in Boulder. NOTE: This is a new version of a previously-uploaded project. Due to outside funding, our goal has changed from $50,000 to $10,000. In the last 18 months we've perfected our recipes, created a solid wholes...
Oldest Italy Bell Maker Avoids Death Knell via Exports
The process of making bronze bells hasn't altered much in 1,000 years at the Pontifical Marinelli Foundry. What's changing is where they chime, as Italy's oldest family business looks abroad to dodge the economy at home. The company in Agnone, a small town about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southeast of Rome, has increased exports to 20 percent of i...
Bto, in Italia 250mila posti di lavoro in più sviluppando il turismo online
"Con l'incremento di contenuti turistici online in Italia si potrebbe dare un impulso all'economia per 250 mila posti di lavoro in più". E' uno dei dati presentati oggi al 6/o BTO – Buy Tourism online a Firenze dalla ricerca realizzata per Google da "Oxford Economics" che ha studiato i casi di Grecia, Italia e Spagna sul tema del Travel 2.0. ...
Sons of Italy Foundation hopes donated car will benefit needed charities
This past May, Chrysler Group LLC donated one of its iconic American-built supercars, a 2013 Street and Racing Technology (SRT) Viper GTS, to the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF), a nationally recognized nonprofit based in Washington D.C. The SIF is the philanthropic arm of the 109-year-old Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the largest...
Detroit 2014: Marchionne Talks Return Of Alfa Romeo, Future Chrysler Minivans
Alfa Romeo is still scheduled to return to the U.S. with the 4C in the second quarter, and more Alfa models will arrive in calendar year 2015, to be sold both in Maserati and "best performing" Fiat dealers, Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said in an hour-long press conference at the North American International Auto Show. Marchionn...