Dr. Vincenza Scarpaci continued the mission of the Gockel Symposium in her presentation of "The Road Less Traveled: Italian Immigrants in America." She showcased the international issues associated with the immigration of nearly four million Italian people to America. While many immigrants settled in the New York area, a few chose to journey farthe...
READ MOREIl Consolato Generale d'Italia a Chicago sta organizzando tre diverse missioni in Colorado, Missouri e Minnesota per l'acquisizione delle impronte digitali dei connazionali che hanno bisogno di rinnovare il passaporto. In attesa di conoscere le date, il Consolato annuncia che la prima missione di terrà a Denver a fine marzo; seguirà, a met...
READ MOREBy Rustin Dodd The the most vertically-challenged kicker in college football spent last year taking coursework at a community college in St. Louis. He was not a member of any football team then — college or otherwise — and if you saw Nick Bartolotta strolling into a class at St. Louis Community College, you probably wouldn't have guessed it, eithe...
READ MORE"Genealogy Roadshow" returns Jan. 13 for its second season on PBS, and it will feature a group of genealogy experts traveling to New Orleans, Philadelphia and St. Louis to help participants discover their family histories. The format of the show is simple: Three genealogy experts travel to a new city and residents apply to have their famil...
READ MOREby Angelo D. Donze. Today I am honoring my father Angelo Donze. My father was an immigrant that came to Kansas City in 1960 from Camporeale, Sicily. Like most immigrants, they followed their families and wanted a better life. He resided in the North East part of Kansas City called "Northeast" In the beginning he worked for Roma Bakery, Lex...
READ MORELunedì 1° dicembre 2014, Mapei ha ricevuto il Transatlantic Award 2014, ritirato da Giorgio Squinzi, per l'acquisizione di GRT - General Resource Technology Inc., azienda americana attiva nel settore degli additivi per calcestruzzo, con due siti produttivi a Minneapolis e a St. Louis, che le consentirà di aumentare la propria posizione strategica s...
READ MOREby Corey Noles Italian window manufacturer Piva Group announced Friday that it plans to open a manufacturing facility in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. It is expected to create 122 new jobs. The jobs will be in the manufacturing and distribution fields as well as IT, accounting, and customer service specialists, according to a press releas...
READ MOREModigliani transforms the way their valued customers enjoy the beauty and inspiration of authentic hand-crafted products for the home and table through the launch of their new website, MyModigliani.com, allowing more customers to Embrace La Grande Vita. The site aims to make it as quick and easy as possible for discerning shoppers to decorate their...
READ MORERestaurateurs, Mehdi /Susan Rouhani, and Bob Candice proudly announce their achievements. Talayna's Italian Restaurant was founded in 1964 by the previous owner and has been owned and managed by Mehi and Susan Rouhani for the past 30 years. They are known for their Pizza and Italian cuisines. Additionally, they offer catering, banquet faci...
READ MOREYou and a guest are cordially invited to attend our next official dinner meeting of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City. That dinner meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:00 p.m. at Garozzo's Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas (near College and the I-69). Drinks and appetizers will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., followed...
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