StoryCorps in Rochester: Rosita Caridi-Miller, Italy
by David Riley She had to make a choice. If she had stayed in Italy with my father and me, then she would have lost the right to come to America because she would have been 21 the next year, and no longer a minor. So she made the choice of leaving my father and me in Italy and coming here to join her family and find work, pretty m...
Marge Bitetti: an author close to her Italian heritage
by Valerio Vale In every family there is always someone, who patiently tries to sketch out the family tree. Marge Bitetti, author of the book Italians in Los Angeles, has done more than that. She has traced the origin of a whole population of Italian-American immigrants, who settled and thrived in the greater Los Angeles area and Southern...
Italian snack food chain rolls new kind of dough in Dallas 'burb
By Teresa Gubbins An Italian street-food chain from Ohio is bringing a unique wrap-type sandwich to Texas. Piada Italian Street Food will debut its first Dallas-area location in Frisco, at 3301 Preston Rd., on the endcap of the Centre at Preston Ridge development. Scheduled to open in November, it will not be Piada's only location in Texa...
Raising of the Italian and American Flags Ceremony
Italian Heritage and Culture Month 2015 Tribute To Italian Creativity: Celebrating 50 years of Italian Creativity and Technology "New York World's Fair 1965- Expo Milano 2015". You are cordially invited to attend the Raising of the Italian and American Flags and a special recognition to Elisabetta Calello, Sp...
Sicilian Sister City Mayor Visits Elk Grove Village
By Tom Robb The mayor of Elk Grove Village's Italian sister city of Termini Imerese in Palermo, Sicily, stepped off a plane at O'Hare Airport yesterday (Wednesday) with a small delegation to visit his sister city and fellow mayor. Termini Imerese Mayor Salvatore Burrafato and a delegation of four others from Termini Imerese and the Pa...
Columbian Club gives pivotal donation to Loyola
On Sept. 2, board members and foundation trustees of the Columbian Club of Chicago presented Thomas Regan, S.J., dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Arthur Lurigio, Ph.D., senior associate dean for faculty, College of Arts and Sciences of Loyola University Chicago, with a check to complete the club's $50,000 pledge to support the creation of a...
Olivia Fortunato at the Italian American Museum
The Italian American Museum presents OLIVIA FORTUNATO. Thursday, November 5th, 6:30 P.M. - Special Concert Program Featuring Italian Harp Music. Inspired by her travels in Italy, Olivia Fortunato presents a program of Italian music written and transcribed for solo harp. Performing a wide range of styles, she will take the audien...
Award-winning Italian Tenor Micheal Castaldo and Friends to Perform “An Italian Christmas Journey” at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bronx, NY, on Sunday, Dec 6
"An Italian Christmas Journey," a traditional Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo will take place on Sunday December 6, 2015 at 5:00p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 687 East 187th Street, Bronx NY 10458. The concert celebrates the renewal of the music program at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Castaldo w...
Tempe java expert teaches Italians about espresso
by Georgann Yara As the owner of a Tempe-based espresso wholesale and distribution company, Patrick O'Malley regularly makes business trips to Italy, where he's surrounded by fellow java professionals in an educational workshop or seminar. But in the birthplace of espresso, the Bisbee native is the one doing the teaching as the Eu...
Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West 2015 Holiday Gala
Usher in the cheer with the annual IACCW holiday gala! Silent auction, member awards, live entertainment and Ago's extraordinary food! Evening program includes a 6-course meal by Chef Agostino Sciandri , special performance by professional singer Elisabetta Russo, silent auction supporting Italy-America Youth Internship Program, members recogn...
Italian Songstress Alessia d' Andrea Introduces New Holiday Single to American Audiences
It is rather safe to say that up until now Europe has been solely enjoying the talents of the beautiful Italian Pop songstress Alessia d' Andrea in a very big way while the U.S. is just now getting introduced to the budding artist. However, on the other hand the secret is out now and American music lovers have already begun to enjoy and share the f...
Dining review: Rosalina is a new Italian classic in Providence
By Jenna Pelletier The last thing Rhode Island needed was another Italian-American restaurant, I thought. All angles seemed to be covered, from the classic Federal Hill restaurants to upscale Al Forno to no-frills Mike's Kitchen in Cranston. What more could another one offer? Come to find out, the relatively new Rosalina, in downtown Pro...