1921-1933 Young Frank Sinatra
by Alex Q. Arbuckle On Dec. 12, 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in a tenement in New Jersey, the son of Italian immigrants Natalina Garaventa and Antonino Sinatra. His delivery was rough, leaving him with a perforated eardrum and scarring on his neck, cheek and ear. As a young child, his parents ran an illegal tavern (which was igno...
WWI centennial commemoration
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 Hours: 6:30 PM Venue: IIC Organized by: IIC In collaboration with: Luce Cinecitta' and UC Santa Barbara On Italian National Unity and Armed Forces Day, the IIC commemorates WWI Centennial with the screening of Fango e Gloria (docufiction, 2014, 90') directed by Leonardo Tiberi. In Italian with English subtitl...
Honoring Kansas City Italians! Carl DiCapo
by Frank R. Hayde Today we honor my friend Carl DiCapo who celebrates his 88th birthday today. Happy Birthday Carl!! Please read about Carl's many accomplishments and contributions to Kansas City in the excerpt below written by Frank Hayde from the book "Italian Gardens: A History of Kansas City Through its Favorite Restaurant." Drive nor...
Mark Assini Launches Congressional Campaign
Republican Town Supervisor Mark Assini made it official on Tuesday night: He is running for Congress again next year against longtime Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport. Assini kicked off his campaign at the Italian-American Community Center in Gates. Assini ran against Slaughter in 2014, when he lost to the incumbent by just under 9...
You’re Invited to the Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy Luncheon
On December 3rd, the Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy will present its Holiday Luncheon at the Olympic Club in San Francisco with modeling of Italian designer fashions from Centro39 and a performance by Ragazzi Boys Chorus, San Francisco's premier boys chorus. The reception and silent auction will kick off at 11AM. Contact 212-980-8770 or click he...
New Italian bakery, bagel café opening in Jamesport
by Nicole Smith For Lenny Lubrano, it's all about revisiting his first love. That's not to say he doesn't love pizza, because he does. But it was baking that first caught his eye many years ago, and it's baking he'll be doing once again. Next door to his Jamesport pizza shop, Lenny's Pizza and Italian Cuisine, Mr. Lubrano is sche...
Tutti pazzi per i dolci italiani, boom nell'export
Sarà un Natale dolcissimo per gli imprenditori italiani che operano nel settore gastronomico e che esportano i loro prodotti all'estero, questo è quanto emerge da uno studio recentemente pubblicato da Confartigianato. Il 2015 è stato in effetti un anno straordinario per i dolci "Made in Italy" con una crescita di oltre il 10% rispetto al 2014,...
North Italia brings modern italian into Irvine
by John Chesler Among OC's hundreds of burger joints, bountiful Asian restaurants, and seemingly endless Mexican food options, Italian restaurants don't seem to get as much love from the hipster masses. But here comes North Italia in Irvine, as the Arizona-based mini-chain serves up some high-quality modern Italian grub. It ain't...
Nutley Unico can sponsor students
Unico Foundation Inc., a national service organization whose members are of Italian descent, offers four scholarships for high school seniors, as well as several others for undergraduate and graduate students of Italian descent. The Nutley chapter will sponsor eligible students who live in New Jersey. The scholarships for high school stude...
Catch the Event Inaugurating the Program for the Study of Italy at University of Berkeley
The University of Berkeley is inaugurating its Program for the Study of Italy on Friday, February 19 from 2-4PM at 201 Moses Hall. The gathered crowd will be treated to a discussion with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at NYU, and Stephanie Malia Hom, Professor of Italian at the University of Oklahoma. The two distinguished Italian...
Coopersburg's Now That's Italian brings together tastes of Italy
by Caroline Saucer Walking into Now That's Italian Specialty Market & Deli in Coopersburg is like entering Little Italy. It's all here in this South Third Street eatery opened in November by Joseph Sinagra and Laura Rosado: jars of imported pasta sauce, dried pastas, bottles of olive oil, tomato pies and so many varieties of Italian co...
Luxury Market in Europe is Boosted by Italy
Known as the historical home of the majority of luxury houses, Europe's market accounts for nearly $83 billion of the personal luxury goods sector, according to a report by R&S Mediobanca. The annual "Italian Fashion Sector" survey looks at Italy's key industry, with a focus on the top 15 fashion houses that call the country home. ...