Italian skipper says Oracle cheated
Skipper Max Sirena of Italy's Luna Rossa is the latest America's Cup competitor to accuse defending champion Oracle Team USA of cheating in what potentially could be one of the biggest scandals in the regatta's 162-year history. "For sure," Sirena said when asked Thursday at a news conference in San Francisco if he thought Oracle cheated....
The 33rd annual San Jose’s Italian Family Festa
By Roberto Natalini For the thirty-third year, the Italian American Heritage Foundation held its much-anticipated signature event, the Italian Family Festa. The weather could not have been more cooperative for the two-day event, held at the Guadalupe River and Gardens Park, adjacent to San Jose's Little Italy, where San Jose's original It...
2013 Fall Festival at Casa Italia
The Fall Festival will be held on October 5th from 1 to 10 p.m. and on October 6 from 12 to 6 p.m. at the Casa Italia Festival Center. The event will feature wine making presentations, Sunday Outdoor Mass, cultural events, ricotta making presentation, children's activities, museum tours, sports demonstrations, carnival rides, haunted attraction, fa...
With Antonio Monda, It’s Dine, Drink, Discuss
Enough, please, about the cultural "elite," that all-but-useless category, so baggy it now seems to include practically everyone. No, what we really want to know about are the cultural elect — the famous people other famous people connive to meet. The kind of people, that is, who are likely to be found in the Upper West Side apartment of Antonio M...
Host of PBS' Eat!Drink!Italy!, Vic Rallo Jr., Partners with Atalanta Corporation to Promote the Best of Italy
Vic Rallo Jr., host of Eat!Drink!Italy!, today announced details of a partnership with Atalanta Corporation, one of the largest importers of specialty foods in the US, to promote the best of Italian food and beverage products on his popular PBS primetime show. The sponsorship deal incorporates Atalanta's portfolio of Italy's best known and highest...
Italian officers get keys to Nutley
by Hasime Kukay The Nutley Board of Commissioners on Tuesday presented township keys to three Italian police officers. Luca Lamberti, Giovanni Longo and Nicola Primavera, all from the Arma dei Carabinieri, marched in Sunday's Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day parade. "It's really an honor and privilege for them to serve for us,"...
Italy's Artemis Danza Makes American Debut with TRAVIATA
Parma-based Artemis Danza, one of the most beloved dance companies in Italy, makes it United States debut with its highly acclaimed production of "Traviata" at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th Street, for one performance Thursday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. Under the leadership of Monica Casadei, the company's acclaimed a...
Oltre 100 italoamericani a gennaio a Sciacca con il simulacro della Madonna di Boston
Saranno 102 gli italoamericani che giungeranno a Sciacca durante il mese di Gennaio 2014 in occasione del ritorno, seppur di pochi giorni, della Statua della Madonna del Soccorso custodita a Boston dalla nostra comunità Saccense. Sono, infatti, terminate le fasi di prenotazione per i Saccensi residenti in America che rientreranno nella nos...
IT and US: Why italytheater is a necessity
WTI Magazine #8 2013 Dec, 6Author : italytheater Translation by: A story of magicWe have never been in a time more open than ours. We have never had higher technological access to information. Big data is about instant crunching of infinite bits that describe exactly what, where, and how we are living our...
IT and US: Learning Italian Culture at the Italian Cultural Society of Washington D.C.
WTI Magazine #10 2013 Dec, 20Author : Italian Cultural Society Translation by: Last October 19, my colleagues and I attended the "Teaching Italian Culture Conference", organized by Georgetown University in collaboration with the Italian Embassy, and we were reminded how the teaching of the Italian Culture...
Marisa’s Italian Deli opening Jan. 13 in Canyon Crest
Charcuterie, mufuletta, confit and prosciutto don't exactly trip off the tongue, but Gary Romano is hoping they'll fly out the door of Marisa's Italian Deli. Romano, 42, a Chicago native who's proud of his Italian heritage, hopes to open this café on Monday, Jan. 13 at 5255 Canyon Crest Drive. He planned to call it the San Marzano to pay h...
North End institution Angelo Cattaneo of Caffe dello Sport
Angelo Cattaneo seems to have made all the right choices early in life — or a least the ones he sticks to.His wife of 55 years, Rosita, to start with; his neighborhood, the North End of Boston, where he has been living no-stop since 1962; even the choir he sings in, the one at St. Leonard Church (formerly Sacred Heart, then forced to move after the...