Casa Rustica’s Peter Pedroni Memorial Charity Dinner Event Sold Out, Benefiting LIFE Village
On November 15th, the Peter Pedroni Memorial Charity event was held at the Fairway Café & Venue at the Boone Golf Club. The event is presented by Casa Rustica Restaurant and Catering, a local Italian-American restaurant, and benefits this year’s charity: LIFE (Living Innovations For Exceptional) Village. The Memorial Charity event has traditionally...
EDUITALIA: Italia seconda meta preferita dagli studenti statunitensi
È sempre più alto il numero di studenti statunitensi che studiano fuori dal proprio paese. E l’Italia, in tale contesto, rappresenta la seconda meta di studio preferita degli studenti made in USA, con 36.945 ragazzi nello Stivale. È questo è solo uno dei dati statistici che incoraggiano il lavoro di Eduitalia, Associazione di Scuole e Università ch...
Italian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted Americanization
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking. It’s also a result of Italian cooks who successfully resisted do-gooders trying to Americanize their food habits. An Italian Thanksgiving in the Italian cities like Waterbury, Conn., or Providence, R.I., or Revere, Mass.,...
How 'The Two Popes' Production Designer Re-created the Sistine Chapel
"Quentin loves to immerse everyone into the time frame of the picture," says production designer Barbara Ling, who helped create Tarantino’s 1969-set Hollywood story with as much authenticity as possible. For the scenes in Westwood Village, "a key area in 1969 for anyone living from Hollywood to the beach," the team replaced the Fox Theatre marquee...
Rosalie, an Italian Eatery Reminiscent of Nonna’s House, Arrives in Houston
Sometimes long-distance relationships work quite well. For Rosalie, the restaurant in Houston’s new C. Baldwin Hotel, owner Brookfield Properties tapped Philadelphia design firm Rohe Creative, led by Kate Rohrer, to bring San Francisco–based chef Chris Cosentino’s Italian dining concept to life. What resulted is a design Rohrer describes as “the ma...
Giuseppe Prezzolini in New York: Promotion and Propaganda of Italian Language and Culture in the USA 1930-1940
Thursday, December 12, 2019, 6-8pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10036. In 1930 Giuseppe Prezzolini, one of the greatest Italian intellectuals of the twentieth century, arrived in New York, where he would remain until 1962. During that time he dedicated all his energy to promoting Ital...
Da Castel di Sangro al Molise (che esiste e resiste): la riscossa di Borgotufi
La Bella Italia, quella che rischiamo di perdere per sempre schiavi di memorie vacue e semiparalizzate da tecnologie sempre più invasive e invalidanti, quella che non compare nei libri di geografia, quella nascosta tra le montagne, quella coraggiosa che resiste al gelo, dove di inverno si arriva facilmente a meno 10, quella dei silenzi impalpabili....
The 1 Thing Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Montana, and Dan Marino Have in Common
Jimmy Garoppolo has had a great year for the San Francisco 49ers so far. Any time a new young quarterback emerges as a potential elite talent, it’s natural to compare him to quarterbacks from the past. There are two quarterbacks, in particular, Garoppolo may draw comparisons to: Joe Montana and Dan Marino. Why is that and what exactly do they all h...
Commemorazione della Virgo Fidelis Patrona dell’Arma CC a New York
“Voglio ringraziare tutti voi per essere venuti stamattina; in particolare Mons. Hilary Franco Osservatore Permanente della Santa Sede alle Nazioni Unite. Oggi festeggiamo la Virgo Fidelis, patrona dell”Arma dei carabinieri, un incitamento alla fedelta’ di tutti I soldati che servono la patria ma soprattutto all’Arma dei Carabinieri, conosciuta com...
The most beautiful libraries in Italy
I wonder how many people think of spending a bit of time in a library when they’re in Italy. Of course, I’m not talking about your average small town affair, filled with tattered 1960s editions of the classics and a bunch of recent best sellers. No, nothing like that. I’m talking about ceiling-high bookshelves, carved wood reading tables and fresco...
Sopranos meets Comic-Con: 54 actors from hit gangster show welcome 10,000 fans dressed as favorite characters at New Jersey's SopranosCon which boasts huge mural of late James Gandolfini
The cast of the Sopranos have reunited 20 years after the gangster TV series first aired on HBO and 12 years after its final episode. Approximately 10,000 fans attended the first day of SopranosCon 2019 on Saturday - the first of a two-day event where 54 actors from the hit show participated in meet-and-greets, comedy skits and Q&A sessions. Fans a...
Contadini, minatori, pescatori: gli italiani che hanno lasciato il segno in America
L'America degli italiani, l'America della Grande Mela, di Little Italy e di broccolino, l'Italia sbarcata a Ellis Island e quella dello star system, Sinatra e De Niro, Stallone e Di Caprio; l'America di Sacco e Vanzetti e di Fiorello La Guardia, di Toro Scatenato e di Joe Petrosino, del Padrino e della notte di San Valentino; l'Italia della lingua...