Scaglietti-Bodied 1959 Corvettes: A Rare Italian-American Trio
There has been a tremendous fascination in the automotive world over the years with the concept of combining traditional Italian voluptuous styling with the simplicity and reliability of American V8 engines, the idea being that one could attain the Italian aura without incurring the high cost of mechanical repairs. In the late 1950s, a pro...
Welcome to La Dolce Vita 2015!
Location: Sutter Room, The Regency Center, 1270 Sutter Street, San Francisco Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015 Time: 6pm - midnight Welcome to another year of La Dolce Vita! La Dolce Vita is La Scuola's annual spring fundraising gala. It's more than a fundraiser, it's the not-to-be-missed Italian party of the year with drinks, dinner, dancing, as w...
Restaurant Notes: Cipollina set to deliver Italian flavors to Akron
Akron is getting its own rustic Italian trattoria when Cipollina opens next week. Laurie Bordonaro, owner of Guy’s Subs, an Akron standard since 1963, is opening Cipollina next door, at 6 Clinton St. Working with her is Jerry Clementi, a former Aroma owner and Buffalo restaurant veteran. The plan is to open March 9, as Local Restaurant Wee...
The North Carolina Opera Presents Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, 4/18-26
North Carolina Opera is proud to present Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a spectacular fully staged production this April at Raleigh's A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater. A Spanish nobleman seduces every woman he meets - aristocrat or peasant, young or old, brash or demure. On this day he seeks to add to his list of his conquests, but is thwarted by th...
Italian American Women Who Rule Our World
Patricia Russo is Executive Director of the Women's Campaign School at Yale University, a non-partisan, issue-neutral political campaign training program for women interested in running for public office or campaign management. Based at Yale Law School, the program attracts women from the U.S. and internationally. Pat is also a member of the Counci...
On The Town: Tampa's Festa Italiana
by Virginia Johnson Angela Genco has been on this earth for 8 decades. Some of them in Southern Italy. Some of them in Tampa. And all of them in a kitchen. She is the go-to at Tampa's Italian Club for her cookie recipes—the sweetest part of the upcoming Festa Italiana. The 18th annual event, April 9-12, and is fill...
Urbino Press Award alla giornalista americana Gwen Ifill
La nota giornalista e conduttrice televisiva Gwen Ifill è la vincitrice, per il 2015, dell'Urbino Press Award, il premio italiano che ogni anno viene assegnato a un reporter americano. L'annuncio ufficiale della vittoria verrà dato il 22 aprile dall'ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti, Claudio Bisogniero, nel corso di una cerimonia presso l'amb...
Tony Lo Bianco (Actor)
In our interviews we often celebrate an Italian American who has had success in a part of the US, has achieved fame for his or hers accomplishments, represents with pride the Italian American community. Well, this time we have two of them, in a single person. Tony Lo Bianco has had a long, successful career. He has won awards, he has been a star fo...
New image of what Jesus may have looked like as a boy surfaces in Italy
by Mark A. Kellner There may be no way to number the pictures of Jesus extant in the world today, but you can add one more to their ranks — a computer-generated "photo fit" image of Christ as a boy, courtesy of Italy's police. "The 'angelic' face of a 12-year-old Jesus has been created using the image taken from the Shroud of Turi...
Kudos: Westchester County Promotions And Awards, May 11, 2015
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined more than 500 guests in April to present the inaugural Mario M. Cuomo Award in Public Service to Janet DiFiore, the Westchester County district attorney. The award recognizes Italian American public servants who are known for their passion, conviction, and dedication to serving the Italian American community....
Revisiting Philadelphia’s Italian Market
Recently my wife and I spent a few days in Philadelphia and decided to visit The Italian Market and surrounding area. The last time I was there it was a little disappointing because, like many other Italian neighborhoods, it has changed a lot due to urban renewal and a dwindling Italian population. There was even a recent attempt at changi...
UNICO National Congratulates Six Italian American Women Selected for the Italian National Team in Women's Lacrosse
UNICO National, and its President Rick D'Arminio, are proud to announce and congratulate six Italian American women who made the Italian National Team in Women's Lacrosse and will be competing in the European Championships this August - Alexa Cambi (Boston University), Kerrin Maurer (Duke University), Cate Soccodato (Our Lady of Mercy Academy High...