Italiano guida gli ex di Harvard
Fuga o collocamento di cervelli? Questo giornale non ha dubbi, fra i due termini, nell'interesse del Paese (e non "contro"), vince "collocamento": è auspicabile, utile e nel lungo termine è al servizio dell'Italia. Questa riflessione, e un'altra, legata alla quasi inesistenza da noi delle associazioni ex allievi, mi si è posta come quesito...
128th Giglio Italian Feast - Opening and Schedule
The Feast – 40 years older and second in size to San Gennaro – celebrating the dramatic story of St. Paulinus, will have live, nightly entertainment, vendors selling Italian specialties and international delicacies, parades, a bazaar with games, gifts, souvenirs; children's rides and amusements and the atmosphere and excitement of Italy. T...
Maria Fassio Pignati sang the U.S. National Anthem
Brava! Sons of Italy member Maria Fassio Pignati sang the U.S. National Anthem at the San Francisco Giants game against the San Diego Padres last month for #ItalianHeritage Night! Maria is the former state president of the Order Sons of Italy - Grand Lodge of California, and she currently serves on the board of several Italian and Italian Ameri...
Passeggini, culle e biberon, BabyGuest consegna tutto in albergo
di Marzia Nicolini Per quale ragione chi viaggia con figli piccoli – e parliamo anche di un semplice weekend - deve ogni volta organizzare un faticosissimo trasloco, tra passeggino, lettino, seggiolino auto e tutto il resto? È la domanda che si è fatta la leccese Serena Errico (nella foto), 39 anni, mamma di un bimbo di 3. A fine...
Frank Capra, the Italian history and the American dream
Frank Capra is often acknowledged as one of the greatest directors who ever lived. Not just that, but he helped building the film industry as we know it. At one point he served as President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, as head of the Directors Guild of America, and he was strongly involved with the Screenwriters Gui...
Italian deli to host meet-and-greet for indie film shot in Jersey City
by Rebecca Panico The director and actors from "The Last American Guido," an independent comedy partially shot throughout Hudson County, will hold a meet-and-greet at Bocelli's Italian Deli in the Jersey City Heights on Friday at noon. "The Last American Guido" was released in 2014 and tells the story of a former nightclub legend who...
Ramen Shop, Italian Restaurant to Open in a Shared Space in Downtown Phoenix
by Lauren Saria Later this year, two new noodle restaurants will open in a shared space in downtown Phoenix. The split restaurant concepts will be a sort of East-meets-West noodle affair, with one spot serving Japanese ramen and the other offering Italian eats. The restaurants, which both come from entrepreneur and chef Marco Di S...
Italian restaurant replaces pizza place
By Jory Schweers Indian Creek Mall in Beatrice will soon have a new restaurant. Sam and Louie's New York Pizzeria has been sold and will transition into a new Italian eatery in the near future. Florio's Italian Restaurant and Grille will replace the Sam and Louie's franchise. More than a year ago, the original owner of S...
Popoli migranti: le sfide della nostra storia tra Napoli e New York
Nel corso del suo viaggio a New York lo scorso giugno, Il Sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris ha partecipato a una tavola rotonda su invito del J. D. Calandra Italian American Instiotute" della City University di New York. L'istituto è il più grande centro di studi e ricerche negli USA interamente dedicato all'esperienza italiana nelle Americhe....
Italian American Parade to step off Tuesday in Spanish Springs Town Square
Villagers are encouraged to claim their seats early for the Italian American Parade set to step off at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spanish Springs Town Square. Among the acts appearing in the parade will be the Villages High School Band, the '57 Chevy Golf Cart Club, the Villages Twirlers and Drum Corps, the Village Cheerleaders, Clown Alley 179, the...
Burrasca Is Honest Italian
By Andrea Damewood Burrasca's menu offers no pork belly, no truffle butter, no fleeting menu item placed there to please the Yelpers. It's fucking refreshing. Like a puff of oregano-scented air over the streets of SE Clinton, Burrasca is putting out rustic, traditional—and yes, sometimes imperfect—Italian that speaks honestly and without pret...
Juvenile Justice Initiative honors Maestro Muti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti was honored by the Juvenile Justice Initiative on Sept. 16 at the Union League Club of Chicago for his dedication to sharing music with children in the juvenile justice system. The event celebrates JJI's 15th year anniversary and the organization's many accomplishments, including raising the...