La Festa Della Repubblica in Philadelphia
June 7, 2015, Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PMEast Passyunk Avenue - 1601 E Passyunk AvenuePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19148Filitalia International & Foundation Presents La Festa Della Repubblica – Italian National Day, which will be held on Sunday, June 7, 2015. 11am-7pm Rain or Shine This wonderful event will be located in South...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Last Sunday (June 7th), my friends and I joined members of the Società di San Cono in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the Feast of San Cono, patron saint of Teggiano, Salerno. Starting from the society's clubhouse at 231 Ainslie St., the procession meandered through the neighborhood to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, where we celebrated Mass in Italian...
Sons of Italy in Endicott celebrates 100 years
by Anthony Borrelli A place to smoke a cigar, relax by playing cards with the guys and drink a glass of wine. In the early years of the 20th century, local Italian American immigrants who were among the throngs who came to this country needed to look no further for a place to unwind than at the Sons of Italy lodge. This was a...
Marian Paravano Grubor (President of the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival)
West Virginia has a long history of Italian emigration. In 1910 more than 17,000 Italians were living there, making up 30% of the entire foreign-born population of the State: Italy even had a consular office in northern West Virginia. The majority of the Italian immigrants came from the south: Calabria, Campania, Sicilia. In 1907, the worst mining...
Festa Italiana returns to Harriet Island this weekend
by Jaime DeLage After a year off to reorganize and a year away in Shoreview, the fledgling Festa Italiana is returning to Harriet Island this weekend. The first Festas were held on Harriet Island in September 2011 and 2012, but miserable weather the second year convinced organizers to move their event to midsummer. The lack of sum...
Italian-American Festival was a whole gelato fun
by Lisa Backus As he stirred the steaming pot of soffritto, boiled veal hearts in a tasty sauce, Sunday afternoon, Rich Angelillo understood that he was helping younger generations to understand the vibrancy of his roots in Italy. "This is our Italian heritage," he said as he pointed to the sign on the Sons of Italy hall that read they had been i...
Portolano Cavallo launches in New York
By Mary Tiernan The Italian firm's US office will be headed up by resident partner Yan Pecoraro. The New York office will advise the firm's clients on Italian and European issues. Mr Pecoraro's practice focuses on representing non-Italian clients looking to make Italian investments or to establish and operate businesses in Italy. 'Th...
The optical illusion hidden in the 'Mona Lisa' explained
By Evan ThomasArt historians say Leonardo da Vinci hid an optical illusion in the Mona Lisa's face: she doesn't always appear to be smiling. There's question as to whether it was intentional, but new research into a second painting attributed to da Vinci suggests yes, it was."Portrait of a Young Fiancée," which is thought to be of an Italian g...
Pizza, la migliore al mondo è di Teresa Iorio. Il premio a Napoli
di Eduardo Cagnazzi E' Teresa Iorio ed ha quarantadue anni il migliore pizzaiolo al mondo. Lo ha decretato una giuria di esperti presieduta dallo chef italo-americano Lydia Bastianich, della quale faceva parte anche il pluristellato Gennaro Esposito. La competizione si è svolta nel corso di Napoli Pizza Village la manifestazione turistico-...
The Private Equity of Italian Fashion
by Lorenzo Sorrentino Investments in Italian fashion houses are back in vogue among international private equity firms. In fact, following, on the one hand, a 15-year steady growth of the global luxury goods market and, on the other hand, the positive externalities brought about by the recent devaluation of the Euro to Italian and...
The Sardex factor
by Edward Posnett Across the island of Sardinia there are more than 7,000 ancient towers built with large blocks of local stone. Known as nuraghi, they resemble giant beehives, jutting out across the landscape. Little is known about the nuraghi or their Bronze Age architects but almost every Sardinian I met had a theory about their purpos...
Benedetto’s breaks classic Italian restaurant mold with culinary creativity
by Denise Parker Who's in the mood to drive to Land O' Lakes and find a nice spot for a romantic, upscale Italian dinner? Don't everyone raise your hand at once. However ... although you may think that Pasco County is too far a haul from most parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas, Benedetto's is worth the trip. Somewhat incongru...