Community Conversations: Cannoli Festival coming to Leominster
By Cheryl Cuddahy I had a dream the other night that downtown Leominster was turned into a Little Italy, just for one night. For about three hours, Monument Square was filled with awesome bakeries that were selling their cannoli and pastries, while other vendors served delicious coffee with the aroma of espresso filling the air. The...
Columbus Day remains — for now
Klamath County commissioners said they are not open to abolishing the observance of Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day as requested in a petition submitted last week. Discussed during a liaison meeting Tuesday afternoon, commissioners were resistant to abolishing observance of a federal holiday, but wanted to talk more with s...
Italian heritage of Valley to be noted
The Trumbull County Historical Society will hold an open house 2 p.m. Sunday at the John Stark Edwards House, 303 Monroe St., Warren. The program is "Italian-Americans of the Greater Mahoning Valley," presented by and with book signing by authors Donna DelBlasio and Martha Pallante. Tours of the home will follow from 3 to 5 p.m. Admission...
Italian Armed Forces Day Celebrated in Washington, DC
On November 4, 2016, the Italian Armed Forces Day was celebrated in Washington DC at the Italian Embassy. Major General Luca Goretti, the Defense Attache gave some brief remarks and also announced that his office had donated $2,000 to the Casa Italiana Socioculturtal Center. Ambassador Armando Varricchio also gave some brief remarks, outlining the...
Andrea Tempestini’s Mi Garba: a slice of Tuscany in NYC
By Beth Connolly Step into Mi Garba, just south of Union Square, and you will feel as though you have left New York City far behind. You are in Tuscany now, but you might not know it from looking around this Tuscan wine bar. You won't find any of the standard Italian restaurant tropes here. Instead, the space is sleek and modern. A long,...
Come Wine with Us: On the Amalfi Coast
When: Fri, January 20, 2017, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM CSTWhere: The Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006 Join us at the ICCC for a night on the Amalfi Coast on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm; the first edition of 2017 of our wine tasting series Come Wine with Us, which debuted in June of 2016. It...
Sardo, rosso, di 3mila anni fa: identikit del vino più antico del Mediterraneo
I sardi sono stati i primi a coltivare la vite e a produrre il vino nel Mediterraneo quasi tremila anni fa. Non va dunque ai Fenici, che colonizzarono l'isola attorno all'800 a.C., il merito di aver introdotto la vite domestica nel Mediterraneo occidentale. Si trattò piuttosto di un fenomeno autoctono. L'ipotesi è ormai una certezza. Perché a u...
98-year-old Italian market brings specialty foods to Dayton
For the first time, an Italian market founded 98 years ago in San Francisco is expanding its line of specialty products nationwide, including the Dayton area. All three Dayton-area Dorothy Lane Market stores are now offering select AG Ferrari Foods products, including several jarred pestos; Taralli crackers, a traditional cracker from the Pugl...
Vino: ecco i B2B Italia USA
L'azienda speciale della Camera di Commercio di Vicenza, "Made in Vicenza", in collaborazione con Veneto Promozione, Camere di Commercio di Treviso e Verona, Padova Promex e Venezia Opportunità, ha organizzato un roadshow che porterà il Workshop "Wines of Veneto – Incontri d'affari con buyer statunitensi del settore vino e distillati" in giro per i...
DEC 6 – Retake Rome Workshop at AUR
When: December 6th, 2012Where: Auriana AuditoriumTime: 2:00 pmA Retake Rome workshop will be held at AUR on December 6 in collaboration with Fondazione Insieme per Roma to inform high school and university students of its work and hopefully get them involved and spreading the word. Retake Rome is a non-profit organization that works to "clean up" t...
L'America guarda con sempre maggiore interesse ai prodotti tipici della gastronomia regionale
di Riccardo Chioni La seconda giornata dell'edizione invernale del Fancy Food Show che chiude oggi al Moscone Center di San Francisco ha fatto registrare un nuovo record di visitatori a questo mega mercato che mette in vetrina decine di migliaia di specialità alimentari e bevande provenenti da 35 paesi. Il padiglione italiano, con le sue...
Italian Academy showcases baroque music, talented musicians with concert
As the sweet music filled the highly decorated space, it felt like I was in a late-Renaissance salon. For the first recital in the Columbia Italian Academy's three-performance spring concert series, members of the Four Nations Ensemble skillfully presented four violin and cello sonatas from the first half of the 18th century. Within the ornate, bu...