From Fiat Punto EVO to VW Konekt: 5 top cars launched in August
Fiat's Punto has received an extensive face lift and has acquired an intimidating stance, thanks to a larger grille, headlights that swoop back, and a healthy dab of chrome. The car is now a modern looking marvel that shows off with some good old fashioned Italian flamboyance. The front end looks almost completely new, and so does the back...
Concert Opera: Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi”
You are invited to attend a performance of Vincenzo Bellini's beautiful opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" (the Romeo and Juliet story) which will take place at the GW Lisner Auditorium, 21st and H St. NW in DC at 6:00 pm on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Concert opera is a form in which the singers are at the front of the stage and perform in...
San Gennaro Festival brings taste of Italy to the Jersey Shore
When it comes to cultural celebrations, the borough – host of the state's biggest St. Patrick's Day parade every year – is no stranger to honoring Irish heritage. For the past three years, however, the borough's Main Street has been blocked off for one weekend in September as Belmar and St. Rose Parish celebrate the Italian culture and mor...
Medicine: From Salerno to Philadelphia, Dr. Joseph Gonnella
Medicine: From Salerno to Philadelphia, first John Price lecture by Dr. Joseph Gonnella. This is a RSVP only event. Please RSVP to [email protected] by October 19th and put "DR. GONNELLA LECTURE" in the title of the email. The event is the first of a series of tribute lectures to John Price, former President of the...
Gabriele Bertaccini of iL Tocco Food: "Life Is About Beautiful Things"
Gabriele Bertaccini looks more like an Italian clothing model than a hardworking, über successful chef. But if you get him talking about cooking, dining, and Italian cuisine, it becomes immediately clear that he's much more than just a handsome face and an exceptionally well-tailored suit. He waxes poetic about the beauty of sunsets, the s...
Italian writer, historian visits Pittsburg to connect with local Italian-Americans
Local Italian-Americans piled into the Pittsburg Historical Society to share stories of their families' roots with an Italian author and historian on Sunday. Paolo Battaglia, writer and historian from Modena, Italy, stopped in Pittsburg as part of a 15-city tour of small towns with Italian heritage. Battaglia has explored the United States...
Sophia Loren interview: 'Why I burnt my diaries'
Sophia Loren has long epitomised glamour and pure Hollywood sex appeal – even though many of her movies were in fact Italian. There is probably no greater on-screen chemistry than Sophia Loren and Cary Grant's in Houseboat (1958). They met when they made The Pride and the Passion in 1957, and they were really in love. She was enthralled wi...
Roma Market will offer Italian specialty goods
North County has a new place to find Italian speciality goods with Roma Market, which opened on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1054 West Valley Parkway in Escondido. The new neighborhood market features, in addition to Italian speciality items, a regular market and a deli, which will serve meats and cheese, as well as hot dishes, sandwiches, pizza, ge...
Nissoli (PI): La tragedia di Monongah parte della nostra storia e di quella americana
Oggi, Fucsia Nissoli (Pi) è intervenuta nell'Aula di Montecitorio per ricordare la tragedia di Monongah, avvenuta il 6 dicembre 1907, che ha causato, in seguito a due esplosioni nelle miniere, la morte di 361 persone, di cui 171 italiani emigrati italiani. "A Monongah, in West Virginia, avvenne una tragedia che ancora tocca l'America e l'I...
AMHS Luncheon: "Bersaglieri" The Unique Italian Army Infantry Unit
Join the Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) for a fascinating presentation by Col. Rodolfo Scanga, Military Attache, Embassy of Italy. He will tell us the story behind the amazing high-mobility light infantry unit of the Italian Army. The Bersaglieri are known for their distinctive wide-brimmed plumed hats ("vaira") and black gloves, and for t...
Il Segreto – documentary film
Sunday, February 22, 2015 4:30pmAward winning documentary, promoted by Neapolitan music producer and cultural operator Salvatore Visone, is a fascinating look at the streets of Naples and the bands of children that live on them. Once a year on St. Anthony's day, they build a bonfire, often too near old palaces, which celebrates the rapport between...
From hard upbringing to worldwide fame: the unique journey of Rene Russo
There's been a lot of Oscar buzz for Nightcrawler, in particular for the daunting performance by Jake Gyllenhaal, but the movie also marks Rene Russo's return to the big screen after a long hiatus, broken only briefly to play Thor's mother in the Marvel superhero franchise. It's a welcome return for a classy actress with a strong Italian heritage o...