Some Advice for Traveling in Italy in July & August
Google ‘the best and worst times to visit Italy’ and just about every source you find will tell you that the best months to visit Italy are April through June and September through October and that the worst times to visit are July and August, when the weather gets uncomfortably hot and high season brings high prices and crowds. But what if summer...
IACCSE is looking for a junior project manager - Busines events
The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast is looking for a “Junior Project Manager – Business Events”. The candidate will support the IACCSE’s projects and events senior team to enhance different initiatives, including Chamber’s signature business events. The junior project manager will be tasked with researching and securing venues, planning...
Borgo Pace, a place where time stopped
Borgo Pace, the hamlet of peace: this is what the name of this tiny village of just above 500 means if translated literally. And peaceful it must be, as immersed as it is in the green tranquility typical of the low Apennines, in the Marche province of Pesaro-Urbino, but not far from Tuscany. However, Borgo Pace isn’t only known for the idyllic ima...
Award-Winning Ambrogio15 Restaurant to Open at Biltmore Fashion Park
Biltmore Fashion Park is home to multiple top-rated eateries, and the latest dining concept to join its impressive lineup of restaurants is no exception. Ambrogio15, the award-winning restaurant group out of San Diego, will open its sixth concept at Biltmore Fashion Park in December, bringing Valley residents and visitors a striking dining experien...
Inside the ‘world’s smallest restaurant’ for just two guests
There are fireworks, flaming outdoor candles, a silver bell to summon the waiter – and just one elegantly set table for two. Solo Per Due – “Just for Two” in Italian – is no ordinary restaurant, and not just because of its tiny size.
A Dozen Drawings From Leonardo da Vinci’s 1,200-Page ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Will Go on View in the U.S. for the First Time
A dozen drawings by Leonardo da Vinci will be on view in the U.S. for the first time in a show opening this summer in Washington, D.C. They come from the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of drawings and writings in Italian by the legendary polymath, which stretches across some 1,200 pages over 12 volumes. Leonardo maintained the Codex Atl...
Italian American Chamber of Commerce of Michigan Awards 2023 Academic Scholarships
The Italian American Chamber of Commerce of Michigan (IACCM) proudly announced the results of its 2023 scholarship competition at its monthly meeting on June 7 at Villa Penna in Sterling Heights. The Honorable Joseph Toia, Macomb County Circuit Court, has been chairman of the IACCM Scholarship Committee for more than twenty years and once again pre...
Co-creator of Marvel characters John Romita Sr. dies at 93
Renowned comic book artist John Romita Sr., known for co-creating iconic Marvel characters such as Wolverine, the Punisher, and Mary Jane Watson, has passed away at 93. The news of his death was announced on Tuesday night via Twitter by his son, John Romita Jr., who is also a celebrated comic book artist. Romita Jr. expressed his grief, stating tha...
Italy in Cleveland, Ohio: welcome on We the Italians to Angela Ianiro Spitalieri
Cleveland and Ohio have a great history of Italian emigration, perhaps not celebrated as much as it should be, as is often the case with Italian American communities that do not reside on one coast or the other. In Cleveland there is a beautiful Little Italy, still vibrant and buzzing, and our today's guest has her office right there. Angela Spital...
Palermo Welcomes the Italian Second OSDIA Charter in 118 Years: “Dr Vincenzo Sellaro” Lodge #3009 is born
The Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America (OSDIA), the oldest and most established organization in support of Americans of Italian descent, has recently established its new italian lodge in Palermo, Sicily. The charter inaugural event, was held on June 7th at the Sala Mattarella of Palazzo dei Normanni. It was dedicated to the founder of the...
Scott Sartiano Wants His New Italian Restaurant to Be Nothing Less Than Iconic
Sartiano’s, the highly anticipated restaurant from prominent tastemaker Scott Sartiano’s Bond Hospitality, opens at SoHo’s Mercer Hotel on Thursday. And like at Bond Hospitality’s Zero Bond, the private membership club that’s been frequented by Eric Adams, Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian, the focus is on making a lasting impression in downtown New Yor...
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Tajani in Washington: His Visit to Arlington, Meeting with Secretary of State Blinken, and a Commemoration at the Italian Embassy of the passing of Silvio Berlusconi
The visit of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, to Washington ended two days ago. The mission to the U.S. capital, in which Minister Tajani was assisted by the Ambassador of Italy, Mariangela Zappia, began yesterday morning, June 12th, with the laying of a wreath at...