OSIA honors Janice Cenzoprano
Garden City resident Janice Paradiso Cenzoprano will be honored by the New York State Grand Lodge Foundation, Order Sons ofItaly in America at their "Twenty-Third Anniversary Winter Charity Ball". Ms. Cenzoprano will be awarded the "Special Recognition Award" for her volunteer work with the Cooley's Anemia Foundation. The gala affair will...
Obituary: Mary Fiumara of Boston’s North End [Prince Pasta TV Mother]
Mary Fiumara of Boston's North End, famous for her "Anthony! Anthony!" part in the original Prince Pasta commercial, passed away at age 88 on Tuesday, February 2nd. The TV classic first aired in 1969 with Anthony Martignetti. Playing Anthony's mother, Mary Fiumara shouted out a window on Powers Court. The official obituary is shown below with servi...
Antoinette Abbruscato, 90
Antoinette Abbruscato, 90, a retired seamstress and longtime Oakwood resident whose life revolved around her family, died Sunday in Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she had been a patient for two weeks. Born Antoinette Russo in Naples, Italy, she met Joseph Abbruscato when he was serving in the U.S. Arm...
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama.At the end of the Ceremony Ambassador Varricchio remarked: "Today I have presented to President Obama the credentials with which President Mattarella appoints me Ambassador in W...
Iconic Italian Restaurant Chain Campisi’s Is Coming to Lubbock
The iconic Campisi's Italian restaurant chain is coming to Lubbock.The oldest family-owned Italian restaurant in Texas will be taking over the former Zio's location at 82nd and Quaker, near Subway and Starbucks. The opening is scheduled to occur Summer 2016. The first Campisi's opened in Dallas in 1946. The most famous Campisi's location i...
Il futuro sorride all'Italia, i nostri CEO sono i più ottimisti d'Europa
Anche in questo 2016 con la pubblicazione dei risultati della XIX^ edizione dell'Annual Global CEO Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ha sondato gli umori e le prospettive presenti e future di circa 1.400 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provenienti da 83 Paesi diversi. Lo scopo dell'indagine è quello di riuscire a misurare il livello di fi...
The Salone del Mobile gets under way with 300,000 operators from 160 countries
by Giovanna mancini Here we are. Even this year Milan is ready to welcome the Salone del Mobile, the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, which has proven, for over half a century, that this city is the international design capital. A role that this year is strengthened, thanks to the concurring XXI Triennale Internazional...
Nutley-Belleville's Taste of Italy is Sunday
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee's Annual Taste of Italy Dinner will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Nutley Parks and Recreation Building, 44 Park Ave.The event begins with open seating and a buffet-style serving of signature dishes from more than 25 Italian restaurants. It's an Italian Food...
Could Italy be the unlikely saviour of Project Europe?
As the European Union begins to disintegrate, who can provide the leadership to save it? German chancellor Angela Merkel is widely credited with finally answering Henry Kissinger's famous question about the Western alliance: "What is the phone number for Europe?" But if Europe's phone number has a German dialling code, it goes through to an automat...
Twenty University students receive travel grants to Italy through the National Italian American Foundation
Twenty college students from across the nation will participate in the Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program, an all-expenses-paid educational and cultural initiative that sends Italian American students to Italy. Sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), the tour will visit Italy's Piemonte region, NIAF's 2016...
Dinner and a movie, Italian style
There is no foreign cinema as likely to make you hungry as Italian cinema. Whether sensual (La Dolce Vita), whimsical (Life is Beautiful) or gloriously dubbed (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), the very sound of the language will only serve to remind you, as you sit in that darkened theater, how very hungry you are. This is not a sensation you are l...
Saks Fifth Avenue Salutes Italian Craftsmanship with Italy for Father’s Day 2016
Leading luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue today announced a multi-year partnership with the Italian Trade Commission (ITC) to highlight Italian Craftsmanship. The collaboration kicks off this Father's Day and runs through 2017. The Father's Day 2016 menswear initiative will celebrate the unmistakable cachet of Italian artistry by showcasin...