Oscar D'Angelo, Unofficial Mayor of Little Italy, Dies
by Stephanie Lulay Oscar D'Angelo, known to many as the unofficial "Mayor of Little Italy" who worked to preserve the historic neighborhood that the city's Italian immigrants once called home, has died at 84. Over decades, D'Angelo founded neighborhood organizations, including the University Village Association, and fought against developm...
'Extinct' volcano near Rome is waking up and entering a new eruptive cycle
A volcano near Rome thought to be extinct appears to be waking up and entering a new eruptive cycle, geologists have said. While Colli Albani is not expected to erupt for at least another 1,000 years, when it does it could be as destructive as Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 DA. The team, led by Fabrizio M...
Italian Memorial Windows Project in Portland
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church was the beating heart of Portland's Little Italy neighborhood. Built in 1902 by Italian immigrants with funds raised in less than five months, it was the center of the Italian immigrant's lives and was designated an Italian National Parish. The little Italian church is the only remnant of Little I...
Industria 4.0 business investment incentives package swells to €13 bn
by Carmine Fotina When he finished his presentation of a €13 billion public spending plan designed to stimulate business investment yesterday, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi turned to his audience of entrepreneurs and said jokingly he imagined they "want to hurry back to work to generate GDP growth, something which we certainly need." In his...
West Haven to honor a couple for the first time as ‘Italian American of the Year’ for the Columbus Day celebration
By Mark Zaretsky This year's Columbus Day celebration is a two-fer. The Columbus Day Committee for the first time will honor a couple — Giuseppe "Pepe" DePalma and Teresa DePalma — as Italian-American of the Year Friday at the city's 18th annual Columbus Day celebration. The ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Main Str...
Anthony Renzullo celebrated as Torrington’s 2016 Italian Mayor of the Day
Anthony "Tony" Renzullo, a lifelong resident and proprietor of Carbone's Market, was celebrated Wednesday morning as the 2016 Italian Mayor of the Day. A small crowd of residents gathered in the Coe Memorial Park Civic Center to honor Renzullo, including Brian Mattiello, acting in his role as president of the Torrington chapter of UNICO Na...
Nautica italiana: L'eccellenza del Made in Italy nautico al FLIBS
Saranno oltre 30 i marchi del Made in Italy nautico che, dal 3 al 7 novembre, presenteranno le proprie novità di prodotto all'International Boat Show di Fort Lauderdale, salone di riferimento del primo mercato nautico mondiale che nel 2016 – secondo gli ultimi dati NMMA – prevede una crescita superiore al 7% in termini di volume. La stessa...
Food in Art: A Culinary History
When: Fri, November 18, 2016, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWhere: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St, NW, Washington, DC 20008 The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC present a lecture by David Gariff, Senior Lecturer, National Gallery of Art. This event is part of the "First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World"....
'Crimetown' Episode 3 preview: Cianci faces down Patriarca, finds his passion
Vincent A. Cianci Jr. fought the mob, and the mob won. But the young prosecutor's courtroom showdown against Raymond L.S. Patriarca, crime boss of the New England mafia, ignited his interest in something bigger in 1974: City Hall, and the power to run the entire capital city. To get there, Cianci was going to have some help from shado...
Portillo's to open new restaurant in Champaign
by Greg Trotter The fighting Illini just got a recruiting boost from an alum: Portillo's is coming to town. "It's nice to go back to a place where you have some good memories," said Keith Kinsey, Portillo's CEO and class of 1976 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For Portillo's, the Oak Brook-based ch...
THE IABA 2016 Annual AWARD WINNERS
Hear ye, hear ye!! Your Board Of Directors is extremely pleased to announce the 2016 IABA Annual Award winners. These awards were announced and distributed at the Christmas Party last week. A huge congrats to all the winners!! And, if you missed the party, you missed a grand time! IABA Outstanding Member of the Year - Joe & Nick CapraI...
Bellerive Country Club bocce courts
Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, MO has add outdoor bocce courts for their member's enjoyment. These outdoor grass court have been set on the croquet course. Plans are to make the courts more permanent by removing the grass and adding a more level and faster courts with sides for a more profession game. On January 2, 2017 the Italia America Bo...