Reno's Big Business from Italy: MB America
You may be surprised to learn that northern Nevada is home to the world leader in demolition and recycling equipment. It comes in the form of a crushing, smashing, pulverizing machine...a large bucket at the end of an excavator that squashes and crumbles anything you put in it. It's made to crunch boulders into pebbles and dirt to be used...
Dinner dance 2014: molfettesi in America"
Il "Dinner Dance 2014" è fissato per sabato 22 marzo prossimo ed è organizzato dal Club della Società Madonna dei Martiri di Hoboken, in collaborazione con la Società Hoboken Italian Festival, due società riconosciute e iscritte all'albo della Regione Puglia, Pugliesi nel Mondo. Si terrà nella prestigiosa location del "Macaluso's" a Hawthorne...
Marco Bellocchio: A Retrospective. April 16–May 6, 2014
The remarkable career of Marco Bellocchio, director of an impressive number of features, documentaries, and shorts for both television and cinema, has encompassed a wide range of genres and subjects. Yet his work remains distinctive and personal, reflecting his uncompromising views and artistic ambition. During his 50-year c...
La Giunta regionale sulla Consulta degli emiliano-romagnoli nel mondo: Riforma Si, Abolizione No
Per l'abolizione della Consulta degli emiliano-romagnoli nel mondo sono stati presentati in Giunta regionale quattro progetti di legge regionale, fra cui quello del gruppo Lega Nord, datato 25 novembre 2011. "Fin dall'ottobre 2012, la Giunta si era impegnata a intervenire con una propria proposta di legge modificativa della disciplina vige...
Italian shoe store opening in Gulf Gate
M'Orelli Italian Shoes is opening its first Sarasota location in the Gulf Gate neighborhood. The shoe store, which sells footwear fashions for women, are made in the Marche area of Italy. All products are made in Italy and shopping to the United States. Store owner, Jerry Ciarapica, comes from a long line of Itlalian shoe makers and manufacturers....
Venerdì Santo. Ottomila fedeli in processione a Bensonhurst
Pur essendo a primavera inoltrata la processione notturna del Venerdì Santo nella zona di Bensonhurst in Brooklyn era accompagnata da un leggero freddo che non ha certo raffreddato i cuori delle migliaia di italiani, che hanno rivissuto la Via Crucis con canti, preghiere, letture evangeliche accompagnate da brani religiosi da parte del complesso ba...
Toscano & sons relocated in Virginia Highlands
Drawing on Italian heritage, regular trips to Italy, and a passion for Italian food, wine and culture, owners Kathy Boehmer and John Reed, have a shared enthusiasm and knowledge for all things Italian. To that end, they have reopened Toscano & Sons Italian Market in the Atlanta neighborhood of Virginia Highland. They and their staff en...
Foundation in Maine helping Italian farm flourish
In recent years, Maine has seen a resurgence in people interested in where their food comes from, paying a premium for products grown locally in a sustainable manner. Just as that movement has grown, some people in Italy have become more removed from the locally grown market with a surge in popularity of supermarkets. "Encouraging small, d...
Laura Caparrotti (Founder of In scena! Italian Theater festival NY)
New York is not just Manhattan, and one who understood very well this is Laura Caparrotti, Roman by birth and New Yorker by adoption, who last year created "In scena! Italian Theater festival NY" that brings the Italian theater in all 5 boroughs of New York City: Manhattan as well as also the Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens. The 2014 edi...
Serving up Little Italy on a platter
There are several different neighborhoods in San Diego: There's Hillcrest, North Park, Downtown... Each offers a unique personality and character to those who visit it. Few are as culturally enriching, however, as Little Italy. From its landscaped piazzas to its murals, Little Italy effectively transports its visitors to a different place...
The Italian American Museum Presents "The Marquis of Roccaverdina"
Book Presentation by Santi V. Buscemi - Thursday, July 24th (6:30pm) An engrossing and moving story, The Marquis of Roccaverdina (1903), is a psychological tour de force, which analyzes the life of a Sicilian aristocrat forced to choose between his passion for a beautiful peasant woman and the demands of a moribund social structure that...
Rita's Italian Ice plans 75 Northern California locations, including Sacramento
by Mark Anderson With more than 600 stores in 25 states, Rita's Italian Ice has been offering cool treats since 1984. Now it wants to bring its ices, custards and sundaes to Sacramento. Santa Cruz County-based East Bay Ice Empire Inc. was awarded a franchise development agreement to open at least 75 Rita's stores over a period of years in...