CIACO 2015 Friday Night Fights
The Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization's 3rd Friday Night Fights is more than your typical fundraiser or brawler's ball. An absolute must for boxing fans, it also raises crucial funds for a variety of worthy causes. Featuring at least seven boom-boom amateur bouts, Friday Night Fights will rock Medinah Hall in Addison on...
Corsa all’Anello di Narni, dama narnese conquista l'America
La Corsa all'Anello di Narni si fa onore negli Stati Uniti. In un concorso fotografico di Bluffton, nella Carolina del Sud, la foto della dama del terziere Fraporta, Oriana Spadino, è arrivata seconda a soli due punti di differenza dalla prima classificata. Il fotografo è Wesley Grady che nel mese di maggio 2014 è stato in Italia dove ha s...
"Music in the Mansion 2015" started with the concert of Italian soprano Elisabetta Russo
To host one of the most important cultural events in town, there is no better place as the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. On Sunday 25th, in particular, the estate was the location of the 2015 "Music in the Mansion" opening. The music festival will run until July 24th, with a total of 7 high-level classical and jazz oriented performan...
Get ready to celebrate the kick off of the 7th Annual Italian Film Festival (IFF) in style!
The IFF Opening Night party promises to be a memorable evening filled with great food, fantastic cocktails and wine, music and raucous live auction hosted by WCCO news anchorman Frank Vascellaro. Ask anyone who attended last year's lively IFF opening night: It's a not-to-be-missed event. Don't wait until the last minute--tickets are going...
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno set to present 'key to the city' to owners of Albano's Market after prolonged South End service
by Peter Goonan Mayor Domenic J. Sarno will honor the owners of Albano's Market on Wednesday by presenting them with a ceremonial "Key to the City" as they prepare to close the business after being family-run in Springfield for 74 years. The key presentation is scheduled at 2:30 p.m., at the market, located at 1167 East Columbus...
Passport service in action in Portland and Seattle
by Mauro Battocchi Giorgia Efficace, one of the great officers of the Italian Consulate General in San Francisco, has been in Portand yesterday and today and will be in Seattle until Sunday to issue electronic passports. As you know, this process generally requires nationals to travel to San Francisco and present themselves at the Consulat...
Italian restaurant 'Monello' will replace Porter & Frye
The new restaurant going into the space formerly known as Porter & Frye will be called Monello. Jester Concepts will open the new restaurant at Minneapolis' Hotel Ivy this summer, according to the restaurant's website, which went live Wednesday. Monello is Italian for "sea urchin," according to a post by food critic Dara Moskowitz...
"Terùn": Distintivo d'onore in California
Dal profondo Sud dell'Italia a Palo Alto in California, con l'orgoglio delle radici. Emigranti di successo. Il coraggio delle sfide. Con la voglia di fare bene. E di riuscire. Protagonisti due fratelli di Scalea (Cosenza) e un amico di Ginosa Marina (Taranto). Si sono messi insieme ed hanno aperto un ristorante nella Silicon Valley. Affari d'oro. U...
How to master Italy's beloved biscotti
By Domenica Marchetti In 1858, Tuscan pastry chef Antonio Mattei opened up shop in the town of Prato and began selling crunchy, twice-baked cookies based on a centuries-old recipe. His original ingredients were flour, sugar, eggs and almonds or pine nuts from nearby groves. The soft, nut-studded dough was shaped into loaves, baked, sliced...
An April assortment of Italian connections
by Maria Gloria Dear Readers, An April assortment of Italian connections for you: Pietro Di Donato was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey on April 3, 1911, to Abruzzese emigrants and died at the age of 80. He took up writing during a period in which he was an out-of-work bricklayer. His first story "Christ in Concrete" pub...
The 2nd annual Italian Festivals of New Mexico bocce tournament – a huge success!
Especially for first place winners, Nathaniel Pittman and teammate John Wright who walked away with $300 prize money. (Bravo, Ragazzi!) Fourteen teams took to the courts at Haynes Park in Rio Rancho on April 18 and 19 and gave each other a run for the money. Some were new players who practiced hard for weeks before. Others were veterans of...
Lecture: FROM THE 1966 VENICE FLOOD TO THE PALAZZO FARNESE: 50 Years of Preserving Italy's Glorious Monuments
MAY 20, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011Lecture: FROM THE 1966 VENICE FLOOD TO THE PALAZZO FARNESE: 50 Years of Preserving Italy's Glorious MonumentsAn Audio/Visual Presentation by Bonnie Burnham, President, World Monuments Fund World Monuments Fund (WMF) had only recently bee...