Atlanta Art institutions Hosts Year of Italian Culture 2013
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced 2013 as the "Year of Italian Culture" in the United States. Atlanta arts institutions have joined in the celebration and will host events throughout the Fall that highlight everything from Italian music to Renaissance and Baroque images of Rome to Italy's best exports, wine and design. Harmonie Univ...
39 local eateries set for Brooklyn's first Italian restaurant week, 10/10-17
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has announced that 39 of Brooklyn's greatest and tastiest restaurants will take part in "Explore Brooklyn: Italian Restaurant Week" from October 10-17. The initiative - which coincides with the week of Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month - is aimed at promoting restaurants in Brooklyn and allowing for v...
Sights, Sounds and Flavors of Italy Come to Downtown Reno during the Eldorado Great Italian Festival, October 12 and 13
For 32 years, the Eldorado has brought the sights, sounds and flavors of Italy to downtown Reno during the Eldorado Great Italian Festival. The festival, held each year over Columbus Day weekend, is a celebration of Italian culture and traditions. Set for October 12 and 13, the festival transforms downtown Reno into Little Italy with a gra...
Feeding their Italian heritage
In the upper level of a downtown hall, men with the Christopher Columbus Italian Society gather monthly for business meetings. On the level below, the women's auxiliary do the same. In the stairway linking the floors are framed portraits of past presidents from these organizations dating back decades to the society's founding in 1890. ...
Lettura di fiabe in italiano con Italians in DC
Italians in DC e' felice di sostenere l'iniziativa di Casa Italiana per i piu' piccoli. A partire dal prossimo novembre la Biblioteca di Olmo ospitera' la lettura di fiabe in italiano (l'ingresso e' libero). Eta': da 1 a 7 anni Questo e' il calendario Novembre: Sabato 9; Domenica 17, Sabato 23 Dicembre: Domenica 1; sabato 7; Domenica 15; S...
WWII’s “buffalo soldiers” commemorated in new memoir
Numbering 4,000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of the all-Black 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro division to fight in Europe during World War II. In "Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II" (published by iUniverse), author Ivan J. Houston recounts his experiences, when, as a 19-year-old California college...
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum to Celebrate Italian Christmas Traditions
On Sunday, December 15, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host a day of holiday celebration. Beginning with Christmas Breakfast Buffet at 11:30 a.m., the day will include games and treats for the whole family. The museum will also unveil its newly enhanced presepio (nativity scene). The tradition of the presepio began in 326 AD when Emperor...
Il Nord America guiderà la crescita del lusso nel futuro, secondo American Express
La crescita per il settore del lusso verrà dal Nord America. Ne è convinto l'89% degli intervistati da Ledbury Research per Departures, pubblicazione di America Express.Più dell'Asia dell'Est e di altri mercati emergenti, gli Stati Uniti potranno contribuire all'espansione del settore. Anche l'Europa, sia dell'Ovest sia dell'Est, farà la sua parte...
Scopa Italian Roots Review: New Venice Restaurant Is Gorgeous
by Besha Rodell There's no doubt about it: Scopa Italian Roots is quite the looker. If there's a checklist for modern-design elements that indicate a certain level of quality and chic in a restaurant, Scopa's designers ticked every box: brick walls, subway tile, giant mirrors, high ceilings, a vaguely industrial feel, even one of those tal...
The Brunch Dish: Italian Sausagefest at City Dough
While the rest of Chicago yammered over Little Goat and Au Cheval, there's a sleek, well-oiled diner perfecting the diner formula in Lakeview. Amidst the flurry of re-imagined diners, City Dough stands as one of the best examples of the template. From the polished, sunny vibe to the jovial servers and heartwarming, heart attack-inducing me...
Fest Hypes Italian Film and Culture
Discussions about Italian film by Americans usually go something like this: First someone says the name "Antonioni." Rarely another throws in the magical moniker "Fellini." Next one or more conversant members of this hypothetical red-white-and-blue discourse gravely intones Blow-Up or La Dolce Vita. That's easy enough to do, as the first film is in...
Former Millburn Township resident's book inspired by American Dream
When former Millburn Township resident Albert M. Parillo sat down to write his first novel "Giuliana's Way" more than seven years ago, he went back to his roots. He and his wife, Carol, lived in the township for more than 43 years prior to moving to Millington. In 2007, they spent 10 days in Amalfi, Italy where his grandparents once lived, to cond...