Ariana Grande named one of most beautiful people in World
by Daniel Dentico Ariana Grande has officially being recognized by PEOPLE magazine as one of the World's Most Beautiful People. Often asked to reveal her ethnicity by fans, Ariana responded to one fan on Twitter saying she's Italian-American, half Sicilian and half Abruzzese. Read more Fonte: The Italian American...
Fattoria di Limone enters Massachusetts market with Berkshire Brewing Company partnership
Fattoria di Limone announces the availability of their Limoncello Original Liqueur in the state of Massachusetts. Fattoria di Limone Limoncello Original Liqueur is a lemon-flavored beverage made in small batches from regionally-sourced natural ingredients, mostly within New York State, following a classic Italian recipe. The company has pa...
CIAO / CIANCIA!
This is not a goodbye, but at Hello! With a clever acronym (Cortona Italy Alumni Organization), CIAO is an organization stemming from alumni of the UGA Cortona Program – funded by a legendary philanthropist, Mr. Jack Kehoe, it is likely the most famous and coveted art program in the South East of the U.S. CIAO members are joining our May e...
UConn's Geno Auriemma Receives Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
He is an anomaly, a contradiction of sorts in our "grass is always greener elsewhere" world of sports today. As others seek validation in a bigger paycheck, a different location or a more prestigious position, he has remained true to the ultimate bottom line: winning championships. When it comes to that, no one has been more successful tha...
Italian handcrafts: Shoemaking in Macerata
WTI Magazine #62 2015 June, 12Author : Unioncamere Translation by: In the summer of 1325, the process for the canonisation of St. Nicholas of Tolentino took place in some towns in the Marche. 371 witnesses from various socila backgrounds were invited to testify in the presence of the papal legates, who were to receive news and testim...
Con Delta riaprono i voli diretti da Pisa per New York
Per questa estate Delta Air Lines e Alitalia hanno annunciato la ripresa del volo stagionale non-stop dall'aeroporto di Pisa all'aeroporto John F. Kennedy di New York a partire dal 16 giugno. Il collegamento sarà operato quattro volte a settimana fino al prossimo 29 giugno, mentre a partire dal 2 luglio, e fino al 6 settembre, sarà operato sei volt...
Author DeStefano on the Mafia, Seventh Avenue and More in ‘Gangland New York’
By Rosemary Feitelberg True to the wayward characters he writes about in his new book "Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History," Anthony M. DeStefano preferred that a recent interview start with a walk past a few haunts the city's mobsters made notorious. Readers of his latest nonfiction (Lyons Press) might be tempted to re...
Fiat 500: From utilitarian to cult of made in Italy
In the modern age of design, where even the most basic object is studied and rendered beautiful by industrial designers who have reached celebrity status, (orange squeezer or usb key anyone?), it seems that almost anything can become "cult". The rise of the hipster has done nothing to help this saturation of everyday things gaining an aest...
Police investigating graffiti on Columbus statue at Italian heritage center
By Kevin Shea A 7-foot statue of Christopher Columbus that stands in front of the Italian American Heritage Center in Hamilton was defaced with graffiti sometime this weekend, police and officials said. Columbus' face was painted black, the number 13 was written on his chest and the letters "FU" were scrawled on the ground in front of the ped...
Joe Baldacci, brother of former Maine governor, files papers to run for Congress
by Michael Shepherd Bangor City Councilor Joe Baldacci, a Democrat, filed papers Wednesday to run in 2016 for the U.S. House of Representatives in Maine's 2nd District. The move sets up a primary contest with Emily Cain, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in 2014, ending Democratic control of the seat after 20 years....
Proposed development would mean big change at Italian Market
by Natalie Kostelni Three years ago, Midwood Management of New York had proposed a 32,000-square-foot retail center for a large lot it owned at the corner of 9th Street and Washington Avenue in the Italian Market of Philadelphia. The project would have been the first new addition of its size to the South Philadelphia open market in re...
Il Cheese Award di Nantwich va al grana padano
"Grana Padano Riserva si è aggiudicato la medaglia d'oro nella categoria 'formaggi duri italiani' all'International Cheese Award di Nantwich, una sorta di Oscar dei formaggi che si svolge ogni anno in Inghilterra. Per tutti noi si tratta di un'ottima notizia che conferma l'eccellenza del nostro formaggio, sempre più simbolo del made in Italy di qua...