Beltway Bocce a Bipartisan Bash
Some are Republicans. Some are Democrats. But there's one thing they agree on. Rolling a large ball at a very small ball can be a lot of fun. And playing bocce ball is a great way to celebrate your Italian heritage. So members of Congress turned out Monday night to play or to watch a sport that dates back to the Roman times. The...
Fun and community: Italian Feast Days returns Friday
The annual St. Anthony Italian Feast Days brings in thousands of people to the north side of Endicott each weekend, with something for everyone. If you're hungry, check out the Italian Cafe with its grilled pizza, eggplant parmesan, fried ravioli, caprese salad and more. Each year volunteers spend dozens of hours preparing for the event. M...
Columbian Lawyers Association honors RoseAnn Branda at annual dinner
By Rob Abruzzese The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn held its annual dinner dance, where it honored outgoing President RoseAnn C. Branda and installed its new executive board at El Caribe in Mill Basin on Friday night. "We are here to celebrate and express our gratitude for a great year under our outgoing president, Rose...
San Marco Cavoti, il paese dei centenari sotto la lente degli scienziati
LA CASA dei "matusalemme" italiani è un paesino del Beneventano di poco più di 3.500 anime a qualche passo dalla più nota Pietrelcina. Si chiama San Marco dei Cavoti e da tempo si riscontra nella popolazione un alto numero di centenari. E' proprio sui suoi abitanti che un team di ricercatori italiani ha puntato lo sguardo, a caccia dei segreti dell...
The Life of Rocky Marciano
"Do it. Don't talk about it." –Italian Proverb Rocky Marciano loved boxing and devoted his life to it. He always believed that real great athletes carve their way to victory. Rocky was determined and persistent. He fought 49 and didn't lose once. It is hard to find another phenomenal boxer such as Rocky; there will never be another Rocky. ...
Il 30 e 31 luglio la Convention e l’Incontro annuale dei Friulani nel mondo
Martedì 26 luglio, alle ore 11,.00 nella Sala Giunta di Palazzo Belgrado, sede della Provincia di Udine, si terrà la conferenza stampa di presentazione della XIII Convention e Incontro annuale dei Friulani nel mondo che quest'anno si svolgerà a San Daniele, Ragogna e Majano. Alla conferenza stampa parteciperanno il presidente dell'Ente Friuli nel...
Goodbye Elio, New Yorkers with Real Taste Will Miss You
by Sally Fisher Sadly, Elio Guaitolini has passed away. Elio was a beloved restaurateur who opened his eponymous East Side restaurant Elio's in 1981. I returned to New York City this same year after attending high school and college in Florence, Italy. In those days Italian food in New York City was limited to the many pizzerias...
The Forgotten Italians of Los Angeles
There was an exceedingly awkward moment near the beginning of my conversation with Marianna Gatto, the executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, which opened in the city's downtown earlier this month. We were in a second floor room of the Italian Hall, a 1908 building handsomely restored into the city's newest museum, for on...
John DeCecco (President of the Italian-American Club of Hilton Head Island)
One of the most popular locations for the Americans who like to spend their free time in a wonderful place enjoying the sun and the nature of the east coast is Hilton Head Island, in South Carolina: one of the three American States where you can actually find a city named Italy (the other two are Texas and New York). Jokes apart, Italy is here too...
Study Abroad going to Italy
If students are looking to expand their horizons and study abroad, both Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College will be putting together a trip for Florence, Italy for spring next 2017 DVC Professor Carolyn Seefer, who taught in Florence in 2007, is excited to get the opportunity to do so again ten years later. She said the greatest benefit...
'Rome through Richmond Town' with BP Oddo, Louis Prima Jr.
Live music, Italian food and an in-depth look at the historic roots of Staten Island? That's amore! Borough President James Oddo and Historic Richmond Town present the annual "Rome through Richmond Town" festival on October 8. The all-day walk through Staten Island's past will start at noon and go until 5 p.m. Admission is free. Retur...
Italian restaurant Bratalian reopens in Las Vegas after crash destroys eatery
Business at chef Carla Pellegrino's Henderson restaurant, Bratalian, ended with a big bang on the afternoon of Aug. 15 when a man driving a pickup crossed six lanes of traffic and crashed into the front of the restaurant. The man, who may have suffered a medical episode, had minor injuries, and no one was in the restaurant at the time, but...