Giuseppe Rossi's connection with Bob Bradley leads to LAFC training invite
LAFC coach Bob Bradley has a fondness for calling up players from his past and Wednesday he welcomed another when former Italian international Giuseppe Rossi began training with his MLS team at Cal State L.A. Rossi was born in New Jersey the same year as Bradley’s son Michael and the two attended soccer camps together when they were growing up. B...
Delectable Venice
Thursday 03/07/2019 - 6:30pm - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011-8604. Desiring and Encountering La Serenissima Through Cuisine and Cinema. This event is organized and presented by Save Venice. A lecture by Pellegrino D’Acierno. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Italian Studies, Hofst...
Fiat Chrysler plans Michigan investment with 6,500 jobs
EVEN as analysts are forecasting declines in vehicle sales in the United States this year and next, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles believes the time is still ripe for expansion. On Tuesday, the Italian-American carmaker said it planned to spend US$4.5 billion over the next three years to update several Detroit plants and retool an engine plant to make J...
Goodfellas Pizzeria: Good and ready to open
The sign is up. The Italian flag is hanging outside. Goodfellas Pizzeria is ready to open its doors 11 a.m. Feb 28. This store will be the Kentucky-based chain’s seventh location and offers New York-style pizza for both day and late-night crowds. It is at 427 E. Kirkwood Ave. Along with grab-and-go slices, they have 22-inch pies and a $6 lunch spe...
Ariana Grande Surpasses Selena Gomez as Instagram's Most-Followed Woman
Ariana Grande racked up yet another top spot on Monday (Feb. 25), surpassing Selena Gomez as the most-followed woman on Instagram. Previously, Gomez held the title with 146,267,801 followers, but as of press time, Ari had barely eclipsed her fellow pop star with 146,286,173 followers. Both women are only outpaced by soccer superstar Cristiano Ronal...
Italian unis among world's best amid 'brain drain'
The performance of Italian universities has improved in this year's newly released edition of the QS World University Rankings, which focuses on leading institutions by region and subject. Italy this year came in fourth in Europe - after Great Britain, Germany and France - and seventh in the world for the total number of universities included in th...
Spaghetti Bolognese? It didn't come from here, says Mayor of Bologna
The Mayor of Bologna has launched an awareness campaign to untangle the reputation of his city from the pasta wrongly thought to originate there. Spaghetti Bolognese is a favourite around the world but has no particular tie to the city in north Italy. “Dear residents, I am collecting photos of spaghetti Bolognese from around the world (speaking o...
IAP 88: POWER HOUR: The Ultimate Italian American Bucket List
Do you keep a list of things you want to do before you “kick the bucket”? If you’re a true believer in Italian Power, you’ll want to hear this week’s episode of the Italian American Power Hour, as Rossella, Dolores, and Pat reunite to dissect John’s take on the ten must-see monuments, events, and institutions that constitute his “Italian American B...
How I learned to make Sunday sauce from my huge Jersey family
I’m reaching way back to the earliest memories of my youth, to the first pasta accompaniment I ever knew and loved: Sunday sauce. Back then that’s not what we called it, at least in my family. It was just sauce. My immediate family wasn’t on the “gravy” train—which was odd because that’s what my maternal grandmother called it (confusing the hell ou...
Outside hitter Davide Gardini, from Italy, is the BYU men’s volleyball team’s latest international find
The BYU men’s volleyball program often uses its strong connections overseas, its tradition of success and its far-reaching alumni network to attract some of the best international players it can get. But in the case of their latest foreign-born sensation, the Cougars got an assist from their own football program to land Davide (pronounced: DAH-Vee...
Luxury Italian Brands Fashion Travel Experiences
Given Italy’s reputation as a style trendsetter, it’s instructive to look at how the country’s major fashion houses and luxury purveyors are starting to develop exclusive travel experiences to promote la dolce vita. The aim of two of the most buzzworthy projects is to connect high-end travelers to the heart of the Italian lifestyle, and with excell...
Italians rate their life 7 out of 10: survey
When asked "How satisfied are you with your life in general?", 41.4 percent of respondents gave their lives an eight out of ten or higher, found national statistics office Istat. That's up from 39.6 percent 12 months prior, and the highest percentage since at least 2012. At the same time, the percentage of people saying they were dissatisfied – rat...