La celebrazione dell'identità italiana fra passato e futuro: conversazione con il Console Mauro Battocchi
by Roberto Natalini È passato già circa un mese dai festeggiamenti in occasione della Festa della Repubblica del 2 giugno scorso, ma nella Baia di San Francisco è ancora viva l'emozione di tutta la comunità italiana. La celebrazione di questa ricorrenza storica, particolarmente sentita da tutti i nativi italiani residenti all'estero, ha v...
Shore gears up for major Italian Festival
Get ready for five days of fun dedicated to celebrating Italian heritage and culture. The 39th annual Italian Festival will take place from 5 to 11 p.m. Aug. 5 to 9 at Joe Palaia Park, 200 Whalepond Road in Oakhurst. There will be Italian cuisine, like sausage, peppers and zeppolis, as well as entertainment throughout the festival, includ...
Joe Manfredi remembered at New Dorp Beach ceremony
By Virginia N. Sherry In an emotional ceremony, Corrado "Joe" Manfredi, the Manfredi Auto Group owner who died in March, was remembered on Ebbitts Street in New Dorp Beach, with friends delivering tributes in both Italian and English. Speakers included long-time friends like Mike Pesce, who recalled the days when he and Manfredi, who was born...
Basil grown underwater in Italy
Diving enthusiasts in Liguria, North East Italy, have launched an experimental underwater basil crop in the hope that they can develop the idea and export basil to drier areas across the globe. Sergio Gamberini, CEO of Ocean Reef, an Italian-American company specialising in underwater communication systems, came up with the idea to grow plants unde...
This 61-Year-Old Hotel Has Never Had a Single Guest
by Laura J. Vogel Italy is well known for its delizioso pasta, bello countryside, many beaches and often dysfunctional politics. But it also boasts at least one "ghost" hotel. Most Americans have never heard of Grande Hotel de Calogero. But the hotel complex in Sicily has been under construction for decades and has never hosted a single gu...
Pope picks Mich. astronomer to lead Vatican Observatory
By Patricia Montemurri Just before Pope Francis departed the Vatican for his Cuba/U.S. trip, he picked a metro-Detroit bred astronomer, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, to lead the Catholic Church's study of the heavens as director of the Vatican Observatory. On Friday, when the appointment was announced, Francis lunched at the Vat...
The Light of Southern Italy- Exhibition Opening
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition: THE LIGHT OF SOUTHERN ITALY. Paintings from the 19th-Century Neapolitan School Wednesday, October, 7 2015 - 6PM Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York by RSVP only. Cocktail Attire Required T...
Tastes of Sicily at Porticello Ristorante
By Ellen Albanese In the kitchen Mario Sanfilippo, the talented owner/chef of Porticello Ristorante in south Easton, came to the United States with his family from Italy when he was 10, settling in Dorchester. His mother, he says, is a fabulous cook, a fact that did not go unnoticed in the neighborhood. "All the kids would co...
OSIA elects national officers
The Order Sons of Italy in America elected Daniel J. Longo of Maryland to serve a two-year term as national president during its 54th biennial national convention in August in Bonita Springs, Fla.. The former national director of client services for Prime Care Technologies, Longo stated that his administration "will focus on the possibilities....
Arte Caffe opens Italian bakery, restaurant in Bradenton's Village of the Arts
by Janelle O'Dea Village of the Arts welcomed a taste of Italy this week. Remo and Meridith Mambelli opened Arte Caffe to offer true Italian flavors and a place to relax to the Village of the Arts. "I'm trying to bring the real deal," Remo Mambelli said. "A simple taste of Italy." He arrived in the United States in 1990...
Italian bakery and gelateria to open in Point Ruston
by Sue Kidd Gelato. Cannoli. Pignolata. Bignè. Panettone. Cannoncini. An entire vocabulary of Italian pastries and sweets will be new to South Sound bakery fans when Dolce Si Sicilian Bakery and Cafe opens in Point Ruston. The bakery and gelateria plans a late November opening, if all goes as planned. It will be the only ba...
An Italian Cultural Spring Arrives in the San Francisco Bay Area
by Catherine Accardi Recently, our own San Francisco Italian Consul General, Mauro Battocchi posted an interesting observation in his San Francisco, Italy blog at www.sanfranciscoitaly.com. Mauro has noticed an increased interest in all things Italian in the San Francisco Bay Area. He calls this welcomed phenomenon the "Italian Cultural Sp...