Isola San Giulio - A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.
A small chapel was built on the island in the 5th century, most likely in honor of Saint Julius. According to legend, the island had been infested with writhing hordes of snakes and other reptilian monsters until the saint arrived on its shores in the fourth century and banished them. He was buried on the island, and his remains are still there to...
Italy's Daniel Mancinelli wheels Ferrari to PWC GT Sprint Win Sunday in Long Beach
Italy’s Daniel Mancinelli won a spirited battle with Finland’s Toni Vilander Sunday in a battle of Ferrari 488 GT3 sports car drivers, scoring his first Pirelli World Challenge GT Sprint race win at the 44th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.Mancinelli, a three-time PWC GT SprintX winner in 2017, drove his No. 31 TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 mac...
Outstanding Italian Women Series - Lidia Bastianich
When: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free The series continues with Lidia Bastianich in conversation with Maria Teresa Cometto. Lidia Bastianich is the best‐selling author of thirteen cookbooks and the Emmy award-winning host of public television’s Li...
Italy grants citizenship to more people than any other EU country
Italy granted citizenship to over 200,000 people in 2016, more than any other country in the European Union. The 201,600 people who became Italian accounted for a fifth of nearly a million new EU citizens that year, according to the latest figures from European statistics office Eurostat. Italy approved some 23,600 more citizenship requests compare...
Do This: ICC dishes up 23rd A Taste of Italy
Festa Italiana is, of course, the city's major Italian festival and it takes place each July, bringing delectable Italian cuisine to the Summerfest grounds. But each April, half a block west of the Henry Maier Festival Park, at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., A Taste of Italy draws Milwaukee in to check out the ICC and sample tast...
New Chesapeake pizzeria comes from Italy with love
The pride and joy of Biagio Scire Jr.’s new restaurant is a 6,000-pound, tiled oven imported from Naples, Italy, bearing the name Andiamo. Meaning “let’s go” in Italian, Andiamo is the realization of a dream for the 29-year-old who opened the Neopolitan-style pizzeria in the Great Bridge Marketplace on South Battlefield Boulevard in mid-March. Born...
FIAO celebrates at 41st annual gala
Bravo! The Federation of Italian-American Organizations (FIAO) celebrated its 41st anniversary on Sunday, April 8 with its annual gala at the El Caribe Country Club. The gala — which was attended by some 560 people — triples as a fundraiser for the organization, a way to honor members of the community and an opportunity to present college scholarsh...
MotoAmerica: Eraldo Ferracci Returning To Pro Road Racing
Living legend Eraldo Ferracci is returning to professional road racing in America by joining the Quarterley Racing/On Track Development MotoAmerica Junior Cup team as a sponsor and maybe more. “As you know, I rode for Eraldo back in the day. I was his first rider,” said Quarterley Racing/On Track Development co-owner Dale Quarterley, who raced and...
Fazoli's Newest Location Breaks The $100,000 Weekly Sales Barrier As Brand Celebrates 12 Franchise Sales Records And Five New Openings During First Quarter Of 2018
Fazoli's, America's largest elevated QSR Italian chain, today announced 12 franchise sales records at its franchise-owned restaurants during the first quarter of 2018. Additionally, Fazoli's experienced its most successful grand opening of a new restaurant in Hazard, Kentucky, breaking the $100,000 weekly sales barrier and setting a new record for...
2 Renaissance masterpieces coming to New Orleans museum
Two Renaissance masterpieces are coming to the New Orleans Museum of Art — only the third museum ever to display them together, and the second outside Italy. Paolo Veronese (POW-loh veh-roh-NAY-zuh) painted "St. Jerome in the Wilderness" and "St. Agatha Visited in Prison by St. Peter" during 1566 and 1567 for a church on Murano, an island in the la...
Free Yale Italian Film Festival Shows Five Films Over Four Days
The 13th annual Yale Festival of New Italian Cinema runs April 19 to 22 at Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. in New Haven, showing a slate of five films. The festival is presented by the Italian Language and Literature Department, but all screenings are free and open to the public. The series opens April 19 at 7:30 p.m. with “Love and Bullets,...
Carino's rebrands as Johnny's Italian American Tavern in Corpus Christi
A long-time chain Italian eatery has rebranded. Johnny Carino's, 1652 S. Padre Island Drive, will have a grand re-opening as Johnny's Italian American Tavern by Carino's, on April 18. The first 100 guests in line at 4 p.m. will receive a free small classic pizza each week for a year, according to a news release. Limit one per household, and you mus...