Micol Di Segni, medaglia d'oro IMMAF, ci racconta le MMA italiane
di Michele de Nicolay Nel nostro paese non si gioca solo a calcio. La nazionale italiana di MMA ai mondiali IMMAF di Las Vegas trionfa e ritorna a casa con tre bronzi, due ori e un argento, accreditandosi a buon diritto nel pantheon globale di questo sport che dagli States sta prendendo piede ormai in tutta Europa. Dopo il trionfo...
Trattoria Reggiano the right kind of Italian for Downtown Summerlin
by Marco D'Angelo This week I had the pleasure of having my mother-in-law in town visiting. Mom use to live in Las Vegas about a dozen years ago, so to say a lot has changed here would be an understatement. We went to dinner in Downtown Summerlin where not that long ago all those shops and restaurants were just desert. We were in...
Exhibition "Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945"
This major exhibition will be a glamorous, comprehensive look at Italian fashion from the end of the Second World War to the present day. The story is explored through the key individuals and organizations that have contributed to Italy's reputation for quality and style. The exhibition will include both women's fashion and menswear, highl...
CSI Hosting Annual Italian Buffet
Almost everything you could want at an Italian dinner will be available at the 11th annual Italian Buffet from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 in the College of Southern Idaho's Desert Café, said Doug Maughan, college public relations director, in an email to the Times-News. The annual event tests the skills of CSI's Culinary Arts and Hospitality st...
Strada serves 'street food of Italy' at Washington Square Mall: Cheap Eats
Restaurant-loving Oregonians, particularly food cart fans, won't be completely in the dark about piadinas: the thin, dusty flatbread native to Italy's Emilia-Romagna region appear occasionally at local Italian restaurants and have a permanent home at North Portland's Gabagool food cart. Now Strada, a fast-casual chain that started with a s...
Goodbye, Columbus: Seattle commission wants name stricken from holiday
The Seattle Human Rights Commission is doubling down on its effort to purge Columbus Day from its list of city celebrations, and have it replaced in the Emerald City with "Indigenous Peoples' Day." When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, the commission believes he was up to no good. Read more Source...
Italian professional soccer club runs youth camp in Ogden
by Ryan Comer Genoa FC is an Italian professional soccer club that has been in existence for almost 125 years. This year marks the first year the soccer club, which competes in the highest level of the Italian soccer ranks, has made its way to the United States to scout talent – and Ogden was the second stop on its three-week trip. &...
Giant, $5,000 Italian white truffle hits Capitol Hill restaurant
By Jessica Yadegaran Precious Italian white truffles have a very short season--October to December--and when they are sent to America they usually end up at restaurants in New York, Chicago or San Francisco. But, this time, a rare, round, giant white truffle--the largest to be found in Italy so far this season--has been purchased by Altura, the It...
Musty Maserati ‘barn find’ heads for Gooding Scottsdale auction
by Bob Golfen Enid, Oklahoma, doesn't seem like the sort of place where you might unearth a rare and valuable coachbuilt Maserati convertible, but that is where this dusty "barn find" was discovered after at least 20 years stored inside a private garage. In as-found condition and still wearing British license plates, the 1962 Maserati...
Salt Lake City to celebrate Italian-American Heritage Month
October is Italian-American Heritage Month in Utah and the mayor's office, in partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library, will celebrate and showcase 2013 as the Year of Italian Culture. At 7 p.m. each Tuesday evening in October, the public is invited to visit the Salt Lake Main Library to learn more about Italy and Italian heritage, and e...
Pomo Pizzeria heading to the West Valley
Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana is opening a location in Glendale's Citadelle Plaza this month.The critically acclaimed pizza restaurant is set to open in a 6,500-square-foot space that was formally occupied by Tutti Santi by Nina, just south of Loop101 on 59th Avenue. A wood-fired brick oven, crafted in Naples, Italy, was shipped overseas for th...
Italian veterinarian and All-American shot putter finds niche in Hermiston
A track scholarship lured Eugenio Mannucci to the United States, but true love and a job in veterinary medicine is why he stayed. The All-American shot putter from Italy recently started work as a veterinarian at Hermiston's Oregon Trail Veterinary Clinic, where he practices traditional medicine and acupuncture on animals large and small. &nb...