Promo: Festa Italiana | Kenner Italian Heritage
There's no better way to celebrate Louisiana's strong Italian heritage than Festa Italiana! This family-friendly three-day festival features live music, Italian cuisine, high-energy kids activities, and much more. With so much fun dancing and delicious dining in store, it's the perfect way to celebrate Italy right here in Louisiana. Alread...
Sculatti celebrates 104th birthday
Louise Sculatti celebrated her 104th birthday on Sunday with family in Napa. She enjoys going out anywhere, anytime, especially for lunch, visiting friends and family, watching the Food Network, "The Price is Right," and old movies. Sculatti came from Italy in 1924, and lived in Petaluma for about 19 years. While there, she worked in a sil...
Dallas’ Avanti Italian settles into City Place Fort Worth
The exact spot "where the West begins" must have moved. There is no other way to explain Avanti, a sleek Euro-Dallas restaurant on Throckmorton Street in the City Place tower west of Sundance Square. At lunch, servers glide beneath chandeliers to the tempo of what sounds like the Dave Matthews Band. Diners choose from the same menu a...
Shakespeare and the Marionettes
When: Thursday, May 12, 2016 From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Organized by : IIC NY - Entrance : Free Conference/performance by Eugenio Monti Colla and Piero Corbella The theatre of figure at large and the Company Carlo Colla & Sons in a special way have always paid great attention to the Shakespearian dramas, which never fail...
5 things you didn't know about Giada De Laurentiis
Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is best known for her delicious Italian-American recipes and multiple Food Network TV shows. She's also published several top-selling cookbooks and has her own line of cookware. But outside of her cooking prowess, what do you really know about De Laurentiis? Read more Source: h...
Worcester parish seeks to raze Mount Carmel Church without delay
Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Ann Parish seeks a waiver that would permit the historic but crumbling Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church to be knocked down sooner rather than later, city officials said Thursday. Parish representatives will appear before the city Historical Commission June 9 to make the case for a demolition-delay waiver, which would me...
Inspired Italian dishes at Cranston’s Avvio
By Don Fowler Cranston's Garden City has added a touch of authentic Italian with the opening of Newport Restaurant Group's Avvio Restaurante. "Start" is the rough translation of the Italian word "avvio," and I immediately started to like it as we pulled into the nearby free parking space and watched diners enjoying themselves on the two o...
A new Executive Director at the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West
by Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West Dear members and friends, We are pleased to announce the appointment of Genny Nevoso as the new Executive Director of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West. She will assume her duties as of July 1st. On behalf of the Board of Directors we offer our sincere congratulations. Cari soci...
An Immigrant’s Contribution to Mount Rushmore Is Recogn
Set in stone is supposed to mean immutable, but Luigi Del Bianco's determined descendants just now appear to be winning the official affirmation that the Italian-American from Westchester County deserved long ago for shaping one of the nation's most famous monuments. "If being the chief carver at Mount Rushmore is not the American dream fo...
Festa Italiana to bring European flavor to Freedom Hill
By Eric Czarnik Metro Detroiters craving some pasta and Italian-themed activities are invited to Freedom Hill County Park for Festa Italiana July 15-17. Festa Italiana Chairman Joe Ventimiglia, from the Italian American Cultural Society, said the festival has drawn an estimated 25,000 visitors over the weekend in the past. Part of the...
Francis Ford Coppola Starts Experimental ‘Live Cinema’ Project at UCLA
Francis Ford Coppola has launched an ambitious "Distant Vision" project as a "live cinema" experiment at his alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Coppola unveiled details of the multi-year project at a news conference Saturday, following his month-long collaboration with 75 UCLA students and faculty on "Distant Vision,"...
New Ambrogio15 Brings Modern Italian to Pacific Beach
The brand-new Ambrogio15 in Pacific Beach is hoping to change locals' perspectives on Italian food with its modern take on the genre. Opened on August 1 by Giacomo Pizzigoni, Andrea Burrone and Luca Salvi — three entrepreneurs with MBAs from San Diego State University — the restaurant is promising to go beyond what's often found in Italian establis...