L’Italo-Americano Raffle - Participate for a chance to win great prizes!
L'Italo-Americano raffles are one of our important fundraising initiatives, and with very appealing prizes! Partnering in this event means supporting one of the most important information tools on everything Italian. Request your tickets today for a chance to win one of the great prizes listed below.To request your booklet of 3 tickets or a s...
Eldorado Great Italian Festival
Reno is home to many festivals that attracts thousands. One of the most highly anticipated events for food lovers is the Eldorado Great Italian Festival that celebrates the food, music and culture of Italy. Host Mellisa Paul chatted with Gregg Carano, Eldorado Resort Casino Vice President of Food and Beverage about the event that has been...
Ferragosto, alla Fontana di Trevi in restauro 16.821 visitatori
Dopo i dati sul turismo nei primi sette mesi a Roma e quelli sui musei nella giornata del 15 agosto, il boom di visitatori a Ferragosto per la Fontana di Trevi in restauro: sono 16.821, infatti, le persone che il 15 agosto hanno attraversato la passeggiata allestita all'interno dei lavori. "Un risultato straordinario che premia la scelta d...
Federico Giordani signs with Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced this week that they have signed 16-year-old Italian outfielder Federico Giordani. He is from Anzio and playing for Nettuno. Italian senior national team head coach Marco Mazzieri and Bob Engle were the scouts to convince the Dodgers to sign him. He is expected to start his professional career in the spring...
Susan Cattaneo, Giulia Millanta in Concert at Atwoods
When: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 — 9:30 p.m.Where: Atwoods Tavern — 877 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA Susan Cattaneo has been a songwriting professor at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music for 13 years. She's written songs covered by numerous artists in Nashville, and her tunes helped launch the careers of Jillian Cardanelli and Erica Nic...
Italian Contributions to Knowledge
Italian history seems animated by the desire to cross the borders of the peninsula and to establish Italianness within a global horizon, bringing it face to face with other societies and different local realities. From Marco Polo's adventurous voyage to the heroic era of geographic discoveries, from Galileo's cosmic exploration to the dias...
Cooking up Italian food for over 40 years
The company is under different ownership, but Dina Mia in Iron River continues to cook up the same Italian food it has for over 40 years. Making Italian food is their business and having fun at work is certainly a close second for the employees of Dina Mia. With only 14 employees, the workers build quite a relationship working in close pro...
The 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations"
November 8 (Saturday) 8:30 am - 12:30 pmThe 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations" Several national Italian American organizations will be presenting their major achievements in preserving and promoting the Italian and Italian American Heritage.The New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissio...
Italian language: To go or not to go, that is the question
WTI Magazine #47 2014 November, 12Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com Translation by: The use of the verb "andare" (to go) opens another interesting bracket on the Italian language, that deserves a little attention. For clarity, let's start with the basics and reveal the first meaning of this verb in its simple form: "an...
Italian cinema makes its way back to the Academy Awards
by Marco Bruna There was a time when the Italian film industry was an example of what movies should look like, a time when Cinecittà made the history of world cinema. Last year, the celebrations for Paolo Sorrentino's Academy Award-winning The Great Beauty reminded us of that golden age, and today we proudly praise the selection of Pa...
Shifting and Shaping a National Identity: Italy's Pluriculturalism in the Era of the New Immigration
Shifting and Shaping a National Identity: Transnational Writers and Pluriculturalism in Italy Today, edited by Grace Russo Bullaro and Elena Benelli (Trobaudor, 2014), tackles issues in the controversies that revolve around migration in contemporary Italy, adopting an interdisciplinary approach to works of fiction and non-fiction. It aims...
Lou Di Palo visits Via Umbria
Joining us on Tuesday, December 16th for one special evening from New York's Little Italy, meet Lou Di Palo, beloved owner of New York's beloved neighborhood food shop Di Palo's Fine Foods. Gastronome, food educator and now author of the fascinating book "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy," Lou -- described as "one of the preeminent e...