Roma Lodge Italian Festival 2014
Each Roma Lodge member is assigned only 8 books of raffle tickets. All members are expected to sell or buy the minimum of 8 books to help support our great Roma Lodge. The tickets are now available for pickup in the Hall of History. The Roma Lodge Festival Committee has met and reviewed areas of contributions for this year's fest...
Tiro a volo, Coppa del mondo Tucson: record del mondo e vittoria per Lodde!
Negli ultimi anni Ozieri, centro del nord Sardegna punto di riferimento nella tradizione sarda per quanto riguarda le arti della musica, della poesia, della letteratura e della lingua, è diventata famosa anche per aver visto crescere Luigi Lodde, fuoriclasse dello skeet mondiale che oggi ha trionfato nella prova di Coppa del mondo di Tucson. ...
“Sette Secoli D’argento” Al Museo Del Tesoro Di San Gennaro
By Paolo Jorio Invenzione, devozione popolare, religiosità, spettacolarità, tutto questo e altro racchiude la prima mostra tematica del Museo del Tesoro di San Gennaro dedicata agli Argenti. Un percorso di splendori lungo sette secoli che oggi è possibile ammirare intatto grazie all'opera meritoria della Deputazione. Molti degli oggetti e...
Olympian, WWII hero Louis Zamperini is 2015 Rose Parade Grand Marshal
Tournament of Roses President Rich Chinen announced Friday morning at Tournament House that Olympian and World War II hero and POW Louis Zamperini will be the Grand Marshal of the 126th Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2015. At age 97, Zamperini is still hale and hardy, and ready to toss the coin at the Rose Bowl Game. The announcement of the Grand Marshal...
Santa Lucia Festival Will Feature Return Of Historic Arch
The Santa Lucia Italian Festival begins its 90th festival on June 5th with the return of the Triumphal Arch. The Arch, which has been absent from the festival for nearly 10 years, was designed decades ago by early Italian immigrants and is still considered a proud engineering feat. Read more Source: http://www.wowt.c...
Finding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California
"This excellent film fills a real gap in our understanding of the complexity of the Italian immigration experience," says Carol McKibben, a historian at Stanford University, of our film, "Finding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California". In it, we explore how Italian immigrants to California found economic success and social acce...
Annual Festa Italiana Brings Schenectady Community Together
The annual Festa Italiana at St. Anthony Church in Schenectady has brought the community together for more than a century, but after a fire devastated the church back in March, many thought the tradition would be broken. Frank Ranucci is a part of St. Anthony's Church in Schenectady. He was raised in the church, was an altar boy, even got...
Cubs players pushing Rizzo's Final Vote case
Cubs players were busy texting and submitting votes online Monday for first baseman Anthony Rizzo, one of five National League finalists for the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Even Cubs manager Rick Renteria checked Rizzo's name. "Hey, everybody better be voting for Rizzo," Renteria said Monday. "It'd be a gre...
Now, this is Italian cuisine
Hey, Baltimore, in the mood for Italian tonight? How about a nice veal piccata or chicken Parmigiana with a side of linguine? Forget about it. Instead, we're having pork cheeks with celeriac puree and pea shoots, a local melon salad with peaches, red onions and brioche croutons, and spinach tagliatelle tossed with blue crab meat and ... butte...
A Look at the 18th Annual Festa di San Donato, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
I returned to Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thursday night to celebrate the Feast of San Donato. Now in its 18th year, the street celebration continues to draw devotees from across the Tri-State area. Francesca Mazza, who has a special devotion to San Donato, organizes the Feast in memory of her beloved mother. The Mazza family generously set...
Convivio Offers Italian Culture
by Robert Gallo Convivio, San Diego's Little Italy non-profit organization, was founded in 2003 to promote all things Italian. It was formed to encourage and promote closer ties to the study of Italian language, arts, and culture. Sponsored by businesses and restaurants in San Diego the organization has hosted a myriad of literary...
Sea bag, la borsa impermeabile nata a Palermo che spopola negli Usa
di Isabella Napoli A Miami Beach sta spopolando tra i surfisti. E il 16 settembre, farà il suo ingresso nel cuore pulsante della Grande Mela, con una presentazione ufficiale alla Morgan Stanley Bank di New York. Si chiama Seabag Original Underwater, è una borsa subacquea portaoggetti, tonda, coloratissima, a tenuta stagna, e strizza l'occh...