Rome unveils major plans for Jubilee 2025
Rome has unveiled dozens of major infrastructural projects to be carried out ahead of the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025 when millions of pilgrims are set to arrive in the Italian capital. The city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri, who is also Italy's extraordinary commissioner for the Jubilee, presented the first phase of the plans to Pope Francis during a...
Longtime San Antonio Italian eatery Piatti reopening after renovation with new retail addition
Following a five-month renovation, Italian eatery Piatti — a longtime Quarry Market fixture — will reopen Thursday, Jan. 19, boasting an updated atmosphere and menu. A specialty food market also is in the works. The refurbished restaurant, located at 255 E. Basse Road, Suite 500, will include Venetian plaster walls, brass finishes and a new U-shape...
Italy backs Appian Way’s candidacy for UNESCO World Heritage site
Italy’s Ministry of Culture has backed the Appian Way’s candidacy to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first time such a bid has had national support in the country. The Appian Way is a 2,300-year-old road connecting Rome to the southeastern Italian city of Brindisi. When work on the road began in 312 BC, it was one of the largest infrastruc...
John Noce honored by ABCA with the prestigious Wilson Lefty Gomez Award
World-renowned Italian-American coach John Noce, already an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame Inductee, received the prestigious Lefty Gomez Award at this year’s ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet in Nashville, Tennessee on January 6, 2023. In addition to being a coach in Parma and Novara, he served on the Team Italy coaching staff f...
New autism gene found in Italian-led study
A new autism gene has been found in an Italian-led study, Turin university said Friday. The international study was led by the northern Italian university and its Città della Salute along with the university of Cologne in Germany. Published in the journal Brain, the study showed that mutations in the Caprini gene are responsible for alterations in...
Community rallies in support of Mossuto’s Italian Restaurant after thief steals thousands
A Spokane family-owned restaurant is dealing with a small business’ worst nightmare. Mossuto’s Italian Restaurant in North Spokane was broken into last month, with the thief taking thousands of dollars. “I put so much trust in my employees and the community and everything like that, that you never think that it’s going to happen until it happens,”...
Getting To Know Netflix Break Point Star Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini’s high-powered game has taken him as high as No. 6 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings as well as to a Wimbledon final, with the Italian’s fearsome serve and forehand two of the most exhilarating shots in the modern game. Yet Berrettini’s on-court intensity contrasts starkly with his demeanour off court, where he is an easy-going, war...
World-renowned Italian classical pianist to perform in Carmel to celebrate new Sister Cities relationship with Cortona, Italy
The Rotary Club of Carmel in conjunction with the City of Carmel and the Carmel-Cortona Sister City Committee will present an event to celebrate the launch of Carmel’s Sister City relationship with Cortona, Italy, by bringing a taste of Cortona – music, food and wine – to Carmel in February 2023. Cortona Deputy Mayor Francesco Attesti, who is a wor...
Why Ski in Italy?
The Italians have given us skiers and snowboarders a lot to be grateful for. There are so many reasons to travel to Italy for your snowsports fix. - Fabulous scenery- Short lift queues- Cheaper than the other major alpine nations- Amazing food and drinkAnd right now, with many of the lower altitude resorts in the northern Alps struggling with lack...
Taste of Italy: Scranton cook’s pasta dish marries plenty of flavors
Jan. 8—Austin Mattern ordered Spaghetti alla Puttanesca on a whim in the future whereas eating in New York Metropolis. Although the identify of the restaurant did not keep on with him, the flavorful style of the Italian dish actually did. “I had it and I just fell in love with it, so I decided to look up recipes and try it out,” he stated. “I’ve be...
As we welcome a brand New Year, one Staten Islander remembers her ‘Aunt Ruth’ and her fabulous parties! | Inside Out
Everyone should have an aunt Ruth! One Staten Island family was lucky enough to have one and be touched by her magical spirit, her unending love and her warm heart. Carol Razzano Dispensa’s aunt Ruth turned 100 during the year 2020. And though becoming a centenarian is a little more commonplace these days than ever before — they’re becoming the fas...
Skatepark With Colosseum View Gives Rome a Modern Tourist Attraction
“There’s a whole group of people who, thanks to that park, will come to Rome not to see the Sistine Chapel or St. Peter’s but because they want to skate in the park,” said the Rome City Council member responsible for tourism and events. The ancient city’s leaders hope the new recreation area will lure more visitors from abroad. It has already impre...