Mancini elected into Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame
Youngstown native and former lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini has been elected into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. "It's exciting for me, because Nevada has a special place in my career," Mancini told 21 Sports. He was 6-3 in his career in Nevada, and lost the final three fights of his career there to Livingston Bramble,...
Remembering Lillian T. Catti, Grand Canyon and Arizona's first American Legion female Post commander
By Erin Owensby It was meant to be the "War to end all wars." As new lines were drawn and empires clashed across Europe, the United States stormed to the front lines in waves beginning in 1917. Casualties were staggering: 10 million dead or missing in action, more than 20 million more wounded in combat. World War I marked the first t...
Italian red varieties thrive in Northwest vineyards, wineries
By Eric Degerman and Andy Perdue Italy's winemaking history goes back millennia, and today the Mediterranean country produces about a third of all the wine in the world. When Italians emigrated to the United States, they brought their winemaking prowess with them. As early as the 1850s, Italian immigrants arrived in Washington's Walla...
ISSNAF Seattle chapter fall meeting
The ISSNAF-Seattle Chapter fall meeting was just another great success. Almost 100 people gathered to listen to our four amazing speakers and to visit the BAM. After the visit we enjoyed talks form Claudio Mazzola, PhD and Senior Lecturer at the Department of French and Italian Studies at the University of Washington that talked about...
La Fontanella and Brooklyn Cafe closing their doors
Two longtime Valley restaurants are closing their doors. La Fontanella After 10 years running restaurants in Chicago, Isabella Mannone moved to Phoenix in 1982 and opened La Fontanella. A few years later, husband Berto Bertuccio came on board, adding to La Fontanella's charms with his homemade gelato, a Valley rarity in those days. ...
2014 Portland ‘Immigrant of the Year’ revealed
The tradition of honoring an individual from Portland's diverse immigrant community began in 2011, with the unveiling of the Portland Immigrant Statue in Parkrose. On November 21st, folks huddled under canopies, trying to avoid wind-blown rain, at the Portland Immigrant Statue site in outer East Portland – on a traffic island along NE Sandy Boulev...
First look: Renata, Southeast Portland's wood-fired Italian restaurant from French Laundry alums
by Samantha Bakall After nearly a year of anticipation, Renata, a wood-fired Italian restaurant, will open in industrial Southeast Portland on June 1. Owners Nick and Sandra Arnerich bring a sterling resume to the massive project -- the 10,000-square-foot building, 1921 Weatherly Creamery Building, that houses not only the restaur...
AVPN at the 2014 International Pizza Expo
The partecipation of the Association Verace Pizza Napoletana at the 2014 International Pizza Expo is one of the pivotal moments for the celebration of the 30 years that the Association accomplished this year. Program of the EventAVPN Booth # 2009
2014 IAC Annual Summer Picnic
Date: Sunday, June 29,2014 - Location Julia Davis Park, Shelter #1(Same location as last year near the bocce courts)Event: Annual Summer Potluck Picnic & Bocce TournamentTime: 12:00 - 4:00 Men's Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. This year, phone calls will be made to all men members to coordinate this breakfast and setup for the picnic. It's hard...
Market Trade Show: la moda uomo italiana a Las Vegas
Dopo la tappa di New York, che si è svolta presso il Javits Convention Center dal 20 al 22 luglio scorsi, è atteso a Las Vegas, dal 18 al 20 agosto, presso l'Hotel Venetian, il Market Trade Show organizzato per l'Italia dall'Ice-Agenzia e dedicato alla presentazione delle collezioni primavera/estate 2015 di abbigliamento classico di alto livello e...
Laura Pausini at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort
The weekend was packed at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort with Sunday's Las Vegas debut of international singing sensation Laura Pausini. The sold-out crowd was up on their feet Sunday night when Pausini took the stage and begin her set that took the audience on a journey through her illustrious career. English, Italian, Spanish – the cro...
Chef Justin Wills to Open Sorella Restaurant in Newport on Friday
by Chad Walsh When Justin and Stormee Wills opened Restaurant Beck on Depot Bay at the Oregon Coast a few years back, they decided to name it for their son, Becker, who's now six years old. Logic would follow that should the Wills ever open a sister restaurant, they'd name it for Becker's kid sister, Isla, who's now two. That's pretty muc...