Michigan Football: Wolverines Host Friends From Italy
Michigan football went international this spring under Jim Harbaugh, and renewed some friendships on Monday. The Wolverines hosted members of the AS Roma soccer club at the Michigan practice fields. Members of the football and soccer squads engaged in a little friendly competition, from trying to beat each other on soccer goals and football throws...
New Yorker leads soccer club on Italian renaissance
In terms of this week’s soccer friendlies, Tuesday’s Detroit City FC-Venezia FC encounter might be dismissed as an undercard to the following day’s AS Roma-Paris Saint Germain clash at Comerica Park. That would be shortsighted. Perhaps no soccer team has compiled a more compelling story than the Winged Lions of Venice. In two short years, the club...
Casa to host dancing under the stars
Nothing warms the Italian heart like great food and music, especially when it includes dancing outdoors on a warm summer night. And that’s exactly what Casa Italia has to offer at Ballo Sotto le Stelle. Slated for Aug. 18 at the Casa’s Festival Center, the event will begin with a sumptuous feast, served family-style by Alta Villa Banquets on tables...
Italian American Golf Classic
Columbus Lodge 2599 is proud to announce that on July 15th , 2017, they’ll host the second annual Italian American Golf Classic at Golf Club of Dublin in Dublin, Ohio, in memory of Frances Catherine Codispoti. Consulting with golf professionals at Golf Club of Dublin and the Foundation Development department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has e...
Baseball, Seminati a 18 anni da Parma ai Cincinnati Reds
Leonardo Seminati, prima base del Parma Clima, è da oggi un giocatore dei Cincinnati Reds. Bergamasco, 18enne, è alla prima stagione in IBL. E a questo punto forse anche all' ultima, l'ultima intera per lo meno. Per altro si dice che a lui, per via soprattutto della sua potenza, fossero molto interessati anche i New York Yankees e i New York Mets....
It’s Camp Italiano week in Steubenville
It's a tour of Italy without ever leaving the Ohio Valley. They're dancing the day away at Campo Italiano. The summer day camp, held at the Italian Village in Steubenville, is in its 9th year. All this week, about 100 kids are learning about Italian cities, food, music and culture. On Thursday, part of the fun included a 100th birthday celebration...
Highwood Bocce Club readies for U.S. tourney
Some of the best bocce players in the country will be competing at the Highwood Bocce Club later this month when the club hosts the U.S. Bocce Federation National Championship Tournament. Paolo Giannetti, chairman of the Highwood Bocce Club, said about 100 players from across the country will be coming to Highwood for the five-day event from June 2...
Born to bocce at HerrinFesta Italiana
HerrinFesta Italiana reaches it peak this weekend. The week-long festival features big name bands, great food, and plenty of other things to do. One thing has always been a favorite at the Italian festival: bocce. It's the oldest game known to mankind. HerrinFesta Italiana has made bocce a staple for a quarter century. Travis Caliper has played for...
Italian soccer club coming to Metro East
This summer the Metro East will play host to a camp conducted by a professional European soccer team with a long and storied tradition. Juventus FC camp will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 5-9 at Wood River Soccer and Skate Park, 2551 Rock Hill Road in Wood River. The camps are for male and female soccer players ages 5 to 17. A storied...
Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan's Italian Songs And Arias Vocal Competition
Last Sunday, the final for the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan's Italian Songs And Arias Vocal Competition took place. This competition is considered as the state’s top singing competition for high school classical and opera vocalists. Former winners, such as Michael Fabiano and Caitlin Lynch, are today performing with opera companies in prestigiou...
Italian Tenor Performs Concerts in Highland Park
The Highland Park Sister Cities Foundation, winner of Sister Cities International's award for Best Overall Program, brought tenor, Gianni Coletta, from Highland Park's sister city, Modena, Italy to Highland Park to participate in Focus on the Arts and perform at a variety of other concerts. Coletta was honored at a dinner sponsored by the Modenese...
Michigan football team fired up for Italian adventure
Flying is not Michigan running back Ty Isaac’s favorite thing to do. “I hate flying,” he said recently. He has spent some time strategizing how he will handle the nine-hour flight from Detroit to Rome when the majority of the team travels on Saturday for a unique sightseeing and educational trip that will also include the Wolverines’ final three sp...