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Giavotella to be Honored by American Italian Sports Hall of Fame

Former New Orleans Privateers baseball student-athlete and assistant coach, Johnny Giavotella will be the national honoree at the 35th Annual Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday. The event will take place at Harrah's New Orleans Hotel and Casino and begin at 5 p.m. Giavotella played 182 games for the Privateers from 2006-08 and starred on the diamond. The second baseman...

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Un new deal culturale per i centri minori

Non è difficile individuare il perché del successo delle capitali europee e italiane della cultura. Si potrebbe enucleare tutto in un’affermazione molto concreta: con una buona gestione del titolo di “capitale” si possono ottenere importanti risultati economici e discreti successi comunicativi con una spesa relativamente bassa. Se per organizzare un Expo mondiale servono mediamente 20 miliardi di...

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Ten contestants to take part in Columbus Pesto Championship

Ten local contestants will put their culinary skills to the test in the Columbus Pesto Championship at Columbus State Community College. The 2020 Columbus Pesto Championship will be held on January 26 at Columbus State's Mitchell Hall. The ten contestants are David Applegett, Carmine Catullo, Reese Flowers, Charlotte Hickcox, Tyler Kendall, Liz Martin, Michael Moscato, Taylor Ramsey, Rob Rehm and...

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The Italian American Podcast welcomes Stephanie Longo to the Podcast Famiglia!

The #ItalianAmericanPodcast is thrilled to officially welcome Ms. Stephanie Longo (@stephanielongowriter) to the Podcast #Famiglia! As our new Associate Producer & Administrative Officer, Stephanie brings a wealth of #ItalianAmerican credentials to our growing platform!Known and respected as an expert on Italian American history, she’s authored several works on the subject, including Italians of N...

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Domenico’s Italian Deli to Open Soon in Murfreesboro

A new Italian Deli is opening next week in Murfreesboro, featuring sandwiches, pasta and soups. Jeff Murphy came to Murfreesboro in 2010 from Alameda, California on a football scholarship to Middle Tennessee State University to get a degree in Entrepreneurship. After graduation, his original plan was to go back home and join the family business, Domenico’s Italian Deli. Instead, he fell in love wi...

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Second Season of RAI/HBO Elena Ferrante Series ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Unveiled

“My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name,” the second season of Italian pubcaster RAI and HBO’s TV series based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling “Neapolitan Novels,” was unveiled on Tuesday in Italy where the hotly anticipated show will start airing on RAI in February. “New Name” will launch on RAI on Feb. 10, after a 3-day event release in Italian movie theaters, just as Ferrante-fever is be...

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Newpoli, World Music Group from Italy, comes to OTCA

Old Town Center for the Arts is pleased to present Newpoli a world music group from Italy, performing music from the south of Italy laced with influences from all of the surrounding Mediterranean cultures. Hear this exiting group live in concert on Saturday, February 1st, at 7:00 pm at OTCA. Called “a brilliant outfit, who grab southern Italian traditional music by the neck and recast it in a dra...

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BIGGEST CANNOLI IN ARIZONA! Footlong treat at The Sicilian Butcher is bigger than you...

Looking for the largest cannoli in all of Arizona? Search no further! The Sicilian Butcher & Baker in Chandler, Phoenix and Peoria (coming soon) serves up their spin on a classic Italian treat. Introducing the 12-inch Sicilian Cannoli: a creamy roll of decadent sweetness the size of your forearm! Did you know The Sicilian Butcher & Baker has a full-service cannoli bar? You can order from a myriad...

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Married to the mob: ‘Romeo and Bernadette’

With a radical revival of West Side Story just over the Broadway horizon, it seems like hubris to challenge that musical’s updated take on Romeo and Juliet with yet another one. But that’s just what producers are doing in Romeo and Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, a far-too-cheesy slice of Italian-American stereotypes set primarily in 1960 Brooklyn and featuring a score based on...

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Netflix to open base in Rome

American media services provider Netflix is to open a base in Rome within the next year, it has been confirmed. The news comes several months after the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, announced that the media giant was planning to open a base in Italy. The new Netflix base in Rome, whose location has not been released yet, will employ up to 30 people involved in marketing, public relations and...

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New England

Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury staging ‘Love and Spumoni’

Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury is staging the world premiere of “Love and Spumoni,” running Thursday, Jan. 30, through Sunday, Feb. 23. The equity production has many local ties to the area. Actor Maria Baratta, who plays Mary Lou, is originally f... Read More

New York

Book Presentation of Future: il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi

February 4, 2020, 6pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10036. Future: il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi. Edited by Igiaba Scego. Eleven African/Italian authors speak of the future, of ge... Read More

East

Stolen 40 years ago, rare Christopher Columbus letter recovered by Delaware investigators

After arriving in the Americas, Christopher Columbus penned a letter about his find to Spain's King Ferdinand, a letter that would later be published to spread the news throughout Europe. For the fourth time in the past four years, federal agents and... Read More

South East

Former Orlando City midfielder Antonio Nocerino joins Lions’ academy staff

Former Orlando City midfielder Antonio Nocerino is returning to the club as a member of the development academy staff. Nocerino, who announced his retirement as a player on Thursday, will become the coach for the academy’s under-15 team while also as... Read More

Great Lakes

Osteria By Fabio Viviani features celebrity chef's spin on classic Italian

Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani's new Downers Grove restaurant offers the kind of quiet atmosphere that encourages conversation. And that's good news because you will want to talk about the food at Osteria By Fabio Viviani. Viviani might be best known f... Read More

Midwest

Montura enters North America Iconic Italian technical apparel company debuts at OR Show in January

M.T. Imports Inc. of Vail, Colorado has announced that Montura, the iconic Italian outdoor apparel brand, will be introduced to the North American market at the Outdoor Retailer (OR) trade show in Denver, January 29-31, 2020 for the Fall/Winter seaso... Read More

South

Giavotella to be Honored by American Italian Sports Hall of Fame

Former New Orleans Privateers baseball student-athlete and assistant coach, Johnny Giavotella will be the national honoree at the 35th Annual Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday. The event will take place at Harrah's New O... Read More

West

BIGGEST CANNOLI IN ARIZONA! Footlong treat at The Sicilian Butcher is bigger than your forearm

Looking for the largest cannoli in all of Arizona? Search no further! The Sicilian Butcher & Baker in Chandler, Phoenix and Peoria (coming soon) serves up their spin on a classic Italian treat. Introducing the 12-inch Sicilian Cannoli: a creamy roll... Read More

California

The Famous ‘Eat Pray Love’ Pizza Is Now Served in Los Angeles

We took a 5 Live field trip to L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele to try the pizza made famous by Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2006 memoir “Eat Pray Love.” The Hollywood courtyard restaurant serves fresh pies made in a wood-fired stone oven. Favorites like margheri... Read More

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