Recipes From America’s Italian Communities – Part 9
As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the local communities and later for Americans nationwide. Italian Immigrants came to Wyoming in the late nineteenth a...
Harpsichord sounds from 1500s' Italy now playing in US
A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears. The National Music Museum in Vermilion, which acquired the instrument in 2009, worked with Chilean-born musician Catalina Vicens, who specializes in historical keyboards and percussi...
CIACO hosts stellar Honor & Hope gala
The Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization one-upped itself at this year's Honor & Hope Gala, bestowing 20 scholarships at $2,500 each, plus an additional $35,000 in grants to two military veterans and three families with medical hardships, for a grand total of $85,000. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who was m...
Gli italiani che sognano in America di Alexo Wandael
Il nuovo progetto del fotografo italiano Alexo Wandael è una finestra sulla vita e la personalità di uomini e donne nati e cresciuti in Italia che si sono trasferiti in America in età adulta per seguire e soprattutto realizzare un sogno. Le immagini e le interviste di ITALIANY.US raccontano italiani coraggiosi che hanno saputo andare incon...
Confirmed: The Body of St. Maria Goretti Will Soon Be Brought to the U.S.
by Joseph Pronechen It's been confirmed. The body — the major relics — of St. Maria Goretti, beloved by countless millions, is heading to the United States. When she arrives from Italy, the first public appearance will be on Sept. 21 at Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark, N.J. — public because she will initially be visiting a prison before that....
San Gennaro Festival in Seattle – September 11th-13th
Mark your calendar for the San Gennaro Festival in Seattle on September 11th-13th @ 1225 S Angelo St, Seattle, WA 98108. The festival is like an Italian street fair. It will be a fun filled event with plenty of entertainment, great food, and interesting exhibits. Free entrance! Il Punto! will be there as well with a booth. Please...
The Italian Festival to Bring Art, Music, Food and Fun to Seattle Center, 9/26-27
Seattle Center Festál: The Italian Festival features family fun and Italian indulgences, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sept. 26 - 27, in Seattle Center Armory, Fisher Pavilion, and Seattle Center Pavilion. Stomp grapes, toss a pizza, learn to cook Italian food, compete in a bocce tournament and celebrate the joy of "all things Italian," from opera and popular mu...
Author brings wine to Hawaii
by Michelle Ramos A small group of diners met with "Under the Tuscan Sun" author Frances Mayes Monday at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for lunch. The author and her husband Ed, in town to promote Mayes' label Tuscan Sun, chatted with about 15 people about life in Italy, where Mayes bought a house in 1990, and in North Carolina, w...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Italian at The University of Alabama
The Department of Modern Languages and Classics and the Program in Italian at The University of Alabama seek applicants for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Italian: 1) Assistant Professor in Italian— Open area of specialization The Department of Modern Languages and Classics and the Program in Italian at The University of Alabam...
Borghi d’Italia donates houses in Sicily
Expo visitors will be in the position to win a house to restore in Sicily. The initiative will be present at the stand "Borghi più belli d'Italia", (Most Beautiful Italian Hamlets) in the Eataly space with the support of the Tourism Authority of Anci as a way to promote smaller Italian centres. Visiting the stand one will be able to f...
Chef & Tell: Steve Polidori Talks About 90 Years of Sausage in North Denver
by Mark Antonation The neighborhood many are calling LoHi these days hasn't always been the epicenter of hip, destination dining out. Before Old Major, Uncle, Williams & Graham and Highland Tap & Burger set up shop, the area was a modest, heavily Hispanic neighborhood with a few old Victorians and Denver Squares rising over stretch...
Viva La Panza event held in Akron
By Betty O'Neill-Roderick Viva La Panza, the premier fundraising and networking event of the Italian community, drew 650 men to Todaro's Party Center on Wednesday for an evening of great food and camaraderie. Ralph Trecaso and John Montisano co-chaired the event, presented by the Italian-American Professional and Businessmen's Club and the H...