Italian eats: Here are Newport Beach's top 5 options for pizza
Need more pizza in your life? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top pizza spots in Newport Beach, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to satisfy your cravings. 1. The Original Sgt Pepperonis Pizza Store. Topping the list is the Beatles-themed The Original Sgt Pepperonis Pizza Store. Located at 230...
Conferenza Giovani Italiani nel mondo: la Farnesina mobilita i COMITES
Prosegue l’organizzazione della Conferenza Mondiale dei Giovani Italiani nel Mondo, che il CGIE intende organizzare a Palermo per il mese di aprile 2019. Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri ha infatti segnalato alle rappresentanze diplomatico-consolari la "possibilità di concedere, nei limiti delle disponibilità del Capitolo 3103/2018, per il corrente...
Veterans’ ceremony scheduled
Veterans Appreciation Ceremony To Be Held Saturday at Italian Fest. Before the first bocce ball is rolled or sausage sandwich is consumed Saturday at the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival, a veterans appreciation ceremony will be held at noon on the main stage at Heritage Port. A committee led by John Looney, director of the Wheeli...
Eataly NYC Downtown To Host Wine, Beer & Street Food Festival
Get your appetite ready because on Friday, July 27 from 6-8PM, Eataly NYC Downtown is hosting a Wine, Beer & Street Food Festival. Guests can escape the summer heat inside Eataly and enjoy typical Italian street foods like Suppli, Porchetta, and Brisket Meatballs alongside local and Italian beers, a selection of sparkling, white, red, and rosé wine...
Vikings O-line coach, ex-Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano dies
Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach Tony Sparano has died unexpectedly at the age of 56, the team announced Sunday afternoon. "I am at a loss for words with Tony's sudden passing," Vikings general manager Rick Spielman said in a statement. "Tony loved the game of football and his players. More importantly, he was a strong man of faith who treasu...
41a Festa Italiana a Milwaukee, Francesca Alderisi (FI): “nei cuori pulsanti delle nostre radici”
“Ho voluto essere presente a questo appuntamento per confermare la mia vicinanza anche a quelle comunità italiane distanti dai grandi centri, meno raccontate e testimoni di una vecchia generazione di emigranti”. Queste le parole della senatrice Francesca Alderisi (FI), eletta nella Circoscrizione Estero, ripartizione Nord e Centro America, alla 41a...
Feeding Italy for millennia: the history of ancient grains
Greeks and Romans offered spelt to the Gods, Aztecs considered chia seeds worthy of tributes, and farro is noted in the Old Testament. Today, approximately 70% of cultivated land is destined to the production of cereals, mostly wheat, barley, rye, rice, millet, sorghum, and corn. No other plant has influenced the history of man like wheat, whose cu...
Author Mike Stanton discusses his new book about Rocky Marciano
When Mike Stanton was researching what would become "The Prince of Providence," his riveting book about mayor-turned-felon Buddy Cianci, he learned that Cianci's father used to take him to the fights at the old Rhode Island Auditorium. One of the headliners in those days, the 1940s, was Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight from Brockton, Mass. "I was dr...
The proud history of the Hammonton festival
I stood at the door of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Hammonton as the men of the Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel processed into Saint Joseph Church for Mass. As each man passed me I was greeted with “Buona Festa,” Happy Feast. I could not help but think that for 143 years on this very day, July 16th the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, t...
It is still the year of Italian wine
Which countries toasted to Italian wine in 2017? According to latest report by Mediobanca, the most active area was Asia (+21.1% in sales on 2016) which, however, accounts only for 4.2% of all exports. Though carrying only 1.4% of exports (by value), South America is also experiencing a positive trend: +20.1%. EU countries represent the main market...
CVTà Street Fest
The town has fewer than 400 residents and seems to be on track for complete abandonment. To breathe life back into the waning community, Civitacampomarano has been inviting artists from around the world to participate in an annual street art festival. The idea started back in 2014, when a local named Ylenia Carelli sent an email to Italian street a...
Italian-inspired fun run at Lake Como
Meet Italians and Italy lovers during the fourth annual Giro del Lago di Como, an Italian-inspired 5K fun run and walk, Sunday, Aug. 19, 8:30-11 a.m. The event will begin with a warm-up session in Italian. Music, prizes, T-shirts, gelato and an exhibit on Italy’s most beautiful runs and hikes will be part of the morning’s festivities. There will al...