Valley residents come together for annual Italian Festival
Pasta, pizza, cannolis and all things Italian were on display at the annual Coachella Valley Italian Festival over the weekend. The sixth annual festival ran Saturday and Sunday at Rancho Mirage Community Park. Attendees could sample traditional Italian fare, as well as garlic knots, funnel cakes and a selection of beers and wines, from ov...
10th Annual North End Holiday Shopping Stroll to be Held on Friday, December 2nd
Join the 10th Annual North End Holiday Shopping Stroll on Friday, December 2, 2016 from 6-11pm. The Holiday Stroll is a free event designed for the community to celebrate the arrival of the holiday season. Shoppers will have the chance to explore the narrow streets, trendy boutiques, wine stores, and specialty shops of Boston's little Italy. ...
Italian-Americans make case for preserving Columbus Day
By Barbara O'Brien As the Williamsville Central School District mulls changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day on its district calendar, some Italian-Americans are opposed to scuttling a federal holiday recognizing the contributions of their culture. "We agree there should be great deference paid to Native Americans," said Donald A...
Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 Awards Three More Scholarships
By Jamie Wilkins From GMG Public Relations, clinic Inc.: The Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 recognizes students each month who study the Italian language at area schools. The students are presented with a monetary gift at a monthly dinner hosted by the Lodge members for the students, story teachers and the families. To date they have honored o...
Immigrant Families Are What This Country Was Built On
by Ashley Edwards Walker An estimated 40 percent of Americans can trace their lineage through Ellis Island, America's first federal immigration center. In honor of its 125th anniversary this month, three women—all of whom had family members pass through there—share what their immigrant heritage means to them. The stories they recount here...
Italian Wine Week. La quarta edizione a Saratoga Springs
E' divenuta una tradizione la Italian Wine Week che per il quarto Anno consecutivo si è tenuta a Saratoga Springs, dove annualmente si svolge anche il Fall Ferrari Festival a cui si danno appuntamento collezionisti di auto d'epoca e attuali con il marchio del Cavallino su fondo giallo.All'edizione 2012 del Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari...
SF City Hall Transforms under the Tricolore
What a landmark day for Italian-ness — italianità — in the United States! In a testament to how profoundly linked our two countries are in matters past and present, representatives from both nations congregated across the country to herald the coming 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States. After Minister Terzi and Ambassador Bisogniero c...
Cooking Vacations founder Lauren Birmingham Piscitelli
It came as no surprise to Lauren Birmingham Piscitelli that public relations executives were among the most stressed out people in the country. A mover and shaker in the cutthroat world of Boston PR, she felt it in her shoulders and in the pit of her stomach. That stress led her to seek solace in Sorrento, Italy, in 2001. That stress also helped he...
Italian American Historian To Speak At Los Feliz Library March 14th
Historian and author Marianna Gatto, executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will be the featured speaker at the Architecture and Beyond Lecture Series Thurs., March 14th, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., at the Los Feliz Library, 1874 Hillhurst Ave. Gatto will speak on "Chasing Ghosts: Los Angeles (Hidden) Italian Ro...
New Jersey. Festa dell'Inter Club Facchetti
In un tripudio di neroazzurro, l'Inter Club Facchetti del NJ ha festeggiato il suo quinto anno d'attività ed il 105 anniversario dell'Inter al Westmount Country Club di Woodland Park alla presenza di oltre 400 entusiasti tifosi neroazzurri. Ospiti d'eccezione dall'Italia sono stati l'ambasciatore Inter Campus Francesco Toldo, l'ex amministratore d...
Villa Vosilla, An Italian American Tradition For 50 Years
2013 is a very exciting time for Villa Vosilla, an intimate Italian boutique resort, situated in the heart of the scenic Great Northern Catskill Mountains in the Upper Hudson Valley Region. The National Geographic Traveler named the region, "One of the Top 20 world-class, best travel vacation destinations in the world." Surrounded by Catsk...
Trial and Error
By Sam Tanenhaus The dubiously accused almost always disappoint, once their full stories are told. It is the crime that magnetizes our attention. Remove the stain of guilt, or at least of strong complicity, and what's left? One more casualty, and casualties don't command interest. They spread unease. And so it is with Amanda Knox — the Sea...