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Rosati's Pizza in Schererville may have a new location, but there's nearly a century of tradition behind the name that began in Coney Island, New York and then Chicago's Taylor Street. The name goes back to the 1890s when Italian immigrant Ferdinand Rosati opened a New York restaurant. The family later moved to Chicago where in 1927 Ferdinand's so...

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Movies are a wonderful way to tell stories, and in the US many millions of people – either of Italian heritage or not – love to be told stories about and from Italy. That is why cinema is one of the most important tool of the promotion of our culture in America. Every year, hundreds of events involve the showing of an Italian movie somewhere in th...

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LeoVince USA is now under the ownership of Geared Up Powersports, a California Limited Liability company owned by longtime LeoVince USA Executive Vice President Tim Calhoun. The company will continue to operate under the LeoVince USA name, with Calhoun stepping into the role of CEO and President. Sito Gruppo Industriale, the parent company of the...

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A cooperative agreement between Indiana University and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, will result in an unprecedented initiative to digitize in 3-D the museum's entire collection of 1,250 pieces of irreplaceable Greek and Roman sculpture.   The project between the Uffizi, one of the oldest and most renowned art museums in the world,...

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  WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20Author : Nicola Bergamo      Translation by: John Cabot University   I grew up fascinated by the United States, just like all my peers who lived through the Cold War since childhood. At the time, there was the division between good and bad, between democracy and dictatorship, between freedom and oppression,...

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The Little Italy festival is in full swing in Clinton. From carnival rides to two stages full of entertainment, this annual event has something for everyone -- and every stomach.   This weekend, this isn't the town of Clinton -- it's Little Italy, Indiana. "I look more forward to this more than Christmas!" said Robert Stultz. ...

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By Mark Bennett Yards and yards of wide open, flat dirt. A batch of hard plastic spheres the size of softballs, and permission to throw them. My preschool-age sons couldn't have been happier. They got a brief taste of the ancient game of bocce ball when our family trekked to the Little Italy Festival at Clinton in the 1990s. The festival fea...

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By Kristen Yates   From Brooklyn, to Italy, to right here in Noblesville, Vito Ruggieri is bringing his authentic Italian cuisines in his restaurant, V's Pizza & Pasta.   Ruggieri was born in Brooklyn, but raised in Italy. At 17, he returned to America to follow his dreams. Ever since he can remember, he has been in love with food...

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Nov 17 at 2 PM Indianapolis Opera and the Italian Heritage Society of Indiana team up to celebrate the 200th birthday of Italy's greatest opera composer.   This afternoon concert features performances by opera guest soloists, the Indianapolis Opera chorus and a special prosecco toast!

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Fifty years ago this fall, the Italian-American Society in Indianapolis decided to restore the Chapel in the Meadow in the Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area.   The chapel had been built 20 years earlier by Italian prisoners of war and dedicated in the autumn of 1943. So this fall also marks the 70th anniversary of the chapel itself.  ...

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