Rita's Italian Ice Now Open On Main Street In Santa Monica
Rita's Italian Ice, the nation's largest Italian Ice concept with more than 600 outlets in 20 states, has opened its newest outlet in Santa Monica at 2307 Main Street. The new Rita's Italian Ice is the fifth outlet open in California for the popular brand and is owned and operated by local residents and franchisees Hannah and Young Ko. The...
W&L Alum Leads Sons of Italy Commission
Carlo Carlozzi Jr., a 1980 graduate of Washington and Lee, is the new president of the Sons of Italy's anti-defamation branch. Carl, a sales representative for Liberty Mutual Insurance, in Farmington, Conn., will be leading the Order of Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) Commission for Social Justice. The OSIA is the oldest and largest national organ...
The 9th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World
Call for Abstracts The organizing committee has the pleasure to announce the "9th Conference of Italian Research in the World" to be held in Houston on 12/14/2013. The conference is organized by the COMITES (Committee for Italians Abroad) and the Consulate General of Italy in Houston. We will convene between 8:30 AM and 6:00 PM at the Auditorium o...
Nutley-Belleville opinion: Christopher Columbus
In the late summer of 1983, two local men with much proud Italian blood running through their veins, decided it was about time that the Nutley and Belleville area had its own Columbus Day Parade. John V. Kelly, then president of Nutley Savings Bank and a state assemblyman, and Belleville businessman Vincent "Jimmy" Donadia each pledged $1,...
Columbus Day celebration held in Syracuse
It's an annual gathering celebrating Italian American heritage in Syracuse. The laying of a wreath at the Christopher Columbus statute at the circle that bears his name in the center of the city. It is a celebration that has been scaled down over the years. Organizers say their children can become more involved. They're hoping they can return...
Tutti i gusti della pasta
"Tutto ciò che vedete, io lo devo agli spaghetti". Con questa frase di Sofia Loren, affiancata a una foto in lingerie della leggendaria attrice italiana, la nota esperta di cibo made in Italy, Francine Segan, ha introdotto la presentazione del suo sesto libro Pasta Modern, che si è tenuta mercoledì sera presso la sede dell'Enit al Rockfeller Center...
Lorenzo Da Ponte, pioniere dell'italianità a New York
By Maurita Cardone Tra i tanti italiani che hanno contribuito allo sviluppo della cultura a New York c'è un nome che non viene ricordato abbastanza. È quello di Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettista, poeta, drammaturgo e linguista veneziano che nel 1805 si stabilì negli Stati Uniti dopo aver girato l'Europa da Vienna a Praga a Londra. In occasione del 175...
Italian language: Sviluppo (Develop)
WTI Magazine #8 2013 Dec, 6Author : Alessandro Masi Translation by: "Viluppo" (Tangle) is an ancient word derived from the Latin verb volvere ("to turn, wind") and means "envelope", or as we would say today, "wrapping". Develop, therefore, is the action that you do when you take away something from his ta...
Explorers, Emigrants, Citizens #10
WTI Magazine #10 2013 Dec, 20 Author : Paolo Battaglia Translation by: December 11, 1882 - Birth of Fiorello LaGuardiaFiorello LaGuardia was certainly one of the most well-known Italian politicians of the 20th century. Nicknamed "the Little Flower," One of LaGuardia's first jobs was as an interpreter at El...
Where You Live: Writing about Yourself and Your Family: Workshop with Jospeh Bathanti
In Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, from 1 - 4 p.m. learn the art of memoir writing "Where You Live: Writing about Yourself and Your Family," a workshop hosted by Italian American Collection Scholar-in-Residence Joseph Bathanti at the Heinz History Center. Participants will come away with a story - a memoir - about where they and the...
Wine Enthusiast names Gianni Zonin recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award
One of the most influential personalities in the Italian wine world, Gianni Zonin's wine career had humble beginnings. Zonin began working as a cellar hand at the family's winery in 1957 after earning his diploma in enology. "I did everything, from racking wines into different vats and barrels to loading trucks," he says.&...
Riunione del Comites di Filadelfia
Si comunica che martedì 18 febbraio alle ore 19 si terrà presso questo Consolato Generale una riunione del Comites di Filadelfia straordinariamente aperta alla partecipazione e al contributo attivo di tutti i giovani italiani residenti. Per raggiungere ambiziosi obiettivi, quali la promozione della cultura italiana e la diffusione dell'ins...