NELLA NOSTRA COMMUNITÀ: THE CHINESE PROBLEM IN SAN FRANCISCO’S NORTH BEACH
Not long ago, I ran into a colleague on Green Street between Powell and Columbus. When Rita saw me she asked, “Hey, what are you doing in Chinatown?” Her question perplexed me. Chinatown? I had just walked out of the Casa Coloniale Italiana Fugazi, San Francisco’s oldest Italian community center. We were standing in front of the former loc...
Matilda Cuomo tra gli studenti di Fratte: «La scuola deve motivare»
di Gianluca Sollazzo La buona scuola è quella che "motiva e incoraggia gli studenti nelle loro potenzialità. Le nuove generazioni vanno accompagnate e guidate sempre". Così Matilda Raffa Cuomo fondatrice di Mentoring Usa e madre di Andrew Cuomo, attuale governatore dello Stato di New York, in visita stamattina alla scuola di Fratte per por...
An Unlikely Union: The love-hate story of New York’s Irish and Italians
Award-winning author and Brooklynite Paul Moses is back with a historic yet dazzling story on the complex relationship between New York's Irish and Italians. They came from the poorest parts of Ireland and Italy, and met as rivals on the sidewalks of New York. In the nineteenth century and for long after, the Irish and Italians fought in...
Pizza is taking over Las Vegas
Las Vegas is going through an Italian Renaissance —at least when it comes to pizza. The owner of downtown's Pizza Rock has opened a second store by the same name in Green Valley Ranch Resort, and is opening an Italian restaurant called Little Tony's in Palace Station. "We wanted to prove to Vegas that if we can do it in downtown, we can do it...
La guida 'I Borghi più belli d’Italia' diventa multisensoriale
Nuova veste grafica per "I Borghi più belli d'Italia", la guida turistica giunta quest'anno all'undicesima edizione, grazie l'inserimento di una'app per la realtà aumentata che valorizza sensazioni, profumi e sapori che solo la storia e le tradizioni del Belpaese. Un "apposito simbolo" posizionato accanto all'immagine permetterà d'individu...
Draw of mills, influence in architecture, for Italians in Waterbury
by Kent Pierce Italian in Connecticut week continues in Waterbury. The mills drew them to Waterbury and they left their mark with the architecture. The brass mills and other industries in Waterbury were the big draw decades ago. The mills may have closed, but many of those Italian families are still thriving, and the Italian influ...
Personality Profile: Jerrold Vincent Anthony Rispoli
Ciao Pittsburgh's Personality Profile series on current and former Pittsburghers continues this month as we learn a little about Jerrold Vincent Anthony Rispoli, a local teacher, originally from Long Island, NY, who specializes in special education. Jerrold discussed what being Italian means to him and shares with us his Italian background as well...
SMS Italian Festival - Waterloo Concert Field
May 28, 2015 at 12:00am — May 31, 2015 12:00am 1053 Waterloo Road | Stanhope, NJ 07874 The 2nd Annual SMS Italian Festival is a non-profit event that will support the children of St Michael School. All proceeds will be used for facility upgrades to provide a safe and healthy environment for learning. Our Goal: Placing a focus on dev...
Italia sounds with Italian American Fare at Cafe D'Angelo
By Anne Neborak Nicole D'Angelo of Springfield and Chef Mike Orfanelli of Drexel Hill love to cook. For owner, D'Angelo her dream has always been to open a restaurant. Orfanelli helped his grandmother and father cook as a young child. He went on to follow his dream earning a culinary degree from the Art Institute. Both have Italia...
Rita’s Italian Ice breaks into Boston
by Fran Hilario Rita's Italian Ice is on path for an East Coast takeover by expanding into another New England state. The Trevose, Pa.-based company will be opening locations in Boston. Rita's signed a franchise and area development deal with Erica's LLC for the city and its surrounding metropolitan areas. More than 30 stores are exp...
Italy’s Delicious Puglia: Past, Present And Primitivo
by Julia Della Croce If the heel of the Boot, Apulia — Puglia in Italian — has long lagged behind other Italian regions in terms of modernization, parts of it have nonetheless become havens for the likes of royals, film stars and cognoscenti. How could it be otherwise for a peninsula surrounded by 500 miles of coastline and lapped by the p...
Miss Italia Mount Carmel Pageant!
The Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel invites young ladies of Italian – American descent to participate in the Miss Italia Mt. Carmel Pageant Wednesday, July 15 at 7 pm at Mt. Carmel Hall in Verplanck. *This event coincides with the opening night of the 93rd annual Feast of Mount Carmel. The pageant's focus is on heritage, happiness and...