Close

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...

1073

Singers Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble were discovered when the three singers appeared individually on Italy's televised singing competition – "Ti lascio una canzone." The show's creator/producer Roberto Cenci had the lads perform as a trio during the program's fourth episode, thus launching the group's career. Now Il Vol...

2597

Anche quest'anno, nell'ambito delle iniziative volte ad agevolare l'accesso dei concittadini ai servizi offerti dell'Ufficio Passaporti, il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Los Angeles sta organizzando – in collaborazione con il locale Consolato Onorario – un incontro in Phoenix, in Arizona, per la raccolta in loco delle impronte digitali necessarie a...

1441

by Lauren Saria   Sure, you've already had Rita's Italian Ice on Mill Avenue, but now Tempe-ites have a second spot dedicated to serving Philadelphia-style Italian Ice. Joe's Italian Ice opened at 2019 South McClintock Drive in mid-December, bringing a menu of more than 50 flavors of Italian ice to Tempe. This is Joe's first location in Ari...

1001

It was 10 a.m. on a typical warm May morning, and Jerry Colangelo cruised down North Central Avenue in his all-black Mercedes-Benz with tinted windows. He's listening to faint music by Frank Sinatra on the Siriusly Sinatra SiriusXM Radio channel.   "I always have Sinatra on," Colangelo said. "The Italian neighborhood [near] Chicago I'm...

1233

This year, the mega-fundraiser Celebrtiy Fight Night is raising the stakes even higher with a special, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Celebrity Fight Night in Italia 2014!   For the first-ever Celebrity Fight Night outside of Phoenix, Ariz., you will fly to Florence, Italy, on a privately-chartered Boeing 767 jumbo jet (all first-class seat...

2380

By Casey Logan    In 1910, Antonio and Nunziata Pirruccello emigrated from Sicily. They arrived in Omaha's emergent Little Italy neighborhood, where they started a few businesses, owned a number of properties and raised nine children of various talents. More than a century later, the offspring of those children, and the one surviving s...

1310

The scene: Pizzeria Bianco is one of the most important restaurants to open in my lifetime in terms of transforming America's food scene. Recent years have seen a proliferation of high-quality foods in places outside their traditional regions, places they might not be expected to excel.   The obvious example is barbecue, which can now be fou...

876

A backdrop of canals, outdoor dining, authentic Italian food and classic and contemporary Italian entertainment create a Venetian ambiance in Scottsdale during the annual Italian festival.   In its third year, the Italian Festival of Arizona will take place on March 19 and 20 at the Scottsdale Waterfront. The event is organized by the I...

881

The 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open was packed well before 11:30 a.m., but that's when the fans who got there early enough to grab seats got their money's worth. Italian golfer Francesco Molinari's tee shot with a pitching wedge landed on the green, then gently rolled into the cup for a hole-in-one.   Read more   Sourc...

1236