Lynn Sons of Italy coloring contest produces big turnout
by Michele Durgin The Santa Famiglia Mixed Lodge #2834 of Lynn recently held its annual School Coloring and Drawing Contest to commemorate the voyages of Christopher Columbus. This chapter of the Sons of Italy began in 1917 and its 45 members meet monthly at Holy Family Church in Lynn. The organization has been sponsoring thi...
D’Arrigo incalzato da Franchi: tra America e Italia
di Stefano Arcobelli Andrea D'Arrigo Mitchell è un ventenne stiliberista (200 e 400 sl) argento europeo in vasca lunga in carica. Non ha bisogno di presentazioni ulteriori. Mario Franchi è un allenatore milanese che ha scritto un libro, si occupa di media e ha scelto Mitch per un colloquio sull'asse Italia-Stati Uniti, dove l'azzurro si al...
Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" in Chicago
January 20, 2016 - Wednesday 6:00 PM - Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450 - Chicago, Illinois 60611. On the occasion of Lyric Opera's upcoming production of Nabucco conducted by Maestro Carlo Rizzi, The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Lyric Opera of Chicago, presents...
Anthony Guida elected president of IALC
Anthony Guida took over as president of the Italian American Labor Council of Greater Chicago in January 2015. A member since 2007 and a director since 2008, Guida was drawn to the organization by what it represents and accomplishes, and the sense of family and charity that the organization fosters. "Our mission is to help Italian American...
Leah Crocetto in Recital at Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 60th anniversary season with Leah Crocetto in Recital, featuring the celebrated star of last season's Dialogues of the Carmelites, on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Accompanied by acclaimed pianist Mark Markham, Ms. Crocetto will perform art songs by Strauss,...
Italian Restaurant Puts Customers First
by Quoron Walker Manchester restaurant Mulberry Street has been serving Italian American comfort food to residents for over a decade, and owners Bob and Danita Sulick said they always put customers first. "We're definitely a community place," Danita said. "If you come in here most nights a lot of people will say it feels like...
Una Storia Americana: Two Italian Illustrators Entered the Collective Imaginary of New Yorkers
Once upon a time The America of the Modern Age, the "everything's possible kingdom" where prosperity and fictitious collide, conceptual and urban grids coexist, and individualism, celebrities, and myths evolve. And, then there was its "shadow side" with irony and contraction, madness and melancholy–suspended atmospheres, alienating suburbs...
Italian winemakers beat French competitors in key US market
European wine is the most popular with consumers around the world. Last year, exports set an historic record at approximately €10 billion, contributing €7 billion to Europe's trade balance. According to 2015 figures presented by Ceev , the EU Committee for the wine industry, in 2015 French wine exports rose (including intra-EU flows) to €8...
Nutley-Belleville Columbus Parade honorees announced
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee recently introduced its 2016 honorees. It hosted a meet and greet on Tuesday, March 29, at the Franklin Steakhouse in Nutley. This will mark the 34th year of the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade. Pictured, from left, are Michelle DeBlasio Fleitell, Nutley Italian Woman of t...
Columbian Lawyers Association honors Frank Seddio with Rapallo-Scalia Award
There was plenty of Italian-American pride at the Waldorf Astoria on Friday as Mayor Bill de Blasio was in the house to help the Columbian Lawyers Association, First Judicial Department recognize Hon. Frank Seddio with the Charles A. Rapallo and Justice Antonin Scalia Award during its 51st annual luncheon. Not only was the Italian-American...
Palermo's offers authentic Italian cuisine
Lexington has a new Italian restaurant that may have a familiar name to some people. Edwardo Portillo and his parents, Marta and Jose Portillo, have opened Palermo's Italian Cuisine in the Lexington Parkway Plaza shopping center in the former Mi Pueblo location. He said they have previously owned two different Palermo's locations, one...
Luca Ciarla On Tour
When: FROM Thursday, May 26, 2016 Al Friday, June 03, 2016 Organized by : Violipiano Music, In collaboration with : IIC Entrance : With fee A creative and surprising violinist, Luca Ciarla easily transcends the boundaries among genres to trace an innovative musical path, a magical acoustic seduction in perfect balance between written compos...