Cantoro Italian Market to Open Before Christmas in Northville
Cantoro Italian Market was last expected to open in Northville Township at the end of October. The new goal for its opening: mid-December. "We're shooting to open before the 15th of the December," said John Fallone, co-owner of Cantoro Italian Market, which is currently open in Livonia and will open in Northville Township at 15550 Haggerty Road.Th...
For Artifacts From Closed Churches, an Afterlife on Staten Island
There will soon be a rooftop swimming pool where the copper-domed bell towers of Mary Help of Christians once rose. Formerly a hub of the East Village's Italian-American community, the site of the Roman Catholic church is now slated for a 158-unit rental building, complete with basement gym and rooftop gardens — a familiar trajectory for a growing...
DiMango deflects praise on her 50 years of community service
By Paula Katinas Mafalda DiMango has been an education advocate and community leader in southern Brooklyn for half a century. She was a PTA leader in the 1960s, a time of social upheaval when school busing brought simmering racial tensions exploding to the surface. As a school board member, she had a hand in hiring district superintendent...
A Gelato Museum where to learn how to make a perfect ice cream
After spending so many years abroad, I think today it is more frequent to find foreigners associating Italian culinary traditions to "Gelato" rather than to "pizza" and "spaghetti". In case you are interested in learning whether there is a reason for that or not, please be aware that in Italy, in Emilia Romagna, there is a beautiful Gelato...
Italian fashion: Renato Balestra defies the crisis with colors
WTI Magazine #16 2014 Feb, 07Author : Donatella Perrone for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti Is there a crisis? Renato Balestra replies with colors to sweep away the grayness of these times, at least from the catwalk. But don't call it kaleidoscope, because the Master says yes to color but takes it easy, insp...
Italian Home for the Aged on City Island
Dear Italian American Organizations and Friends, Please see the link below, it's a petition in support for the Italian Home for the Aged on City Island sponsored by the Italian Hospital Society. This is urgent! Your support is greatly appreciated. Please do it as soon as possible. Thank you. Petition | Support the Italian Home for the Aged A...
Startup city: meno tasse e più Hub, così Roma sfida New York
Uno Startup Hub mediterraneo che alla fine di quest'anno conterà 12 acceleratori privati, un ecosistema che spinge per riforme strutturali che alleggeriscano (o eliminino, nel caso dell'Irap, l'imposta regionale sulle attività produttive) la pressione fiscale sulle imprese innovative e che abbia il «necessario» sostegno dello Stato «perché nel mond...
26th Annual National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala
Join the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) on Thursday, May 22, 2014, for the 26th Annual National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala. The signature Washington event returns to the National Building Museum to honor Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, LTG Flora Darpino and Harry Lombardo. In addition to these outstanding headline honorees, th...
Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy Honors Joseph J. Plumeri as Man of the Year, and Hon. Natalia Quintavalle receives Global Citizen Award
New York City, New York: Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant and at-risk youth living on the streets, announced the honorees of its 69th Annual Spring Ball to be held on Monday, May 5 at The Pierre, New York. Joseph J. Plumeri will be honored as Man of the Year, and the Honorable Natalia Quintava...
10 nuovi membri per la la National Italian Honor Society della University of Southern California
Una significativa cerimonia ha suggellato l'investitura di dieci nuovi membri della sezione che la National Italian Honor Society (Gamma Kappa Alpha) ha istituito alla University of Southern California (USC). A darne notizia è il Consolato generale a Los Angeles. L'appartenenza alla Gamma Kappa Alpha – attiva in tutto il Nord America – è...
Expo 2015, missione reseller negli Usa
«La saluto, le ho rubato abbastanza tempo. Che tra mezz'ora, ci scommetto, avrà un aereo». È l'uomo dei check-in Piero Galli, direttore generale Gestione Evento di Expo 2015 Milano. Con lo staff vola di fiera in fiera, da un capo all'altro del pianeta, per promuovere un evento capace di generare business turistici massivi e traghettare – chissà – l...
Italy’s Independence in Postwar Photography
The Italian photographer Ugo Zovetti was known for his sense of realism. In a 1958 photograph, he captured a group of four street musicians, all wearing signs around their necks that declare, "BLIND." It's reminiscent of Paul Strand's "Blind Woman," a 1969 photo that shows the subject's affected eye and evokes sympathy. The blind men in Zo...