Celebrate Dante’s Birthday at the Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge
LOCATION: Dante Alighieri Society, Italian Cultural Center, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139DATE: Friday, May 6, 2016 SCHEDULE: 6:00 PM – Dante Birthday Celebration, 6:30 PM – Light Refreshments, 7:00 PM – Showing of the Movie "Palio," known as "Rocky on Horseback"PARKING: In the Dante Alighieri Society Building lot, wi...
Rome metro line runs into Roman barracks and burial ground
Work to upgrade Rome's public transport has again run up against an ancient problem: archaeological ruins. Culture ministry officials on Monday showed reporters where work on the city's third subway line unearthed barracks for Roman Praetorian guards dating from the second century. While construction workers poured concrete at the planned Amb...
Old World Italian Dining Coming To Downtown Wilmington
When Wilmington businessman Jeff Jones contacted the MoMentum Group with the intent of listing the restaurant space formerly occupied by Press 102 at the Tarrymore Hotel, developer Terry Espy knew right away what downtown Wilmington lacks: upscale Italian dining. Espy said she worked with Jones to find a buyer looking to establish an Itali...
University removes poster that was offensive to Italian-Americans
The University of California (also known as UC Santa Cruz) have released its report from the school's "Bias Response Team" which reveals a poster was removed after a student complained that it was offensive to Italian-Americans. Grinberg News can exclusively reveal that an unnamed student complained about a poster advertising a "mafia" gam...
Suozzi receives more Queens endorsements
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, more than any other candidate in the Democratic or Republican primary races for the 3rd Congressional District, is receiving endorsements from Queens elected leaders. "I'm proud to endorse Tom Suozzi for Congress because as a first-generation Italian American, Tom understands the plights of so many immigr...
A New York l’italiano si insegna anche in cucina
Lingua, cultura e cucina. Una sintesi assoluta che incassa consensi e successo oggi anche tra i giovani studenti americani «affamati» di Italia e italiano. La conferma è giunta nel corso di durante la cerimonia di premiazione degli studenti che hanno vinto il concorso fotografico «Food in Focus», lanciato dallo Iace (Italian American Committee on E...
Paleolithic Brain Recreated from 17,000-Year-Old Remains in Italy
Remains from nearly 20,000 years ago are allowing scientists to learn more about the development of brains. The 17,000-year-old skull, found in the southern Italian region of Calabria's Grotta del Romito, belonged to a child between 10 and 12 years old. Now scientists are using the skull to recreate a model of a Paleolithic human brain with 3-...
Drawings for proposed 'Little Italy' unveiled
Gates is one step closer to getting a" Little Italy." We got a look at the drawings of the proposed new Little Italy neighborhood, which would go near Lyell Avenue and Spencerport Road. Silavno Orsi, the CEO of the Little Italy Neighborhood Association, has sent a funding application to the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development C...
Isabella Rossellini: Italian of the Week
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini was born on June 18, 1952 in Rome, Italy. Her mother was famed actress Ingrid Bergman, and her father was award-winning director Roberto Rossellini. Isabella grew up in Italy and Paris before moving to New York City when she was 19. She quickly became a model and actress. Most notably, she became the fa...
Feast of San Gennaro Comes to Little Italy Sept. 15-25
Go for the cannoli-eating competition, stay for the piles of pizza and live music. Little Italy's longest running festival, the Annual Feast of San Gennaro, is coming Sept. 15 through Sept. 25 this year, so you better get your stomach ready. The 11-day festival fills the neighborhood of Little Italy with live music, parades and food stands sel...
Chai-Style: Italian Art Meets Glorious Food
Envision a romantic movie and dream in Italian voices? Fantasize about rich Italian red sauces and anchovies? Dream that hearing classical music lifts us mortals to heaven? Meet all of the above in Robert (Dahlan Roberto) Foah, trained orchestra conductor and world-traveled multimedia expert with installations from Australia to R...
John Sirica: Italian of the Week
Prior to 1973, few people outside of our nation's capital knew the name John Sirica. He was born on March 19, 1904, to two Italian immigrants. When he was 14, his family moved to Washington, D.C. In the 1920s and 30s John started boxing and debated whether or not he wanted to become a professional fighter. He decided against it and receive...