Agreement with Disney, Mickey Mouse goes to Panini
Mickey Mouse Disney passes from the Panini. The transfer of the popular comic to society 'and Modena' was confirmed by a note from the Disney Italian who speaks of "a preliminary agreement for the transfer of the activities' editorials relating to Disney magazines in Italy." Along with Mickey Mouse, Panini will go to other children's magaz...
Linda Serra: quella volta che ho rappresentato le Women in Technology italiane in USA
di Linda Serra Questa storia inizia con una lettera, non una lettera d'amore, ma ugualmente intensa ed emozionante. Lo scorso febbraio, infatti, ho ricevuto una lettera da parte dell'Ambasciatore Usa in Italia, David Thorne, che mi invitava in qualità di donna leader in Women in Technology (pensate un po'!) a prendere parte all' Internatio...
Remembering Father Anthony Dal Balcon
The Italian American community of the Washington Metropolitan area mourns the recent passing of Beloved Scalabrinian priest Fr. Anthony Dal Balcon. Fr. Anthony was ordained a priest of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinians) in Italy and came to the United States in 1949. He served as an assistant pastor in New York City for eight...
Il volto fashion dell'Italian Trade Commission
L'Italia celebra la sua moda e lo fa in grande stile. Una ventata di glamour attraversava le stanze dell'ICE lunedì sera, con ospiti d'eccezione e soprattutto tanta creatività. Un evento insolito quello ospitato da Riccardo Monti, presidente dell'Italian Trade Commission e organizzato da Franca Sozzani, direttrice di Vogue Italia: 8 Short Video X...
Jonathan’s The Rub brings ‘Brooklyn Italian’ to Houston
In the culinary world there's Italian. Then there's Tuscan and Florentine and even Sicilian. In the U.S., there's even a difference between New York Italian and San Francisco. But have you ever heard of "Brooklyn Italian?" "It's seafood," Chef Jonathan Levine explains, "because we grew up on the Atlantic Ocean. It's also, when you have a...
Private chef bring a taste of Italy to Highland Road
By Rachel Hagenbaugh After 20 years of experience as a private chef, Scott Wnek decided it was time to take his talents to a new level and open his own restaurant, Pronto!, a modern Italian American cuisine, located at 223 East Highland Road. "It's Italian food with a little bit of a spin on it," Wnek said. "We wanted to bring a mom and pop gourm...
10-week course in basic Italian offered
A 10-week basic conversational Italian course will begin Monday, Oct. 21 at La Famiglia Deli, 1327 6th Ave., Huntington. Instructor for the sessions, which run from 7 to 9 p.m., will be John Patrick Grace, who served as an Associated Press correspondent in Rome in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has a master's degree in Italian/French and a...
Reader recommendation: The Islands of Divine Music
The Islands of Divine Music, by John Addiego, is a saga of an Italian-American family spanning six generations as they move from Southern Italy to San Francisco to Mexico. I was absolutely enthralled with the lyrical journey on which I found myself. The author took me back to some familiar places and events of my childhood while introducing me to a...
LIPOA president steps down due to health
In the nearly two years since a steering committee established the Little Italy Property Owners Association (LIPOA), much change and much good has been accomplished for The Neighborhood. "So many took the risk of getting involved," said its president Mel Stachura, a resident. "And it is working!" Stachura said LIPOA has, in many ways, chan...
Opera Revival
Raphael Benavides and The Poet's Den Theater and Gallery proudly present soprano and guest curator Darynn Zimmer in two English-language operatic miniatures in East Harlem, the first Little Italy of New York City. Zimmer will be singing Lee Hoiby's "Italian Lesson Opera" and Hugo Weisgall's "The Stronger." Neither work has been performed i...
The Italian Store plans second location
If one is good, two is better. Devoted fans of The Italian Store would surely agree. ARLNow.com reports that popular Arlington delicatessen The Italian Store -- which has thrived in the Lyon Village neighborhood for more than three decades -- plans a second location in Westover. The new location, at 5839 Washington Blvd., will be about twice the s...
Italian Cultural Center in Agawam presents Serviam awards
by Lu Feorino The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts presented the 2013 Serviam award recently at St. Anne's Country Club in Feeding Hills to a deacon, a legislator and a professor. Winners Joseph Garde, Angelo Puppolo and Rocco Mesiti have made significant contributions to the Italian-American community. Garde,...