Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal Wanted
The Ocean County Columbus Day Parade Committee is currently accepting nominations for Grand Marshal of the Twenty-fifth Annual Parade and Italian Festival to be held in Seaside Heights from October 7 through October 9. "The Ocean County Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival has grown into one of the most popular ethnic celebrations at t...
L'On. Francesca La Marca è intervenuta alla riunione dell’Intercomites USA a Filadelfia
L'On. Francesca La Marca ha partecipato alla riunione dell'Intercomites degli USA, svoltasi lo scorso sabato a Filadelfia. All'incontro erano presenti i Presidenti dei Comites statunitensi e il Console di Filadelfia Andrea Canepari, che ha portato il suo saluto. Presenti anche il primo consigliere dell'Ambasciata di Washington, Carlo Romeo, che ha...
Italian patent applications boom in 2015
The number of European patent filings grew again in 2015 reaching a new high of nearly 279,000 (in 2014: 274,000, +1.6%), according to the EPO's (European Patent Office) 2015 annual report. For once, Italy is faring much better than the European average: the Belpaese reversed the negative trend of the past four years scoring a 9.0% growth...
Chef Talk: Maurizio Colucci of Primo! Ristorante
Since he was an adolescent growing up in Italy, chef Maurizio Colucci of Primo! Ristorante (8076 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 359-3690; primo-ristorante.com) was learning the ins and outs of culinary mastery. He brought his passion for authentic fare and flavorful cooking to his own restaurant, which opened in Sarasota in 1986, and Colucci has kept...
Revered tradition of Spaghetti Dinner helps keep school doors open for next generation of immigrants
Today, following the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Frances Cabrini, the downtown-area parish will host a time-honored event: The Spaghetti Dinner. It is a massive feast that has taken weeks to prepare, ungodly quantities of ingredients and lots of volunteers. It will feed several thousand Omahans who will line up for takeout or will dine in, with table serv...
Internazionalizzare un’Italia che non parla inglese
È nella ricerca di un nuovo gioco di forze tra pubblico e privato che l'Italia potrebbe mettersi in corsa sui mercati internazionali. Serve però essere onesti e guardare ad alcuni conflitti culturali interni, invisibili agli occhi della politica e dell'informazione. L'Italia è un paese che non parla inglese, basterebbe già solo questo per comprend...
Great Italians of the Past: Adriano Olivetti
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: An extraordinarily important figure in the history of Italian enterprise, Adriano Olivetti is the architect of a unique and revolutionary business model, which has combined technological progress with richness of the human community. Engineer and entrepreneur, his mu...
Italian National Day 2016
Settanta anni fa, il 2 giugno del 1946 gli italiani e, per la prima volta, anche le italiane si recarono alle urne per scegliere, attraverso un referendum popolare, la forma di Stato che l'Italia avrebbe avuto dopo la fine della seconda guerra mondiale e la sconfitta del fascismo. Negli stessi giorni, il popolo italiano fu chiamato ad eleg...
Love main ingredient in Italian cooking, club told
The operator of an Italian restaurant in southern New Hampshire was the featured speaker at the most recent meeting of the New Hampshire Lakes Region Italian Cultural Club. Speaking to the gathering at the Weirs Community Center, Dawn Rizza-Hunt, owner of Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery of Salem, spoke about her background growing up in an...
DiMario ‘snack sticks’ continue Italian legacy of a Chicago family’s hobby
More meat snacks are coming to the market, but Chicagobased DiMario Foods believes the foundingfamily's meatcuring tradition is a rare find on storeshelves, and it's a quirk that can win the hearts of consumers, especially families. The DeBartolos love making sausages. For over a hundred years, the Chicagoarea ItalianAmerican...
METALLICA Teams Up With Italian Luxury Menswear House BRIONI
METALLICA is featured in the new advertising campaign for the Italian luxury menswear house Brioni. According to Business Of Fashion, the campaign — which was shot in black-and-white — features two portraits of METALLICA members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo as a group — one in black tuxedoes, one in white tuxed...
Personality Profile: Corrado Riccelli
In this month's Personality Profile, Ciao Pittsburgh chatted with Pittsburgh native Corrado Riccelli. Born and raised in the small town of Sharpsburg, PA, Corrado grew up during a time when that town was primarily populated by Italian immigrants and first generation Italian-Americans. Growing up, Corrado was surrounded by many Italian-Americans—'co...